Chapter 479 The Powerful Canglan Family!

Other places on the road were fine, but after walking to the south of this large mountain range, it was like suddenly entering summer.

People in the north often say that the Senas River is the north-south boundary, but in George's opinion, this river only separates the severe winter and the winter. The real dominant climate of the north and south of the continent is still this large mountain range that spans three countries.

Even the Zhenjian Mountain, thousands of kilometers away in the east, is just a branch of this mountain range. And the "Sky Wrath Mountains" in the west has already included the "Five Mountains" of the Elda Kingdom.

The streets are crowded with people, and there are all kinds of stores on both sides. There are also several large adventure groups stationed nearby.

The City of Canglan is one of the most popular places for adventurers in the Elda Kingdom, because no matter which branch leads to the Sky Wrath Mountains, there is a road here. So adventurers coming from the south, if they don't want to bypass this mountain range from the west, have to come here.

Since the fog, various legends have become more and more intense, which has increased the enthusiasm of adventurers to die.

In fact, this mountain range is much farther south than the Sky Eagle Territory in terms of longitude and latitude. So George and his team followed the pipeline all the way to the southeast. And they also bypassed the westernmost branch of the Sky Wrath Mountains.

Along the way, the official road is very easy to walk, and there are many post stations, which are also large in scale. The caravan's journey is not much slower than the delivery of ordinary letters - the fastest day is nearly 300 miles a day.

However, the road behind is a bit difficult to walk. In order to rush on this journey, the caravan hardly rested well. Only entered the city three times on the way.

Because there are mountains in front of us, we rested well for a day. Replenish resources and supplies.

In addition, it is also because Aji claimed that a certain "big wine pot" here is very famous.

Thinking of this, George couldn't help but glance at the girls who were chattering and calling him to pay not far away. George's face couldn't help but become bitter.

In fact, after the caravan entered the city, Gale received an invitation from Count "Salman". Although George wanted to be entertained, he was not suitable to meet the city lord yet.

‘Earl’, this title seemed a bit low-class at first glance with George’s current status - after all, there were dozens of dukes in the Kingdom of Elda.

But if 80% of those dozens of dukes were picked out and put together, they would not be as powerful as this ‘Earl Salman’ - because his father was called ‘Grand Duke Canglan’!

Grand Duke Canglan and Grand Duke Qiongying were both the heads of the four dukes of the Kingdom of Elda - in fact, the former Grand Duke Qiongying was the undisputed boss. He not only had the blood of the saint, but also could easily pull out more than 200,000 troops and support most of the consumption of a world war in the north by himself.

What's more, he also had the Templar Knights, such as the Thornbirds, in his hands!

He could be regarded as the ‘Yuan Shao’ in the Kingdom of Elda.

Unfortunately, the current ‘Yuan Shao’ had been defeated in the ‘Battle of Guandu’ - nothing.

Originally, the gradually weakening Principality of Skyhawk was looking forward to reviving the family through the Twilight War. After the failure, it also dreamed of a complete reversal through the situation of the Northern Black Tide. Now it has completely capsized - it can be said that a great country will perish if it is warlike.

In the continuous wars, the population of tens of millions has been reduced to three million. After the last trump card "The Thorn Birds" was gone, the status and power of the old Skyhawk, the fallen dog, has been completely replaced by this "Duke Canglan".

If the history of the Principality of Skyhawk is a history of gradual decline, then this Grand Duke Canglan is completely the opposite.

The Canglan family was originally an outsider - their ancestors had the blood of the nobles of the Sand Country and had a marriage with the Elda royal family.

And this family is also the "pro-Seven Gods faction" in the Sand Country.

After the ancestors of the Canglan family lost the battle for the throne of the Sand Country several centuries ago, they came to this enclave in the Elda Kingdom.

Originally, Canglan City was just a small town, but judging from its current size, although this family cannot compete with the Skyhawk in terms of fighting, it is more capable than the Skyhawk in terms of business and trade.

In addition, the Canglan family was once a lackey of the Holy Court. Although they failed in the battle for the throne of the Sand Country, they laid the foundation for the Sand Country to recognize the "Seven Gods", which made the Holy Court always support this family behind the scenes.

After the failure of the battle for the throne of the Sand Country, the Canglan family almost never participated in any wars, and instead put all their energy on marriage, land and trade. Now their land has expanded tenfold through peaceful means - not counting some areas in the Sky Wrath Mountains, it has 500,000 square kilometers.

And the population has exceeded tens of millions.

In addition to business, the Canglan family's investment vision is also very impressive - a bishop they once supported with all their strength later entered the core cardinal group of the Holy Court. Afterwards, through this bishop, the Canglan family had closer ties with the upper echelons of the Holy See, which made the Holy See never forget the contributions this family had made to the Seven Gods over the centuries.

Alfonso believed that the construction of the ‘Canglan Knights’ in the hands of Duke Canglan had the shadow of the Holy See.

The conservatives of the Holy See never interfered in its internal affairs, and those who supported the Grand Duke Canglan were the reformists of the Holy See.

The Holy Court has always intended to support this duke to maintain stability within the Kingdom of Elda and to check and balance the local Holy Church in Elda - or in other words, to check and balance this big warlord in Elda.

The second most successful investment of the Canglan family was the Twilight War - they were on the side of the Holy Court, but they were on the side of the Lord Harmony Faction. In those ten years, the Canglan family used their superb political skills to become the middleman between the Southern Wilderness and the Holy Court, and managed to get both sides.

During the Twilight War, the Canglan family had never made any military exploits - it could be said to be a shame in the war, but they were the largest war traders in the Kingdom of Elda.

Before the war ended, their eldest grandpa was Shengting. After the war, they had another grandpa - the Southern Wilderness.

It is true that the Holy Court is so far away that water from a distance cannot quench the thirst of the people nearby. In addition, the Elda Kingdom is now so bear-like, and the Southern Wilderness people are on the edge of Canglan (there is still a buffer between Qiongying and Southern Wilderness). If they don't serve these uncles well, they will have no choice. Law is at ease.

But what is ridiculous is that the Holy Court believed that Canglan was to guard the important nodes in the south - just like Chongzhen believed in Wu Sangui.

Of course, this 'Wu Sangui' was forced. Not to mention the Fire Wolf Tribe, even the Shuangya Tribe, whose population was less than half of theirs, the Canglan family could not afford to offend.

Comparatively speaking, Dome Eagle is quite tough.

However, what is ridiculous is that the Canglan family, which is so militarily decadent, has both sides among the Holy Court, Southern Wilderness, and Elda - they can even secretly influence some Southern Wilderness tribes, causing them to attack certain people and even attack others. Conquer certain principalities.

For example, the dome eagle

This makes almost no one dare to provoke this family in the Kingdom of Elda, and makes them extremely powerful in the south.

Alfonso believes that they are big traitors, but King Elda and Robert's faction, as well as the reformists in the Holy Court, believe that this Canglan family is to balance the current situation in the south and prevent the north and the south from starting a war. The key to the end.

It seems that there are some reasons for both kinds of persuasion, and I can’t say who is wrong.

It can only be said that the Kingdom of Elda is rotten to the core.