There is no shortage of bold and careful speculators in this world, and when the news that Downton had burned down the 150,000-strong army in the south was brought back by the defeated remnants of the army, the nobles and merchants who thought they had some strength began to come to the door and offer their loyalty to him.

Any war is a reshuffle between the power class and the old forces, the army in the south is over, the Duke Mack's family is over, and the big nobles who once occupied the upper echelons of the social pyramid and controlled a lot of money and power will also be finished.

The power of these guys is deep-rooted, even if he sincerely recognizes Downton's status, he can't believe it, who knows if these guys will be delaying time to recuperate in order to find an opportunity to rebel?

Don't look at Downton as a Frankfurt, but he has no roots in the south, so those nobles and merchants who have little strength and can't hold their heads up before being suppressed by the old nobles have finally found an opportunity.

Downton used them to control the southern border and suppress the rebellion, and they relied on Downton to become the new nobles.

The seats at the top of the pyramid have always been pitiful, and if you want to sit on them, words such as blood, wrists, and conspiracy have to be experienced once.

In such times, the superiors will not look at your ability, but only your loyalty, so without waiting for Downton to invite representatives of the middle class, they will come to the door with large and expensive gifts.

Downton didn't spend a single copper plate, and a big merchant approached Abagun and offered to send supplies, just to let him say a few kind words in front of the new Duke of the South.

"Not the Duke of the South, but the Duke of Frankfurt, and in the future, the master will become the Hand of the King of Frankfurt!"

Abagun corrected the wording of these speculators, and the hand of the king had always been the most trusted by the king. The most capable minister is the most powerful minister, which is a position under one person and above ten thousand, and it can be said that it is the highest honor that someone other than the imperial family can get.

Rebellion and rebellion are very taboo in any country. But it is a feasible way to raise a puppet king and be the hand of the king, in fact, he is in power, and this is the way the nobles behave, they know what is going on, but they must have this fig leaf.

Downton didn't bother to care so much, he just knew that he could finally make a big difference in the South.

Compared to the northern border, where only Duke Busk's family died. The southern frontier is completely fallen, and under the iron heel of the Downton army, it can only be ravaged by others.

This time, Downton did not issue a nationwide mobilization order, but recruited soldiers in the form of mercenaries, although he broke hundreds of thousands of families with one fire, but more soldiers joined his command.

For nearly 100 years, Downton's Pine Forest Battle was a victory with less. The most glorious battle directly gave him the halo of a star of famous generals.

Compared to the lifeless Duke of the East, and the old king. The soldiers felt that following the enterprising new Duke would have a better future.

After paving the way for a winning streak, Downton's reputation for enforcing benevolent government in the West has finally fermented, who else does he want to follow a lord with a good reputation and more benevolent? Downton offered a high salary.

When the ogre and the bear goblin were seen in and out of the tavern with a large amount of gold coins in their hands, enjoying life, the soldiers who had been used to the salary deduction by their commander were already shocked.

In fact, everyone has a sense of superiority in their hearts, and human beings look down on the natives and feel superior to others. Then it is natural to think that even the salary that even the natives can earn, of course, is no problem with themselves, and they can earn more.

As a result, Downton's military resources began to expand explosively.

Downton was not carried away by the victory, and let Arnold be in charge of selecting the soldiers, and the thin miscellaneous soldiers were not to be wanted.

This not only did not make the soldiers resentful, but made them even more crazy, and even those soldiers who were still waiting to wait and see joined the queue, waiting to be selected.

"Don't doubt, human nature is like this, the less things are, the more precious they are, they feel that joining your carefully selected corps now is definitely not cannon fodder, but the main corps, with qualifications, the future will be better. ”

Homer explained.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Downton paid all the salaries and bounties, and took a seven-day vacation, and the soldiers with bulging pockets naturally went to the city to spend.

The citizens, who were originally nervous and thought that they were going to encounter a military disaster, suddenly found that except for those high-ranking nobles and lords who died, daily life was as usual, and it seemed to be better, at least those merchants made a lot of money.

Downton didn't expect that his unintentional work would make the south settle down faster, and as for the military expenses that were consumed, they would soon become taxes and flow back into his pockets.

Duke Mack is dead, but the tax collector is not dead, and there is a new one, Downton just maintains the previous tax rate, which has already made the people of the south grateful to Dade, after all, according to the habit, the new superior will come to power, how can he also make a big wave of looting before stopping.

