After everyone circulated the letter, the color of worry overflowed, now it is very difficult to exterminate the bandits in a small fight, if the regular army of the Eternal Empire fights, what will these people use to resist? Forming a legion, it is easy to say, but where to find people? Weapons, equipment, logistics, and everything all need a lot of gold coins, and this little money in Wang Yong's hand is not enough to do anything, even if everyone collectively sells their kidneys, it is not enough.

Suppressing his restless emotions, Wang Yong said: "We'll talk about the matter of the legion later, we still have a few years of buffer time, let's deal with the bandits first." Everyone nodded in agreement, after all, five years is not a long time, it is not a short time, and nothing will necessarily happen during this time, so it is too early to start thinking about it.

Wang Yong asked Ryan curiously, "Why did Your Majesty ask you to spy on the Giant Sword Bandits?"

Ryan glanced at Wang Yong appreciatively and explained, "Do you know why the empire knows that there are so many bandits here, but the empire hasn't sent an army to clean it up?"

Wang Yong guessed and asked, "Is it related to the Giant Sword Bandit Group?"

Ryan nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, this giant sword bandit group is actually a supernumerary legion of the Eternal Empire. They came here to grab resources, and from what we have been doing for years, they are mining at least one large iron and coal mine, and some other small deposits. The second is to test the attitude of our empire, if our empire sends an army to clean up, they will let the greatsword bandits withdraw to the eternal empire, and then use us to drive the bandits to the eternal empire to make trouble, at least extort money, and at worst start a war. Our empire has been at war with the Lotus Empire for a long time, and after a long period of attrition, personnel and materials are extremely scarce, and we are no longer able to confront the Eternal Empire, so we can only turn a blind eye and let them plunder here, and after a long time, it has evolved into what it is now. When everyone heard this, they were stunned by the news.

Wang Yong was also shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect the background of this giant sword bandit group to be so complicated, and asked with some concern: "Then I eliminated all the bandits here, including the giant sword bandit group, will this give the Eternal Empire an excuse to invade?"

Ryan shook his head and said: "No, you are the lord here, and the people under your command belong to your own private army, as long as it is not the imperial army coming, it will not cause disputes between the empires, at most it is only a contradiction between you and the lords of the Eternal Empire, and at worst, it is a private army confrontation between the lords, which will not cause an imperial war." Wang Yong was relieved when he heard this.

Wang Yong glanced at Carah and asked Ryan, "What is your relationship?" Ryan introduced: "Cara is my son, and I have a daughter who is waiting outside with my wife. ”

Wang Yong thought to himself: "Your Majesty asked him to join me because I will form a legion, so this Lane will naturally become the commander of the legion at that time, does Your Majesty want to control the armed forces in my hands by doing this?"

But Wang Yong thought about it: "Even if Your Majesty controls my army here, what can I do? I don't plan to rebel, as long as I can protect the security of the territory, it doesn't matter if the control of the army is in the hands of the empire." Besides, after a long period of contact, I have the confidence to turn this Ryan into my own person, and the army will not obey my orders at that time? But now that I have just come into contact with Ryan, I don't know him as a person, so I should be careful. ”

Thinking of this, Wang Yong squinted his eyes and said to Ryan, "Can I trust you?"

Ryan understood what Wang Yong meant, and knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "I, Ryan Kawa, swear by knighthood, as long as I do not betray the empire, I am willing to follow King Ivan Yong for the rest of my life, and what he wants will will be what I want, if I violate this word, God will destroy people." ”

Lane's son, Kra, also made the same oath at the same time: "I, Kra Kawa, swear by knightly honor, as long as I do not betray the Empire, I will follow King Ivan Yong for the rest of my life, and what he will be my will, and if I do not do this, God will destroy people." ”

Wang Yong's face was calm, and he stepped forward to help Ryan and his son and accept their allegiance. Wang Yong knew that the people of this world paid great attention to oaths, especially knights, they obeyed the creed of knights, and they would never violate them after making an oath, which made Wang Yong trust Ryan and them a little more.

Wang Yong snickered in his heart, it was just a simple temptation, but he didn't expect that these two fathers and sons would be so loyal to him.

Wang Yong still admired the decisiveness of Lane and his son, and said in a mocking tone: "Aren't you afraid that I will sell you?"

