"These young beasts are in poor condition and have limited growth potential, so you better wait!"

After listening to Hudson's words, Redman, who was about to drool, immediately realized his gaffe.

As a knight, owning a monster mount was Redman's lifelong pursuit.

How can life be impermanent, the Warcraft mount that he once envied has now become within reach, and he even has the capital to be picky.

High-level demonic beasts aside, that thing can be encountered but not sought. Even if it was sent to the door, Redman didn't think he could handle it.

However, as the earl's father, he can still look forward to getting a good-looking mid-level Warcraft as a mount.

Of course, pickiness is also limited to mountain collars. If you go to the outside world, it's still hard to find a beast.

With Redman's strength, it's okay to take the risk of challenging a low-level demonic beast, and it is purely a dream to train a wild middle-level demonic beast.

There are countless golden warriors and silver warriors who die in the Warcraft Mountains every year, even if the Earth Knight and the Sky Knight are in the past, if they are unlucky, they can only feed the Warcraft, not to mention him, a big knight who relies on resources.

"Good!"

At other times, if you find a low-level demonic beast as a mount, you can show off in the circle of relatives and friends for many years, but the situation is different now.

From the investment of the major forces in the breeding base, it can be seen that it is only a matter of time before Warcraft becomes the standard for knights.

At that time, the low-level Warcraft will not be enough, and if you want to get it, you must at least have to be a mid-level Warcraft.

Although Redman has been mixing among the minor nobles, it does not affect him to benchmark against the big nobles, so as to demand himself.

After hesitating for a while, Redman asked with concern, "Hudson, can they afford to give out the cubs like this?" ”

Raising Warcraft is a costly job. Eating meat at every meal is just a small problem, the key is that the ripening agent is expensive!

The cheapest Warcraft ripening potions on the market cost dozens of gold coins, which is not enough for a month's dose. According to this breeding model, all the expenses are added together, and I am afraid that it will cost thousands of gold coins a year.

As for the cost of the drug, it is not even a tenth. Usually, the refined medicine is diluted and sold.

It seems to be giving everyone a chance, but in fact it is a means to weaken the financial resources of the petty aristocracy. If you really rush into it without knowing whether you are alive or dead, your family will definitely be hurt.

Obviously, this is again the tacit understanding of the great nobles. Once the minor nobles set foot on this road, the future financial resources were invested in themselves.

Especially for small nobles like the Coslow family, the cultivation of the family's children alone exhausted all the financial resources of the territory, and the possibility of continuing to develop the army was lost.

Guide public opinion a little and turn this model into the mainstream, and the future little nobles will become a group of reckless men who only know how to charge.

It is unknown whether there is no such thing as leading troops to fight, and whether the small lord has a private army or not, let alone exercising command ability.

Future wars will become more and more irrelevant to ordinary people, and will eventually become a battle for knight legions. The status of the great nobles remained the same, but the minor nobles changed from officers to soldiers.

What's even more tragic is that many people can't become soldiers if they want to. When the pattern of warfare is fully changed, the monopoly will be further intensified, and even money will not be able to buy medicines.

The raised threshold will become the strongest moat for everyone, blocking a group of competitors from the door, and continuing to continue their power and wealth.

Seeing all this clearly, it can't change anything. The emergence of this new system of governance is not driven by a certain person or organization, but stems from the self-preservation instinct of the ruling group.

"Of course I can't afford it! With everyone's current salary, there are only a handful of people in the territory who can afford to raise Warcraft.

Even if you don't use potions, not many people can afford just the food expenses of the monster cubs.

However, as long as they join the army, accept recruitment permanently, and raise magical beasts, the cost will be given by the territory for them. ”

In order to bind talents, Hudson also racked his brains. The temptation of the Warcraft mount is only one of them, and there are more supporting means in the future.

Deliberately limiting the age, in addition to considering the development potential, the most important thing is because young people are easy to fool.

Once you can't resist the temptation and accept Lord Hudson's Warcraft cubs, unless you have the opportunity to grow up to break the rules, you can only follow Lord Hudson for the rest of your life.

In fact, at present, only two of these people who exchange Warcraft cubs have enough contributions, and the rest are all arrears.

It seems that the monster cubs were distributed to his subordinates, and the ownership was transferred, but in essence, it was still the armament of the territory.

