Haaland's territory has developed over the years, especially after the opening of primary schools, and some talents have finally been cultivated.

Today, there are three primary schools in the territory, and nearly 2,000 children are enrolled in school.

According to the population statistics of the Haaland Territory, there are about 80,000 people under the age of 16 today, about 2,000 are educated, and the literacy rate has exceeded 5 percent.

When this group of children grows up and become the backbone of society, the quality of the population in Haaland's territory will be greatly improved, and the level of development may be better than that of the most developed southwestern magical countries in the Dawn plane.

Just as the members of the Harland family gathered at Blackriver Fort to prepare for the goddess's birthday, Linus Castle, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Starnik, was about to usher in a palace coup.

In this year's orc invasion battle, the Grand Duchy of Starnik suffered many casualties, and the kingdom James was on the front line and participated in the battle against the orcs.

King James is a seventh-order silver knight who is sixty-nine years old.

Although he was still in good health in the spring of this year, it seems that he can live for three or twenty years. As a result, in the spring and summer, he participated in a hard war, and was severely injured by the orc shaman, and finally could not hold it anymore in the winter, and died at the court of Linus in late December.

Because of the internal power struggle, thirteen years ago, the Kingdom of James abolished the heir, gouged out the eyes of the eldest prince, and forced him into a monastery.

It may be due to the fact that he is old and has become sensitive, and after the abolition of the eldest prince, King James did not establish a clear heir.

There is no clear heir to the kingdom, and there is no unanimity among the Linus family.

The old king died of illness and did not deal with the heir to the throne well, and many powerful members of the Linus family were ambitious to the extreme, and began to eyed the throne and take the lead in the Grand Duchy of Starnik.

They formed gangs everywhere, promised high-ranking officials good fortunes, and before the goddess's birthday, there were even vicious cases of assassination on the street.

The sensitive situation has turned Linus Castle into a powder keg, at risk of getting out of control at any moment. Some smart people smelled danger and avoided Linus Castle to avoid it.

According to common sense, the eldest prince lost his eyes and was sent to the monastery, and the position of grand duke should be the turn of the second prince.

But the second prince is a man of mediocre ability, although he really wants to inherit the throne, he does not have the broad support of the members of the Linus family, although he dances happily, even his own son does not support him, in fact, he is very far from the throne.

The third prince is a great talent, but unfortunately he was seriously injured in the battle with the orcs in his early years, and now he is still alive and has difficulty moving.

The most vocal was the Fourth Prince, but the Fourth Prince Baldwin was not at Linus Castle, but served as the commander of the defensive line on the Northern Front.

After the four princes, the highest prestige was the sixth prince Solaman.

Solaman served as an officer in the Imperial Guard as an adult, and is now the commander of the Guards. He is very trusted by the old king, and he has always behaved without fighting. But after King James died of illness, Sorahman's position was the most critical.

Solaman made a very influential political manifesto three days ago, and now he is the favourite to compete for the throne.

In addition, there is another key member of the royal family of Grand Duke Starnick, and this person is King James's younger brother Haldane.

Jordan is the new hereditary duke of the Grand Duchy of Starnik and a legendary knight who has served as the commander of the Frontier Legion for many years, not only has a great influence on the border guards, but also has an elite Warcraft cavalry in his hands.

The reason why James let the most capable fourth prince go to the border guards as a commander is actually a willingness to limit the influence of his uncle Haldan.

When King James was still alive, Haldane and King James worked well together, and the family basically lived in Linus Castle. Even though Haldane was promoted to hereditary duke and had a large domain, his descendants were accustomed to everything about Linus Castle and basically did not relocate.

Now the Linus family, the most influential has a total of three people, and there are many careerists mixed in.

On the eve of the goddess's birthday, Solaman summoned his cronies to the mansion and angrily threw out several letters and denounced: "This afternoon, our men intercepted several messengers and found a batch of letters. Almost all of these letters came from important members of the royal family, some of them were my uncles, some of my nephews, and some of my brothers, and the letters were addressed to Baldwin and Haldane, with the intention of supporting them as archdukes.

