Chapter 333 Knights Templar!
Knights Templar!
Everyone's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this.
This name——oh no, what a good idea!
Not only can we open up territory for the empire, but we can also spread the faith of Saint Sith and accumulate merits in this life and blessings in the next life!
What is even more rare is that whether it is the Senate, the Imperial Army or the Holy See, they all seem to gain their own interests!
The Duke of Valencia's eyes were subtle, and his slender eyebrows were slightly raised.
His mind was quickly calculating——
The nobles of the Senate are powerful, powerful and wealthy. If the Knights are really operated in the form of a "shareholding system", then the nobles of the empire will definitely have the greatest advantage.
The Valencia family is the leader of the senators, and most of the nobles in the Holy City have united around them. This knight order can undoubtedly become their tool to control the new world!
He quietly glanced sideways at the regent beside him and gave him a hidden look.
The Regent Granville understood the situation, smiled and nodded slightly, expressing his tacit understanding of the Duke with very subtle movements.
Looking at the two people who were making eye contact, Commander Julian, who was not far away, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a confident and playful smile on his face.
He could guess what these two people were thinking just by looking at their hair.
But so what?
The Knights ultimately belong to the military system. No matter who initially finances it, in the end it will be the officers who take the lead.
Just like the original Royal Knights.
Those nobles who are far away from the new world think that they can buy everything with money and honor, but they don't know that there are many things in this world that money cannot buy.
As long as there is enough time, the imperial officers will surely be able to turn this knightly order into their own territory and resources!
Kasit Hilfin also had a gentle smile on his face, but there was an unspeakable complacency hidden deep in the smile.
The Senate and the army were suspicious of each other, but they did not see the power above the world.
Of course he knew what Marshal Laco and the Duke of Valencia were thinking at the moment, but their plans played into the hands of the Holy See.
· The Knights Templar are not a purely military organization, which means that it is difficult for the officers of the empire to kidnap the young men of the empire with a slogan of loyalty.
The Holy See has more than just priests in its hands, it also has universities in the Holy City and even the entire empire in its hands!
As long as they send enough priests and enough professionals trained by church schools to penetrate into the grassroots of this newly born organization...
As the Knights Templar grows, these knowledgeable people trained by the church will undoubtedly occupy a pivotal position in the distant continent of Cana.
The Holy See can quietly control this "knights that are not like a knights" just like it controls the various branches of the Adventurer's Guild, and put its own mark on that land!
There is a strange harmony in the air of the banquet hall.
Everyone thinks that they are the biggest beneficiary of this plan, and their eyes on Prince Colin become more and more eager.
Luo Yan had a panoramic view of their expressions and deep desires, and a faint smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.
Their ideas are actually correct. Each force has its own chance of winning. After all, he designed this set of rules according to this logic from the beginning.
It’s just a pity that they still can’t imagine what they haven’t seen before, let alone realize that the Knights Templar, under the struggle of many parties, are likely to give birth to a new class that has never been born before in the Holy City, and stand against them with the resources they have invested.
Of course——
This is the honeymoon period for both parties.
Whether they are nobles, officers or priests, they can fully enjoy the dividends brought to them by the Knights Templar, just like the citizens of Thunder City are enjoying the joy brought by the rise in the share price of Colin Group.
Regent Granville coughed and said with a gentle smile on his face.
"His Highness the Prince's proposal is indeed exciting, but the specific details still need to be reviewed by the Senate, and we can discuss it later. Today is a day to welcome His Highness back, and it is not suitable to talk about such a serious topic."
Marshal Rako Aiberg also smiled and nodded in agreement.
"That's right, today we only talk about romance, not big things."
He said this, and the nobles of the military faction, including the commander of the Julian Legion, all nodded in agreement, and even Mr. Cassit of the Holy See faction nodded.
Of course it’s not that they are really not interested, but they need to discuss with other people in their own faction how to get a larger piece of benefit from this huge cake.
Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, Luo Yan understood and knew that the matter was settled, so he smiled and nodded in a good-natured manner.
"What His Highness Granville and His Highness Aiberg said is that tonight we will only talk about romance and not business matters."
Lively music soon sounded in the banquet hall, and waiters filed in carrying silver plates full of wine and delicacies.
