CHAPTER XXII - In the Imperial Power

"Did the Unos family officially sign a contract with Rhea?"

Early the next morning, Lothric, the two archdukes, the Countess of Winsland, and the Archbishop of Emplo all came to Lu Ming's house and told Lu Ming about what had happened in Hognett's mansion yesterday. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Regarding the fact that Fuya God was exposed, Lu Ming said that it would be good to be exposed, what does it have to do with me, anyway, he is about to become the second main god of the Church of Light.

It's just that Lu Ming is a little puzzled, how can a church have the idea of believing in two main gods.

"Your Royal Highness, I want our two principalities to support her on the throne. What do you think? "I discussed with Winsland all night last night, but I didn't get any ideas, so Lothric wanted to ask Lu Ming what he thought.

"According to you and Winsland, if our two principalities choose to support Her Royal Highness Princess Mia Linas, we are likely to suffer a big loss. But what if there are not just two principalities? ”

"You mean ......"

Lu Ming smiled slightly, took out the national map of Mirakesa, and ticked several principalities on the map with a comparison before he spoke: "We, Erepos and Tartarus, have established trade with several principalities. But the problem is that because of the long distance, we can't trade some well-known agricultural products, only some dried fruits, which leads to the bottom farmers on both sides not getting rich. And if these previous principalities choose to support Her Royal Highness Princess Mialinas, they can completely use the imperial capital as a hub to complete the second preservation magic here, so that they can transport goods to various principalities for sale. ”

"This will indeed allow many principalities with weak foundations and desperate need trade to mobilize their economies to join us in supporting Her Royal Highness Princess Mia Linas. But the question is, is it possible for the royal family to let our ideas succeed? If they treat the imperial capital as a commercial hub or something, they should be, right? Countess Winsland thought for a moment, then asked with some uncertainty.

"The current imperial capital has just experienced a major war, and the civilian and commercial areas have suffered heavy losses, and if we can get the commercial support of our principalities, the imperial capital will be restored soon. Moreover, becoming a commercial hub is not a bad thing for the imperial capital, after all, at that time, it is not our principalities that earn the most, but the imperial capital as a hub! Lu Ming sat in his chair and explained to Winsland and Lothric, who was also not good at business.

"With the circulation of commerce, we can learn as quickly as possible what our new majesty thinks, so that we can respond. So as not to be concealed until the time of irreversibility, as in the past, will be known. After listening to Lu Ming's explanation, Lo Slick immediately thought of something.

"Not bad! The circulation of commerce also represents the circulation of information, we can know the actions of the imperial capital for the first time, and there is no need to be like now, only the imperial capital can get our information, but we can't get the information of the imperial capital! Winsland followed up on Lothric's words and said.

Raels and Ferram thought about it carefully, and finally realized that this was really the case.

It's just that the royal family of Archbishop Npulo has some doubts. He asked Lu Ming, "If the circulation of commerce represents the circulation of information, then isn't it easier to obtain information from various principalities?" You must know that those people in the royal family don't care about the lives of civilians, they only care about whether they can get more power. This can be seen from Amani's summoning magic array! These members of the royal family, when facing the covetousness of the enemy country, the first thing they thought about was not to arrange the army of the imperial capital to the border, but to rely on the undead who were summoned from nowhere to come to a few pairs of enemy countries! What if we take advantage of the convenience of obtaining information to do even more harmful things? ”

"In fact, for them, there is little difference between the circulation of commerce and the circulation of information." Lu Ming's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair before he said to Archbishop Nprolo: "According to the hunters we arranged in the Imperial Capital, what Errepos or Tartarus did the day before, the Imperial Capital will be able to know about the next day. This kind of intelligence capability has nothing to do with business at all. Their intelligence gathering work is more like divination than sending out secret agents. Although they must have spies in the various principalities, there must be a certain number of fortune tellers in the imperial capital, who are divining our information for them. This should be confirmed by the amount of information that the imperial capital has about (hunters) before and after the cloning of the young gods. Before cloning the young gods, they could be said to know more than 60% of the (hunter) information, but after the young gods were cloned, they were only able to get a little more than 3.0% of the information. ”

"So the circulation of commerce doesn't give the royal family more information?"

