The information revealed by Yiwang made everyone in the hall excited. It would be great if Yanxue City could be taken down without any bloodshed.
Although they had achieved a great victory in the previous battle, they had also lost several thousand men, and the available troops now were only 20,000.
Without the help of White Dragon, it would still be a bit difficult to take over Yanxue City with just such a small number of people.
Just as everyone was talking about it, the former intelligence chief spoke again and raised his voice a bit.
"It's easy to capture Yanxue City, but have you ever considered whose hands you should hand it over to?"
Before Yiwang finished speaking, the hall fell silent again.
The former intelligence chief glanced around and continued unhurriedly, "The Figuerola family has lost their moral integrity, and Clovis has accepted the request of the Wing tribesmen to change their fiefdoms and voluntarily gave up their land in the West. At that time, there were many
The young nobles are all present and can testify.
"So strictly speaking, Yanxue City has no owner now."
"Then it can continue to remain without an owner." Someone suggested.
After hearing this, Yiwang shook his head and said, "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Yanxue City. Now the Figuerola family is maintaining order. Once the Figuerola family is driven away and there is no new ruler, the city will soon be destroyed."
It’s chaos, and besides…”
"What else?"
"If you want to regain the Western Territory, you don't necessarily need to rely entirely on force. As far as I know, most of the lords in the Western Territory have taken refuge with the Wing Tribe people, not only because they are afraid of the armies and dragons of the Wing Tribe people, but also because they lack a true
leader.
"Clovis should have been that person, but unfortunately he led the Figuerola family to surrender to Solomon early on, which further increased the fear of the lords..."
When Yiwang said this, he suddenly closed his mouth.
The former intelligence chief knew very well that going too far was not enough. Anyway, his goal had been achieved. He had pierced the veil in front of everyone, and what happened next had nothing to do with him.
Sure enough, not long after he retreated, someone stood up and said, "Who said we don't have a real leader? Sir Ilea is a real leader.
"She is a dragon-slaying hero personally named by Edward II. She has saved the Western Territory more than once before, and now she has led us to defeat the army of those Wing tribesmen. She has proven that she has enough ability and courage to defend this land.
"If she can replace Clovis as the new master of the Western Territory, then I believe those previous lords who went astray in a fit of enthusiasm will come back."
"That's right, except for Sir Ilea, I can't think of anyone else who is qualified to be the new master of the Western Territory." Someone quickly agreed.
Someone took the lead, and all the nobles in the hall also spoke up. Most of them agreed that Ilea should replace Clovis as the Lord of the West.
Even if there were a few who had other ideas in mind, they would remain silent at most.
This made Miss Rabbit a little surprised. Not long ago, many people were still arguing over the ownership of Yanxue City, but now they all agreed to hand over the city to her.
The female lord glanced at Yiwang, who had retreated to the corner. Did this guy see something?
When Yiwang saw the girl looking at him, he bowed and bowed slightly. As a former intelligence chief, Yiwang indeed had an insight into people's hearts that surpassed ordinary people.
In fact, after the rebels defeated Trista's army and the three hundred wing warriors, from Ivan's point of view, there was not much suspense about the new Lord of the West.
Just because Miss Rabbit herself has not expressed her position yet, everyone else can only continue to "wait". It is not clear whether she has any other arrangements or concerns.
It wasn't until someone put this matter on the table that everyone started speaking out.
As the nobleman named Jeffrey said before, with Ilea's contribution and prestige to the Western Territory, only if she becomes the new owner of this land, will the nobles who once followed Solomon be able to reconsider them.
position.
As for the other candidates, they are obviously not as good as the female lord.
And hearing the voices that wanted her to become the Lord of the West getting louder and louder, Miss Rabbit couldn't help but feel excited.
Although she has always thought that green fields are quite good, it does not mean that she has no ambition at all. Even if it is purely from the perspective of making money, owning a large piece of land will obviously make more money than having only a small piece of land.
Moreover, becoming the new master of the Western Region can also help Li Yu, allowing the Shuangxiu Sect to further develop and grow, completely replacing the Silver Moon Church as the largest or even the only sect in this land.
So when everyone's eyes were focused on her, the girl just hesitated for a moment and said happily.
"Okay, since everyone trusts me so much, I will also shoulder this responsibility to protect the land left by our ancestors and drive out the invaders from here."
As a result, as soon as she finished speaking, a voice sounded, "Lady Ilea, have you forgotten something?"
The female lord followed the man's voice and found that the speaker was Gray Mane Wilder.
She was stunned at first, and then suddenly said, "Lord Wilder, you are not from the West, but since you have joined our alliance, of course I will not forget the oath I made before. When the war here comes to an end, I will
Immediately bring someone to help you snatch the Cornucopia back."
Wilder was satisfied after hearing this.
"With your promise, I feel relieved."
At this time, someone asked again, "Lord Ilea, what do you plan to do with those lords who are willing to return to our side?
"What I mean is that it is certainly a good thing to recover the Western Territory with less fighting. After all, many people from each family have died before. But compared to those of us who surrendered to Solomon before, although they are greedy for life and afraid of death, they are not afraid of death.
Saved their families and land.
"In comparison, our losses were greater and we suffered more casualties."
"I know what you want to say, Lord Raval," the girl mused, "If we confiscate the lands of those who have wavered before, they will definitely not be willing to accept it, and I am afraid there will still be a war.
"So I plan to let them cede a piece of land and pay another compensation. The specific amount can be discussed later. Those who are willing to accept this condition can also be admitted again.
"After that, I will distribute the land and compensation to everyone based on their military merits to make up for everyone's losses."
"But as far as I know, many people have no money now. Solomon asked those who surrendered to donate all their property." Fabrice said.
"You can write an IOU first and pay it back slowly later." Kamzi shrugged.
Although everyone was not very satisfied with this result, after thinking about it, it seemed that this was the only way to go.
At this time, the female lord suddenly said, "If you are really short of money, you can apply to me for the reconstruction fund."
"What is the reconstruction fund?" someone asked curiously.
"Prophet Merlin and I each plan to lend one hundred thousand gold lions at very low interest rates. We will borrow about ten gold coins and pay back one more silver coin next year."
Many people were excited when they heard this. The interest rate is indeed low. According to the usual borrowing interest rate on the continent of Bratis, if you borrow ten gold coins, you will generally have to pay back three more gold coins in the coming year.
Rounding things off, there is no difference between the female lord's side and Bai Ge's side.
So many people cheered, and Miss Rabbit quickly added, "Well, first let's make sure that this money can only be used for the reconstruction of the territory. I will send a specialist to reconcile the accounts at that time, and the loan is not unlimited.
.”
She was mainly worried that everyone would come to her to borrow money when she saw it was cheap, and the quota would be used up early, so those lords who really needed the money would not be able to borrow it.
But even this did not prevent everyone from getting excited. Taking advantage of the high morale, everyone discussed how to scare Werstein and make him abandon Rock Snow City, and finally set a date for the army to set out again.
When everyone else left the hall one after another, the prisoners who had been fished out for questioning were also escorted back to their cells. Ivan was the last one to be escorted away, looking slightly disappointed.
But in the afternoon of the next day, the dungeon guard woke him up again and told him that Ilea wanted to see him again.
Today is the first chapter... Everyone goes to bed early.
This chapter has been completed!