Chapter 249: Preparing for the Feast
Thinking of this, Cecil said to Count Cassikud with a sad face: "Lord Earl, I don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, and the affairs of the territory often require money, and those damned lords, soldiers and merchants follow me around like vampires. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere is only one thing every day, and that is to chase me for money! Where do I have so much money, and the territory has been in the land for more than half a year, not only have I not made a penny, but I have also lost all the savings I have worked so hard to accumulate in my previous adventures. Cecil cried hard to the Earl, hoping that the Earl would understand his difficulties and not be too mean to himself.
Count Cassikud listened to Cecil's statement, but smiled: "Lord Baron, you are too modest to say this, the kingdom has investigated the territory of your acting officials, and among the lords, your territory has developed the best, and it is unexpectedly good, there will be something similar to a merchant guild or something like that, to be honest, my territory is 10 times larger than the corresponding territory, but nothing like it appears." It can be seen that what you are running is not generally good, and similar things can even only appear in the main cities of duke-level figures, so it can be seen that after the abolition of the proxy system, your territory is really developing rapidly. ”
As soon as Cecil heard it, he knew that Count Cassikud was a little misunderstood, he thought that the reason why his territory was developing so well was entirely because he did not use the acting official system and could devote himself to the construction of the territory, so he could develop so well, in fact, he also made a few windfalls outside, which the count could not imagine at all. In particular, the money and resources obtained by himself in the battle with the ultimate seven-headed snake far exceed the resources needed to build a small town, so he can develop so well, in fact, Cecil is not strong in terms of management ability, his bone tooth city is completely relying on the rough development of throwing money to pull investment, and there is no management ability at all, the earl actually fell into a big misunderstanding, but Cecil is also embarrassed to break it.
Cecil not only did not break it, but also continued to follow the Earl's meaning: "Actually, I am not very good at managing towns, if I still have some confidence in myself in terms of personal combat effectiveness, but if it comes to management ability, I am definitely inferior to Lord Earl, if Lord Earl can get rid of the restrictions of the acting system, then I think the output of Lord Earl's territory will be much higher than mine." ”
Cecil's strategy was simple, he tried to attribute the development of his domain to the degree of freedom of his policies, which attracted the envy of the Count, who made the Count think more about how good his own territory would be once he could be administered by himself, rather than jealous of others.
Sure enough, after listening to Cecil's words, Count Cassikud fell into a long contemplation, and after a moment of silence, he smiled and said to Cecil: "There is a banquet tonight, Ophilina and I are going to attend, you can also go together, the participants are all celebrities, it is very good for you, do you want to go?" ”
Of course, Cecil would not refuse this kind of social activity, thinking that when Ophelina attended the banquet in the palace, he could only attend as Ophelina's attendant knight, but he didn't expect that he could attend the banquet tonight with the Count and Ophelina as equals. Cecil immediately said happily: "Thanks to the Earl, who looks up to me and let me attend, of course I have no reason to refuse, but I don't know what the dinner tonight is?" ”
"Oh, it's just a small banquet, three or five friends gather to talk, this kind of banquet is common, almost once a week, tonight is really the Duke of Fatam's mansion, you are ready to prepare, we will leave together in the evening."
Duke Fatam, isn't that the brother-in-law of Count Cassikud? The eldest son of the earl not only went to the only daughter of the Duke of Fatam, but also intervened in the past, and even changed his surname from Kasikud to Fatam, which shows the deep relationship between Count Kasikud and the Duke of Fatam. Not only that, but Duke Fatam is also the teacher of Grand Prince Rex and the chief close minister of Grand Prince. It stands to reason that this position is extremely honorable, but it has been a little difficult lately, because in all respects, the second prince Lucas has a much better reputation than him. Whether it is the king himself, most of the nobles and even Princess Freya, they all hope that Prince Lucas can inherit the throne, so Prince Rex's existence suddenly becomes quite embarrassing, and the Duke of Fatam, who relies on him, also seems to have some sad days.
Although he has nothing to do with these two princes, whether it is Prince Rex or Prince Lucas, they have only met once at the canonization ceremony, and they have no interaction at all, but in the division of the kingdom's camp, he has been divided into Prince Rex's faction, of course, because from Duke Fatam to Count Cassikud to himself, people naturally classify themselves into Prince Rex's faction.
In this regard, Cecil felt a little lying down, he was divided into factions without doing anything, despite this, Cecil is not uncomfortable with this division, although the second prince Lucas now occupies an absolute advantage, but Cecil believes that no matter who becomes the king, he will not reuse himself, not to mention that he was only divided into Prince Rex's faction, and he has time to explain the truth. But now going to Duke Fatam's party, it's different, which proves that he and Prince Rex's team have taken another step, and there is less room for them to open and close.
But even so, Cecil didn't hesitate much, because although Prince Lucas may be better, but because he is too good, he will become a strong prince, and Rex is in a weak position, and the resources he can mobilize are not very many, if he becomes the king as he wishes, then it can't be said that it is not a blessing for the majority of nobles, and when it comes here, Cecil realizes that he actually gave advice to Prince Rex, is he a little too impatient? I don't know this prince yet, so it's too anxious to think about him, in fact, this is also very easy to explain, that is, Cecil thinks that it is in his own interest for Prince Rex to become king, so he can't help but start to give advice for him.