Viscount Charles was in a very bad state, either drunk at home, or drunk in a tavern, and the whole person was depressed.

If he was an ordinary person, then at most he would have let Laorcede have more drunks, which was not a big deal, but he was the Grand Master of the Holy Knights, a key member of the Council of Three, and his state of affairs had a very bad impact on the people in the territory.

The whole of Laordisse was talking behind their backs, and there were many rumors of all kinds, the authority of the Holy Knights in the hearts of the citizens was greatly weakened, and the leadership of the Council of Three was under attack, and even the Knights were worried that no one would want to approve of a drunkard as their leader.

When this situation lasted for a month, some of the Holy Knights and high-ranking officers gradually became dissatisfied, believing that Viscount Charles had disgraced the Holy Knights and was no longer suitable to serve as Grand Master, and collectively applied for his removal from his position.

This situation could not have happened in the highly centralized Great Song Dynasty, but it was perfectly normal here.

Zhao Bufan took into account Charlie's feelings, forcibly suppressed the matter, and told everyone: "Without Charlie Carter, there would be no Holy Knights, you should give your Grand Master more time, he will prove that he is still the great Viscount Charlie!"

This made everyone quiet for a while.

But worryingly, Viscount Charles still showed no signs of improvement, and the large amount of alcohol did not clear his mind, but became more sluggish, and even one day, after getting drunk, he actually got into a fight in the tavern with an alien caravan who did not know him, because he vomited on someone else without apologizing.

If it hadn't been for the timely disclosure of his identity by a citizen that night, Viscount Charles, who could no longer even hold a sword, would have been beaten and seriously injured.

What's more, the alcohol made his spirit fragile, he actually howled and cried after the other party stopped moving, hysterically scolding that no one could bully him, and then rushed to the other party like crazy, not thinking that his legs were weak, and he knelt directly in front of others, unable to stand up.

When the aftermath was dealt with, the officials of the entire city hall were reluctant to go, which was really embarrassing in their opinion, but Zhao Bufan and Rolf rushed over to calm the matter.

The impact of this incident was extremely bad, the people completely lost confidence in the Grand Master of the Holy Knights, and the members of the Knights who had been suppressed by Zhao Bufan also became dissatisfied again, and strongly demanded that the negative impact be eliminated as soon as possible.

Viscount Charlie seemed to know these things, knowing that he had become a laughing stock again, his heart became even more tormented, he hid directly at home and did not even dare to go out, completely ashamed to see people, and collapsed in a vicious circle of accumulating negative emotions.

Zhao Bufan was helpless.

On the one hand, he was worried about the state of Viscount Charlie, and on the other hand, he was forced by the situation.

He was hesitant to remove Charlie from his position as Grand Master.

After a few more days, he couldn't sit still, and was going to talk to Viscount Charles again, although he knew that it was useless, he still wanted to make some more efforts, and he didn't think that he was about to walk out of his administrative office, but Rolf broke in in a hurry.

"Rilo, we're in big trouble. ”

"Could it be more troublesome than Charlie's case?"

Rolf smiled bitterly and nodded: "You're right, the Grand Master of the Templar Order, Padeing, has just arrived at the port, and he also brought a message from Baldwin II of the Jeru Kingdom to negotiate with our Grand Master, but what do you think Charlie can talk about in his current state, how much alcohol did he drink yesterday?"

"What is the attitude of the Knights Templar?" Zhao Bufan frowned, and he had a very bad premonition in his heart.

"Very bad, they came with a purpose, and I sensed from the brief conversation that they probably had an idea of our wealth, and you should recall that they had written earlier that they wanted us to support some military spending. ”

Zhao Bufan was well aware of the strength of the Knights Templar.

Not only was it the first order of knights recognized by the Holy See of Light, it had a closer relationship with the Holy See of Light, and it was also supported by Baldwin II, King of the Kingdom of Jeru, and was an important force of the Crusaders, with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Although nominally speaking, they are both crusaders and should be allies, but the crusaders are nothing more than a combined army organized by the Holy See of Light under the banner of religion, and they can fight together externally, but it is difficult to maintain consistency in terms of interests, and internal battles are frequent.

Now that the Grand Master of the Templar Order, Padeying, has come in person, it shows that they attach great importance to this negotiation, and their strong strength is a kind of deterrent, so that Zhao Bufan has almost no choice.

After a moment of silence, he let out a long sigh and looked helplessly at Rolf.

"Maybe it's time to choose a new Grand Master, don't you think?"

"It's the only way. Rolf smiled wryly.

"Then convene a meeting of the Knights!"

Zhao Bufan said this lightly and walked out of the door.

He went to Viscount Charles's house, but all he saw was a drunken man.

In that spacious and luxurious, but messy and dirty bedroom, he told Viscount Charles everything about the current situation, but the other party did not react, as if it didn't matter at all, until finally he spit out in a daze: "You decide." ”

This made Zhao Bufan very disappointed and left alone.

