He did have a reason to be proud, and now it was not just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, but also a sense of superiority over his biggest competitor.

St. George went to great lengths to go to Manyo in person, not only to prop up an ecumenical believer to come to power, and then to take down the faith of an entire military lord, thus paving the way to the next pope.

As a result, he was not embarrassed or embarrassed, he was mired in the quagmire of war, he had no way to get out, and he was even called by Pope Delt himself to reprimand, and now I don't know where he was assigned.

And he, Enoko, only needs to gently pluck the political strings at the right time, and the opportunity will be obediently sent to the door.

The significance of taking the Carthusian military territory is far above the Manyu military territory.

The intrigued Cardinal Enocho made an exception to fill his glass again, and said with a little drunkenness: "To yourself, Your Excellency Bishop Enocco. ”

At this time, everyone is drunk if they are not drunk.

Seeing Cardinal Enocco's carriage leave, Grand Duke Barker's slightly humble waist straightened up little by little, his smile was also retracting slightly, and his body was filled with an aura that no one should enter.

Half a year ago, even if the current Pope of the Holy Aether Holy See, Dert, came in person, he couldn't let his head bow by half a point.

Now he had to grovel to a cardinal who was in charge of only one diocese.

It's something that Grand Duke Buck never dreamed of before.

How could he, Buck Kingsley, the man who claimed to be the most capable Grand Duke in the history of the Kingsley family, who would lead the Kingsley family to an unprecedented peak, had come to this point?

In his midnight dreams, he was always thinking about it.

The beginning of all nightmares seems to have begun with a peek into the swamp of despair and a confrontation with the Eternal Night Warlord.

But to ask him if he regrets it?

He did not regret the decision he made, because what he did was to bring the Kingsley family to new glory, which was his responsibility as the patriarch of the Kingsley family.

The only thing he regretted was that he underestimated the Eternal Night Leader and underestimated Sean.

If he were to be re-elected, he would do his best from the start.

But there are no ifs and no regrets in this world.

The only thing he can do now is to do his best to resolve the current crisis of the Kingsley family, and what is his dignity and face for this?

"Your Majesty, doing this is undoubtedly a plot with the tiger, the intervention of the Holy See will only make the situation more complicated, and it may not be able to achieve outstanding results, even if this incident is resolved, the parasitic vine of the Holy See will also be deeply rooted in our territory, just like they did to the Lancelot royal family, they will be out of breath. The Kingsley family's number one thinker, Channing, had unconcealed worry on his face.

He did not approve of the cooperation between Archduke Buck and the Holy See.

In his eyes, the threat of the Holy See is far above the Eternal Night Commander.

No matter how high the asking price of the Eternal Night Army is, it is also a one-shot deal, and when the Kingsley family's Eastern Army is recovered, there is no need to look at their faces, and even some agreements are torn up at the right opportunity.

But with the Holy See, it's different.

It is equivalent to putting a parasite that eats meat and sucks blood on oneself, which at first glance does not seem to do much damage, but as time goes by, this parasite will continue to multiply, and the damage it will bring will become greater and greater.

If you look at the current Lancelot royal family, you can see that they occupy the richest territory in the whole continent, have the largest population, and have the strongest family support, and they can only let the Byron alliance be so torn apart.

The Holy See played a non-negligible role in this, and in addition to its subjective influence, objectively they also diluted the finances and military force of the Lancelot royal family.

Grand Duke Barker's face changed several times, and finally he couldn't help but roar: "How can I not understand this truth? But if I don't get through the current difficulties, how can I talk about the future? Others don't know the situation of the Kingsley family, don't you know? Is the condition put forward by that bastard Sean proposed by people? Land, equipment, finance, this is to the Kingsley family three times in a row, the knife is fatal, if I really agree, the Kingsley family will not only be squeezed into juice, but also have to be slaves for more than ten years, there is no chance to turn over. ”

At the end of the day, Archduke Buck's teeth were grinding and gurgling.

After two weeks of entanglement and negotiation, the conditions of the Eternal Night Army were finally changed, but instead of surrendering, the war compensation of 80 million royal gold coins in Article 3 was changed to a ten-year installment, and it was allowed to be offset with various materials at a discount.

This seems to be fully considered by the Kingsley family, so that they do not have so much financial pressure.

In the eyes of Grand Duke Buck, this is more vicious, it is to continue to draw blood from the Kingsley family, and it will be ten years at a time.

