Chapter 557, Discussing the Acquisition of Mu Xilong

Build walls high, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly.

Lane thought about it deeply. He had thought about it carefully since the war.

Neither Francois nor Bohemond planned to leave. Francois took out a bottle of high-quality wine, the fine wine Latour from Winford First Growth Chateau: "Would you like a drink, Ryan?"

Duke Bohemond also sat down, and a servant came in behind Duke Red Dragon, set up a small round table in front of the bed, and brought a lot of food.

"Don't drink if you're hurt." Ryan shook his head. He lowered his head and thought for a while before continuing, "It seems that Richard dug a hole for me to jump in."

"Dig a hole?" Bohemond didn't quite understand this. He stuffed the roasted beef into his mouth and muttered, "Richard is quite decisive about abdicating. He said that if he can, he can abdicate tomorrow. But why do you say that, Ryan?"

Ryan raised the corner of his mouth, he looked out the window, didn't answer, just shook his head.

"Because the conditions are not met." Francois stretched out his hand to straighten his long blond hair. The father-in-law said with a brisk tone, "Bohemond, have you forgotten? What are the conditions for competing for the throne? "

"Isn't Ryan already the Duke of Musillon?" Berhemond thought for a moment and immediately understood, he slapped his thigh: "Ah! I understand, Ryan is still a 'Landless Duke' now!"

"Yes, the condition for being king is to recover Musillon." Ryan nodded, and he said slowly: "I did defeat Matthew Bard and won the championship match, but I haven't recovered Musillon yet!"

Francois nodded, and the old man's sea-blue eyes contained a lot of wisdom. He held up the goblet to taste the wine, and then said: "At this time, Richard suddenly proposed to transfer to Lane, to the well-meaning On the one hand, I think he is tired of being king, and at the same time, because of the rebellion of his eldest son Charles, his prestige has been lost, and he failed to seek death in the previous battle, so he wants to pass the throne and retire quickly to end everything."

"And if you think about it from a malicious point of view, Richard is deliberately setting a trap for Ryan. If Ryan immediately agrees with excitement as soon as he hears the news, Richard will naturally abdicate immediately, but what will all the knights do? Think? What would the lady think? The condition for competing for the throne is to recover Musillon. Now that Musillon has not really recovered, Lane can't wait to become king. This will only make more people disappointed in Lane. He was so difficult to defeat. It will also tarnish the viper's record."

"This old thing is really bad! You have a lot of thoughts!" Bohemond finally figured out the problem, and the Red Dragon Duke muttered dissatisfiedly: "That's why I hate court and politics the most, it's really dirty!"

"Actually not." Ryan said a fair word for Richard at this time, he shook his head: "In my opinion, most of them are good intentions. Richard is already tired, and Baron Charles' betrayal is a big deal for him. A major blow, at this time Richard will not think so much, now the throne is like a hot potato, he can't wait to throw it to me."

After listening to Ryan's remarks, Veronica, the Jialan witch, felt a little worthless for Ryan. She interrupted Ryan and said angrily: "Maybe he just wants to punish you again before he abdicates." What? It’s not like he hasn’t suppressed you like this before, have you forgotten that he once wanted you to lead the Knights’ Path Expeditionary Army and go to the Nicohala Desert to count the stars?”

Bohemond was upset, and the Red Dragon Duke glared at Witch Garland: "What does the Holy Grail Knight's round table meeting have to do with you? This is not a topic that witches should participate in.

Do we already need wizards to advise us on the internal affairs of the kingdom? "

Veronica was turned blue by Bohemond's words, her eyes widened, her fists clenched, and she tried her best to endure her anger.

If it was normal, the Garland Witch would have quarreled with the person who reprimanded her like this and even had a duel. Veronica is now the female elder of the Garland Council, and has her own wizard team and wizard tower. He no longer has to look at people's faces, and has the qualifications to challenge most human nobles.

Unfortunately, most of them, Bohemond is not among them, he may be the highest-ranking duke in Brittania, he is not only a direct descendant of Arthur but also a superpower at the pinnacle of the sanctuary, Veronica knew that if she offended him, even with Ryan's protection, it would be difficult for her to stay in this kingdom.

She can only endure.

A hand stretched out from under the quilt and held Veronica's little hand. Ryan first smiled at Veronica to indicate that she should not be nervous, and then said to Bohemond: "Veronica is my daughter. Courtier, she has the right to advise me in this regard, she does not understand the requirements of the round table meeting, and I apologize to you here."

