The Origin of Arcane

There are news from all three sides, which side should I listen to first?

From far to near! Let's talk about Man Yu's army leader first. Could it be that the fight has already started?

You think too simply, and the situation over there has become more complicated. Just a week ago, Viscount Philip, the first heir to the Faerun family, sent a messenger to the royal capital to swear allegiance to the Lancelot royal family. Three days ago, it was reported that the current Grand Duke Patraim, the leader of the Manyu army, had converted to the Holy See of the Holy Ether. The Pope of the Holy See of Ether was very happy. He originally wanted to come to the leader of the Manyu army to baptize Patraim in person. He is old, and the situation of the Manyu military leader is too chaotic, so he chose to send the most famous cardinal, St. George, to baptize him.

Ralph only recounted the information without mixing his own personal opinion, which is the basic quality of a spy.

One seeks refuge in the royal family and wants to overwhelm the other party in name, and the other seeks refuge in the Holy See of Saint Ether and wants to suppress the other party with the help of external force. These two guys think that the leader of Man Yu's army is not messy enough. After their messing around, It is no longer a simple dispute over inheritance rights, but a dispute between kingship and theocracy, and the contradictions between the two sides will be completely irreconcilable.

As Hawkeye's booth began to roll out, and the more information and materials filed 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 kingship and theocracy has become the main contradiction.

Not simply, what is the divine grant of kingship? It's still a matter of the theocracy.

It also involves a series of interests. When the Byron Alliance was first established, it gave too much power to the then relatively weak Holy See of Saint Ether. Two of the biggest rights were the right to form the Holy See Knights and the right to exempt church land from taxes. .

These were the two rights that Sean had resolutely denied when negotiating with Darnell.

With these two rights, the Holy See of Saint Ether possesses the two major powers of force and finance. It is difficult not to develop and grow, and it is still using the wealth of the lords and nobles.

At the beginning, the Holy See was still keeping its own place, but the land owned by the Holy See Church was exempted from taxation. After a long time, many believers donated their land to the Holy See Church in order to avoid taxes. In exchange for the privilege of tax avoidance, the land is still cultivated by them. , they only need to pay to the church part of the taxes that should have been paid to the lords and nobles.

As time goes by, this happens more and more. Lords and nobles have the same land, but the taxes collected are getting less and less. How can they not be in a hurry?

The point where the conflict between kingship and theocracy intensified was when Iron Princess Sophilia ordered three years ago that all the land of the Holy See Church should be thoroughly investigated in the royal territory, and all land beyond the stipulated back then would be taken back and belonged to the royal family.

This stabbed the lungs of the Holy See of Ether, and was firmly resisted by the local church. Even the old Pope, who had not shown his face in front of the world for many years, came forward to question the order of the Iron Princess, thinking that with the agreement three hundred years ago, It is a little out of date to manage things after three hundred years.

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

What's more, they checked the arable land in their own territory, which was reasonable and legal. The Holy See of Saint Ether couldn't stop it. After all, the Holy See of Saint Ether was not a country in the true sense. On the territory of the royal family, there is no right 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 See of Saint Ether now belong to the relationship between trees and vines. Without the support of the Byron Alliance, the Holy See of Ether would be difficult to stand up on its own. It is not impossible to grow, but what will it look like? No one can tell.

It doesn't matter if this check is done, the amount of arable land cleared under the name of the Holy See Church is quite astonishing, it is 30% more than the total land tax paid to the royal family last year.

The result was seen in the second year. The tax collected by the Lancelot royal family doubled. After three consecutive years, the harvest was getting better every year. With this as a support, it is no wonder that the Lancelot royal family’s waist in recent years has been better than In the past, we had to be straight, and we worked harder.

Iron Princess Sophie Lina's unique style of doing things is one aspect, and abundant finances are another aspect. Only with the support of the latter can the former have the confidence and strength, otherwise, even if the waist is made of steel, it will have to bend. Three bends.

This incident caused a tsunami-like shock in the entire Byron Alliance. Many lords and nobles followed suit in their own territories. Using some methods that are not on the table, the effect is the same. After all, it is in its own territory, so it is convenient to do anything.

The total amount of cultivated land remains unchanged, and if one party gains, another party must lose.

As much as the beneficiary party receives the goods, the damaged party has as much loss.

It’s no wonder that the Holy See of Ether is happy. Although theoretically speaking, these benefits are illegal, but after eating what’s in your mouth and spitting it out, whether it’s illegal or legal, it will make people scratch their heads. pain.

From top to bottom, the royal family of Lancelot and the Holy See of Saint Ether are in a top-notch state.

However, the core of both sides is in the Asia Minor plain, and the higher-ups are quite sensible, knowing that small actions are fine, but once a full-scale war breaks out, there will only be one result-both sides will suffer.

Now the two heirs of the Feilun family have brought in these two forces in order to fight for the right to inherit.

Naturally, there was excitement, and they had no scruples in the Man Yu army. As long as the two heirs nodded, it was not impossible for their troops to come in and fight.

Coupled with the Countess Angie Bella, who is still standing behind the witches' conclave, once the Holy See of Saint Ether settles in on a large scale, they will definitely not sit idly by.

In the past few years, thanks to the joint efforts of Angel Bena and her teacher, Ms. Irene, the Witch Conclave is in an advantageous position in the game between the Man Yu army leader and the Holy See of Saint Ether, and has long regarded the Man Yu army leader as their own meat. .

With the reshuffle of internal power, they can sit on the sidelines and watch. If the Holy See of Saint Ether enters on a large scale, it will poke their lungs.

