In addition to talking about the tax collector and the awakening of the giant bloodline, Liya also told Yun Xiaohan a lot of information about Xili Island, a lot of which Yun Xiaohan didn't know before.
When chatting with a beautiful girl, I always feel that time flies by. Maybe this is the so-called speed of time passing is directly proportional to the beauty of the girl.
There was a sudden knock on the door, and then Rosie Pie was heard outside the door reporting: "Your Highness Liya, Your Excellency Yun Xiaohan, Sili Island has arrived."
It was time to disembark, and Yun Xiaohan stood up. At this time, Liya suddenly stretched out her left hand, took Yun Xiaohan's right hand, and said at the same time: "I wish you good luck in martial arts. If the situation is unfavorable, you must take your own safety as the first priority."
First."
"Well, I have a sense of discretion." Yun Xiaohan replied.
"By the way, please don't wear armor next time we meet in private. I know you are from a commoner background and don't know much about aristocratic etiquette, but are you disrespectful to ladies like this?"
Yun Xiaohan was confused when he heard this. He only knew that if a man is fully armored, he must take off his hat as a noble salute as long as he is not on the horse, but he does not have to bow, because it is difficult to bow while wearing armor, but he has never heard of meeting a lady in private.
I still need to change my clothes, I'm not attending a dance.
But Yun Xiaohan quickly noticed that Liya was pressing his left arm with her right hand, and he immediately reacted. Liya was sitting on his right just now. It was because she was hit by her armor that she made a sound.
complain.
But it’s not like I want you to sit so close, and with your fighting ability, you won’t be hurt by the armor. This is too fake, we are all so familiar, and I also understand your strength.
Pretending to be a soft girl has several meanings.
Fortunately, Yun Xiaohan still had brains and knew not to reason with women. He just complained in his heart without actually saying it out loud. Instead, he replied honestly: "I was negligent. Next time there is such an occasion, I will
I will change my clothes in advance.”
Liya rolled her eyes at him charmingly, but her tone was a little joyful, and she said duplicitously: "This time you didn't know I was on the boat and couldn't prepare in advance, so I don't blame you, but don't forget it next time.
"
Yun Xiaohan responded quickly and walked out of the captain's cabin. Liya did not follow him out. She came secretly and could not go to the deck to see him off.
Yun Xiaohan was thinking as he walked, this is the rhythm of becoming a prince. I have played online games before and found a wife in the game, but this is the first time I have found a smart AI as a two-dimensional wife. Thinking about it, it is really a bit strange.
A little excited.
Hey, this is a man, as long as the girl is beautiful, it doesn't matter whether she is a human, a demon, a paper person, or a data person.
The Sardinian Consulate of Sicily certainly cannot stand alone in the open wilderness, but is located in a small city called "Erice City".
The city of Erice is located in the northwest of Sili Island. Although it is a small city in name, due to the continuous loss of population, the population is now less than 10,000. If the situation does not change, it may be downgraded to a giant village in a short time.
However, after all, the population of Erice City was close to 100,000 at its peak, and it was also the seat of the Sardinian Consulate. The facilities in the city were still quite complete. Although there were no special buildings, there were many conventional buildings, but the building level temporarily dropped to 4.
level, it will have to wait until the population grows to 50,000 again before it can be restored to level 5 again after repairs.
The city of Erice was not awarded to Yun Xiaohan, and he did not obtain the right to govern the city of Erice. Therefore, Yun Xiaohan could not manage the city of Erice like a territory, let alone arrange the construction of buildings.
He couldn't check how much money was on the books of Rich City.
Since Sardinia has never achieved direct jurisdiction over any land in Sili Island, the nobles who ruled the city of Erice only allocated a piece of land in the city and leased it to the old Grand Duke of Sardinia to establish official offices.
Now the lord of the city of Erice who borrowed land has died in a fight among the nobles of Sili Island. The Erice family, which was once famous for a while and was recognized by the nobles of Sili Island as a pro-Sardinian faction, has also fallen, and none of its direct descendants have survived.
Therefore, the city of Erice has become a terra nullius in name, but because Erice is the closest port city to Sardinia and has a superior geographical location, no Sicily noble is strong enough to swallow it up alone.
, coupled with the lack of a suitable excuse for annexation and the obstruction of the old Archduke Sardin, the city of Erice finally became a no-nonsense zone.
Nominally, it is jointly managed by many families in Sili Island, but the largest force in the city is the Sardinian garrison here.
Considering that Sili Island still needs to trade with the Sardinian Territory, and the old Sardinian Grand Duke is still everyone's nominal master, it is impossible for the Sili Island nobles to forcibly expel the Sardinian garrison. They can only make some small moves.
As the old Grand Duke of Sardinia grew old and frail, but had not even identified an official heir, he could not care about Sili Island, which had never been under direct jurisdiction. Therefore, he paid less and less attention to Sili Island.
If the nobles of Sili Island could not afford to rebel and pursue independence, he would be too lazy to take care of it.
In this way, the Sardinian garrison in the city of Erice became less and less, and the actions of the Siri Island nobles became more and more bold. They did not dare to turn against them directly, but they poached the residents of the city of Erice, or even abducted them.
They dare to go to their own territory.
In this way, the population of the city of Erice became smaller and smaller. As the condition of the old Sardinian Archduke became more and more serious, the official trade between Sardinian Territory and Siri Island also gradually decreased or even interrupted, and was replaced by the Sardinian Territory.
The smuggling trade between the conservative nobles and the nobles of Sicily became increasingly rampant.
In addition, according to Liya, Yun Xiaohan's number one enemy during this trip, the in-law family of Marquis Skoni Bellu - the "Nieri" family, may have been introduced by Marquis Skoni Bellu.
Next, I got in touch with a big family in the Offa Council, and they were also engaged in smuggling trade, but this smuggling trade had just begun and the scale was still small.
This is why Liya and Sardin are worried about the intervention of foreign forces. The scale is still very small now, but it does not mean that it will always be small in the future.
As mentioned before, although there is no jurisdiction over the city of Erice, there is a Sardinian garrison in the city, and the jurisdiction is still in the hands of Liya, the Duke of Sardinia.
However, at this time, the Sardinian garrison in the city of Erice was already very small, only 500 people, and they had been bribed and corrupted by the nobles of Siri Island. After all, people were occasionally directly kidnapped, so one can imagine the level of public security in the city.
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These garrison troops were in ruins, so Yun Xiaohan made an agreement with Liya on the ship that he didn't want any of the 500 garrison troops, and asked Rossi Pie to force them all back to Sardinia, one by one.
Yun Xiaohan doesn't have to worry about whether to investigate or demobilize them all. That is Milo Cavour's job.