Lord of War

After seeing off the special envoy of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, Sean turned and walked towards another room.

There, Cecilia and Cefanio were chatting with Asuna, Old Hatch, Kos and others. But basically Cecilia and Asuna are talking about the sea in the southeast and northwest, and there is no fixed topic, but only when talking about customs and regional differences, the old Duke Hatch will intervene. The few sentences above are all about some customs and customs of the former Dabiang Kingdom.

On these topics, Coss was pretty quiet.

But everyone knows that Kos is actually more interested in military warfare and other things. After all, he is an out-and-out war fanatic, so he keeps silent on these topics, and everyone is not surprised.

When Sean opened the door, Asuna and Cecilia had already had a heated discussion on clothing.

As a woman, everyone knows that she loves beauty—except for Rena, Sean has seen her wardrobe, and there are seven sets of identical coarse clothes in it: white linen shirt and brown linen trousers. So on this topic, even Cephaneo involuntarily intervened, causing Kos and the old Duke Hatch to shake their heads—in fact, the old Duke Hatch is fine, Kos looked at the group of women His eyes seemed to be looking at some monster.

Sean thought to himself: Kos is still too young to have seen the real purgatory.

When they saw Sean coming in, everyone ended the previous chatting at the same time.

For some reason, a low air pressure began to pervade the room the moment Xiao En entered.

And when Sean took his seat, Hatch Boulder, the old duke who still enjoys a relatively high prestige among the noble family of Darby, finally spoke in a deep voice: "Our enemies are moving faster than we imagined. many……"

Although she knew that the "enemies" that the old Duke Hatch referred to were enemies from political factions, Asuna still frowned slightly. Judging from her appearance, she probably wanted to correct the meaning of the old Duke Hatch's words. It's just that the lips were slightly opened and then closed again, and in the end they still didn't speak out. In Asuna's cognition, she is now considered a faction of the nobles outside the Great Wall, so the enemy that the old Duke Hatch said is actually her enemy, so in a sense. Old Duke Hatch was right.

Seeing Asuna's appearance, Sean chuckled in his heart: a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

However, those who also noticed Asuna's small movements naturally also included Kos, the old Duke Hatch and others. After all, among the people present, except for Sean, Rena, and Sefanio, the others were veterans who had been immersed in the aristocratic circle for many years, so there was still some keen attention.

So the next sentence. The old Duke Hatch naturally changed his words a little, so fluent and natural that it was unbelievable: "...these people from the aristocratic faction in Senai seem to have reached some kind of agreement with those from the original northwest aristocratic circle, so that they It can free up more manpower to target and attack us. The most important thing is that even in our influence, there are many guys who are hesitant, and these people are likely to be drawn by the other party."

"What happened to that Roha Karqi?" Sean asked.

As one of the seven Dukes of Ryan today. The other five Xiao Ens all understood it, but this Roha Karqi didn't understand it at all.

"This is a ruthless guy." Cos Hopson, who had been almost silent until now, spoke first this time.

"Cruel?" Sean froze for a moment.

He was suddenly a little curious, what kind of ruthless person is it that can be called ruthless by a war madman?

You know, any real war madman is a very iron-blooded and ruthless person. Because for this kind of people. The victims of the war are just a group of dead numbers. Even if they charge on the front line themselves, they will not be moved by the fall of their companions. Most of the time, they don't care about the number of deaths at all, because as long as they can win In the next war, even if they are completely wiped out in local battles, they will not frown - in fact, the more extreme war madness will even send a batch of cannon fodder to die in these local battles.

So if you want to say ruthless, basically all war mads can be worthy of this name.

It is also because of this that Sean is naturally very interested in being able to be called a ruthless person by a war fanatic.

"Roha's words...is that the devil's son?" He heard Kos's words. Old Duke Hatch also frowned slightly.

Obviously, the two dukes had obviously heard about such a character.

Kos nodded slightly.

"What's going on?" This time, even Asuna became curious.

