The crown prince of an empire was stretched thin even to raise an army, and Caesar even felt that if there were no two more good news, he was afraid that it would be really difficult for him to support it.

The Royal Knights have not yet recovered, and the loyalty of the knights is unquestionable, but the knights who have experienced a hundred battles are not trained in a day or two. The damage of the rebels to the empire is fatal, and now even Heidelberg is in the hands of the rebels.

The country will not be a country!

Caesar couldn't help but let out a lament from his heart.

Sometimes he wanted to go back to the drunken life of the past, and no longer think about the intrigues, but there seemed to be a voice in the dark that kept spurring him, telling him to cheer up, and not to let the glory of the Fivinlie family decay in him.

Caesar was distraught by the complex and changing situation...... Good news can make him happy, and bad news can make him downcast, and even Caesar himself finds himself as if he has become sentimental, as fragile as those women who are not sick**.

Hathaway was far from being as immature as she appeared to be, and he should have thought that she wouldn't be that simple, but for now, he had to throw an olive branch to her.

Compared with the immature and unfamiliar when they met in Heidelberg in the past, this little nobleman seemed to be one in the sky and the other on the ground, and her wrist was extremely skillful in her hands, on the one hand, she joined forces with Dietrich to suppress herself, and on the other hand, she was secretly communicating with herself and even the rebels, and this kind of ease seemed to be only able to be done by those old politicians who had been in the political arena for a long time.

It's easy to move in time. This is not the time, the once lonely little nobles have now become the lord who can control the fate of the Ostiga Empire, how can Caesar not feel sad and sigh about this change?

"Your Highness, Marshal Tucker and Messen. Lord Duke Lusau has arrived. The voice of the attendant behind him pulled Caesar back from his fugue of emotion, and when he turned his head, he saw that two thin elderly nobles had already stepped into the garden path.

Both of them were important ministers of the empire and his most powerful supporters, and Caesar did not dare to slack off and hurriedly stepped forward.

"Tucker (Lusso) has seen His Highness."

Neither Marshal Tucker nor Messeryn. The Duke of Lusso is much older than he was two years ago...... Especially Marshal Tucker, the sharp momentum of the former heroic and fierce face seems to have been smoothed out a lot by the successive blows for more than a year. The two sideburns, which were already a little gray, made this old soldier who was tasked with rebuilding the Imperial Armed Forces even more old and haggard.

"You don't need to be so polite. Today is just a private gathering, come, come, let's take a seat. ”

Caesar smiled all over his face. Invite the two to take a seat.

Perhaps it was the warm sunshine and fresh air that made the two old men feel comfortable. Their expressions relaxed a lot. All kinds of complicated military and political affairs made both of them look a little tired. Being able to get such an opportunity to take a break made both of them feel a lot better.

Your Highness, hasn't Rodriguez come yet? Marshal Tucker glanced around. I didn't see the person I was looking for, so I frowned and asked.

"Well, it's not here yet, it may have to wait a while."

Caesar also felt a headache, of course he knew that Marshal Tucker was looking for Henry. Rodriguez what's the matter.

In fact, Henry. Rodriguez had told himself two days earlier that the accounts of the finance department were empty, and there was no one left, and Marshal Tucker was pestering him all day for the salaries of the officers and soldiers of the army, and he could not resist it, so he had to run to himself for help.

Unfortunately, Caesar himself was helpless, and the taxes were still not collected, and the great nobles were now obedient to the demands of the tax collectors of the Ministry of Finance, and seemed to be waiting for their own downfall.

What's more, there are already signs of open resistance to taxes, which makes Caesar also frightened, and once such signs appear, it means that his rule may collapse at any time, and there is no need for Dietrich or the rebels to fight him.

"Your Highness, the Golden Oak Corps has not paid salaries for two months, and if the salaries of the officers and soldiers are not paid again, it is likely to lead to a mutiny."

