Broad is indeed interested in cooperating with Sean, so he knows everything about Sean's problems, fully demonstrating his sincerity in seeking cooperation.

Therefore, Sean quickly learned about the many situations and problems in the current Ryan Kingdom, especially a clearer understanding of the situation.

The so-called Sennes nobility and the extra-Seygsee nobility refer to the distinction between the central axis of the Tonys Fortress and the outward axis. To put it simply, all the nobles in the former Duchy of Lane are Sené nobles, and the new and old nobles of the Principality of Lane, who had almost irreconcilable conflicts and contradictions due to differences in interests and positions, showed a rare political stance in the face of the original Darby noble clan who suddenly poured into the circle of the aristocratic system of the Lane Kingdom: a strong rejection of the nobles outside the Cypriot Kingdom.

It is true that as Broad said, in the face of absolute interests, unless it is a blood feud, there is no grudge that cannot be let go.

In this way, the Sene aristocratic group led by the Marquis of Thorn Grass reached a consciousness resonance this time before the extra-Seychelle nobles reacted and held together. In the foreseeable half a year, those people who were originally nobles of the Dabiang Kingdom would probably have a hard time, after all, these issues involving interests, the nobles of Lane would definitely show an extremely tough aggressiveness.

And by the time the so-called Cypriot nobles finally understood and began to hold together, they were already completely at a disadvantage, at least under the fact that one side was prepared and made full use of the battle for half a year, the gap between the two sides would only be widened. Even if there is a shrewd politician on the side of the Darby expensive clan, it will be difficult to reverse the situation in a short period of time, and once the time passes, with the personality of the nobles, no one can guarantee the unity and centripetal force of the nobles outside the Saiwai.

If infighting breaks out in such a situation. Then in the next ten years, the so-called foreign nobles will definitely be at a disadvantage for a long time.

Unfortunately, Sean, who started with this war, was included in the list of foreign nobles - in fact, even Asuna. G. Evans was ostracized by the Sene nobles, and Sean did not expect to be able to enter the circle of the Sene nobles. It's just that he wants to blatantly attack Asuna, but the Sene nobles don't have the courage, so Asuna has become the only outside nobleman in Sean's seven-man alliance who has not been targeted.

But this is also only temporary.

Once the nobles outside the Seychelles are suppressed in the overall situation, then the nobles of the Senes will definitely force Asuna to choose to take sides. With Sean's knowledge of Asuna, she certainly won't abandon the Alliance. And now that her geographical location is completely blocked in the Garold Fortress, once the route of foreign supplies is cut off in this kind of situation, Asuna will immediately fall into a rather passive predicament.

Thinking about it this way, Sean knew what Marquis Davin proposed to give all the original Dabiang territory within the Garold Fortress to Asuna, and the interest group led by the Marquis of Thorngrass not only did not object. And all of them voted in favor. Because in this way, they are tantamount to trapping the beast Asuna in disguise. even made her completely away from the political center of the entire Ryan Kingdom.

At this moment. Sean suddenly had a sense of sadness about killing a donkey and unloading the mill.

"There are a total of seven powerful marquis of the old school of the Ryan Kingdom, including Asuna, and it is certain that Commander Lloyd will never participate in the plan against his daughter, and the sword of Ryan has no other action except for proposing to transfer all the territory of Dabion within the Garold Fortress to Asuna...... At least he didn't make his political stance clear, and the remaining three families ......" Sean glanced at Broad before speaking in a deep voice. "Have all joined the Marquis of Thorngrass's interest group?"

The predecessor of the Kingdom of Lane: During the Duchy of Lane, there were a total of seven marquis with the prefix "strength".

Among them, the Evans family occupies two seats, and the remaining five are Devin, who has the name of "Sword of Lane". Söder. Marquis of Shabo, Saeki of the Grey Night Collar. Marquis of Rhodis, Foss, who has the strongest heavy infantry regiment in Lane, the "Silent Mountains". Marquis of Sebarox, Thorn Grass Michael. Marquis Ait, Karlovchi. Marquis of Finlistine.

