"Since they are all old friends, my father will give them some news in a vague way!

The Kingdom's strategy in the Near East is a high-investment, high-risk, high-return business, and it is up to them whether they want to participate in it or not."

Hudson replied with certainty.

The family's network of contacts also played a role in the early days of his business, so naturally he couldn't turn his face and deny people.

Hudson didn't mind giving them some help when he could.

All these words are from the bottom of my heart. The participation of the minor aristocracy in the Near East strategy was a huge gamble with the family inheritance.

However, it is precisely because of high risk that there will be high returns. If there is no threat from the orcs, the Near East will become a piece of fat, where is their qualification to participate?

If the petty nobles and commoners want to go further, they must fight with their lives, which is the essence of the world.

If you don't go out to fight now, when the era of great mergers comes, even if you want to fight hard, you won't have a chance.

Those who have obtained fiefs in the Near East are now considered to have taken the lead. If you don't get a fief, you can only rely on other nobles and follow the past to fight for wealth.

If nothing else, the next major families will continue to recruit people to reserve talents for the development of the Near East, including the Coslow family.

To attract people to join the gang, it is also necessary to talk about skills, and it is best to let everyone take the initiative to join, rather than going to the door to invite.

Especially when it comes to the previous relationship, if you are too eager, it is easy for the other party to have an illusion: for the sake of friendship, they will help you.

"Hudson, tell me the truth. What are the chances of winning the kingdom's strategy in the Near East?"

Redman asked solemnly.

People's desires will grow, and in the past, he thought that all his sons could get a fief, and expanding the family business was the greatest success in life.

With Hudson's sudden rise, this "dream" hidden in the depths of his heart has been completed for the most part.

The three sons above all have fiefdoms, and the two younger sons below are likely to be able to follow the dividends. In addition to the unsuccessful Laisuer, it can be said that life is complete.

[In view of the general environment,

However, the wealth that followed Hudson has a limit. A barony is almost at its limit, and if you want to go further, you have to fight for yourself.

Aside from Hudson, the one who is currently developing the best is the eldest son. Because of his focus on training since childhood, Nelson has a stronger ability to deal with the world, and was recommended by Hudson to be an official in the royal capital.

The civil service route was slow to make a fortune, but it was safe. With the help of the family, as long as you don't mess around, you don't have to worry about being rich.

The rest is not good, the second child is too reckless to take on a big responsibility, and the two younger ones below have no relationship with Hudson, so it is impossible to throw too many resources at them.

If there is no opportunity, it is estimated that he will not be able to catch up with the second child. At least the territory of the second child is still a feng shui treasure specially selected by Hudson, and they will not have this treatment.

Looking at this orc invasion, you can know that the lords of Northern Xinjiang have suffered heavy casualties, including the children of the Coslow family in Northern Xinjiang, and five people have been killed.

"Sansei!"

Hudson said a cold number without changing his face, which directly dispelled Redman's illusions.

The probability of "30%" is enough for everyone to make up their minds to gamble, but the probability of the success of the kingdom is 30%, which does not mean that the probability of the success of the children of the nobles is also 30%.

It is more likely that the children of the nobility poured into the Near East in a steady stream, exchanging their flesh and blood for the success of the kingdom's Near East strategy. In the process, the children of the nobility may change several times.

From the standpoint of the kingdom, as long as it can succeed, it is worth paying some price.

But in the shoes of a father, Redman didn't want to gamble. The stakes were so high that he didn't dare to propose to Hudson to take care of his brother.

With such a low probability, you can imagine how much pressure the coach has

Know. It's good to be able to keep Xueyue Ling, how dare he continue to be distracted.

"When you get to the Near East, there's nothing you can't give up. Fame, status and status are all false, and only life is one's own.

Lost the Near East, you are still a great nobleman of the kingdom. No matter how the situation collapses and deteriorates, it will not affect the mountain territory for a while.

As long as the foundation is still there, everything can start again. It's too rigid and easy to break, so there's no need to win every time!"

Redman's earnest words moved Hudson and made him feel helpless.

Sure enough, there are some truths that cannot be told. If the outside world really knew that in the eyes of him, the marshal, the success rate of the Near East strategy was only 30%, and everyone's enthusiasm would be extinguished immediately.

There is no way, the reality is so cruel. It's enough to fool others with an exaggerated success rate, but you can't fool yourself too.

Orcs are not fools, how can they watch the kingdom's Near East strategy succeed. The orc brawl that is taking place now in the savannah is essentially a risk release.

In the history of the Orc Empire, this is not the first time that similar chaos has occurred. When the parties are tired, they will naturally go to the negotiating table.

With a few more years of buffer, the four royal families have also eased up, and then they can pull in the newly rising royal families and formulate new rules of the game together.

