Chapter 1098
The dimly lit corridor of the main hall of the Heavenly Dome Palace has no ventilation openings. The huge pillars make the fairly spacious space very depressing and gloomy and terrifying.
And in this piece of ice, there is a touch of red burning.
Although Loren had already met Princess Zhang and Fetterone Dessalion at Connold’s coronation ceremony not long ago; but when they saw each other again, they seemed to have already It took a long, long time.
It's so long...the other person's silhouette is overlapping with someone standing on the streets of Eboden in my memory.
The black hair wizard quietly looked at Fitronai, and looked at the indifferent red-haired Dame in front of him.
"Are you proud?"
Fitlownet lightly opened the mouth and said.
"Proud?"
"Defeat the Azores, liberate countless captured imperial citizens, and force the Imperial Capital to open the city gate for you, thousands of Knights tall Huhei Duke’s prestige..."
The long-faced Her Highness the Princess said word by word: "In the eyes of you Byrne, this should be regarded as a manifestation of the glory of revival."
"In the name of salvation, trample on the pride of the empire...sweep the Sky Palace majestic."
"Probably." Loren shrugged:
"If I said This is not my intention, would you be willing to believe it?"
"I believe it, but it doesn’t make any sense. Change your attitude towards you."
Fitlownay shook his head: "So stop here for meaningless small talk, tell me what you are going to do next."
Voice After falling, Fitronai's sharp eyes narrowed, staring at the expression of the black hair wizard.
Dealing with such intuitive people is probably one of Loren’s worst things-any tricks, deceptions, tactics and "little tricks", in the face of that unreasonable innate talent It's no different from a jumping clown.
It may be troublesome for Loren to switch to the previous one; but for him now, Fitronay, 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 after Brandon Desalion arrives, give him the entire city."
p>Loren opened the mouth and said calmly.
"I don't need you to tell me about this kind of thing, and you know exactly what I want to ask."
Loren smiled.
"If this is the case, you should have guessed what I will do to achieve this goal, right?"
Fitlownet frowned slightly.
Yes, since the black hair wizard chose to use this kind of fanfare and undisguised way to enter the Imperial Capital city, it shows that he will never make any compromises to the Imperial Council.
Since there is no compromise, then there is only one result-the overhead council.
Threat, blackmail, extortion, bribery... Loren Torino, who holds 80,000 Legion and is supported by Grand Duke Alleman, can do almost anything he wants in the Imperial Capital city; by confronting Asia In the name of Sauer, controlling the city's defenses is only a matter of time.
The control of Imperial Capital’s city defense is equivalent to the control of Imperial Capital’s power of life and death-the imperial parliament and the imperial cabinet are useless, the sky palace is ruined, and the lives and deaths of the Imperial Capital will be controlled by the Duke of Byrne. Hold it in your hands.
Such a thing...Even Roland Torino, the black duke who was once so powerful, could not do it.
And Loren, he even started doing it.
Several forces currently controlling the situation of Imperial Capital are probably the Imperial Family of the Sky Palace, Holy Cross Church, Chamber of Commerce, and Imperial Capital nobles; the former is temporarily let go, but the latter three are all OK Intimidating and inducing.
Joint with Chamber of Commerce's Jr. Yod, responsible for liaising with Chamber of Commerce and "negotiating" with those Imperial Capital aristocrats who have a close relationship with the merchants;
Byrne bishop Webber, go to Holy Cross Church made preliminary negotiations;
To reach a more unanimous "agreement" with these three forces, Loren can temporarily stabilize the current situation and consider how to deal with the little Prince outside the city, and how to reach it Agreement...
Nobles value prestige, priests value faith, and everyone value money.
Byrne has money, and Byrne has goods—especially after the important port of Eboden is completely finished, Byrne has become the most important source of luxury goods in the empire.
Wine, honey, food, medicine... The nobles of Imperial Capital may be able to tolerate a life without wine and sweets, and watch the poor starve to death, but they absolutely cannot accept the outbreak of a large-scale plague; and if not Disinfecting salt and healing agents, the seemingly safe Imperial Capital will soon become a ghost town.
