Chapter 182: The Duke of the South
"What a tough question, I can now understand why you became that henchman......
As if she didn't expect the other party to bring this up, Vivien replied a little confused.
Ai Xiuyin noticed that the expressions of the four princesses changed rapidly, including anger, regret, sadness, and unwillingness.
Eventually, Vivien exhaled deeply and became serious again, with an indescribable persistence in her eyes. She decided something, and at the same time abandoned something, and Eshuin realized that the other party's resolute look was difficult to see even on a battle-hardened warrior, let alone a teenage girl.
"It's me, Vivien Heather Austensβ"
After a short silence, she said crisply: "Your Excellency Ai Xiuyin, it is inconvenient to disclose the specific reason. Unfortunately, Sesti and I are currently on secret royal arrest list, and we don't have many resources at our disposal. But I hope you can help me to take back the succession to the throne from the eldest brothers, and solve the problem of several great nobles in the kingdom preparing to start a civil strife. β
Ai Xiuyin looked at the other party silently, and it seemed that the other party's experience was more exciting than he imagined.
I see, he thought, it seems that the attraction of the succession to the throne is still quite large, at least now that even the survival of the country is a problem, it seems that several other princes, His Royal Highnesses, have also driven out their lovely sister as a wanted criminal.
Although the specific reason is not discussed, Vivien should be in a state of loss of ground at the moment.
Considering that the other party just mentioned the need to hide his identity, it is understandable to operate in the territory of Count Lamar, the most dangerous place is the safest place, most likely to avoid the eyes and ears of other princes.
As for the fact that the four princesses are currently weak, Ai Xiuyin doesn't mind much, but it is better to say that he is in his hands.
In the case of sufficient strength, the icing on the cake will never be more affordable than sending charcoal in the snow, and the value of the two is completely different, and the reward will naturally rise.
And the current weakness is that there is a huge disparity in the balance of strength between the four princesses and the other princes' factions, but these are harmless, all he needs is Vivien's influence as a princess, and there may be diehards among the supporters of the throne, but the position of most nobles is very simple and clear, whoever has strong hard power will listen to whomever he wants. Of course, not everyone is qualified to compete for the throne, but to solve the problem of identity and bloodline that the aristocracy cares about the most, as an official candidate for the throne, as long as Vivien has a strong and stable armed force, the number of supporters will naturally gradually increase.
It's not that other people are on the wall, but according to the law of survival of the fittest, people who adapt to the environment are more likely to live.
Due to the problems of the general environment, most nobles will prioritize their own gains and losses over the change of the royal family.
After the change of the throne, there will inevitably be a new reshuffle of power, compared to those die-hard forces, the swing nobles will undoubtedly get less benefits, and may even be marginalized, but on the contrary, they will not have to bear the painful loss of the failure to stand up.
It's hard to say which is better or worse, but in fact, Essine is quite fond of these guys who have fallen into the wind.
The other world is not like the modern society in which they originally lived, although the people in power will be disgusted with these wandering aristocratic forces, but it is impossible to alienate or even abandon them, and the royal family cannot only rely on a few of its own people to manage the entire country, so the belly slander is slandered, and the MMP in the heart, the moth of the country and the greedy dead fat pig and the like are all scolded, and they still have to be co-opted with a smile on their faces.
After all, no matter what era it is, talent is the most important resource.
Commoners do not have the energy and channels to access knowledge, but the management of the territory must have the corresponding ability, at least the royal documents must be read, and the development plan must be understood, which is the reason for the aristocratic class to have no fear.
They have enough leisure, abundant financial strength and experience to educate their offspring.
The aristocracy relied on marriage, and even exchanging women to consolidate each other's rights and status, so the real chaos in your circle is really not just a simple ridicule, in the long run, people of the same class will gradually stabilize, and the way to enter this circle will become more and more difficult, and the class solidification will become more and more serious. It is also impossible for civilians to want to break out an uprising, and the supernatural powers that can be obtained through cultivation have created knights and magicians, acting as a stable and controllable nuclear weapon control, and a civilian uprising of 10,000 people can't even beat a fifth-order knight, isn't this looking for death.
This can be seen in Catherine's attitude towards the magician.
So as long as it is not the people in power who go too far, the mentality of getting by is what most civilians think.
This is also the key to the fact that the development history of the other world is much longer than that of Eshuin's original world, but the civilization is so far apart.
Feudal rule, slavery, ethnic conflicts, plane wars, human trafficking, power trading, the supremacy of strength, whether it is the dark side or the scale of the struggle, although it is like here, it is far from being comparable to the Middle Ages, the fighting spirit is the super-sized power carried by the individual, the convenience of magic completely restricts the development of science and technology, and there are humanoid nuclear bombs everywhere.
In contrast, I once lived in a modern society with crushed technology and developed culture, and I don't know how many times safer.
But even then, there is no way to manage and rescue all ordinary people who have no special abilities.
Although there are a lot of problems, Eshuin is not prepared to care about these things, and changing the world and the like he thinks he is not so strong in ability and mind, it is better to say that these are things that Vivien should be worried about.
What should I think about now is......
"A few of your brothers are okay to say. But the part of quelling the civil strife is not so simple, in the case of Count Lamar, he is just a pawn, no matter how many times he falls, there can be a new replacement. The key lies in the Eastern Magic Federation behind him, and what supports him is the top forces led by the elves and many other races. Although it is unlikely that the other party will come up with all his strength against you-"
While analyzing this, Ai Xiuyin spread his hands helplessly, "I guess you know the difficulty, why should we help you?" In other words, if you want our help, Your Royal Highness, what are you going to use as a bargaining chip to convince me?"
Although he was ready to agree to the other party in his heart, Ai Xiuyin still had to confirm the sincerity of the other party.
After all, it's a pity not to use my current identity.
"After this time, I will never want to sit at the same table with you again. β
After sighing helplessly, Vivien seemed to have a feeling of frustration, but she quickly cheered up, raised a finger and said seriously, "The position of the chief supporter of the royal daughter's faction, the new Duke of the South." The town of White Oak, along with the entire southern part of the kingdom, would become the domain of the new duke, as Queen Vivien had promised. β
Eschuin recalled in his mind that this was quite a large territory.
Although in order to get this reward, you have to start a war with Count Lamar, which is equivalent to suppressing a rebellious force in disguise, and the southern border of the Kingdom of Sismal borders the Eastern Magic Federation, it is estimated that this new duke will have to act as a new umbrella for the royal family.
But this little calculation of the Four Princesses was completely within the scope of Eshuin's acceptance.
What he really likes, the key is not the title and territory, but the chief supporter of the royal daughter's faction-
This position also proves that no matter what their group of people do secretly, as long as they don't make too much trouble, Queen Vivien, who is tied to the Duke of the Dead, will help resist it......
"Happy cooperation, Her Royal Highness. β
Adeine smiled and held out his friendly right hand.