Chapter Ninety-Six: The Lonely City Dragon
In this way, Eugen and several other nobles huddled together in a small dilapidated inn and had heated discussions all day.
Among these people, Tariq has always been the most powerful, a picture of the world and the world. However, under the constraints of Rambo and Pigard, he could not get any substantial benefits.
When Eugen didn't arrive, the surrounding towns and villages in the Leball region, with the exception of the city of Leber, actually became the domain of several other viscounts.
It was called the Habsburg Domain, but the benefits of these places were wiped out by these viscounts. The reason they didn't move the city of Lebor was because they didn't want to take on the huge debt.
According to Tariq, everything remained as it was, and Eugen only had the right to govern the city of Lyber, and was not allowed to interfere with the surrounding villages and towns.
In this regard, although Pigard has secretly allied with Eugen, he will not support Eugen in the open. Needless to say, Viscount Rambo is completely on Tariq's front for this one.
It's just that their behavior is actually against the rules of the Empire, according to which Eugen can start a war against the three viscounts and win the power he has.
War requires troops, and the main source of troops for the upper nobles is to gather other minor nobles in their territory. Eugen could not have done this, because his enemies were the minor nobles under his name.
Tariq also took a fancy to this, so he would unscrupulously target Eugen.
In this case, what Eugen got was an empty shell, a nobleman whose territory was only in his own castle, what kind of lord was it.
Margaret didn't want Eugen to suffer, so she fully supported Eugen from the beginning, and even said that in order to ensure Eugen's full strength for her territory, she did not hesitate to start a war, and she sent troops into the Lebor region to maintain the authority of the lord.
In the face of Margaret's naked threat of war, the three nobles were still a little frightened, and they were also very jealous of the family represented by Margaret, no matter how weak a duke's family was, it was not comparable to these little viscounts, even if they had family support behind them, it was far from quenching their thirst.
At this moment, Margaret made a strong declaration, and the momentum of the others was relatively weak, and in order to show favor to Eugen, Pigard even offered to give up part of the village and return it to Eugen so that he could rule.
Tariq still looked fierce, but his tone was a little loose, and it was obvious that he was also a little afraid of the Medici family's military intervention.
From the moment they entered the door to the present, these people have been discussing fiercely for several hours, using all kinds of coercion, inducement, coaxing and extortion back and forth.
And during this whole period, Eugen just sat quietly on the sidelines, looking at a few people with a smile on his face, and did not say a word from beginning to end.
His expression barely changed, except for some gratitude on Margaret's face as she spoke for herself, and her eyes looked at Margaret brighter.
Tariq saw that Eugen didn't speak, but just smiled contemptuously, secretly cursed 'bad seed', and then fought more fiercely.
Although Margaret has a strong background, because Eugen never said a word, she is still slowly at a disadvantage after all. As a result of the discussions, the territory within a 50-square-kilometer radius of the city of Lebor was given to Eugen, and the rest of the territory remained the same.
Fifty square kilometers of a county, this is simply a joke, a baron's territory is more than that. The kingdom allocated 50,000 square kilometers of territory to Eugen, but under their competition, Eugen did not get even one thousandth.
When Pigarde heard this, he also frowned slightly, thirty of the fifty kilometers were drawn from his sphere of influence. He had thought that Eugen would be stronger, more threatening to Tariq, and more effective in helping him.
But Eugen looked like he didn't care about himself, which made the final result really unbearable.
Margaret is also angry, on the one hand, she is angry with the shamelessness of Tarik and others, and on the other hand, she is angry with Eugen's weakness. How can there be such a master who doesn't care about things, he is busy in front of him, but he hides behind and doesn't say a word.
If it weren't for the fact that someone else was there, Margaret would have wanted to bring Eugen up and ask him what was going on, why he didn't say a word.
On the contrary, Bard gradually brought a contemptuous smile on his face, and Tariq laughed even more unscrupulously, only to see him stand up with his hands on the table, leaning forward and staring at Eugen, and asked menacingly: "Hahaha, how is it, Count Eugen, I don't know if you accept this arrangement!" ”
Tariq is very happy now, he has a wolf-like gaze in his eyes, and he deserves to be called the 'Wolf Lord'. Originally, according to his idea, when an earl arrived, even if he was not bleeding heavily, he would have to divide at least one to two benefits, which was converted into the interests of millions of territories.
But now, after discussion, he was forced to be pressed to more than ten square kilometers, and the loss can be said to be a drop in the bucket, and this happiness is no less than a big victory.
Eugen looked at the aggressive Tariq, his eyes were as calm as a deep pool, and he even had a smile on his face, but he said lightly: "Okay, I have no opinion!" ”
Tariq was stunned for a moment, thinking that Eugen might be able to save his strength and wait for the final counterattack. For this reason, he also secretly kept a hand, and only broke out at the end.
As a result, things settled so easily, which gave him a feeling that he had nowhere to go.
When Margaret heard this, she first glanced at Eugen in surprise, and finally only sighed and did not speak again. Pigard and Bard agreed, and the question of the best interests was thus resolved. Tariq got what he wanted, guaranteed his own interests, and Eugen became a hollowed out lord, and all interests were divided.
After this question, the rest of the content became irrelevant, and the discussion between several people was no longer heated. The tension between Tariq and Pigard was tempered in this discussion, which delayed the arrival of the war a little.
Finally, a meeting that could have lasted for days came to an early end in Eugen's crisp compromise. The petty nobles who were forced to crowd outside the door were originally very dissatisfied with Eugen's arrangement. However, upon learning of the outcome of the discussions, this dissatisfaction turned into contempt.