Because the Monster cubs belong to individuals, everyone's care will only be more careful. After all, it's about going to war together. If you don't fill the intimacy of the Warcraft mount, you are not responsible for your own life.

"Well, it's good that you have a plan in mind. These are the things that I don't have any experience to offer you. Maybe some big families will have a record, and you can flip through the books when you have nothing to do. ”

Redman said in frustration.

Only when they reach middle age, they are far from the age of retirement. But because of his limited ability and vision, he had to retire early.

It's all forced by reality. With his identity, as long as he comes out to do things, he is destined to have a low status. If you continue to be active outside, it is easy for people to take advantage of you.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to comfort, the guards who rushed over interrupted the conversation between father and son.

"Earl, it's not good!

Just now, the communication magic array of Beida City was activated, and an urgent message came from the royal capital, Your Majesty ...... Your Majesty is broken! ”

Hearing this, Hudson was directly dumbfounded. Although he knew that Caesar III was not in good health, he was able to come out to preside over the meeting when he met four months ago, and now he is suddenly gone.

When he came to his senses, Hudson immediately realized that something was wrong. He didn't think anyone would dare to joke about this kind of thing that involved the safety of the kingdom.

It's also drunk to think about it, and the communication magic arrays set up in various provinces have never been activated. The first time Hudson saw it, it was actually to inform the king that it was gone.

However, I have to admit that this is the most efficient means of communication. From now on, it is estimated that almost all the big forces in the entire Aslant Continent have received this news.

Unlike the death of Chris IX before, the Principality of Moxi is at a moment of life and death, and it doesn't care about etiquette or etiquette.

It was a time of peace, and the dead Caesar III was still the most prominent monarch of the kingdom, and it was necessary to be glamorous.

Looking at the movement, you can know that not only are they the nobles of the kingdom going to the funeral, but it is estimated that all countries on the mainland will send people to come and have a walk, and there will be representatives of different races.

"The order is that from now on, no banquets will be held in the territory, and all wedding banquets for the children of nobles will be postponed!"

Hudson said solemnly.

No matter how the situation develops next, the rules still have to be followed. De jure speaking, Caesar III was his lord. How can the younger brother celebrate when his boss dies?

Deep down, Hudson had begun to secretly consider the aftermath of Caesar III's death.

……

In the Northland, after receiving the death of Caesar III, the five dukes gathered together for the first time. Even the little brother who followed them came over to join in the fun.

Sadness does not exist. The boulder that had pressed on them was finally removed. Without Caesar III taking the lead, the suppression of them by all parties is likely to slow down.

"Don't be too happy yet, although Your Majesty has gone to see the Lord of the Dawn, our reputation in the noble circles is still very bad.

Once they make a big move, they are likely to put aside the contradiction for the time being and clean us up first! ”

Duke Rodriguez poured a basin of cold water down, directly extinguishing everyone's enthusiasm.

Unlike other countries, the main contradiction between the great nobles of the Alpha Kingdom is not so acute.

According to the previous struggles, if we had to divide the camps, it would be the nobles of the north and the nobles of the southern Xinjiang.

This definition of "southern Xinjiang nobility" is somewhat broad, and other nobles other than the northern nobility are included in it.

There is no way, their ancestors are so awesome. In the process of rising, the kingdom has offended many forces, and the difference is limited to the severity of the offense.

In the past, they were needed to guard the gates. Some conflicts of interest will not be taken into account with them, and now they have lost the qualification to watch the door, and it is time to repay the debt.

In addition to this main line contradiction, there is now a new group of nobles, which is hostile to the old nobles. However, this is only the instinct of vested interests to protect food, and it is far from the point of living to the death.

Together with the Dalton family and the Coslow family in the southeastern province, the two sides only played within the rules, and did not openly tear their faces.

At the very least, let the Coslow family choose the enemy, and the feuding Locknard family is the first in line, not the Dalton family, which has a conflict of interest.

No one comes out to pull hatred, and the "southern Xinjiang aristocracy" will fall into infighting because of interests. If they're too active, it's a different story.

"Rodriguez, it's not that serious. Let's not forget that the situation is no longer the same, we are connected with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, or the future Caesar IV.

Without the royal family taking the lead, those southern Xinjiang nobles would be scattered. What's more, after the new monarch succeeds to the throne, what he needs most is stability, and whoever provokes strife first will be the enemy of the royal family.