"That's right, that's right!"

Hearing this, Nprolo didn't say anything more.

At the same time, the eldest prince who was far away in Kalkisa was also preparing to lead part of Kalksa's army back to the imperial capital to grab that seat with his sister Mia Linas.

Medes Hasta, Grand Duke of Carquesa, did not hesitate to join the Grand Prince when he learned that Evennes had failed.

Although after learning that Evenness failed because he went to find Lu Ming for the appearance of an undead fortress in the Gaia Forest, Grand Duke Hasta regretted this matter very much. But what can he do about it?

"Grand Duke Hasta, it's time for us to go!" After assembling the army, the Grand Prince came to the Grand Duke's palace and asked him to follow him to the imperial capital to make his position clear.

However, as a typical example of the old Grand Duke, Medes Hasta will not stand on the side casually, so he refused the invitation of the Grand Prince: "The imperial capital has been pacified, and it will be a little repugnant for me to go to the imperial capital at this time." So His Royal Highness, my royal family is not going. ”

Hearing this, how could the eldest prince not know the thoughts of this cunning two-legged flying dragon. But he didn't have any choice, after all, if people don't go, it's always hard to ask people. If you don't get your own army, you will be eaten by the army of Kalksa.

Of course, even if he knew that Grand Duke Hasta would not be on his side, the Grand Prince still wanted to fight for it. He said to Grand Duke Hasta: "Grand Duke, you are the oldest of the two oldest of the eight Grand Dukes in the kingdom now, do you think those nobles and royals in the imperial capital will not attack your principality after Mia Linas ascends the throne?" I don't think you're going to believe that Mia Linas wouldn't do anything to you, would you? Your Duchy is the closest Duchy to the Imperial Capital of Oreno, with only a Gaia Forest in between. With such a close distance, and your old credentials, there's no way Mia Linas could have let you continue to lead Kalksa! When the time comes, I'm afraid you'll be put under house arrest by her! ”

When the eldest prince persuaded him, Grand Duke Hasta looked at him as if he was watching a monkey show, and he didn't bother to listen carefully to what he was saying.

But as the Grand Prince's guide and half teacher over the years, the Grand Duke of Karlsa, Medes Hasta finally gave the Grand Prince the slightest help.

A fireless ash that can be resurrected like an undead, but does not become a wanderer!

"I have a fireless ash here that you can use against Lu Ming and Lothric, who might help Mia Lenas." Looking at the Grand Prince with great disdain, Grand Duke Hasta sneered before giving himself the last bit of assistance.

"Ashes without fire?" The eldest prince, who didn't know much about the immortals, couldn't help but be stunned after hearing about another thing that would be resurrected.

At this moment, a young woman dressed in a cyan nun's suit, holding a scythe, carrying a large sword and a shield suddenly walked in.

Because of the hood of the nun's dress, the eldest prince couldn't see this woman's appearance clearly. But judging from the only chin and mouth that can be seen, this woman is not a beauty, not to say that she is captivating the country and the city.

It's just that the momentum on her body is extremely weird, so that no one dares to approach, lest she cut off her head with a sickle!

Seeing the woman enter the room, Grand Duke Hasta introduced himself to the Grand Prince, "This is Aleisa, the fireless ash from Fran. ”

"Flange? Isn't that ......?"

"That's right! Home of the Immortals, hunt the land of the Abyss, Fran! ”

Hearing that Alesa is a Frenchman, the eldest prince can't help but be a little worried about whether Alesa will know Lu Ming of the immortal team. Don't be at that time, as soon as the two meet, Alaisa jumps to Mia Linas's side.

Seeing the concerns of the eldest prince, Grand Duke Hasta sneered slightly and said, "I know what you think." But don't worry. You must know that the relationship between the fireless ash and the salary king is not very good! ”

"Why?"

"The mission of the Fireless Ash is to bring the Salary King back to the throne and spread the fire once again. However, how could the salary kings who had already thrown themselves into the furnace once be willing to do it again? So they left the throne where they were supposed to be, and they deviated from their mission. So when the Salary King and the Fireless Ash meet, a big battle is inevitable! ”

Hearing what Grand Duke Hasta said, it was not easy for the Grand Prince to say anything more. I had to leave the Grand Duke's Mansion with Aretha and return to the barracks to let the army go.

