Chapter 316

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.

Oh, no... you can't be too excited

Donne took a deep breath. He could shirk his ignorance before. Now he knows her identity. If he still does that, the meaning will be completely different.

After seeing Donne leave, Aurelia's smiling face immediately collapsed: "father, why are you so kind to him? You know how he treats me!"

"Believe me, Ollie, Donne will be our hope to save this country."

The expression on Victor's face is very complex. This kind of thing that even his family has to hide is a very heavy burden.

He patted Aurelia on the head and said, "I know you are angry and hate him, but I hope you don't show it when you see him in this capacity. You must be patient... After all, he doesn't know that the night song is you."

Aurelia straddled her face and said, "I know, otherwise I wouldn't have piled up smiling faces just now."

Victor's face was complex and his eyes were full of haze: "Ollie... Even my father and I may not be able to protect you. If something really happens in the future, remember me and go to Donne. Only he can protect you."

Aurelia puffed her cheeks and said, "don't look for him! Brother, he can also protect me! Besides, father, you are strong. Why did something happen? Don't talk nonsense."

"Your brother, how can he have the energy to protect you now..."

Victor shook his head. Gillard was sent to the third imperial Legion by him. He hasn't returned to alinks for several years. Father and son have been communicating in secret letters. Nominally, it is to train the imperial heir, but actually to protect him. At the same time, it is also to enable Gillard to master the third imperial Legion as soon as possible.

The next day, alinks, who had just finished the carnival of the glory Festival, suddenly ushered in a wave of "strike hard". It was found that tax officials who always liked to beat around the Bush to eat Naka took positive action for the first time, almost went out together, and poured into the carriage shops of the Prani chamber of commerce all over alinks at the same time, forcing them to check the account books and check the tax.

Not only was the purney chamber of Commerce audited, Victor, after getting the support of Donne, simply didn't do it and worked hard to bring the whole business alliance into the scope of audit. It happened that he negotiated business with Donne. Next, there would be a lot of money. If he did a good job this time, there would be money for the hot pot chain

In addition to the business alliance, the Kadir family was also arrested. Their shops and entertainment places were sealed up. It was announced that the Kadir family was suspected of tax evasion, so it was necessary to check the accounts, but Frank knew the real reason.

This is Donne's counterattack.

"Have you finally stood in line publicly... Cough!"

Frank, shrouded in thick incense, suddenly coughed violently. A moment later, he took away his handkerchief, which was covered with dark blood.

Charles and Morton were shocked: "father!"

"Panic what panic!"

Squinting Frank scolded, "do you think there's no price for power? It's a normal reaction."

Charles was still a little worried: "but you..."

"I said, this is a normal reaction!"

Frank opened his eyes and stared at Charles with dark eyes. As a son, Charles was staring in a cold sweat by his father. He unconsciously lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Frank at all. He could only say yes: "what you said..."

Frank was satisfied with his dignity. He glanced at Morton next to him and shook his head helplessly.

He has fainted with fear.

Frank stood up and said, "Charles, I'll leave the family to you."

Charles was stunned: "father, are you..."

"Next, I want to fully grasp this power... When I come out, it's time for us to settle accounts with victor."

Frank squinted like a Maitreya. Yes, his face was full of a gentle smile, but Charles was cold all over.

Father, it's not like that father anymore.

"At that time, I can get the real reward, eternal life and powerful power!"

Frank said softly, "and you, my child, you will also be crowned king, bringing the blood of our Kadir family to glory."

Charles, who had some fear, was immediately moved by Frank's words and said enthusiastically, "I see, father, I will try my best!"

"Good, then I'll go... Clean this place by the way."

When the voice came, Frank's figure had disappeared. Charles glanced at the pile of thick white bones next to the table, his heart was inexplicably cold, but he was soon suppressed by the fanatical desire