Except for Asuna, the other six were all frequent visitors to the upper nobles of Ryan XII.

But what made Sean feel a little subtle. The Shabble family, who were basically hostile to Sean, did not participate in the interest group of the Marquis of Thorngrass, but the Fenlistin family joined this interest group on the condition of excluding themselves. It is precisely because of this that their interest group is equivalent to pushing Asuna to the opposite side, so that Asuna's father is of course impossible to participate in this interest group.

And these seven old Lane power marquis must also be one of the dukes that the Lane Kingdom has drawn up.

Duke-level aristocratic conflicts, this is not a fun game.

When Broad heard Sean's words, he naturally knew what Sean was worried about, so he said, "My family hasn't decided on a position yet. ”

Sean's brow furrowed slightly.

"But my cousin, who is competing with me for inheritance, is more inclined to this interest group." Seeing Sean's expression, Broad said quietly again.

"You're threatening me?" Sean's face was already cold.

"Nope." Broad's heart suddenly shuddered, and a sudden cold murderous aura made his heart throb suddenly, as if he was pinched by an invisible hand, but his face remained normal, and his voice didn't seem to tremble at all, "I'm just making a mutually beneficial proposal to you." …… If you think this is a good proposal, then we can work together so that not only will your enemy have one less boost, but you will gain an ally. ”

"It's just not enough to make my heart move." Sean thought for a while, he was still very satisfied with Broad's sincerity, but if it was just like this, he would not benefit at all, because even if it was the ally that Broad said, it was just a secret ally like Lonnes who could not disclose their identities and relationships, which did not have any substantial benefits for Sean at all.

Sean, on the other hand, happens to be a typical person who doesn't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles.

"I can give you a batch of Grey Night Mine." I thought about it for a moment. Broad spoke, "Probably enough for you to arm a main army. ”

Grey Night Ore, a rare metal ore mixed with trace amounts of magical power, is usually found as an associated mine, but it is extremely rare to appear as a non-associated ore in the territory of the Rhodis family, which is why the name Grey Night Collar comes from. However, Sean knew that the gray night ore was only relatively rare in the surface layer, and for the Underground World, the gray night ore was a common mass ore that could almost be said to be overflowing.

However, for countries on the surface only, gray night ore is still a relatively important resource.

This ore is combined with two other common ores to smelt synthetic iron. It can be used to craft a special type of armor. This type of armor was originally not allowed to be equipped in the game, but according to the calculations of the Exquisite Party, the texture of this armor is equivalent to the weak bronze level equipment, and it also has a certain degree of magic resistance. And the protection effect is equivalent to the level of heavy armor, but the weight is only half that of heavy armor - basically equivalent to the level of light armor.

It is the standard equipment used by the Silent Mountains, which is known as the strongest heavy infantry regiment in Lane. This is the kind of special armor.

But in Sean's eyes. This "strongest" is actually very watery: because it is equipped with such powerful equipment, the Silent Mountains are only a quasi-fourth-level army. If this set of equipment is unloaded, the Silent Mountain Range will even be directly downgraded to a quasi-third-level army, and it may not even be a third-level army, so it is conceivable how rotten the military quality and discipline of this army are.

If Sean replaced his three main legions with this standard equipment, Sean believed that these three armies could even be directly upgraded to the level of quasi-fifth level. And with the steel wings and the impact shield, it may be possible to directly break through the limit of the sixth-level army.

Sixth-level level, this is the limit value of the general army.

From this watershed, if you want to continue to raise the combat effectiveness level of the army. Then all members of the clan need to be upgraded - for players, rank is a representation of strength, but for these natives, rank is not the same as strength. If you want to reach the level of a seventh-level legion, you must have all members of the army in the sixth-order rank; Level 8 is the seventh order, and level 9 is the eighth order.

