The history of the Joshua and Nimes families dates back to the early days of the Randan Empire. Their ancestors followed the Auguste family to expand their territory in the valley of the three forks of the Brinor, and together they founded the Kingdom of Gambis. These two families have endured for thousands of years, and the depth of their heritage is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

How old is the Randall family? By April of this year's windy season, Victor had only been six years old. Strictly speaking, the history of the Randall family is less than five years, and compared to the Duke family, which has a thousand-year-old heritage, it is simply a newborn.

The social nature of human beings determines the pyramidal social structure. Just like a group of ancient apes, the individual cannot survive and must rely on the strength of the group to reproduce. If one member of the group wants to go east and the other goes west, then the group does not exist. At this time, the strongest Australopithecus will use violence to bring the other members to their knees. As the Australopithecus population grew, the individual violence of the Australopithecus leader was not enough to maintain the integrity of the group, and the leader needed help. Upper, middle, and lower classes emerged in the ethnic group. The Australopithecus evolved into a human kingdom, and the violent rule of the class would lead to infighting in which "princes and princes would have a kind of peace". The kingdom of humanity also needs the rule of class thought.

Violence, class, and ideas are all instruments of domination in the human kingdom and form the rules of the political game.

If Victor's armed forces are unmatched, then he must make his own rules of the game. But Victor knows how weak the Randall family is.

The shallow, Randall family lacked a reliable middle class. Randall claimed to be a 100,000-strong populace, but in fact, half of the 100,000-strong population was built in the Barony of Fenices, which were run by vassals of the House of York. The Randall family can't control such a large population.

Look at the middle class that Victor promoted: War Bear Mercenaries, Farmers, Outcast Leaders, Freeman Traders...... Let's take a look at the middle class of the Duke family...... A knight born to ignite the fire of the heart.

Can a Knight Commander and a Mercenary Commander be the same?

Victor has already started to train his own little knights, but it will take time. Now and in the future, he has to rely on and respect the rules of the political game in the human kingdom.

In a pyramidal social structure, there is no reason for superiors to kneel and lick their subordinates. Of course, the duke didn't have to look at the viscount's face.

In the past, the Augustian family and the knights of the gods engaged in political confrontation. Victor acts as a bridge between the two sides, and the great lords of the kingdom are polite to him. Now, with the marriage of York and Auguste, Victor's political aura has naturally disappeared. Duke Nimes and Duke Joshua can contact Jinshui City directly if there is anything, and there is no need to greet Viscount Randall again. This is called the principle of political reciprocity.

Victor quickly adjusted his mentality and said self-deprecatingly, "After standing in front of the dragon for a long time, I thought I was a dragon. ”

"It's a wise word, but I don't like it. ”

Sylvia nudged Victor and said coquettishly, "You were originally part of the dragon. ”

"Then why are you hiding it from me, and what benefits have they given you?" asked Victor in a cold tone.

No matter what intentions the Duke of Nimes and the Duke of Joshua had, they did things according to the rules, and Victor had nothing to say. But it was a bit too much for Rose Manor to hide from him.

Looking at Victor's grim face, Sylvia felt both love and hate in her heart.

As a female god knight, Sylvia couldn't find a better partner than Victor. She gave Victor the greatest freedom, for fear that he would deviate from the bloodline nature of the Moon Elves. Victor found a bunch of lovers outside, and Sylvia put up with it. So far, it seems that the laissez-faire cultivation strategy has worked.

As the head of a big force, what Sylvia hates most is the outer lord's yang and yin. At the beginning, the peripheral little lord of the York family relied on the reputation of the god knight to run rampant outside, causing trouble and asking the York family to come forward to deal with the aftermath. Sylvia drove them all away, leaving none behind. Viscount Randall is talented, countless times stronger than those idiots, but his political sense is too dull, and he always likes to cut first and then play, and he is countless times more destructive than those idiots.

Leave him alone, I'm afraid of killing his talent, no matter what, his lethality is too amazing.

Sylvia sometimes hated Victor when she remembered something she had done.