You are my old ministry, and now you should also unify your opinions, are you willing to support me as a grand duke? ”

Hearing this, everyone replied one after another: "Of course we are willing to support the six princes, but relying on the strength we have at our disposal alone, we will not have an advantage in the royal guard. Without the support of the Royal Guard, it would be difficult to secure the throne. ”

"Of course I know this, the main opponent in the Royal Praetorian Guard is Evenson, as long as Evenson is solved, most of the rest are centrists, it doesn't matter who is the Grand Duke. After seizing the throne, we will reward a batch of gold coins, and we will be able to buy most of the officers and soldiers. The family of the Royal Praetorian Guard is mainly in Linus Castle, and with this castle in control, the Praetorian Guard has no choice but to follow us. ”

"Evenson himself is a ninth-order epic knight, and there are hundreds of guards around him, relying on us as a person, he may not have a chance of winning?" The one who spoke was Solaman's brother-in-law, who was also a fifth-order knight and served as a captain in the Royal Praetorian Guard, so this identity was naturally ironclad.

Solaman said confidently, "Evenson's wife is a believer in the goddess of the dawn, and their family has always had the custom of the goddess's birthday. According to the information sent by the inside, Evenson has taken leave to go home today, and there are only a dozen guards around him, so it is the best time to move. ”

"Now that the sixth prince has made up his mind, we must follow the sixth prince."

Solaman's cronies were very smart, and as soon as they heard the meaning of his words, they understood that Solaman wanted to launch a military coup d'état.

Although some people were apprehensive in their hearts, these noble officers knew a little bit of history, and they knew in their hearts that since they were on Solaman's thief ship, they could not raise objections at this time.

Whoever dares to hesitate at such a critical moment, Solaman will definitely kill the killer, and even his parents and relatives will not be spared.

Since Solaman had made up his mind, they could only bite the bullet and follow Solaman all the way to the dark.

Most members of the Royal Janissary are actually neutral. Because he was stared at by the old king James at any time, Solaman did not dare to solicit people's hearts on a large scale, and he did not have too many backbones of his lineage.

If he is in the royal guard, there is no need to carry out a palace coup.

The central regular army of the Grand Duchy of Starnik totaled 100,000, of which 40,000 were border guards and about 60,000 were the royal guards.

The 60,000 Royal Guards were two infantry legions, one cavalry legion, and three thousand Warcraft cavalry.

In order to defend against the orcs, King James sent a large number of royal guards to the front line this year. There were about 800 monster cavalry and 20,000 infantry.

In today's Grand Duchy of Starnik, Prince Baldwin has the largest number of troops, with a total number of more than 60,000.

But among the border guards, there are also a large number of officers appointed by Haldan.

Holdan served in the border guards for many years, promoted countless officers, and was a legendary knight in his own right, with more influence than Baldwin.

Baldwin could really command an army, with a total of no more than 30,000 troops.

Although Haldane returned to his territory, there were only 10,000 noble private troops, but he raised 1,600 Warcraft cavalry, plus his influence in the army, his strength was stronger than Baldwin.

On the contrary, Solaman in the royal capital is a little worse in terms of influence and his own strength.

Although Solaman is of average strength, he is very fond of reading various biographies of heroes and summing up experience from history. He knew that the core element of a palace coup and a military coup was surprise.

To carry out this kind of coup, it does not need too many manpower, one or two hundred elite soldiers are enough. If the number of people involved in the coup is too large, it will be difficult to keep the information secret, and once the news is leaked, the enemy is on guard, and it is difficult for the coup to succeed.

Solaman has hundreds of elites in his hands, and a coup d'état is not difficult, the key is how to create momentum, how to create a fait accompli?

Now the tense atmosphere in Linus Castle has lasted for seven or eight days, especially after the assassination in the street the day before yesterday, everyone is on guard, and it is not suitable for a military coup.

But Solaman is the weakest, and if he can't be taken by surprise, it will be difficult for him to have a chance to fight for the inheritance.

After enduring it for many years, I finally looked forward to this day.

Solaman is not willing to give up his chance, he is not a man who cares about the big picture.

Even if there is a good chance of failure, Solaman will have to fight desperately to get the last chance.

Even if the Grand Duchy of Starnik is messed up? Causing the Linus family to lose their throne and the entire family of the ancestral bloodline to die, Solaman will not hesitate to launch a coup d'état.

As an extremely selfish person, he will only think from his own point of view, as long as there is a slight opportunity to take power, he must firmly grasp it, even if it is blocking everything.