As for the tenth-level army, there is only one in the entire Miracle Continent.

So Broad put forward this condition, and Sean was indeed a little moved.

"Quantity?" Sean asked.

"Ten thousand." After a moment of deep thought, Broad spoke.

"Not enough." Sean shook his head dryly.

If it's just the number of soldiers that can arm 10,000 soldiers, it won't help Sean much, at most, it's just a brainless pile of steel wings to level six, and he can't even scale it up. And the most important point is that these materials were provided by Broad, and in the event of a war, he did not even have backup resources to replenish it, which is equivalent to saying that he had a weakness that was completely grasped by Broad.

"I can only provide a maximum of 20,000 sets of standard equipment that are the same as the Silent Mountains."

"I don't need to." Sean directly refused, "I want your mining rights." ”

"It can't be!" Even though Broaddang let out an exclamation, the whole person almost jumped up directly, "If you give you all the mining rights, the Gray Night Collar will no longer be the Gray Night Collar." The mining right of the Gray Night Mine is the foundation of our Rhodis family's survival! ”

"I don't mean to permanently occupy the rights to mine the Gray Night." Sean looked at the excited Broad, and stretched out his hand to signal him to calm down, "That's it, I only need you the right to mine the Gray Night Mine for three years." You traded three years of mining rights to the Grey Night Mine for the position of head of your Rhodes family, I think this is a fair deal, right? ”

Hearing Sean's words, Broad couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Sean knew that he was calculating the gains and losses, so he didn't bother. After all, for him, it would be a lucky thing if he could get the mining rights of the Gray Night Mine, but even if he couldn't get it, it didn't matter, because he had already discovered an abyss path, and when the situation in the territory was completely stabilized in the future, he was going to go to the Underground World to take a walk, and then the Gray Night Mine would not be as much as it would be.

"The vein found in the Gray Night Collar is only capable of producing 100,000 tons of Gray Night Ore per year, which is of course limited by the current mining technology. However, theoretically, it can reach about 200,000 tons per year. Broad didn't answer Sean's words, but suddenly introduced the Gray Night Mine, "Taking the 100,000-ton Gray Night Mine as an example, in fact, after the refining of the smelting process, it is about 5,000 sets of standard equipment of the Silent Mountain Legion. …… So even if you ask for three years of mining rights, it will only be fifteen thousand sets of standard equipment of the Silent Mountain Legion at most, so wouldn't it be better for me to give you 20,000 sets? ”

"It's different." Sean shook his head, "I'll ask you, how many years can the Gray Night Collar be mined in the Gray Night Mine?" ”

"In terms of 100,000 tons of annual mining capacity, it can be mined for about 50 years." Broad hesitated. In the end, he told Sean about this kind of thing, which was a secret to the Rhodes family.

"In other words, there are about five million tons of mineral reserves." Sean nodded slightly, "What if I have a way to make your mining capacity reach 300,000 tons per year?" ”

"How is this possible!" Broad subconsciously chose to refute, but saw Sean's calm appearance. He swallowed back what he wanted to say.

"I want you mining rights for three years, if you agree. Then I can also teach you this technique. Sean whispered. And I can assure you that the ruins beneath the Grey Night Deposit, I will never touch it, it is still a secret of your Rhodis family. ”

Hearing Sean lightly tell the story of the ruin under the Gray Night Deposit, Broad's face changed suddenly. The secret of this ruin is only known to the most core people even in the Rhodes family. And he only learned about Lu Dao because of an overheard overhear, and the other candidates for the heir didn't know about Lu Dao, which is why Broad wanted to be the only heir no matter what.

Because on the Miracle Continent, anything that involves the word "ruins". It must be priceless, and it may even be a shortcut to make people powerful.

And this reason is also the reason why Broad wants to try his best to prevent Sean from interfering in the mining of the gray night mine.