How much does the entire Kingsley family earn in a year?

Thirty million is just over the beginning.

Cut off one-third of the year to the Eternal Night Commanders, they don't have to do anything this year, tighten their belts and survive their lives.

In other words, the Kingsley family has no chance of turning over at all in this decade.

Grand Duke Buck took a long breath, suppressed the anger in his heart a little, and said: "This is not the most critical problem, the most critical thing is that our royal highness the princess who is a slut has been on the other party's side from beginning to end, ready to eat us to death, and the so-called negotiations now are all under the guise of delaying time, and they want to drag it to Akmaise's side to cut off food, and then their conditions are harsh, we have no second choice, it is better to take advantage of the time to confuse this pool of water, and maybe we can find more opportunities to get out." ”

"But......" Scholar Channing wanted to say.

Interrupted by Grand Duke Buck's impatient wave of his hand, "Needless to say, I have made up my mind, instead of discussing this, you might as well take more time and think about how to deal with the difficulties of the Eternal Night Army Leader tomorrow, your recent performance does not match the salary I paid you, you are the most famous scholar in the city of knowledge, and you have been defeated by a group of natives, don't you feel ashamed of your city of knowledge?"

"It was just an accident, we didn't expect the other party to have such a study of the early history of the Ancient Andis Empire and the Byron Alliance, I have sent people to the City of Knowledge, and invited people with relevant knowledge to come and assist, our City of Knowledge will never hold back the employer in knowledge, please rest assured that Your Majesty will do so. There was a bit of embarrassment on the old face of Scholar Channing.

During the negotiations with the Eternal Night Leader, the Kingsley family think tank team led by him charged at the front line.

To be honest, they were a little contemptuous at first, after all, the leaders of the Eternal Night Army were just a group of hairy boys who didn't even grow their hair, and people as big as them were not even eligible to enter the library in the City of Knowledge, so they could only wipe the table and empty the toilet for their mentors.

The outcome of the confrontation can be imagined.

Although it is not a complete failure, the situation is quite ugly.

It's not that those young people crush them in all kinds of learning, but in this regard, the other party behaves in a decent manner, and even many of the conventions of the Byron Union are not clear, and there are many jokes.

But the information data of the other party is far from being comparable to them.

The other party not only has his own detailed research data, but also controls a lot of Kingsley family.

Every time it seems to be a sky-high asking price, it is actually a bottom line that the Caskinsley family can bear, and this bottom line is often something they didn't know before, but is calculated after the fact.

In this case, they are even more passive.

I don't know when it began, but the two sides brought the focus of the dispute to the historical legacy of the change of the ancient Andes empire to the Byron alliance.

In this regard, the staff team of the Eternal Night Army Leader caught them off guard.

The other party is not only prepared for this aspect, but also has a very different way of looking at the problem and the degree of excavation, especially after careful consideration, many scholars actually agree with the other party's point of view.

To put it mildly, many university scholars are relatively pure people.

It's hard to say, that is, they are stupid in learning things, and they are a little inferior in dealing with human feelings.

When this recognition is expressed in the negotiations, the scene becomes extremely awkward.

Not to mention Archduke Buck's face, even Scholar Channing has become like a pig's liver.

The reason why the bachelors produced in the City of Knowledge of the Warlock Alliance are famous all over the world is that they do not like to take power like the Holy See and the Witches' Secret Society, and they are relatively detached, but also because they have a service attitude similar to that of a businessman.

"I hope you new college scholars will be a little more helpful. Archduke snorted, not dwelling on this issue, so there was no more point in doing it than to show his careful eye.

Scholar Channing pursed his lips, but he didn't mean to refute.

This kind of thing is said to be a thousand things and ten thousand, it is better to do one thing in a real way, and when the professionals sent by the City of Knowledge arrive, Grand Duke Buck will naturally realize that they can stand for so many years, and it is not in vain.

Archduke Buck's intimate relationship with the Holy See can't be hidden from the eyes and ears of the princess regent, and even the eagleeye of the Eternal Night Army Leader can't be hidden.

Grand Duke Buck didn't mean to hide it, this was an out-and-out conspiracy, even if they got the news, there was no way to stop it.

Could it be that they still have to care about Archduke Barker's faith, if they do, it will be equivalent to giving it to the Holy See, so that they can intervene more smoothly.

