The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

There was a deafening salute in the castle now under the command of Sapega in Werna. In response, the bells ringing on churches and bell towers throughout the city.

Janusz and Sapega got out of the carriage, and the two walked towards the gate of the castle together. On the side of the stairs, the military band played music.

Janush felt that the music played by the military band here was so different from Lviv. Of course, this is not to belittle Lvbao Macki. On the contrary, the band under the Marshal is composed entirely of French and Italians, and their professionalism is completely better than that of Werner, a band with military cameos. However, the performance of the soldiers' gate really has the atmosphere of killing on the battlefield, making people know that they have been on the battlefield when they hear it.

Janusz walked up the first step. He looked at his feet and stopped for a moment.

There was a carpet on the steps, which was an ordinary red cloth dyed in color, not velvet. Such materials, if they were in Lviv, even the lowest servants of the marshal's house would not bother to use them. But here, it was used as a welcome to welcome the imperial minister.

Janush sighed secretly. In Silesia and Lviv, Janusz once heard rumors that in order to raise military expenses, the leader of Sapega even mortgaged and sold his silk underwear and the silver buttons of his coat. At that time Janusz thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that this is the truth.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Janush stopped, Sapega asked strangely.

"No, it's nothing."

Janush smiled at Sapega, and then continued to walk towards the gate. He deliberately leans against the leader of Sapega so that the conversation between himself and him will not be heard by others.

"Pavel, is Lithuania financially difficult?" Janusz asked softly.

Hearing this, Sapega grimaced. He said to Janusz in the same low voice: "I didn't expect to be seen by you at a glance. Yes, Lithuania's finances are almost at the point of collapse. First, the invasion of Tsarist Russia, then the Swedes and Yanu. Shi Laziviu’s treason, civil war, and foreign war have not stopped in these years. People are in distress. Although we managed to recover Werner, we did not get much useful spoils."

"Where are the assets of Yanush Laziviu? The Laziviu family is one of the largest families in Lithuania, and Yanush is also the head of the patriarch. Didn't you capture the Tykocin Castle but didn't seize it?" Ya Nush asked in surprise.

Hearing that Janush asked, Saperga couldn't tell. The Confederate army did occupy Tikozin, but the cellar in the castle was also empty. The last stronghold of the huge Raziviu family did not even have a Taylor. According to Lonzinski’s confession, most of Prince Yanush’s assets were shipped to Miatersk and provided to Prince Boguslav to recruit troops. This is why Prince Boguslav was able to gather 20,000 foreign mercenaries. . And Prince Yanush himself spent money to hire mercenaries, and also spent a lot of money. In the end, he even mortgaged all the treasures in the palace to the Jews.

Of course, the Laziviu family may be rich in countless castles and estates scattered around. But most of these were evacuated by the army of Prince Yanush and the army of the Allied forces. As for the seized land deeds and house deeds of the Laziviu family, the leader of Sapega did not mortgage them to the Jewish bankers, but Delivered to Mihav Laziviu. This loyal member of the Laziviu family was a great hero in defeating Yanush, and he was also loyal to King Kazimierz. It is worthy of his name to take back these, and it is also a kind of win over him.

In this way, there are very few trophies left, and most of them are treasures and works of art that cannot be realized immediately.

Sapega briefly talked to Janusz about the situation, and Janusz was also shocked.

"Will it be difficult to send troops to Warsaw then?" Janush was somewhat suspicious. He is well aware of the principle that the soldiers and horses are not moved, and the food and grass go first. Can Lithuania's current situation support an army's expedition?

Regarding this, the leader of Sapega gave Janush a positive answer:

"Old friend, don't worry. Lithuanians are more tenacious than you think. Even if we crawl and eat bread with sawdust, we will arrive as scheduled and meet with His Majesty the King and the Marshal."

The two went into the hall just like that. Behind them, Cheerchen and Natalie and other people attending the banquet also filed in.

Janusz and Sapega took the lead. The chief of the castle ordered the servants to set up the tableware.

These tableware are also very common, most of which are made of glass and ceramics. Because Sapesh melted all the seized gold and silver tableware ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and cast them into gold and silver coins as military assets.

After everyone was seated, the imperial minister and the Lithuanian general stood up, and they raised their glasses at the same time.

Everyone also stood up.

Janush and Sapega shouted with all their strength: "Long live late! Long live! Long live!"

"Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!"

Everyone responded in unison.

The salutes all over the castle sounded again, shaking the walls of the castle.

Then, all kinds of food were brought up by the servants. Despite Lithuania’s financial constraints, the chief of the castle did his best to prepare a wealth of food. There is no shortage of wine, beer, meat, and cheese.

As a hero admired by King Kazimierz's own edict, Cheer Chen was placed at the table closest to the imperial commissioner and the chief. And his uncle Pidro and other members of the mercenary group, because there were too many guests today, they were arranged to have a meal in the side hall.

Cheechen had just forkped a sausage and ate a few bites. Suddenly, he felt someone kicking himself under the table.

Cheerchen was about to look down, but from the corner of his eyes, Natalie looked at herself with a smile on her face. Now, Cheerchen didn't know who kicked him.

When Natalie saw Cheerchen finally reacted from eating, she turned her head to Janush again.

"Father, I want to go out, it's too boring here." Natalie said to Janush.

"Uh, wait, wait. There will be a dance after the banquet, so it won’t be boring." Janush said to his daughter, holding a glass with half a glass of wine left. He obviously didn't understand what Natalie really meant.

Natalie turned her head back glumly. She originally wanted to find a reason to sneak out of the two-person world with Cheer Chen. But now I can only wait until the banquet is over.