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

There, Cecilia and Shephaneo were chatting with Asuna, Old Hatch, Koth, and the others. But basically Cecilia and Asuna are talking, the topic is chatting about the southeast, northwest, and sea, and there is no fixed topic, but only when talking about customs and regional differences, the old Duke Hatch will interject and say a few words, but they are all about some customs and customs of the former Dabiang Kingdom and the like.

On these topics, Koss was quite silent.

However, everyone knows that Koss is actually more keen on military warfare and other things, and after all, he is an out-and-out war maniac, so it is not surprising that everyone is silent on these topics.

When Sean pushed the door open, Asuna and Cecilia had already had a heated discussion about clothing.

As a woman, everyone knows her love of beauty - except for Rena, Sean has seen her closet, which contains seven identical sets of coarse cloth clothes: a white linen shirt and brown linen leggings. So on this topic, even Shefanio involuntarily interjected into the topic, and both Koth and Old Duke Hatch shook their heads for a while—in fact, Old Duke Hatch was fine, and Koth looked at the group of women like he was looking at some kind of monster.

Sean thought to himself: Koth is still too young to see real purgatory.

When they saw Sean come in, everyone ended their previous small talk.

I don't know what it is, but a low air pressure began to permeate the room with the moment Sean came in.

And when Sean took his seat. Hatch. Boulder, the old duke who still enjoys a relatively high prestige among the Darby's expensive clan, finally spoke in a deep voice: "Our enemies are moving much faster than we thought......"

Although the "enemy" mentioned by the old Duke Hatch refers to the enemy of the political faction, Asuna still frowned slightly, looking at her appearance probably to correct the meaning of the old Duke Hatch's words. It's just that his lips opened slightly and then closed again, and he still didn't say anything in the end. In Asuna's cognition, she is now considered a faction of the Cypriot nobles, so the enemy that Old Duke Hatch said is actually her enemy, so in a sense, Old Duke Hatch is not wrong.

Looking at Asuna's appearance, Sean chuckled in his heart: obsessive-compulsive person.

But he also noticed Asuna's small movements. Naturally, it also includes Coss, Old Duke Hatch and others. After all, among the people present, except for Sean, Rena, and Shefanio, the others are all veterans who have been immersed in the aristocratic circle for many years. This bit of keen attention is still there.

So in the next sentence, the old Duke Hatch naturally changed his mouth slightly, so smooth and natural that it was a little incredible: "...... It seems that these people from the Sene aristocratic faction have reached some kind of agreement with those in the former Northwest Nobility, so that they can free up more manpower to target and attack us. Most importantly. Even in the influence on our side. There are also a lot of indecisive guys, and these people are likely to be co-opted by each other. ”

"That Roja. What's going on with Karchi? Sean asked.

As one of the seven dukes of Ryan today, the other five Sean all know something, but this Roja. Karchi didn't understand it at all.

"This is a ruthless fellow." Until then, it can be said that Koss, who had been silent. Hopson, this time, was the first to speak.

"Ruthless?" Sean was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly wondered what kind of ruthless person he had to be to be called ruthless by a war maniac.

You have to know that any real war maniac. They are all very hard-blooded and ruthless people. Because for such people, the victims of war are just a set of dead figures. Even if they charge on the front line themselves, they will not be moved by the fall of their comrades, and most of the time they don't care about the number of deaths, because as long as they can win the next war, they will not frown even if they are completely wiped out in local battles - in fact, more extreme war maniacs will even send a batch of cannon fodder to die in these local battles.

So if you want to be ruthless, basically all war maniacs can deserve this name.

Because of this, Sean naturally finds it very interesting to be called a ruthless person by a war maniac.

Roha's words...... Is it the son of the devil? Hearing Coss's words, the old Duke Hatch's brow furrowed slightly.

Obviously, these two dukes have obviously heard of such a figure.

Koth nodded slightly.

