Chapter 61: Disheartened
William once set off a purge in Shangjiang, which made the human nobles extremely disappointed in the royal family, but fortunately, Howard claimed that the king stabilized the internal turmoil of the human race in time, but he soon disappeared.
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 have no bottom in their hearts, but just looking at the customs of the black elves, the new king is likely to become a puppet.
The nobles compromised at this time, and there was no better choice.
And when Joyce declares that he will be king, how will the human nobles choose?
Bartlett thought calmly, not annoyed by Da Liang's warning. He admits that Joyce has always been very prestigious, as the crown princess appointed by the previous king, assisting William in managing the mistress of Shangjiang, she is in charge of the navy, the lifeblood of the city. Although Shangjiang has suffered one after another, Joyce's prestige has not decreased but increased, and he is now the person with the highest status in Shangjiang.
Many aristocrats were willing to follow Joyce.
Therefore, if the angels oppose Joyce's claim to be king and trigger a civil war in Shangjiang City, Bartlett really doesn't have much chance of winning. Especially with Marquis Stanley also supporting Joyce, Abigail's army can't even get to the surface, let alone support Angel to defend her legitimate royal family.
The other party has already planned everything, and Count Daliang is here this time to show off and force the angels to show their attitude.
Did even Howard give up the royal family and family?
Bartlett found that his choice was meaningless, and after much deliberation, he said, "The angel is king of Joyce, and he does not support or oppose it. How other cities will choose, you have to fight for yourself. Whether it is war reunification or peaceful reunification in Shangjiang, the angels do not participate.
When Joyce unifies Shangjiang, I will disband the Angel Legion. You can use your new royal status to sign a new contract with the angels who are willing to stay, and I will no longer serve Shangjiang.
I hope you'll tell me where Howard is, and I still love my life with him. ”
Although it didn't have the support of the Angel Army, it was a good result to get the Angels to give up blocking Joyce. As long as Bartlett didn't intervene, it would be much easier for Joyce to integrate the Shangjiang Terrans.
As for Bartlet's disbandment of the Angel Legion, Joyce needs to re-sign a contract with the Angels who are willing to stay. Da Liang believes that as long as Divine Bella appears publicly, most of the angels will choose to stay here.
Next...... It is to convene a royal council to gather all the city lords of Shangjiang together......
Discuss Joyce's reign.
The next day, Bartlett gathered the angelic legion and entered the military camp west of the city, and then sealed the military camp, and no one was allowed to enter or go out.
The navy began to station in Shangjiang City on a large scale, especially some important buildings, and all the defenders were replaced by naval soldiers.
The Oath rises into the air.
Soon there was news from Jiading City that the Marquis of Stanley was gathering his army.
The sudden change in Shangjiang City has caused many people to speculate. You must know that the last time the navy and Jiading City gathered troops at the same time, they then attacked Shangjiang City. What do they want to do this time? Some nobles have inquired about what is going to happen recently through various channels, and the middle and high-ranking nobles went directly to the Pudong Fleet Admiral's Mansion to ask Joyce in person.
Joyce, on the other hand, entered the Oath and refused to receive any visitors.
The invisible "true" imperial prime minister could not be seen, and Count Daliang, who was leisurely wandering in the Pudong Fleet Admiral's Palace, was caught by the nobles.
Forced out Joshua and Abigail, promoted the Marquis of Stanley as the former prime minister, and assisted Joyce in stabilizing Shangjiang City. Da Liang's influence in the aristocratic circle of Shangjiang City is extraordinary, so the nobles who have not seen Joyce have come to Da Liang one after another, wanting to find out from him what big moves Shangjiang City will have in the near future.
Of course, Da Liang will not say that he wants to push Joyce to become king, anyway, the navy has already controlled Shangjiang City, and Bartlett chooses to ignore it, and the attitude of these nobles is not an attitude. When the time comes, when this royal flag is erected, they can only follow. Therefore, saying too much to these nobles will startle the other city lords and make them vigilant.
Da Liang was afraid that Joyce would say something to these nobles of his father's generation, so he asked her to hide on the Oath, and he dealt with these nobles who came to the door in the Admiral's Palace.
Facing the nervous aristocrats, Da Liang sat in Joyce's office and said with a relaxed smile: "Adults, don't be nervous. All the measures in Shangjiang City are all to welcome a special mission.
If we can fully cooperate with the alliance represented by this mission, we can effectively increase our reputation and the competitiveness of our maritime trade.
Everyone has also seen that the development of the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce has reached a bottleneck, and the war in the Dead Realm has made it impossible for the City of Sighs to provide us with more mercenaries, and we must seek other partners.
If this cooperation can be negotiated, I believe that the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce will be able to expand the maritime trade preferential zone by at least five times. Now everyone is doing business with the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce, which is definitely a great thing for us.
Therefore, Lord Joyce attached great importance to this mission's visit, and he made some radical moves in preparing for the reception of the mission, after all, the army did not have its own navy.
The Marquis of Stanley is also gathering troops, preparing to show the military strength of the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce to the embassy and increase the confidence of the other party to cooperate. ”
This explanation seems to make sense, and the cities of Shangjiang are peaceful and there is no contradiction that must be used, and the nobles are much more relieved. But what kind of mission made Joyce and Stanley greet so ceremoniously?
The nobles turned to Da Liang to inquire about the news of this mission, and if the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce would expand again, they might as well raise funds in advance to catch this free ride.
Facing a group of curious baby-like aristocrats, Da Liang said: "As for where this mission comes from, it still needs to be kept secret for the time being, after all, the fewer people who know this kind of trade secret, the better, I hope you adults can understand."
In short, the scale of this business cooperation is very large, and the Shuntong Chamber of Commerce can't afford it. If you want to get involved, go back and raise money to gather the army and show the strongest side of our Shangjiang. ”
The nobles continued to ask, and Da Liang kept changing the subject and insisted on not revealing more information about the mission.
Soon, the nobles, who had achieved their main purpose, left the Admiralty of the Pudong Fleet.
Instead of fighting, they made money, and the nobles, who thought they had received inside information, actively raised funds and gathered their private soldiers to prepare for the arrival of the mission.