"That's, why should I believe you can come up with so much money and food?"

Although Payne is a relatively stunned person, he is not a fool, he can't see that the Duke of Poka was fooling him before, and the fact that Shelley was reduced to a remote town has long been spread among the upper class. How could there be money in her?

The reason why he still followed Duke Poka's words was not that he really thought that Shelley could get the money. Although he didn't like Duke Poca, he was right about one thing, it didn't matter if Shelley could get the money or not, the important thing was that the responsibility had to be hers.

Even if she loses her status as crown prince, her royal status will not change, and perhaps she can find support from His Majesty the King, which is not a solution.

But now, as soon as she came, she said that she could take money and food. This made Payne very angry, and felt that she was playing tricks on herself like the Duke of Poka.

"Do you think I'm idle and have nothing to do, so I came to you to play with you? Don't worry, I'm not going to come and talk this nonsense to you without anything. Why don't you listen to me first, and then decide whether to believe me? ”

Payne is not stupid, seeing that she is so confident, it is estimated that she is really prepared: "What is your purpose?" ”

"The purpose is there, but it should be good for you. To put it simply, I want you to move the garrison of the kingdom's direct army to my side. ”

Payne refused without even thinking about it: "This can't be!" The garrison of the kingdom's direct army must be built on the edge of the local lord's domain, and I can't violate this rule. ”

"You're not wrong, but because of that, you're not breaking the rules, you're following them."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm sure when you went to Duke Poka, he must have told you that he was only a acting lord, and that the nominal lord of the border states was me. Right? If that's the case, what's wrong with you moving next to me? ”

"This ......"

"That fat dead man isn't just playing with words."

So saying, Shelley took out two sheepskins and handed them to him.

"The first certificate of conferment was nominated by my father's own handwriting, which can prove that I am undoubtedly the lord of the border state. The other is the transfer contract that the Duke of Pokadot tricked me into signing earlier, and you can see what is written on it. ”

Payne took it and looked at it, looking at it with a look on his face that was wrong.

What kind of transfer contract is this, it is clearly a fraudulent contract full of traps.

"The most important part of this contract is the sentence that I voluntarily relinquished the management of the border state, and he played tricks on this, only asking me to give up the management rights, but did not ask me to give up the ownership. So he became a surrogate lord who could dump the pot on me whenever he had something. And he himself can manage the important things such as taxes and resources openly. ”

Although the contract also gave Shelley some small benefits, such as the town of Wule that she was in charge of would be tax-free forever, and Polkadot would give her thirty gold coins in taxes every month. But compared to what she lost, this little thing was not a benefit at all, but a naked shame.

But now that the contract has been signed, Shelley wants to resist, so he can only find a way to exploit the loopholes in the contract that they are not aware of.

For example, the previous exemption of Yongle City from taxation is one of the loopholes in this contract. In addition, there is another big loophole, that is, an existence similar to the kingdom's direct army, which should be linked to the state lord but is not completely controlled by the state lord. Reading Temple

If Shelley wants to slowly take back what belongs to him, he naturally has to start with them first, and after closely implicating them with himself, then his own voice will also be improved.

Payne, who read the contract, asked with a puzzled face: "Why did you sign such an unfavorable thing?" ”

Shelley smiled bitterly, and she didn't sign it now, what could she do? But then again, she can also understand the previous Shelley, after all, the form is forced.

"If I hadn't signed at the time, I wouldn't have even had a cemetery, let alone a small Wule Town. Do you really think that he, a duke, would dare to disobey the king's will in such a way? If he really had the guts, why would he have to make a high-sounding contract and let me admit that it was voluntarily surrendered? You're a general on the battlefield, and power struggles are darker than you think. ”

Having said that, where can Payne not understand what's going on? It was clear that the Duke of Pokata had been instructed to do so behind him, and that the threatening words were conveyed to Shelley through his mouth. All this was to put Shelley's complete talk out of the power struggle.

If you want to say who is behind the Duke of Poka, Payne is naturally clear: "It's the eldest prince?" ”

Shelley shrugged his shoulders: "My eldest brother, together with the other two sisters, is not enough to trap me for losing the qualification of the crown prince." Whether it was for me to shrink into a small town of Joyless, or to give me thirty gold coins a pitifully month, it was to confine me in a small place and not move. If it weren't for the fame required to be king, I'm afraid they wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to smear a knife in my neck a long time ago. ”

"If that's the case, why did you let us move to you? Aren't you afraid that this bold move will attract their attention? ”

"I naturally have my thoughts, you just need to do what you are supposed to do."

"But I don't want to get involved in your power struggle. If you really need an army, I can arrange for a unit to be stationed there, but if you want to let my kingdom's army go directly, then I can only apologize. ”

"Don't rush to conclusions, I said that I can provide money or food. If I'm just looking for you just because I want to seize power, why do I need to spend so much money? ”

"And what do you want us to do?"

"I want you to do a lot, but there is only one thing at the moment, and that is to cooperate with me to completely annihilate the green-skinned ghost race."

Payne couldn't help but laugh: "Annihilate the entire race of greenskins? It's a joke, we've done everything we can just to stop the greenskins from attacking us, and we're running out of manpower. What do you tell us to destroy them? Besides, can you find all the greenskins? ”

Shelley didn't speak, but opened a map that had been prepared in advance and spread it out in front of Payne.

"What is this?" Payne looked curiously at the never-before-seen paper.

"The picture on it is the location of the various tribes of the greenskins, although it is certainly not all, but the tribes close to our Li'an Kingdom are all here."

"What did you say?" As soon as he heard this, Payne looked at the paper and fixed his eyes on the pattern on it, "This...... It's impossible, how did you get it? ”

"That's not what you have to worry about. What you have to care about is whether you are still hesitant to go to me after reading this picture. ”

Shelley was right, when Payne looked at the number of greenskins and the location of their branches on the map above under Shelley's guidance, he said with a blue face: "I...... Got it, I'll be stationed with all my troops and horses with you. ”

The corners of Shelley's mouth curled: "Yes, it seems that you are indeed a general who puts the safety of the people first, and it is our honor to have a general like you in the Li'an Kingdom." ”

Payne laughed miserably: "I only hope that you won't let our blood go in vain when the time comes." Because it's going to be a bloody war. ”