Edward reached out and pressed down Allen's thumb. He shook his head and said, "Let's get down to business. You must have heard something from Hoey. Otherwise, you wouldn't know that it's not easy to go north."
Allen found a comfortable chair and sat down. "I've thought about it before. It won't be so easy to go north this time. Not to mention the long journey, we have to pass through many cities during this period, and we need to get through all the joints. In addition, we intend to join the Second Prince's banner. The First Prince and the Fourth Prince will definitely not let us pass so easily. But it wasn't until I met Hoey that I realized that the people and things involved in our trip north were far more complicated than we imagined. "
'"No, Hoey was the first to jump out and stop me. Although the old marquis was mostly well-intentioned, he didn't have the slightest intention of letting the water go. If I can't even get past him, I'll probably have to go back and continue being my viscount. "
Edward nodded and said, "I've already heard about your fight with Hoey, and the news spread faster than you and I thought. Tell me honestly, how much strength did Hoey use at that time? "
"He's six, I'm eight."
"Then you …"
Allen knew what he was thinking and shook his head, "If it's just a competition, Hoey has a better chance of winning." But when it comes to fighting, the last person standing will definitely be me. Although we haven't fought with our lives on the line, I know the result will be the same. There's no reason for this kind of confidence, but in the end, this is the truth. After all, Hoey is old and has a big family business. I dare to fight, he may not be willing, so Hoey put down his words from the beginning and didn't fight me to the death. On the surface, I took advantage of him, but in fact, he set a trap for me to drill, and I still have to drill. What an old fox. "
"But you've still passed him. This matter is very important for us to go north. At the very least, it can brush off a bunch of unnecessary trouble."
"Hoey means the same. In my opinion, it's a mixed bag of pros and cons. There's less unnecessary trouble, and we have less to hide. "
Edward knew what he meant. If Hoey hadn't made a move, the people of the Northern Region wouldn't have been able to refer to Allen's strength. Then they would have been able to deliberately show weakness and fish in troubled waters. But now that Hoey's gun had tested Allen's depth, if someone wanted to deal with them, they would naturally not give them a chance to get away with it. Edward said indifferently, "Since that's the case, then let's openly kill our way over until those people are afraid."
Allen thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's true. If we can't even get something like this done, how are we going to survive in the Imperial Capital?"
"Speaking of which, what exactly does Hoey say about the situation in Bei Du?"
"A pool of muddy water." Allen smiled bitterly and told him everything Hoey had said.
Apart from the competition between the crown princes and the infighting between the princes. Those princes were also involved in the internal strife between factions. In the current empire, there were two important ministers under Tangerio Great Emperor. One was the head of the military, Marshal Roderick of the Empire, who controlled two super legions; the other was the former Prime Minister, Nabott. These two people, one civil and one martial, one left and one right, were both the arms of the Great Emperor.
The rest of the officials, led by the two of them, stood at their feet. The relationship during this period was complicated, and it was not something that could be explained in a few words.
Over the years, Roderick had strongly advocated attacking the Shadow Duchy, completely flattening this foreign kingdom to the west of the empire to prevent future troubles. However, Tangerio had never said anything about this matter, and Roderick's proposal was strongly opposed by the officials led by Nabott. In recent years, Nabott had drawn up a series of reforms, advocating the abolition of the Lord System established by the first Emperor. Sir, except for Marquis and above, were not allowed to have their own armies. All the troops should be gathered for the empire, centralized and organized, so as to gather the empire's military force and weaken the real power of the various territories.
Tangerio Great Emperor also did not express his opinion on this matter, but judging from the many times the Great Emperor had discussed the changes with Nabott, it was not difficult to see that the Great Emperor was inclined to Nabott, a minister from a concubine family. However, this kind of change was undoubtedly a huge and fatal impact on the aristocratic clans of the entire empire. Not only was Roderick's bloodline strongly opposed, even the royal family and the four dukes of the empire were dissatisfied with Nabott's actions.
The Prime Minister moved his mouth, but what he hurt was the vital interests of countless nobles. Naturally, the voices of opposition were higher and higher.
Among them, First Prince Hawson had the backing of Roderick, a military bigshot, Second Prince Julian was a student of Nabott, and Fourth Prince Severus could see the figure of Sword Lord Mason behind him. The competition between these three was not only the competition for the position of Crown Prince, but also the wrestling of the factions behind them. Who would eventually become the Crown Prince would affect the interests of countless people behind him and the future structure of the empire.
