Chapter 1098 (1/2)

The long corridor of the main hall of the sky palace with dim light can't see the vent. The huge colonnade makes the spacious space very depressed and gloomy.

And in this cold, but burning a touch of red.

Although not long ago, Loren had met the eldest princess, fillonay de sallion, at the coronation ceremony of Connaught; But when I see each other again, it seems that it has been a long time.

For a long time... The figure of the other party is coinciding with the appearance of a certain person standing on the street of eboden in his memory.

The black haired wizard looked at fillonay quietly and looked at the indifferent red haired female knight in front of him.

”Proud?”

Fillonay said faintly.

”Pride?”

”Defeat the Azores, liberate countless captured imperial people, openly force the emperor to open the gate for you, and thousands of knights shout the reputation of the black Duke...”

Every single word or phrase, ”Princess Byrne,” the princess of the long face, ”this is the expression of” Renaissance glory ”in your eyes.

”Trampling on the pride of the Empire in the name of salvation... Sweeping the sky palace.”

”Probably.” Lauren shrugged:

”Would you believe me if I said it wasn't my intention?”

”I believe, but it doesn't make any sense - the nobles in the imperial capital will not change their attitude towards you because of my likes and dislikes.”

Fillonay shook his head. ”So stop the meaningless gossip and tell me what you're going to do next.”

As the voice fell, phillanai narrowed his sharp eyes and stared at the expression of the black haired wizard.

Dealing with people with strong intuition may be one of Loren's worst things - any skills, deception, means and ”tricks” are no different from a jumping clown in front of his unreasonable talent.

In the past, it might make Loren feel very troublesome; But for him now, such a phillanai who is good at insight into people's hearts may be the easiest type to communicate.

”Defend the imperial capital, repel the imperial capital of the Azores, and hand over the city to Brandon de saleon after his arrival.”

Lauren spoke calmly.

”I don't need you to tell me such a thing, and you know what I want to ask.”

Lauren smiled.

”In that case, you should have guessed what I would do to achieve this goal, didn't you?”

Philrone frowned slightly.

Yes, since the black haired wizard chose to enter the Imperial City in such a big and undisguised way, it shows that he will never make any compromise to the imperial Parliament.

Since there is no compromise, there is only one result - overhead Parliament.

Threats, extortion, extortion, bribery... Laurent Turin, who holds 80000 legions and has the support of the Archduke of El Mans, can do almost anything he wants in the imperial city; In the name of fighting against Azores, it is only a matter of time to control the urban defense of the whole city.

Mastering the city defense of the imperial capital is tantamount to controlling the life and death power of the imperial capital - the imperial Parliament and the former Imperial Cabinet are in vain, the prestige of the heavenly palace is destroyed, and the life and death of the imperial capital will be held in the hands of Duke Bain.

Such a thing... Even Roland Turin, the famous black Duke in those days, couldn't do it.

And Loren, he's even started.

At present, the several forces controlling the situation in the imperial capital are probably the royal family in the sky palace, the Holy Cross Church, the chamber of Commerce and the aristocrats in the imperial capital; Let the former go for the time being, but the latter three can be intimidated and lured.

Little Joad of the United Chamber of commerce is responsible for contacting the chamber of Commerce and ”negotiating” with the imperial nobles who have a close relationship with merchants;

Bishop Weber of Byrne went to the Holy Cross Church for preliminary negotiation;

By reaching a more consistent ”agreement” with these three forces, Loren can temporarily stabilize the current situation, consider how to deal with the elf Prince outside the city, and how to reach an agreement

Nobles value prestige, priests value faith, and everyone values money.

Byrne had money and Byrne had goods - especially after the end of the important port of eboden, Byrne became the most important source of luxury goods in the Empire.

Wine, honey, food, medicine... The nobles in the imperial capital may be able to live without good wine and sweets and watch the poor starve to death, but they absolutely can't accept the outbreak of a large-scale plague; Without sterilized salt and medicine, the seemingly safe imperial capital will soon become a ghost city.

Of course, the imperial capital also has a large number of highly skilled pharmacists and doctors, but in the pre imperial trial three years ago, the upper level of the pharmacist guild has been eaten up by the Holy Cross enthusiasts, and the rest are the alchemists of the Royal wizard college.

Relying on his highness Brandon and headed by the Royal wizard consultant, it is a question that does not need to be asked who will be on the side.

As for how to negotiate with those people, Loren left it to Joad Jr. and Webber.

”... as you know, thanks to the persistence of the chambers of Commerce in the imperial capital, I am in charge of the accounts of the imperial capital in my capacity as president of the United Chamber of Commerce... No, it's half of the Empire.”

Lying leisurely on the comfortable and soft recliner, little Joad, holding the wine glass, looked at the swaying wine in the glass; The almost transparent cup reflects the uneasy figure of the owner of the opposite house.

In the corner of the room, the beautiful young woman was holding the trembling little girl tightly and staring at the sneering little Joad.

”What do you want me to say? There are a lot of debts about you and your family recorded in that unhappy account, and it's a large number.” little Yod sighed:

”So you can certainly understand that as treasurer of Bain, I have the obligation to recover this debt and make up for the loss for the Duke... In any way.”

Then little Joad looked up at the figure standing in the corner and laughed meaningfully.

”Really, really outrageous!”

The frightened owner of the room was shocked, and the panic made his voice sharp: ”I, I am a member of the imperial Parliament and the head of the port chamber of Commerce. I will never accept blackmail from a mere civilian!”

”No, no, no, you're not accepting blackmail from a civilian.” little Joad shook his head. ”You're dealing with a debt dispute with an imperial Duke.”

”And... Ha ha, to tell you the truth, sending me to negotiate has been the most 'gentle' move of the Duke - otherwise, it is not me sitting in your house now, but a whole dozen fully armed Bain knights.”

”But if you think it's better to discuss with them, I don't mind...”

”No!” the imperial nobles quickly stopped:

”Can, can't we all agree?! just the accounts I helped you hide, the price of smuggled goods is far more than that!”

”Yes, you're right.” little Joad nodded seriously: ”well, let's give these accounts to the former chief justice and see how he will try the case?”