Two days later, in the morning, the General Assembly of the Order was held in the town hall, and the top of the Order sat in the large hall and walked up to the high platform in the middle one by one to express their opinions, and the majority of them were in favor of removing Viscount Charles from the post of Grand Master.

Zhao Bufan also became the undisputed new Grand Master.

It's just that on the issue of the three-person council, Zhao Bufan and Rolf were very strong and insisted that Viscount Charles continue to serve in it, but in order to appease everyone, they also made a compromise and agreed to establish the Knights' Senate, whose members were composed of thirteen high-ranking Knights, and Zhao Bufan, Rolf and Charlie were all members of the Senate.

The role of this Senate is that when the Grand Master makes an unforgivable mistake, the members of the Senate can initiate impeachment, vote to determine the final result, and also have the right to supervise legislation.

This approach was largely modeled after the Knights Templar, with a certain degree of division of supreme power.

In fact, Zhao Bufan didn't think that this kind of system was suitable for the current period, but due to the mistakes made by Viscount Charlie, the members of the Knights had already centrifuged, questioning the consequences of the concentration of power, plus everyone was from different countries, and they were still very weak, and they lacked a sense of security and belonging in their hearts, so Zhao Bufan could only make certain compromises to temporarily stabilize the internal anxiety.

Thankfully, Viscount Charlie's merits were not denied, and the Senate voted to keep him the title of Second Commander forever, and if Charlie never recovered, then he would also be supported by the Order until his death.

............

The first public meeting of the Holy Knights ended successfully, and the hearts of the members of the Knights were reunited, and Zhao Bufan also had confidence in his heart, and met with the Grand Master of the Templar Order, Padeying, at noon the next day.

He was a nobleman of the Kingdom of France and one of the founders of the Knights Templar, and many people called him the strongest man in France, although many nobles in the Kingdom of France did not admit this claim, but it was enough to prove that his combat skills were terrifying.

The meeting place is in the VIP restaurant of the town hall, the area is not particularly large, but the space is very large, there are many beautiful murals and lampstands hanging on the wall on the left, and several huge windows on the right, since the restaurant is located on the upper floor of the town hall, the view is very good, and you can even look out on the harbor in the distance.

In the middle of the dining room is a beautiful long wooden table that can seat more than 30 people, and most of the space is now decorated with elaborate flowers, with only the two ends of the long table are filled with attractively colored fruits, carefully grilled lamb shanks, cheese breads, soups and various specialties of the sea.

There were only two people eating, Zhao Bufan at the top and Pa Deying at the bottom.

It's a pity that you don't use tools to eat here, and you are used to grabbing it with your hands, which always seems a little primitive.

At this moment, Zhao Bufan grabbed a leg of mutton and nibbled on it with an ugly face, while Padeying on the opposite side looked very calm, while concentrating on wrapping the noodles with cheese, he said expressionlessly: "Captain Rillo, maybe you should reconsider the conditions we proposed, you must understand that the land that your Holy Knights now occupy is the territory of the Principality of Antioch, and King Baldwin is now the regent of the Principality of Antioch, and he even has the right to let you leave his territory." ”

Zhao Bufan tore off a large piece of lamb shank, didn't look at Padeying on the other side, and chewed and said: "As far as I know, the Duchy of Antioch has long since abandoned this territory, and it was once occupied by the Fatimid Dynasty, and our Holy Knights reoccupied it, and it even took two years to make him prosperous, and what you are doing now is tantamount to threatening your allies." ”

Pade-ying smiled: "Allies, have you shed a drop of blood for the Levant?"

"Does the blood have anything to do with our development and growth in La Odise?" Zhao asked rhetorically.

Pade-ying directly opened his mouth and bit off half of the cheese-stained bread, and said vaguely: "You are here to collect money in peace, and we are fighting you to the death with the Seljuks in the east, do you think it has something to do with us?"

"That's your own problem, not me asking you to give up this territory. ”

This prosperity made Padeying not know how to refute, he raised his head to look at Zhao Bufan, and quickly swallowed the bread in his mouth: "Commander Lilo, I am not here to argue with you, but to give you a final warning, you only have two choices, one is to withdraw from the Ladisse region immediately, the second is to give the five layers of your income to the Kingdom of Yelu, declare the city-state of Laorassee to become a vassal of King Baldwin, and be ready to lead your soldiers to the east to fight at any time, and the third is to accept our wrath." ”

Zhao Bufan put down the leg of mutton in his hand, and his tone was very cold.

"If we go to the east to fight and the people are almost dead, do you dare to swear to the god of light that you will never take Rapese?"

Seeing that the plan was exposed, Pa Deying took a deep breath, swallowed the remaining half of the bread in his hand, and then stood up directly: "Your cheese is delicious, I have a lot of fun eating it, I hope I can eat it better next time." ”

Zhao Bufan looked into his eyes, smiling rather than smiling.

"I'm sorry, this piece of cheese is mine, I don't know how to share!"

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