Magus's words made Durin realize that although he had left the maelstrom of the hinterland of the empire, the old man's attention was always on himself. He was well aware of some of the responsibilities he was currently carrying, but Maggs's attention was clearly more than he should. When a person is paying attention to you all the time, there are only two possibilities.

The first possibility is that he attaches great importance to you and hopes to see your growth every day, know what you have done recently, what you have gained, whether you have made mistakes, and whether you have learned any lessons. This is a kind of loving emotion of the elders for the younger ones they like.

The second possibility is that he is on guard against you, he doesn't want you to stab him in the back while he is napping, so he must keep himself awake at all times, lock all your actions with his eyes, and be careful of any actions that you may cause harm to him, he does not trust you.

Durin is not naïve enough to think that if he does something and promises some good prospects, Maggs will look at himself as his true successor. The things that Durin did were indeed remarkable things at his level, and some of them even rose to the level of national strategy. But Du Lin was also well aware that the old man sitting across from him had personally kicked the royal family, which had been loyal to his ancestors, from the throne of power, and that he had been in charge of the military, political, cultural, and other aspects of the empire for twenty years.

There was no one more powerful than him in the Empire, neither Durin nor the aristocratic capitalists outside, whose resources were a joke to Mags. When people were still satisfied with tens of millions of dollars, the state finances that Mags could put at his disposal had long been calculated in billions of dollars. The resources and connections he has at his disposal can cover every corner of the empire, and all the materials they have will not be taken into account by Magus.

So what else can Doolin achieve?

The things he did, the ideas he came up with, his brain!

He has a dangerous brain, which he himself knows very well, so he can clearly realize that Maggs's attention to himself is definitely not love, but a kind of surveillance, a kind of vigilance.

He smiled as if he hadn't thought about it at all, and went on with Maggs's words very naturally, "I've gotten some mines, and some land. When I was the mayor, I was used to being busy, and I couldn't help but feel a little lonely when I was idle. I just heard that the western region was engaged in a large-scale development plan for green homes, and in order to show my lofty patriotic sentiments, I found something to do there. ”

Maggs's mind was confused, he didn't know about the big green home development plan, and no one in the cabinet dared to hide it from him. But he quickly reacted that it must be Memnon's handiwork. That damn horse dealer is really annoying, if it weren't for Maggs having his own ideas and plans, he would have made Memnon disappear from this world completely, who would have talked to him about so many things?

The remnants of the bloody dawn led by him have been wreaking havoc in the vast and sparsely populated part of the west, and have previously launched an armed uprising to seize the entire west, and have fled abroad after being suppressed. Later, he formed the Forward Party and won the sphere of influence in the west. According to the average person's idea, Memnon might have been killed before he could do these things, but Magus was no ordinary person. Even if the doorman is killed, there are also window farmers and chimney farmers, and these endless figures will continue to challenge the nerves of the ruling party of the empire.

Instead of letting them continue to evolve and master more advanced and excellent methods in the process of being defeated again and again, it is better to simply let this group of clowns climb onto the table, let them stand in the spotlight, and then let the world naturally eliminate this group of deformed and twisted bugs.

From the policies that Memnon came up with, Magus had foreseen his fate, and he would not end well, and his collusion with the capitalists seemed to be very good in the early stages of development, but he lacked a solid foundation. Once something happens, the capitalists will immediately abandon this loser, and after losing the support of the capitalists and the soil for local survival, it is the best time to take action against this group of people.

It would have been a few years or more since this time came, and Mags might not even have seen that day coming, but Durin suddenly went west to let Mags see the dawn. If the scourge of Doolin reaches the west, will it be able to catalyze the downfall of the Kadima Party and make this day come sooner?

This is quite possible, because Doolin has great ambitions. It was not that he could not be idle and wanted to go to the west, but to go to the west to find "opportunities".

