"There is news from three parties, which one should we listen to first?"

"Let's go from far to near! Let's talk about where Manyu's army is leading first. Has the fighting already started?"

"You think too simply. The situation there has become more complicated. Just a week ago, Viscount Philip, the first heir to the Phelan family, sent a messenger to the royal capital to swear allegiance to the Lancelot royal family. And in

Three days ago, news came out that the current Grand Duke Patram, the leader of the Manyu Army, had converted to the Holy See of Saint Ether. The Pope of the Saint Ether See was very happy. He originally wanted to come to the Commander of the Manyu Army to baptize Patram in person, but in view of the

At an advanced age, Manyu's military leadership was too chaotic and he chose to send the most famous cardinal, St. George, to baptize him."

Relf only recounted the information and did not include his personal opinions. This is the basic quality of an intelligence officer.

"One defected to the royal family and wanted to overwhelm the other party in name, and the other defected to the Holy Ether Church and wanted to suppress the other party with the help of external forces. These two guys thought that the leader of the Manyu Army was not chaotic enough. After their mess,

It will no longer be a simple battle for inheritance, but a battle for royal power and divine power, and the contradiction between the two parties will be completely irreconcilable."

As the Hawkeye Special Service booth began to spread, and the more information and materials were archived in his hands, Sean finally stopped being blind and had a relatively complete concept of the Byron Alliance.

In the plains of Asia Minor, the opposition between royal power and divine power has become the main contradiction.

What is not simple is whether the king's power is divinely authorized? Or is it a matter of divine power and kingship?

It also involves a series of interests. When the Byron League was first established, it gave the Holy See of Saint Ether, which was still relatively weak at the time, too much power. The two biggest rights were the right to form the Holy See Knights and the tax exemption for church land.

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These are the two rights that Sean firmly denied when negotiating with Darnell.

With these two rights, the Saint Ether Holy See has two major powers: military force and financial power. It is difficult not to develop and grow, and it uses the wealth of the nobles and nobles.

In the beginning, the Holy See remained content and only exempted the land owned by the Holy See Church from tax. As time went by, many believers donated their land to the Holy See Church in order to avoid taxes, in exchange for tax avoidance privileges, and the land was still farmed by them.

, they only need to pay part of the taxes that should be paid to the lords and nobles to the church.

As time goes by, this situation becomes more and more common. The land owned by the nobles and nobles has not changed, but the taxes collected are getting less and less. How can they not be anxious?

The point at which the contradiction between royal power and divine power intensified was when the Iron Princess Sophilia ordered a thorough inspection of all the land in the Holy See Church in the royal territory three years ago. All land exceeding the regulations of the year was recovered and returned to the royal family.

This was a stab in the lungs of the Holy See. It was firmly resisted by the local church. Even the old pope, who had not appeared in public for many years, came forward to question the Iron Princess's order, believing that using the agreement three hundred years ago,

It is somewhat inappropriate to manage things three hundred years later.

The Iron Princess doesn't care about this. The reason why she is nicknamed the Iron Princess is because of her steel-like wrist. Once she decides on something, she will never give up easily.

What's more, they check the cultivated land in their territory, which is reasonable and legal, and the Holy Ether Holy See can't stop it even if they say it. After all, the Holy Ether Holy See is not a country in the true sense. Although it has its own Holy See Knights, they are scattered across the continent.

In the royal territory, you are not qualified to challenge the royal family.

Unless the Holy See of Saint Ether wants to completely break with the Lancelot royal family, this price is obviously not something he can afford.

The Byron Alliance and the Holy Ether Church now belong to the relationship of trees and vines. Without the support of the Byron Alliance, the Holy Ether Church would be difficult to establish on its own. It is not impossible to grow, but what will it grow into?

No one can tell for sure.

This inventory does not matter. The amount of cultivated land that was inventoryed under the name of the Holy See Church is quite astonishing. It is actually 30% more than the total land tax paid to the royal family last year.

The results were seen in the second year. The taxes collected by the Lancelot royal family doubled. For three consecutive years, the harvest became better and better year by year. With this as a support, it is no wonder that the Lancelot royal family has become more and more powerful in recent years.

In the past, I had to be straight and tough in doing things.

