"Even if he has great achievements outside, for us Cormier, he has not achieved an inch, so how can he be rewarded? If this precedent is set, all powerful people can come to our Cormier and ask for a reward, and we don't have a second rock. ”

"The reward of the baron of the rock is based on the situation of completely clearing and governing the rock land, rather than the baron and then clearing and governing, these are two completely different concepts, and please Lord Maxer don't get confused, if we do this, wouldn't it discourage the enthusiasm of those who are working hard for this, such as the Red Crow mercenary group in Arabe City, they are very active in this matter, not only taking over most of the mercenary business on the front line of the rock land, but also hiring a large number of farmers from the country to the east, and actively cultivating land in the Red Springs area, initial achievements have already been made, and we cannot turn a blind eye to them. ”

"Those who can completely govern the rocks will be rewarded with the baron of the rocks, this is the old rule more than ten years ago, at that time Tifanton had not yet become a part of our kingdom, now there is Tifanton and Arabbe City echoing from afar, as long as the number of purple dragon patrols is increased, this place can be turned into a safe place, a little encouragement policy, there will be a large number of farmers, take the initiative to go here to explore, and then it is no longer reasonable to divide this place into a rocky area, even if you want to reward the rockland, you have to replan the rocky area, Tifanton and the surrounding Red Springs reclamation area were separated into a separate area, and the rocky land refers to the rocky highlands. ”

"It is extremely short-sighted and undesirable to change course, and who would have invested a lot of money, material and energy in the rocks without the Tifanton and Red Springs reclamation areas as bait? Even if the rocks are cleared and there is no stable rear to support them, how can they ensure long-term peace and stability here? If it were you, would you open up such a territory? I'm definitely not going to be that fool anyway. ”

"If we don't even give a promise, how can others do their best to help us do their best? They must also be worried, what if we don't admit it once they do it? ”

The topic of quarrel in the royal court chamber can be said to be a rehash of the same old tune, these princes and nobles have their own opinions, and no one can convince anyone, because there are intricate city, family and personal interests involved.

Putting aside the others for the time being, just talking about the Red Crow Mercenary Group, which is quite active in clearing the rock land, this is by no means a mercenary group itself to promote this matter, and there must be other nobles behind the scenes.

This is evident from the fact that they were able to mobilize a large number of farmers from the Cormier Kingdom to reclaim the wasteland, without the cooperation of the local noble lords, a mercenary group, even if it is strong, is not an easy task, just like without the cooperation of Zalanda, the immigration that Gavin can mobilize is greatly reduced.

They don't know how much manpower and material resources they have invested in this matter, how can they easily give it up?

At present, in the royal chamber, the opinions of the princes and nobles of Cormier are mainly divided into three factions.

One faction is the most profitable, represented by Maxim, who believes that it is a very cost-effective deal to tie up the conqueror Gavin with rocks, not only to give hope to the clearing of rocks, but also to use the influence of this powerful man to expand outward, which is a good thing to count in one fell swoop and benefit the whole country, and this process only requires some families to abandon their selfishness.

There are very few supporters of this faction, if people are not selfish, the world would have been peaceful a long time ago, and they have already reached a consensus, so they still need to quarrel here and there?

The second faction was the Rock Map Rezoning faction, who believed that the previous division of the Rock Fields was outdated and that a new division must be made, focusing on Tifanton and the surrounding Red Springs Reclamation Area, which should be divided into a separate area, which would not only ensure the vested interests of the kingdom, but also effectively restrain the recipients of the Rock Land.

The person who made this suggestion was Alaseline Autumn, who was the lord of Tifanton, the typical beneficiary, and if Tifanton was tied to the rocks and given to Gavin the Conqueror as a barony, where would she, the lord of the city who had just been in office for less than three years, go?

She is the person who doesn't want the rocks to be cleaned up, at least she doesn't want the rocks to be cleaned up by others, this task should be completed by her, she is the third person who is most concerned about the cleanup of the rocks in addition to Gavin and the Red Crow Mercenary Group, but now she has no heart.

Although she was born in a noble family, her family has been in the middle for many years, and in the early years, she was even forced to join the mercenary group, and later entered the Purple Dragon Legion, and the situation improved, until she was recommended as the lord of Tifanton City, and the family was revived with her.

But Tifanton itself is not a peaceful place, as an outsider, intrigue with the local forces there has taken up all of her energy in the past three years, not to mention cleaning up the rocks, even if it is a relatively rich Red Spring reclamation area, there is not much energy to develop, so that the Red Crow Mercenary Group supported by Abel City has taken the lead.

The third faction was opposed to the redivision of the map of the rocks, and also opposed the canonization of the rocks to Gavin the Conqueror, but still followed the original agreement, and whoever cleared the rocklands first would be the last to be feuded, regardless of origin.

The person who put forward this suggestion is Ms. Mierman, who is the city lord of Arabe City, the biggest promoter and financier behind the Red Crow Mercenary Group, and the contract signed by the royal family and the Red Crow Mercenary Group to clear the rock land was facilitated by Arabe City behind the scenes.

