Chapter 132 Exchange of Interests

Edres was not a noble from the province of Gedda. He was the second son of a baron from the province of Gascoigne. He entered the civil service system when he came of age.

His father had a close relationship with the previous governor and transferred Edres to the province of Gedda.

After thirty years of hard work, Edres finally climbed to the position of alderman.

For Edres' class, alderman was basically the top.

To continue to climb up, he needed to have some influence in the capital.

At the banquet, Edres communicated with the nobles one by one, exchanged interests, sought the support of the nobles, and wrote joint letters.

When he came to Richard, he made it clear that he would safeguard the interests of the Harland Territory as a high-ranking official in the province and prevent the governor Jerram from officially formulating policies that were unfavorable to the Harland Territory.

"How did the conflict between me and the governor become known to everyone?"

"Gedda Province is not far from the Duke of Jonathan, and the nobles can afford to go to the Duke of Jonathan to buy salt. But everyone is afraid of offending Governor Jerram. Even Viscount Romen has to buy salt from him, which will benefit the interest group behind Prince Felix.

Baron Richard organized a caravan to buy salt in the Duke of Jonathan. This matter cannot be hidden from everyone.

Although I don't know the details behind it, Governor Jerram will definitely retaliate against the Harland Territory.

Richard smiled, raised the red wine and clinked it with Edles, and took a sip.

"I do have some business conflicts with the executive, but Governor Jerram has the intention to ease it. This time, Governor Jerram also funded the expedition to suppress the rebellion and provided me with some weapons and equipment.

Next year, I don't plan to continue buying salt from the Duke of Jonathan, and I can also offer it to Prince Felix. "

"Baron Richard is a smart man and will not choose to do this. You are someone that Duke Roger has placed great importance on. Duke Roger has a very clear attitude and supports the eldest prince Chris, the legitimate son of the queen. "

"You are right. I will support the municipal officer."

Richard knew that since he had offended Jerram and was entrusted with an important task by Duke Roger, he had actually become a person on the line of the eldest prince Chris.

As a baron noble, since he has chosen a team, it is impossible to jump left and right. Otherwise, the forces of both sides may attack him, making him a nobody inside and outside.

Since Duke Roger has placed great importance on him, he should repay Duke Roger's kindness from the perspective of aristocratic morality. He must stand with Duke Roger in politics.

Richard completed the exchange of interests with Edles, drank a few glasses with several nobles from Brena County, and returned to the barracks before the banquet was over.

Because of his personality, Richard is not suitable for networking.

And when interacting with nobles, acting and hypocrisy are necessary skills.

In this respect, Richard is not like his father William, who is close to him, is similar to his second uncle Powell. He is straightforward and simple, and is suitable for practical work.

However, a hereditary noble family must have members who are suitable for communication and expand their network of contacts.

Having these relationships may not necessarily lead to success, but without these relationships, things will most likely go wrong.

The current Harland family is still William and Mrs. Ola doing this kind of thing.

Ron is mediocre, and his abilities in all aspects are average, not too good, not too bad.

Hayden worked as a spy, saw a lot of dark sides, and his personality became a little sinister. Richard is not good at flattery, and Wendy is a woman.

Adrian and Tang En are not particularly flexible in character.

The other family members are still relatively young, and their abilities and temperaments need to be observed.

Richard rested in Osma Castle for more than 20 days, and Martin After completing the task of escorting refugees with Vito, they returned to Osma Castle to reunite with Richard.

Two days after Richard and Martin joined forces, the merit of suppressing the rebellion was finally determined.

In order to clarify Richard's military merits, it is said that there was a lot of debate in the capital.

Are the Boiling Blood Converts professionals? Do their heads count as merits?

How important is Richard's battle to suppress the rebellion in Brena County? Should he be awarded a great merit?

The two groups kept arguing about various issues.

In the current capital, because King Charles publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the eldest prince Chris.

The remaining adult princes have raised a group of people and started a crazy competition for the throne.

Whatever one prince supports, the other will oppose.

This situation has seriously affected the Kingdom of Grant. Political stability.

In addition, the old age and serious illness of Duke Brena, the pillar of the royal family, made the Kingdom of Charles feel even more headache.

In the midst of the quarrel, the main force of the anti-rebellion army led by Duke Roger was defeated, with more than 2,000 casualties.

In this battle, the rebel cavalry attacked the grain road, and a brigade escorting grain and grass lost more than half of its troops. At the same time, the rebel leader, the Night Walker Marlo, also used the legendary magic Fiery Meteor to severely damage the main siege army.

The two thousand troops lost were the main force of the anti-rebellion army.

The two battalions of the Northern Legion had more than 1,000 casualties, and even the Warcraft Cavalry led by Duke Roger was attacked by legendary magic, and more than 30 casualties.

The Warcraft Cavalry Regiment commanded by Prince Roger is an important force of the Grant family.

Everyone is very precious, and the casualties of more than 30 people at one time have made Roger very sad.

When the war encountered twists and turns, Duke Roger immediately sent a personal letter to the capital. He requested to mobilize the Grant Royal Cavalry Academy and reward Richard heavily, so that Richard could lead the noble coalition of Black River and Brena to participate in the war of suppressing the rebellion.

The situation changed, and King Charles made a decisive decision to reward the noble coalition of Black River and Brena.

The Boiling Blood converts are all considered professionals, and Richard's leading troops to suppress the rebellion is a war of great significance.

Two hundred Boiling Blood converts, all considered professionals, add up to two great merits.

Add to that dozens of cult professionals of different levels, the seventh-level warrior Gao Liwen, and the head merits add up to more than six great merits.

In addition, Richard's leading troops to suppress the rebellion is of great significance, and he is also rewarded with a great merit.

In this battle to suppress the rebellion, the army commanded by Richard was divided into five great merits, six medium merits, and four small merits.

These merits not only include Baron Sharp, but also his uncle Soros was divided into four medium merits.

The merits belonging to Richard are four great merits, three medium merits, and eight small merits.

Three great merits belonged to killing the seventh-level professional Gao Liwen, one great merit was the merit of commanding this battle, and the rest of the merits mainly came from the soldiers under his command.

In addition to Richard, the one who made the most merits was Baron Franklin. Although Baron Franklin suffered heavy losses, he also killed dozens of Boiling Blood Converts, adding up to a total of seven medium merits.

After the merit awards, the order to mobilize troops was delivered in less than three days.

In addition to the Black River County noble coalition, the hereditary baron of Brena County must provide a squadron of soldiers.

In the rebellion in Osma City, the nobles of Brena County were all the main force. And in the rebellion in Canyon County, the nobles of Brena County, like Baron Rice and others, sent serfs to fool around.

Richard grouped the baron and the elite guards with Baron Rice and others, and appointed Baron Prani as the commander of the second Warcraft Cavalry Squadron.

As for the serfs provided by the nobles of Brena County, they were responsible for escorting food and grass and serving as auxiliary soldiers.