Chapter 226: Admit Defeat

Boy Cisse lost his prestige and could not suppress the accumulated conflicts.

Since Davy was the first to speak out, many people spoke up and were indignant.

The Cisse family had been conferred titles for many years, and there was no longer much affection between the clansmen. They were united mainly by interests.

In recent years, the Cisse family had problems in its development and its interests were seriously damaged. With the reduction of income and the decline of status, many people have accumulated countless resentments. They did not dare to speak out in the past, but it was only because of Boy's powerful tactics. After all, when fighting for the title, Boy executed many people.

Now that Davy took the lead, many people immediately began to speak up and hold Boy accountable.

In fact, before today's meeting, there were undercurrents in the Cisse family.

Davy had already secretly connected and contacted many allies.

"Davi is right. You have made the Xisai family like this. Do you still want to continue to be domineering and order us? Before today's meeting, we have already discussed it. The head of the Xisai family, the title of baron, should be replaced today.

If you are sensible and take the initiative to step down, you are still a member of the Xisai family. If you are not sensible, we will have to let you be stabbed three times and commit suicide."

The one who stood up and spoke was a rough man. This man was named Rosen, a distant branch of the Xisai family. Although he did not awaken the knight bloodline, he was a sixth-level warrior and also an important figure in the Xisai family.

There are only four professionals above the middle level in the Xisai family. Two of them stood up against Boyi, and they were too lazy to even negotiate, and directly pointed out the meaning of the coup to change people.

In fact, there is a reason why Rosen said this. The previous Viscount Xisai was Boyi's uncle. After his uncle died in the war, Boyi became the head of the Xisai family and inherited the title of Viscount through this coup.

At that time, a member of the family who was ahead of Boyi in the succession order was stabbed three times in the back. In the end, Boyi concluded that he committed suicide.

This incident was very famous at the time, and even spread to the noble meeting.

Boyi publicly reversed black and white at the time to force family members to face reality. Now that this matter was directly pointed out by Rosen, Boyi's face turned pale in an instant.

"Boy, the current situation is like this, you should accept your fate."

Seeing that Boyi didn't speak, an old man sighed. This old man was the cousin of Baron Cisse, named Ince, and was an old and weak fifth-level knight.

It was with Ince's full support that Boyi forced several cousins ​​to promise to give up the inheritance of the title. In the process, he also caused serious bloody conflicts and killed several heirs who were ahead of Boyi in the succession order.

It was precisely relying on strong strength and the support of most members of the Cisse family that Boyi succeeded in counterattacking and inherited the powerful Viscount Cisse as the sixteenth heir.

Back then, Boyi relied on his strength to obtain the right to inherit the title by means similar to a coup.

Now his opponents use almost the same means to force Boyi to give up the title and take responsibility.

The situation has developed to this point, although it is beyond Boyi's expectations, but facing Davy's forcing him to abdicate. Boyi knows in his heart that he must make a decision.

At this critical moment, hesitation can only lead to self-destruction.

There are only two ways now. The first is to launch a family civil war, purge Davy and others after victory, and suppress the dissatisfaction of the members of the Cisse family. Even if this will greatly consume the strength of the Cisse family, Boyi still wants to choose this method.

After all, Boyi's interests are different from those of the Cisse family at this time. Boyi used the means of a coup to change the order of succession. Naturally, he is not a selfless person who is dedicated to the development of the Cisse family.

Boyi's nature is very selfish. As long as his own interests are not damaged, Boyi doesn't care about other people in the Cisse family at all.

It's just that his interests in the past were basically the same as those of the Cisse family, and the members of the Cisse family were also the basic base for Boyi to maintain his rule. By developing the Cisse family, Boyi will have more power. But once the family civil war fails, Boyi's family will be liquidated by the enemy, and it will be difficult for men, women, and children to save their lives.

The second is to give up power happily. According to the unspoken rules of the competition for titles among nobles, although doing so will damage Boyi's interests, it can basically save the lives of the whole family.

As long as there is a little chance of winning, Boyi wants to choose the first one.