"Trust me." Seeing Broad's expression, Sean knew why he refused to let himself interfere in the mining of the Gray Night Mine, "If you don't have my skills, then it will take you at least twelve years before you can dig up the entrance to that ruin." ”

This time, Sean didn't lie to Broad.

There is indeed an ancient ruin underground in the Gray Night Lord, and it is also an eighth-order team dungeon. When this dungeon was released, it was already the time when the game version was updated with the fourth expansion, and the timeline at that time had already moved to 1886, which is now twelve years later, so Shaun was not joking when he said that twelve years later.

It's just that the eighth order is only the minimum entry threshold for this dungeon.

He still remembered that the guild leader he was in had led the entire elite group to open up the wasteland, and basically all of them were the top of the eighth order, and they still didn't want to die in this dungeon. It took at least nearly a month before and after to barely open up the third boss, and it is said that it is already the best performance of all the teams in the entire Southern Continent to open this dungeon.

Later, when the team led by Sean was finally able to play this dungeon, the strategies of the first four bosses had already been detailed beyond any more detail, so they didn't spend too much time keeping up with the progress of the group at that time. Later, when fighting the final boss, because of a terrain bug he accidentally discovered, after sacrificing half of the team members, they finally killed the boss and became the first team to clear the level.

And in this worldly realm, the eighth order is equivalent to the upper rank gold.

Sean didn't think that there would be so many high-ranking golden powerhouses under Broad's command, because even Florence, the lord with the largest number of powerhouses under his command in the Ryan Kingdom, couldn't make up ten high-ranking golden powerhouses, so even if Broad really dug up such a passage that could open the main gate of the ruins in a short period of time, he would definitely not be able to get this copy, so Sean believed that Brod would eventually come to him for help.

"If you need 900,000 tons of gray night mines, I can satisfy you." Broad pondered for a long time, but in the end he realized that he had no choice at all, so he could only say, "But I can't just give you the mining rights every year. …… In this way, I will give you 150,000 tons a year, and I will pay it all within six years. ”

"If you want to pay in installments, then I want a million tons, which you can pay back in five years, but you must provide me with 200,000 tons of raw ore every year, and I will not accept any semi-finished products that have been purified or smelted." Sean refused directly without hesitation, "If you can't accept this offer, then we have nothing to talk about, and I will treat you as if you haven't come." ”

"Deal." This time, Broad only thought for three seconds before agreeing to Sean's proposal without hesitation.

As a result, the two sides quickly reached a consensus on this matter, and signed a secret agreement with each other to prevent Broad from turning his face and denying anyone in the future. But in this way, it was Broad who suffered a little loss, after all, Sean completely occupied the initiative in this matter, so he didn't have any incriminating evidence and handle that could be left to Brod, but now that he needs Sean's assistance, Broad can only choose to keep his mouth shut.

When the agreement was completed, Broad quickly left the small hotel and did not stay for a moment.

And Sean, after a moment of silence, wrote a letter to Shephaneo, asking her to send it to Asuna as quickly as possible. In the content of the letter, Sean has succinctly stated the current situation in the Ryan Kingdom, as well as the conspiracy and manipulation prepared by those nobles, although many of the words are just a few simple words, but Sean believes that Asuna's ability will definitely be able to quickly discover the trap here, so as to deal with it in advance.

Of course, Sean also mentioned Broad. Rodis is the man, and he told him about his private dealings. This is also a means of protection for Sean, after all, although he has changed his opinion of Broad's approach and impression, it does not mean that he can trust this person immediately, even if he does not have any red halo on his body.

But all of these are secondary issues.

Truly and most importantly, at the end of the letter, Sean explains the danger of the present situation, so he decides to change his mind at the last minute, and instead of joining them, he will go to the royal capital himself, and then the people will meet again at the manor that Brod has provided him. At the same time, in the letter, Sean has also told Asuna not to join Duke Hatch and others, so as not to have some unnecessary situations and troubles, as for his own safety, he will find a way to solve it. (To be continued......)