Tucker's face was grim, and he said almost word for word: "Your Highness, you also know. The Golden Oak Corps is no better than the Royal Knights, they are all proletarians with no source of income, and without a salary, they may flee or even mutiny, and now the only one who can barely maintain a decent army in Pierceburg is the Golden Oak Corps. ”

Caesar's mouth was bitter for a while, the Golden Oak Legion was the last armed force formed in the kingdom, and it was originally inferior to those old legions in terms of loyalty, but the elite of those legions had already been lost, and only the number remained. The only remaining officers and soldiers of the corps were recruited later.

They are basically homeless civilians or homeless warriors who have lost their land due to war, and once there is no salary guarantee, it is normal to scatter in a hurry, and once there is a problem with this army, then Pillsburg is really an undefended city.

"Your Highness, what exactly is Rodriguez doing? Why hasn't the tax been collected yet? "Mercein. Luso also asked with a frown.

Caesar let out a long sigh: "It's hard to put into words, two adults. Rodriguez did his best, but you know the situation. The guys are watching the wind, and now Dietrich's side is aggressive, constantly attacking me and asking me to submit to him, and the damned royal court judges are now also on his side, ruling that my heirship is in doubt, and building momentum for Dietrich.

Those guys on our side felt that the style was wrong, and they were worried that their investment would not return, hum, so they all went against the law, and the tax collectors of the Ministry of Finance couldn't find anyone to do anything, and Rodriguez was helpless. ”

Marshal Tucker's thick eyebrows tightened and did not speak, while Messen. Luso pondered for a while before asking, "Didn't Your Highness say that there is good news coming from the Cordillera?" ”

A bitter smile appeared on Caesar's face: "Lord Luso, it's not that you don't know the marquis. She secretly expressed her support for me at this time, could there be anything good? We all know what she wants, and she just wants me and Dietrich to be in such a stalemate that she can benefit from it. ”

"Profit from it? What profit can she gain? ”

Marshal Tucker said with a disdainful expression: "It's just to let her take a breath and get a foothold in Casef." ”

"If that Cordillera Marquis was just trying to gain a foothold in Casseff, she now has a legitimate name and doesn't have anything to worry about. I'm afraid she has other ideas, and wants to use the conflict between me and Dietrich to achieve greater benefits. And now we are struggling, and it is quite difficult to even maintain it, which is really a dilemma. Caesar looked helpless.

"Your Highness. Do you think it's necessary to take some tough measures against those big nobles? ”

Mercedes. Lusso knew that this suggestion would be vetoed by Caesar. But now that the situation is so bad, if we don't make some reactions, I'm afraid it will get worse and worse, and the olive branch thrown by Kaseff's side is simply not true. It doesn't come in handy. Even if it is implemented...... That's also a bait with a barb. I'm afraid that if I eat it, it will be difficult to spit it out.

"Lord Luthau, I know what you mean, but the only thing we have now is them. If they are pushed, perhaps they will fall to Dietrich. Dietrich is now flattering them and wooing them, and I dare not provoke them now. Caesar also had bitterness and could not speak.

"Your Highness, since the situation has come to this point, it is better to have a showdown with the Cordillera. We will give her whatever she wants, as long as it does not meet our bottom line. All we need is for Hathaway to withdraw her barbarian army from the northwest, or to keep her army neutral in Lancais, and we will focus on solving the northwest problem in one fell swoop, and then we will slowly solve Hathaway's problem in the future. ”

Marshal Tucker couldn't help but give his opinion, in his opinion, this drag on would only become more and more disadvantageous, and once a decent army was formed by Dietrich's side, it would be much more difficult to completely deal with them.

Mercedes. Lusso's eyes also moved, Marshal Tucker's suggestion was indeed meritorious, Hathaway took great pains to obtain the promise of ownership of the Cassef region from Dietrich, Dietrich was afraid that he was already jealous, and there was definitely a rift in the alliance between the two sides.