Victor brazenly shot Austin, the kingdom's silver knight, for a trivial matter. The dead knight or the living knight, which is more important? As long as Victor showed his talent for popularity, Austin would have surrendered at that time. What is happening in Wildwillow now, and what will happen, the York family can harvest young Primo.

The problem of shooting the Silver Knight of the Kingdom was solved, and Victor sneaked up a golden regiment again. Sylvia had to readjust her family's strategy.

You've been hiding a lot of things from me, and now you still have the face to blame me for not informing you? No, you have to bang and knock this guy...... Sylvia lowered her eyes and smiled softly: "Half a month ago, Bishop Pero showed me the design plan of Randall's Cathedral. He was full of praise for Viscount Randall's talent and generosity, joking that he would want to move in when Randall's Cathedral was built...... I was struck by the grandeur and luxury of Randall's Cathedral, just by the mere thought of it. ”

"Honey, Randall's Cathedral must have cost you a lot of money, didn't it?" said Sylvia, with a beautiful face raised and an affectionate face.

The couple's smile was as sweet as honey, but Victor's hair stood on end, and he smiled dryly: "There is not much money...... The construction period of 50 years is an average of 4 or 5,000 gold soles per year. ”

Sylvia nodded and said softly, "It really didn't cost much...... The political significance of the cathedral is not trivial. Dear Viscount Randall, your ambition is truly admirable. It is worthy of being my man, in the future, the Royal Capital Cathedral will be overwhelmed by Randall Church, not to mention my Jinshui City Cathedral. ”

Victor stubbornly said: "Baby, the Randall family has a shallow background, and I built the cathedral mainly to attract the church to collect and compile the classics. On the other hand, Randall had a cathedral before he had a convent...... You see, every year I have to purchase some medicinal materials in Yeliu City and prepare potions. If Randall had his own monastery, the monks would sell me the herbs grown in the monastery and teach the farmers how to graft the fruits......"

"I also want to build a cathedral. ”

Sylvia looked at Victor pitifully.

Victor was silent for a few seconds, admitting that he had violated basic political rules by ignoring the feelings of the York family in this matter.

"Okay! I designed a bigger and more beautiful church for the city of Golden Water for 30 years, and the Randall family donated 1,500 gold soles to the church every year to pay for the construction of the new church. Victor is not a muddy man, and readily agreed.

"Honey, you're so good to me!"

Sylvia turned disgusted, offered a fragrant kiss, and then said: "The Nimes and Joshua families have each sent 50,000 gold soles to congratulate the House of York on having a queen. ”

Victor raised his slender eyebrows and asked, "For the sake of a hundred thousand gold soles, you just watched them set up a plot and drive Judy out of the Buryat family?"

Sylvia didn't respond, and Victor said, "Judy and I don't have to mention their personal relationship for the time being, you should know the value of the shops in Wild Willow City. The more shops the Randall family has, the more I have a say in the Wild Willow Market. I can decide that the black merchants of the Golden Regiment will purchase goods in that shop, and I lose the right to speak in the market, which is equivalent to losing control over the black merchants of the Golden Regiment. ”

"My dear, I'm in the process of consolidating the Golden Regiment of Gambis...... Victor said his plan as it is, and finally said sincerely: "It will take at least 5 years for Sophia to integrate the trade routes of the north. In these 5 years, I can sell 400,000 gold soles of coffee to the kingdoms of Neville, Souss and Borui. You help me keep Judy, and I'll share half of your profits, definitely more than 100,000 gold soles. ”

Sylvia glanced at Victor deeply, shook her head and smiled: "It's really you, you actually used this method to compete with Sophia for control of the Golden Regiment." Aren't you afraid that she will turn against you?Oh, by the way, you really don't have to worry, Viscount Randall must be of golden blood. ”

"You agreed?" asked Victor, staring at Sylvia.

Sylvia sighed and smiled sideways, "Come with me." ”

The silver moon hung in the west, and the eastern sky was white. Sylvia took Victor's arm and walked on the lawn, under the skirt of the slit nightdress, two slender and round legs disappeared from time to time, and the delicate feet of snow jade were stained with morning dew, which looked extremely crystalline.

