After everyone in the cabinet left, only the Duke, eldest brother Ludwig, second brother Henry, Eleanor and the Blue Sword were left in the study.
"Now we have three options." Ludwig analyzed. "Either go south to reinforce the two mountainous areas of Agenau and Achenkirch and continue to prevent the Wolf family's army from moving north."
"Either send troops to the north to attack Franconia, cooperate with the emperor's coalition forces to attack Duke Griffin from the front and back. Or, a two-pronged approach, send troops in two directions."
"What is your opinion?" The Duke asked (tested) everyone again without comment.
"I support sending troops to the north to welcome His Majesty as soon as possible." Henry still advocated, "Even if we don't send troops to the south, the garrison in the mountainous area can hold on for a while. As long as His Majesty the Emperor arrives with a large army, there will be no possibility of victory for the Lang family."
"I think it's better to send troops to the south for support." Since Henry chose one, Ludwig could only choose the other. "Sit back and watch the garrison in the mountainous area be wiped out, and at the same time send troops north to lose the battlefield in Franconia."
It's a huge loss to our family."
"On the other hand, sending reinforcements south to block the footsteps of the Lang family's army can, on the one hand, reduce the losses of the troops stationed in the mountainous areas, and on the other hand, leave the task of penetrating the Franconian battlefield entirely to the Emperor's coalition forces. It is natural for us
It’s a more advantageous choice.”
This may sound a bit selfish, but in today's feudal era, the Shinra family takes it for granted.
Although ending the imperial civil war as soon as possible will be beneficial to everyone in your camp from a macro perspective, the prerequisite is that the family cannot invest too much cost.
On the other hand, if the civil war was finally stopped and the Weisbach family paid a huge price in it, then the emperor would give them some compensation after the war in order to appease people's hearts, but it would definitely not be able to make up for the losses they suffered.
Because with the end of the war, the major families in the country have resumed their competitive relationship. By weakening the Weisbach family, other families will receive more post-war benefits. Everyone, including the emperor's dragon family, can have meat.
When you eat, you will naturally be happy to sit back and watch it come to fruition.
Therefore, how to help the camp win the civil war while ensuring that the family does not suffer too many losses is a required political course for any noble in this era. In a sense, Ludwig's answer is higher than Henry's
horizontal.
However, the Duke still did not speak. Silence meant that he was not satisfied, so both sons became a little trembling.
"Eleanor, what about you?" The Duke looked at his favorite little daughter.
Eleanor opened her mouth and heard Nora's voice in her mind:
"Listen, Ellie..."
Isn't this cheating? Eleanor couldn't laugh or cry. Nora read his father's mind and then told her the answer. This was simply like asking the invigilator for the answer during the exam.
"I think we should go south to support the troops stationed in the mountainous areas." She said bravely, "However, we cannot do nothing about the battlefield situation in Franconia."
"Because after the civil war is over, His Majesty the Emperor will inevitably mobilize his troops south to face the Holy See and attack the Italian peninsula. If we just protect ourselves and do not send any troops to the current situation in the north, we will easily be attacked after the war.
In order to prove his innocence, he will be forced to devote more troops to His Majesty the Emperor's southern expedition."
"In other words, we must not only preserve our own strength, but also give an explanation to the emperor's coalition forces in the north who are stuck in the quagmire. We must not let anyone talk or use excuses. This is the best solution to the current situation."
"Well." The Duke stroked his beard. Eleanor's answer was undoubtedly more comprehensive than Ludwig's thought, "Then what do you think we should do?"
"We can try to contact the Sauron family in Swabia and ask them to send troops to rebel against the Griffin family and cut off the connection between Franconia and Burgundy." Eleanor sighed in her heart, "In this way, there is no need to send troops.
Too many troops may also help the emperor's coalition reduce the pressure and provide an explanation to His Majesty."
This answer finally brought a smile to the Duke's face, and the two sons also showed expressions of realization.
"So." The Duke asked leisurely, "How to convince the Sauron family?"
"What is their current situation? What is their judgment on the civil war? Are they ready to rebel? If our envoys arrive in their territory, how to persuade them to defect to join the emperor's camp instead of dedicating our envoys to Frank in turn?
Nia to show loyalty?"
"Should..." Eleanor paused, "No, we shouldn't send formal envoys."
"A small but well-trained team should be sent secretly to investigate the current attitude and trends of the Sauron family. If you feel that something can be done, reveal the identity of the Bavarian envoy and negotiate with them.
However, if you feel that something cannot be done, you will naturally avoid alerting the enemy and forcing the opponent to the opposite camp."
