"There is news from all three sides, which one to listen to first?"

"Let's go from far to near! Let's talk about the Manyu military leader's side, is it already fighting?"

"You think too simply, the situation over there has become more complicated, just a week ago, Viscount Philip, the first heir to the Feren family, sent a messenger to the royal capital to swear allegiance to the Lancelot royal family, and the day before yesterday, there was news that the current Grand Duke Patlem of the Manyu military leader had converted to the Holy Aether Holy See, and the Holy Aether Holy See was very happy, and originally wanted to come to the Manyu military leader in person to baptize Patlem, but in view of his advanced age, the situation of the Manyu military leader was too chaotic, and he chose to send the most prestigious cardinal Archbishop St. George to baptize him。 ”

Ralph merely recounted the information, without mixing his own personal opinions, which is the basic quality of a spy officer.

"One defected to the royal family, wanting to overwhelm the other party in name, and the other took refuge in the Holy Aetheric Holy See, wanting to suppress the other party with the help of external forces, these two guys are not messy enough for the Manyu military leader, after their mess, it is no longer a simple battle for inheritance, but a dispute between royal power and divine power, and the contradictions between the two sides will be completely irreconcilable. ”

As the Hawkeye secret service began to spread out, the more information and materials were archived in his hands, Sean was finally no longer blind and had a relatively complete concept of the Byron Alliance.

In the plains of Asia Minor, the opposition between kingship and theocracy has become the main contradiction.

It is not simply a question of whether it is the divine authority of the king, or the divine right of the king.

There are also a series of interests involved, when the Byron League was first established, it gave too much power to the Holy See of St. Aether, which was still relatively weak at that time, and the two biggest rights were the right to form the Holy See Knights and the right to exempt church land.

That is, when Sean negotiated with Darnell before, he resolutely denied the two rights.

With these two rights, the Holy See has two powers, military and financial, which is difficult not to grow and develop, and it is still the wealth of the lords and nobles.

In the beginning, the Holy See was still in peace, but the land owned by the Holy See was exempt from taxation, and after a long time, many believers donated their land to the Holy See Chapel in exchange for the privilege of tax avoidance, and the land was still cultivated by them, and they only needed to pay part of the taxes to the church that should have been paid to the lords and nobles.

As time went by, this situation became more and more, and the lords and nobles owned the land unchanged, but the taxes collected became less and less, how could they not be in a hurry?

The node of the intensification of the contradiction between royal power and divine power is that three years ago, the iron princess Sophilia ordered a thorough inventory of all the land in the Holy See Church for the royal territory, and all the land that exceeded the regulations of that year was recovered and owned by the royal family.

This time it stabbed the lungs of the Holy Aether Holy See, and was resolutely resisted by the local churches, and even the old pope, who had not appeared in front of the world for many years, came forward to question the Iron Princess's order, thinking that it was a bit inappropriate to use the agreement of three hundred years ago to manage the affairs of three hundred years later.

The Iron Princess doesn't care about this, the reason why she has the nickname of the Iron Princess is because of her steel-like wrists, once she determines something, she will be indomitable and never give up easily.

What's more, they inventory the cultivated land in their territory, which is reasonable and legal, and the Holy Aether Holy See can't stop it, after all, the Holy Aether Holy See is not a country in the real sense, although it has its own Holy See Knights, but it is scattered all over the continent, and in the royal territory, it is not qualified to argue with the royal family.

Unless the Holy See wanted to break with the Lancelot royal family once and for all, the price was obviously not something he could afford.

The Byron Alliance and the Holy Aether Holy See now belong to the relationship between trees and vines, if there is no Byron Alliance as a support, the Holy Aether Holy See alone is afraid that it will be difficult to stand up, not that it cannot grow, but what it will grow, no one can say.

It doesn't matter what happened in this inventory, the amount of arable land that has been cleared from the name of the Holy See Chapel is quite staggering, and it is even more than 30 percent more than the total amount of land that was taxed to the royal family last year.

The results were seen in the second year, the Lancelot royal family doubled the taxes collected, and for three consecutive years, the harvest was getting better and better year by year, which served as a support, no wonder the Lancelot royal family has been straighter than ever in recent years, and has been more hard-working.

