Black Iron Crown

The old earl's questioning like a grand bell echoed in the conference hall of Tesca Palace.

Faced with such a problem, the queen was also helpless, and faced with silence.

After receiving no response for a long time, the vassals of the Kingdom of Bukeden looked at the old earl with sneering eyes.

The old earl looked around and found that there were only a few people responding to him, and he couldn't help but feel infinite sadness in his heart.

At this time, the queen spoke. She didn't look at the old earl, but said in a low voice: "Although Carter has a noble status, he is only a child after all. King Satri came here to help us this time, so please take this seat." It's nothing!"

Hearing the queen's remarks, the old earl's body could not help but shaky, he held the chair with his hands, and suddenly laughed wildly: "Hahahahahahaha, Your Majesty! Your Majesty Calfit! Your country! Your throne! The empire you brought down ! Lost all dignity today! Lost all dignity hahaha!!"

When he laughed wildly, a few muddy tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.

He was the only voice left in the conference hall.

Although the upstarts were equally dissatisfied and uncomfortable, they didn't dare to respond to the news.

The vassals of the Kingdom of Bookern looked at the old earl with expressions of jokes.

After a while, as if all the strength in his body had been drained, he staggered and sat down on the chair.

"I was wrong, I shouldn't speak out here, it's my fault, King Ching Satri forgive..."

The old earl's voice was very low, but it reached King Satri's ears clearly.

King Satri laughed and said, "It's okay, you're just a fool, and I won't hold you accountable!"

The old earl did not respond to King Satri's words, but closed his eyes in pain.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong, I really shouldn't drive the royal family away..."

Although the upstarts were concerned about the fate of the old earl, no one stood up and yelled loudly.

Even the few upstarts who were in line with the old earl sat back helplessly after hearing what the queen said.

After a little episode ended,

The people present began to discuss the next action.

It was nothing more than three choices, one was to go to the north to fight the royal lords, and the other was to go to the west to drive out the people of the Bazalan Kingdom and win a wave of people's hearts.

And the last choice is obvious, the upstarts and the royal family will send away the army of the Kingdom of Bookeden with some blood.

But before that, the Earl and Queen of Redmara had already rejected the third option.

Let them come all the way, do nothing and have to spend a sum of money for nothing. The upstarts really don't want to do such a loss-making business.

What's more, the money bags and treasury of the upstarts are almost empty. Although the upstarts have gained a lot of benefits from the crazy accumulation of money some time ago, the time is still too short after all.

After paying the compensation to Reiner's seat, the wealth they collected was running out, and it was impossible for them to continue to take money out of their pockets and hand it over to the Kingdom of Bookern.

What's more, the Bookeden Kingdom is already well-developed in business, even if they scrape together tens of thousands of gold coins, it will be difficult to satisfy the appetite of everyone in the Bookeden Kingdom.

Then the only remaining options are to go north to find Reiner for revenge and go west to drive away the Kingdom of Bazalan.

In fact, the Earl and Queen of Redmara had already made a choice on these two conditions.

If you go north, the fighting power of the northerners is strong, especially the Grand Duke Leiner, the fighting power of the soldiers under his command is absolutely the best in the entire empire, not to mention that the rest of the royal lords will also participate in the battle.

In addition, if you go to the north, the home court advantage is the opponent's. The terrain and logistics support are the opponent's advantage. However, the number of troops on your own side has not yet reached an absolute overwhelming advantage. It is still unknown whether you can win the battle.

If they fail to win, the northerners will be angered to go south again. At that time, there will be no reinforcements to resist Rainer.

The queen and Earl Redmara didn't want to take the risk of ordering the huge powder keg of Reiner.

What's more, even if it is a winning situation, in that impoverished place in the north, even if it wins, what benefits will it get? Animal skin? Honey? The things they got couldn't satisfy the appetites of everyone in the Kingdom of Bukeden.

But speaking of it, where is the steel that makes the emperor covet, but due to the strength of the opponent, they are still very hesitant.

In comparison, the Earl and Queen of Redmara are more inclined to move westward, because the invasion of the Kingdom of Bazaran has lasted for a long time, and they must have paid a considerable price on the western lords.

What's more, I learned from the previous messenger that many western lord castles have been breached, which means that the wealth inside has also been plundered. For the Kingdom of Bookern, reduce some expenses.

The most important point is that it can be used to win over the nobles in the western border, let them support the imperial capital, and prevent the northern border from coming south unscrupulously to obtain benefits again.

"Oh, you want us to go to the west to fight side by side with you, don't you?" King Satri nodded slightly after listening to the statements of Earl Redmara and Queen.

"Yes, the north is barren. It is understandable for them to come to besiege the imperial capital for the time being. The Bazalan Kingdom in the west has no shortage of resources. The shortage takes advantage of our internal conflicts to attack us. We must give them a head-on blow to regain Show the majesty of the empire!"

Earl Redmara raised his fist and said forcefully.

"So that's the case, it makes sense!" King Satri nodded slightly, smiling all over his face, but he didn't make any substantive response to Earl Redmara's words.

For a moment, Earl Redmara was extremely embarrassed.

At this moment, a lord of the Kingdom of Bookeden stood up and said, "Count Redmara, what you said is very reasonable, but you also know that our soldiers need to eat, and they are Wealth and glory come, and now that they don't get the glory, I think it's time to reward them with some wealth!"

Earl Redmara frowned slightly, and said: "But you didn't fight anyone, you just came here from the south. Do you even have to give you enough benefits?"

"Dear Mr. Earl, you have to know that we have traveled a full two thousand kilometers before arriving at the capital of the Ridka Empire, which consumed countless logistics. If you don't give our soldiers enough rewards, I'm afraid we won't be able to let them Keep going, keep working hard!"

The two sides fought again, and finally the two sides reached an agreement, and Earl Redmara and others had to give each other benefits.

However, due to the very difficult financial situation of the royal family at this time, they could only use other things as mortgages, and the empire's first unequal treaty with foreign countries was signed.