The situation has developed to the present, and Man Yu's military leadership is no longer a simple battle for heirs, but a power game between the three major international organizations. The situation will become more complicated, and many victories and losses are no longer simply on the battlefield. It's playing behind the scenes.

At that time, it will no longer be a rare thing to experience a big defeat on the battlefield, but win more benefits, and win successive victories on the battlefield, but suffer heavy losses.

If the Eternal Night Legion wants to profit from it, they can't just focus on the three-acre land led by the Man Yu Army, but need to focus on the general trend of the entire Byron Alliance.

If it were two years ago, Sean and the others would be blind, determined but powerless, but now, Hawkeye's booth has been spread out, and I dare not say that their Hawkeye has penetrated into every corner, but some major events can still be the first. time feedback.

This is also the limit of what the current situation can do. If you want to further control, unless the road facilities in other territories catch up and can be connected in a line, or there is a revolutionary improvement in communication equipment.

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

But in this regard, everyone is on the same starting line, so it doesn't affect much.

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

The military staff of the Eternal Night Legion is dedicated to eating this bowl of rice.

Both sides are unwilling to withdraw from the battle for succession. The conflict is inherently irreconcilable. If they fail, they will own everything. How can they care whether the Man Yu army leader becomes a scorched earth? If they win, as long as they have power , how could they care about the harm done to this land.

Yeah, these people have used everything for power. What about the slave rebel army?

The eastward retreat is being carried out in an orderly manner. Seeing their posture, they are preparing for internal integration and large-scale military training. Marshall has already established a line with the other party. He is very interested in the trade we proposed, especially in terms of armaments. , but they put forward a condition, that is, you will come forward to talk to them personally, otherwise they will refuse the deal.

Don't bother with them. Leave them alone for a while, and they won't have so many problems. Now it's our market. It's really disappointing that they don't even realize this!

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

There is no absolute thing in the world. From a historical point of view, perhaps their actions are just, part of the slave rebellion movement, and may have far-reaching historical significance for the future structure of the entire Arshan continent.

But as the parties in history, what they brought was only destruction and destruction, with a strong aggression. The reason why the slave rebels were willing to sit down and negotiate a deal with them was because their forwards had already cooperated with the Eternal Night Legion The outpost of the Fourth Corps fought a fierce battle near the Bastille.

The slave rebel army didn't get any cheap, and they were willing to sit down and talk after seeing the strength of the Eternal Night Legion—their most elite slave gladiator army was facing the Eternal Night Legion. become history.

If the Eternal Night Army is not strong enough, the slave rebel army would not mind looting the Eternal Night Army just like they robbed the nobles of the Man Yu Army.

If you do too much no-cost trading, you will become addicted, and they are the ones who are talking about it.

And no matter how you look at it, in this Game of Thrones, their chances of being the ultimate winner are slim.

Once the royal family of Lancelot, the Holy See of Saint Ether, and the Witches' Secret Council enter the arena, they will join forces as soon as possible to eliminate the unstable factor of the slave rebel army, and then fight again.

In this era that pays so much attention to inheritance and bloodlines, the slave rebels were born with mud legs, and it was decided that they would not go too far.

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

Every time he felt the pride of those lords and nobles in this regard, Sean wanted to laugh a little.

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

The Byrons are committed to overthrowing these high-ranking nobles and seeking equality, but today they have become the same as the people they hated at the beginning.

This is the greatest irony.

Deputy General Marshall has already done this. I believe it won't be long before they will take the initiative to come to the door. After all, they have no more choices now. When the time comes, it will not be their offer of conditions, but our turn to set the price.

Grasp them well! We can't give them too much money for nothing, and we can't squeeze them too hard. Give them some good things appropriately. Before the Twin Cities are built, we still need them to help us take care of our homes.

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

Where is our ally, Countess Angelberina? What is she doing now? Now that her fief has been completely taken over by the slave rebels, there are no countermeasures? Sean finally asked.

Countess Angelberina's reaction is a bit different from ordinary people. She doesn't care about her own territory at all. It is said that the hospital is the center and is forming a hospital knight order to save people and treat diseases everywhere. As long as there is war, there will be them. However, they were in an absolutely neutral state, and they treated the wounded soldiers on both sides. This caused the high-level officials on both sides to dislike her. Has a great reputation.

It's a smart approach. Her identity is very special. Cooperating with Patraim is just a relationship of mutual use. Once Patraim has a firm foothold, she will be the first to get rid of her. Her Her identity determines that it is impossible for her to gain the absolute trust of two heirs. It is better to abandon it from the beginning and win the favor of the soldiers and the people at the bottom. As long as there are enough people who support her, her position will be extremely stable. .”

As for her fiefdom, it has only existed in written documents from the beginning. Even if she came to receive it, the original local lords and nobles may not be willing to submit to her. It is better to ignore it from the beginning and wait until the slaves revolt. The army will uproot them, and after the defeat, it will not be too late to come to receive them. From the beginning, what she exchanged with Patraim was just a title, and with this title, it will be convenient for them to take advantage of it in the future.

Sean clapped his palms and laughed, this is done in Angie Bella's style, this guy can always make some unexpected choices.

Ralph said with a strange expression: My lord general, you couldn't have suggested this to her, right? 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 and us Talked about the idea of ​​the Red Cross.

The red cross flag? This guy stole something from me again! Shawn shook his head and said, This has nothing to do with me at all. I just mentioned this idea with her before, but she borrowed it directly , but it is also suitable for this place, if she can make it bigger and let the flag of the Red Cross fly over this land, she will live up to the name.

When he said these words, Sean didn't blush. Obviously in his subconscious, the things in his past life memories belong to his personal property.