Chapter 115: The New Master of the West
The information revealed by Iwang made everyone in the hall excited, and it would be great if he could take Rock Snow City without bloodshed.
Although they had won a great victory in the previous battle, they had also lost several thousand men, and now they had only 20,000 troops at hand.
If there was no white dragon to help, it would still be a bit difficult to take down Rock Snow City with only such a few people.
Just when everyone was talking, the former intelligence director spoke again, and raised his voice a little.
"It's easy to conquer Rock Snow City, but have you thought about who to put it into?"
Before Iwan could finish speaking, the hall fell silent again.
The former intelligence chief glanced around and continued unhurriedly, "The Figuerola family is unethical, and Clovis has accepted the request of those Wing people to change their fiefdoms and voluntarily give up their lands in the West, and many nobles were present at the time to testify.
"So strictly speaking, Rock Snow City now has no owner."
"Then it can continue to be ownerless." Someone suggested.
Hearing this, Iwang shook his head and said, "There are more than 100,000 people in Rock Snow City, and now there is the Figuerola family to maintain order, and once the Figuerola family is driven away, there will be chaos in the city soon, and there will be ...... more."
"What else?"
"If you want to recover the West, you don't necessarily need to rely entirely on force, as far as I know, most of the lords of the Westside have taken refuge in those Wing-Clansmen, not only because they are afraid of the armies and dragons of the Wing-Clansmen, but also because they lack a true leader.
"Clovis was supposed to be that man, but unfortunately he led the Figuerola family to Solomon early on, which further increased the fear of the lords......"
Iwan suddenly closed his mouth when he said this.
The former intelligence director knows the truth of being too late, anyway, his goal has been achieved, and he has pierced the veil in front of him for everyone, and the rest of the matter has nothing to do with him.
Sure enough, not long after he retreated, someone stood up and said, "Who said we don't have a real leader?" Sir Elia is a true leader.
"She is the dragon-slaying hero of Edward II's own person, who has saved the Westlands more than once, and now she has proven that she has the ability and courage to defend the land with us in the midst of a horde that has led the defeat of those Winged people.
"If she can replace Clovis as the new master of the West, then the previous lords who have gone astray for a moment of brain fever believe that they will also return."
"That's right, I can't think of anyone other than Ser Ilea who is qualified to be the new master of the West." Soon someone chimed in.
Someone took the lead, and the nobles in the hall also spoke, most of them in favor of Ilea replacing Clovis as the Lord of the West.
Even if a few had other ideas in mind, they were silent at best.
This made Miss Rabbit a little surprised, it was clear that many people were still arguing about the ownership of Rock Snow City not long ago, why did they all want to hand over this city to her in unison at this time.
The female lord glanced at Iwan, who had retreated into the corner, did this guy see something?
When Iwang saw the girl looking at him, he bowed and bowed slightly, as the former intelligence director, Iwang did have insight into people's hearts beyond ordinary people.
In fact, after the rebels defeated Trista's army and the three hundred Wing Clan warriors, there was not much suspense left in Iwan's mind as the new Lord of the West.
It's just that Miss Rabbit herself has not expressed her position for a long time, and even the others can only continue to "wait", and I don't know if she has any other arrangements or concerns.
It wasn't until someone put this matter on the table that everyone spoke out.
As the nobleman named Jeffrey had said, with Ilea's contribution and prestige to the West, it was only if she became the new owner of the land, and the nobles who had followed Solomon could reconsider their position.
As for the other candidates, they are obviously not as good as the female lord.
And listening to the voices that hope that she will become the lord of the western realm are getting louder and louder, Miss Rabbit can't help but be excited.
Although she has always thought that Green Field is very good, it does not mean that she has no ambition at all, even if it is purely from the perspective of making money, owning a large piece of land is obviously more profitable than only a small piece of land.
Moreover, becoming the new master of the Western Realm can also help Li Yu, allowing the Shuangxiu Sect to further develop and grow, completely replacing the Silver Moon Church as the largest or even the only sect in this land.
Therefore, when everyone's eyes were focused on her, the girl only hesitated slightly, and then said very happily.
"Well, since everyone trusts me so much, then I will also shoulder this responsibility to defend the land left by our ancestors and drive those invaders out of here."
As a result, a voice sounded as soon as she finished speaking, "Lord Ireya, have you forgotten something?" ”
The female lord followed the man's voice and saw that the person who spoke was Graymane Wild.
She was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Lord Wilder, you are not from the West, but since you have also joined our alliance, of course I will not forget the oath I made before, and when the war here is over, I will immediately bring someone to help you get back the Harvest Horn." ”
Wilder was satisfied.
"I'm relieved to have your promise."
At this time, someone asked, "Lord Ilea, what are you going to do with the lords who are willing to return to our side?"
"I mean, of course, it would be good to be able to reclaim the West with less fighting, after all, many people had already died in the previous families, but compared to those of us who surrendered to Solomon before, although they were greedy for life and afraid of death, they kept their families and land.
"We're losing more and we're paying more casualties in comparison."
"I know what you have to say, Lord Laver," the girl mused, "if we confiscate the lands of those who have been shaken before, they will not be reconciled, and I am afraid that there will be war again."
"So I'm going to let them cede a piece of land, and pay another indemnity, and the exact amount can be discussed, and we can accept those who are willing to accept this condition.
"After that, I will distribute the land and compensation to everyone according to the merits of the war to make up for everyone's losses."
"But as far as I know, a lot of people are out of money now, and Solomon wants those who have surrendered to give up their possessions." Fabreth spoke.
"You can write an IOU first and pay it back slowly." Kamzi shrugged.
Although everyone was not very satisfied with this result, it seemed that this was the only way to think about it.
At this time, the female lord suddenly said, "If you are really short of money, you can ask me to apply for the reconstruction fund." ”
"What is a reconstruction fund?" Someone wondered.
"Prophet Merlin and I plan to take 100,000 gold lions each out to lend, and the interest is very low, about ten gold coins, and one more silver coin in the coming year."
Many people were moved when they heard this, this interest rate is indeed low, according to the usual borrowing interest rate on the continent of Bratis, borrow ten gold coins, and generally repay three more gold coins in the coming year.
Rounding it up, there is no difference between the female lord's side and Bai Qi.
So many people cheered, and Miss Rabbit hurriedly added, "Well, let's say that this money can only be used for the reconstruction of the territory, and I will send a commissioner to reconcile the accounts at that time, and the loan is not indefinite." ”
She was mainly worried that everyone would come to her to borrow money when she saw that it was cheap, and she would use up the quota early, and those lords who really needed money would not be able to borrow it.
But even this did not prevent everyone from getting excited, and while the morale was high, the big guy discussed how to scare Vilstein and make him obediently abandon Rock Snow City, and finally set a date for the army to go out again.
By the time everyone else had left the hall one by one, the captives who had been fished out for questioning were also taken back to their cells, and Iwan was the last to be taken away, looking a little disappointed.
However, the next afternoon, the guards of the dungeon woke him up again and told him that Ilea wanted to see him again.