"The Calci family is one of the original seven Duke families of Darbion. This family is one of the leaders of the Northwest aristocratic circle." Hutch Boulder began to narrate, "In some respects, this family The family actually began to decline as early as the previous generation, but the speed of this decline was delayed by the old Karki for a full thirty years, and it was not until the last war with Ryan broke out that the decline was finally unable to stop. "

Hatch Boulder's so-called last Lion War naturally refers to the event of Asuna's full-scale invasion of Darbion.

"Under this unstoppable decline, the Karchi family had to sell some territories and other things to maintain the stability of the entire family, but even this kind of stability has actually become quite fragile. It is said that other There have even been several internal divisions and turmoil." Hatch Boulder continued, "But at this time, an even more shocking scandal broke out in the Calci family, that is, almost all of the Calci family The heirs were all killed."

"What's going on?" Sean froze for a moment.

"For the right of family inheritance." It was Cos Hopson who answered the question.

Sean naturally knows something about the inheritance rights of noble families. After all, he has already been involved in many things in this world. The one that is relatively long in history is the one in the Portoroa Kingdom, and the most recent one is the incident between the Xuefeng tribe and Broad. On the whole, for this kind of inheritance dispute. Sean more or less knows a lot.

"In fact, this incident should actually be regarded as a trigger." The old Duke Hatch said again, "At that time, there were not only members of the direct line on the heir candidate list of the Calci family, so this incident can be said to be an accident. Real family strife broke out."

"The murderer is...that Luoha?"

Coss Hobson nodded: "Actually, at the beginning, everyone else was waiting to see the split and jokes of the Calci family. But no one expected that a game that only cost two Yue completely returned all the will of the entire Karchi family to one person.... At this time, we discovered from other things that it turned out that as early as a week before the start of the family inheritance battle Killing his father, everything after that is actually just a plot bait. It is purely to solve the family's internal worries."

Hearing this, Sean and Cecilia looked at each other.

Because both of them thought of a person by coincidence.

Sean Hastings.

If you want to say cruelty, then when Domingo Hastings died, the illegitimate son of the Hastings family completely threw away the last trace of his humanity, and completely degenerated into a vengeful demon. In a certain nature. Thain is actually a very cruel and cold-blooded animal.

"If it wasn't for you back then, the Calci family wouldn't have fallen so quickly." At this moment, Kos suddenly said.

Sean and the others were taken aback for a moment, and then turned their gazes to Hutch Boulder.

"In fact, after any family develops to a certain level, various problems will produce many different results, both negative and positive, but more often it is because the heirs are not qualified enough and the family starts to go downhill." Lao Ha Duke Qi said. "About fifty years ago, the Boulder family began to go downhill until I became the head of the family....At that time, the most powerful faction in the country was the northwest aristocratic circle led by the Karchi family, and I was It was stepping on the Calci family that finally established the strong and dominant position of the Boulder family in the next forty years."

"So... Roha is impossible to join our camp?" Sean asked.

"Yes." The old Duke of Boulder nodded, "He is called the son of the devil in the upper circles of the Darbion Kingdom because his methods are too cold-blooded. This time, he did not fight against Ryan. He was not responsible for the overall planning and command of the northwest aristocratic circle, but after the war, the size and strength of his army remained the most complete, which makes people very suspicious of what he was doing at the beginning of the war."

"Apart from preserving strength and avoiding war. What else can we do?" Kos curled his lips disdainfully, "When the all-out war broke out and Ryan's army completely suppressed the Northwest aristocratic circle, he led his army to hide behind the territory Afterwards, after the Dabion Army in the Northwest Theater was defeated, he surrendered immediately. He joined the camp of Ryan's army with a nearly full-scale force."

"Tsk." Sean made a strange voice, "This guy doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp."

"Roha Karqi is also a battlefield commander who is very good at strategy." The old Duke Hatch said in a deep voice, "so those nobles in Senai will have a surge in combat power if he joins. Even in frontal conflicts and battles Losing to us is definitely enough to disgust us or create some conflicts and the like. And once we have the support of those so-called aristocrats in Senegal, we are likely to be at a disadvantage in the battle of public opinion."