The Holy See's method of intervening in this matter is still the same as the usual method they used to use in the past - flank pressure.

They have a huge network of their own, and through their followers, they influence the people around them, especially their own family members, and then more people, not to mention that many lords and nobles are themselves devout believers.

As the most senior cardinal, Inuoko has been operating in the royal capital Valesta for so many years, and his connections are terrifying.

Just a week after he reached an agreement with Archduke Buck, the wind in the royal capital Valesta unwittingly turned to Archduke Buck's side.

It's not just those lords and nobles who give advice to the princess regent and beat the side drums.

Even many small citizens have infinite sympathy for the Kingsley family.

This impact was clearly felt even by the Eternal Night Commander.

As a new force that has just been established for a short time, the Eternal Night Leader does not have much to do with the Holy See, but they have business contacts in the Byron Alliance, especially in the high-end luxury market of silk clothing.

Those fanatics of the Holy See have united to boycott the goods of the Eternal Night Army.

Anything that develops to a certain extent will show a striking similarity, and market means are no exception.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the luxury goods trading of the Eternal Night Army Leader is in a rudimentary state, the market is not so big, and the supply exceeds demand, there is no need to worry about the problem of unsalable, and it will not have much impact in the short term, but in the long run, it is by no means a good thing.

The main pressure is still on the regent Princess Sophia.

"How's it going?" asked Sean with concern.

In the negotiations with Grand Duke Buck, Princess Regent Sophilia seems to have done nothing, but in fact, it is her lack of doing anything that makes the Eternal Night Army Leader press on the Kingsley family in the Politburo.

The Eternal Night Leader wants to eat the swamp of despair, and Sophia's close support is indispensable, and in the end, it is still the same thing - military rations.

Although Sean has begun to lay out, trying to use the line of grain merchants on the Flower Language Plateau to open the alternate business line of the Flower Language Plateau, it will be difficult to see the effect for a while.

The reason why standby is called backup is that it is a secondary choice as a last resort.

The flaws of the Flower Language Plateau are there, and the problems that have plagued the Brian family for many years will also become the problems of the Eternal Night Commander, that is, the terrain is complex and the transportation is difficult, which makes the transportation cost high, especially for large quantities and bulky goods like grain.

Nothing else, just transporting it out of the Huayu Plateau will make it two or three times larger than before, not to mention the road problems that will limit the overall transportation volume.

After the Eternal Night Warlord eats the Swamp of Despair, the demand for food will not decrease, but will double the original amount.

It is only a matter of time before the desperate swamp where the flooding river has receded is becoming suitable for cultivation and returning to the Jiangnan Plain of the past.

But before that, the Eternal Night Warlord must feed the crocodiles of the Swamp of Despair.

Why did the young reformers of the crocodile tribe throw themselves so neatly into the Eternal Night Army?

Do they really identify with the Eternal Night Leader?

I'm afraid the answer is no.

This is only part of the reason, a small part of the reason, and more of a helplessness.

The Eternal Night Leader taught them a long-term vision, and made them see that without the Eternal Night Lord, the Crocodiles would only fall into a more miserable situation.

Instead of getting rid of the Princess Regent by eating the Swamp of Despair, the Eternal Night Warlord will now become closer.

Sophia also saw this and spared no effort to support Sean.

In the world, there is no love for no reason, and there is no hate for no reason, especially when Sophia is in her current position.

Personal emotions account for only a small part of the decisive factors, and the most important thing is to start from interests.

The benefits of supporting the Eternal Night Leader are far less than when supporting the Kingsley family.

How to choose, it goes without saying.

If it were Sean, he would do the same.

"The situation is not good, those self-righteous guys, like flies, buzzed around me, vigorously emphasizing the relationship between the royal family and the Kingsley family, Byron's life and death, when they were looking for trouble with the Kingsley family before, I didn't see them think about the so-called family affection and Byron's life and death, they have always been in front, it is Streich and Lancelot who shed blood for Byron, they are just a group of cowards who shrink behind. ”

Sophia's face was as ugly as swallowing a fly, disgusted not only by the shamelessness of those lords and nobles, but also by the Holy See's method of stabbing in the heart.

"Those daring fellows dare to threaten me with taxes, and they really think that I dare not touch them? As long as I give an order, many people are willing to step on their corpses to ascend to the throne. ”