In the conference room, in addition to Downton's descendants, there are some new faces, of course Downton will not trust them, but letting them sit represents trust, in order to make them feel at ease.

"Tell me, what's next?"

Downton took the black tea brewed by Julie, and finally had the leisure to savor it.

With the west, south, and even the north as buffer zones, the increase in strategic space means that there are more tactics to choose from, and Downton's crisis is naturally lifted, at least in such a vast area, even if the king's army is crazy and riotous, there is no way to form an encirclement of him.

The descendants didn't speak, they all looked at Rosicky, this is Celes's brother, maybe he will become the master's eldest brother in the future, so no one dares to steal his limelight, and the new faces are also observant, and they have already inquired about the details of these people, so they don't dare to speak indiscriminately.

"The increase in troops is not necessarily a good thing, the decline in the source of troops, the combat effectiveness will inevitably decline, and the consumption of materials and military expenses will increase exponentially, and there are hidden dangers such as the shortage of officers, the possible intensification of the interests of various factions, etc., so as long as Downton is determined to consume, the King's Army and the Eastern Army can no longer pose a direct threat to us. ”

Rosicky coughed and spoke openly, as an elite educated prince, he knew that at this time, the first thing to do was not to defeat the king's army, but the hearts of his subordinates, to tell them, follow the lord, they were already invincible, to prevent them from swaying.

Downton is in a meeting, and other forces are also in a meeting, there is no way, his battle is really shocking to many people's eyes.

Saint-Gertland, the residence of the Dukes of Hohenzollern!

Bang!

After getting the latest information, the Duke dropped his favorite teacup.

"Famous general, I will make him a dead general tomorrow, sue Sù Yunda, let him go on the expedition, and within a month, solve that Downton. ”

The duke originally thought that the bastard who killed his beloved son Schurrle would die in the riots in Frankfurt, but he didn't expect that those dukes were hopelessly stupid and buried the good situation.

In the duke's eyes, he naturally saw that Downton had found a way to live, which he did not allow, since he could not sit back and watch the enemy die, then he had to do it himself.

With the power and status of the Hohenzollern family, no one dares to talk nonsense about sending a private army into Frankfurt, but it will have a bad impact, but there is no need to send troops to deal with a small duke of a third-rate country.

How can a big family like this not keep some mercenary groups in captivity? On the surface, it doesn't matter, but it is suitable to directly control it behind the scenes and use it to do some 'dirty work'.

Werder is a distant brother, but he has outstanding talents, so at the age of thirty, he took charge of Bremen, the top ten mercenary group in Saint-Gertland and let it be dispatched, and Downton will die.

Bavaria, Rose Palace, Sissi carried the hem of her skirt and ran wildly, pushing open the door of her father's study.

"Father, Downton has won!"

Sissi gasped and waved the letter in her hand, showing off proudly.

"It's just a matter of killing a Duke of the South. ”

The second did not raise his head, and continued to sit at the desk to deal with official business.

Sissi smiled because she noticed that her father's eyebrows were raised, and when he was satisfied with something, a person, he would make this gesture.

"Okay, it's just burning 100,000 ragtag soldiers in one night, is it worth your pleasure?"

Seeing his daughter walk to the side and take the quill to help him dip himself in ink, the second couldn't help but shake his head.

"It's 150,000!"

Sissi emphasized, "I went to the library to check, in the past hundred years, under the fifteen-fold gap in military strength, less wins more, Downton is the first person!"

"That's just some miscellaneous cards from third-rate countries that are not up to the grade, and they have no reference significance!"

Although the second denied it, he was already curious about Downton in his heart, how could a civilian who had not received much education be able to beat those high-achieving students of military academies, and even the children of the Jiangmen family, could not beat?

As soon as he got the information, the second instructed the intelligence officer to dig up all the news about Downton, and then he was surprised to find out that he was not from Frankfurt, and his 'mother' took him and Elaine to live in Morningfog Town sixteen years ago, and his mother, like a person who did not exist, had no clue at all.

"Anyway, Downton can take the title of star of the stars. ”

Sissi is very happy, there is no girl who does not like the boy she loves dazzling, is the best cunzài.

"Famous general, wait until he survives the blows of the king's army?"

The second shook his head, as a wise king, he had already deduced the possible future of the battle, and the chances of encountering the king's army were very high.

"Father, can you help him?"

Sissi's eyes rolled, and she shook the second's arm, pleading bitterly.

"Impossible!"

The second refusal was very simple, "If he can't even defeat a third-rate country, why should he pursue my daughter?" (to be continued......)