Chapter 512: The Pit
"You don't have to. Nether declined Hakren's invitation.
Since those houses had been sold more than forty years ago, it would only be sad to return to them now unless they were back in their possession now.
Haklian smiled and didn't speak, and after a pause, he continued: "Since that's the case, then I won't make more arrangements. ”
Nether and Huck didn't talk much, and soon separated.
The other party greeted Nesser with the posture of the owner of this place, and if Nesser enjoyed the other party's enthusiasm very much, then it means that he recognized the identity of the other party as the owner of this place.
No matter what his true thoughts are, in short, in the eyes of outsiders, he is a head weaker, and he is in a disadvantageous state for the future parliament.
Essentially, they need to win the support of not only the other two council member families, but also other councillors.
Some of these parliamentarians belong to several large families, and many of them are neutral, and the opinions of these parliamentarians cannot be ignored at any time.
After all, in the earliest days of the council, only the heterogeneous who returned to the stage were eligible to become members, and there were not many members at that time, and there were only about a dozen members, but with the development of these years, they reached more than two hundred.
It's not that there are so many different species in the return stage, but that the qualifications of the councillors can be inherited, from father to son, teacher to apprentice, family patriarch to the next patriarch, etc.
Coupled with the fact that one of the other countries is gathering towards the Lorcan Kingdom, the number of councillors will increase to the extent it is now, and the average quality must have decreased a lot compared to the first batch of councillors, but the overall strength has really increased.
With such a huge force, even the royal family of the Lorcan Kingdom cannot be underestimated.
"That's why we won!"
Nether turned the thought and headed for somewhere in Espari's territory.
At that time, the strength of the Bloodline Council gradually expanded, and the power of the xenomorphs reached a point that could not be ignored, so the royal family transferred the relationship within the Bloodline Council to a certain extent, and even deliberately lured the Espari family to divide the co-governance land into the Espari Territory.
And now the attitude of the royal family has not changed, while he needs the Bloodline Council, he is still afraid of this force, and he does not want to see a harmonious and unified Bloodline Council.
It's just that this time the Espari family has a great advantage, let him continue, and if he has more and more power in the bloodline council, this has also reached the point of harmony and unity to some extent.
Therefore, the royal family will not help the Espari family this time, but will help Nether and help the originally weak Trindall family.
This is the so-called art of balance, in short, the bloodline council can continue to become stronger, but it cannot really be unified internally, otherwise the Lorcan Kingdom will not be at ease.
It's okay if you really want to be unified, but at that time, the contradictions between the Bloodline Council and the Church of the Sages will suddenly become serious, and then all kinds of conflicts will arise.
In short, whether it is internal balance or external balance, there must always be one that is balanced, otherwise it will cause trouble.
It was precisely when Nether saw through this that he knew that he would have a good chance of winning this time, and with external help, the rest only needed to work hard.
And Nesser's own ability naturally goes without saying, whoever still regards him as an existence in the refining stage is an insult to him.
You know, one of the steady gains of Nether's reincarnation in other worlds is the growth of the soul.
Before the last reincarnation, Nether's soul had already shown some potential, and this time it was greatly enhanced.
In a way that humans can't observe, Nether's soul squirms, perceiving more from this world.
The convoy soon made its way to a military camp not far away.
Nether stayed in it directly, and the commander of the barracks welcomed Nether's arrival, because he could finally evacuate from this place.
There is no beast plague in this place, and the reason why it is stationed here is just a symbol, and even the number of people is only five hundred, and it seems a little reluctant to be called a battalion.
So Nether directly worked part-time as the battalion commander of this place, and then this place was not just a symbol.
"Did you take the route of the military headquarters?" Hakren nodded unexpectedly when he received the news that Nether had entered the nearby barracks.
The reason why Nether is outstanding now is mainly because there are two forces that build momentum for him, one is the Council of Sorcerers of the Lorcan Kingdom, and they list Nether as the first genius of the Lorcan Kingdom.
The other is the military department of the Lorcan Kingdom, Nether is the obvious main battle faction, and he also serves in the military department, and many military bigwigs are optimistic about Nether.
The Sorcerer's Council is generally not very involved in this kind of competition between forces, so in their assessment, Nether is most likely to rely on the strength of the military department.
Since it has been expected for a long time, there will definitely be a trap ambushing Nether in the military department.
The first is the ordnance, the ordnance of the entire Espari army camp has long been empty, in addition to the many deserters, five hundred places, now there are only more than three hundred people in the camp, and the remaining hundred people have all escaped, but in terms of numbers, the barracks have always had five hundred people, which means that some people are eating empty salaries, and they have eaten a lot.
The reason why the battalion commander ran so fast was not only because this barracks was just a face-saving project, but also because there were a lot of problems here.
It is also very easy to find out the people who eat empty salaries and resell weapons, that is, the people of various different families.
Because of the backing of the Bloodline Council, there are more xenomorphs in Ryan than in other parts of the country, and it is inevitable that many problems will arise.
This military camp is one of the problems, Nether wants to solve it very simply, that is, just report, he has just become the battalion commander here, as long as he reports, someone will immediately solve the problem, along with the family behind it.
The problem is that most of the xenomorph families who dare to do this have the qualifications of members of the Bloodline Council, and as long as Nether does this, he will inevitably evil these families, and the support of the Bloodline Council will be reduced.
And if Nether chooses to ignore these people, or even further shelter these people, it will not be difficult, after all, it is only a small battalion of five hundred people, and if you really want to talk about interests, Nether can also bear it.
Then it may gain the support of some of them, but it will affect Nether's prestige in the military department, because it is not a matter of interest, but of nature.
"Three years ago, after my reputation spread, I started to set it up. Nether looked at the barracks' accounts and quickly understood what was wrong.
There are many heterogeneous families in Ruian District, some of these families are in business, some are in the army, and some are aristocratic families.
The garrison barracks of the Espari Territory can be traced back to the time when the local army of the Ruian District sent a battalion to camp here, which was a typical face project.
It stands to reason that this military camp should have been removed when the Espari family divided this area into family territory, but I don't know why it was stayed.
To this day, the military camp here is also managed by the local army of Ruian District, and personnel are also sent from there, and the local army of Ruian District is mixed with many people from different families.
There have always been problems in the barracks of this kind of face-saving project, but they are not as serious as they are now, and it was only about three years ago that the problems gradually became what they are today.
Most of the so-called 'deserters' are people from those families, and if they hold a position in the military, even if they are just a soldier, they can reap a profit, and then they also have a relatively stable channel for promotion.
Anyway, it's just a face-saving project, and it's not a big problem.
In the past, although these soldiers in the barracks also had their own problems, after all, they also had certain responsibilities, and these duties needed to be done by people, so most of the 'soldiers' of those different families were still in the barracks.
It was only later that the Aspari family gradually assumed this part of the responsibility under the pretext that they were the lords of the land, and Nether estimated that they might even use this as a bargaining chip to exchange some benefits with those alien families.
As a result, there is no corresponding duty, and the number of 'deserters' is increasing.
Obviously, the Espari family has a very long-term vision, and they began to prepare for this when Nether was just emerging and joined the military department.
With a few birds in one fell swoop, he didn't get his hands dirty, and he successfully dug a pit for Nether.
"Is this kind of foresight really worthy of being called a centaur with foresight?"
Nether pouted.
"Ride on them sooner or later!"