Regent Granville took two bottles of champagne, handed one to Prince Colin, clinked glasses with him and drank it down with a smile.
Luo Yan also greeted him with a smile, drank the champagne in the glass in one gulp amidst the applause of the crowd, and then turned to talking with other people.
The atmosphere in the air quickly changed from serious to lively, and the quiet banquet hall was once again filled with laughter and noise.
However, everyone knew in their hearts that beneath the surface excitement and cheering, their souls had already flown out of the banquet hall with their excited minds, sweeping through the upper class society of the Holy City, leaving only their bodies standing in place.
Every person standing in the banquet hall seemed to feel a fire burning deep in their hearts at this moment.
That is the flame called desire!
The young nobles were excitedly discussing the affairs of the Knights. Although they were not interested in riding horses to fight, they were full of interest in the land they might obtain.
I heard that the continent of Janna covers more than seven million square kilometers. How many baron and earl titles are there?
If they can make achievements under the hands of His Highness Colin, their territory may even surpass that of their father!
The noble ladies half-hid their faces with fans, whispering to their own daughters or the daughters of relatives who were brought to the world, encouraging them to do something for the benefit of the family.
As for the older nobles, their eyes were deep, and they exchanged meaningful glances with each other, planning how to get the largest share of the pie.
A great drama that can change the future of the empire, with the "Jana Dream" drawn by Prince Colin as the prelude, slowly opened in the silent night.
No one has any doubt that the person who will win in the end will definitely be him...
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The sounds of toasting and drinking moved from the banquet hall to the dance floor as the music gradually became melodious. "Roxey Colin", who had just finished dancing with the youngest daughter of Duke Castellon, was soon invited by the daughter of Duke Lambert's family.
The two families are the "Silver" and "Bronze" of the Holy City respectively. Together with the gold family Valencia, they are known as the three heroes of gold, silver and bronze.
The Castellon family controls the taxation of the largest trading port in the empire and the offshore defense fleet stationed there, while the Lambert family is the oldest and most authoritative law school in the empire, and all the chief justices are its disciples.
Whether it is Duke Castellon or Duke Lambert, they are very happy to see young people from the same family interact more.
As long as it is not fast forwarding directly to the last step.
Although Luo Yan could clearly feel that the person dancing with him actually did not resist, and even took the initiative, which caught him a little off guard.
It seems that the fire he lit earlier not only burned into the hearts of the gentlemen present, but also "accidentally" injured the girls present.
Especially Miss Lambert.
I wonder if this lady has any personal issues with the Duke of Castellon’s youngest daughter, and they are inexplicably comparing her to each other.
The Valencia family's dinner continues.
However, unlike the Demon King who enjoys the welcome of the human world, the Demon King's servant is restless at the moment. His left eyelid has finished twitching and he has to switch to the right eyelid.
Emperor Royal Hotel, the luxurious suite on the top floor, the night view outside the window is brilliantly lit, like heaven shining on the earth.
Hitchhi had no time to appreciate the night view outside the window. Tiqi, who was lingering in front of the window, paced back and forth anxiously, sweat dripping from his forehead like ants on a hot pot.
Tonight is the most critical moment.
If His Highness Colin can pass the test of regent, everything will be easy!
And if they can’t make it through, they will all be doomed!
Just when he could hardly sit still, there were finally three long and two short knocks at the door of the room.
That was Lumil's signal.
"Come in! The door is unlocked!"
Teach strode to the door as he finished his sentence, only to see Lumil walking in calmly, adjusting his cuffs with a calm expression.
"Why did you come just now?" Tiqi lowered his voice and said anxiously, "Do you know that I'm going crazy with anxiety here!"
Seeing Tiqi's unsettling look, Lumil smiled faintly and said truthfully.
"I was just settling down the relatives of His Highness Colin."
Teach said impatiently.
"Forget about those idiots, you and I both know that they are not important at all! Where is His Highness Colin? What's going on with him now? What I'm most concerned about right now is that adult!"
This is not false at all, Teach dares to swear that he is definitely the person in the world who is most worried about His Majesty the Demon King!
