Robert Kane, the third son of Archduke Hemingway, is now over one hundred and sixty years old, and looks like an old man in his sixties on Earth, strong and old in one. He was originally the most powerful candidate for the Grand Duke, but after Lao Jiu was born, he was deeply favored because of his outstanding appearance and temperament since he was a child. Gradually, Xiao Jiu felt that he was invincible, and he had to compete with his third brother when he was young.

Robert is tireless, if he is a little fierce to Lao Jiu Zakir, his family will accuse him of bullying the small, but if he allows Lao Jiu to mess around, is he challenging his authority?

In the end, Robert Kane came up with an idea, to give him an army, which doesn't need a good army, just to make Lao Jiu feel good about himself, to imprison Lao Jiu's behavior. In fact, most of that army was his Admiral Kane's people, but Lao Jiu thought he could buy people's hearts.

Lao Jiu's biggest advantage is that he is very young, but his biggest weakness is that he is too young, and young people are easy to offend those elders with strong capital, so Robert Kane has decided to kill Lao Jiu and seize power as soon as there is a change on the Grand Duke's side.

The Hemingway family is not a family of good men and women, to put it bluntly, they were born as interstellar pirates, and the historical background retains the cold-blooded and insidious nature of pirates, otherwise they would not have been persevering for thousands of years.

Lei Luo was in the car, naturally accompanied by the Earl of Birmingham, and he asked without trouble: "How many sons does Archduke Hemingway have in total?" ”

The Earl of Birmingham said: "Of the nine children, three of them died in battle, and two of them died in accidents, so now only four remain." ”

"How immoral is this to make your child have half the death and injury rate? Lei Luo complained in his heart, in fact, he didn't know that the Hemingway family had already become a country of its own in the southwest border, and the history of palace fighting and infighting in it might write a thick wild history.

The Earl of Birmingham then said: "The Grand Duke is now old, and the rights in his hands are being handed over to the Third Young Master and the Ninth Young Master one after another, and now he doesn't care much about the outside world, just enjoying his old age in this Blue Whale Palace." ”

Lei Luo smiled and said: "To be honest, I have always admired the Hemingway family's Giant Whale Palace, I heard that the building has a history of more than 300 years, and its architectural style and decoration are unique masterpieces in history, I don't know when I will be lucky enough to see it?" If you can take a look at the legendary Giant Whale Palace, isn't it really worth the trip? ”

"The Earl of Birmingham felt more and more that this Lei Luo was not simple, and it was obvious that he was either stupid or extremely clever. Obviously, Lei Luo's words are either a demonstration, telling you "Don't pretend, the empress already knows how much you enjoy your life!" Or they're really stupid.

Lei Luo's unconventional style of playing cards completely broke the game that Archduke Hemingway had set up before. It's the same as playing cards, if you keep following the opponent's pace and can't change the style of play to disrupt the opponent's pace, then you may lose no matter how good your hand is.

Lei Luo's repeated reactions can be said to have completely broken their game against him. In fact, every few years, the empire would send people to inspect the surrounding area, saying that it was just a formality. The nobles in the border areas cry poor and pretend to be weak, in fact, to tell the empire: I am so down, so I will not rebel!

On the other hand, the empire thinks you're pretty good, so it's too lazy to bother with you. In the end, a huge amount of money was bribed to these inspectors, and people knew what to say and what not to say. In fact, although you can get a lot of bribes for coming here to inspect, there are still very few people who are willing to come, for the simple reason that who knows if people will let you die in an "accident" because you are "not well-behaved" or not clever enough!

So take the money, and be smart, it is not uncommon for warlords to kill these inspectors, but because of the appeasement policy of the Imperial Assembly and the emperor, it will not be done in the end.

But this Lei Luo came obviously differently this time, first of all, he came with a warship and an army. Second, he was a minister who was canonized and favored by the empress herself. Thirdly, this Lei Luo's personality is a bit hard to figure out! For a moment, the Earl of Birmingham began to resent the self-righteous ministers, saying that Leylo was nothing more than a favored servant and did not need to be taken seriously. Well, now that the rumors of the empire are obviously greater than the reality, this Lei Luo is definitely not easy to deal with.

So the Earl of Birmingham used a lie to say: "You also know that the Giant Whale Palace has a history of a hundred years, and now it is old, and it is being renovated to remove some safety hazards before you can move in." ”

"Oh, I'll just say, although the Blue Whale Palace is not bad, but after all, it is not suitable for a big person like Grand Duke Hemingway, not to mention the status and glory of the Grand Duke, let's just say that his ability, the Blue Whale Palace is not worthy of it, it turns out that he temporarily lives in the Blue Whale Palace!" Lei Luo continued to pretend to be stupid and said, "I don't know if I have a chance to see that giant whale palace!" ”

The Earl of Birmingham smiled silently and said, "Mr. Baron can stay longer this time."

"No, Your Majesty has an order to train me with pirates near the southwest border, and there is a time limit, I don't want to appear so incompetent when I'm so young, the longer I drag on, the more incompetent I will be, then Your Majesty and the people of the empire will gradually become disappointed in me?"

Damn, who are you talking about? The Earl of Birmingham felt more and more that the utilitarian benefits of scolding Huai should not be underestimated, and it was really bold to scold others on other people's land.

The Earl of Birmingham smiled and said: "You just came, don't worry, what is the matter until you see the Grand Duke, pirates are not so easy to exterminate, you will know when you really meet them." ”

Lei Luo looked at him, and then smiled and said: "Lord Earl is right, you are from the past, you know how difficult pirates are to deal with, I am just a newcomer to the military world, I need to be mentioned by Lord Earl!" ”

Oh, do you know how to be modest? The Earl of Birmingham smiled even more deeply, and then said: "The city in front is where the Blue Whale Palace is located, a small place, let you laugh!" ”

Lei Luo said "how dare you" in his mouth, but in fact, he disdained it in his heart, the small city where the Blue Whale Palace is located does not have too much modern civilization, and to put it bluntly, it has a bit of the taste of the ancient city of Loulan. If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of luxury cars and civilians roaming around, you would really think that you would have traveled back in time.

One of the hallmarks of modern civilization is that there are countless skyscrapers, if not hundreds of floors, dozens of floors. But the vicinity of the Blue Whale Palace is good, there are few buildings with more than a dozen floors, let alone hundreds of floors. It's good that the streets are wide and clean, otherwise you would think you're living in ancient times.