"It seems that the king did not want to talk to us, and threw a son at us."

After reading the contents of the letter, Byron said jokingly, although the heroes next to him all looked at him with confused expressions after listening to it.

"What do you say, sir?"

Fatis looked at Byron suspiciously, thinking that Byron had invented some new gadget or vocabulary while he was away.

"Nothing, don't care. King Harauth has given us the authority to administer the city, as well as the tax revenues and the right to divide the fiefdoms of all the villages outside Viruga, much better than when we were in Serindil. But I really didn't expect him to have his only heir come here to guard the city, how do we deal with it? ”

Byron asked the heroes.

"Viruga is a piece of fat, and since you have given it to the king, King Harauth will naturally bite it to death. Now that the nobles of the entire kingdom know that you have captured Viruga, and that the city is actually in your hands, it is relatively easier for us to deal with than the king, so it is natural that you will become their target. And the prince can expand his power here while exercising, increase his influence, and completely control the whole of Viruga. ”

I have to say that although he didn't see Byron's jealousy of himself for a while because of his joy, Ellen did know more about the Game of Thrones than Byron, and he analyzed the king's intentions in a few sentences. It's not too detailed, but it's enough for Byron.

"Fatis, you know the most about the nobles of the kingdom among us, tell us about the prince of Harauu that we are about to face. If you can, talk about King Harlaus and his family, and it wouldn't hurt us to know more. ”

Byron agrees with Alleyne and turns his head to Fatis, hoping to get some information about the little prince.

"Gladly, sir."

Fatis nodded respectfully at Byron and cleared his throat.

"King Harlaus's first wife, whom he married before he became king, bore him two daughters. The eldest daughter, who was married to one of the king's generals at the time of his death, entered Parabon with the help of his power and seized the throne. The youngest daughter was married to the eldest brother of Count Harongoth, the most powerful lord in the western part of the kingdom at the time, and happened to be widowed. The lord died two years after his marriage at the age of sixty, but he did do King Harlaus a great favor during those two years. When the king's first queen died in childbirth, he was the matchmaker who married the widowed sister of Count Claes, and thus won the support of the entire Swedish Count family. And Prince Harauu is the only son born to this queen, and he is also the heir designated by King Haraus. ”

Fatis was well acquainted with the situation of the various families in the country, and what he said made Byron once again "impressed" King Haraus, because he knew that the youngest daughter was only sixteen years old when she married the old earl.

"That's what political marriages are, it's not a big deal."

Alleyne saw Byron's expressions when he heard the age of the two parties and shrugged his shoulders a little indifferently, while Desaivi and Kress made no secret of their disdain and disgust at the matter after he finished speaking.

"Forget it, it's been so long, and this has nothing to do with us. Fatis, I've met this little prince before, he looks young, what about the others? ”

Byron's complexion returned to normal, and he asked Fatis about it.

"You're right, sir. Prince Harauu is only sixteen years old, and even to us he is a child. As for his reputation, I have to say that he really resembles his father..."

After some conversation, they got to know the upcoming prince. As the designated heir of King Harlaus, he has been raised as a king since he was a child, which is no problem, but the object of this child's learning and imitation is always his father... So inevitably, there are some characteristics of his father. Although he is young but arrogant, he also has great ambitions, and because he was born with a golden spoon, he is less aware of his own strength than his father.

Perhaps this is why King Harauth asked him to come to Viruga, to learn how to manage the city, how to reconcile with the nobles and the commoners. Since it is a newly occupied city, it is free to play. If something goes wrong, just push Byron on the head. If the situation is good, the area controlled by Byron can also be transferred to the hands of the royal family.

Moreover, the arrival of the prince must be accompanied by King Haraus's henchmen and a sufficient army, which for Byron will have the advantage of strengthening the garrison of Viruga and intimidating the Rhodoks to the south. The problem is that they will definitely have a big impact on Byron's plan to control Viruga, and if the Rhodok army really comes from the south, it is estimated that the gang will run away as soon as possible for the prince's safety.

So everyone sat here all day talking about how to deal with the prince without conclusion.

However, Byron still thought of a suitable solution, which was to use the power given to him by the king to firmly control the villages and towns around Viruga, and to include the areas south of Agorlongburg that King Harlaus had not yet formally divided into his sphere of influence. With manpower, food, forest farms, and mines in these areas, Byron had enough economic resources to feed more troops and expand his strength as quickly as possible. In this world, he, a newly rising little nobleman, wants to be on an equal footing with those old lords, and can only rely on military strength.

When all these areas are controlled, the royal army and the prince stationed in the city can only rely on Byron, otherwise Byron only needs to find some excuses to delay or even fail to arrive in the goods that should have been sent to the city, and Viruga will have problems immediately, and the final payment will have to be His Royal Highness the Prince.

As for the city, Byron also made a shady move. He visited the families and wealthy merchants who had taken a neutral stance during the burghers' revolt, promising them generous tax terms, as well as large orders for equipment and necessities for recruits, in exchange for their support, such as soldiers and intelligence, as well as allegiance to the rural areas under their control.

Byron's tax rate was twice as low as before, the tariff was reduced as if there was none, and the peasants outside the city were exempted from worship. This led to the clerk finding that the city's monthly income was less than three digits in dinars!

This is not Byron's benevolence, but a way to buy people's hearts. And the scope of application is limited to the city of Viruga and the suburbs outside the city, and the purpose is so obvious that when the prince arrives, if he wants to increase the income of the city, he can only cancel these preferential policies and annoy the merchants and nobles in the city. And Byron had already thrown his hand to the prince at this time, so naturally he couldn't complain about him. In fact, if the prince reinstates his previous taxes, these people in the city will still miss Byron, which will be very beneficial to Byron.

It's not a good idea to go against the royal family, but with a little effort, not only can he strengthen his strength in this land, but he won't be in big trouble in the current form of the kingdom, so why not?