After all, it’s not a remote place like Deadwood Port. The banquet was filled with the most powerful and powerful nobles in the empire, and there might even be a hidden God’s Chosen One among them!
Once the Demon King breaks into the gang, he will not even have a chance to escape, and will be regarded as a meritorious deed by the servants of Saint Sith on the spot!
lumil was not surprised that Teach was panicking. There were no outsiders here anyway. He still had a calm expression on his face and said patiently.
"You don't have to worry about that adult, you just need to concentrate on doing your own thing and completing the work assigned to you."
After a pause, he continued.
"In addition, our 'His Royal Highness Colin' had a very pleasant conversation with the Prince Regent and His Highness Marshal Aiberg. The three main forces in the Holy City have shown great interest in his suggestions, and even agreed with him to have a more in-depth talk after the banquet."
When Teach heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he was stunned for a long time before swallowing his saliva and said.
"Real or false?"
Based on his understanding of the unspoken rules of the upper class society in the Holy City, the long conversation after the banquet was about talking about specific details!
Before setting foot in the Holy City, Luo Yan had told him a rough plan, which included the Knights Templar line.
I didn’t expect it to be done in one go!
This was so successful that he found it incredible. He was actually more optimistic about the second plan prepared by Luo Yan - that is, after failing to draw a big pie that everyone can eat, find the force that first contacted them to draw a bigger one alone.
"Of course it's true," Lumil smiled slightly and continued, "Not only that, Marshal Aiberg also invited His Highness Colin to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of his second son... So far, the military officers think that our Highness Colin is their 'one'."
Tich was stunned and speechless when he heard this.
It took him a long time to slowly digest this huge amount of information. The anxiety and worry in his heart also disappeared in an instant, and turned into an unconcealable joy.
"Thank God... Saint Sith is here," he murmured, stroking his chest, "I'm really afraid that His Highness Colin won't be able to withstand such a big scene."
Lumir smiled faintly.
"Then you should go with him. I heard that many people at the banquet are interested in the story of Baron Kosia."
Teach smiled sheepishly and said nothing.
"I... I don't care, I'm not afraid of dragging that adult back... And, obviously, he performed better when I was not next to him."
Lumir gave him a meaningful look, noncommittal to his statement, but did not reveal the truest thoughts deep in his heart.
Actually, that’s not important.
Just like whether the Dantès family is sincerely grateful to His Majesty the Demon King for his kindness, only Leek will care extra about whether the other party is grateful and ignores what is really important.
The Demon King only needs them to play the roles they should play, and not to do unnecessary things outside the framework of the script.
This is enough.
Once a mighty general trend is formed, it will not be transferred due to personal will... This has been fully proved in Thunder City.
Teach has never seen it.
But he witnessed everything with his own eyes.
"What's next? What's the order from that adult? Or...how does he want me to cooperate with his plan?" Tiqi's face was filled with confidence again, and his originally collapsed chest also stood up again, like a rooster when he saw the sun rising.
The devil who can even "pacify" the regent is simply an invincible devil in his eyes!
It feels so safe to follow this adult!
Watching Baron Kosia's face change, Lumil smiled faintly and continued slowly.
"Two things. First, you need to teach Sir Dantès to be a real nobleman, as big as telling him where to live, as small as telling him which clothes to wear."
"This... how to teach this?!" Teach was stunned and looked at him dumbfounded.
Lumir did not explain and continued.
"The second thing is that His Majesty the Demon King is very dissatisfied with your progress. It can be said that you didn't understand the environment on the first day, so he didn't say anything. But now you have been back for two days, and you only slapped an unknown person in the face, and then nothing happened? Where was the noble who stole your land? His name was Baron Devore, let's forget it?"
Seeing that Tiqi was speechless, he continued.
"That adult was quite appreciative of you because of your performance at the port, but you ended up waiting in the hotel all day."
Tiqi blushed and coughed dryly.
"I have to make a statement first! I'm not staying in the hotel and doing nothing. I'm doing everything he asked me to do! As for revenge, aren't I looking for an opportunity..."
He does want to take revenge, but he can't just come to him and ask him face to face what happened to the deal ten years ago, right?
That’s useless!
The case ten years ago has long been settled. If he wants to overturn the case, it will not be a matter between him and Baron Devore, but will involve the entire system.