"Very good, so witch, what's your suggestion?" Bohemond's long golden beard trembled on his chin, and the Red Dragon Duke obviously didn't intend to let Veronica off on this issue: "You plan to bring People go to the throne room and pull Richard off the throne? Or suggest that we prepare to fight these northern noble knights?"

"I didn't mean that..." Veronica knew that this was not a topic she could take up. She suddenly realized that she couldn't make a clear plan. She opened her mouth, a little aggrieved, and a little annoyed.

"Then shut up!" Bohemond sneered, he was about to say something, Francois took the initiative to signal Bohemond not to chase after him: "Okay, all this has happened, Veronie Ms. Ka is also thinking about Ryan, so don't be so harsh on her."

"Either tell the solution to the problem, or shut up, what's the use of complaining..." Bohemond muttered: "Okay, let's continue this topic, where did we just say?"

Ryan held Veronica's little hand to signal the witch not to take it seriously: "We said before that I think Richard's attitude is mostly kind, because the question is very simple, if he prevents me from becoming king, who will benefit? ? Could it be Lawn?"

"Of course not. In fact, all the nobles in this kingdom know that even if Lawn is still alive, he will not be able to inherit the throne." Francois took over the topic, and he also nodded to Veronica to signal her Don't take it to heart.

"Well, that's true." Bohemond understood now.

Matthew Bard has been confirmed to be the illegitimate son of Lawn. Under such circumstances, Lawn has lost his qualifications to be king. Under this condition, now only Ryan is a qualified candidate. No matter how he chooses he.

"Speaking of the Matthew Bard Rebellion, I think he is doomed to fail." Ryan took a sip of the fresh orange juice brought by his attendant, and smashed his mouth: "Because what he did was doomed to fail."

"He is inconsistent." Francois used a fork to pick up the delicious black pepper roast beef, and the wise Duke Winford nodded: "Or, he himself is very contradictory. On the one hand, he still thinks he is Lawn. His son is his legal heir, he should take back his own things and avenge his mother."

"But on the other hand, Matthew Budd is the godson of the Lich King Akhan. His godson status destined him to be a member of the undead vampire camp. His revenge must rely on the power of the undead, so he must call himself Mu Xi. Duke Long, he will become the leader of the undead." Francois finally concluded: "But this is out of the scope of the kingdom's internal affairs, and everyone will fight against him in this case."

Ryan was very calm, with a slight smile on his face, carefully recalling a series of deeds of Matthew Bud, the champion of the Fairy in the Lake smiled wryly: "It is true, so Matthew Bud is a contradiction If he just wants revenge, if he just wants to seize power legally, he should try to become a Holy Grail Knight, try to gain the power to speak and then seek a glorious duel to defeat Lawn to complete revenge, if he just wants to destroy this country , he should turn everyone into undead and fight to the death, especially after he succumbed to chaos, he can even pray for the power of evil gods to help him achieve his goal of revenge, anyway, he has already done anything for revenge.”

"But Matthew Bud didn't. He was very contradictory. His identity meant that he couldn't find his place. He couldn't find the balance between being a human and being in the undead camp. He was both an outcast of revenge and a The legitimate son of the Duke and the godson of the Lich King, he tried to combine the three identities, so what he did seemed to be contradictory. Understand the origin of the decision." Ryan said in a deep voice: "Because the living and the dead are destined not to coexist, and mortals are destined not to coexist with chaos!"

"He is just a pawn being used, but he is willing, and his life is a tragedy." Francois nodded in agreement: "His tragedy lies in the fact that he was born of a laundry maid, and his tragedy lies in the burden of his life." He is too heavy, and his tragedy is that revenge has swallowed everything in him. He could have brought a glorious era to Brittany as an excellent knight."

"The poisonous snake is dead now." Bohemond heard the discussion between Ryan and Francois, and the Duke of the Red Dragon could only sigh: "Let's change the subject, Ryan, then you plan to recover Musilon Then succeed?"

"It can't be so fast." Speaking of this topic, Ryan cheered up, and he said in a deep voice: "Even if Mu Xilong is defeated, I will need at least two to three years to buffer before I consider inheriting the throne."

"Why?!" Bohemond was very surprised: "Didn't you always want to be the King of Knights?"

Ryan and Francois looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes.

"Percy, don't forget that Ryan is going to be king as the Duke of Musillon." Francois took the initiative to explain: "But now the whole Musillon is a piece of white land, and I don't know if there are any left." With a population of 100,000, reconstruction is a huge project, and many complicated things have to wait for Ryan to deal with. If you don’t lay the foundation for your territory and resume production, you will rush to the throne. Even if Ryan becomes king, he will not be able to sit firmly on the throne. .”