Ryan and Kra were stunned when they heard this, they didn't expect that the lord who was still serious just now seemed to be a different person in a blink of an eye, and actually joked with his subordinates, which made Ryan, a person who was persecuted by class concepts, feel a little unbelievable.

Wang Yong didn't know what Lane was thinking, and solemnly introduced the people present to Lane and his son.

When Wang Yong introduced Lei Hee, Lane heard that Reagan was actually the son of the Chancellor of Finance, and he felt very embarrassed to think about the fact that he had accused his father of framing him in front of others just now.

Ray understood Ryan's thoughts, smiled slightly, and said, "Don't care about my relationship with him, I believe in what you said, he can definitely do such a shameless thing." ”

From Regan's tone, Ryan could tell that Ray's relationship with the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not seem to be very good, so he nodded and smiled, and did not mention the matter.

After everyone sat down again, Wang Yong told the father and son about the plan that everyone had studied a few days ago, and then asked with a sincere face: "Uncle Lane, what do you think of our plan? Do you have any suggestions? After all, you know the form here better than us." ”

When Lane heard Wang Yong call him uncle, he hurriedly got up and said to Wang Yong: "Adults can't call their subordinates like that, just call me Lane." ”

Wang Yong smiled and pressed Ryan to sit on the chair, and then said with a pleasant face: "There are not so many rules in my place, we people are about the same age as your son Cara, and it is also because of calling you uncle, so don't postpone it." Then he pointed at Ray and said, "Hal, the butler of Ray, we all call him Grandpa Hal." Also, don't call me an adult in the future, I sound awkward, you can call me Ivan or boss like everyone else. ”

Ryan looked at the natural expressions of Kevin and the others, his heart warmed, and he called out a little unnaturally: "Old, boss." ”

Wang Yong nodded and said with a smile: "That's right." Wang Yong thought to himself: "I will have a good relationship with you first, and when I get acquainted with you later, I will see if you will betray me." ”

Wang Yong sincerely asked Ryan: "What does Uncle Ryan think of our plan?"

Ryan thought for a moment and said, "The plan works, but there are still some loopholes. Carefully observing the expressions of Wang Yong and the others, he saw that the faces of these teenagers did not show a little displeasure, but a very expectant expression, Ryan was very satisfied that they were so young and tolerant, and he was also glad that he did not choose the wrong object of allegiance.

Ryan continued to explain: "Of course, those small and medium-sized bandit groups will unite, but there is no guarantee that they will not come forward with large bandit groups, if so, with your current strength, there is really nothing you can do with them." Also, after the other two large bandit groups get the news, they should also be involved, after all, this is not a trivial matter, if you are allowed to make it bigger, they will lose their living space and deterrence, do you know why there are only four large bandit groups here?"

Seeing everyone collectively shaking their heads, Ryan explained: "There is an unwritten rule here, there can only be four large bandit groups, and if one force wants to break this rule, all the big bandit groups will unite to destroy it. ”

Everyone was puzzled when they heard this, and Kevin asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Ryan explained: "Because of the interests, because of the balance. In the form of its realization here, only three families have the right to speak, the giant sword is one, we blue water counts one, and the two bandit groups of Wild Wolf and Electro Light together count one. The three of us can restrain each other and will not do anything to annex each other. Of course, this is also the meaning of the two empires, and only by keeping the forces here chaotic will they not be taken seriously by the empire. What the Eternal Empire wants is our resources here, and if they really unify all the bandits here, then our empire will have to send troops to wipe them out. Because if an entire province of an empire is occupied by many bandits, it can be excused that this is a chaotic place, but if it is only occupied by a group of people, it is equivalent to losing the country. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Yong felt that what Lane said was very reasonable, so he asked Lane: "Then aren't we in danger now?"

Ryan shook his head and said, "It used to be, but not anymore." ”

Wang Yong touched his chin and said, "You mean, because of your joining, we will be able to eliminate all the bandits?"

Ryan nodded and said, "That's right, but we have to plan more carefully in order to be able to deal with most of the bandits at once." ”

Then, everyone began to carefully study and analyze, and worked out a plan that could eliminate small and medium-sized bandit groups and two large bandit groups at once. During this period, Lane's overall situation and subtle insight and analytical ability opened the eyes of Wang Yong and the other turtles, and they also admired Lane more and more.