It's just that the sudden appearance of Alesa made many people think that she was the lover of the eldest prince or something. made the eldest prince a little speechless, and he couldn't explain it at all.

Perhaps the purpose of Archduke Hasta's handing over to Aresha also has a hint of slander.

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Sitting in the palace, Mia Linas looked at the group of royals of her generation in front of her, and sighed helplessly.

Compared to herself or the heirs of the nobility, these people can only be compared to the heirs of the nouveau riche nobility. If you want to compare with the children of the old nobles, these people may not even have half the ability of the children of those nobles. It's really useless!

If it weren't for the low requirements of the god Rhea for priests, maybe the people of the Unos family would not have been able to make up a third of the people who could be priests.

Just when Mia Linas was feeling a headache for the royal family's own people, an old woman in the royal family who managed intelligence suddenly came to the palace where Mia Linas was and reported to her: "Your Highness, the eldest prince and the third prince have returned with troops. Expected to arrive in three days. ”

Hearing this, Mia Linas couldn't help frowning, and asked instead, "What about the various Grand Dukes?" ”

"The Grand Dukes do not seem to be interested in the struggle of the crown prince for the throne, and none of them have sent anyone." The old woman first answered Mia Linas's question, and then admonished: "Now the army of the imperial capital does not have any sense of belonging to you, and is not very willing to support you. And those civil officials, after the third prince returns, may not hesitate to fall to the third prince who is easier to control. So now we must try to make the two Grand Dukes of Erepos and Tartarus willing to help us, thus increasing your chances of ascending to the throne. Otherwise, you may end up with no throne. ”

Hearing the old woman say this, Mia Linas pondered in silence for a moment, and then asked, "What do the great mages in the city think?" ”

"Like the Grand Dukes of the various principalities, they are not interested in who is sitting on the throne."

"So, what is the likelihood that Errepos and Tartarus will be willing to support me?"

"Less than fifty percent. Probably only about forty-one percent. ”

"What if we give the conditions that they are allowed to give?"

"It also depends on the conditions. If it's too much, even if you ascend to the throne, you will suffer in the end! ”

"......" was silent again, and Mia Linas frowned, thinking for a long, long time, but in the end she couldn't come up with a solution.

At this time, the old woman said: "According to the information obtained by our soothsayer, there are some fireless ashes in the army of the eldest prince and the third prince, and I think this information should make Count Rosric and Viscount Lu Ming of Erebos have a good impression of us, so that they are dissatisfied with the eldest prince and the third prince." ”

"Ashes without fire?" Like the eldest prince, Mia Linas had never heard of the fireless ashes, so she couldn't help but look at the old lady of the royal family.

"I don't know the specifics, I don't know. However, now that you are not on the throne, you can still go to the hits of these two to ask. In addition, although you and Viscount Lu Ming don't know each other, they have at least fought against Miss Evenness together, so his impression of you should be okay. ”

"Miss Evenness? Scold! You didn't let me kill her, but you still respect her in your hearts, right? You want to restore her to her original form, and then kill me and the rest of my siblings! Hearing the old woman's honorific title to Evennes, Mia Linas suddenly became displeased, and asked the old woman of the royal family very coldly.

But she didn't expect that the old woman would say something that she couldn't believe.

"Keeping Evennes alive is what His Highness Henes meant. In addition, all the people in this palace are basically the people of His Royal Highness Heine. From the very beginning, the battle between His Majesty Ravensk and Miss Evennes was also planned by Lord Heines. Even, it was His Majesty's disfigurement, Miss Evenness's reincarnation ceremony, Alpha and Dak's gift to Mirakesa, the summoning of the undead, the blood healing, and yesterday's siege and the rescue of the two Grand Dukes, all of which were meant by His Highness Heineth! ”

"What!?"

However, don't worry, she has no interest in these things, and has gone incognito to live the life of an ordinary person. Of course, it doesn't matter if you want to change us. Because no matter how you change, the people in this palace will only be the people of His Highness Heines! (To be continued.) )