Luo Ming was not worried about what the repercussions would be after his angry rebuke spread.

Although the Earl of Conler Hill was severely deducted, this was still a certain distance from the unfounded slander.

It may be exaggerated, but it is not false. People who don't know the truth may still think that Luo Ming is a loyal minister who loves and hates clearly, and even the royal family's perception of him will become better.

After all, the Earl of Mount Conle was very selfish, and it was far from being competent to be the county guard, which was a fact determined by Luo Ming after investigation and inquiry.

Of course, these bad deeds could not defeat him, but they were enough to give him a reputation for being incompetent.

As an earl, he did a good job of making money for his family and adding strength. Just know that he must be a capable person.

But he is far from being so attentive in the position of county guard, and he doesn't feel like a capable person at all, he is simply incompetent and senile, and he just gets by every year.

It's just that Fanxi County is generally relatively stable, and if there is no big change, there will only be one of his family in the county who is an earl, with the strength to overwhelm other nobles, and the royal family can only rely on his family to be the county guard, so he pinched his nose and recognized it.

But the royal family also has to give orders to beat him from time to time, otherwise this guy is a lazy donkey grinding, and he won't move until he doesn't hit once, and sometimes even the taxes of the year can be delayed until the next year.

And now, for the position of county guard, there is Luo Ming as an alternative.

Not to mention anything else, when Luo Ming was helping the princess, she had already left the impression that she was flexible and could help the royal family make money, so she would naturally weigh it.

Let an old guy who has always been not very obedient and only dig into the corners of the public house by the way occupy the position of the county guard, and let a young man who has a good relationship with him have the ability and willingness to do things to do something...... Presumably she must have hesitated between these two options.

As long as Luo Ming behaves a little better and shows the strength of not being afraid of the earl's face, then even if he will not directly transfer the position of county guard to Luo Ming, at least he will not be held responsible.

Because Luo Ming's existence itself is a threat to the earl, a spur - if the earl does not care to be the county guard, then Luo Ming will definitely not listen to his orders, maybe he will become another mountain in the county, and he will be embarrassed everywhere.

All in all, this wave is not a loss.

Luo Ming called the three barons and four knights who chose to "live temporarily" here, some of them were coerced by Luo Ming to come here temporarily, and some of them really wanted to come to Luo Ming to take refuge, in short, since they accepted refuge in Luo Ming's territory, they had to help him.

One by one, they signed and countersigned at the end of the reply, expressing their desire to rally closely around the great leader Rollin in the Alliance, to follow in his footsteps and to show disdain for the Earl, a rebellious thief.

Presumably, this level of threat will make the Count hesitate.

For an earl, several barons who are closely united are definitely a hard bone, even without Luo Ming's series of measures to greatly improve combat effectiveness, it is still difficult to win easily.

Whether to "shelter" the surrounding petty nobles and their own retainers first, and help others "recover the lost land" and scoop up the third of the land, or fight with Luo Ming first, this is something that you don't have to think about.

First easy and then difficult, this is the inevitability of human nature!

At least for a while, Lockin will not be threatened by the Count.

But he can't just wait, it's time for a change.

Now his power has swelled a lot, and the land he controls is not as exaggerated as 180,000 mu, but in fact there are 120,000 mu, which is comparable to two miyanas.

If this is counted, the strength he can mobilize now is almost seven baronies—what is this concept? The count's entire territory combined is a little smaller than that.

Although the Earl must have many loyalists, it adds up to a stronger one......

All in all, this round of expansion has almost reached the limit of Luo Ming's stable rule, and if it continues to expand so rapidly, it will inevitably have an unstable foundation, and even accidentally fall apart.

He still holds down the four barons, and if there are a few more, the barons will connect them privately, and maybe they will be able to make him plant a heel.

Therefore, it is necessary to take this opportunity to complete a wave of internal integration work.

Of course, internal integration is never an easy task. Luo Ming vaguely remembered that several rulers in Chinese history had to cut off a lot of heads for internal integration......

Today's Duchy of Lothar is a semi-feudal and semi-centralized society, and he is not an official appointed by the Grand Duke to govern the princes of a place, so naturally, it takes a lot of effort for him to cut off a head, and if he cuts a few more, no one will understand him, and even the congregation will betray his relatives, be denounced as a tyrant, and be tried to be murdered or expelled.

Without killing people, it is almost impossible to completely reintegrate his subordinates. However, it is still possible to do it if it is only incomplete integration.

If it is not 100 percent, 75 percent is okay, which is much better than the current situation of less than 50 percent.

To be on the safe side, Lockin decided to introduce this external factor from the count.

Although the earl will not fight for a while, even if he does not fight, at least he must create public opinion that the other party will come at any time.

The anti-Japanese national united front at that time gave Luo Ming precious inspiration: under the oppression of powerful foreign enemies, even if it was still fighting a civil war before, the forces with hundreds of thousands of blood and deep hatred had to unite to unite with the outside world.

Then, with the Earl, a foreign enemy, if the alliance of Luo Ming is not united, it will naturally be broken by each one.

Everyone has just signed the letter that angered the earl, once it fails, naturally there will be no good fruit to eat, think about this matter, those who want to retain their strength, and those who do not like to be interfered in internal affairs by Luo Ming, have to compromise temporarily.

If you want to defend against the Count, you must centralize power, you must reform, you must integrate your forces, you must unite with the outside world - and the only one who can accomplish this task is the Alliance Lord Luo Ming!

Of course, they felt that it was a temporary compromise, and that Cloming could naturally get greater benefits from this opportunity. When this matter is completely over, his strength and prestige will be even higher, and then he will be able to completely subdue a few of his subordinates, and they will be powerless if they want to break away.