Chapter 126: Visiting the Ministers (Asking for Recommendations)
After leaving the Viscount's Mansion, Yun Xiaohan and Liya continued to visit the other important ministers.
There were still enemies on the road, but Yun Xiaohan relied on his strong strength to break through the interceptions one by one.
At Nelson's suggestion, they first went to meet the Minister of War, the Marquis Marquis of Mazzini Gesang, and after presenting the token, the whole process went relatively smoothly.
Mazzini is a veteran, but he has long since retired from the army, and now he is more like a politician than a soldier.
A native of Sardinia, he was the head of the Sardinian independence faction and had never been willing to annex the Sardinian territory to any country.
But he did not lack political vision, and knew very well that in this turbulent time, an empire with a weak navy was the best option, not only did the conditions given be the best, but also did not have enough sea power to interfere with the Sardinian territory.
In the case of a commercial alliance or the Austro-Argentine Council, with their maritime power, it would be difficult for the rights of Sardinia to remain in the hands of the Sardinians.
It didn't matter to him who the Duke of Sardinia was, as long as Sardinia was still governed by Sardinians.
Previously, because the maritime power of the Central Empire was too weak, and he did not show his attitude towards Sardinia, the Marquis of Mazzini was not sure of the Empire's thoughts at all, let alone contacting the Empire, he had not dealt with him for many years, and the high-ranking members of the Empire who had dealings with him many years ago were no longer in his position.
Therefore, the appearance of Ria can be said to be in the middle of it, so after just a short negotiation, the two sides hit it off, and the Marquis of Mazzini not only expressed his full support for Ria to inherit the dukedom, but also agreed to immediately strengthen the monitoring of the four gates of Cagliari.
As early as a few days ago, after the news that the old duke was critically ill, the city of Cagliari had been closed with four gates, otherwise Leah would not need to use the secret passage to enter the city of Cagliari, and her act of destroying the switch after entering also prevented the other two heirs from entering.
And now the action of strengthening the monitoring will not only further prevent accidents, but also prevent the news of the Duke's death and Leah's support from being passed out.
The next meeting of the Minister of State, Marquis Sconi Beru, was the conservative leader of the Sardinia and the patriarch of the Belu family, which was the second largest family in the Sardinian realm after the Duke of Sardinia, the third largest city on the island of Sardinia, the city of Olbia, the third largest city on the island of Sardinia, which was the domain of the Belu family, and the first city of Cagliari and the second Corsica were both direct territories of the Duke of Sardinia.
In fact, it was he who repeatedly opposed the awarding of Viscount Nelson, the backbone of most of the old aristocracy in Sardinia, and in his opinion, the old nobles with a long family history should be appointed, rather than the new nobles of commoner origin.
Of the three camps, Sconey leaned more towards the Arcane Council, as most mage families have a long lineage.
Leah had been talking to him for a long time, but could not convince him, and Sconey had always been resentful of the old duke's policy of valuing and appointing new nobles of commoner origin.
If Scony continues to support the Alpha Parliament, the Alpha Parliament will be able to gain a stronghold on Sardinia, so that it will continue to send troops to Sardinia, which will make the Central Empire, which has weak maritime power and limited support, very passive.
Seeing that he had been unsuccessful for a long time, Yun Xiaohan, who was on the side, suddenly interjected, "Marquis Scony, I heard that you are most proud of the fact that the Belu family is the longest-lasting family on Sardinia, so if the mage family of the Ofa Council arrives on the island, the Belu family will still be the longest-lasting family?" Can he still be the leader of many families on the island? ”
Sconi was stunned for a moment, then turned around and carefully examined Yun Xiaohan for a while, and then groaned for a while before he re-opened his mouth and asked, "Your Highness Leah, who is this?" ”
"Brigadier Yun Xiaohan, a very outstanding rising star in the empire, my father ordered him to assist me, and he was able to meet the Duke of Sardinia smoothly this time, and he made great contributions." Liya didn't dismantle Yun Xiaohan's platform this time, and reacted very quickly to say some nonsense.
"It is worthy of being the largest country on the continent of Aden, and the talents of the Central Empire are really endless. I think your words are reasonable, Your Highness, but I have a good relationship with the Alpha Council, and please allow me to remain neutral in this succession battle, what do you think? ”
The old man Sconi is still very shrewd, and he knows very well that as the head of many families in Sardinia, he needs to be co-opted by whoever succeeds to the throne.
And Scone was not willing to turn against the Arcane Council, he had never considered the Central Empire before, he only felt that the winner must be decided from the commercial alliance and the Arcanian Council, and as an old-school nobleman, he naturally disdained to be in the company of the group of merchant nobles who were full of copper smell.
But now that the Central Empire has suddenly appeared, and has achieved a lot of advantages, although he is still not very optimistic about the Central Empire, but he also has to admit that the Central Empire is no longer without a chance of winning, as an opportunist, he is naturally unwilling to bet early.
The question asked by Yun Xiaohan may not have been considered by Scone before, but before he only had two choices, he was completely unwilling to choose the business alliance, so he could only choose the Arcane Council, and now he suddenly found that he had other options, and the new choice might be more beneficial to him, so it was not surprising that he borrowed a donkey to go downhill on Yun Xiaohan's problem.
"Marquis Scony, your neutrality is already the greatest help to me, and of course, it would be better if you could go one step further and support me directly."
Leah is not stupid, she knows very well that she can't become a fat person in one bite, and it is already good to have this result, if she can gain an advantage in the future battle, the one in front of her will naturally take the initiative to lean over, if she is at a disadvantage, even if the other party agrees, she has to prevent being stabbed in the back by Sconi.
Then it was the Minister of Commerce - Count Otuni Kada, this time Yun Xiaohan and Ria did not enter the door at all, but they did not have much hope, so they could not talk about disappointment, Otuni is a staunch supporter of the business alliance, he was born in the business aristocracy and was not very popular with the old-style aristocracy, and he also has a lot of business dealings with the business alliance, and there are also many industries in the business alliance.
If you lose the trade channel with the business alliance, or even if the property is confiscated, bankruptcy may not be, but it is inevitable that your vitality will be greatly damaged, and it will naturally be an unacceptable result for this greedy guy who regards money as his life.
Otuni was the weakest of the powerful ministers, with no army and no large territory, but he had a large merchant fleet at his disposal, ready to transport large numbers of troops for the commercial alliance.
Moreover, the commercial alliance of the three countries is also the most dominant in the battle for Sardinia, because they have the strongest navy.
If it weren't for the fact that Otuni didn't have any force, maybe he would attack Lia, and even the enemy who intercepted Liya now might be a mercenary recruited by Otuni, but this stingy guy was reluctant to spend a lot of money, and the mercenaries recruited were not very good.
In fact, all three factions have candidates to block the inheritance rights of the other factions, but with the help of Yun Xiaohan, Leah is the first to come to Sardinia and reach the secret passage.