Lord Harland.

Boye Cisse lost his prestige and couldn't suppress the contradictions accumulated below.

Now that Dawei has become the first bird, many people have spoken out one after another, showing righteous indignation.

The Xisai family has been enshrined for many years, and the family members have long since lost much kinship, and they mainly rely on interests to unite.

In recent years, the Cisse family has experienced problems in its development, and its interests have been seriously damaged. With reduced income and lowered status, many people have accumulated countless resentments. In the past, I didn't dare to point it out, but it was because of Boy's powerful skills. After all, when fighting for the title, Boy executed many people.

Now Dawei took the lead, and many people immediately began to speak, wanting to hold Boye accountable.

In fact, before today's meeting, there was an undercurrent within the Cisse family.

Dawei has already secretly joined forces and contacted many alliances.

"Dawei is right. You have brought the Cisse family into this state, do you still want to continue to dominate and order us? We have already discussed it before today's meeting. The title of Baron, the head of the Cisse family, is It should be replaced today.

If you are sensible and take the initiative to step down, you are still a member of the Xisai family. If you are not sensible, we have no choice but to let you be stabbed three times in the body and commit suicide. "

Standing up to speak was a burly man named Rosen, who was a member of the remote branch of the Xisai family.Although he doesn't have the blood of an awakened knight, he is a sixth-rank warrior and an important figure in the Cisse family.

There are only four middle-level and above professionals in the Xisai family.Two of them stood up to oppose Boyi, and they didn't even bother to give up, and directly pointed out the meaning of the political change.

In fact, there is a reason why Rosen said this. The previous Viscount Cisse was Boy's uncle. After his uncle died in the war, Boy became the patriarch of the Cisse family and inherited the title of viscount through this coup.

At that time, a clansman who was ahead of Boye in the line of succession was stabbed three times in the back. In the end, Boye's investigation concluded that he committed suicide.

This incident was very famous back then, and even spread to the noble meeting.

Boye publicly turned black and white back then, in order to force family members to recognize the reality.Now that this matter was directly pointed out by Rosen, Boyi's face turned pale instantly.

"Boy, this is the current situation, it's time for you to accept your fate."

Seeing that Boyle was silent, an old man let out a long sigh. This old man was the cousin of Baron Sissy, his name was Ince, and he was an old and frail fifth-rank knight.

Back then, it was thanks to Ince's strong support that Boyle forced several cousins ​​to promise to give up the title inheritance. In the process, there was a serious bloody conflict, killing several successors ahead of Boyle. heirs.

It was precisely relying on his strong strength and the support of most members of the Cisse family that Boy was able to successfully counterattack and inherit the powerful Viscount of Cisse as the sixteenth heir.

Back then, Boye relied on his strength and used a method similar to a coup d'etat to obtain the right to inherit the title.

Now the opponent uses almost the same method to force Boye, asking him to give up his title and take responsibility.

The situation has developed to this point, although it is beyond Boye's expectations, but facing Dawei's forced palace.Boye knew in his heart that he had to make a decision.

At such a critical time, hesitation can only lead to self-destruction.

Now there are only two ways. The first is to launch a family civil war, purge Dawi and others after victory, and suppress the dissatisfaction of the Cisse family members. Even though this would greatly consume the strength of the Cisse family, Boy still wanted to choose this method.

After all, Boye's interests are different from those of the Cisse family at this time.Boye used a coup to change the order of succession. Naturally, he was not a selfless person who was dedicated to the development of the Cisse family.

Boy's nature is very selfish. As long as his own interests are not harmed, Boy does not care about other members of the Cisse family at all.

It's just that in the past, his interests were basically the same as those of the Sissy family, and the members of the Sissy family were also the basic base for Boye to maintain his rule.With the development of the Cisse family, the power in Boye's hands will increase.But once the family civil war fails, Boyi's family will be liquidated by the enemy, and it will be difficult for men, women and children to save their lives.

The second is to give up power happily. According to the unspoken rules of title competition among nobles, although doing so will damage Boy's interests, it can basically save the lives of the whole family.

As long as there was even a slight chance of winning, Boye wanted to choose the first one.