When they launched the Red Crow Mercenary Group to clear the rocklands, they didn't have too many selfish motives, but for the sake of the overall situation.

At that time, Tifanton had not yet joined the Cormier Kingdom, and the city of Arabe was located at the frontier, and once the monsters of the rocks poured out of the rocks and broke through the border, they would bear the brunt.

But as the investment continued to increase, Tivanton was relegated, and the area between the two cities became fertile ground, and there were huge benefits for the city of Arabe, so it could not sit idly by.

If he can push the leader of the Red Crow Mercenary Regiment to the position of Baron of Iwadi, Mierman's influence is only greater than that of a duke, and he will be a supreme vassal in the Cormier Kingdom.

The three parties insist on their own words, and no one can convince anyone.

King Ahsan, who had been standing high on the throne, did not mean to say anything, but inadvertently glanced at Von Gedahast.

The archmage of the court who had been watching from the wall cleared his throat knowingly, and all the members of the entire royal chamber stopped arguing, and their eyes fell on him in unison, in the Cormir Kingdom, you can disrespect King Asan, but you must not ignore this court archmage, because the weight of his words is sometimes heavier than that of King Assan, because without his original protection, there would be no current King Assan, and there would be no current Cormir Kingdom.

The court archmage was accustomed to this, and said slowly: "Here, I have to correct one thing first, General Gavin is not without any contribution to the kingdom, on the way to Susar, he cooperated with Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess to smash the conspiracy of the Secret Hunting Sect to try to hunt and sacrifice the eldest princess, and he recruited the possessed incarnation of the Strategy Lady, and killed a divine incarnation of the hunting god Gara. ”

"Killed a divine incarnate? How is it possible that the goddess of strategy is a weak divine power who has just ascended to the gods, and that the god is weak, or is it in the case of occupying the initiative of the conspiracy? ”

"What's impossible about this? The incarnation of divinity is only the incarnation of divinity, and it is not the deity of the gods, and the strength used by the two sides may be even more disproportionate than you and I imagined. ”

"Anyway, it's also the divine incarnation of a god, and the fall of any one is not a trivial matter."

"No wonder Your Majesty is so angry, it turns out that the Secret Hunting Sect is really shaking our national capital, then they deserve to die."

Everyone present couldn't help but be surprised, obviously it was the first time they heard the news, the previous all-out encirclement and suppression of the Secret Hunting Sect used all the troops directly under the royal family, and the king's decree directly signed by King Yasan did not explain much to these princes and nobles, for the reasons inside, they knew more or less, but they did not know that it involved a divine incarnation.

Anything that has anything to do with God is no small thing.

If it is not handled well, the devastation of life and soul will be light, and the heavy will cause continuous wars - the believers of the gods will carry high the banner of their gods and wage holy wars, even if in many cases for personal gain.

"The beast rage that broke out in the King's Forest this time can't it also be caused by those Gola believers, right?"

"It must have something to do with them, they were targeted by those berserk beasts, and it is said that many of the dead, who were later found to be secret believers of the Rak, must have provoked the wrath of nature, causing our innocent people to be implicated."

"But after this battle, the King's Forest will be cleaner than ever, not only those Gola believers are dead, I believe that many forest bandits and fugitives will also have to die, it is said that many people took the initiative to run out of the King's Forest and surrendered, just to beg for shelter from the Purple Dragon Patrol, haha...... It's not uncommon for criminals to ask for help from the soldiers who wanted them. ”

"It's just that countless innocent villagers have also been affected, I don't know how many people have died in the mouths of wild beasts, this is all caused by those Gola believers, we should arrest and expel these cultists nationwide."

"What is the origin of those treants? How did you not know that there were so many Treants in the King's Forest? What role do they play behind this? Could it be that they were controlling the rampaging beasts all along? ”

"Dryads do have the ability to charm animals, but this time it was the collective action of all the creatures in the entire King's Forest, which was far beyond the maximum of the dryads, and they were more like helping the villagers to prevent more casualties."

"They are doing their best to prevent the outbreak of war, but don't think too much of them, it's just that they are not helping our villagers, but the berserk beasts from attacking our villages and towns without brains, resulting in a large number of casualties, and they are not seen in the logging sites and small settlements destroyed by the berserk beasts."

"Whatever their intentions, it is undeniable that they have at least prevented the situation from escalating and indirectly helped us."

"In the future, when dealing with the King's Forest, we should be more cautious, they will not make concessions easily when it comes to logging."

"We have been cautious enough to treat the King's Forest, and for this reason our shipbuilding industry in Susar has been seriously affected, and we are guarding an ancient forest, but the timber for shipbuilding needs to be imported from outside, and this kind of thing can only happen in Sussar."

Since the topic involved the King's Forest and the Cultists of the Gola, it was inevitable to talk about the plague of the beast rage, which had such a wide impact that Susal got the news at the beginning of the outbreak and reacted to a certain extent.

