Infinite Anecdotes

"I greeted Earl Levo and Viscount Felix and chatted for a while, but I feel that they only took good care of me for your sake."

Earl Corbett was very satisfied that his son was not proud and complacent, and he patted Benedict on the shoulder: "It is true, but Benny, you need to know that authority can be shared, as long as your surname contains With the name Corbett, you have the corresponding power, understand?"

Benedict nodded with a sense of comprehension.

"By the way," Earl Corbett suddenly remembered something, and suddenly changed the subject: "Regarding the Marquis of Woodlow's dry gold, how is your progress?"

Mentioning Rezia, Benedict's breathing quickened half a beat: "I finally got to talk recently."

"This is not much progress." Earl Corbett shook his head teasingly.

This made Benedict couldn't help lowering his head, but the father still encouraged dotingly: "I've also heard a little about the Marquis of Woodlow's money. She seems to be a very introverted girl, but you are my daughter." Son, nothing is too difficult for you."

Benedict nodded.

"I arranged a dance for you to enhance your relationship. I hope you don't blame me for being troublesome." Earl Corbett said indifferently, ignoring the surprise of his son who suddenly turned his head, and continued on his own: "When the time comes, what will the Marquis of Woodlow do?" King will be there too, the Marquess of Woodlow himself promised me. He finally turns his head and winks at Benedict

"Oh, Father, thank you so much."

"Haha, at this moment, the nobles should gather together and form a hemp rope. No matter who will sit on the throne in the future, we must let her know that you must listen to us. As long as you marry Woodrow The marquis' dry gold, the day when we control the kingdom is just around the corner. The earl twitched the corners of his mouth and predicted coldly.

217．Election

Tang Cheng and Emilia came back to the capital three days later.

As the day of Wang Xuan draws closer, the atmosphere in the entire capital is heated up.

"There are three rounds of royal elections," Roswaal, who came back from the meeting of Western lords, seemed to be accompanying him. Since he said that he would visit the capital this time, he would also take advantage of the opportunity to visit other nobles, for Emilia Once canvassing votes, some under-the-table deals were reached: "The first round of speeches is scheduled for a week later. It was originally planned to give one round of speeches in each of the five metropolises, and talk to the public about the candidates' political views, personal advantages and prospects. and so on, but the stop of Watergate City may be canceled or replaced by other places.”

For nearly a week, what happened in Watergate City has naturally spread widely in the kingdom, and the place where Roswaal held the meeting was not far from Watergate City. Like Viscount Minick, Roswaal was also the first Knowing the development of the situation for a while.

He praised Tang Cheng highly, and said that the feats of eliminating the black snake and the priest of lust were comparable to the first generation of Juggernaut, but the latter was not impressed by this warm praise, but Emilia looked at Tang Cheng's eyes. It became more resentful, and Tang Cheng knew that it was because she was complaining that he didn't bring her with him.

"The second round will probably be in the middle of next month. The sages of the kingdom will issue a test question to test whether the future king has the ability and responsibility to take on this important task. This is not necessary—" Roswaal said: " But it will definitely become the target of the nobles' attacks, and at the same time, it will be promoted by the people to become an incompetent person who is not worthy of the throne.

"So it must be passed." Tang Cheng said.

"That's right." Roswaal patted Tang Cheng's shoulder, and said approvingly, "A man as good as Mr. Huang Mao must have no problem."

Recently, Tang Cheng learned from somewhere that Roswaal's previous life was a woman, and he fell in love with the sword ghost Wilhelm, but the other party later hooked up with the former sword master. Looking at his little eyes, Tang Cheng immediately took a step back.

"Oh? Mr. Huang Mao is really cold."

Shut up, dead shemale!

Now he finally understood why this guy gave Ram to himself so easily.

"So what's the third item?" Emilia asked.

"The third item is the formal voting stage, but before that, there is still a period of time for the king's election representative and her team to compete for votes, and the person who can finally get the most support will be the next king."

Tang Cheng calculated the time, and it would take at least another three months to wait for such a set of king selection procedures. In fact, he has been in this script for more than a month, which is far more than the previous scripts. .

He felt a little unbelievable, could it be because of the LV5 trial?

Or, the following plot will follow like a storm...

Looking at it now, Tang Cheng feels that the content of this script is like a level-defending map in the Warcraft RPG map. After a while, a wave of minions will be released, mixed with a few bosses, and the waves will become stronger, and then the final boss will be cut. Clear the level, and the world will not be destroyed.

Anyway, needless to say, in the end, all the dragon gods and jealous witches will come out, swallowing half of the world's existence with just one person, immortal, immortal, and immortal. Thinking about it this way, it really looks like the ultimate test for demigods.

However, from the time of such a final decisive battle, now it seems that there is still quite a while.