"The two ports of Gambis were built on the territory of Chebman and Nicole. The royal family, the Joshua family, the Nimes, and the Wellington family all needed a base near the port to store supplies, transport soldiers and subjects, and gather intelligence...... There's no better option than Wild Willows. ”

"What an astonishing fortune is this?"

"The kingdom cannot force the Buryat family to obey by brutal force or political means. But if they want to exercise their lordship rights, raise the rents of shops and warehouses, and impose high transaction taxes, it is also unacceptable to everyone. Sylvia smiled slightly and said, "As you said, the proportion of shops determines the right to speak in the Yeliu City market. But for the Buryatian family, who rely on free trade, the market's voice can influence their decisions. All the shops resisted the new policy of the Buryatia, and they could not carry it out. ”

"Yeliucheng expands the new market. The Four Dukes and the Four Great Princes have decided to redistribute the shops in Yeliu City. You and the Chipman family are within the scope of the cut. ”

"Who told you to be so close to the port? and weak...... Count Chebman is not reconciled, he is taking advantage of you. Sylvia chuckled, "Everyone thinks you're part of the York family, and that's true. I don't want to take your existing shops, but the major powers will not allow the York family to occupy the largest proportion of shops. So, you don't have a share in the new shop. ”

Victor thought for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, there is no ...... You can always keep Judy's position, right?"

"My dear, we have no choice. ”

Sylvia shook her head and said, "If the small family wants to climb up, it has to rely on the bloodline of the big family. When they have developed to a certain extent, will the big family give them noble heirs? At this time, they must find a way to cultivate the noble bloodline themselves. The method is simple, let the naturally awakened female probationary knight give birth to the offspring of the family. The Buryatia family has adhered to this method for more than two hundred years...... So, the Viscount of Buryatia married Judy. Primo is the descendant of the Buryat family's hard work, and there is a high probability that he will be promoted to the Silver Knight. And Judy gave birth to the offspring of the Silver Knight, her body was damaged, and the knight's path was cut off, so she could only rely on energy potions to barely promote to the junior knight. It is almost inevitable that a female probationary knight of a small family will give birth to a high-ranking knight first, and then remarry...... Judy's luck is good, she is at least the Viscountess of Buryatia. ”

Sylvia stopped, turned around, stared into Victor's eyes, and asked, "The Grand Knight has a strong personality. If Primo achieves the silver ranks, takes the helm of the Buryat family, and has you as his backer, what will he do? What will you do? What will you do?"

Three questions left Victor speechless.

Sylvia said lightly: "We drove Judy away, broke off the close relationship between the Buryat family and you, and got a stable Wild Willow City." I allow Judy to use the Golden Elixir so that you can get a beautiful and gentle senior knight. What do you think, my dear?"

"And that's it?" asked Victor reluctantly.

"Once the relationship between the Golden Regiment and the York family is exposed...... You know the consequences. ”

Sylvia said firmly: "The golden regiment in the east is a headache for Sophia...... All I need is Arret's herbs. In fact, there are more important things waiting for us to do besides the Golden Regiment. ”

"Your rock bricks!"

Sylvia took Victor's hand again and said, "The bricks are more precious than the golden mass. But we can't swallow the bricks alone, and we can't swallow them alone. The key is how to sell the technology of rock bricks at a good price...... With my strength alone, the Centaur Hills could not withstand the pressure from all sides. If the kingdom of Gambis were all on our side, it would be a different story...... The differences within the kingdom can be discussed slowly, the kingdom is united with the outside world, what can the centaur hills exchange for rock bricks?"

Victor said with a lack of interest: "There is so much that can be changed...... A little knight with excellent gold, supplies, secret recipes, and blood. ”

"I love, I believe, you can give me all this. ”

Sylvia put her arms around Victor's neck, her red lips to his ears, and her breath was as fragrant as orchid:

"What about the minting rights of the Golden Thor and the Silver Thor ?