Iron Princess Sophilina's unique style of doing things is on the one hand, abundant finances are on the other hand, only with the support of the latter, the former can have the confidence and be tough, otherwise even if it is a steel waist, it has to be bent three times.

This incident caused a tsunami-like shock in the entire Byron Alliance, and many lords and nobles followed this practice in their own territories, even if they didn't have the ability to be as tough as the Iron Princess Sophilina did, blatantly came, and used some unpopular means, the effect was the same, after all, it was in their own territory, and it was convenient to do anything.

The total amount of cultivated land is constant, and if one party gains, one party will inevitably suffer.

As much as the beneficiary receives, the injured party loses as much as he receives.

It's no wonder that the Holy Aether Holy See can be happy, although theoretically speaking, these benefits are illegal, but what has been eaten in the mouth, and then spit it out, whether it is illegal or legitimate, makes people scratch their livers and lungs.

The royal family of Lancelot and the Holy See of St. Aether, from top to bottom, are in a state of bull top.

However, the core of both sides is in the plains of Asia Minor, and the top brass is quite sensible, knowing that small actions are okay, and once a full-scale war starts, there is only one result - both sides will lose.

Now the two heirs of the Faren family, in order to compete for the inheritance, have brought these two forces in.

Naturally, there is a lively look, they have no scruples in the Manyu military leader, as long as the two heirs nod, their army will drive in and fight, it is not impossible.

Coupled with the Countess Angie Bena, who was still standing behind her, once the Holy Aether Holy See settled in on a large scale, they would definitely not sit idly by.

In the past few years, because of the joint efforts of Angel Bena and her teacher, Ms. Irene, the Witch Secret Society has been in an advantageous position in the game between the Manyu military leader and the Holy Aether Holy See, and has long regarded the Manyu military leader as their own meat.

The internal power shuffle, they can sit on the wall and watch, if the Holy Aether Holy See is stationed on a large scale, it will poke their lungs, even if they can't get it, they will not let it fall into the hands of the Holy Aether Holy See.

The situation has developed to the present, and the Manyu military leader is no longer a simple heir battle, but a power game of the three major international organizations, and the situation will become more complicated, and many victories and defeats are no longer simply on the battlefield, but behind the scenes.

When the time comes, it is no longer uncommon to have a big defeat on the battlefield, but win more benefits, and win one victory after another on the battlefield but suffer heavy losses.

If the Eternal Night Legion wants to profit from this, it can't simply stare at the Manyu Army's one-third of an acre of land, but need to focus on the general trend of the entire Byron Alliance.

If it were two years ago, Sean and they would have been blind, hearted and powerless, but now, the Hawkeye secret service has been rolled out, and I dare not say that their hawkeye is pervasive, but some major events can still be fed back as soon as possible.

This is the limit of what can be achieved in the current situation, and it is necessary to take further control unless the road facilities in other territories can catch up and be connected, or there is a revolutionary improvement in communication equipment.

Judging from the current situation, both are very far away, and the Legion of the Eternal Night is powerless.

However, in this regard, everyone is on the same starting line, which does not have much impact.

As long as he can grasp the general direction, Sean is very confident in this, which is nothing more than to summarize the greatest possibility from a lot of information and make corresponding plans.

The military staff of the Legion of the Eternal Night specializes in eating this bowl of rice.

"Both sides are unwilling to withdraw from the struggle for inheritance, the contradiction is irreconcilable, if it fails, they will have one, how can they care if the Manyu military territory becomes a scorched earth, if it wins, as long as they have power, how can they care about the damage caused to this land. ”

"Yes, for the sake of power, these people have done everything they can, what about the slave rebels?"

"The eastward retreat is being carried out in an orderly manner, looking at their posture, preparing for internal integration, and the meaning of the large-scale military training, Marshall's side has already set up an online with the other party, and is very interested in the trade we proposed, especially in terms of armaments, but they put forward a condition, that is, you will personally come forward to talk to them, otherwise they refuse to trade. ”

"Don't pay attention to them, cool them for a while, they won't have so many problems, now it's our market, and now they haven't even recognized this point, it's really disappointing!"

Sean didn't want to get too deeply entangled with the Slave Rebels, and he wouldn't look down on them for their self-proclaimed justice.

There are no absolute things in the world, if you stand from a historical point of view, maybe their actions are just, they are part of the great movement of slave resistance, and maybe they will have far-reaching historical significance for the entire Ashane continent in the future.