If the fight is too fierce, all the clans will be greatly injured, then it is entirely possible for the five royal families to become the four major royal families.

Once the situation in the Orc Empire is stabilized, smoke will rise in the Near East.

There is no need to mobilize a large army to start a decisive battle, and repeated attacks and destruction can drag many lords down.

The city can protect the safety of the people, but it cannot protect the farmland, grassland, bridges, and reservoirs outside the city......

This kind of harassment can be said to be almost indefinitely continuous. Even if the defensive line is completed, the Near East will still be threatened by orcs.

There are two ways to deal with it: either cripple the orc empire until they dare not come over and do something; Or follow the example of the northern provinces, build fortresses everywhere, and make the city fortifications like a labyrinth.

The criss-crossing line of defense is a natural dividing belt, blocking several traffic arteries, which is a ready-made encirclement.

Obviously, the two most effective measures are not so easy to complete.

If it could defeat the remnant orc empire, the kingdom would not need to build a defense line in the Near East, Hudson would have led a large army to gallop across the steppe.

The Northland model is even more difficult to learn, and the dense fortresses of the people are the ones that took the kingdom more than 300 years to build one after another.

"Don't worry, the danger is mainly for the people below, the kingdom has been inherited for more than three hundred years, and seven commanders have been killed in battle, I am not so unlucky!"

Hudson reassured.

The outside world only saw his infinite scenery, but no one cared about the abyss behind the scenery. Only those closest to him will advise him to be careful.

Take a step back and open the sky, that's for ordinary people. In just a few years, Hudson climbed from a noble child to his current position, and Hudson had no way back at all.

The battlefield in the Near East has collapsed, and the entire northern continent may fall into the hands of foreign races, and there are no mountain territories.

The best option left for Hudson was to retreat to the sea with the remnants of his strength and find an island to rest for a while.

……

The Alpha Kingdom was busy with the Near East strategy, and did not have the time to create a rebellion against the Holy See, but it still did not stop the Franks.

On October 10, 99993 A.D., the Frankish Church declared that it did not recognize the legitimacy of the Holy See on the grounds that it was under the control of heresy, and invited its branches to send representatives to Luttia to discuss how to deal with it.

For the first time, the "establishment of a separate Holy See" was put on the surface.

On the issue of religious belief, once labeled a "heretic", there is no room for manoeuvre.

Since the Holy See is controlled by heresy, everyone naturally must unite and take thunderous measures to purify the "heresy" and clean up the holy mountain!

The battle horn sounds, means double

Fang no longer had room for relaxation, even as far away as Hudson felt the chill in the Northern Continent.

The Franks not only wanted to create a rebellion against the Holy See themselves, but also dragged everyone to create a rebellion against the Holy See.

Whether the two sides will fight or not has suddenly become a topic of greatest concern to the whole continent. Before the countries could take sides, all kinds of undercurrents began to surge.

From the standpoint of the Terrans, Hudson naturally did not want a civil war to break out at this moment. Once the two top forces start fighting, the power of the Terrans to suppress the interracial alliance no longer exists.

Without the pressure of the Terran Alliance, the aliens would not be as quiet as they are now. Even if the war is not restarted immediately, all kinds of border frictions are inevitable.

Originally, the situation in the Northern Continent was already very bad, and if there was a little more movement, life would be even more unbearable.

It was useless to worry, Hudson did not have the ability to influence the decisions of the two major forces. The question of standing in line is not his turn to worry about.

For a long time, the Alpha Kingdom has been in the vanguard of the anti-papal see, and now it has been divided into the "anti-papal camp" without doing anything.

You can't switch sides if you want to.

Even if the kingdom declares neutrality to the outside world, it is estimated that the Holy See will think that they are engaged in a conspiracy and want to make a big wave at a critical moment.

Even if you directly express your support for the Holy See, it is estimated that in the eyes of the Holy See's higher-ups, it will become: "This is a spy lurking here!"

Compared with the Terran countries that are still entangled, the Alpha Kingdom that stands in line without choosing directly acts as a melon-eating crowd.

interference, the kingdom's strength is insufficient, jumping out to point fingers, can only bring humiliation on itself; Civil war, and the two camps are out of reach.

If you can't mix it, then simply continue to work hard.

On the Holy Mountain, the Seventh Protector faced everyone with a gloomy face. It is rumored that he, the Pope impersonated by the demons, was stunned on the spot after learning his identity.

It is clear that all this is a rumor. As a powerhouse in the Holy Domain, how could he have such no psychological endurance.

But it's inevitable to get angry. After so many years of existence, it was the first time that someone had declared them illegal, and the excuse used was "demonic possession".

If you look at the general history of the mainland, you will know that the Holy See's favorite thing is to use "demonic possession" as an excuse to send people to the barbecue.

The same crime actually fell on their heads, and I have to say that this is a kind of irony.