The entire royal city was full of excitement. Although the public's enthusiasm for Wangxuan was generally not high at first, they thought it was a drama of the royal court, and what did it have to do with them, the low-level people.

However, the Moby Dick Raiders launched by Duke Carlsten's family in conjunction with the other two Wangxuan representatives ignited the first fire for this silent Wangxuan, then the Bishop of Idleness, Bishop of Gluttony was punished, and the city of Watergate wiped out Black Snake and The strong desire for the bishop, and the successful capture of the angry bishop, undoubtedly ignited the enthusiasm of the people, and immediately set off a new trend in the domestic politics that was originally stagnant.

The Scarlet Bride of the Ballyer family, who is not afraid of getting into trouble, stood up and said, "Knights, nobles, and sages, please listen to me. I, Priscilla, are crazy. Give me a little face, don't think that you are a little bit crazy." The capital is there to show off its power, and the concubine is the center around which the world revolves.You civilians follow me and support me, and I will let you live a good life.

Priscilla almost became the No.1 of eating crabs. She was the first person to disclose her royal affairs. It was a week earlier than the work expected by the Sage Council, but it was also in line with what the Queen would do in her own way. .She took the opportunity of Angry Bishop to make this point at the recognition meeting—

Once she ascends to the throne, she will cancel the current inherent employment contract, reclaim all the land in the kingdom, and distribute it to farmers in the form of cheap rent. When the farmer cultivates in this place, he only needs to pay a certain amount to the kingdom every year according to the contract. Taxation, you can get the right to use the land.The nobles' mine veins and salt ponds have also become targets of Priscilla's policy. Although the nobles will still retain the right to develop them, once they are in power, the state agencies controlled by Priscilla will seriously carry out inspections on every mining area in the kingdom. Surveillance - In the past, the tax collectors of the kingdom were like a nest of snakes and rats with the nobles. There was a lot of room for manipulation. The actual income of the kingdom was not even half of the stipulated amount, and the threshold was too low.But after Priscilla's reform, the nobles will lose their greatest reliance, and truly become a person who only has a title of title. As for the powerful earls like the Corbett family, their power will plummet.

Faced with doubts, the proud Queen declared that if you are not willing to develop, you can also entrust the country to help you do it, and if you pay the commission, the country will give you a commission, or if you don't want to be the earl, it is completely You can quit, after all, even Luknica's royal family no longer exists, the old nobles and so on, there are many people who can replace the vacant positions.

It is predictable how annoyed Earl Corbett was when he heard this.

"She did a good job," Roswaal commented: "Although on the surface it is true that the nobles were offended to death, but considering the election system this time, it is a good idea to start with a larger number of civilians and incite the emotions of those civilians. point of view."

"Then what about the other candidates?" Tang Cheng wanted to hear Roswaal's opinion. He is almost the most representative nobleman in Luknica and knows many unknown secrets. In fact, he also Use this to intimidate and lure his allies and enemies alike.

"The attitude of the Duke of Karsten's mansion is already obvious. She wants to end the long-standing covenant with Shenlong. I have to say that this is very courageous, but the reality is that no matter whether nobles or commoners, although there are dissatisfied voices, most of them still I hope to continue living such a stable life—they are not yet at the end of their ropes, and although they are poor, at least they will not die of famine, war and disease, and things that have been accumulated for a long time are hard to change.” As someone who once thought about wanting to Roswaal who slays the dragon, the evaluation from his mouth is really pertinent.

"However, the Karsten family has served the royal family for generations, has many supporters, and has a good relationship with the nobles. The most important thing is that Crusch is young and promising, and may really be able to change the decay and corruption of this country. , There are quite a few people who believe in her like this. At least on the side of the knights, she occupies an overwhelming number of votes, and the public also speaks highly of her."

Without waiting for Tang Cheng to ask again, Roswaal continued to analyze on his own: "Then the girl brought back by the Juggernaut family, although she made a lot of nonsense at the opening ceremony last time, she said that the knights should die and the nobles should die. Death, let this country be completely subverted, but her identity is very interesting."

Roswaal squinted his eyes, with an expression that I knew the inside story.

"Well, what's so special about her?"

"At that time, I thought her orange hair and orange eyes were very familiar, and after a little research, I found that she was the daughter who was kidnapped by Grand Duke Freud."

"Grand Duke Freud, isn't that..." Emilia had made a lot of preparations for the king's election, and she was surprised to hear this name.

Roswaal smiled: "That's right, she is the younger brother of the former king, that is to say, if there is no accident, she will be the only blood left by the royal family in this world?

When he said this, he subconsciously glanced at Capella, the maid who followed Tang Cheng and was brought back by him. In terms of characteristics, this woman is the same.