But as a party to history, they only brought destruction and destruction, and the reason why the rebels with strong aggression ****** were willing to sit down and negotiate a deal with them was because their vanguard had fought a fierce battle with the outpost of the Fourth Corps of the Legion of the Eternal Night, near the Bastille.

The slave rebels didn't bargain for anything, and they were willing to sit down and talk only when they saw the strength of the Eternal Night Legion - against the Eternal Night Legion was their most elite slave gladiator army, and the three hundred-man teams had become a thing of the past.

If the Legion of the Eternal Night is not strong enough, the Slave Rebels will not mind plundering the Legion of the Eternal Night, just as they did the lords and nobles of the Manyu Army.

It's addictive to do too much without capital, that's what they're talking about.

And no matter how you look at it, in this game of power, the odds of them being the ultimate winners are slim to none.

Once the Lancelot royal family, the Holy Aether, and the Witches are in the hall, they will join forces to clear the Slave Rebellion from the unstable force before they fight.

In this era of great emphasis on inheritance and bloodline, the slave rebels were born with mud legs and decided that they would not go far.

Including the Eternal Night Legion, in the eyes of those lords and nobles, it is simply an unpopular existence, even if you develop strongly, without noble blood, it is also a group of mountain people and grass robbers.

Every time he felt the pride of those lords and nobles in this regard, Sean wanted to laugh a little.

Because in the ancient Andes Empire, the situation was the opposite, the Andes mountain people were the orthodox lords and nobles, and the Byronians were inferior.

The Byronic people were committed to overthrowing these high lords and aristocrats and seeking equality, but today they have become the same as the people they hated at the time.

This is the greatest irony.

"Vice General Marshall has already done this, I believe that it will not be long before they will take the initiative to come to the door, after all, they have no more options now, and when the time comes, it will not be their turn to put forward conditions, but it will be our turn to set the price. ”

"Master the goodness! We can't cheapen them for nothing, nor can we squeeze them too hard, give them a part of the good things appropriately, and before the Twin Cities are built, we still need them to help us take care of the home." ”

"Don't worry, Vice Admiral Marshall has the potential to become profiteers, and will squeeze every bit of oil and water out of them!"

"What about our ally, Countess Lady Angie Bena, what is she doing now? Now that her fiefdom has been taken over by the Slave Rebels, there is nothing to be done?" Sean finally asked.

"Countess Angie Bena's reaction is a bit unusual, she doesn't care about her own territory at all, it is said that with the hospital as the center, a Knights Hospitaller is being formed, everywhere to save people and heal the sick, as long as there is a war, they are there, but they are in an absolutely neutral state, and they treat the wounded soldiers on both sides. As a result, the higher-ups on both sides did not want to see her, and although Patlem had fallen to the Holy See, she now had a high reputation among the lower ranks. ”

"Clever, her identity itself is extremely special, cooperating with Patlem is just a relationship of mutual use, once Patlem has a firm foothold, the first person who wants to get rid of it is her, her identity determines that she cannot get two heirs, the absolute trust of any one, it is better to give it up from the beginning, win the favor of the low-level soldiers and the people, as long as there are enough people who support her, her position is extremely stable. ”

"As for her fiefdom, it was only a number that existed in written documents from the beginning, and even if she came to receive it, the original local lords and nobles were not necessarily willing to submit to her, it was better to ignore it from the beginning, and wait until the slave rebels uprooted them and defeated them, and it was not too late to come and receive them. ”

Sean clapped his hands and laughed, this thing is done in the style of Angel Bena, this guy can always make some unexpected choices.

Ralph looked a little strange and said, "General, this is not your idea for her, is it? I heard that the flag they use is a red cross flag with red letters on a white background, and I remember that you told us about the idea of the Red Cross a long time ago. ”

"Red Cross flag, this guy, stealing my stuff again!" Sean shook his head and said, "This has nothing to do with me, I just mentioned this idea to her, but I didn't expect it to be borrowed directly by her, but it is suitable to use it in this place, if she can make it bigger and let the Red Cross flag fly on this land, it will not live up to this name." ”

When he said this, Sean didn't blush, obviously in his subconscious, the things in his memories of his previous life belonged to his personal property.