"And then?" Claire looked at Austin and smiled, "What do you think will happen then?" ”

Austin lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at Claire, and a trace of cold sweat had already broken out on his head at this time.

Could it be that after he got the earl's position, let himself transfer the territory and title to him, and then quietly find an opportunity to do it himself, so that the other party will spare no effort to help him.

"What do you think about again?" Claire's urging voice rang in Austin's ears, startling Austin.

"I didn't! I didn't think about anything! Austin quickly denied it, but his voice full of fear betrayed him.

Claire continued: "Are you thinking that after I put you on the throne, I will let you transfer all the territory and title to me, and then I will find another opportunity to kill you, right? ”

Austin jerked his head up and looked at Claire, feeling that the other party was like a devil, actually able to peek into his inner thoughts.

"Smack!" Claire reached out and patted Austin's shoulder, but the next second she took her hand away with a disgusted face, and the other party's clothes were already soaked with sweat because of nervousness.

"Don't panic, it's about the same as you think."

"Huh?" Austin felt like she had been tricked.

"But if I don't kill you, you'll still be your lord." Claire wiped the sweat stains on her hands and continued: "I supported you to ascend to the throne, and after you became a lord, you declared to submit to me and become my vassal. ”

It stands to reason that the titles of Earl Griffin and Earl Carlyle are of the same rank, and Austin cannot become Claire's vassal after becoming Earl of Carlyle, but don't forget that Claire also had the title of Duke Tulip granted by Erin before Claire, as well as the power to establish a duchia. Claire, as a duke, is allowed to have an earl under her.

It's not that Claire doesn't want to bring the county of Carlyle under her command, but there's nothing good about that place, it's just a transportation hub city, doing trade. If it was before, Claire could still see it, but now the scale is not as big as Nafu City, and the economic benefits are not as high as Nafu City, so she may take a lot of risks when you use it.

For example, the most intuitive thing is that Claire has finally pulled the per capita annual income of the Griffin Collar to five gold coins, and once it merges with the Carlyle Count, it is possible to fall directly below two gold coins.

It's like the United States and Mexico on the American continent, with the strength of the United States, they can easily conquer Mexico, but they still have to spend money to set up borders to keep out Mexicans who want to smuggle in. To exaggerate that, if the United States had wanted to, it would have not even had to send troops, and the Mexican government and the Mexican people would have liked the United States to annex them.

But it's no good for people to take you down, Claire is soft-hearted, and if she becomes her own people, she can't let them eat and dress poorly, so she can only spend her heart and energy to help the poor. It's better to be a vassal, and you can "exploit" them with peace of mind.

You don't have to pay the effort and the price, just be responsible for the harvest. Harvesting the taxes of the vassal territory, harvesting his natural resources, harvesting the human resources and converting them into the people of the rich city, etc., in short, it is better than directly reaping the benefits of one's own control.

"Become a vassal?" Austin couldn't believe it, "Is that all?" ”

The condition given by Claire cannot be said to be a condition for him at all, he has nothing, and the ones he got later were also given to him by Claire, he can get his title back without paying anything at all, and he can become a nobleman again. As for vassals? So what does it matter, there is no capital to buy and sell. Even if he was allowed to give Claire the territory and title after he got it, it would be good for him to get a freedom. As long as you don't get beaten, you can earn it, let alone such a big benefit.

"If you don't want to, then you can do what you want." Claire said in a calm tone.

Austin's heart almost didn't stop beating, and he hurriedly said, "No, no, no!" That's good! ”

"Hmm." Claire nodded, "Then go back, I will have someone find you to overturn the case within three days, and then you don't have to care about anything in the noble court, just read the words given to you by others, and shut up if you don't know how to answer." ”

When the time comes, Claire will let Shane and Sophia, whom she knows in the royal capital, secretly help Austin, and it should be no problem to deal with a Carlyle, a border count.

"Understood!" Austin nodded earnestly.

……

The royal capital is located in the most central and central position, that is, where the royal palace is located.

Erin was curling her fingers with the long hair that fell from her ears, carefully looking at the final paperwork report in front of her, and after a few minutes, Erin wrote her opinion on it and handed it to a magician hidden in the shadows behind her.

"Go ahead, kill him, don't get too clean."

"Understood." When the sorcerer bowed slightly and was about to retreat into the shadows, he was the sorcerer of King Naoli, and only obeyed Erin's orders, and there were many like him.

Erin continued, "Call Lady Sophia, I have something to discuss with her. ”

After the sorcerer was gone, Erin rubbed her temples and relaxed.

It's really hard to be a king, there are a lot of things waiting to be dealt with every day, and after becoming a king, the information channels have expanded, only to know that the kingdom is not as beautiful as I imagined, and there are all kinds of dirty and dirty things that can't be said.

At first, Erin was angry, but then she gradually got used to it. Of course, there are also those words that Claire said to her when she was not in power before, and those words have benefited her a lot, allowing her to not only look at the problem according to her own emotions, but to solve the problem in the general direction, the direction of the development of a more favorable country.

The nobleman who Irene sent someone to solve just now actually didn't commit much of a crime, but he used his power to make some profits for himself, and many nobles are like this, and there are those who embezzle state property. But this thing has drilled the loopholes in the system, and I don't know how he found out, so it is likely to play a very bad role, in order to prevent others from following the loopholes, so Erin can only kill chickens and make an example.

It's not so clean because I want those big nobles to know that it's not allowed not to do it. And the rest of the small nobles did not dare to do it when they saw the big nobles, and they did not dare to act themselves. That's what Erin wants to achieve, so that the loopholes in the system can be solved slowly.

……

"Hah!" Erin yawned without a figurative expression, and she wasn't worried that the magicians hiding around her would see her.

As a king, there is still some privacy, and the duty of those magicians is to protect her, and what not to see and what not to listen to is very clear. Normally, they only release their spiritual power to ensure Irene's safety, and the rest will not take a second look, those who are ignorant and want to spy on the secrets of the royal family have long died on the way to become the king's guard.