But looking at the Cisse family members who are united around Davy, and looking at the eager eyes of these Cisse family members, Boyi knows in his heart that giving up power is imperative.

From the eyes of most Cisse family members, Boyi saw resentment.

Now if he does not hand over power, it is highly likely that his whole family will be killed and then charged with suicide for fear of crime.

Since there is no chance of winning, Boyi can only bow his head and admit defeat. But he is an old fox, and he still wants to ask for a favor when he leaves.

"Since everyone has similar opinions, I will now write a letter to the Noble Council in the name of illness, and my children will sign a letter of commitment to give up their titles. They are all good children and members of the Xisai family. I hope everyone will not resent them.

I will voluntarily give up the title of Baron Xisai, and propose that Davi be the first heir to the Xisai Barony and succeed me as the patriarch of the Xisai family.

Yes, I have done very poorly in the past two years, and I have been somewhat blinded by my power, but my intentions are good and I hope to fight for the interests of the Cisse family. I hope David can learn from my lesson and not let greed eat away at our hearts. "

Seeing that Boyi chose to withdraw and surrender, and happily handed over the power, Dawei and others were also very happy. When they collude in private, they don't want to get bloody.

Moreover, Boy is still a sixth-level knight, which can be regarded as an important fighting force of the Cisse family.

Nowadays, Boyi has made people angry in the Cisse family and has no supporters at all. He poses little threat to Dawei, and Dawei does not want Boyi to lose to the family's internal strife.

After driving Boy off the stage, Dawei unceremoniously sat in the position of the patriarch.

He looked around, looked at the facial expressions of the Cisse family members, and said decisively: "It is imperative to use resources to negotiate peace with the Haaland family. Even if we spend a huge amount of gold coins to expand our army, It is impossible to build an army that is good at fighting in a short period of time.

The strength of the Harland family is second only to the great nobles. Even if we want to give gifts, the great nobles in the royal capital will weigh the pros and cons and may not be willing to pay the price to protect us.

Instead of giving gifts to the greedy nobles of the royal capital, it would be better to pay compensation directly to Viscount Richard to fundamentally resolve this conflict. "

After hearing David's decision, Ince nodded and said: "Viscount Richard proposed a compensation of 500,000 gold coins for supplies. If we can bargain, 300,000 gold coins for supplies may be able to satisfy Viscount Richard's appetite. Now. Half of our territory has been taken away, and the cultivated fields in the territory can no longer support 90,000 serfs.

In fact, after a while, we will need to sell our people in exchange for funds, and many people are eyeing our piece of fat. Compensating the excess population to Viscount Richard, plus some food, should satisfy Viscount Richard. "

"Uncle Ince, this matter is very urgent. You should go to Harland immediately and talk to Viscount Richard. Our bottom line is 60,000 serfs, plus 20,000 tons of grain. At this price, we will win the war with Harland The family has signed a long-term peace contract, and both Viscount Richard and Baron Sophia have to sign it.”

After obtaining the negotiation conditions, Ince came to Harland's territory. After being left alone for a few days, he finally met Richard.

Insi is already over seventy years old, and the city is already very deep. Even though he had been left out for several days, he was still humble and polite after seeing Richard, as if he was an ordinary kind-hearted old man.

But such people often have many faces. Bravery, cruelty, arrogance, cunning, and humility are all different faces of nobles. When they meet different people, they will show a suitable face.

The nobles who can survive in Northern Xinjiang must be outstanding.

The better Ince performed, the more Richard became more defensive about him.

"Viscount Richard, our Cisse family has completely admitted defeat. We hope that the Harland family can let us go and spare our lives. We are willing to compensate the Harland family for their losses. But the amount of five hundred thousand gold coins is too much. , I hope Viscount Richard can reduce it a little, you are a magnanimous person, please have mercy on us!"

Although Ince's posture was very low, an old man over eighty years old begged Richard in a humble manner, which made people feel pity.

But after hearing what Ince said, Richard did not express his attitude directly. His soul was not that of a young man in his twenties.

Having experienced two lives before and after, Richard's mental age is over fifty. Ince had one face in front of him, but in the eyes of the serfs of the Cisse family, he probably had another face.

