Light Spirit Epic Chapter 2251: The King of Puppets (2)

Chapter 2251 The King of Puppets (2)

"Huh." Duke Hernant laughed dryly and shrugged: "It is precisely because you successfully completed the commission and brought back the head of that harpy that we could be able to find a place like this. See you. If you die in the Black Forest without even completing the commission, and it proves that you don't have what it takes to be a king, then everything that follows can be avoided."

Arthur was silent.

"Young man, I know your ambitions are big and I know what you're plotting. I know Admiral Penzance is on your side.

But I want to know, are you worth it?

The current young king, His Majesty Henry VI, is actually just a puppet, and behind him is the Earl of Warwick. That Warwick guy had promised us lords that if we sent troops to support him, he would bring down France and give us a piece of the pie. The results of it? That incompetent guy just drained our troops in vain, and the war was in a quagmire. The great English Knights, with hundreds of thousands of elite generals and a strengthened heavy crossbow that we are proud of, still lost to a little girl from the countryside in France. It's really a losing business. Can you guarantee that you won't be another Earl of Warwick? Let the [investment] of us lords turn into a loss-making business? "

Arthur remains silent. Whether it is war or royal power, in the eyes of these nobles, is it just a business?

"That's right, you came back from destroying the harpie—whether or not it's the actual source of the plague—that's a testament to what you're capable of. But fighting alone, It's two completely different things to lead a war behind the scenes. Are you really confident that you can do it all?" Duke Hernand asked, "If you're worse than Warwick, then make you king. What's the use?"

At this point, Arthur is a little bit overwhelmed. He then disregarded the risk of offending Duke Sirnante, and retorted: "However, the choice is not just war."

"Huh?" The Duke raised his brows, waiting patiently for Arthur to finish.

"The Earl of Warwick advocated aggression against France. He kept asking for it from your lords, and even from the British people. The result? The benefit from the war was minimal, but it was a huge drain on Britain's national strength. From the very beginning, you I knew he would fail if he did, but he didn't dare to oppose him blatantly, right?

So enough, really enough. No one in the right mind would approve of the continuation of this war. France is such a hard bone that can't be chewed, even if you bite it forcibly, it has no taste, and it will only damage your teeth. Let's end this meaningless war sooner rather than later. "

Duke Hernant's brows raised again: "So you advocate an armistice with France?"

"As long as they don't fight, we won't attack, yes. It's good for everyone." Arthur replied bluntly: "I think you must have thought this way, Duke? It's just that the nobles always Supporting His Majesty Henry VI and the Earl of Warwick, and suddenly changing your mind now is really hard to get down the stairs. That's why you need a pretext-for example, the throne of His Majesty Henry VI is not orthodox, and the orthodox succession to the throne of England There are other people -- and so on."

Arthur dragged his voice and narrowed his eyes when he said this, showing a scheming look. Although this is not the expression he usually likes to use, and he is actually not wily to that extent, but, relying on acting skills, maybe this acting skills will work in front of Duke Sirnante?

As he speaks, he observes the slightest changes in emotion on the Duke's face. He couldn't see anger, he couldn't see doubts, but there was a faint hint of joy on the Duke's face. That's when Arthur knew that his words had worked -- even if only a tiny fraction of them worked.

After listening to Arthur's words, Duke Sirnante thought for a long time before finally answering: "You may be right, Mr. Aslan. The meaningless war has continued, consuming countless manpower. Material resources. Maybe it's time to stop. It's better to get nothing than to keep losing."

"I admit it." He stared at Arthur: "You, maybe a little bit better than the Earl of Warwick, and a little better than His Majesty Henry VI. Maybe this is your qualification as a king. This appearance is also a little bit similar to the Edward family. The bloodline is not important, the important thing is that your appearance can be used to convince the nobles of the Parliament. Want to win from His Majesty Henry VI Taking power, you are not completely without opportunities. What you currently lack is fame, recognition, and recognition. When you have all of these, it will not be too late for us to discuss the matter of seizing power in detail."

The attitude of Duke Hernant is almost the same as that of Admiral Penzance. In the end, they also "agreed to support Arthur". In fact, do they have to let Arthur work hard to build his prestige?

