Count Ferro-Terry, as a well-known nobleman in the south of the Central Empire, his family power can even affect the upper nobles of the Empire.

The Terry family is one of the representatives of the noble merchants of the Empire, and is an important member of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce.

The development of this family is somewhat legendary, and sixty years ago the Terry family was nothing more than a small knightly domain in the south, and their family fortune was nothing more than a manor.

At that time, the entire imperial aristocracy was in a state of turmoil, and the perennial peace made the low-level nobles lack the income from war and plunder, so that many aristocratic families could not even maintain their own estates.

'Aristocrats' are the product of war, and there is nothing wrong with that!

Determined to save his family, the grandfather of the Earl of Ferro sold the family's only estate on the first day of his succession to the title of knight despite his wife's objections.

He then used the proceeds from the sale of the estate to embark on a twenty-decade career as a merchant.

In the past twenty years, the Terry family began to grow slowly under the hands of Count Ferro's grandfather, and by the time the Terry family passed to Count Ferro's father, his family's business spread almost throughout the southern villages and towns of the Central Empire.

The sold manor is back in the hands of the Terry family!

At the same time, the annexed territories reached the limit of what the Terry family could own.

When Count Ferro was young, he often said, "If it weren't for the laws of the Empire, I could even buy a tenth of the land of the Empire as my personal fiefdom." ”

This sentence fully shows how wealthy the Terry family was at that time.

In the enthronement war thirteen years ago, Count Ferro, who had just inherited the family's assets, saw an opportunity, an opportunity for the family power to infiltrate the imperial capital!

Therefore, when almost half of the nobles of the Central Empire were on Barrette's side, Count Ferro devoted all his family's assets to support Emperor Routet's war.

In the end, Count Ferro won the gamble, and not only did he get all the money back, but he also changed him from a small country nobleman to an important military lieutenant in the empire in an instant.

But on the other hand, he was also a loser, because Count Ferro ended miserably in his later struggle with the upper nobility of the empire, so much so that he had to withdraw from the imperial capital. But even so, the Count of Ferro had gained far more in that war than his father and grandfather had fought for more than forty years.

It was also from that time that Count Ferro learned a truth.

A doctrine, or a path, to the power of the empire.

...

In the barracks of the Provisional Twelfth Legion, except for the Count Ferro's personal guards, all the barracks areas were a busy scene... The soldiers, led by the officers, were arranging their equipment and equipment, and although they had a reluctant expression on their faces, they did not dare to slack off in the movements of their hands, because the prosecutor of the military headquarters was patrolling the various barracks on horseback.

When Count Ferro returned to the camp and saw this scene, he suddenly remembered ten years ago, when he was driven out of the imperial capital, and he could never forget that scene... At that time, it was also early autumn, and he remembered that the wind at the gate of the imperial capital was particularly cold at that time.

"Go back to your country. ”

"The imperial capital is not a place for hillbillies. ”

"The little nobleman of the country who has not yet been weaned, you should go to your wet nurse or mother and cry to it. ”

In an instant, countless ridicules entered Count Ferro's head.

It's a very bad feeling.

Count Ferro only felt his temples beating violently, and his brain was 'buzzing' with countless thoughts and unbearable memories, and it was as if all the blood in his body was concentrated in his brain, and he had an urge to destroy everything.

The sword at his waist was so dazzling in the eyes of Count Ferro at this time, and he stood fixedly in the aisle outside the barracks, looking at the soldiers and officers who were in a hurry, and the impulse in his heart made him want to draw his sword and rush forward, and kill everyone he could see!

"My lord!" the captain of the pro-soldier couldn't help but shout when he saw the commander in a daze halfway through, he didn't know that his call not only saved his own life, but also saved the lives of all the officers and soldiers in this camp.

The call woke Count Ferro from his lost mind, and his gaze became clearer for a moment.

A breeze blew, and Count Ferro felt a chill all over his body, and he found that the sweat had infected his whole body at some point, and at this time, he thought of the terrible impulse just now.

