The Rose Bank is now supporting the Marquis of Gerald, and it is true that they have spared no effort to help him build an arsenal that can make firecrackers, the production of which is made of a lot of machinery.

Relying on this arsenal and the muskets that the Rose Bank had purchased for him from outside, the "militia" team that Gerard had formed was close to two regiments, and it was also organized and trained according to the new army of Asturias, and these came from the help and support of the Rose Bank.

But this is almost the limit of the Marquis Gerald, the professional standing army is not fighting, you have to keep it, and you have to train every day, which means a large expense.

If you want to expand and get more support, there are only two ways, one is to get more support from the Rose Bank, and the other is to smoothly become the leader of the southern aristocracy and get other people's funding.

However, even if he became the leader of the southern aristocracy, the Marquis of Gerald could only be said to alleviate the need for the Rose Bank, rather than restore it to an equal position.

Because he is just a support object of the Rose Bank, but it is not the only choice, even if the Rose Bank has invested a lot of chips in him and helped him build an arsenal, it does not mean that it is irreplaceable.

Although there is an arsenal, but the arsenal to start, is to steel, steel needs to be smelted, smelting needs black rock or coal, these two different options will affect the efficiency of the arsenal and the use of equipment, coal can only provide power for machinery, but can not be attached to the magic of refining, which will lead to the semi-automatic production line of the arsenal will have some production steps must be replaced by manual labor, which not only increases the cost, but also affects the output and quality.

Concentrate iron ore can also be solved in the south. There isn't enough iron ore in his territory, though. But there are always nobles in the south, and there are them in their domains. It can be exchanged through trade, and Black Rock is much more troublesome, and Aurora has found a few veins in the country, but they are all mined under the control of the kingdom, and it is not difficult to get a small amount, and it is necessary to purchase a large amount, which is bound to alarm some people.

Therefore, in terms of the supply of Black Rock, Gerald also got the help of the Rose Bank and purchased it from abroad.

As for the production technology of the arsenal. Gerald also didn't have enough people on hand to take over the full production and manufacturing, and if there were no people sent by the Rose Bank, the production efficiency would be reduced, and if it was damaged, there would be no one to repair it.

The most troublesome, of course, is Belvian's worry, if the Rose Bank thinks that Gerald can't satisfy them, it can also choose someone else to cooperate.

"Maybe you have to promise them first, one step at a time. Marquis Gerald sighed, and he patted his brother on the shoulder. "It was decided that there would be a lot of time in the future. I may need you to contact them instead of me."

"I'll give it my all. Belvein took a deep breath, although he was worried first, but in fact, he was more excited than the marquis, he was the second son of the family, the marquis inherited the title, he had to open up his own business. But if the Marquis is really persuaded by Raymond, Belleveven may have a second title after the "change of dynasty".

And according to the ideal country proposed by the Rose Bank, it seems to be very good, as long as you have money, you can become a person with status and status, and to hell with the succession system.

"Even if I were willing to take the risk, it wouldn't be that easy. "The Marquis de Gerald said to himself, "It is more likely that the new army and the north will be divided than a country of democracy and freedom, unless we can find allies and support in the army controlled by the northerners." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something, frowned and reprimanded Belvian: "I heard that you have recently become obsessed with a woman, and I called you over today and brought it here, it's really nonsense, use more snacks in the future." ”

"Yes, I know, but Roaina is different from everyone else, and I'm really in love with her. Belleveven explained a few words, seeing that his brother's face was getting more and more gloomy, he quickly changed his words and diverted his attention with something else, "Actually, as you just said, it is not impossible to find allies in the army controlled by the northerners, have you forgotten General Leona, she is half of southern blood, and I remember that you had a good relationship with her when you were a child." ”

"Leona?" the Marquis of Gerard was really led astray by him, and thought about it.

Belvian took the opportunity to sneak out of a room, leaving the Marquis alone.

He returned to the room where Roaina was staying, and then let out a long breath, which made him a little excited about what had just happened, and he couldn't help but hug Roaina tightly when he greeted him, feeling the temperature coming from the bumpy fiery carcass.

"Honey, do you seem happy?" Roaina laughed as she put her hands between his cloaks and put the other hand around his waist from behind.

"Oh, well, that's a little happy because my brother promised me to help him with some business. Although Belleveven liked the woman in front of him, he was still a little cautious, and when he didn't make any achievements and his position as the spokesman of the Marquis of Gerald was not stable enough, he didn't want to be known immediately, it was better to wait until his brother was supported by the majority of the southern nobles, but he believed that he would soon achieve his goal.

So he perfunctorily Roaina did not tell his mistress about today's conversation.

"That's good news, doesn't that mean I can increase my pocket money a little more next month?" Roaina whispered back with one hand that had reached into her cloak, and retrieved a black beetle from the marquis's brother.

"Of course, no problem. The baron smirked lewdly, and he kissed his woman, "Let's go home quickly, this is my brother's home, after all." ”――

The next day, Roaina was writing a piece of paper in her room, densely packed with small letters, on which were written in a series of small things that had happened in the Kingdom of Aurora, the big ones involved the movements of the southern nobles and the deteriorating relations with the north, and the small ones had the movements of a noteworthy person, but it was probably due to Roaina's presence in the south. She writes about the South, and also makes a special reference to the Marquis de Gerald. And there is a long text. The record is the conversation between Gerald, Raymond, and Belleveven that night.

The last record was read and copied from the memory beetle's memory.

Roaina's true identity is a spy of Titania, and her mission is to gather information about the southern nobles of the Kingdom of Aurora and influence them when appropriate, so that their actions are as good as possible in the interests of Titania.