"So, did you hear my daughter's answer, Captain Aske?" The Duke turned his attention.
Ask:………………
So you are waiting for me here! What a wily guy!
However, for the mercenary group (or for the player's thinking), they are not afraid of the difficulty of the task, but they are afraid of the lack of rewards. As long as they are paid enough, everything is easy, so he nodded and said:
"Our mercenary group can take on this mission, but...should we settle the payment for the last mission first?"
"Of course." The Duke of Bavaria agreed simply.
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To be fair, it is indeed more appropriate for the Cang Qing Sword mercenary group to go there than for the Weisbach family to go there.
Because the former really has nothing to do with Bavaria. After all, he comes from the mercenary group Yeluzi. It is also convenient to distance himself from the Weisbach family no matter what the situation.
For Weisbach, all it takes is a few bottles of potion from the warehouse.
Even in this world, it still abides by the 80/20 rule, that is: more than 80% of extraordinary resources are in the hands of a small number of 20%.
These people are either ancient supernatural sects or secular high-ranking officials and nobles. Normal people may have difficulty interacting with them in their lifetimes. Even if they have ambitions in this area, they may have to work hard for decades to reach the corresponding threshold.
Therefore, in a sense, members with deep backgrounds such as Sheila and Eleanor really saved the entire team a lot of time in capital accumulation.
After getting the required potion from the Duke, Asker left Weisbach Palace and planned to go to the nearest pharmacy store to find the material of magic shell.
As a result, I met Meyer again at the palace gate.
"Oh, Captain Asker, you're welcome." The future cube swordsman, now the mustached man, greeted him warmly.
"Sir Meyer." Ask nodded as a reply, "I thought you had left."
"Originally I planned to go to Strasbourg," Meyer said truthfully, "but with the rebellion of the Franconian Principality, the road to the Swabia Principality was blocked."
"And because I recently invested in printing books at my own expense, my savings have been completely depleted, so I want to dedicate this swordsmanship work of mine to the Duke of Bavaria to see if I can get some money in exchange."
Meyer said frankly, his expression seemed a little annoyed, and Aske certainly understood what he meant:
Because he had previously accepted employment from the Wolfe Mission, he was worried that he would be blacklisted by the Weisbach family.
However, after all, Meyer is now penniless and has no financial support, so he can only bite the bullet and come here to try his luck.
But to be honest, according to Aske's understanding of the Duke of Bavaria, they didn't even take Wolff's original envoy seriously, and it was even more nonsense to hold a grudge against Meyer.
So he took a paper book with fine binding and fine printing from Meyer's hand and said:
"I will forward it to the Duke for you."
"That's great." Meyer rubbed his hands together excitedly. "In order to print this book, "The Techniques of Sword Fighting," it cost me 300 Lorraine gold coins just for the initial printing quantity. I almost went bankrupt. If possible.
If so, I hope to sell it to the Duke for 30 gold coins... No, it is dedicated to the Duke, of course you have the final say on how much it can be exchanged for."
The Lorraine gold coin is a precious metal coin issued by the Saxon family of His Majesty the Emperor. In terms of purchasing power, 1 gold coin is equivalent to twice the Venis banknote 1 silver mark, but its ability to maintain value is far better than that of the silver mark. After all, the latter is essentially
Just a piece of paper.
Originally, the Southern Principality of HRE preferred to use silver mark banknotes. However, due to the recent war, everyone was worried that the Venetian city-state would succumb to the pressure of the Holy See. Therefore, there has been a tendency to switch to Lorraine gold coins in the market——
From this perspective, the price of 30 gold coins is actually not cheap, and Meyer is even worried that it will make the Duke feel like he has been taken advantage of.
However, Asker is aware of the value of this book. Compared with the swordsmanship books of Emperor Leo VI of the East, which teach you how to calculate collision volume, mass and moment at every turn, this book is truly suitable for swordsmanship practice.
This is a textbook for early and mid-term students, in which many basic principles and techniques are explained more thoroughly.
So he pondered for a moment and then said:
"For 30 gold coins, I can buy one..."
"No, this book is for you." Meyer magically took out another book from behind his back, "Please help me dedicate it to the Duke of Bavaria, thank you~"
Ask was speechless. He actually wanted to buy a copy and use it as a teaching material for the girls. By the way, he also wanted to sponsor the future cube sword master and establish a relationship in advance.
Unexpectedly, the other party immediately acted flattered, and in turn wanted to curry favor with him... I can only say that it was thirty years in Hexi and thirty years in Hedong. At this time, the young man was really poor.