Of course, Imperial Capital also has a large number of highly skilled Potion Masters and doctors, but in the imperial trial three years ago, the upper level of the Potion Master’s guild has been banned by the holy cross fanatics. Now, the rest are all alchemists from the Imperial Family wizard Academy.
The wizards who rely on His Royal Highness Brandon and headed by the Imperial Family wizard adviser, who will stand on the side, is a question that does not need to be asked.
As for how to negotiate with those people, Loren left it to Yod Jr. and Webber to control them.
"...As you know, I would like to thank you Chamber of Commerce from Imperial Capital for not giving up. As the president of the joint Chamber of Commerce, I control Imperial Capital...No, it is half an empire. Accounts."
Lying leisurely on a comfortable soft recliner, Young Jod, holding a wine glass, looked at the swaying wine syrup in the glass; the almost transparent glass reflected the owner of the opposite house sitting uneasy. Silhouette of.
In the corner of the room, the gorgeously dressed young woman is holding the shiver coldly little girl tightly, staring at the sneered little Yod ferociously.
"What should I say, there are a lot of debts about you and your family recorded in that unpleasant account, and it is a large number." Little Yod sighed:
"So you can definitely understand that, as the financial officer of Byrne, I have an obligation to recover this debt for the Duke and make up for the loss...no matter what method is used."
Now, Jr. Yod lifts the head looked towards the silhouette standing in the corner, with a meaningful chuckle.
"Really, really impossible!"
The terrified room owner shook his whole body, and the panic made his voice extremely sharp: "I, I am a member of the dignified imperial assembly , Chief-In-Charge of Chamber of Commerce, I absolutely do not accept blackmail from a trifling civilian!"
"no no no, you are not accepting blackmail from a civilian." Jade Shao Shaking his head: "You are dealing with a debt dispute with an empire grand duke."
"And...hehe, to be honest, send me to negotiate, the duke's most'gentle' move - Otherwise, it’s not me who sits in your house now, but a dozen fully armed Byrne Knight."
"But if you think it’s better to discuss with them, I don’t mind. ……"
"no!" The Imperial Capital nobles quickly stopped:
"But, aren’t these all what we said?! Just the ones I helped you hide Accounts, the price of secretly smuggled goods is far more than this number!"
"Yes, you are right." Little Yod is very serious and nodded: "Let’s do this, let’s keep these accounts Give it to the Royal Chief Justice to see how he will try this case?"
"Absolutely not!" The noble's chest undulates violently: "Well, in that case, the status of our family and family The seats in the parliament... are all over!"
"This matter must never be known by the justices, absolutely not-as long as you don’t tell him and don’t hurt my family...I, I, everything Yes, I am willing to do anything!"
Little Yod finally showed a satisfied smile.
"Dear Congressman, you are our Chamber of Commerce...No, you are an important business partner of Dagong. Of course, we can help you conceal anything or destroy any debts." Little Yode slowly got up. , Holding a wine glass and walking to the other party:
"But in return, the Duke needs your cooperation."
"Hey, cooperation?!"
trembling With the lifts the head of fear, the nobleman looked up at the face of young York.
"We respect you and the Reichstag, so we need the council to pass a few bills quickly-in short, to recognize His Royal Highness Brandon de Salion in the current turbulent situation. The regiment of government."
"And the Duke of Byrne, as a friend and deputy of His Royal Highness, had a series of authorizations from Imperial Capital’s defense, warehouses, soldiers... etc. before His Royal Highness arrived at Imperial Capital, ah... If we don’t directly grant the title of Duke'Golovin Guardian', we don’t have to discuss so much politics."
"Golovin Guardian, will this be too..." Look With the chilling gaze of Jr. Yod, the nobleman quickly changed his words: "I mean...Such a proposal is difficult to pass even if it is passed to the council. Even if it can be passed, it will take a long, long time."
" Lord Duke...you shouldn’t have that much time, right?"