"Why don't you speak now? Those heretics have already openly raised the flag of rebellion, and if we continue to drag on, I'm afraid we will really become heretics!"

Pius VII angrily reprimanded.

Knowing that the Holy See was unpopular on the mainland, he never imagined that the situation could deteriorate to such a point.

"Demon possession", this is clearly rubbing the face of the Holy See on the ground. If it cannot be dealt with in time, the last majesty of the Holy See on the mainland will probably be lost.

If there are a few more small churches, the people at the bottom who blindly follow them will not be able to distinguish which one is genuine and which one is pirated.

"Your Majesty, we must immediately take thunderous measures to suppress the arrogance of the Franks, otherwise after a long time, I am afraid that something big will happen!"

Gu Lei said in fear.

The label of "guilty meritorious service" has not been removed from his head, and he must show it at this time.

"Nonsense, everyone knows to take action, the question is what can we do now?

The Frankish kingdom is not a small force, and a little scare can bring them back on track."

Blake said dismissively.

Feng Shui takes turns, he was ridiculed for the past few years, and now he has finally switched roles.

It's not that he doesn't care about the overall situation, but in fact, as the leader of the main armed forces of the Holy See, the two are destined to fight against each other from the beginning.

Only the Knights of Judgment and the Knights of Judgment are fighting among themselves, and the balance of power game on the Holy Mountain can be played forever.

As for the other knightly orders of the Holy See, they have not recovered from the heavy losses they suffered when they were evacuated that year.

Don't look at the fact that Gurray and Blake often fight each other, once the other knights want to take the lead, the two will join forces to suppress it.

In the case of limited resources, the two major knightly orders in the Holy See have been restored to their heyday, and the other knightly orders have not even recovered their troop formation to one-third of their peak.

It is because of the strength in the hands of the two knights that Blake and Gurray can still stand tall in the Holy See despite making a big mistake.

At this moment, the window paper was pierced, and the reality that the Holy See was powerless to suppress the Frankish kingdom was put on the bright side, and everyone's faces were ugly.

In the end, there was still reason, and even if the hearts of the people were full of anger, no one proposed to destroy the Frankish kingdom.

On the one hand, there is no direct border between the two sides, and on the other hand, the Holy See has not been in good shape in recent years.

After a hundred years of recuperation, it was not easy to recover a little bit of vitality, and before he could make a difference, he began to lose troops again.

Especially the previous Liwei operation, which not only buried most of the naval forces of the Holy See, but also lost countless masters.

No matter how big the family is, it can't afford to squander it all the time.

In the subsequent continental war, the Holy See encountered the hard nail of the dwarf again, and fully appreciated what is the advantage of armor and the power of magic crystal cannon.

Weapons of the same material, weapons forged by dwarves, are meant to be sharper.

Crossbow bolts have a longer range and a higher hit rate. The magic crystal cannon is even more dimensional-reducing strike, whether it is the range, rate of fire, or the power of the cannonball, it is better than that produced by the Holy See.

If the weapons and equipment are not good, then take human lives to make up. In the end, the dwarves were indeed driven back, but the losses paid by the Holy See were not small.

So much so that after the war, the enraged Pius VII directly carried out a major change of blood in the logistics department, cleaning up a large number of moths.

However, making up for it afterwards could not change the fact that the Holy See gradually fell into disadvantage in the competition with the Frankish Kingdom.

The current turmoil of "establishing another Holy See" is essentially caused by an imbalance of power. If the Holy See had simply wiped out the dwarves in the continental war, Charles III would never have dared to be so aggressive.

"Alright, you two fools, keep your mouth shut from now on, I don't want to hear another stupid word!

Ulise told me how many countries had taken a stand and how many had supported the Frankish heresy.

Just pick up the countries that have weight, and those small countries don't need to go into detail!"

Pius VII said angrily.

The rebellion of a Frankish kingdom is nothing more than the disgrace of the Holy See, and if a group of countries follow, it is not a matter of majesty, but the collapse of the foundation of the Holy See.

"Your Majesty, the situation is a little bad. After the invitation was sent out by the Frankish church, almost all the chapters in various places outside of our control accepted the invitation.

What is certain at the moment is that the small states that originally followed the Frankish kingdom have joined the heretical camp one after another.

The attitude of several major powers is very warm and does not directly state their position, but the top leaders of the churches in various countries have spoken out in public to criticize us.

If the foreign ministry works well, it may be able to keep these countries neutral, or even switch to support us.

Of course, the three countries of the Central Continent have been offended by us miserably, and it is not easy to convince them."

Ulise said lightly.

Compared with the three countries of the Central Continent, the reaction of the Alpha Kingdom and the Yin Libyan Kingdom is the most important.

The former determines the direction of the church in the northern continent, while the latter influences the choice of the countries of the southern continent.