Chapter 986 The Final Choice

"Besides, there is even worse news to tell everyone. The Ash Party, the largest party of the Revolutionary Party thugs, is gathering strength in Benson City, inviting other Revolutionary Party thugs to gather and talk!" Calvin waited until those The noble lord digested the news for a while, and then released the second big news.

"Talks? What will they talk about? Could it be that those revolutionary thugs are going to join hands to fight against us?"

"If they really join hands, Huayu City will be the first to suffer, because this is our territorial capital. As long as this place is taken down, the entire plateau will be completely in turmoil!"

"I'm afraid they joined forces just now to break through Huayu City!"

"We must not sit back and watch their coalition, we must find a way to stop them."

"How to stop it? Send troops to encircle them? I'm afraid that if we do this, it will be in their arms. They would like to seduce the last of our military power from Huayu City! If we even lose this part of our power, it will be useless at all." We need them to join forces to attack, and our Huayu City will be finished. Don’t think that there are no revolutionary thugs in Huayu City. They are just pretending to be dormant. No, if we are too weak, everyone may become a revolutionary thug... ..."

The noble lords of the Huayu Plateau were discussing again and again.

The final result did not change because Grand Duke Christine summoned them.

The actual situation is there, and it cannot be changed by them just talking about it.

When Grand Duke Christine first came out, he delivered that empty motivational speech, but the follow-up turned into a decoration, not to mention constructive remarks, he didn't even say a few words.

Suffering will certainly make people mature, but personal abilities will not undergo earth-shaking changes because of this.

The meeting ended in pessimism and despair.

All the possibilities of these aristocratic lords have been explored, but no one dared to propose to surrender to the Yong Ye army leader and accept their proposal of adaptation.

This kind of proposal is really too sensitive. If no consensus is reached in private, and it is proposed rashly at this kind of meeting, even if it is in the hands of many people, not many people will agree. On the contrary, it is very likely that you will be forced to surrender Pai, was nailed to the pillar of shame, and was killed by his own people before the enemy could kill him. Even in the near future, his proposal will become popular.

"My lord, my lord, please stay a little longer. Your Majesty would like to have a few words with you alone." A close servant of Grand Duke Christine stopped the Minister of Finance, Viscount Gould.

"Your Majesty summoned me alone?" Viscount Gould was taken aback involuntarily, apparently very surprised by this summoning.

You must know that although he participated in this meeting, it was entirely because of his identity that he was coerced, and he was on the sidelines from the beginning to the end, without making any suggestions.

The high-level meeting before the war has already made Gould completely disappointed in Grand Duke Christine.

At that time, if they paid attention to their own analysis and intelligence, although they might not be able to save the situation, at least they could take the initiative and avoid falling into the situation in front of them.

It's too late to say anything now.

The Yong Ye army leader's layout has been completed, what they are doing now is just dying.

It's a pity that since that high-level meeting, Grand Duke Christine seems to have become suspicious of himself, and in the name of centrally dispatching military supplies, he stranded himself in the capital, let alone allowed his family to leave.

Otherwise, Viscount Gould would have left his official position and wealth long ago, taken his family and left this place of right and wrong.

Gould's role as the finance minister of the Bryan family did have a part of patriotism, but in essence he was still a businessman for the sake of greater interests.

He didn't have the resolution to be buried with the Brian family for the Huayu Plateau.

Affected by what he had seen and heard in the Eternal Night Army, Viscount Gould did not regard title and wealth as important, at least not more important than his own life.

Wealth is gone, you can earn it again, and life is gone, then everything is gone.

Along the way, Viscount Gould speculated about the intention of Grand Duke Christine to summon him alone, more or less clueless, but he was not completely sure, his heart beat wildly involuntarily, if the guess was true, it might be his A chance to escape hell.

Viscount Gould returned to the castle hall and found that Grand Duke Christian was already sitting on his royal chair, even his posture didn't change much, his expression seemed more haggard, and his eyes seemed more dull.

