Chapter 234

Chapter 234.

Two types of lords have existed for a long time in the northwest bay of the Kingdom of Aldo.

One category was the indigenous lords, most of whose family lines could be traced back to the military chiefs or religious nobles of the various tribes that inhabited this area in ancient times, and whose ancestors had taken root in the Northwest Bay since the beginning of human civilization-although according to scholars’ testimonials, their ancestors had also migrated from the central plains of Aldo to the Northwest. There are also some who were partitioned here by various regimes prior to the Rodney Dynasty, though they have a long history of residing in the Northwest Bay as well, with some families even being partitioned here during the Ancient Bella Empire.

The most powerful of these lords was the Ferdinand family, and the other native lords were basically vassals or vassals of the Ferdinand family.

The other category is the foreign lords, whose ancestors were all subdivided into the Northwest Bay after the establishment of the Rodney Dynasty. In the process of the new dynasty’s unification of Aldo, more than half of the original lords of the Northwest Bay defected to the current royal family, but there was still a small half of the lords who didn’t see the situation clearly and were purged, and the empty territories were rewarded by the Rodney royal family to the meritorious people who followed them.

The new lords appointed by the Rodney royal family, in addition to playing the role of guarding the border, but also shoulder the task of monitoring the indigenous lords, for a long time, the old and new sets of lords to restrain each other.

However, the Greiman family is special, this family’s original fiefdom is in the fertile central plains, and then in the political struggle on the wrong side of the royal family kicked to the Northwest Bay, the new fiefdom is still a piece of the original land, in a sense, the Greiman family is also in the scope of the “surveillance”.

There are twelve counts in the Northwest Bay, six of which are vassals of the Ferdinand family, and six of which are vassals of the Crown. The strength of the counts varied, the most powerful Kent family, in addition to their own direct territory, there are 10 viscounts as a vassal, while (before) the weakest Greiman family, not to mention the next level of vassal, even a formal knight cognac.

As for the other Viscounts and Baronies, they are basically vassals of the Northwest Dukes or the twelve Counts.

The current situation in the Northwest Bay is: five of the six earls of the royal family have formed an alliance against the Kent family, led by Earl Parker, while the Kent family has gathered the other three earls, who are also vassals of the Ferdinand family, to form an alliance of rivalry, and the attitude of the remaining three earls is ambiguous, and they have not yet chosen a side clearly.

Although the Kent family side seems to be at a disadvantage, but the control of the Ferdinand counts of Maltz Kent can be used in the name of the Duke on the Duke’s direct territories, as well as the Duke’s name of the other vassals, some of the viscounts of the collar is still quite powerful, and their populations are not even worse than the Alda such as the nominal counts of the collar. So in terms of absolute power, it was Maltz Kent’s side that held the advantage.

“There’s no need to worry! There are many lords under Lord Duke’s command who believe that letter to be true, and as long as we can hold off Maltz Kent’s attack, they will be at the back anyway to curb us.”

In a meeting, Earl Parker shook a stack of letters and spoke of the seemingly unreliable undercurrents in his hands.

……

In late March, the two factions that had long been sharpening their knives turned on each other almost simultaneously. Maltz Kent issued an ultimatum to the lords who didn’t answer the call last time, forcing them to rendezvous in Sentry City within three days or else they would be crushed for humiliating the Duke. And the anti-Kent alliance’s defiantly publicly displayed the Duke’s secret letter, while bringing to the fore Viscount Henry, who had long been placed under the secret protection of Earl Parker, and whose secret letter and Viscount Henry’s appearance brought public opinion to the Northwest Bay for a time.

Maltz Kent immediately stated that the letter was a forgery, that Henry Ferdinand had escaped from the dungeon and framed him because of his jealousy at not being made heir to the dukedom, and that a group of villains, led by the Earl of Parker, who had always been dissenting, had conspired against him in a concerted manner. Through Andy the Minor Mage, who controlled Duke Ferdinand’s strong and dying soldierly body, he held a public assembly at Centurion City to repeatedly affirm this.

Privately, though, the Earl of Kent was still a bit backed up; he had expected Henry to run to those who opposed him for shelter, but not this consequence.

And the secret letter in his hand, which was not at all different from what he had done and planned, could it really be written by Duke Ferdinand? Could there be a loophole in Master Barnett’s control spell?
As soon as he thought of this, a sharp pain hit Maltz Kent’s head, and then naturally in his heart he thought, How is this possible? How could Master Barnett’s spell have a loophole? Praise Master Barnett, praise the Secret Society, Duke Ferdinand was clearly under his control. Right! It must have been that damned guy Henry who imitated his brother’s handwriting.

As for why the content of the letter matches the facts …… it must be a coincidence! It must be a coincidence!

But …… but …… why would so many lords follow the old piker Parker against him? These guys usually see themselves are coy and obedient, uttering words with a smell of horse’s ass, and now they even have the courage to oppose themselves.

In his original anticipation, there might be one or two pricks who did not obey him, such as that old thing Price Parker, but in the case of himself holding the Duke’s name hostage, he could not turn any waves at all. After he cleansed himself of the lords who were still loyal to the crown one by one, he could establish himself in the Northwest Gulf and stab the royal government in the back viciously while its attention was in the south.

But now it seems that Henry Ferdinand’s escape and his forged secret letter have alerted the outsiders – the indigenous lords’ private name for the Crown’s newly appointed lords – to the fact that they have formed a group in advance, and the original plan can no longer be implemented. The original plan could no longer be carried out.

Thinking of this, the count was so annoyed that he should have found an excuse to detain all these potential enemies at the duke’s birthday banquet, although the subsequent handling would be more difficult, it was still much easier to deal with than the current situation.

Now it’s useless to regret, only on the battlefield to see the real chapter.

……

After a long period of preparation, both factions had gathered a sizable military force, they deployed their troops, and war was imminent. However, both sides did not forget about the existence of the royal family, the Inverted Kent Alliance, needless to say, definitely needed to pull on the royal family, while the Earl of Kent also needed to act like a loyal subject of the kingdom for the time being. Both sides coincidentally sent their own emissaries to Jingyao to present the “real situation” to His Majesty the King, requesting the royal family to support them, and informing the rest of the kingdom that the other side is a rebel.

I wish all readers a happy Chinese New Year and a prosperous new year, with everything in your mind and all your heart!

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