"Your Highness, this opinion of Marshal Tucker is worth considering, as long as it can cause a conflict between Hathaway and Dietrich, it will only be good for us, as for how to deal with it in the future, it can only be solved slowly in the future, and what needs to be solved now is an urgent need.

But giving Hathaway such a big sweetness will definitely cost her something, and we can come up with some of the things we want, such as funding, and his unequivocal commitment to support us. "Mercein. Lusso suggested slowly.

Caesar's eyes were also bright, as was Marshal Tucker and Messen. The opinion of the two Lusso is very valuable, the northwest has always been the main camp of Dietrich, that region is dominated by a large number of minor nobles, most of whom tend to support Dietrich, and it has been difficult for their own forces to break into it.

No matter what Hathaway wants, give it to her, and it doesn't cost him anything, as for the future, he can't think about it so much now, everything will wait until he can sit in the position of emperor.

"Messen, of course money is important, this guy Rodriguez is avoiding me, and I know it's because there's no money in the coffers. Now Hathaway not only controls the whole of Casserf and Cordillera, but also the industrial and commercial development of Brinia and Cordillera is quite fast.

I've heard that almost all the ships heading north from the Blue Sea are to the Cordillera, and a whole shipload of coal, iron ore and other commodities is shipped to the North Blue Sea, and all kinds of daily necessities are constantly imported, as is the merchant fleet in the upper reaches of the Mandy Nile, which brings unlimited business opportunities to the Cordillera, and I don't think the tax revenue there will catch up with the original Carsel province in less than two years. ”

Matthew also sighed, "How could we have thought that this girl would be able to have such a creation today? But is there any point in asking her to explicitly support His Highness? ”

"Hmph, why doesn't it make sense?"

Mercedes. Dietrich said in a deep voice: "Now the great nobles of Piercesburg are at both ends of the head, don't they just think that His Highness's current situation is not good, and he may be suppressed by His Highness Dietrich's side?" And Hathaway's support for Dietrich is also a very important reason, her 4,000 barbarian army is nothing in terms of combat effectiveness alone, but the influence brought by it is not small, and now the other three great lords in the north are now uncharacteristically silent, which further demonstrates the influence of Comerdy, if Hathaway can remain neutral, it can also greatly resolve the pressure on us. ”

"Well, Mistress Lusso has a point, and if Hathaway can be given a statement, I think those guys will immediately feel the wind change, and they will seriously consider our request." Caesar nodded hopefully.

"Your Highness, it is not easy to get Hathaway to make such a clear statement. As she said before, her purpose is not to divide the winner between you and His Highness Dietrich, but to stalemate. And she had a very close relationship with Her Highness Dietrich, and she knew what the consequences of such an attitude would be, so we had to think carefully about how to get Hathaway to do it. "Mercein. Lusso was obviously not as optimistic as Caesar, and his Highness was sometimes too simplistic, and Hathaway was now a veteran who had been up and down in political turmoil for a long time, and it was impossible to let the other party in as casually as before.

I am confident that I will *********** hit the water for 3,000 miles in 200 years***********

Introduction to "New Yipin Xiuzhen" (end):

Or don't wear it! One Wear Addiction!

A work mistake by the four gods of Fengyun and thunder and lightning led to the destruction of the body of the fourteen-year-old girl Shen Yueying, and what is even more excessive is that in order to prevent Hades from discovering their work mistakes, these four irresponsible guys actually tricked Moon Shadow into a place called the Amadeus Continent to be reborn.

The magic weapon is a catty, the flying sword is in a box, as long as you have money, the elixir can also be wholesaled, Amadeus - just the first stop of the crossing!

This time, it can be regarded as finding the murderer who crossed over, and it can be regarded as a wronged person and a debtor. However, it seems that most of the compensation of the Four Heavenly Monarchs cannot be paid immediately, and I don't know when it will be fully cashed out? Thinking about it, the heroine is really hard, first she was struck by lightning, and then she fell into the sea, it can be described as a twist and turn, after experiencing so many things, shouldn't Jitai come? (To be continued......)