After Christine left, the lust also receded, Julian thought heavily about the current situation, Julian could understand the ambition of his uncle Marquis Andrei, but he couldn't understand why so many nobles followed his uncle ---Marquis Andrei, Andrei was not a real nobleman, and he had no territory, his marquis title was more of an honorary title, just an honorary nobleman who assisted his father.

A nobleman without a territory, nothing, whose status is no higher than that of a sword-wielding baron.

And he is the first heir to the McCarvey family, the future legitimate ruler of the south, the nobles may be prejudiced against their absurd behavior, but there is absolutely no reason to hate themselves so much, what kind of benefits can they get by following Andre? The south has a large population and prosperity, but the territory is not large among the four major dukedoms, only one-third of the western realm, and only eight counts including themselves are divided, and two of them have already corresponded with Andre, and there is a great possibility of rebelling against them.

What did André promise them? Count Noamon can be regarded as a veteran nobleman with deep qualifications, the first Noamon followed his ancestors to the south to open up the territory, and was divided into earls by his ancestors, and was one of the earliest sword-wielding nobles. What can Andrei promise them? to make them rebel against me?

Julian pondered, but still couldn't come up with an answer.

The door to the study creaked open, and Rosalind walked in with a lampstand in her hand.

"What are you doing here, Rosalind?" the depressed Julian didn't speak well, but Rosalind didn't mind in the slightest.

"Hey, I still like the Julian who called me sister, you were so cuter back then. ”

"I'm sorry about that. But what's the matter with you so late?"

"It's really too much, Yurian, it's only natural that my sister cares about her brother, and you still have injuries on your body, why don't you go to sleep well, what are you doing?"

"I'm not like you who are idle, I'm preparing for the coming war. ”

"The coming war?Julian, this is nothing more than your unilateral aggression, right?"

"Invasion, Rosalind, are you kidding, Count Noamon wants to murder me!"

"But is that really the case? Julian. You have no sufficient evidence that the Count of Noamon is trying to murder you, and this is only a pretext for you to unilaterally provoke a war, and if this is true, you can ask your father to arbitrate, and he will give you a satisfactory answer. Don't lie to me, Julian, after all, we grew up together, and I know you as well as I know myself. ”

For a moment, an oppressive atmosphere hung over Rosalind and Julian, and the two stared at each other without flinching.

Finally, Julian retreated, "Okay, I'll tell you, but I think you're more or less aware of it, you said we grew up together, and you know me as well as you know yourself, but relatively, Rosalind, I know you too, and if it's you, you'll definitely understand me." ”

"Is it about Uncle Andrei?"

"That's right, André wants to take my inheritance, his henchmen are ready to move, and the stupid Noamon is in contact with André, they are stupid and arrogant, and I want to make them pay for their arrogance. ”

"So you want to defeat the Count of Noammon, and demonstrate to the nobles, so that they understand the fate of rebelling against you, what a foolish plan, haven't you considered the consequences of defeat? Even if the Count of Noamon will not kill you, but by virtue of this matter, he can bring you to your father, and unite the nobles to put pressure on your father, and you will be stripped of your inheritance. ”

"Then what can I do? Am I going to sit here and wait for Andrei to snatch my seat away?

In response to Julian's fierce reaction, Rosalind let out a soft sneer.

"Arrogance? Julian, in fact, you are the greatest arrogance. Don't you understand? It's not the nobles who chose Andrei, it's that you abandoned them. ”

"You are arrogant, extravagant, empty-sighted, do not abide by tradition, buy and sell titles wantonly, and trample on the rules, so you will lose the support of the nobles. ”

Julian could not refute and could not refute Rosalind's criticism, because the facts that Rosalind said, the facts could not be distorted and could not be destroyed.

Although Karazan is a rich territory, it still can't afford Julian's extravagance, building new cities, forming heavy infantry legions and knights, which are all huge expenses, and Julian has also formed a fleet dedicated to overseas treasure hunting, bringing back all kinds of treasures from overseas, because of Julian's unbridled money, Karazan's savings for many years have been squandered.

Forming a fleet and army is not an overnight thing, and then a huge amount of maintenance costs are required, and as a nobleman, he must maintain a decent life commensurate with his status, and money is also needed for daily expenses and holding balls, and Julian, who consumed Karazan's money, had to borrow money everywhere to live, fortunately, he was not so mediocre as to raise the tax rate, but when the debt period was approaching, Julian had no money to repay the debt, so he was "smart" and took advantage of the loophole of the canonization to canonize the merchant as a robed nobleman to offset the debt.

The robed nobles are honorary titles, which are the titles of nobles without territory and hereditary, and the sword-wielding nobles were created in order to reward their cronies and reduce their strength without dividing the territory, and the robed nobles held important positions in the court of the sword-wielding nobles, assisting the monarch, such as the Marquis of Andrew, as the younger brother of the duke, was given the title of marquis, and stayed in the court to serve his brother. But even if it is an honorary title, the nobles who value honor never give it to their attendants lightly.

After discovering this channel of money, Julian began to sell his official position, and the merchant only had to pay a large sum of money to get the title of nobility from Julian. This evil behavior did not cease until it was discovered by the Duke of McCarvey, who put a stop to Julian's madness, reclaimed many of Julian's titles of robed nobles, helped him pay off his debts, and forced Julian to disband the fleet. However, the nefarious effects of this caused Julian's reputation to be tarnished, and the nobles were disillusioned with the future duke.

"What's wrong? Nothing to say?" Rosalind glared coldly at the future duke, her words revealing disappointment with Julian.

"I don't care if you want to go to war or not, but I hope you will realize your mistake. ”

With that, Rosalind departed, leaving Julian in a sluggish state, melancholy in the cold study.