"Do you know, Mr. Picardy? This Duke of Humington is no ordinary duke, for his ancestors were commanders of the Silver Eagle Guard of the British Empire. So it's no exaggeration to say that this Duke of Humington is a big man who gathers the army and the government!"

"Silver Eagle Guards? What kind of unit is this?" Li Xiaoqiang, who had heard of this unit for the first time, was still a little confused! After all, Li Xiaoqiang still knew a little about the state structure of the British Empire! The supreme commander of the country is nominally the Queen of England, but it is the prime minister of the Eagle Kingdom who really holds the military and political power of the country! This is also the reason why members of every generation of the royal family have come out to run for the prime minister! Although members of their royal family have the right to run for election, it does not mean that every prime minister will be their people! But it is undeniable that the royal family has absolute leadership rights over the entire Eagle Empire!

Because of this relationship, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly heard that a duke who enjoyed the command of the hereditary army appeared, how could he not make Li Xiaoqiang feel surprised! This means that the Duke of Humington can move this army at will without the permission of the Eagle Empress! Such a privilege is probably the only person in the entire Great Eagle Empire, right?

Li Xiaoqiang couldn't believe it, frowned tightly and said, "No, isn't it? Isn't the Duke not having the command of the troops? Why is this Duke of Humington ......?"

"How so...... This one...... Strictly speaking, this should not be considered the establishment of a regular army!" the shahara housekeeper looked at Li Xiaoqiang and said slowly.

"Hmm, what do you mean? Why isn't it a regular establishment? Is it the same as a temporary worker?" When Li Xiaoqiang heard this, he couldn't help but be interested again!

"Hehe! This is not a regular establishment, it does not refer to a regular combat unit! Because their salary is not allocated by the government, but is in charge of all the personnel of the establishment unit! You may not know that in the Middle Ages, almost every duke had a personal guard of no more than 8,000 people under his name! Until today's Great Eagle Empire, this right has not been abolished! But you must know that the cost of supporting an army of so many people that day is an astronomical amount! Therefore, among the dozen or so dukes in existence, only the Duke of Houston has such ability! It is said that he still supports a guard of about 5,000 people, and this guard is the Silver Eagle Guard I just mentioned!"

"Damn! a duke...... 5,000 guards! This Humington's wealth and strength are too strong, right?" At first hearing the number of Duke Humington's guards, Li Xiaoqiang couldn't help but secretly speak.

"How much wealth Duke Humington has, we outsiders don't know at all! But you can imagine how much wealth the big man who controls the railway transportation of the three southwestern provinces of the Great Eagle Empire must have in his hands? Although the name of this duke has never appeared on the Forbes Celebrity List, it is undeniable that his uncountable wealth is absolutely shocking! After all, what person can support such a large guard! Are you right? Mr. Pikaty!" As he spoke, the shahara butler set his eyes on Li Xiaoqiang.

"What does this Duke of Humington want to do with so many troops? It is not unusual for you to say that a large multinational corporation has a total of 5,000 employees! After all, the number of employees is only a medium-sized group, and the profits they create are far greater than the total amount of funds to support them! But this is an army of 5,000 people all the time! It is completely unable to create any value, and on the contrary, it will drag its feet!"

In response to Li Xiaoqiang's question, the shahara butler smiled bitterly and said: "Dear Mr. Pikaqiu, you are wrong! You may not know much about this Duke of Humington, he himself is a lord who cannot afford to suffer! So how can he lose money to support the troops of so many people? I dare to guarantee that the wealth created by these 5,000 people will definitely not be much less than that of a group of 50,000 people!"

"Huh......? What are you...... What do you mean?" Hearing Shahara say this, Li Xiaoqiang was obviously shocked. The shahara butler nodded and said: "Although this society seems to be peaceful now, this is only a superficial phenomenon! Wars and skirmishes still break out in many local areas! According to incomplete statistics, from 1950 to today, there have been thousands of wars in the world! Although we cannot see or feel war, it does not mean that there is no war! And this army supported by the Duke of Humington exists for war!"

"What? What do you mean...... You mean they are mercenaries?" a word suddenly flashed from Li Xiaoqiang's mind!