What the old man said was exactly what Ryan was thinking about.

It's not that Ryan really became the king, so he can take advantage of the situation to command the entire kingdom. Francois discussed this with him.

The power lies with the subordinates, not the superiors. It has never been the case that one can command the entire kingdom casually when one has the throne, but one can better serve the public by sitting on the throne after winning the support of everyone.

Ryan wants to be a king who can truly command the entire kingdom. He must firmly establish his own foundation. He must reproduce the glory of Musilon in the past. He must have an elite army, enough wealth and his own Retainers, but now he doesn't have any.

The Earl of Glamorgan is indeed rich, and Ryan's army is indeed elite, but the size is still too small.

His son-in-law knows his situation very well, and he has his own long-term blueprint. Francois is very satisfied with this. Marrying Suria to Ryan has always been his favorite work, but now this kind of Self-satisfaction is also increasing as Ryan continues to grow.

My daughter, you are now a duchess. François couldn't help but show his pride in his heart, and this pride also showed on his face. After seeing Berhemond and Veronica, they had different thoughts and were cold snorted.

Thinking of his daughter, Francois also asked with concern: "When Musillon is recovered, will you move Suria to Musillon?"

"Not yet." Ryan shook his head immediately, and he said seriously: "I will wait at least one or two years until Suria's delivery and recuperation is over, and then I will consider sending their mother and child to Mu Xilong's corruption. It is also possible to move to Mousilon, or I will set the capital of the principality in Jean in the future, it depends on the situation."

"Well." Francois is quite satisfied with Ryan's attitude. Although Ryan has many women, he really loves Suria very much. He can feel that this political marriage is very happy from his daughter. The eldest son is already there, and everything is settled.

"Your Excellency Francois and Bohemond, I inherited the Duchy of Musillon of Landuin, not the Duchy of Connaught after it was abolished." Ryan also raised this issue by the way.

"You want to take back the old leader of Musilon in the south of Lyonnaise?" Francois immediately realized Ryan's plan.

"That should belong to me, and only to me." Ryan said seriously: "I hope you can support me."

"It's a very good time to take back the old collar of Mousilon now." Francois frowned, and the old man naturally stood by Ryan: "The knights and nobles in the south of Lyonnaise have chosen to be loyal to you , and you possess the inheritance of Landuin and possess great strength. Facing these traitorous knights and nobles, no matter how you arrange them, you dare not have any complaints. As for Lyonnaise...there is nothing left in the north except for a ruin Well, the number of knights on the list is less than 800 now, Duke Aldrade is dead, and Richard has sent people to find Duke Dalheide who is on a redemption expedition. Although it is not very good, now is indeed the best time to take back the old collar , depends on what you think."

"We still need to talk about it." Ryan said after deliberation: "Food support, assistance in quelling riots, and rebuilding homes?"

"Well, it is estimated that you have to give some appropriate monetary compensation. Once these conditions are offered, it will be very difficult for the nobles of Lyonnaise to refuse." Francois is also troubled by this: "However, how to take it back? , This will be a difficult process, let’s wait until you recover all of Musillon’s territories! As for those old Musillon nobles, there is also a precedent in Carronburg for their allegiance to you.”

François was talking about Carronburg in Middenland. This castle belongs to Middenland and is the territory of the White Wolf Elector. Emperor Karl Franz of Rickland is loyal to Emperor Karl Franz, the most famous sword group of Kronborg in the old world, obeys Emperor Karl Franz instead of Elector Boris Todbringer.

While Ryan and Francois were discussing what to do, a young attendant walked in from outside the room. He whispered a few words in Duke Bohemond's ear, and then withdrew respectfully.

"Let me interrupt, Ryan, Francois, we have encountered a new problem." Bohemond said in a muffled voice, he seemed stumped by this problem.

"What problem?" Francois knew that it must be a major problem that would embarrass Berhemond.

"Lauen is back. He was sent back to Korona by his horse, Hippogryph Biquis. He is now seriously injured, has a high fever, and is unconscious."

"Now what should we do with Raun? The father of the poisonous snake Matthew Bard, the regent of the kingdom, the Duke of Connet, the champion of the ladies and the noble Holy Grail Knight, one of the original twelve Holy Grail Knights Cariod-Brave The last bloodline of the descendant?"

Now Ryan and Francois also felt embarrassed.

"perhaps……"