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

"The Karchi family is one of the original seven dukes of Dabiang, and this family is one of the leaders of the northwestern aristocratic circle." Hatch. Boulder recounted, "In some ways, the family had already begun to decline in the last generation, but the rate of decline had been slowed down by the elder Kalchi for thirty years, until the last war with Ryan broke out. ”

Hatch. Boulder's so-called last war in Lane naturally refers to Asuna's full-scale invasion of Dabiang.

"Under this unstoppable decline, the Karchi family has also had to sell some territory and other things to maintain the stability of the entire family, but even this stability has actually become quite fragile, and it is said that there have even been several internal divisions and riots." Hatch. Boulder continued, "But at this time, the Kalchi family broke out even more shocking scandal, that is, almost all the heirs of the Kalchi family were killed. ”

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

"For the sake of family inheritance." It was Koth who answered. Hopson.

Sean naturally understands the inheritance of the aristocratic family. After all, in this world, he has already intervened in a lot of things in this regard. The longer in history is the one in the Kingdom of Portoroa, and the most recent is the Snowwind Tribe and Brod. On the whole, there is a dispute over this inheritance. Sean also knows a lot more or less.

"In fact, this incident should actually be regarded as a fuse." Old Duke Hatch said again, "At that time, there were not only members of the lineage on the list of candidates for the heir of the Kalchi family, so this incident can be said to be a real outbreak of family civil strife. ”

"The murderer is ...... That Roja? ”

Coates. Hopson nodded: "Actually, at the beginning, everyone else was waiting to see the split of the Kalchi family and jokes, but no one expected that what they were waiting for was the news that it only took two months to completely reunite all the will of the entire Kalchi family. …… And this time. It was only from other things that we found out that Roha had killed his father a week before the family succession battle began. What happened after that was actually just a conspiracy bait, purely to solve the family's internal troubles. ”

Hearing this, Sean and Cecilia glanced at each other.

Because both of them thought of one person at the same time.

Thain. Hasting.

If you want to be ruthless. Well when Domingo. After Hasting's death. The illegitimate son of the Hastings completely threw away the last vestiges of his humanity and completely degenerated into a demon of vengeance. In a way, Sein is also a very ruthless, cold-blooded animal.

"If it weren't for you, the Kalchi family wouldn't have fallen so quickly." At this moment, Koth suddenly spoke.

Sean and the others were stunned for a moment, and then turned their gaze to Hatch. Boulder.

"In fact, after any family has developed to a certain extent, various problems will produce many different results, both negative and positive. However, it will be more because of the lack of qualifications of the heir, which will cause the family to begin to decline. Old Duke Hatch began, "probably fifty years ago. The Boulder family began to decline until I became the head of the family. …… At that time, the most powerful faction in China was the Northwest aristocratic circle led by the Karchi family, and it was on the Kaulchi family that I finally established the strong dominance of the Boulder family in the next forty years. ”

"So...... There's no way this person will join our camp, is it? Sean asked.

"Yes." Old Duke Boulder nodded, "He is known as the Son of the Devil in the upper circles of the Dabion Kingdom, and the reason is that his methods are too cold-blooded. In this war with 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 intact, which couldn't help but make people very suspicious of what he was doing at the beginning of the war. ”

"What else can you do besides conserving your strength to avoid war?" Koth pursed his lips disdainfully, "When the all-out war broke out and the army of Lane completely suppressed the Northwest Noble Circle, he led his army to retreat into the territory. Later, after the defeat of Dabiang's army in the northwest theater, he surrendered as soon as possible and joined the camp of Lane's army with a near-full scale. ”

"Tsk." Sean let out a strange sound, "This guy doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp." ”

"Roja. Karchi is also a battlefield commander who is very good at strategy. Old Duke Hatch said in a deep voice, "So those Sene nobles have him in their hands, and their combat power will inevitably surge." Even if we are defeated in a head-on conflict, it is absolutely enough to disgust us or create some conflict or something. And once we have the support of those so-called Sene aristocratic guys, we are likely to fall behind in the battle of public opinion. ”