But looking at the members of the Cisse family united around Dawei, and seeing the eagerness in the eyes of these Cisse family members, Boy knew in his heart that it was imperative to give up his power.

Boy saw resentment in the eyes of most of the Cisse family members.

Now if he doesn't hand over power, there is a high probability that his whole family will be killed and charged with committing suicide in fear of crime.

Since there was no chance of winning, Boy could only bow his head and admit defeat. But an old fox like him still wants to ask for favors when he exits.

"Since everyone has similar opinions, I am now writing a letter to the Parliament of Nobles in the name of illness. My children will all sign a letter of commitment to give up their titles. They are all good children and members of the Cisse family. I hope Don't resent them.

I voluntarily renounced the title of Baron of Cisse, and proposed that David be the first heir to the Barony of Cisse, and succeed me as the patriarch of the Cisse family.

Yes, I have done very poorly in the past two years, and I have been somewhat blinded by my power, but my intentions are good and I hope to fight for the interests of the Cisse family. I hope David can learn from my lesson and not let greed eat away at our hearts. "

Dawei and the others were also very happy to see that Boye chose to leave the field and admit defeat, and handed over the power happily.When they collude in private, they don't want to get bloody.

Moreover, Boy is still a sixth-level knight, which can be regarded as an important fighting force of the Cisse family.

Now, Boye is causing a lot of anger in the Cisse family, and he has no supporters at all. He poses little threat to Dawei, and Dawei doesn't want Boyi to be lost in the family's internal strife.

After Boyi was kicked out, Dawei unceremoniously sat in the position of patriarch.

He looked around, looked at the facial expressions of the members of the Cisse family, and said decisively: "It is imperative to take out resources and negotiate peace with the Harland family. Even if we take out a huge amount of gold coins to expand the army, It is impossible to build a good fighting army in a short period of time.

The strength of the Harland family is already second only to the great nobles. Even if we want to give gifts, the great nobles in the capital will weigh the pros and cons, and may not be willing to pay a price to protect us.

Rather than giving gifts to the greedy nobles of the royal capital, it is better to directly pay compensation to Viscount Richard, so as to fundamentally resolve this contradiction. "

After hearing David's decision, Ince nodded and said: "Viscount Richard proposed a compensation of 500,000 gold coins for supplies. If we can bargain, 300,000 gold coins for supplies may be able to satisfy Viscount Richard's appetite. Now. Half of our territory has been taken away, and the cultivated fields in the territory can no longer support 90,000 serfs.

In fact, after a while, we will need to sell our population in exchange for funds, and many people are eyeing our piece of fat.Compensating the excess population to Viscount Richard, plus some food, should satisfy Viscount Richard. "

"Uncle Ince, this matter is very urgent. You should go to Harland immediately and talk to Viscount Richard. Our bottom line is 60,000 serfs, plus 20,000 tons of grain. At this price, we will win the battle with Harland The family has signed a long-term peace contract, and both Viscount Richard and Baron Sophia must sign this contract."

After getting the negotiation conditions, Ince came to Harland Territory. After being left alone for a few days, he finally met Li Cha.

Insi is already over seventy years old, and the city is already very deep. Even though he had been left out for several days, he was still humble and polite after seeing Richard, as if he was an ordinary kind-hearted old man.

But such people often have many faces. Bravery, cruelty, arrogance, cunning, and humility are all different faces of nobles. When they meet different people, they will show a suitable face.

The nobles who can survive in the northern border must have something special.

The better Ince performed, the more Richard became more defensive about him.

"Viscount Richard, our Cisse family has completely admitted defeat. We hope that the Harland family can let us go and spare our lives. We are willing to compensate the Harland family for their losses. But the amount of five hundred thousand gold coins is too much. , I hope Viscount Richard can reduce it a little, you are a magnanimous person, please have mercy on us!"

Although Ince's posture was very low, an old man over eighty years old begged Richard in a humble manner, which made people feel pity.

But after hearing Ince's words, Li Cha didn't directly express his attitude. His soul is not a young man in his twenties.

Having experienced two lives before and after, Richard's mental age is over fifty. Ince had one face in front of him, but in the eyes of the serfs of the Cisse family, he probably had another face.