However, this incident broke out too suddenly, and the scope of the spread was too wide, even the powerful Cormir Kingdom could only send extraordinary war mages to those important and large towns to assist in the defense, and those small settlements or villages could not be taken care of.

Except for King Ahsan, the Archmage of the Court, and the very few people who have been in contact with Gavin know who is responsible for this matter, whether it is these princes and nobles or the ordinary residents, who either attribute the pot to the dryants who came to stop the army of berserk beasts, or believe that it is the fault of the Cultists of the Goral, after all, the berserk beasts are mainly going for them, and the ordinary residents are only affected.

King Yasan and they did not break this matter very tacitly, this young general has no allies in the Cormier Kingdom, even if the crown princess promotes the matter of granting him the Baron of Iwadi, it is difficult, if the news is unfavorable to him breaks again, it will directly become a new attack point for these princes and nobles, making things more complicated, which is not conducive to the implementation of the next plan.

This pot is carried by the believers of the caravan, and it is not too wronged for them.

When those princes and nobles were almost finished, the court archmage added again: "Do you think that with the True Silver Family alone, do they have the strength and courage to attack Her Royal Highness the eldest princess?" ”

In an instant, the entire royal court chamber was silent, and the sound of everyone's breathing and heartbeat could be heard.

This question is a bit big and sensitive.

One is not good, and it is involved in a conspiracy that shakes the country's capital, and it is absolutely doomed.

In particular, the crown princess is on the way to meet Gavin the Conqueror, and most of these people here will find it difficult to get rid of their involvement, especially those who have conflicts of interest with Gavin.

King Ahsan, who had never spoken, said at this time: "This matter has ended with the True Silver Family, and I will not continue to study further, I only need you to remember one thing, the country is unshakable, whoever moves, whose head I want, no matter how deep he hides." ”

A gentleman and a minister, one singing with a red face and the other with a white face, completely characterizes this matter, and no longer continues to dig deeper, but they are also warning and beating those who should not be moved.

"Your Majesty is right, only when there is a country can there be a home, I believe that no one here will do such a stupid thing, once discovered, it will become our common enemy."

"We will always be loyal to the royal family and to our country."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we will never let this happen a second time."

All the princes and nobles have shown their loyalty, although everyone knows that this is a superficial effort.

King Ahsan said undeniably: "Since everyone's opinions are so different, let's solve them one by one, starting with the division of rocks, Your Excellency Archmage, what is your opinion?" ”

The archmage of the court replied: "In my opinion, there is no need to dispute this matter at all, whether it is from the region, politics, or from the division of historical dynasties, the rock land and the Hongquan reclamation area are all tied together, if it is hastily dismantled because of people and things, it will be true, and end up in a name of untrustworthiness, as long as we implement the same caliber from beginning to end, and treat all participants equally, we will be invincible." ”

"Your Excellency the Archmage is right, there are some things that cannot be changed without permission, once they are changed, they are distrusting others, and they are shaking the country, and this is the case with the division of rocks and lands."

"The long history is what distinguishes us in Cormier the most from other countries, and we should respect the history, respect the heritage, and this is also the case with the division of rocks."

"Since it is for the sake of the overall situation of the country, if I insist on my opinion, it will be stubborn, and I am willing to obey all the arrangements of His Majesty." The lord of Ala Serene changed his opinion as if he were good.

Although she is a rookie in the political arena of the Cormier Kingdom, she has a basic understanding of the country's discussion mode.

By the time the court archmage gives his opinion, it usually means that King Ahsan has made a decision, just to leave room to speak through the mouth of the archmage.

There is absolutely no good fruit to eat against the king of this country.

Since there is no way to change things, the easiest way is to adjust your strategy and start with the conquest of the rocks, instead of blindly trying to separate the rocks from the Tivanton and the Red Springs reclamation area.

King Ahsan spoke again: "This matter is so decided, please everyone will speak in unison in the future, as for the issue of Baron Iwadi, since many of them have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this, we can't ignore this matter, and take this opportunity to gather all the people together to discuss this matter, what do you think?" ”

As soon as they heard King Yasan's suggestion, everyone present couldn't help but curse the old fox in their hearts.

His move was not simply to calculate Gavin the Conqueror, but to take into account all the forces that peeped into the rocks, and let them be in the open to earn, rob, and take.

Whoever won the final victory, the Cormier kingdom was invincible, because their goal of clearing and developing the rockfields was achieved.

"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty's strategy is much more clever than my suggestion, I believe that under the stimulation of many competitors, no matter which one of them develops and builds, it will do its best to strive to be ahead of others." Maxim, Guardian of Susar, was the first to raise the banner of approval.

Because from the beginning, he didn't have too many selfish intentions, he didn't have any intersection with the conqueror's army, even if he saw the conqueror Gavin on the street, he didn't necessarily know him, the reason why he suggested that the Baron of Iwadi be rewarded to the other party was completely out of the overall interests of the Cormier Kingdom, and when he found that there was a better proposal, he naturally no longer insisted on his own set.

(End of chapter)