3. Broad Friends (Part I)

"You're all rubbish. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Van der Almarck, who had just become a duke, proudly provoked the nobles who represented the privileged class of the entire duchy.

Four times suddenly exploded. Stunned, uneasy, confused, annoyed, disdainful, ridiculed, all sorts of expressions mingled on people's faces.

His Majesty's messenger, the one who had been solemn until a moment ago, snickered gloatingly.

"This is really a masterpiece, I have never seen such a fool, he actually offended all the nobles in one breath during the succession ceremony, does he want to plunge the entire principality into turmoil?"

As a suzerain, for His Majesty the Kingdom of France, Almac, a vassal state with independent autonomy and diplomatic rights, only paying a little tax every year, and then sending dozens of peasants to the front line to serve as cannon fodder during the national war, the more chaotic the better, only the chaos in the world can give His Majesty the opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of the principality, if the principality can directly usurp the throne, it would be the best.

Fan continued to issue his inaugural declaration, as if he had not noticed that the atmosphere had become sinister.

"Everywhere you look, there's rubbish, is this the country I'm about to take over? What are you kidding! Don't shove this stuff on me!!"

"Even if I reign as the king in the waste country, I won't be happy!!"

Alicia outside the door was pale. As the Inspector appointed by the old duke, she was certainly entitled to enter this room, but she did not use the privilege, but waited quietly outside the door.

Not to be self-aggrandizing because of the sudden acquisition of rights, this is the preciousness of the girl, and it is also one of the reasons why the old duke can safely choose her to become the ombudsman.

But at this moment, the girl really wants to be able to use her privilege and rush in and kick down the idiot who is doing stupid things in one go.

"Mr. Shadwa, send someone to keep an eye on His Majesty's emissary, and do not let go of your surveillance of the nobles. ”

She said cautiously.

"Yes. ”

A man who had melted his figure perfectly into the shadows replied in a voice that seemed to have been heard somewhere, but felt strange when he thought about it.

Alicia was not familiar with this person, but he trusted this person's boss, so he left this important matter to the mysterious guy in front of him.

"Hasn't Miss Sierra come back yet?" she asked.

"The eldest lady is taking care of the work at hand and will not be able to return for the time being, and during this time, the villain will follow your orders. ”

"It's at the Duke's behest. The girl is colorful.

"Yes......"

The sound faded away.

When the other party left, Alicia's heart was always uneasy.

Is it really okay to hand it over to this person?

The girl had no choice, although she seemed to have a huge amount of power, but in fact Alicia had only a handful of subordinates at her disposal, and the only one she could rely on now was the subordinate sent by Miss Serra.

On the other side, her father, Minister Thomas, who was very conspicuous even in the crowd because of his size, looked at what was happening in front of him with a wry smile, and seemed to be distressed by Van's speech.

The Duke's declaration of change continues.

"As the ruler of the principality, under my hands, there is no room for such waste, and this situation must be changed!!".

"Why can a brave and capable general only be a squad leader guarding the city gates, and a miscellaneous man with a combat strength of only 5 can lead an army, why can a learned wise man only live by counting the catalogs in the library, while a pig-like fellow can be an important minister of the country, bloodline!!?

Fan paused, like a hard-pressed student who was stuck in the middle of the endorsement, and recalled it with a sad face, and then he secretly glanced at the cheat sheet hidden in his clothes, and then continued to say impassionedly: "I want to change all this, in the future, everyone must have the corresponding ability to get the position, of course those who are capable can be promoted, and if you don't have the ability, give me an honest return to the territory to farm, I don't have any extra positions for you here!!"

Almak's national conditions are different from other places, returning to the territory to farm is almost synonymous with enclosure, and in the old duke's era, all kinds of legal provisions suppressed the nobles who owned the territory, and in their own territory, except for farming and having children, they really have no right to do anything else. Business, trade, building an army, and fighting for dominance on the continent are things that the duke himself needs to consider, and it has nothing to do with the little minions below, and the guy who dares to challenge authority, and the 'bandit' who was defeated a while ago is the best example.

