When these whimsical rumors spread in the streets, most of the nobles remained sane silent.

Compared to civilians, they have more reliable channels of information, the human world is always a circle, and the closer people are to the center of power, the more they can learn the truth of the facts.

So on this cloudy spring day, when the nobles gathered for afternoon tea, the focus of the conversation was not the loud roar of last night, but a new earl of the empire.

Compared with some illusory alien beast legion, it is still more attractive to have vital interests. They exchanged meaningful glances, vaguely expressing their opinions, and testing each other's possible means. Snowton's upper-level camp is not monolithic, there are geographical divisions between east, west, north and south, there are differences in the way of promotion of civil and military, and the rise time is also very different, such as those emerging military aristocrats, and the old founding fathers, naturally cannot be compared.

After a long period of offensive and defensive integration, the middle and upper nobles of the empire were divided into several large groups, each with its own sphere of influence. Even within each group, there are many factions, and you fight for each other without mercy.

Among them, the most powerful is of course the royal court headed by Nacini, but most of the time, the king appears as a neutral arbiter.

This was followed by the Snowton military camp, which was long ago led by the highly meritorious Duchess of Derano. It stands to reason that his son "Iron Shuai" Hansen should be able to inherit his leadership position. But after his untimely death, the military split in two, with the old-school generals led by Kudran and the new ones following in Cattroman's foot.

Snowton established the country by force, and the army was extremely powerful, in a first-class war zone like Tiebi Pass. The commander-in-chief wields military and political power, which is far from being comparable to that of ordinary local officials. However, the vast majority of generals do not know anything about politics and economy and trade, and some of them can't even take care of their own territory, let alone any subtle power tricks.

That's why. In the capital city of Norman, on the contrary, the civil bureaucracy, as well as several major aristocratic groups, faintly gained the upper hand. If it is a dignified battlefield duel, the military nobles are not afraid. But if you play a trick, these straight-tempered guys are really clumsy and cute.

Now that the southern expedition is imminent, the generals are gearing up and eager to go into battle to kill the enemy. If you make a contribution, you will naturally not take the ownership of a small river valley into account. But those aristocratic bureaucrats who stay in the rear will not think so simply.

In the long term, we must take a long-term view. The area of the north and south of the mainland is almost the same, and the wealth of the south is even better. When the southern expedition is victorious and the army is victorious, the abundant harvest makes people's blood boil just thinking about it.

A lot of money. A beautiful woman with all kinds of charms, a title of the feudal territory. will rain down. But most of them are destined to fall on the heads of the soldiers. The aristocratic bureaucrats in the rear did not even get a chance to drink a sip of soup.

War is a carnival of soldiers, and civilian officials can meddle in logistics and supply at most, and they don't get much credit at all. Although in fact, the mobilization of supplies. Settling the rear is not much easier than killing the enemy in battle, but what people really see is always the number of bright and glamorous enemies killed and the area of land occupied.

It doesn't seem fair. But so what? There is a kind of you who carry a knife into battle, and you are not so scared that snot and tears come out, more than ten years ago, when the rude and unliterate general laughed at the colleagues opposite in the court so much, these civilian officials with sharp teeth and sharp mouths on weekdays were all suffocated and their faces were flushed, but they couldn't say a word of justification.

Emphasizing martial arts and ignoring literature is a cultural custom of Snowton for thousands of years, and how can it be changed by lightness.

As a result, at the "Victory Day Celebration" a few years ago, the eldest prince Jonas staged a coup d'état, and most of the civil officials who were embarrassed in the court were on his side.

At this time, Allegri came to the door with a rich dowry.

The aristocratic bureaucrats immediately discovered the huge benefits hidden in it, and their eyes immediately turned red.

First of all, there is money, a constant stream of money. As we all know, as the southern end of the "Golden Trade Road", the Herseus Valley has the right to set up checkpoints and collect taxes, and in just a few years, Allegri has made a lot of money from this. No one doesn't love money, and of course they want to get a piece of the pie.

What's more, the current income is still obtained under the hostility between Snowton and the Holy See of Light. When the continent is unified and the southern kingdoms become part of the empire, the north and the south will inevitably be more closely connected, and the trade between the two places will be more intensive, and at that time, even if the proportion of road taps is low, the number of the richest merchants will be staggered.

Corresponding to economic income is political status. If you want to rule the whole continent, the link of the Herseus valley is particularly crucial, with this passage, it is a country, without this passage, the two places are isolated, even the capital Norman, in terms of important Cheng dù is not enough. I'm afraid that even the king of Nacini will be blushing at this.

The aristocratic bureaucracy, as a large group, has the power to bargain with the royal court. In fact, they don't want to occupy this projectile land permanently, all they need is a bargaining chip.

A bargaining chip that can be given away at any time, but in exchange for enough benefits to ensure that your camp will not fall into a passive situation after the war because of the strong rise of the military upstarts.

This is not alarmist, in fact, every time a major war is triumphed, there is a group of nobles within the empire, and it completely declines. After all, there are only so many positions of power, and in terms of meritorious deeds, the old and the new alternate, and the original officials have stepped down, so they can only return to their own territory and become a so-called rural nobleman.

In this case, whoever can occupy the Herseus Valley has an insurance policy. Therefore, several major forces within the aristocratic bureaucracy have been closely monitoring Allegri's whereabouts, and from the moment he entered the territory of Snowton, he has been under constant surveillance.

At the same time, they were waiting, waiting for King Nacini to express his attitude.

Will the young king remain as neutral as he has done in the past, or will he roll up his sleeves and get involved in the fight with his own hands?

Early this morning, the Inner Court issued an edict to all provinces and departments, and the answer was revealed.

The innocuous punishment, the tepid tone, the king expressed his dissatisfaction with this, and asked Viscount Davide to stay at home honestly for a few days, but that's all.

So, one invitation after another, like snowflakes, was thrown into the annex not far from the palace.

Please come to the banquet and find out. (To be continued......)

PS: (2000 words.) ）