"Yes, they're mercenaries!" said the shahara butler with a nod. Li Xiaoqiang almost didn't drop his jaw in shock, he said in a very surprised tone: "This is too exaggerated! A dignified duke actually trained a mercenary army of 5,000 people! Can you empresses allow such a thing to exist? This is a force of 5,000 people! If they rebel......" Li Xiaoqiang did not continue! He believed that Shahara could understand what he wanted to express!

"If the main force of this army is in the Eagle Empire, of course it is impossible! What a wise figure is the empress of our Great Eagle Empire? How could she tolerate such a large unstable factor under her nose? Therefore, there are only five or six hundred people around the Duke of Houston! The rest of the troops are distributed on the four continents and eight oceans abroad, so it saves a lot of unnecessary trouble!"

"So that's what it looks like!" Li Xiaoqiang nodded and said. For the energy in the hands of such a duke, it is really immeasurable! No wonder Duke Slotok has a headache for him!

"By the way, since the Duke of Humington has so many guards!, then the Duke of Slotok, who is also a duke, should also have some guards in your family, right?" Li Xiaoqiang shook his head and asked curiously.

"It can't be said that there is none, once when our Slotok family was at its peak, it also supported a group of about 2,000 guards! However, due to various reasons, our family's violet guards have not formed a scale, and until now they are only about 300 people!" said Shahara Butler with a helpless shrug of his shoulders.

"The 300-man guards are not bad! It's a peaceful time now, and instead of supporting these guards, it's better to use the money saved in the rest of the place!" Li Xiaoqiang nodded and said.

"Hey! This is all secondary, and the most important thing is that this Duke of Humington has a strange grudge! Because in the early years, when our Duke had just inherited the family business, he fought with this Duke of Humington for the right to build and operate the railroad in the west! At the beginning, their affairs were stabbed on the Empress's side! The Duke of Humington thought very highly of himself, and he was very calculating. So how could he make concessions to our duke? The two of them were formed at that time. ”

"In the end, who won the right to build and operate the Western Railway!" Regarding Xiao Feixu's father's early years, Li Xiaoqiang felt that he still had to know about it!

"Hey, can't you see, if our Lord Duke had been able to win this project in the first place, then our entire family business wouldn't have only been a strong pillar of the Heart of the Ocean!" said the shahara butler, shaking his head.

"Uh! Isn't this matter already on the empress's side? Why can't it be won? There shouldn't be any conspiracy here?" Li Xiaoqiang took a piece of bread and stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a look of regret. If Duke Slotok had obtained the right to build the railway, maybe their Slotok family would be a different face today! And Xiao Feixu would not have to marry the Smith family for the benefit of the family!

The shahara butler shook his head and said, "Originally, I didn't want to mention these past events again! Since you mentioned it all Mr. Pikaqiu, then I have no choice but to tell you! There is no conspiracy in this, the direct key point lies with the empress!"

"Ah, the Empress, this is interesting! Tell me, what is the situation?" Li Xiaoqiang said with a slight smile.

"Because...... The Empress doesn't like us, Duke Slotok. Butler Sahara said word for word.

"Holy......! Where do you start with this?" Li Xiaoqiang obviously didn't expect Shahara to say this reason, and Li Xiaoqiang was so frightened that he almost squirted out the milk that he drank into his mouth.

"Once our Duke Slotok, before he inherited the title of duke, was a famous playboy!" "When Shahara remembered the past, although his face was already covered with the wind and frost of the years, he still couldn't stop leaking that kind of pride.

"As for the character of our Duke, even our old Duke can't control it! You must know that in high society, this kind of character is very annoying! And that includes Her Majesty the Empress!"

"Oh, I see!"

"This is not the main thing, the most important thing is that our Duke has been very good at swordsmanship since he was a child! Once in the Royal Fencing Competition, with a long sword, he repelled various masters and won the championship of fencing! Even made the two princesses crazy about his charm! Even those two princesses have reached the point where they have to marry him!" When Shahara said this, Li Xiaoqiang's heart couldn't help but chuckle.