Of course, this semi-direct rule caused a considerable degree of discontent among the nobility, hence the gossip that preceded the succession ceremony.

"This is a new era, an era of change, my era, all the shortcomings must be corrected, the guys who can't change can only be eliminated, and there is no place for you in the new era I created!"

Matching his words, Fan put on a sarcastic smile.

"So, how many of you here today will be able to stay in the end? 10 people, 5 people? I'm looking forward to seeing the day when you waste people return to the territory one by one to farm!"

The crowd at the bottom was outraged.

"Ridiculous!"

"Inexplicable!"

"It's just perverse!!"

"Even Lord Thor wouldn't dare speak to us like that, it's so rude!!"

"What an interesting thing to say, is this what the Duke is really saying, it seems that being a nobleman here would be a chore......" said the messenger from the royal capital, in a sad voice.

Some people are indignant, some people are disdainful, some people gloat, and occasionally a handful of young people have a little bit of appreciation, all in all, most of the domineering spillover words caused by the opposite effect.

Those who originally acquiesced in the inheritance of the old duke's face, because of various intertwined relationships, had to support the mortal people, those who did not want to make trouble, those who were conservative and unwilling to change, and those who stubbornly insisted on the inheritance of the eldest son, these nobles and ministers, who were originally mostly regarded as supporting the mortal nobility, at this moment, completely became the enemies of mortal.

In the old duke's time, they had been made extremely miserable by the harsh rule, but the old duke's prestige dared not speak, and now, if they lose their positions again, then these nobles will really never be able to turn over.

Even if they didn't immediately rush to overthrow this arrogant imp, most of the nobles had already begun to have some kind of dangerous thoughts.

If you use it to express it numerically, because of the ultra-vicious event of [Almac Spring], the loyalty of all nobles in the country has suddenly decreased, and it has decreased by about 50 (up to 100).

Loyalty, which had been unstable due to the new duke's succession, has now become completely negative.

"Ahem......" Thomas, as the head of the ministers, had to stand up.

"Lord Duke, what kind of change do you want to make?"

"How could I know that kind of thing, didn't Dad say that you can be found for trouble? Then I'll leave it to you! Fan said confidently. I always feel that this guy who has unconsciously delegated personnel power is the most useless waste in the whole country.

A cold wind blows.

Ice.

No one would have thought that the guy who was impassioned and instructed would say such irresponsible and even childish words.

"Your Excellency. With a straight face, Thomas put away the gentle and polite he had been all the time, and he finally put on the appearance of a minister, and said solemnly: "This is really a very serious incident, if it is not handled properly, the whole principality will be in turmoil, please forgive me for being rude, which ill-intentioned villain instigated you to say such a vicious remark, where did the cheat sheet you look at come from?"

is worthy of being the chief minister, and just one sentence turned the situation around.

If the previous Van had almost become the enemy of everyone present, and the order of the entire principality was almost on the verge of collapse, then now, with Fan's previous childish remarks, the nobles present were taken to another path.

Obviously, some bold bastards are trying to take advantage of this succession ceremony to stir up trouble, and the self-righteous little heir on the stage has completely become someone else's puppet without knowing it.

Although this thought would arouse disdain for the new duke, the sinister atmosphere that had almost exploded at the touch of the previous one gradually subsided.

Most of the nobles who had been severely suppressed by the old duke were happy to see that the new duke was a fool who didn't understand anything.

Fan, who didn't know that he almost provoked a nationwide rebellion, said unconsciously: "Tsk, there is no way to be seen by you, in fact, this is what my friend gave me, I think it is very imposing and I use it!"

"Hmm...... It's a powerful statement...... "Thomas said with a wry smile.

"I haven't finished reading it yet, there's one more sentence here, I'll take a look at ......"

"To my little friend, I wish you good health. ”

"BY Revolutionary: Lin Dengwan. ”

"Hiss......"

There was a toothache pumping sound.