Iron Princess Sophie Lina's unique style of doing things is on the one hand, and her abundant finances are on the other. Only with the support of the latter can the former have the confidence to be strong, otherwise even if the waist is made of steel, she will have to bend.

Three bends.

This incident caused a tsunami-like shock in the entire Byron Alliance. Many lords and nobles followed this approach in their own territories. Even if they could not do it as boldly and blatantly as Iron Princess Sophie Lina,

Using some unpretentious means will have the same effect. After all, you are in your own territory and it is convenient to do anything.

The total amount of cultivated land remains unchanged. If one party benefits, another party will inevitably lose.

The number of goods received by the beneficiary party will be the same as the loss of the injured party.

It’s strange that the Holy Ether Church is willing to do so. Although theoretically, these gains are illegal, but spitting out the food that has already been eaten in the mouth, whether it is illegal or legal, will make people scratch their livers and lungs.

pain.

The royal family of Lancelot and the Holy See of Saint Ether are in a state of bullishness from top to bottom.

However, the core of both sides is in the plains of Asia Minor, and the top management is still reasonable and knows that small actions can be done, but once a full-scale war breaks out, there will only be one result - both sides will lose.

Now the two heirs of the Phelan family, in order to compete for the right to inherit, have brought in these two forces.

Naturally, they saw the excitement, and they had nothing to worry about in the Manyu Army. As long as the two heirs nodded, it was not impossible for their troops to march in and fight.

Coupled with the fact that Countess Angie Beina of the Witch Conclave is standing behind them, they will definitely not sit idly by once the Holy Ether Church moves in on a large scale.

In recent years, due to the joint efforts of Angie Beina and her teacher Ms. Irene, the Witches' Conclave has been in an advantageous position in the game between the Manyu Army Leader and the Holy Ether Church. It has long regarded the Manyu Army Leader as their own meat.

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They can sit on the sidelines and watch the internal power reshuffle. If the Holy Ether Church moves in on a large scale, it will be a stab in their lungs. Even if they fight hard to get it, they will not let it fall into the hands of the Holy Ether Church.

As the situation has developed to this day, Manyu Military Leader is no longer a simple battle for succession, but a power game between three major international organizations. The situation will become more complicated, and many wins and losses are no longer simply on the battlefield.

Instead, they are gaming behind the scenes.

At that time, it will no longer be uncommon for people to suffer huge defeats on the battlefield but gain more benefits, and to experience continuous victories on the battlefield but suffer heavy losses.

If the Eternal Night Army wants to profit from this, it cannot simply focus on the three-thirds of an acre occupied by the Manyu Army, but needs to look at the general trend of the entire Byron Alliance.

If it were two years ago, Sean and the others would have been blind, intent but powerless. But now, the Eagle Eye Special Service has spread out. I dare not say that their Eagle Eye has penetrated everything, but they can still be the first to do some major things.

Time feedback comes back.

This is also the limit of what can be achieved under the current situation. If you want to take further control, unless the road facilities in other territories can catch up and be connected together, or there will be revolutionary advancements in communication equipment.

Judging from the current situation, both are very far away, and the Eternal Night Army is powerless.

However, in this aspect, everyone is on the same starting line, so it does not have much impact.

As long as he can grasp the general direction, Sean is very confident in this. It is nothing more than summing up the maximum possibility from a lot of information and making corresponding plans.

The military staff of the Yongye Legion is dedicated to this bowl of rice.

"Both sides are unwilling to withdraw from the struggle for inheritance rights. The conflict is irreconcilable. If they fail, they will lose everything. How can they care whether the Manyu military leader becomes a scorched earth. If they win, as long as they have power

, how can they care about the harm caused to this land."

"Yes, for the sake of power, these people have done everything possible. What about the slave rebel army?"

"They are withdrawing eastward in an orderly manner. We are looking at their posture and preparing for internal integration and military training. Marshall has already connected with the other side and is very interested in the trade we proposed, especially in terms of armaments.

, but they put forward a condition, which is that you come forward to talk to them in person, otherwise they will refuse the transaction."

"Ignore them, let them go for a while, and they won't have so many problems. This is our market, and now they don't even realize this. It's really disappointing!"

Sean didn't want to get too involved with the slave rebels at all, and he wouldn't look down on them because of their self-proclaimed justice.

