"You said to borrow money from those lords around you, hahaha!"

When Robert heard Stanis's proposal, he almost burst out laughing.

"Those lords are poorer than you, what do you want to borrow from them?

The thought of the women he had seen before made Stannis shudder.

"How can I not receive a penny, and my diplomatic credit as an earl is so bad?" Stannis frowned, according to his knowledge of the Middle Ages, these lords were connected to each other, and they were all a little bit related to each other, for the sake of relatives, they would not even lend him a dime.

"Your Excellency, you don't need me to remind you how ...... your reputation is in this land right now Uh, it's a bit ......."

After he said this, Stannis immediately remembered an important matter, this Stannis had eaten, drunk and had fun before, it was impossible not to borrow money, and at the same time, he didn't have to think about it and knew that he would not pay back the money, and the end of not paying it back was to make his reputation negative.

"I was still going to borrow money and not pay it back, but I didn't expect to be preempted by him. I can't have anyone willing to lend me money. Stanis wept with a sad face.

Robert interjected, "You can borrow it, but the people around you can't, asking for money is the same as asking for their lives, but as long as you go to ......"

Lady Romon hurriedly cast a color on him and motioned for him to shut up.

Stannis was surprised by their actions, but he was more interested in his 'neighbors' now, what kind of guy was this helping, money was more important than fame, it was too picky!

"Hey, you guys, tell me about the situation around my territory. Stennis found himself still ignorant of diplomacy.

Although Korodov was a knight, he was never interested in such lengthy and complicated things, he was a warrior and could only use his sword instead of speaking.

As for Master Romone, he is too old, and his knowledge of the surrounding nobility is still stuck thirty years ago, and he concentrates too much energy on the interior of the territory and ignores the outside world.

At this time, a person jumped out on his own initiative.

"At last it's my turn to perform, and I'm a knight and a nobleman's heir! Robert walked out triumphantly, his eyes shining with smugness.

Before anyone else could react, he shouted, "Hey, old man, do you have a territory map?" Only at this time did Robert dare to give a strong order.

Maester Romon looked a little confused by the guy who had been living in the castle for nothing, "Yes, but in the War Council. ”

The group walked into a dilapidated council hall that had once been the War Council, and in Stannis's childhood memories it had been glorious in the past, but now only loneliness and loneliness remained.

Maester Romon rummaged through a cabinet of the War Council for a long time, then dragged out a cloth scroll more than a man tall and blew the dust that had accumulated on it.

"This is a map made five years ago, and it contains all the vassals under the entire Duchy of Tanelis, but I don't know if some of these families have changed now. Somon said with a little guilt, it should have been his job to provide diplomatic information to the lord.

Stannis immediately added his geographical knowledge: [Duchy of Tanis] is one of the seven kingdoms under the empire, its supreme ruler is the duke, and it is also one of the nine most prominent electors of the empire, and his territory of Zivini is also under the control of the principality.

When he finished thinking about it, he only saw Robert waving his hand without minding, "It doesn't matter, I can make a supplementary explanation, Korodov, come and hang it up for me." ”

Soon, a huge map hung on the wall of the war council, and Stannis opened his mouth wide, and hundreds of family coats were drawn on it, representing hundreds of families in the principality, and he searched for a long time, but he did not find out where his territory was on the map.

"Boss, your territory is here. At some point, a small wooden stick appeared in Robert's hand, pointing to the right edge of the map.

Based on the direction of the map, Stannis judged that he was at the easternmost point of the duchy, with a thick black line marking the border of his realm, and a red dragon coat of arms on a black background depicted in the middle of the territory.

"This guy's territory is so big. Stannis couldn't help but say it, because he clearly found his territory—Zivierne occupied a considerable position on the map, and a thin blue line divided his territory into two sections, which should be the river that could be seen from the castle, and he was now on the west bank of the river, and the map on the east bank was more than four times larger than the territory on the west bank.

But what's the use, the memory told him that the eastern shore was a vast and endless black forest, where there was not even a village, the land given to the dragonborn by the emperor, but in fact, it was a barren land that no one wanted, stuffed into their family like garbage.

Just as he was in a fugue, Robert tapped the table with a small stick, "Ahem, pay attention, now let's get to the point." ”

Stannis was a spirit, as if he were in the classroom again.

The tip of the stick is moved downward, and the territory next to the southern end of Ziverny is wrapped around the protrusion like a horseshoe, and the central coat of arms of the territory is a white horse.

"This is the 'Divine Horse' Hoss family, most of their territory is grassland, so they breed the best war horses in the entire principality, the current head of the family is Dardani Hoss, I heard that he got together with several of his daughters-in-law, and let out the wind, whoever serves him the best, he will make her husband, that is, his son, the heir. ”

"The family relationship is too messy, this is simply Zhu Wen's reprint. Stannis shook his head, he knew that this kind of family was a setting of civil strife at first glance.

"Yes, their family is powerful but unable to cohesive, so it is often invaded. ”

Robert then moved the tip of the stick to the west, where three families were in contact with the borders of his realm, none of which looked like they were easy to annex.

"At the top is the 'Bison' Bafolou family. ”

Sure enough, the badge is a bull's horn.

"They have a lot of mines in their territory, and they provide the iron ore to the east. ”

Provincial of Resources.

"In the middle is the 'Giant Deer' family, whose territory is at the confluence of the Sancha River and has a large alluvial plain, so the food produced there is proud of the surrounding area. ”

Grain provinces.

"At the bottom are the 'Jackals' Doug family, a family that produces fine armor that is famous for its princes. ”

Industrial provinces.

"These small families have been unhappy with us for a long time because you have been refusing to pay back the money, the boss. ”

By the time Robert finished speaking, Stannis had already labeled them on his own, and since they didn't like him, he would conquer them directly. He had already figured out how to distribute his functions after conquering these territories.

It seems that his territory is in a good position to be born, and he has all the strategic resources, food, grass, horses, armor and armament, and now he is thinking about how to annex them.

"And what about the top?" Stannis asked curiously, as he saw a huge territory on his territory under a white wolf's head coat of arms.

According to the standard setting, he had already guessed the meaning of the family's existence.

Robert glanced back at the map and was a little surprised, "Boss, don't you even know this?"

"Enemies?" said Stannis, blindly, "I just want to know a little more about them." ”

"Oh, this is the 'White Wolf' Wolf family, your family's old enemies for hundreds of years. ”

Sure enough, there will definitely be an old enemy in the fixed setting of a script.

Stannis stared at the white-smeared territory above his head, and the hungry wolf in his badge looked at him just as fiercely.

It's like going to swallow him completely.