Solaman took an oath with his cronies, and then directly led his troops to surround Evenson's mansion.

Seeing this scene, Evenson's face changed drastically, and he cursed sharply: "Solaman, what are you going to do? If you take the lead in breaking the rules, you will become a sinner of the Linus family, and you will not be able to go to heaven after death. I advise you to turn back at once, take the initiative to go to the monastery immediately, and confess your crimes, so that you can save your wife, son, and daughter. ”

"My wife will become a queen, my son will become a prince, but your whole family will be burned to death because of the fire, and today I am the winner, the rules are made by the winner, and history will be written by the winner." Solaman sneered and commanded his soldiers to shoot rockets.

Evenson is a distant member of the Linus family, and is a powerful ninth-order epic knight in his own right, and he is not very far from the legend, while Solaman is only a sixth-order knight, and he is far from being Evenson's opponent when he fights alone. The troops commanded by the two were also more elite than Evenson's cavalry.

But with or without intentions, Solaman was followed by hundreds of soldiers. Among them, there are no less than 30 middle-level professionals. Evans's guards consisted of only a dozen people, and the profession consisted of only two officers. With such a disparity in strength, Solaman and the others worked together and successfully killed Evenson after paying a certain price.

After Evenson's death, the house was burned to death overnight, and dozens of members of the family, young and old, were burned to death

Cutting off the biggest opponents of the Royal Praetorian Guard, they coerced some of the Royal Praetorian Guards personnel on the way and took control of important places such as the palace, treasury, and armory.

Early the next morning, with the support of his cronies, Solaman forged an edict from the old king James and ascended to the throne in a grand manner.

In order to avoid attracting crusades, he also divided the rewards on a large scale, and the first reward was the fourth prince Baldwin. Make Baldwin a hereditary duke, and then use a large northern territory as a fief. He also locked up Haldan's relatives who remained in the royal capital, and wrote a letter, implying that he threatened Haldane with the lives of his relatives.

Solaman took control of Linus Castle very smoothly.

Although some of the Janissaries were dissatisfied with Sorahman, unfortunately no one organized to rebel against Solaman's rule. The vast majority of the officers and soldiers were centrists, and whoever was the king, as long as he could pay them, was their commander.

Even with control of Linus Castle, Solaman's rule was very weak.

The local nobility, in particular, believed that Solaman had broken the tradition and staged a palace coup, and the vast majority were dissatisfied with Solaman.

Baldwin and Haldane, in particular, immediately raised their troops after receiving the news and immediately swore an oath against Solaman.

The battle for the throne that took place in the Kingdom of Grant was almost repeated in the Grand Duchy of Starnik.

Just after the Goddess's Birthday, the Grand Duchy of Starnik was in chaos.

Civil strife broke out in the realm, which originally had little to do with the Kingdom of Grant, but the Jonathan family had a special status and was the former owner of the Grand Duchy of Starnik.

Until now, the Jonathan family's hidden power in the Grand Duchy of Starnik has survived somewhat, despite repeated blows.

After the outbreak of civil strife in the Venus family, many nobles of the Grand Duchy of Starnik soon came to the Kingdom of Grant, hoping that Duke Jonathan could set things right and preside over the situation.

More than a hundred years after losing the country, the Jonathans have always had the will to return to the Grand Duchy of Starnik, despite the opening up of the situation in the Kingdom of Grant.

Seeing that the once-in-a-century opportunity had arrived, Duke Jonathan was immediately agitated and began a full-scale mobilization.

But if you want to go to the Grand Duchy of Starnik to compete for the throne, you must have the support of the Kingdom of Grant.

Without the full support of the Grant Kingdom and a war with the Linus family, the Jonathan family would have no chance of winning.

If civil strife had not broken out in the Grand Duchy of Starnik, the Linus family would have been significantly stronger.

The Linus family controls the Central Legion of 100,000, and can also influence 40,000 noble private troops to fight with them. And the main force of the Jonathan family is only three legions of 60,000 people, and the number of Warcraft cavalry is also less than half.

Now that the Linus family has divided into three forces, it has become a mess, which is a complete godsend for the Jonathan family.

After receiving the news, Duke Jonathan sent messengers to Nolan to negotiate terms with King Roger.

(End of chapter)