It wasn't until Viscount Gould came in that his eyes shone brightly, and he hurriedly got up to greet him, but because he had kept a sitting position for too long, his body was stiff, and he couldn't stand firmly, so he sat down again .

"Your Majesty..." Everyone couldn't help but whispered in concern.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Grand Duke Christine waved his hand and said, "You all retreat, everyone, I want to have a few words with His Excellency the Viscount alone!"

"His Majesty……"

"Didn't you hear what I said? Get out of here, don't let anyone stay." Grand Duke Christine raised his voice.

"Obey." The guards followed the order and retreated.

"Can I trust you? Your Excellency, Viscount Gould!" After everyone withdrew, Grand Duke Christine stepped forward, holding Viscount Gould's arm tightly, and looked at him with earnest eyes.

"I have been in charge of your Majesty's finances for nine years and eight months. Have I ever failed His Majesty's trust?" Viscount Gould's answer was impeccable.

This answer relieved Grand Duke Christine's tense expression a lot, "No, since you became my finance minister, I have never worried about this matter. Didn't do well with you.

I know that we all ignored your warning earlier, and your analysis of the Yongye Army Leader is correct.

But it's not all our fault. No one thought that a territory that has only been established for more than twenty years would have the strength to crush us.

It's just that it's too late to say these things now, we should give up everything before now, and look forward, I now need to use your understanding of the Yongye Army Leader to give me an idea. "

"If your Majesty needs anything, just say, as long as I can do it, I will do my best." Viscount Gould's heart was beating even harder, but there was nothing unusual on his face, as if he hadn't guessed what the other party was thinking at all. .

"Based on what you know about the Eternal Night Army Leader, what do you think they will do next? How long can we last?" Grand Duke Christine patted Viscount Gould's shoulder and said, "Don't be shy, tell the truth , I'm not that fragile yet, I can bear it."

Only when Grand Duke Christine asked himself a question, he asked how long they could last in front of the Eternal Night Army Leader, not how much chance they had of winning the battle with the Eternal Night Army Leader.

It can be seen that Grand Duke Christine has an accurate positioning of his current situation, and he is really having a heart-to-heart conversation with him.

"It's hard to say." Although Viscount Gould felt Grand Duke Christine's thoughts to some extent, he still had some reservations in his words, "The leader of the Yongye army is not directly attacking us now, but with the help of the revolution. The thug's detour is entirely out of consideration for the future governance of the Huayu Plateau, not to bear the infamy of a butcher.

If they find that this method is not feasible, or that it is not only not helpful but an obstacle to their future rule, I believe they will do it themselves without hesitation.

Whether it's us or the revolutionary mob, whether they complete their mission or not, I personally don't think they can last a year.

The Yong Ye military leaders are here to conquer, not to destroy. They will not just watch the plateau completely smashed, which is not in line with their interests. "

"You mean to say that the Eternal Night Army Leader didn't deliberately target us, and everything was just for profit. If they had a better choice, they wouldn't have killed us completely." Grand Duke Christine asked again.

"It's natural, there is no enmity between them and us, everything is just for profit, for the future rule, as long as we can offer them more favorable conditions, I believe that the leader of Yongye will discard them without hesitation. Revolutionary thugs extend an olive branch to us. After all, there has never been a relationship between the two, and some are just used. Many of the actions of the revolutionary thugs are hurting the people on the plateau. This is also not the Yongye where ordinary citizens are the first What the military leader wants to see, there is a famous saying in the Yongye military leader, I don’t know if His Majesty has heard of it.”

"What? Let's hear it."

"A territory with people is called a territory and can create value. A territory without people is just a wasteland suitable for living."

"This sentence is indeed very reasonable. I have heard that the leader of the Yongye Army has a people-oriented philosophy before. Now it seems that it is not as simple as saying..." When the words that really wanted to be said came to his mouth, Grand Duke Christine instead I can't spit it out.