In Richard's heart, the interests of the Harland family must be guaranteed.

Seeing that Ince no longer begged, Richard said decisively: "The Cisse family can offset it with supplies. Anyway, your family's farmland is no longer enough to support 100,000 serfs. And the population of the Haaland family is far greater. It’s not enough. If the Cisse family brings over 100,000 serfs, I will forgive you.”

"If all 100,000 serfs are given to Viscount Richard, our Cisse family will lose its nobility status. Can we give half of the serfs, a population of 50,000? We are willing to promise that we will not send spies into the Harland territory. On this condition, It can be written in the contract.”

After hearing what Ince said, Richard suddenly fell into weighing.

The reason why he acted unwillingly was because he wanted to defeat the Cisse family and incorporate the Cisse family population into the Harland territory.

If this piece of fat can be swallowed without going through a war, it will certainly be a good thing for the Haaland territory.

If forced too hard, the Cisse family will desperately raise gold coins, and then use the gold coins to purchase various war resources. The war will drag on for a long time, which is not a good thing for the Haaland family.

The benefits of pushing the Cisse family to the edge may not necessarily fall on Haaland's territory.

After weighing the pros and cons, Richard decided to agree to the Cisse family's request.

Because he was not good at bargaining, Richard left the bargaining to Hayden.

Hayden talked with Ince for five or six days, but could not figure out the bottom line of the Cisse family.

Compared with the experienced Ince, Hayden is still young after all, but he exposed the bottom line of the Haaland family to the Cisse family.

After more than ten days of negotiations, the Haaland family obtained 56,000 people and 10,000 tons of grain from the Cisse family.

After reaching the contract, Richard and Sophia signed their names on the contract. As long as the two of them are alive, the Haaland family will basically not use troops against the Cisse family.

After the signing of this unequal contract, Richard spread it around through the business channels of the Harland family, hoping to spread the reputation of the Harland family in this way.

For a noble, as long as he has a reputation that is not easy to provoke, he can avoid a lot of trouble and avoid some competition.

Whether it is a good name or a bad name, it is useful for nobles.

Fifty-six thousand people moved from the territory of the Sisse family. By December of this year, after completing the population statistics of the territory, Richard found that the Harland territory already had more than 202,500 people.

Because of the new 56,000 people, the food compensated by the Sisse family was not enough to eat, and Richard could only transport the food stored in the Black River Fort Cargo Station back to the Harland territory.

Most of this group of people were settled by Richard in the new territory.

Especially the area near the Graveson Castle will be the focus of next year's operation.

There are large areas of flat land near the Graveson Castle, and the agricultural conditions are better than the swamp basin. If this place is fully developed, it will be a territory that is no less than the Black River Fort, enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people.

In addition, Richard also plans to arrange a part of the population in the swamp basin.

It is very difficult to develop a swamp. It is necessary to drain the water first, then fill the low-lying areas, and then build a large number of ditches and reservoirs to dredge the water.

The temperature in the north is relatively low, the number of mosquitoes is relatively small, and there are not many epidemics. The development of swamp areas does not require a large number of deaths.

In areas with hot and humid temperatures and epidemics, the development of swamps and jungles will cause large-scale deaths every time you advance a little.

In the history that Richard knows, the Japanese during World War II developed tropical islands in Southeast Asia, and the annual mortality rate was as high as more than 20%.

The Dutch and other European colonists developed colonies in Southeast Asia, and the annual mortality rate exceeded 30%. After 200 years of continuous development, quinine was used to reduce the mortality rate.

Zheng Chenggong developed Taiwan Island, and the mortality rate was also very touching. Even this famous military hero died of the notorious Taiwan malaria.

Fortunately, the Harland territory is located in the northern border, with a relatively low temperature and a climate similar to the three northeastern provinces, and there is no prevalence of malignant malaria.

The temperature is not high in spring and autumn, and there are few mosquitoes. In the summer, Richard would also arrange suitable work according to the climate. Reducing mosquito bites should not cause large-scale deaths.

After signing a contract with the Xisai family and handing over the population, the time entered October.