Lord: I have a skill talent tree

The Pierman family led by Joseph is weak, so he has been sitting quietly in the last row of the parliament.

Although sitting in the last row is not as close to power as the front row, you can have a panoramic view of everything in the parliament.

He is very clear about the current situation. The great swordsman is now in a dilemma.

Although he has not made a clear statement on whether to kill the Duke's Mansion, it can be seen from the way he treats Rand that the great swordsman does not like to be aggressive.

Even though many allies now clearly hope that he can agree to the bill, he does not seem to be ready to change his position.

This approach is understandable, after all, no one likes a fickle leader.

But insisting on your own ideas means hurting the hearts of allies, which means division.

Obviously, Lord Ethan also realized this, so he was reluctant to make a statement.

In fact, Joseph did not agree with Ethan's ideas.

He believed that at this time, the Duke's Mansion must be fully encircled and all possible factors for the Duke to turn the tables must be removed.

Only by forcing the Duke to a state of desolation can the safety of everyone be guaranteed.

This is probably the idea of ​​all small families.

But since they are all small families, they are destined to be unable to control the situation.

Now everything in the parliament still needs to be controlled by the Casillas family and the Lawson family.

But the two of them disagreed, and they even quarreled in public.

This made the entire anti-Duke alliance tremble.

Therefore, everyone must choose one between the two to maintain the fragile alliance.

Obviously everyone chose the Lawson family with the Great Sword Saint.

This is inevitable, after all, strong military force is the guarantee of power.

But this fragile alliance has just been established, and it is about to fall apart in the blink of an eye.

Joseph is bitter!

No one can understand the suffering of a small family. There is the Duke's Mansion outside, and it is caught in the power struggle between the two big families.

No matter how you choose, you have actually lost your autonomy.

To put it bluntly, everyone sees that they have one vote of power, but in fact they are just the yes-men of the two big families.

And everyone seems unwilling to accept this reality.

In this case, let yourself be the clown!

At least this way you can get the upper hand.

Even if he is a yes-man, he must be ranked first in the hearts of the Lawson family.

Thinking of this, Joseph slowly walked onto the stage.

After saluting everyone, he slowly said:

"The people of Maro City have just experienced the looting of the cult, and it is time to rebuild everything.

The parliament should not open up food and other necessities of life to the outside world at this time, which will only invite wolves into the house.

We should unite closely, resolutely safeguard local rights and interests, and prevent foreign invasions.

Therefore, I am the first to oppose this bill.

For the unity of the parliament, I hope everyone can support me.

Especially you, Councillor Ethan, your opinion is crucial."

As soon as these words came out, most of the councillors present looked ugly.

But everyone immediately returned to normal, looking at Ethan hopefully, waiting for his answer.

Ethan really didn't expect Joseph to stand up.

Not only did he solve his own dilemma, but he also lowered his posture so low.

Now things are easy to handle.

After pretending to think for a while, Ethan said, "Congressman Joseph's foresight is amazing!

I agree with your point of view. At this time, the parliament should unite to prevent outsiders from invading, rather than destroying the walls.

Therefore, I clearly stated that I oppose the opening bill.

But I think everyone seems to have an idea. Why don't we follow the rules and vote with real names!"

When Ethan proposed a real-name vote, everyone hesitated for a moment and agreed reluctantly.

The bill immediately entered the voting stage.

Result 7:18

The bill was not passed.

Seeing this, the representative of the Duke's Mansion breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he escaped a disaster, and was happy about the division of the parliament.

Although the great swordsman still occupies a dominant position, any division is a good thing.

This is really thanks to Charlton's ambition.

Charlton was not surprised by the voting results. The only thing that surprised him was Joseph.

His appearance made him lose many allies.

Otherwise, there must be more people against Ethan.

Ethan waved to all the allies who supported him, expressing their feelings of standing together.

At the same time, he looked at the families who voted in favor with cold eyes.

These families stood on the opposite side of him from this moment on.

These people will be weakened in the future.

As for how to weaken, it is not a simple matter with the control of the parliament.

However, Ethan is not prepared to abuse the power in his hands casually, which will only backfire.

But these people had better pray not to make mistakes. Once they make mistakes, Ethan will definitely teach them how to behave by taking advantage of the general trend.

Today's parliament ended with each of them having their own ulterior motives.

On the carriage on the way back.

Ethan looked at Sophia and wanted to ask her why she didn't stand up for the overall situation, but considering her relationship with Sophia, he finally held back.

Then he said: "Now that we have control of the parliament, it's up to you to do it next."

Sophia understood that Ethan was talking about the new shipyard. She also understood that Ethan didn't want to help her, but the new shipyard couldn't be built without Ethan's help. So she said:

"There are two problems now. One is whether the Dominic family will take the initiative to cooperate with us, and the second is the issue of land.

The initiative of these two issues does not lie with me. What do you want me to do?"

Ethan licked his tongue: "Do you know that you need my help now?"

Sophia was immediately angry when she heard this.

"Are you blaming me?"

"I'm not blaming you!" Ethan sighed: "I'm just reminding you of my importance to the Lawson family.

If you put me in a dilemma again, the whole family will lose.

Sometimes, you have to make some sacrifices."

"Haven't I sacrificed enough for you?

In front of outsiders, I have always maintained your authority.

But you actually want to deprive me of my last bit of power. Is this how you treat me?"

Sophia's tears flowed down as she spoke.

Ethan was helpless at this time.

You talk to Sophia about reason, and she talks to you about feelings.

Now, tears are coming out.

Ethan couldn't bear to see a woman crying, especially his own woman, so he had to hand over the handkerchief and bow his head to admit his mistake.

"Okay! Stop crying! I was wrong, I was a little harsh!"

"I promise I will never say harsh words again."

"And the new shipyard, I will also take care of it for you.

Stop crying! Okay?"

Hearing that Ethan agreed to handle the aftermath, Sophia burst into laughter, wiped her tears, and hit Ethan's shoulder with a complaining face.

"Humph! You should have done this a long time ago!"

Ethan smiled bitterly.

Although he knew that Sophia was pretending to be pitiful, he really couldn't refuse.

First of all, this was something he could only do.

If you want to build a new shipyard, you must need the help of the Dominic family.

And if you want the Dominic family to help, it's useless to go to their door and ask for help.

Only by letting them take the initiative to stand up can you do it.

And to do this, you can only rely on the power of the parliament.

And the land that Sophia mentioned is currently in his hands. If he doesn't agree, she will really find a good place to build a new factory.

Secondly, because of their secret relationship, he couldn't refuse.