"It doesn't matter." Sean shrugged, "Then as long as we directly expand every conflict into a bloody incident, even if they conflict with us more times, they will only dare to pay lip service, but no matter what method , for us, we can directly use force to solve the problem...so as long as they are still inferior to us in military power, then even if they want to disgust us, they must consider our reaction."

"This can be regarded as a way." Kos nodded, "It's just that we will fall into a relatively passive situation at the beginning."

"It's better to be passive at the beginning than to be passive from beginning to end." Sean asked rhetorically.

"Indeed." After thinking for a while, everyone couldn't help but nodded, acquiescing to Xiao En's statement.

And from the beginning to the end, no one proposed to win over the Duke Roha Karchi.

The reason is simple. The duke and Hatch Boulder had a feud, so there was only one choice between Hatch Boulder and Roha Karchi. But for Hatch Boulder, everyone already knew the basics, and the old Duke Hatch was relatively upright and kept his promise, so compared to a cold-blooded creature who dared to kill his father and brother. There is absolutely no one who really wants to cooperate with the other party, because such a person may stab you in the back at any time.

However, what everyone is really afraid of is that the army under the Duke's command is relatively intact, so if there is any conflict in a short period of time, it will be disadvantageous to Xiao En and others. Because in the last war. Sean, Asuna and the others fought in many places for their military exploits, because the damage to their military strength was relatively heavy. Otherwise, Sean would not have asked the special envoy of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance to ask for 100,000 slaves. .

He is indeed in urgent need of supplementary military strength, even if it is only the leading cannon fodder troops, it is better than nothing.

This time the four of them met, in fact, mainly to discuss some specific details about the future offensive and defensive alliance between each other. Originally, there should be three other people who participated in this meeting, including Lonnie, Florence, and Bourne Badie, but this time, these three people were unable to come because they were entangled in various temporary affairs. After all, the seven of them are truly an alliance organization. As for the other so-called nobles outside the Great Wall, they are still in a state of disunity in a strict sense. However, after this meeting, Hatch Boulder and Cos Hope will Sen two took the lead to lead.

As far as the current situation is concerned, those nobles in the Northwest Noble Circle of the original Darbion. I'm afraid I won't join their alliance.

This is called influence.

As for the turmoil that will be caused by the reshuffle of the nobles after Ryan's promotion to the kingdom, it has nothing to do with them, duke-level titles. Anyway, the new parliament is about to undergo reforms, and it will return to the system of upper and lower houses at that time, and the upper house has a total of 41 seats, except for the seven dukes and fourteen powerful marquises who have already confirmed their seats. , the remaining 20 positions will be born after a series of selection systems.

It's just that these 20 seats are not as stable as the first echelon formed by the seven Dukes and the fourteen powerful Marquises: the circle of high-ranking aristocrats is so stable, and in the nomination rounds of each quarter, the scores are ranked lower The top five in the House of Commons will advance to the House of Lords. Likewise, the five lowest-ranked people in the House of Commons will be disqualified from their seats in the House of Commons. Five people are selected from the shortlist to enter the House of Representatives.

This reshuffle seems to be very severe, and it is also full of strong competition, but in this way, it can indeed ensure the vitality and development of the entire Ryan Kingdom.

As for the scoring mechanism, it was screened by King Ryan.

From a certain point of view, it can also ensure the concentration of royal power and privileged power.

It's just that all the nobles in the entire Ryan Kingdom would not think of it. The person who proposed this amendment was actually Sean. In other words, it was Sean's staff team—Hela and Neil who jointly proposed and made the modification. It can be said that all the flaws have been repaired, at least it is unlikely to cause some loopholes that can be exploited , also because of this proposal, Sean has a very high status in the eyes of King Ryan.

The topics discussed by the next four people were no longer limited to politics, but also involved the future development of the territory and some defense assistance. In this regard, Kos strongly requested to borrow someone from Sean. After all, the excellence of the generals under Xiao En's command has reached a heinous level, almost no one would not be envious, even Kos wants Xiao En to set up a teaching class for officers, and he hopes to send some officers Come here and study.