In the past, they mocked us for being ugly. Now it's their turn, and they can't see where they can go!

I don't think that the nobles of southern Xinjiang are all humble gentlemen, and this kind of once-in-a-decade opportunity for expansion has been given up in vain! ”

Duke Hiro said mockingly.

At present, the five major families in the North have no room for expansion, and the original territory has long been wiped clean by them. Even if it's not their own territory, it's their younger brother's territory.

If you want to merge again, you can only extend your tentacles to the outside world. Either reach out to the central provinces of the kingdom, or take aim at the kingdom's newly recovered seven provinces.

Undoubtedly, neither of these is a good option.

The nobles in the central region of the kingdom are not easy to bully, and if they dare to stretch out their hands, they will dare to cut them off. There is no hope in sight unless a large-scale civil war is unleashed.

The kingdom has newly recovered the seven major provinces, and the nobles in them are indeed soft persimmons, but the forces behind these people are not.

In addition to them, all the big forces in the kingdom have taken a share of the pie.

The only good news is that after the loss of Caesar III's oppression, everyone could not resist the desire to expand. Except for the group of emerging nobles who were busy digesting the fruits and had no spare energy to participate, a group of old nobles were sharpening their knives.

"It's really different, but there's one thing we have to think about, and that's that once the big merger is in full swing, it's hard to stop.

There was only one Caesar III, and without the suppression of a strong monarch, the strength of the local nobles would only swell more and more.

Their strength is growing, but we are standing still, and the gap between our strength will only get smaller and smaller in the future.

In fact, since the end of the war, we have been going downhill. Especially after the loss of the Kingdom's financial subsidy, our families have a harder time.

I don't know your situation, anyway, the Lockonards had a serious fiscal deficit last year, and this situation will continue this year.

In order to cut spending, we have had to reduce military spending and drastically reduce the number of standing armies.

If this continues, within a decade our military superiority will cease to exist; Within twenty years, we will fall into the middle and lower reaches of the great aristocracy.

The Loonard family is like this, and I don't think you are much better. Rather than the change of power, we need to solve the financial problem. ”

Duke Tolsten threw out a more serious question, drawing everyone's attention back to himself.

Now relying on the old Ben to support, they are still the only one among the nobles in the kingdom. But this advantage has been continuously eroded over time.

The financial deficit is the biggest flaw of several of them now. I can't go on the road of being a poor soldier, and I can't support my family if I farm honestly.

How to make money has become a serious problem at present. In the past, they could also make up for their financial deficit by smuggling and capturing slaves from the Orc Empire.

Now there is no need to hope, the orc empire has been forced to a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and there is a human kingdom in the middle, even if they want to return to their old business, there is no condition.

Not only can't they solve their financial problems by conventional means, but even if the Criminal Law of the Alpha Kingdom is turned upside down, they still can't find a way to get rich.

"Tolsten, no need to fantasize. The land in the north is not as rich as the south. Competing with them for financial resources is purely self-inflicted.

Our advantage is that we are under the threat of war all the year round, and the people of the Northland have always been very strong, and the army formed is more combat-effective.

But the kingdom has already begun to engage in the Warcraft Legion, and the future war model is developing in a direction that we least want to see.

If you don't take advantage of the strength in your hands to do something now, even if you want to do it in the future, you won't be able to do it!

There is nothing surprising that families have risen and fallen. But our situation is different, our ancestors have left us too many enemies, and once we fall into a period of decline, it will be our end.

Instead of sitting back and watching the family be wiped out decades later, it is better to take a gamble and wait for the opportunity to overturn this chessboard and start again! ”

Duke Hiro said viciously.

That devouring gaze seemed to swallow the whole world. For a moment the room became silent, and everyone fell into deep thought.

"Hiro, the current dominance is no longer in our hands. Although Caesar III is gone, he will definitely leave no less hands to the royal family.

It was not an easy task to overturn the chessboard, and at least I couldn't find a suitable entry point. ”

Duke Rodriguez said worriedly.

It is clear that he is also very unhappy with the current situation. I want to find an opportunity to break the current political pattern and seek a way out for my family.

"Rodriguez, you're being too cautious. If you don't have a chance, find a way to create it! ”

As he spoke, Duke Hiro hinted with a look in his eyes that the younger brothers who attended the meeting withdrew one after another, leaving only the five dukes inside to continue the discussion.

(End of chapter)