Chapter 471 Fiona Returns Home(1/3)
"The construction of Ningshuang Port Polar Economic Demonstration Zone held an unveiling ceremony today. Comrade Udir, President of the Leader Freljod Branch, and Comrade Aich, Vice President, participated with all members of the team."
"The first League of Legends Sports Competition ended successfully in Zuan, and the team from Ionia won the 5V5 team championship"
There was a sound from afar from Hex's radio.
Fiona was so obsessed that she looked so focused that she seemed to forget that she was sitting in the bumpy carriage, galloping on the way back to the countryside manor.
"Fiona, turn it off." She listened seriously.
But her father, Sir Sebastian, the head of the Laurent family, frowned slightly when he heard it.
"Father." Fiona wore a ladylike aristocratic dress, but her tone was naturally sharp like a swordsman.
Not only did she turn off the radio, she asked thoughtfully: "Father, who do you think the sword skills of our Laurent family, and the sword skills of the Wind Sword Sect are stronger and who is weaker?"
“If I go there”
"This is not something you need to consider." Sebastian interrupted in a deep voice: "Fencing is the most sacred and old aristocratic tradition in our Demacia. Only Zuan and the barbarians of Noxus will regard it as a trick to perform in the arena."
As he said that, he reached out and turned off the Hex radio.
As the blue magic light gradually dimmed, Sir Sebastian's face became more and more gloomy and serious: "Fiona, don't forget your origin. You should not listen to these Zuan people's radio programs in the future."
"I can't listen." Fiona actually replied tit-for-tat: "But Father, times have changed. It's not that we can bury our heads in the sand, and everything can stay in the past."
"The leader has even arrived at Ningshuang Port now. Do you think they are still far from Debang?"
"" Sebastian was speechless.
But he still replied in a stereotype: "Enough! How to fight against the potential threat of the leader, naturally there are great nobles like His Majesty Jiawen and the Mianwei family to worry about. We only need to do our duty as a noble."
Sebastian was not completely unconfident when he said this.
Demacia's well-informed and long-term nobles have long been unable to sleep or eat because of the existence of the leader.
While they sent family children behind their backs to contact the leader secretly and prepared to place bets on both ends;
On the one hand, he was extremely resistant to the arrival of change and kept encouraging King Jiawen in the court, hoping that King Jiawen would take the lead in charge as soon as possible and eliminate the fatal threat of the leader.
In order to win the war, some extremists even proposed a crazy plan to "remove grudges with one smile" with their old rival Noxus and join forces with Svein to fight the leader.
Faced with the increasingly radical pro-war faction in the country, in order to maintain the old social order, King Jiawen had to come up with a set of rhetoric to calm people's hearts.
He announced that Galio was actually the ultimate decisive weapon left to Demacia by the Flying Wings guarding nerves over the hands of Master Duran. His power was so powerful that even Goddess of the Wind Leader could not match him.
But this "Gundam" has just woken up now and it will take some time to fully restore its magic.
Considering the unfathomable power that Galio had shown before, and King Garven himself was the largest noble in the country, it was impossible for him to cheat himself, so everyone believed it temporarily.
"As long as Galio launches an attack, everything will be fine." With such confidence, Sir Sebastian finally suppressed a trace of hidden worries in his heart.
He raised his head and continued to teach the lesson in the tone of the parents: "Fiona, I know what you are thinking."
"But you better not do that. Don't let the Laurent family be shamed, kid."
This matter has to start from the beginning.
Like other noble ladies of Demacia, Fiona was born to be a tool for political marriage.
But unlike other noble ladies, Fiona was born not a weak lady at the mercy of others. She was a genius swordsman, an unparalleled swordsman, and a rebellious girl who gave her parents a headache.
Despite this, after Fiona celebrated her 18th birthday, she was finally arranged for a marriage that was beneficial to the family. The marriage partner was a collateral blood relative of the Mianwei family, a stranger she had never heard of before.
Considering the family's honor and the serious consequences of the possible marriage, Fiona finally accepted the arrangement silently and did not make any move to resist for the time being.
But the situation changed subtly after Prince Jiawen's reform.
Demacia opened its national doors to the outside world, opened up official trade, and generously accepted the existence of mages and magical creatures.
This series of measures has led to the various novel things brought by the Zuan people quickly occupying the urban market of Demacia at an incredible and astonishing speed.
For example, this Hex radio.
Those leaders even set up a sub-station of "Voice of Zuan" in Debang to play radio programs from Zuan.
At the same time, they also sold radios in Demacia at extremely low subsidy prices, so that every Debang man with a little wealth could hear the voice from Zuan at home.
As a result, the residents of several major cities in Demacia were fully exposed to the outside world and the advanced industrial civilizations of Zuan and Piltwov.