There are no absolutes in the world. From a historical perspective, perhaps their actions are just and part of the slave resistance movement. Perhaps they will have far-reaching historical significance for the future pattern of the entire Ashan continent.

But as the parties involved in history, what they brought was only destruction and destruction. The reason why the rebel rebels with strong aggression were willing to sit down and negotiate a deal with them was because their forwards had already interacted with the Eternal Night Legion.

The outpost of the Fourth Corps fought a fierce battle near the Bastille.

The slave rebel army did not get any benefits. They were willing to sit down and talk after seeing the power of the Eternal Night Army. Facing the Eternal Night Army was their most elite slave gladiator army. The three centurions were completely

Become history.

If the Eternal Night Army is not powerful enough, the slave rebel army would not mind plundering the Eternal Night Army just like they robbed the nobles and nobles led by Man Yu.

If you do too much trading without capital, you will become addicted, that's what they are talking about.

And no matter how you look at it, in this game of power, their chances of becoming the ultimate winner are extremely slim.

Once the Lancelot royal family, the Holy Ether Church and the Conclave of Witches enter the scene, they will immediately join forces to clear out the unstable factor of the slave rebel army, and then fight.

In this era where inheritance and bloodline are of great importance, the slave rebels were born in mud and decided that they would not go too far.

Including the Eternal Night Legion, in the eyes of those nobles and nobles, they are simply inferior existences. No matter how powerful you are, without noble blood, you are still a group of mountain bandits.

Sean wanted to laugh every time he felt the pride of those lords and nobles in this regard.

Because in the ancient Andis Empire, the situation was exactly the opposite. The Andis mountain people were the orthodox lords and nobles, while those Byrons were inferior people.

The Byronians were committed to overthrowing these superior lords and nobles and seeking equality, but today they have become just like the people they hated at the beginning.

This is the greatest irony.

"Vice General Marshall has already done this. I believe it won't be long before they come asking for help. After all, they have no more choices now. When the time comes, it won't be them raising the conditions, but our turn to set the price."

"Consider it carefully! You can't give them a free advantage, nor squeeze them too hard. Give them some good things appropriately. Before the Twin Cities are built, we still need them to help us look after our homes and nursing homes."

"Don't worry, Vice General Marshall has the potential to become a profiteer and will squeeze out every bit of profit from them!"

"Where is our ally, Countess Angibena? What is she doing now? Her fiefdom is now completely occupied by the slave rebels, so there is no countermeasures?" Sean asked at the end.

"Countess Angelberna's reaction is a bit different from ordinary people. She doesn't care about her territory at all. It is said that a Hospital Knights is being formed with the hospital as the center to save people and treat illnesses everywhere. Wherever there is war, they will be there.

figure, but they were in an absolutely neutral state, and they treated the injured soldiers on both sides. This caused the senior officials on both sides to dislike her. Although Patram fell to the Holy Ether Church, among the lower-level soldiers, she was now

Has a great reputation.”

"A smart approach. Her identity itself is extremely special. Cooperating with Patram is just a relationship of mutual use. Once Patram gains a firm foothold, the first person she wants to get rid of is her. Her

Her status determines that she cannot gain the absolute trust of either of the two heirs. It is better to give it up from the beginning and win the favor of the lower-level soldiers and the people. As long as there are enough people to support her, her position will be extremely stable.

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"As for her fiefdom, it was only a number in a written document from the beginning. Even if she came to receive it, the original local lords and nobles may not be willing to surrender to her. It would be better to ignore it from the beginning and wait until the slaves revolt.

The army will uproot them. After the defeat, it will not be too late to come back to take them back. From the beginning, all she exchanged with Patram was a title. With this title, it will be easier to take advantage of the situation in the future."

Sean clapped his hands and laughed. What he did was very much like Angie Beina's style. This guy can always make some unexpected choices.

Ralph said with a strange look: "General, this is not your idea for her, is it? I heard that the flag they use is a red cross flag with red letters on a white background. I remember a long time ago, you followed us

I talked about the idea of ​​the Red Cross."

"Red cross flag? This guy plagiarized my stuff again!" Sean shook his head and said, "This has nothing to do with me at all. I just mentioned this idea to her before, but she didn't expect it to be borrowed directly by her.

, but it is appropriate to use it in this place. If she can grow bigger and let the Red Cross flag fly across this land, she will live up to this name."
Chapter completed!