Chapter 316 (1/2)
Cross batra, the Grand Duke of yabaron, is a very ambitious man. Under his rule, yabaron has strong soldiers and fierce combat effectiveness.
He has been longing for greater territory, greater power and voice.
The reason why the ronitant kingdom in the South has always been so weak is related to the fact that the Grand Duke of Abalon leads his troops out for a walk or two from time to time.
In the eyes of those residents of ronitant Kingdom, the Grand Duke of abaron is almost equal to the devil in the abyss. His name has the great effect of stopping children's night cry.
Hoddin gross, the Grand Duke of matani and the Lord of matani, is located in the southeast of yarinks and east of Abalon. The territory covers most of the coastal plain and two-thirds of the coastline of irus.
Located on the shining coast, the huge port city of Phila is the most prosperous city in trade among all the cities of the Ilus empire.
There are trade routes with countries such as the kingdom of solant, the Empire of Rehn and the kingdom of ronitant, and ocean trade with the eastern islands is also very frequent. Huge multi mast sailboats bring all kinds of trade goods to the city day and night, and then transport the products of the ilrus empire
Although matani's military strength is weaker than that of yabaron, its economic strength is richer than that of the Northern Territory, Taris.
However, compared with the powerful yabaron and matanni, what really matters to the Ilus empire is the Tarris, which has a good military and economic balance.
For one thing, the Tarris leader owns the largest group of magic metal mines in the Empire. The spade family occupies an absolute number of magic metal mines here. In addition, the royal family has secretly developed a small number of magic metal mines here. Of course, most of them are magic iron and refined gold, and there is little secret silver, and the output is very low, But it is very important for the equipment improvement of the imperial army.
The second reason may be to check and balance the expansion of the power of the great nobility. At the beginning, Gilad Ilus, the founding emperor of Ilus Empire, set a rule that the Lord of Taris must be a royal member. At the same time, in order to make up for the loss of royal members' abandonment of inheritance, Taris received the lowest tax among all territories.
Now, the Lord of Tarris, nitro Ilus, is Victor's uncle. He is 68 years old. At the beginning, he voluntarily gave up his inheritance right and inherited the Lord status of Tarris.
It's ironic that the Ilus Empire has only divided three Duchess, but now only the Tarris can be trusted by Victor.
When the conflict between the royal family and the aristocracy was getting deeper and deeper, except that the Grand Duke of Tarris clearly expressed his support for Victor, the attitudes of the Grand Duke of abaron and the Grand Duke of matani were very ambiguous. With the confrontation between the royal family and the aristocracy, their attitudes became more subtle.
Now, the Grand Duke of abaron and the Grand Duke of matani have gone too far. They have not even come to see Victor on time, and the situation has suddenly become more complicated.
Donne frowned and knocked his fingers on the handrail subconsciously: ”the Grand Duke of abaron and the Grand Duke of matani are also aristocrats?”
”If so, it's easy to say.”
Victor shook his head and said with a gloomy face: ”the struggle between royalty and aristocracy can also be said to be an internal struggle. No matter what the result, the meat will eventually rot in the pot. I'm afraid they want to rebel...”
Donne immediately understood Victor's meaning: ”are you worried about their secret alliance with a country?”
Victor nodded, which was what he was most worried about.
”The Grand Duke of abaron and the Grand Duke of matani may have been delayed because of something. Even if they want to reverse, it's not for a while. There must be signs.”
Donne reminded Victor: ”now, instead of thinking about this, think about how to curb the power of the aristocracy. This is the top priority. If you curb the aristocracy, you will have other energy to solve the problems of abaron and matani.”
”Also... At least everything is normal now.”
Victor can only comfort himself.
”Bang bang.”
Victor immediately asked warily, ”who?”
”Father, my mother has been waiting for you in the restaurant for a long time.”
”Hoo... It's Ollie.”
Victor breathed a sigh of relief. ”Come in.”
Seeing Victor, Donne shook his head. I'm afraid the castle has been infiltrated by aristocrats - it's sad to be the king.
Aurelia opened the door and went into the study. Then she saw Donne. The smile on her face froze for a moment, and then nodded very naturally: ”count Donne, I didn't expect you to be here. Do you want to stay for dinner? My mother cooked a special Ryan wild bacon herself this evening.”
”No...”
Donne got up and said with a smile, ”I'd better not disturb your family reunion.”
Since he knew that Aurelia was a nocturne, Donne felt strange when he saw her again.
After all, he tossed a noble princess so hard that he almost completely shattered her dignity
If it was Donne, he didn't think he could endure it, but Princess Aurelia endured it, which made Donne sincerely admire and more... Excited.