"It doesn't matter." Sean shrugged his shoulders, "Then as long as every conflict we directly expand into bloodshed, even if they clash with us after too many times, they will only dare to verbally ask for some benefits, but no matter what the way, for us, we can directly use force to solve the problem." …… So as long as they are consistently inferior to us in terms of military power, then even if they want to be disgusted, we must consider our reaction. ”

"It's a way to go." Koth nodded, "It's just that we're going to be in a more passive situation at first. ”

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

"Indeed." Everyone thought about it for a moment. couldn't help but nodded, acquiescing to Sean's statement.

And from the beginning to the end, no one offered to woo this Roja. The idea of Duke Kalchi.

The reason is simple. The Duke and Hatch. Boulder is a feud so in Hatch. Boulder and Roja. There is only one choice between the two of them. But for Hatch. Boulder, everyone already knows the roots, and the old Duke Hatch is also relatively honest and keeps his promises, so compared to a cold-blooded creature who dares to kill his father and brother, no one will really want to cooperate with the other party, because such a person may stab you in the back at any time.

It's just that. What everyone is really afraid of is that the military strength under the command of this duke is relatively intact, so if it causes any conflict in a short period of time. On the contrary, it is more disadvantageous to the side of Sean and others. Because in the last war, Sean and Asuna and others fought many places for their military exploits, because the damage in the military was relatively heavy, otherwise Sean would not have proposed to the envoy of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance for 100,000 slaves.

He is indeed in great need of military replenishment. Even if it's just a cannon fodder unit in the vanguard. It's better than nothing.

This meeting between the four of them was actually mainly to discuss some specific details about the future offensive and defensive alliance between them. Biddy and the other three, but this time these three people were entangled in all kinds of temporary affairs, so they couldn't come. After all, the seven of them are a real alliance organization, and as for the other so-called foreign nobles, they are still scattered in the strict sense, but after this meeting, they will be organized by Hatch. Boulder and Coos. The two Hopsons led the way.

And from the current situation. Those nobles in the northwest aristocratic circle of Dabiang may not join their alliance.

This is called influence.

As for the turmoil that will be caused by the reshuffle of the nobility after Ryan ascended to the kingdom. Then it has nothing to do with them with people with duke titles. Anyway, the new parliament is about to be reformed, and it will be restored to the system of two upper and lower houses, and the upper house has a total of 41 seats, in addition to the seven dukes and fourteen powerful marquis have been confirmed to be seated, the remaining 20 positions will be subject to a series of election systems that will be born later.

It's just that these twenty seats can't be as stable as the first echelon formed by the seven dukes and the fourteen powerful marquises: the circle of upper nobility is so stable, and in the quarterly evaluation and nomination round, the five people with the lowest score will fall into the House of Commons, and the top five people in the House of Commons will advance to the House of Lords. Similarly, the lowest five members in the House of Commons will be removed from the House of Commons and five will be selected from the shortlist to enter the House.

This shuffle seems to be very harsh, and it is also full of strong competition, but it can indeed ensure the vitality and development of the entire Lane Kingdom.

As for the scoring mechanism, it is up to King Ryan to screen it.

In a way, it can also ensure the concentration of royal power and the amount of special power.

It's just that all the nobles in the entire Ryan Kingdom would not have thought that the person who proposed this modification plan was actually Sean. In other words, it was the staff behind Sean - Hela and Neil who jointly proposed and modified it, and it can be said that all the flaws have been patched, at least it is unlikely to cause some loopholes that can be exploited, and because of this proposal, Sean has a high status in the eyes of King Lane.

The next topic discussed by the four of them was no longer limited to politics, but also involved the development of the future territory and some matters of defense, in which Koss strongly asked to borrow someone from Sean. After all, the excellence of the generals under Sean's command has reached an outrageous level, and almost no one will not envy it, and even Koth wants Sean to set up an officer-level teaching class, and he hopes to send some officers to study here.

