Chapter 590: Night Talk 2

Chapter 590 Night Talk 2
“I say, dear brother.”

While his father and brother were talking, Yuriko had been standing by playing with his emerald-encrusted ring, and now he suddenly interjected, “Since the Northwest Bay industry is so profitable, why don’t we ……”

A wicked grin appeared on his face, “Let Gladman offer his estate to the crown.”

Hearing this, Prince Jasim’s mouth also revealed a playful smile.

However’s the expression on his eldest son’s face froze as he silently walked over to the window of his room and closed the originally open window before returning to his father and brother.

He asked his brother in a serious tone, “Then why don’t you let Greedy Wolf Giles offer his title and territory to the crown.”

Yuriko revealed an exaggerated expression and smiled helplessly, “I would like to, but I have to have the Greedy Wolf Archduke’s consent as well.”

Gelder continued to question him, “Then what makes you think that Earl Greymane will agree?”

Urico swung his arms, “Please please please, if I remember correctly, Paul Gleiman is just a count in the Northwest Bay. Oh sure, an earl is a pretty impressive title for a lot of people, but what’s an earl in the borderlands of the kingdom to the crown. What’s the comparison between him and a great lord with deep roots like Giles?”

“My brother.” Gerd shook his head, “Back when you accompanied me to the Northwest Bay, your observations of the place were but superficial, hanging out in the downtown taverns and nobles’ balls on a daily basis. Only four years ago, most people in Jingyao had never even heard of the place, and those who knew of it thought it was an incredibly desolate and remote place, and in later times, due to the growth of commerce, many knew of the place but thought of it as a place of profligacy. But I want to tell you, and those who share your view, that the Northwest Bay is a place with great potential, especially Alda, which is a very powerful earldom, and unlike the standard criteria that we usually use to judge the local lords – the size of the territory, the number of lords – Alda’s power is not the same. -not the same, Alda’s power lies in her farms and workshops, but you are inclined to think that it’s all a place for inferior people not willing to accompany me on my expedition.”

“Oh!” Urico was helpless at his brother’s preaching, and covered his forehead with his hand in some pain.

Gerd ignored his brother’s pained expression and continued, “In the northwestern gulf, or at least in Arda, there is a very tight and efficient organization of productive activities, and I have seen those workers in the workshops working in a tense and orderly manner, divided into workshops or groups, each part with its own tasks, obeying and quickly understanding the manager’s They obeyed and quickly understood the orders of their managers, operated the machines, and collaborated with each other, and in many workshops the final product was the sum of the production of the various work groups. The workshops of the Northwest Bay were like armies of different types of soldiers, lancers, swords and shields, archers, and cavalry, all skillfully cooperating with each other to accomplish the final task of the battle. With such an organization and workers, it is no wonder that all kinds of best-selling commodities can be produced in a steady stream. However, I likewise see another side ……”

Gelder paused and said with a complicated face, “I think with such a tight organization and such qualified workers, Alda is able to adapt to a war quickly, those workers can become excellent soldiers with a little training, obedience to management orders and cooperation and collaboration with others is supposed to be a part of their daily routine, and even more frighteningly, according to my accompanying inquiries I think a large percentage of them are literate. Imagine the new recruits in our army, they can’t even tell left from right. And Alda’s workshops, and those farms that are very similar to them, will provide a constant supply of material backing for the army – I understand that a lot of the ordnance in that war at Horn Bay came from the Northwest Gulf.”

His own brother had spoken most of the time, but Yurico said, “Since, as you say, it is all the more important not to let Gleiman grow, and to put him under the absolute control of the kingdom or simply …… while his feathers are still full,” and his hand in mid-air gave a hard with a wave of his hand.

Gerd dismissed him, “The consequences of angering Graiman are severe.” At this, his father, Prince Jasim, asked, “How serious?”

Gelder replied, “As far as I know, it’s not just Arda that Gleiman controls, the other two earldomes, Bairdin and Emden, are also under his control, in addition, more than half of the lords of the Northwest Bay have befriended Gleiman because Gleiman isn’t a loner, he has brought great benefits to the lords, and the current incumbent who has the highest status in the brightest light, the Northwest Duke, also came to power under the full support of Gleiman in the so-called War of the Usurpers. Therefore, my judgment is that once Gleiman launches a rebellion, the damage he can cause to the kingdom will be no less than that of Giles.”

Prince Jasim sighed, “The weakness of the royal family has been a long time coming, allowing the local lords to become established one by one.”

Gelder comforted him, “Father, there is no need to worry, as far as I can see, Greiman is currently loyal to the crown, and he is content with his current status quo – the territorial area he rules over, I mean – and does not seem to be interested in seizing a higher A level of power …… seems to be of little interest. A man with his kind of power, splitting the kingdom like Giles did might not be too easy to do, but taking the name of the Duke of the Northwest into one’s own hands was still possible, but the Ferdinand family was currently in a very secure position in the Northwest Bay. Of course, Paul Gleiman is not a man to settle for less, but his ambitions are not in politics; he is a brilliant scholar, businessman, and inventor, but not a conspirator or a power-mad man.”

Prince Jassim nodded and said, “If he is really a person who has great power but is just in politics, do you …… know what should be done?”

Gerd: “What do you mean?”

Prince Jasim: “Paul Gleiman is not yet familiar to the major nobles of Jingyao, and it seems that you are the only one who has interacted with him more.”

Gelder pondered in his mind, it was the king who sent him in the first place, and who let the king who was not out of Jingyao know that Paul Gleiman was a person with whom the royal family was worthy of working with? Unable to think, he said, “That seems to be the case at the moment.”

Prince Jasim said to his eldest son, “Then develop a friendship with him, and better yet, make sure that his contact with the circles of power in Crystalline Yew is through you.”

Sorry about yesterday’s break in work, the kid unfortunately got hit with yang, back and forth with fever, hands and knees for two days and a night, thankfully there are signs of stabilization this evening after the temperature came down, hopefully it won’t burn up again.

I wish everyone a safe and healthy journey through this epidemic.

(End of chapter)