In order not to harm the "innocent", he must find a new way, and the Demon King must have expected so!
Ti Qi has no doubt that the other party has not come to contact him until now, and is most likely on guard, which makes his revenge plan even more difficult.
Looking at Teach who looked troubled, Lumil said nothing, but just took out a still warm newspaper from his arms.
"The opportunity has come."
"This is..."
Teach subconsciously took the newspaper from Lumil's hand. As soon as he finished speaking, his stunned eyes turned into raging anger, and he clenched his hands unconsciously.
【Land for rent in the Devore area. There is fertile land (15 square kilometers) suitable for grape growth. Gentlemen who love rural life are welcome to invest in wineries here. 】
Tichy knows very well that the Devore area is definitely not fifteen square kilometers, and it is just right if you include the land of the Barony of Kosia!
He gritted his teeth and said bitterly.
“How dare they...”
"How dare you 'melt' your title." Lumir looked at him and smiled, and continued in a gentle tone, "I'm quite surprised. In the Principality of Campbell, a barony must be at least twenty square kilometers, but the empire seems to have no such limit?"
Ti Qi didn't speak for a long time, silently put down the newspaper in his hand, sat on a high stool nearby, and said in an irritable mood.
"After all, there are so many nobles here, how can there be so many twenty square kilometers to divide, especially in the provinces directly under the empire."
The provinces under the direct jurisdiction of the empire are similar to the duchies held by the emperor. The area is similar to the duchies, ranging from tens of thousands of square kilometers to several thousand square kilometers. The area is not fixed.
As time passed, it was not only the emperor's bloodline that expanded, but also thousands of nobles, and this process was often accompanied by fierce land annexations.
The history of the Baron of Corsia can be traced back to 500 years ago. Teach does not know whether there is any water in it, and his father has not told him, but one thing is for sure, their history is definitely much longer than that of Baron Devore who squeezed him away from the Holy City!
Even in the genealogy recorded in documents, the Devore family was originally the retainer of the Kosia family...but the former has long since disowned it.
Teach actually didn't care about this, after all, he saw with his own eyes a demon king from hell packaging himself into a nobleman with a long history.
What really made him intolerable was that this guy was not satisfied with the land, and completely erased all traces of the Kosia family's existence from that land!
"This is actually a good thing for you. Your territory has changed from 9 square kilometers to 15 square kilometers." Looking at Teach whose hatred was rekindled, Lumil poured him a glass of water, pressed it on the newspaper, and said softly.
Ti Qi looked up at him, his Adam's apple twitching.
"You mean... you want me to snatch their titles away?"
"Why not?" Lumil shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Do you expect him to split the split title in half and return it to you? Stop dreaming, this is a life-and-death struggle, and it is also a trial left to you by the Demon King. He has taught you the method. Those people use desire as bait to defraud you of the land in your hands, and you use greater desire to pull them onto your ship."
But - "
"But Baron Devore is wary of you, and your hatred is not so easy to let go. Afraid of your revenge, he will try his best to build a good relationship with your superior, Prince Colin, and the best way is to please his cheap relatives, the Dantès family. "
Looking at Lumil who was talking, Teach opened his eyes and said subconsciously.
"They went to find the Dantès family?!"
h "Who knows? I just saw some eyes near Loyalist Street that shouldn't be there... It may not be the little ant Baron de Vol, maybe it's someone else. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to attend the Valencia family's banquet. "There are also many nobles who aim at his relatives as the next best option." Lumil smiled faintly and continued, "And you can also take advantage of this. Prince Colin is happy to lend you his relatives as a tool for revenge."
By the way, he can also help those stupid young people grow up quickly and let them realize that under the bright and beautiful appearance of the Holy City, there is a side that eats people without spitting out bones.
Tiqi closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and suddenly the corners of his mouth turned up into a sinister smile.
"I know what to do..."
Looking at this highly savvy colleague, Lumil nodded with satisfaction.
This dear friend has been a pirate for ten years, and he does not lack means.
Especially when they were chasing each other on the sea, this guy dared to chase me into the storm, which showed that he still had something in him.
This may be the reason why the Demon King is willing to invest in him.