Eiffel City, the Lord's Mansion.

The Earl of Barak is about fifty years old this year, and as a nobleman, he is better maintained, and he looks like he is about forty years old.

Count Barak has been Lord of Eiffel for several years, and Eiffel has been their family's domain for more than a hundred years to be exact.

However, until the restructuring in recent years, Eiffel City has been a small city, with only more than 3,000 people, a castle and some dilapidated houses built around the castle, according to the newly promulgated territorial plan, it can only be regarded as a larger town.

Since this restructuring, the number of citizens of Eiffel City has increased dozens of times, not to mention, the scale of the city is far from being comparable to before, even if it is placed in the entire Landnot, it is also the top city-state, Barak has also jumped from the former marginal nobles to the high-ranking nobles with real power, and the Eiffel family has also ushered in unprecedented glory in his hands.

But Barak also had things to worry about, like now.

In the lavish living room, the fire in the fireplace is roaring, and the crackling sound of the wood fire fills the room.

Barak reclined on the leather couch, one hand held up to his lips, and frowned in contemplation.

On the couch opposite sat three nobles of similar age, representatives of the lord of the same rank as Barak and the expansion of the territory after this restructuring.

"What are you thinking of our proposal? Count Barak, know that this is a decision that is beneficial to you and to us. Baron Vestre said with a smile

What they are talking about is that they are uniting to resist Lord Allen's recent policy of separating the military from the government.

Since the end of the policy of town centralization, Allen proposed the separation of military and government, and once this policy was implemented, one of the provisions was to prohibit the local nobles from forming armies, and all armies were placed under the jurisdiction of the king.

Barak glanced at him, frowned, and said, "That's not good... After all, this matter was an agreement that was promised at the beginning, and we suddenly turned back, this..."

There are so many nobles in the Prussian Kingdom, and it is not his time to choose Barak's territory to build a city, but he made the right choice in the first place.

The catastrophe of the Kingdom of Pru ten years ago almost reduced the kingdom by seven or eight tenths, and it was not until Eren raided the Canyon of Leila that the situation improved.

However, although the Kingdom of Pru temporarily avoided the end of destruction, it was not a matter of time to recover the lost territory in the face of loss.

In order to get these nobles to do their best, Allen originally proposed a policy of town centralization, but at the same time made a pact with the nobles who responded to his call that when the lost territories were regained in the future, military power would be returned to the king, and large nobles such as himself would be allowed to retain only a small amount of private arms.

At that time, if you didn't agree to that situation, maybe the Eiffel family would no longer exist, of course Barak signed this agreement, but I didn't expect that ten years later, Alan really fulfilled his original promise.

"There's nothing good or bad about it. Baron West said with a bit of disdain: "If it weren't for our troops, money and efforts, he Alan would still be just the heir of a down-and-out family, and I heard that he was born just a fisherman in a harbor town, how could he be today?"

Barak frowned, and said with some unpleasantness: "Baron West, things are one thing at a time, no matter what decision we make, but it is undeniable that Lord Allen's today is what he fought with one sword and one sword. ”

For Allen, Barak is still very grateful, without him, the Eiffel family would have been annihilated in the long river of history early on, even if they escaped the catastrophe, they would always be a marginal little noble.

"You also said that things are one thing at a time, the problem is that he Alan wants to break the tradition now, if we take away the right to conscription, who will guarantee the safety of our people? Once the enemy fights, do they all count on the kingdom to send troops?"

Barak despised this.

When the enemy fights, once the situation is not good, none of these nobles will run away, and they will really fight to the death, and they will not be so miserable ten years ago.

But there's no denying that what Vest said was very seductive.

The policy of urban centralization allowed them to take away all the rights of the low-level nobles at once, and let them, the middle and high-class nobles, eat all at once, and they were willing to participate, but now they had to hand over the military power in their hands, which not everyone could be willing to accept.

Seeing that Barak was already a little shaken, West further instigated: "We have contacted more than a dozen city lords, and everyone agrees that this agreement made at the beginning was too hasty, this is a matter of public expectation, at this time, will Lord Earl still stand on Allen's side?"

"But—" Barak was still undecided, "I've heard that Alan has a mysterious force behind him, and if we do this, if he pursues it afterwards, then..."

Barak couldn't make a decision for a long time, firstly, because he felt that such a blatant betrayal of Eren was unbearable, and partly because he was afraid of the mysterious forces behind him.

If this strength is missing, Allen will only have a team of 10,000 descendants in his hands, although he has been fighting for many years, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of this team is extraordinary, but in general, it is only a level with a city lord of their level, even if he disobeys his wishes, he can't do anything.

"Hahaha!" Vest laughed a few times with contempt, and continued, "That's just some rumors, it's been so many years, have you seen the so-called wizard with your own eyes? ”

Rumors about a wizard behind Eren have been circulating, but no one has ever seen the so-called wizard, so the credibility is naturally very low.

After a pause, West asked again, "What is the problem, Count Barak, and do you really intend to give away everything you have?"

Barak has never been a resolute person, especially in the face of such a big thing, he muttered to Shaoqing: "I still need a little time to think about it. ”

After a pause, he got up and said, "It's not early, let's go to dinner first, it's going to be the summer celebration soon, and I'll give you an answer after the celebration is over." ”

Eiffel College, Library.

The hot weather made Christina cover a lot of fragrant sweat, her hair looked wet, and the sweat evaporated after being blown by the hot wind and diffused a faint girlish fragrance in the air.

She played with her hair and continued, "Mr. Roshi, it's so hot outside these days, I'd like to borrow your library to practice dancing, okay?"

"Of course. Roshi readily agreed, and after a pause, he added, "But you are not allowed to sneak the books inside." ”

Christina gave him a strange look, smiled lightly, and said jokingly, "It's rare to see a conscientious librarian like you." ”

Roshi also laughed: "It's not uncommon for a girl like you to be obsessed with dancing. ”

"I'm different. Christina shook her head and continued, "Of course I have motivation, otherwise I would have given up early in the morning." ”

"Oh, can you tell me what motivation is?" asked Roshi, curious