Franklin couldn't believe his ears at all. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The meeting to share the fruits of victory was presided over by him, which can be understood because he knew Christopher's territory well enough to leave the life and death of Christopher's servants in his hands and let him decide, is it just because he was familiar enough with these nobles? This is of course impossible, and Franklin, who has enough brains, quickly grasped that once the power falls into his hands, he can gradually turn the former Christopher territory into Franklin's territory in many ways, which the young Earl Alfred will not realize? Or was it his choice for that night that the young earl would be willing to raise him to be a second Christopher?

Franklin, who had ambitions, but would only be able to curb his ambitions for now, quickly ruled out the latter possibility.

He looked stiffly at the young earl who had concentrated on dealing with the veal steak in front of him after making a casual suggestion, smiled hard, and said worriedly: "Your Excellency, you must be joking. ”

Augustus paused slightly as he ate, and when he turned around, he frowned slightly: "Joke?viscount, do you think my suggestion is a joke that is not funny?"

Franklin's forehead was inevitably covered with fine sweat, and he finally realized that he did not even feel nervous in front of Count Christopher, and he finally realized that he did not know enough about the young earl, and could not understand his thoughts at all, and could not guess what the purpose of his temptation was, which caused him to feel difficult to even stand, and did not dare to show his trepidation, and finally faced Augustus's frown, he could only grit his teeth and simply follow his suggestion: " Rest assured, I will keep Christopher's territory firmly in control in the shortest possible time and will not cause you any trouble. ”

Only then did Augustus smile again.

It may have been this smile that made Franklin feel so relieved that he was so blessed with the gift of the Lord that he added: "At that time, Christopher's territory will be Alfred's most comfortable province." ”

The smile grew brighter.

Putting down the tableware in his hand, Augustus took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Franklin who was bent beside him, didn't say much, and said simply: "These are some new decrees currently implemented in Alfred's territory, I mean it is best to be under your leadership, and the next Christopher territory can also be implemented in this way, you can take a look first, if there is a problem, you can slow down, not in a hurry." ”

Automatically ignoring the last sentence without hurry, Franklin immediately opened the neatly folded paper and looked at it carefully, after reading the first one, the fine sweat on his forehead was more; after reading the second one, his strong and broad palm could not help but begin to tremble slightly; and then after he finished reading the third and fourth all the way to the last one, his smile was really more ugly than crying.

At last, he understood why he had full authority to decide the lives and deaths of Christopher's servants in the past.

To take back the land rights of the lords of the towns?to cut off a few heads?to take back the rights of the lords to subordinate the knights?I am afraid that the servants who are already nervous will have to go to hell, Franklin's first reaction was that it was impossible to enforce it, and the second reaction was that he had to refuse this right anyway - but when he looked up at the young earl's still gentle smile, he found that he could not refuse.

He smiled hard, holding the thin piece of paper as if he were carrying a string of bloody heads.

Augustus asked softly, "Something?"

Franklin quickly sobered him up, took a deep breath, quickly made a choice between his head and that large string of heads, and nodded fiercely: "I will overcome all obstacles and problems." ”

"Very well, I believe that 3 months is enough time for you to overcome all obstacles, right?"

This is what he said slowly, Viscount Franklin turned his desire to curse into a smile on his face with an extraordinarily strong will, carefully folded the new decree in his hand and put it in his pocket, he did not disturb the young earl's meal time again, turned and hurried back to the living room to continue to face the Christopher servant and the other three guests who were waiting for him.

Then when he left, little Lori, who had been immersed in fighting the delicate veal steak on the plate, looked up contentedly, rubbed her little belly, and she still had food stuffed in her mouth, and said vaguely: "Treacherous little Augustus, I really sympathize with this pathetic viscount, his fate will definitely not be as good as he imagined." ”

Augustus smiled and did not speak.

He is already good at using all available conditions and resources, so of course he needs someone who knows all aspects of Christopher's territory to help him lay the groundwork, and as for how to deal with this Viscount Franklin, who will offend the nobles of the entire Christopher territory, I believe it will not be too troublesome.

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In the living room, the atmosphere was relaxed and reserved, since Viscount Franklin, who had returned to the living room, brought the news that the young Earl Alfred had approved their plan for the distribution of benefits, it meant that all the adults present basically got what they wanted: the former Christopher servants were guaranteed their lives, and Constance, Fillmos, and Constants, Fillmos, and others from Christopher. Stephen's three guests were given the land they wanted, and it was natural that a relatively pleasant time of celebration ensued, and soon the sound of crimson wine and reserved conversation with a smile became the main theme of the living room.

It was in this atmosphere that Augustus took Terina's hand and walked slowly.

