Chapter 340: Controversy
There is no such thing as good or bad, only the difference in the perspective of looking at things from a relative perspective.
For example, the agreement with Vader to strengthen cooperation between the two places is a good thing for Stanlow.
And now the news that came out of the mouth of the attendant in front of him was bad news from Stanlow's point of view.
The current king of the Horsens Empire died.
The official proclamation hadn't come yet, but the news had already reached Bird's ears.
"How is it possible? Doesn't it mean that this king is still in good health, and at the beginning of the year he heard that he had participated in the baptism of the Salvation Society, so that he could be exorcised from a year's illness and suffering?
Although Bird said that he was facing the death of the king of the Horsens Empire, he did not have much direct emotional feelings. But at this special moment, the death of this king can make the already chaotic Horsens Empire appear more unknown dangers.
You know, the Stanlow Free Territory is included in the Horsens Empire. Once there was turmoil in the Horsens Empire, even if the Stanlow Free Lords were small and remote, but as a member of the Horsens Empire, when Bird served as the Lord of the Stanlow Free Lords, he had to clearly explain in front of everyone that his appointment had been approved by the king, and he also explained his oath of allegiance to the king word by word.
"When do you think the news will reach Stanlow?"
"Two days at the shortest, three days at the maximum," the attendant hurriedly added, "Now that I, the Stanlow Free Territory, are so closely connected with the Duchy of Bertat and everywhere, the news will spread even faster!
"At that time, it will be the end of the knights' conference, and you can temporarily postpone this time for a while through the excitement of the knights' conference, or let out a little wind first, so that everyone can accept this matter first."
"Give me a command!" said Bird, and quickly shouted again.
Several attendants quickly flashed outside the house.
"Send a message to the Syd Governor and Captain Mick, saying that they should do everything they can to buy food for me, whether it is food or meat!
"Get the news out of me right now!" Bird saw that the squire was still standing in place, waiting for more instructions to come out, but he was directly urged by Bird.
"Yes" Seeing this, the attendants immediately knew that the situation was in crisis.
Immediately nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly trotted out all the way out.
"By the way, tell me about the king...... Forget it! Directly chase back the person just now! Directly let Captain Mick, the administrative officer of Aubrey, the tax officer of Sid and others come to the hall quickly!"
"Remember! This matter must be kept strictly secret!"
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"That's what the concrete thing is"
"I think the timing of the king's death is so unusual that the entire Horsens Empire will probably be in turmoil because of this time. Previously, the Salvation Society had civil strife, and because of the old king's, it didn't make the territory of the Horsens Empire look so bad."
"But with the current situation, I think the entire Horsens Empire may be in turmoil."
"And I think that's when the Knights' Conference was held in Philadelphia!"
"That's why I've summoned you here this time to discuss this matter!"
Bird told the whole situation and his own conjectures, and dug it all out, leaving nothing in stock.
"Can't the princes maintain the stability of the Horsens Empire?" asked Aubrey suddenly.
Bird glanced at Aubrey in surprise, for Aubrey's answer seemed utterly stupid and not brilliant in any way.
It was unlike the Aubrey Bird had seen before.
Of course, Bird was not the only one who sensed the problem in Aubrey's words, and even the usually taciturn Sid glanced at him.
But Aubrey is also smart enough and quick to react.
Seeing that everyone looked at him, he immediately understood that he was speechless, and hurriedly added, "When I mean, is it possible that the stability of the Horsens Empire cannot be maintained and is difficult to recover?"
"It's not that we don't want to! And people don't give us a chance, and they don't want us to recover," Bird shook his head.
"I think this king's death is too strange, maybe there are other forces mixed in here, who want to stir up the entire Horsens Empire into a muddy water, and then fish in troubled waters!"
"But now we don't have any way to know where this black hand will come from, whether it has any allies in the Horsens Empire, and what kind of benefits it intends to achieve in the Horsens Empire before retreating!" Bird shook his head, looking a little helpless.
"So I've called you here to discuss how to minimize the negative impact of this on Stanlow, and even let Stanlow profit from it," Bird stared at the three people in front of him, staring into the eyes of these people one by one.
"I think Lord Bird has a point!I think the Horsens Empire is no longer at peace!We should do our best to gather as many and most precious resources as possible on this peaceful eve so that Stanlow can get the most out of this chaos," Sid nodded, and was the first to step forward.
"No! How could such a big empire as Horsens collapse as soon as it was said to collapse! The vast majority of the believers of the Salvation Society are in the Horsens Empire! Now that the old king is dead, they must also know about this! The Salvation Society is so powerful, presumably they will also know who is behind this! Now at such a critical moment in Horsens, maybe they will put aside their disputes for the time being and get back together!"
"Besides, the prestige of the old king is on par with that of the old king, but there are still a few grand dukes who are still alive! One by one, they must also have a way to stabilize the situation of the entire Horsens Empire! How could the Horsens Empire fall into chaos?"
Aubrey still shook his head, saying he didn't believe what Bird said.
In his opinion, the Horsens Empire was simply a giant at the time of its strength, and even if something went wrong, it was just a few minor problems! How could it be directly killed?
Bird was about to open his mouth to comfort Aubrey.
However, Mick was the first to speak, "I agree with the words of the lord! Although there is some truth in the words of the Governor of Aubrey, there is such a good opportunity in front of us! I think that if we don't grasp it, it will not be wasted" (To be continued. )