This information reached Tristan, the Grand Prince of Titania, two days later, and he was accompanied by that Gismo.

"Is it the Rose Bank? I thought it was the Duke. Tristan sneered.

"This bank is not simple, and I remember that they used to have a good relationship with the Duke. Gismo reminded quietly.

"Later, it seemed a little contradictory, this bank has something to do with the secret party of the blood clan. But what they wanted seemed too big, so they had a rift with Solomon. Tristan said, although the Rose Bank is mysterious, but to develop among the countries, the secret party cannot always be behind the scenes, Tristan now has the intelligence system of Titania, and the relationship between the Rose Bank and the secret party can no longer be hidden from him, but the system of vampires is difficult for outsiders to detect, except for Solomon. Others who are interested in Rose Bank only know that the secret party is behind it. But it still doesn't come to mind that the Rose Bank is a bank that is completely controlled by the vampires.

"Whatever the people at Rose Bank are backing them, their goals are the opposite of what we want to see, so it's better to start dealing with them now. "Desmer Road.

"No, no, no, the time is not ripe. Tristan's face moved, but he finally shook his head and rejected the proposal.

Titania is also paying attention to the Aurora Kingdom, or to some extent, Titania hopes to form a good relationship with the Aurora Kingdom, but in this relationship, it must be dominated by Titania and supplemented by the Aurora Kingdom.

However, the relationship between the kingdoms is a bit complicated, in the past, the Kingdom of Aurora and the Kingdom of Saxon were relatively close, but after the Eastern Beast Alliance and Aurora were also getting closer, the relationship between Aurora and Saxon was somewhat affected, because the Church of Light did not like the Eastern Beast Alliance.

Titania fought against the Church of Light and cooperated with Asturias twenty years ago, but with the change of Asturias, Titania's attitude has slowly changed in the past ten years.

To put it simply, the development of Asturias made Titania feel more and more threatened, and when Asturias used Titania and Saxon to confront him head-on, he once forcibly annexed Modo; Modo honestly doesn't look at it in the eyes of Titania, a small country, only a little stronger than the city-state alliance, but this has to make people worry about the ambition of Asturias, and the development of the past two decades, Asturias's national strength is high, to be honest, it has seriously threatened Titania.

The position of Titania's first power is already a bit unworthy of the name, although there are more territories and heterotope colonies than Asturias, but whether it is the changes caused by the development of magic or the economy that comes with the development of society, Asturias is the laggard in terms of quality, and Titania may still have a slight advantage in overall volume, but that is only because of the vast territory and heterotopic colonies.

Jismo and Tristan themselves here know better, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that Titania was also studying magic and applying it to all aspects of social development like Asturias, Asturias might have surpassed Titania.

Titania tried to use the actions of the orcs back then, and took the opportunity to steal the information of Asturias in the study of magic, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful, and then had to develop on its own, but Titania's heritage is also quite deep, and there is also a legendary magician and the forces represented by the Magic Guild are willing to cooperate with them, so Titania has also made achievements in the study of magic, but it is lagging behind Asturias, but it is much stronger than other forces or countries.

The Saxons are subject to the Church of Light, and there is almost no way to guide them at the national level, although there are also people in the country who have studied it, but the influence of the Church of Light is still there, and Saxons are destined to be at the bottom in this regard.

Aurora is slightly better than the Saxons in this regard, but the foundation is too poor, and the internal contradictions in the country also have an impact on this, the study of magic is inseparable from magicians, and the north of the Aurora Kingdom is at a disadvantage in the base of magicians, and the south has more mages, but the north holds the power, which is destined to cause Aurora to lag in the study of magic.

Of course, there are other reasons, such as the fact that any magic research requires raw materials, mediums, and energy sources such as black rock and magic crystals, as well as mechanical knowledge to work with them.

Tristan is a strong supporter of Titania on the road of magic research, and Titania's current achievements in magic research are inseparable from Tristan's full support, but it is also thanks to this that he can finally win or lose in the competition for the first successor and stabilize his position.

Gismo also followed him, and Tristan was not unimpressed by his proposal just now, but because he had the intelligence system of Titania, he knew that the Rose Bank was not simple.

This bank is not just a bank, not to mention that it seems to have something to do with the Secret Party, which is actually not Tristan's most scrupulous. No matter how powerful the secret party is, no matter how terrifying it is, but if it wants to confront the first power in the mainland, Tristan still has absolute certainty to crush the other party, in the final analysis, the other party is just something unsightly, engaging in assassination or something, it really provokes Titania, can it still resist the encirclement and suppression of the strong army of the strong, and the Church of Light alone will find trouble for them.

Tristan was concerned about the bank's economic influence, and Titania alone had to pass through them for a lot of trade, as well as their loans to merchants and nobles, and even Titania had borrowed from the Rose Bank when it had a confrontation with the Saxons over the alliance of city-states more than ten years ago.

This is only Titania, other countries such as Saxon, Aurora, and even Asturias must have such a thing, but Asturias itself is the birthplace of the bank, and the Duke Solomon single-handedly created the Central Bank of Asturias, and does not need to rely too much on the Rose Bank, and it seems that the relationship with the Rose Bank has turned bad because of the prevention of the development of the Rose Bank.

Tristan is worried that if the bank cannot be completely destroyed or uprooted, the other party will only need to fight back in terms of economic impact, which will cause great passivity to Titania.

"And what should we do next?" said Gismo.

Tristan thought for a moment and said, "Contact the Aurora Kingdom side and properly disclose the information we already have, but don't directly reveal that the Rose Bank is supporting the South." Giving the Aurora people a little pressure and ambiguity may bring us unexpected benefits. (To be continued......)