In Richard's heart, the interests of the Harland family must be guaranteed.

Seeing that Ince no longer begged, Li Cha said decisively: "The Sisai family can use materials to make up for it. Anyway, your family's farmland is no longer enough to support serfs. The population of the Harland family is far away. Not enough. I will forgive you if the Xisai family draws over serfs."

"If all 100,000 serfs are given to Viscount Richard, our Cisse family will lose its aristocratic status. Can half of the serfs, a population of 50,000? We are willing to promise that we will not send spies into the Harland territory. On this condition, It can be written in the contract.”

After hearing what Ince said, Richard suddenly fell into weighing.

The reason why he behaved so unwillingly was because he wanted to defeat the Cisse family and incorporate the Cisse family population into the Harland territory.

If it is possible to swallow this piece of fat without going through the war, it is of course a good thing for Harland's territory.

If they were forced too hard, the Cisse family would try their best to raise gold coins, and then use the gold coins to buy various war resources. If the war dragged on for a long time, it would not be a good thing for the Harland family.

The benefits of pushing the Cisse family to the edge may not necessarily fall on Haaland's territory.

After weighing the pros and cons, Richard decided to agree to the request of the Cisse family.

Because he was not good at bargaining, Richard handed over the bargaining to Hayden.

Hayden talked with Ince for five or six days, but could not figure out the bottom line of the Cisse family.

Compared to the experienced Ince, Hayden was still young after all, and instead exposed the bottom line of the Harland family to the Cisse family.

After more than ten days of negotiations, the Haaland family obtained 56,000 people and 10,000 tons of grain from the Cisse family.

After reaching the contract, Richard and Sophia signed their names on the contract. As long as the two of them are alive, the Haaland family will basically not use troops against the Cisse family.

After the signing of this unequal contract, Richard spread it around through the business channels of the Harland family, hoping to use this method to spread the prestige of the Harland family.

For an aristocrat, as long as he has a bad reputation, he can avoid a lot of trouble and avoid some competition.

Whether it is a good reputation or a bad reputation, it has an effect on nobles.

Fifty-six thousand people moved from the territory of the Cisse family. By December of this year, after completing the census of the territory, Richard found that there were already more than 22,500 people in the Harland territory.

Because of the newly relocated population of 56,000, the food compensated by the Cisse family was not enough to eat, so Richard could only transport the food stored at the Heiheburg cargo station back to the Harland territory.

Most of this group of people were placed in the new territory by Richard.

Especially the vicinity of Gravessen Castle will be the focus of operations next year.

There is a large area of ​​flat land near Graveson Castle, and the agricultural conditions exceed that of the swamp basin. If the development here is completed, it will be a territory no less than that of Black River Castle, enough to support hundreds of thousands of people.

In addition, Richard is also planning to arrange a part of the population in the swamp basin.

Developing swamps is very difficult. You need to drain the water first, then fill the low-lying areas, and then build a large number of ditches and reservoirs to dredge the waters.

The temperature in the northern area is lower, the number of mosquitoes is relatively small, and there are not many diseases. The development of swampy areas does not require a large number of dead people.

In areas where the temperature is hot and humid and epidemics are prevalent, when swamps and jungles are developed, people will die on a large scale every time they advance.

According to the history that Richard knew, when the Japanese developed tropical islands in Southeast Asia during World War II, the annual mortality rate was as high as more than 20%.

When the Dutch and other European colonists developed colonies in Southeast Asia, the annual mortality rate exceeded 30%. After continuous development for two hundred years, the death rate was reduced with quinine.

Zheng Chenggong developed the island of Taiwan, and the death rate was also very touching. Even this illustrious military hero died of the notorious Taiwanese malaria.

Fortunately, the territory of Harland is located in northern Xinjiang, the temperature is relatively low, and the climate is similar to the three eastern provinces, and there is no prevalence of falciparum malaria.

In spring and autumn, the temperature is not high and there are few mosquito activities. In summer, Richard will also arrange suitable work according to the climate. Reducing mosquito bites should prevent large-scale deaths.

After signing a contract with the Xisai family and handing over the population, the time has entered October.