Start with an Archangel

William once launched a great purge in Shangjiang, which made the human nobles extremely disappointed with the royal family. Fortunately, Howard became king and stabilized the internal turmoil in the human race in time, but he disappeared soon after.

Now Abigail's child is likely to become the new king. Whether he will be a Howard or a William in the future, the nobles are not sure, but just looking at the customs of the black elves, the new king is likely to become a puppet.

The nobles' compromise at this time has no better choice.

And when Joyce declares that he will become king, how will the human nobles choose?

Bartlett thought calmly and was not annoyed by Da Liang's warning. He admitted that Joyce had always had a high prestige. As the crown princess appointed by the late king, she assisted William in managing Shangjiang's mistress. She was in charge of the navy, the lifeblood of the city. Although Shangjiang encountered changes one after another, Joyce's prestige has not declined but has increased, and he is now the highest-status person in the Shangjiang clan.

Many nobles were willing to follow Joyce.

Therefore, if the angels oppose Joyce becoming king and trigger a civil war in Shangjiang City, Bartlett really doesn't have much chance of winning. Especially when Marquis Stanley also supported Joyce, Abigail's army could not even reach the surface, let alone support the angels in safeguarding the rights of her legitimate royal family.

The other party has already planned everything. Earl Daliang came here this time to show off his cards and force the angels to express their attitude.

Has even Howard given up on the royal family and his family?

Bartlett found that none of his choices made any sense. After repeated consideration, he said: "Angel is king of Joyce. He does not support or oppose it. It is up to you to fight for what other cities will choose." Whether Jiang is reunifying through war or peaceful reunification, the angels will not participate.

When Joyce unifies Shangjiang, I will disband the Angel Legion. You can use your new royal identity to sign new contracts with the angels who are willing to stay, and I will no longer serve Shangjiang.

I hope you can tell me where Howard is at that time. I still enjoy the life of fighting with him. "

Although he did not get the support of the Angel Legion, it was a good result for the Angels to give up blocking Joyce. As long as Bartlett doesn't interfere, it will be much easier for Joyce to integrate the Shangjiang people.

As for Bartlett disbanding the Angel Legion, Joyce needs to re-sign contracts with the angels who are willing to stay. Daliang believes that as long as Holy Bella appears publicly, most angels will choose to stay here.

Next... is to hold an imperial meeting to bring together all the city lords of Shangjiang...

Discuss Joyce becoming king.

The next day, Bartlett gathered the angel army and entered the military camp in the west of the city. Then he sealed the camp and no one was allowed to enter or go out.

The navy, uncharacteristically, began to station itself in Shangjiang City on a large scale, especially in some important buildings. All the defenders were replaced by navy soldiers.

The Oath rose into the air.

Soon there was news from Jiading City that Marquis Stanley was gathering his troops.

The sudden changes in Shangjiang City caused many people to speculate. You know, the last time the navy and Jiading City gathered their troops at the same time, they then attacked Shangjiang City. What do they want to do this time? Some nobles used various channels to find out what was going to happen recently, and the middle and high-level nobles went directly to the Fleet Admiral's Mansion in Pudong to ask Joyce face to face.

Joyce, however, stationed himself on the Oath and refused to receive any visitors.

The invisible "real" Prime Minister could not be seen, but Earl Daliang, who was leisurely wandering around the Pudong Fleet Admiral's Palace, was caught by the nobles.

Forced away Joshua and Abigail, elected Marquis Stanley as Prime Minister, and assisted Joyce in stabilizing Shangjiang City. Daliang's influence in the aristocratic circle of Shangjiang City was extraordinary, so the nobles who had not seen Joyce came to Daliang one after another, trying to find out from him what big moves would be made in Shangjiang City in the near future.

Of course, Daliang would not say anything about pushing Joyce to be king. Anyway, the navy had already taken control of Shangjiang City, and Bartlett chose to ignore it. The attitude of these nobles was not an attitude. When the time comes, when this royal flag is erected, they will have no choice but to follow. Therefore, if you say too much to these nobles, it will alert other city lords.

Daliang was afraid that Joyce would spill the beans in front of these nobles from her father's generation, so he asked her to hide on the Oath, while he dealt with these nobles at the Admiral's Mansion.

Facing the nervous nobles, Daliang sat in Joyce's office and said with a relaxed smile: "Masters, there is no need to be nervous. All the measures in Shangjiang City are entirely to welcome a special mission. .

If we can fully cooperate with the alliance represented by this mission, we can effectively improve our reputation and competitiveness in maritime trade.

Everyone has also seen that the development of Shuntong Chamber of Commerce has reached a bottleneck. The war in the Kingdom of Death has prevented the City of Sighs from providing us with more mercenaries, so we must seek other partners.

If this cooperation can be negotiated, I believe that the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce can expand the maritime trade preferential zone at least five times. Now everyone is doing business with the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce, which is definitely a good thing for us.

Therefore, Lord Joyce attaches great importance to this mission's visit, and has made some extreme preparations to welcome the mission. After all, the army does not have the convenience of its own navy.

Marquis Stanley is also gathering troops, preparing to show the military power of the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce to the envoys to increase the other party's confidence in cooperation. "

This explanation seems to make sense, and the cities in Shangjiang are peaceful and there are no conflicts that require the use of force. The nobles are relieved a lot. But what kind of mission was it that Joyce and Stanley welcomed with such grand ceremony?

The nobles turned to Daliang to inquire about the mission. If the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce would expand again, they could raise funds in advance to catch this smooth sailing.

Facing a group of curious nobles, Daliang said: "As for where this mission comes from, it needs to be kept secret for the time being. After all, the fewer people who know this kind of business secret, the better. I hope all of you can understand.

In short, the scale of this business cooperation is very large, and the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce cannot handle it. If you adults want to get involved, go back and raise funds to recruit an army and show our strongest side in Shangjiang. "

The nobles continued to ask, but Daliang kept changing the subject and insisted not to reveal more information about the mission.

Soon, the nobles who had achieved their main purpose left the Pudong Fleet Admiral's Mansion.

Instead of fighting, they made money. The nobles who thought they had inside information actively raised funds and summoned their own private soldiers to prepare for the arrival of the mission.