"However, if I don't give you anything, it would be too impersonal for you to work hard alone." Duke Sirnante took out a large bag of gold coins from his arms and placed it on the table. The table is a wooden table, and his movement of putting the bag was light enough, but the moment the bag of gold coins fell on the table, there was still a loud noise. How amazing.

"Take it. Use this money to hire a group of skilled mercenaries, and then select a knight below black robe from my knights to be your adjutant. Then when you have the most basic Military power, let's deal with the local gang of thieves [Bone Collectors]. This is a win-win outcome, you have established your prestige, and my territory has lost a group of pests. Do you agree?"

Duke Sirnant is really smart (cunning). Stuffed some money to Arthur, and wanted to use Arthur's hand to help him get rid of harm. At the same time, he also arranged the people in his knights to Arthur's side to monitor Arthur's actions day and night. This is supposed to help Arthur to establish his prestige, but in fact it has multiple benefits, and most of the benefits ultimately belong to him. This old fox is really scheming to the extreme.

"If it's just a mere band of thieves, Brady and I can kill it all together. The others are just a burden." Arthur snorted. Of course he wanted money, but he didn't want to ask for a mercenary, and he was even more unwilling to let Duke Sirnante arrange for a monitor beside him.

"I don't know how good your skills are, Lord Aslan." The duke took another puff of cigarette, exhaled the smoke ring, and then replied slowly: "But I also said, this time is not in It is a test of your [combat command ability], but a test of your [combat command ability]. If you want to qualify as a real king, [combat command ability] is much more important than [combat command ability]. As a king, you always You can't run at the forefront of the battlefield in every battle, and use your life to fight the enemy head-on. That's what a reckless man should do, not a king's. It sounds good, but it doesn't make any sense."

Arthur couldn't argue with that, because he knew Duke Hillnante was right -- at least in part. The fighting power of the people in this other world is much worse than that of the people in Arthur's original world nine hundred years ago. That is from equipment to combat technology, comprehensive weakness. And in a world made up of such weak people, generally speaking, the commander certainly wouldn't dare to take risks on the battlefield in person.

Joan of Arc is, of course, an exception. Moreover, she was a little girl born in the country, not a king. The princes and nobles of France pushed her to the forefront of the battlefield to take risks, without the slightest distress.

"It doesn't matter." Arthur blinked: "In your knights, what is the concept of a knight below the black robe? The black robe is a commander-level knight, right? That is to say, except for the commander-level knight. Knights, other knights can choose?------Even if they are apprentices?"

"Yes." Duke Sirnante said: "Of course, I also have several recommended candidates, all of whom are smart and capable. It depends on which one you want to choose."

The candidates recommended by the Duke, of course, are all his confidants, or family children of confidants. After all, it was the knight that the Duke arranged to monitor Arthur by his side, so how could he be of poor quality. Although the Duke said that he asked Arthur to choose someone from the Knights to be his adjutant, in fact, the process of Arthur's selection was the process of the Duke testing Arthur's ability as a king. If Arthur chooses people randomly and chooses an incompetent person to be his sidekick, the evaluation of the Duke may also decrease at the same time.

But he couldn't just follow the game the Duke had set for him. Even asking for help and being led by the nose is not the style of King Arthur. He must find a breakthrough in this limited range of options - to find a way (a candidate) that will not make the Duke's evaluation of him worse, and will not easily allow the Duke to control him.

"The choice of an adjutant is very important~IndoMTL.com~ I still don't read your recommendation." Arthur said: "Can you give me permission to actually walk around your castle, from you The knights look at their qualities in their daily work and pick out suitable candidates?"

The duke took another breath and thought for a moment: "Yes. It's fairer."

He took out a fist-sized, medal-like thing and delivered it to Arthur: "This is my family's token, you should take it with you first. When walking around the castle, if a knight wants to stop you, show this The token will allow you to travel unimpeded. For one day, you can find a suitable person in my castle."

"Anyone who is below the black robe knight can really do anything?" Arthur confirmed again.

"As long as they are below the knight in the black robe, all of them are fine." Duke Sirnant also said unequivocally, without the slightest hesitation, as if he had overconfidence in his plan.

"Very good." Arthur smiled evilly and pushed out the door with the money and token.

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