At that moment, the nobles who were still clinking glasses and talking to each other a second ago suddenly fell silent, and they all stood in place looking at the young man walking towards them with complicated expressions, and they all bowed and saluted at the same time, and they all showed their awe, no one dared to look up at the young man's face, and no one dared to make any sound at this time.

As if that was their king.

Augustus smiled and signaled that you don't have to be restrained, the wicked people are to be done by Viscount Franklin anyway, he doesn't need to show too much indifference to this group of Christopher servants, and walked straight to the three Viscounts Constance, who had a good personal relationship with him, he took the maid and held the wine on the tray, and thanked the three viscounts with a smile for their assistance, naturally, the three Constance hurriedly bowed their heads, saying that this is what they should do, and at the same time expressed their greatest gratitude to Augustus for generously giving them land.

Everything went smoothly and pleasantly.

No one bothered to mention the young earl's actual age, or even the equivalent of their heir.

It was only when several Christopher servants vaguely looked at the young earl surrounded by everyone that they subconsciously revealed their yearning and jealousy.

They can see the glory he is enjoying, and no one can see the hardships and sufferings he has faced.

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In the next few days, Augustus stayed in Christopher's castle temporarily, on the one hand, hoping to unearth more Christopher's secrets related to the hermitage, and secondly, although Christopher is dead, there are still some remnants in his territory who are loyal to Christopher and willing to give his life, which requires his knight captain Katieeni and Firefox leader Elvis to carry out the final clean-up operation, no matter how many people have hatred for Alfred's secret center, at least Augustus must do it, and there will be no open confrontation with Alfred on the table。

And while Augustus waited for the final results, news finally came from Sauron that Stuart and Arthras had launched an all-out attack on Francis.

When he got the news, Augustus was exchanging details with the bookish Viscount Constance about the next management methods of his territory, Augustus took the letter from the knight's hand, and did not deliberately avoid the Viscount Constance who was sitting opposite him, opened it with his hand, read the content quietly, and handed it to Viscount Constance casually, and said with a smile: " I'm afraid no one could have imagined that in just 3 months, our Young Master Arthras would complete the Jedi reversal, and Francis's dream of ruling the wasteland was finally shattered, I really sympathize with this count who has endured with his tail between his legs for more than 10 years, he even has time to enjoy the glory brought to him by the number one giant of the wasteland, so he has to continue to fight for survival. ”

Viscount Constance quickly read the news, with his former position in the wasteland, he must not be able to touch many things at the core of the wasteland, so stroking his elegant beard, he finally asked suspiciously: "It was difficult to capture Sauron City, why did Count Francis give up Sauron City so simply?"

"Can you not give up?"

Augustus, who was sitting on the sofa at Christopher Castle, changed his comfortable sitting position, did not hesitate his words, and analyzed for the viscount: " Stuart personally led the Knight Master into his territory, and it happened that his territory was panicked because of the news of the new diocese of the wasteland, which meant that it was difficult for his servants to work together to resist Stuart's invasion, so even if he knew that Stuart's ultimate goal was to lure him out of Sauron, he had to rush back to his territory to pacify his people, and as a result, Arthras, who was waiting on the side, could calmly take back Sauron, which belonged to him. ”

"It's just news of a new diocese in the wasteland, and it's surprising that the persecuted Count Francis is so passive. Constance sighed softly.

Accidental?

It's a little bit, but of course Augustus won't be surprised by this result, and the most surprising thing for him can only be the person who used Alfred's influence to the extreme from beginning to end of the news, that is, Master Arteas, frankly speaking, Augustus has never despised the stubborn and paranoid Master Arteras, but he must admit that Arthras still brought him a considerable degree of unexpected surprise.

"If nothing else, Francis and Arthras must know that it will only be Alfred who will affect their ending, my lord, what will you choose?"

Augustus smiled and did not give an answer in the first place.

If Francis does not want to perish, he must bow to Alfred, and if Artelas wants to complete the final revenge, he must obtain Alfred's approval, and it is something that a fool can know if he does not lend a helping hand to Francis, so the question of Viscount Constance is, to some extent, probably the question of the whole wasteland.

This means that Alfred already has the influence to determine the entire pattern of the wasteland.

Constance could no longer suppress his admiration and admiration, who could have imagined that Alfred half a year ago could only be Alfred who would enter the abyss of hell at any time? Who could have imagined that Alfred would be standing at the top of the pyramid of the wasteland half a year later, and he was basically in control of the life and death of all the people in the wasteland? The phrase in Faust's Collected Poems could not be more apt to sum up the young Count Alfred.

"He is a king, even if he has perished. ”

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