Smart people always like it, but they are also afraid to stay with smart people, because smart people can understand the thoughts of smart people, and it seems that the word "smart" is very common and common, but in fact, this word can completely screen out 99.999 percent of the people in the whole society, leaving less than 1 in 10,000 people!

Durin was going to the west, and Mags's first thought at the time was that Durin was going to jump out, because the current situation in the empire was only the west that was best suited to "starting from scratch". As much as Maggs didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that empire was a very general term in the eyes of the rustic cowboys in the West. Many people have never left the west in their lives, and they rarely enjoy the support and tilt from the various policies of the empire, so it is impossible for these people to keep the concept of empire in their hearts all the time.

Whoever gives them benefits, they will smile honestly at whomever they want.

Whoever makes them hungry, they will let the other see their "opinions"!

Doolin knew he couldn't do where he wanted to be in the new party, so he had to jump out. Realizing this, Magus already had the means to deal with it, and he could not let such an ambitious and dangerous man grow in the empire day by day, unless he was willing to accept a rope around his neck, but he would never agree, just as Mags would not agree.

He smiled and nodded, "The west is the next place in the empire that needs to be developed urgently, there are large areas of land and rich resources, but economic construction has always been the last place for the empire to fall. Are you interested in finding a place in the west to be a mayor, which can be regarded as compensation this time?"

Maggs's mind is always active, he is able to think while talking, and even change his mind constantly. He quickly dismissed his previous idea if he could bring Durin back into the camp of the New Party, even if it was only superficial. If he wants to realize his ambitions and desires, he must do one thing - let the economy of the west develop rapidly and vigorously.

The West is not the City of Otis, there can be no more miracles that happened in the City of Otis, and it will take at least twenty years to transform the entire West. Twenty years later, Durin, who was in his forties, wanted to start from scratch at that time, and he was afraid that the day he would die of old age would be unlikely. Of course, what should be guarded is still to be guarded, and what should be left behind is still to stay, and Maggs is really unwilling to give up Durin and his magical brain until it is absolutely necessary.

Durin and Maggs looked at each other for a few seconds before Durin shook his head and said, "No, my current identity is a bit special, and it is not convenient to return to politics in a short period of time." Let's wait until the next election year. ”

Mags's pupils contracted slightly, and he smiled and nodded, as for whether he agreed with Durin's statement, that was another matter.

The two quickly pulled the topic back from Durin's personal matter to the issues they had talked about before, Maggs put the chess pieces on the chessboard neatly, and his meticulous attitude and attentive expression seemed to be very important to what he was doing, "Soon the Capet family will be in a hurry, and the pressure on your side will be a little heavier at that time, and he can pry a lot of contacts, which will bring you a lot of pressure and threats in all aspects." All you have to do is protect yourself and show their persecution against you. ”

"These people are entangled in a net, and as soon as the problems of the Capetian family become a social problem, we can start to knife him. Magus picked up a chess piece representing a soldier and put it in its rightful place, "Capetian Family ......", and then picked up a few others, and placed them neatly one by one, "Song Consortium ......", followed by those war horses and siege equipment, "The relationship chain of the northern nobles ......"

When he finally picked up the "king" and put it back in his last position, he looked up at Durin, "Noble capitalist!"

"I have one more request, I hope you can help me with it. I know you're giving a lot and I'm not giving you anything, but I think our goals and ideals are the same. ”

When Durin returned home from Mags's villa, Freyna was curled up on the couch and looked at the new installment of duct tape, there was no such equipment as a television in the Royal Academy for students to kill time, and the school, which had always been known for its strictness, was eager to tear the students in half, half studying, half resting, and when the time came, let the two halves be swapped and study forever.

She glanced at Doolin, then withdrew her gaze, and continued to concentrate on the somewhat darkly colored images on the television screen, laughing from time to time.

Durin took off his coat and sat down on the edge of the couch and asked, "How did you come here today?" and he gave Frena the key, but I heard that she had never come alone.

"The imperial capital is so big, and everyone is discussing the affairs of Mr. Durin and his enemies, of course I will come and take a look. ”