Sean naturally wouldn't have much opinion on this. After all, William is actually quite happy to do this kind of thing, and if these officers become famous in the future, then William as a teacher will naturally become famous, which is very important for Sean. It is actually a win-win situation for Kos. As a result, including the old Duke Hatch and Asuna, they all became very interested in this training class.

In the end, Sean had to temporarily limit the number of officers each of these three people would send over to study: no more than five.

As for lending the general to Kos, Sean thought about it. It was decided to lend Stalin, Altdorf, Nock, and Dwight to Koss, and except for Dwight who would lead the Scarlet Knights, Kos had to provide troops for Stalin, Altdorf, Nock, etc. . In this regard, although Koss regretted not being able to borrow William, he still said that there is no problem. After all, Kos had heard of the character of Stalin, so he also expressed strong expectations for Altdorf and Nock who could be compared with Stalin.

At the end of the discussion, Sean thought about it, and said, "I will let Hela go to your side for a few months by the way."

"Hella?" Kos was stunned for a moment. "Who is Hela?"

But Kos doesn't know, but it doesn't mean that the old fox Hatch Boulder doesn't know: "Hella? Hella Nugus?"

"Yes." Sean nodded, "But her name is Hella Garcia now."

"So it's from the Garcia family, no wonder..." Hutch Boulder said with some emotion, and then turned his head to look at Kos, "You bastard. Be happy."

"Why?" Kos still didn't understand.

"Because it was this woman who made me decide to surrender to Lord Asuna." Hatch Boulder lightly threw a bomb, "If I didn't surrender at that time, the entire Boulder family would be destroyed. This woman was eaten... Although the current situation doesn't look much better, at least the Boulder family is still alive."

Hearing the old Duke Hatch's words, the eyes of Coss Hobson, the Duke of Black Mandala, instantly lit up.

"However, don't expect too much from Hella's tactical guidance." Sean feared that Kos' expectations were too high. So I can only take a precautionary shot in advance, "Hella's ability at the tactical level is simply too weak, but you can look forward to it in terms of the overall situation and strategic arrangement....Of course, if you have very good Tactical execution talents, then Hella probably only needs to give you a general strategic direction, and you can give those guys in the Fascist Kingdom a great surprise."

"Haha, you can rest assured about this, I can't wait to surprise those guys now."

Sean could only helplessly shake his head for Kos' excited reaction.

"By the way, what plans do you have next?" Asuna said suddenly. "Tomorrow the national celebration will officially begin."

"I will probably stay here in the capital for a while, and I am going to participate in this underground auction held by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance."

"Underground auction?" Asuna was stunned for a moment, "Why do you want to participate in this?"

"I heard that there is such an auction, so I want to see if there are any good things, and maybe I can take some things out for some money." Sean smiled. "After all, the size of my territory is still a bit large for me now, so I have to take out some things to exchange some funds to subsidize my family."

Hearing Xiao En's words, everyone present laughed.

None of them are currently recovering from the war, but the situation of Cos Hobson and Hatch Boulder is slightly better.

The former is mainly because he has to deal with the fascist kingdom that may take advantage of the fire, so his strength is preserved in this war, but even so, he is still in the embarrassing situation of having to borrow generals from Xiao En; while the latter is because of the territory Therefore, the expenditure required by Tequila Territory will be greatly reduced for a while. After all, the most important places and towns are still controlled by the old Duke Hatch.

As for Asuna, she never had a moment of rest after the war. Basically, there are still many small-scale riots in the so-called Garrod Territory, so she had to let Elizabeth, Simi, Vivian and others fight the fire everywhere. .

So strictly speaking, except for Duke Hatch, the other two are also poor.

"If that's the case, maybe I need to take a look too. This time I happened to bring some things here, maybe I can sell them for a good price." After hesitating for a while, Cos Hobson also said.

"If that's the case, then you can go with me." Asuna blinked suddenly, "Because I received an invitation letter from the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and they will hold the first auction tonight." (unfinished To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to read.)