Many old nobles who were old and unhealthy even scolded Prince Jiawen for not doing business with the Zuan people, while happily sitting directly to the Hex Flying Gate in Zuan, running to the Twin Cities to eat, drink and have fun.
For young people like Fiona, compared with the playgrounds, cinemas and commodity streets of Twin Cities, the boring dinners and aristocratic salons in the upper-class circle are even more unattractive.
And the attraction of material entertainment is not the most terrifying thing.
What is terrible is the extremely infectious culture and thoughts of the leader of Zu'an.
Many young nobles yearned for the great ideals of the leaders, some wanted to escape the constraints of feudal rules, and some were both, and began to move closer to the leaders.
Some of them joined the leader's organization in private, while others simply crossed the Hex Flying Gate in the name of traveling, stayed at Zuan and did not come back.
This kind of great loss of face from the nobles and shame the family has happened several times in Xiongdu.
Sir Sebastian had every reason to believe that his always rebellious little daughter Fiona also had the intention of absconding Zuan.
Just like those trendy young people in Xiongdu, she has become a loyal fan of Zuan's leader in culture.
In the live broadcast of the League of Legends competition held in Zuan, she, a Debonite who was thousands of miles away, did not fall in every game.
Cultural infiltration brought about ideological infection. Sir Sebastian gradually discovered that some dangerous signs had been revealed in Fiona's words.
What's worse is that Fiona was rebellious enough and had previously arranged a political marriage she didn't like.
Whether from personal motivation or ideological tendencies, Fiona has every reason to run away.
This made Sir Sebastian very uneasy.
Considering his daughter's perverted combat power, if Fiona was determined to run away, it would be difficult for him to stop him.
After a stern warning, he couldn't help but add in a soft tone, "Fiona, I hope you can take the overall situation into consideration."
"The Mianwei family is not something that small families like us can mess with, and they will not endure the naked humiliation."
"If you escape to Zuan without any regrets, then I, your mother, your brothers and sisters, will bear the anger of the Mian Guard family for you because of your selfish actions."
"I know." Fiona sighed lightly, as if she had heard it, but she seemed to not care much.
She looked at the changing countryside scenery outside the car window and said seriously: "This is my home, I won't leave."
"That's good." Sebastian finally got the answer he wanted.
He also looked out the window, the gradually familiar scenery: "It's almost time to reach our family's territory."
"Fiona, you've been staying in the country these days, and learn how to manage the manor for your future husband's family, and then return to Xiongdu when the wedding is held."
"I understand." Fiona's lips curled slightly, and her attitude was extremely cooperative: "I will work well in the countryside."
"This" Sir Sebastian frowned slightly.
This girl suddenly stopped contradicting him, but instead made him feel a little uneasy.
Fortunately, they have now left the "smoky" Xiongdu and returned to the simple countryside.
There is no Hex Flying Gate here, no leader propagandists who have swayed the city, no rebellious young people gathered together to sing Zuan pop music, only a country estate that has not changed for hundreds of years.
Even if Fiona wanted to run, she couldn't run far in a while.
Thinking of this, Sir Sebastian finally calmed down.
"But, father." Suddenly, Fiona asked him in a subtle tone: "After that being said, why did you go back to the countryside with me? Are you worried that I will escape on the road, so I have to monitor myself?"
"No" Sebastian denied the claim, although this is indeed part of the reason.
He frowned and explained: "Something happened in the territory, I must come back to deal with it."
"What's the matter?" Fiona asked.
"Some restless guys make trouble." Sebastian said unhappily.
"Oh?" Fiona became more and more curious: "Why? Haven't our tenants been very peaceful all the time?"
"This" Sebastian hesitated for a moment.
Considering that his daughter had to learn to manage family affairs after getting married, he patiently explained: "This matter has to start with Miyincheng."
"You know, King Garvan now encourages the nobles to invest in industry. The Mianwei family is the first to take the lead."
"They have founded many factories in Miyincheng, including a number of wool textile mills. These textile mills have good benefits and a large demand for wool materials, so"
"So, has the price of wool increased?" Fiona replied without asking.
Sebastian glanced at his daughter in surprise before saying, "Yes."
"The price of wool has soared several times more than in previous years, and will rise even higher in the future."
"So I decided to take back all the land from those tenants and convert the estate into a ranch, specifically for raising sheep."
He deliberately slowed down his tone so that his daughter who had never been in contact with ordinary affairs in the past could understand.
But Fiona's reaction was much faster than he thought: "Father, this is a big change. Why did you make a decision so quickly?"
The market conduction is lagging.
It is not that the price of wool has risen. The aristocratic landlords who had planted grain for hundreds of years will immediately and boldly transform into the agricultural and animal husbandry seed benzene family and put all their wealth on.
To be continued...