"Right now, the secret struggle between the princes is maintaining a stalemate. At this time, Julian wants to win us over, wanting to rely on our external strength to break this pattern. Everyone else can see it too, so it's not only related to our own interests that we go north, but also to the three princes, the supporters behind them, and even the empire. " Allen shook his head and said, "That's what Hoey said. Whether we like it or not, when Julian found us, we had already become the eye of this storm."
Edward pondered and said, "Since that's the case, can we use the relationship between the princes and the factions to deal with it? Even in the eye of the storm, we can still find a windless place? "
"No, no, no, that's even worse." Allen shook his head and said, "First of all, we've already promised Julian. If we still have a vague position at this time, it will only make Julian unhappy." Secondly, if we don't take a stand, I'm afraid it will backfire. For a fellow who has no position, if it was you, wouldn't it be normal to destroy it if you couldn't get it? If all three princes think this way, then we'll really be surrounded by enemies. "
'"So not only can we not blur our positions, we also have to reject the good intentions of the other princes. Only in this way can we obtain Julian's greatest trust and support. Although we won't be able to find a windless place in the eye of the wind, at least the wind and rain won't be too fierce. "
Edward was a smart man, and smart people often had a leaf to cover their eyes. Fortunately, he was smart but not conceited. After hearing Allen's words, he did not object. On the contrary, he nodded in agreement, "Your analysis is right. I'm always used to laying out the best interests, but I've neglected that sometimes, we can't get what we want without paying the slightest price. How can there be such a cheap thing in this world?" You might be a little stupid, but you have one good thing. You can always make complicated things pure, but I'm the opposite. "
"Are you mocking me or praising me?" Allen rolled his eyes.
Edward smiled without saying a word and added, "Then the general direction can be set. We support the Second Prince. In short, there's no need to think too much about this path. But there's another problem in front of us. "
"What's the problem?"
Edward looked at him and said, "Do you know the way north?"
Allen immediately understood, "You mean we lack a guide?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Edward smiled and said, "My route is only on paper, but neither you nor I have any experience going north, so we still need a guide. Otherwise, it would be a big joke for us to walk for a year and a half to get to the imperial capital. "
Allen jumped out of his chair and said, "I know who to look for. Come with me. "
A miserable scream rang out from the three-story building on the northwest side of Iron Furnace Street.
Iron Furnace Street and Spear Shadow Avenue intersected, forming a very prosperous neighborhood in Yedegari. There were many iron shops on both sides of Iron Furnace Street, and most of the famous equipment shops in the city were located here. Spear Shadow Avenue was a gathering place for mercenary groups. On both sides of the avenue were office buildings for mercenary groups, and downstairs was a reception area. Battle flags of various mercenary groups could be seen everywhere on Spear Shadow Avenue. These war flags were all hanging on an iron spear to show their respect for Hoey, which was also a scene in Yedega.
In this small building on Iron Furnace Street, there was also an iron spear hanging with a war flag. It was just like the office of a mercenary group. In the hall on the third floor of the building, a sturdy man was hiding on the bed and shouting. Beside him, a young woman with a cold expression was treating the man's wounds. The man murmured, "Jennifer, can't you be a little lighter? It hurts, okay?"
The woman stitched up a wound with a needle and thread, and when she was done, she deliberately patted it, causing the man to scream miserably. The woman sneered and said, "Oh, isn't our Lord Lick very impressive? Last night, he fought with Zhuying and almost killed his deputy guild leader. Would he be afraid of this pain? "
At this moment, a voice sounded, "Forget it, Jennifer. Don't make things difficult for him. Although Zhuying is the local snake of Yedega, they did bully us too much last night. It's good for Lick to teach them a lesson so that they don't think that we, Bing Yue, are cowards who only know how to curry favor with Young Master Orlando. "
Jennifer sighed and looked at their Guild Leader, Fares, and said, "But you've injured almost half of the Shadow Chasers. Isn't this a little too big?"
"It's a little big, so I went to see Young Master Orlando this morning." Fares smiled and said, "Young Master Orlando said that as long as no one dies, it's not a big deal. He also said that if we didn't fight, it would be very difficult for us to gain a foothold in Spear City. "
The woman frowned and said, "That young master doesn't have good intentions, does he?"
'"Don't talk nonsense," Fares said unhappily. "If Young Master Orlando is up to no good, he will find us this place to stay. On the day we hung up the flag, if he hadn't personally come to support us, I don't know how many mercenary groups would have come to cause trouble for us. Young Master Orlando has taken care of us everywhere. How can you doubt him? "
"Yes, yes, Guild Leader is right." The woman said insincerely, causing Lick to snicker a few times.
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