"Yes, but it doesn’t take much time." Smiling little Yod, "stuffed" the wine glass into the nobleman's trembling In both hands:
"In fact, we have reached terms with almost one-tenth of the parliamentarians. Everyone is willing to help others, very enthusiastic, including the former imperial chancellor of the Exchequer Sith The Charn family of Lord Kurt."
"Cha, the Charn family?!"
"Exactly, the current Charn count knows the righteousness and is a very A good person who can see the situation clearly, so he has given us a lot of help." Little Yod shrugged:
"And I believe that the members of the Imperial Assembly should be such enthusiastic and good people; as long as we After explaining the interests of both parties, everyone can see the situation clearly."
The plain words made the nobles shiver.
"So we can count on you, Honorable Member of Parliament, to speak righteously for the Duke of Byrne in the Imperial Council?" Little Yod whispered, and the "sincere" expression made the nobleman shiver again:
"Believe me, this is already a very good condition. Lord Duke and I hope that you can accept it; otherwise..."
Little Yod’s meal is very meaningful. Shook his head.
"No, you don’t want to know what will happen after'otherwise'."
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“… …Is it?" Long Her Highness the Princess faintly opened the mouth and said:
"But even if you can convince the Imperial Council, Holy Cross Church will never accept such a result-they may tolerate it. Black Duke, but impossible to tolerate a bishop that opposes the church, even semi-independent."
"Your behavior like this is risking the life of your friend."
"Maybe. "Loren has no intention of denying: "But I still want to try, for the same reason as the Reichstag; if the problem can be solved by peaceful means, then violence should not be resorted to."
"You call shameless blackmail and threats peace?"
"It may be uglier, but it is 10,000 times stronger than killing; I don’t intend to be above the empire, I just need to gain rule temporarily And the power to manage this city."
"The extremely arrogant guy, you never thought about me... and the Imperial Family of the Sky Vault would oppose it?"
"I thought, so I came-I don't want to completely fall out with the empire, so I decided to negotiate with you to see if we can achieve some results that we can accept."
black hair The wizard calmly opened the mouth and said: "You're welcome, I can ask Byrne Legion to block the Sky Dome at any time, and put you and the nobles who are loyal to the Imperial Family behind you under house arrest in this palace."
"And I also believe that even after Brandon comes, I will never be blamed for this kind of thing; not only because he doesn’t care, but also because Byrne has become the key to the empire’s victory in this war— —If you want to defeat the Azores, you need Byrne's Knight and supplies."
"But I came anyway, and I am willing to listen to your request; as long as it is not excessive, I can satisfy you... I hope you can understand my sincerity, even if I don't actually need it."
Fitlownet face doesn't change, but there is a little killing intent in his eyes.
"...shameless."
"As you like." Loren, who didn't care much, smiled suicide and turned to leave.
Just as the black hair wizard was about to leave the promenade, Her Highness the Princess, who was always silent, suddenly spoke and stopped him.
"Xiong Yingwang's head." Feitlanai coldly said: "Didn't you kill Xiong Yingwang? I want his head."
black hair wizard face doesn't 't change: "I didn't bring it with me."
"It's okay, I can wait."
"To be honest, that thing is not very good-looking, and it's in the early spring. Use It won’t be long before it will start to rot; I understand your hatred of avenging your Majesty Connold, but that thing..."
"It’s okay!"
Fitlownet is getting worse. Tone.
"...I understand." Loren slightly nodded: "Anything else?"
"Yes, one condition is too cheap for you."
"No problem, please speak."
"The fourteenth generation of the Supreme Emperor."
"en?"
"If my request is Let you betray Brandon and support me as the supreme emperor of the fourteenth generation?" Fitlani's mouth trembled slightly: "You can also ask for this..."
"Sorry." Before she finished speaking, Loren flatly refused: "Please forgive me for not agreeing."
"Why can't I agree?" Fitronay asked coldly: "Aren't you a Torino? Don’t you want to accomplish the same great cause as the Black Duke — the Black Duke of the year, but personally supported a queen."
"You are right, I am a Torino, but..." Loren Shaking his head, gently cocked the corners of his mouth:
"You are not Charlotte."