Even Viscount Gould felt uncomfortable for him with that hesitant appearance.

"I heard that Your Excellency the Viscount has met the lord of the Eternal Night Army before." Grand Duke Christine's question turned a corner at the end.

"It is true." Viscount Gould admitted happily, "When I met His Majesty for the first time, I wanted His Majesty to report this matter."

"Really?" The astonishment on Grand Duke Christine's face was not fake, "I don't have the slightest impression of this matter."

"I remember that His Majesty seemed to have encountered something happy at that time. He drank a few more glasses, maybe he forgot it." Viscount Gould reminded.

It's not just a few more drinks, it's almost like being drunk.

Since Grand Duke Christine doesn't remember this incident, he certainly won't remember the wild words he uttered in front of him back then.

At that time, the leader of the Eternal Night Army had just walked out of the Andes Mountains, and even if he defeated the Kingsley family, it was considered a fluke of occupying a favorable location.

As the lord of the first leader, Grand Duke Christine, how could he take them to heart? There is absolutely nothing good to say about them.

Viscount Gould compared Duke Christine's raving words after drinking with the situation in front of him, which felt like a great irony.

"I know His Majesty wants to learn more about the ruler of the Eternal Night Army through me, and even want to touch his thoughts." Viscount Gould said this time, "But in my opinion, doing so It doesn't make much sense, not only because it happened more than ten years ago, but also because the territory and military strength of the Yongye Army have doubled several times compared to that time. People's thoughts will change according to people's abilities. It’s changed, I was still speechless by the other side’s boatloads of printed books and exquisite porcelain!”

"Your Excellency, the Viscount is very reasonable. I am in a hurry and went to the doctor." Grand Duke Christine's humbleness made Viscount Gould a little bit unbearable.

If the 70,000 to 80,000 elite soldiers controlled by the Minister of Military Affairs, Earl Nickles, are called the backbone of Grand Duke Christine.

Then the Grand Master of Yadunia is his spirit.

When the spine is interrupted, the spirit is emptied.

The Archduke Christine was left with an empty shell.

Now Viscount Gould is highly suspicious that the impassioned short speech that Archduke Christine gave just now was purely ghostwritten by someone else, and he just used it to appease and fool those noble lords.

Without the old fox of the University of Ardunia sitting behind Grand Duke Christine, he should not be able to use any means to deliberately test himself, so he might as well take the initiative.

Viscount Gould, who had a plan in mind, took the initiative to attack and said: "Your Majesty is not going to want to have a secret negotiation with the leader of the Yongye army?"

Viscount Gould's question undoubtedly gave Grand Duke Christine a step down. He nodded quickly and said, "Your Excellency the Viscount is indeed a smart person, and you can't hide anything from you. You have also seen the current situation, and it is irreparable. Continue. The result of going on is that it is a way out to let countless people shed blood and tears and negotiate with the leader of Yong Ye.

It's just that the attitude displayed by the Yong Ye Army Leader is not friendly. The people we sent couldn't even get close to the opponent's barracks. Your Excellency, Viscount, I don't know if there is a way to do this. Let us directly contact the senior leaders of the Yong Ye Army Leader. Dialogue, only through dialogue, can the next step be possible. "

Viscount Gould showed a embarrassed look, "I'm afraid this matter will be very difficult."

"Can't do it?" Grand Duke Christine's face was pale. If the Minister of Finance who is in charge of business and trade with Yongye Army and has the closest relationship has nothing to do, he really can't think of this matter, and he can entrust Who do it for.

"Your Majesty misunderstood, I just said that it is difficult, but it is not impossible." Viscount Gould hastily added, "After all, it is now at war, and most of the people I know well with the leader of the Yongye Army are business and political, and In this special period, no one dares to speak rashly. I have to detour to find out the direction of the wind. These are secondary. The most important thing is that if His Majesty does not have enough sincerity to impress them, I am afraid that there is no way to convince them. .”