Taylor smiled slightly, turned around and left the study, holding his hands, walking with a tiger's pace, full of energy, and the poor editor before.

Clifford followed Taylor to the restaurant, and Taylor served him a sumptuous meal, including steak and roast leg of lamb, and treated him with respect, which fully experienced the characteristics of his old fox - not to offend anyone easily, not even a beggar who was extremely down. Because one day, he might be able to help you.

It can be said that the old fox Taylor's decision was very wise, because Clifford would do him a great favor next.

Clifford poured a full glass of brandy for the old fox Taylor, brought it to him, and said with a smile: "Teacher, this wine is stronger, you can taste it." ”

"Lie? How strong is it? Taylor's eyes showed an expectant look, as the Minister of Laws and Regulations, it can be said that he has already drunk all the wine in this world, and the strongest wine feels light after drinking too much, to be honest, his favorite is spirits, if he can drink a glass of spirits that stimulates him, it is simply more enjoyable than a beautiful woman, and said: "What is the name of your wine?" ”

"It's brandy, that's the name the student gave him." Clifford smiled slightly.

Brandy means burnt wine, dare to name it, it is enough to show that this bottle of wine is not a faded bird variety, Taylor immediately became interested in it, picked up the wine glass and smelled it, sure enough, there was a strong energy, I couldn't help the call of the wine worm in my stomach, and quickly brought it to my mouth and drank it all! It's sour!

The strongest wine of this era was only a dozen degrees, but Clifford gave him more than forty degrees of brandy, and he actually took a sip without any preparation.

That expression, you can imagine! Twist! Hideous! Sour!

"Ahh Sure enough, it's a good wine! Taylor was battle-hardened after all, and after a while he suppressed the strength of the wine, and exclaimed, "Clifford, you didn't lie to me. This is definitely the best wine I've ever had, brandy, brandy. It really lives up to its name. ”

Seeing that his wine had won the jackpot and won the old fox's favor, Clifford was very happy, decided to go further, poured another glass of wine for the old fox, and said, "Teacher, in fact, the students came to offer wine today for two purposes. The first is to thank the teacher, and the second is to say hello to the teacher. ”

Later generations of Clifford also liked to read books on literature and history, and also studied lobbyists like Su Qin, Zhang Yi, and Zhuge Liang, knowing that before they could persuade each other, they must first give each other a slap in the face, either to bluff each other, or to whet each other's appetite like Clifford.

Sure enough, the old fox Taylor also ate this, and asked with a surprised face: "Dao Xi, what kind of joy?" What can I do? I've had a lot of trouble lately! ”

Clifford smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Of course, I congratulate the teacher on his promotion, and I hope that after the teacher is promoted, he will not forget the student's congratulations today." ”

"Ascension?" The old fox Taylor's head was not working, he had no idea what medicine was sold in the Coolford gourd, he was already the Minister of Decrees, and if he went up further, he would be the governor of several counties at the local level, just like his good friend Pol.

Above the governor is the deputy prime minister and prime minister of the prime minister's corps, but at present, the governors and prime ministers of the kingdom are full, where is his promotion position?

"I don't know what you're talking about?" Taylor's face instantly froze, and he said as he put the wine glass heavily on the table. Since he claims to be an old fox, he is a person with a particularly strong desire to control, and he only does what he thinks he is sure of in this life, and he is really disgusted by this kind of thing that he can't figure out to Cleif, and said with a calm face: "Coolford, you won't come specifically to ridicule me, you should know that now the positions of the governor and the prime minister are full." ”

Clifford was not afraid, because he had enough tricks, and he believed that he would definitely impress the old fox, and said with a smile: "God testifies, how dare a student entertain the teacher?" Right now, there is a good move in front of the teacher, and the teacher just didn't notice it for a while. ”

"Oh?" Taylor suddenly became interested, he wanted to see how the little guy saw the good chess he didn't see, and he played with the delicate wine glass, and said with a smile: "Tell me, where is my good chess?" "If this boy Clifford dares to fool him, or if he makes him happy in vain, he swears that he will make this boy look good, and when the time comes, even God will not be able to save him.

Collie Fu was confident, and said with a slight smile: "The king sent a teacher to inspect the strengths of various countries, does he want to weaken local power and strengthen centralized power like other countries?" ”

Taylor's tiger body was shocked, this matter belongs to the high secret of the kingdom, how did this kid know, his eyes suddenly released a trace of coldness, and said coldly: "Who did you listen to?" ”

Clifford didn't feel scared, still with a signature smile, and said, "It's not important, the teacher's opportunity is hidden here." After more than ten years of domestic uprisings, and a few years ago foreign invasion, the central army suffered heavy losses, the king's prestige also plummeted, and he could only rely on the governors of various places to recruit troops to suppress the rebels, which led to the growth of local forces, and this matter became the king's lifelong heart disease, he has always wanted to weaken the local power, the power to re-concentrate the power in the hands of the central government, but unfortunately, due to the rebound of local forces, has not been as desired. ”

The Rhine Kingdom was divided into twenty-two counties, six of which were hereditary domains of the nobility, and these six counties were divided among twelve families, including the House of Clifford, each of which occupied one to several counties. Although these six counties were also part of the Rhine Kingdom, they were quite independent, and the king could not interfere in their specific affairs in peacetime, and only in times of war could they be asked to help them, which was a long-standing tradition. Collief's father once occupied two large counties and lived the life of a soil emperor, but unfortunately he was usurped.

The nobles of these six counties only pay a certain tribute to the king symbolically every year, and send their sons as hostages, it can be said that life is very nourishing, even if the old king Frederick VII wants to strengthen the centralization of power, he will not take the nobles of these six counties, first, it is not in line with tradition, and second, these six counties can not play a decisive role.

Except for the six counties that were divided by the nobles, the remaining sixteen counties were the direct territory of the king, which also caused the king's absolute superiority over the other nobles, so he had the confidence to ask them to send his son as a hostage, and this is how Clifford came to the royal capital Vienna.