In this regard, Sean naturally does not have much opinion, after all, William is actually quite happy to do this kind of thing, and once these officers become famous in the future, then William, as a teacher, will naturally become famous, which is actually a win-win situation for Sean and Coss. In this way, including the old Duke Hatch and Asuna. They also took a keen interest in the course.

Eventually, Sean had to temporarily limit the number of officers each of the three to be sent to study officers: no more than five.

As for lending the general to Koss, Sean thought about it. It was decided to lend Stalin, Aldolph, Nock, and Dwight to Koss, and in addition to Dwight leading the Crimson Knights, Koes had to equip Stalin, Aldolph, and Nock with their own troops. In this regard, although Koes regretted that he could not borrow William, he still said that there was no problem, after all, Koes still heard of the character of Stalin. So he also expressed strong expectations for Aldolph and Nock, who can be compared with Stalin.

After the most difficult discussion, Sean thought about it. Still, he said, "I'll let Hela go to your side for a few months." ”

"Hela?" Koth was stunned for a moment, "Who is Hela?" ”

However, Coase doesn't know what to do, but it doesn't mean that Hatch. Boulder, the old fox, would have wondered, "Hela? Hela. Nugus? ”

"Yes." Sean nodded, "But she's called Hela now. Garcia. ”

"It turned out to be from the Garcia family. No wonder ...... "Hatch. Boulder said with some emotion. Then he turned his head to look at Koss, "You guy, be happy." ”

"For what?" Koth still didn't understand.

"Because it was this woman who made me decide to surrender to Lord Asuna." Hatch. Boulder gently threw a bomb, "If I don't surrender at that time, the entire Boulder family will be eaten by this woman." …… Things don't look much better now, but at least the Boulders have survived. ”

Hearing the words of the old Duke Hatch, Koss. Hopson's eyes lit up in an instant.

"Still. Don't expect too much tactical guidance from Hela. "Sean was afraid that Coss's expectations were too high, so he had to get a vaccination in advance." Hela's ability at the tactical level is simply weak, but you can expect it in terms of the big picture and the strategic level. …… Of course, if you have very good tactical execution talents, then Hela will probably only need to give you a general strategic direction, and you can surprise the guys in the fascist kingdom. ”

"Ha Luha, you can rest assured of this, I can't wait to surprise those guys right now."

Regarding Koss's excited reaction, Sean could only shake his head helplessly.

"By the way, what's next for you?" Asuna suddenly spoke, "Tomorrow the national celebration will officially begin. ”

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

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

"I heard that there was such an auction, so I wanted to see if there was anything good, and maybe I could take some things out of the house and exchange them for some money." Sean smiled, "After all, the size of my territory is actually quite large for me at the moment, so I have to come up with something in exchange for some funds to subsidize my family." ”

Hearing Sean's words, everyone present laughed.

None of them are currently in the post-war recovery phase. Hopson and Hatch. Boulder is just slightly better.

The former is mainly because he has to deal with the fascist kingdom that may take advantage of the fire to rob, so he can save his strength in this war, but even then he is still in the embarrassing situation of having to borrow generals from Sean; The latter is because of the reduction of the territory, so for a while, the expenses required by the tequila territory are greatly reduced, after all, the most important places and towns are still controlled by the old Duke Hatch.

As for Asuna, she actually didn't have a moment of rest after the war, and basically there were still a lot of small-scale riots in the so-called Garrod Territory, so she had to let Elizabeth, Simi, Vivien and others go around to put out fires.

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

"If that's the case, maybe I'll need to check it out, and this time I've just brought something with me, maybe I can sell it for a good price." After a moment's hesitation, Koss. Hopson spoke.

"If that's the case, then you can come with me." Asuna blinked suddenly, "Because I received an invitation from the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, they will hold their first auction tonight." (To be continued......)