At this moment, he only felt as if he was deep in the depths of winter, even the cool breeze on his cheeks made him feel biting cold!

"Drive!" Count Ferro ignored the shouts of the captain of his own army, and walked straight to his private tent in the camp with a straight face.

...

"Your Excellency. "As the chief of staff of the Earl of Ferro and the chief adviser to the Terry family, Sir Kehilal had been waiting in the Earl Ferro's private tent for a long time, and as soon as he saw the Count of Ferro enter the tent, he asked, "What does Duke Nick say?"

"Hah!" said Count Ferro, smiling as if self-deprecating, "do you think I will be able to meet our Prime Minister?"

"The four legion commanders jointly asked to see him, and he avoided it?"

Count Ferro lay straight on the bed in heavy armor, stared at the ceiling and said, "Ten years ago, I had the same idea as you, thinking that I was a person, but the truth is... In the eyes of those in power in the Empire, we are not even as good as the servants around them!"

Sir Kehilal was stunned and looked at his master who was lying on the bed like a dead man, and at this moment he could only feel the chaotic shouts of the soldiers outside the tent so harsh.

"Aren't we here just intending to change that?" Sir Kehilal tried to make his tone pleasant, "Duke Nick is standing so tall that he can't see us in the lower places... If we want to talk on an equal footing, the only way is to pull him down from the high position, or, we climb up ourselves. ”

"Do you have any other good idea?" said Count Ferro, who looked at his chief of staff with a wink, and held out his hand to signal him to his feet.

Kehilal immediately walked in, helped his master up, and said, "Have you heard about the quarrel between Earl Devin and Duke Nick in the Prime Minister's office?"

"They quarrel almost every time they meet. ”

"But this time it was different, after the two of them quarreled, it was immediately followed by the reorganization of our four legions, and Count Devin was transferred from the First Legion to become the commander-in-chief of the Combined Legions. Cayhilal's mind was suddenly opened, and his eyes suddenly lit up surprisingly, "I heard that after the two of them quarreled, Duke Nick summoned the Marquis of Nepdo and the chief of logistics as soon as possible. ”

"Are you saying that Duke Nick is doing this against Count Devon?" Ferro-Terry muttered in thought, "Could it be that after the accident of His Majesty the Emperor Laubert, Count Devin had other ideas? No, the people of the Pompo family are notoriously stubborn, and they will not betray the Empire. ”

"But they will betray the Emperor!" said Kehilal, smiling, "The war for the throne thirteen years ago is the best proof of this. ”

"You mean—" Count Ferro stood up with a shock, glared at Kehilal, and began to walk up and down the tent... He was a little agitated, as could be seen in his trembling hands.

It was a full five minutes before Count Ferro recovered from his excitement, and he looked at Keshral, "What about the things that the Chamber of Commerce Alliance prepared?"

"They won't look back, and the people of the 'Radiant Power' promise to help them. Sir Kehilal frowned, he was obviously not optimistic about what the Chamber of Commerce Alliance was preparing, "It's better for us not to get involved!"

"Don't you look at them?"

"A bunch of whimsical idiots, who are still complacent when they are being used by others. ”

Earl Ferro frowned when he heard the words of his chief of staff, and he whispered: "But what they did was not wrong, we did not pay as much as we receive, they just wanted to fight for their rightful rights." ”

"Have you ever seen a rabbit snatch food from a mountain wolf?" said Cayhilal, shaking his head.

"Those people aren't rabbits!" Count Ferro didn't like the description, and he tugged at the armband on his sleeve to change the subject, "You just have to tell me now, what should I do now?"

"Can you now rebel against the joint order issued by the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister's Office? Oh, by the way, the order also has His Majesty's signature on it. Keshlar's voice was ethereal.

"Well, I think I get it. The Count of Ferro was no longer depressed at the moment, he stood up, looked at the curtain of the tent, and said, "We should go and see off my soldiers." "The 'mine' in his mouth was bitten very hard.