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"Hehe, Kerwin will definitely go crazy with anger when he hears this." Isolt also walked in from the outside at some point, with undisguised gloating in his tone.

No one likes to shout at a tyrant, especially a self righteous one.

Now, the tyrant has fallen from his high position, and even writes to his enemies in a slightly begging tone, which is interesting just to think about it.

"What do you think he will do?" Willia raised her head and asked with great interest.

"It's very simple! An assassin who is proficient in stealth, a bottle of poison enough to put people in a coma. You don't understand, Harrison's prestige is so high that none of his sons and daughters can get the approval of all the vassals In addition, he has consciously let his children fight each other over the years, in order to choose the best among them as the heir, which directly leads to a large number of supporters who have a little bit of ability. They are either powerful, rich, or in control Military power. Maybe there will be no major crisis when Harrison is alive and awake, but if he loses consciousness at all, a war will quickly sweep across half of the continent." Isolt said about himself with a playful face guess.

The downfall of a political strongman is bound to be accompanied by severe social turmoil and even large-scale wars. This is already well-known common sense.

Especially in the feudal system that relies on personal charm and prestige to control power, if a powerful king dies suddenly, his heirs will [-]% fight each other for the throne until the final winner is determined, or the country is under the interference of external forces Divide, perish.

Isolt has read many books on politics and history, so he is very aware of the weaknesses of the so-called "Lion of Oros".

Unfortunately, most people were overwhelmed by the means of that mighty emperor, thus ignoring that he was just a mortal, and mortals would have weaknesses, and even fatal weaknesses.

"So, Kerwin will send assassins to achieve ulterior motives through poisoning?" Vilia narrowed her eyes, as if planning something.

But Isolt smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, don't waste your efforts. If you want to catch him, it is impossible. Once a person like him decides to use despicable means, he will never Any clues will be left. Instead of working hard on this, it is better to take the opportunity to get in touch with his fiancée."

"Fiancee?!" Vilia clearly realized something, and her eyes revealed a gleam.

"Yes! As far as I know, this young and beautiful princess seems to be full of complaints about marrying an old and ugly tyrant. If we can reach a series of agreements with her first, then we can get rid of this situation. Reap the greatest benefits from the turmoil, and destroy Kerwin's plan by the way." Isolt suggested straightforwardly.

"It's a good idea. We should make a good calculation and let that traitor do a lot of work for nothing."

After all, Velia quickly summoned his most trusted subordinates and began to discuss the feasibility of the whole plan, as well as how to trick Kerwin one last time.

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At the same time, far away on the top floor of the magic tower, Zhang Cheng had already noticed through the magic mirror the two war agents under him fighting openly and secretly, and couldn't help but smile and sigh: "Sure enough competition and killing are the only way for life to evolve. Look at these two poor people. Not long ago, one of them was just a lowly country nobleman, and the other was an ignorant princess who only knew how to talk about love every day and enjoyed the flattery and flattery of young men. But now, they are actually proficient They played tricks and tricks, and they all wanted to give them the upper hand in this duel."

"Master, are you sure you want to let them mess around like this?" Alans frowned, with strong dissatisfaction on his face.

"Why not?" Zhang Cheng spread his hands indifferently. "Don't you think, in the process of competition, the improvement of both of them is very obvious? Remember, never let your subordinates get too comfortable, this time breeds their laziness, and also don't make them feel that they are the only ones. And irreplaceable, otherwise you will have to kill it in a short time and replace it with a new one. Desires can never be satisfied, what you have to do is to learn to control, use intimidation, violence and death to Restrain the growth of desire."

Allens nodded half-understood: "So your method is to create contradictions, let the two subordinates continue to fight in a field, and ensure that they can never be the only one."

"In theory, this is true, but the operation is still a bit complicated. For example, you have to balance the power between the two so that there is not too much difference. Especially when selecting people, you must pay attention to qualifications It can’t be too bad, otherwise the situation will soon be out of balance. Forget it, you’d better operate it yourself, and you’ll understand it in a short time. Now, go out for me and monitor every move of that woman.”

"As you wish..."

The first thousand and 220 chapters and three delaying tactics

Tilsburg is an important military town located in an important river transportation hub in the kingdom.

Initially, when the country was in the expansion stage, its main function was to defend against intrusions from the water surface. Later, as the land area continued to expand, it gradually became a pure logistics transfer station, and the huge dock warehouse was hoarded A large number of goods traded by merchants from the South China Sea to the north.

In particular, the grain, vegetables, meat and poultry eggs transported to the capital need to be loaded for several hours every day just to meet the consumption of a large number of urban residents who are not engaged in agricultural production.

So if an army suddenly occupied this place, they would not only be able to cut off the food supply of the kingdom's most important city, but also get logistical supplies for at least half a year to a year for free.

In addition, the castle is being repaired every year, and it still maintains the unique strong defense of the original military fortress. Even if it faces more than ten times the enemy's siege, it can firmly hold on.

As the military commander who launched the rebellion, Baron Marais saw this, so he took advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack and took down all the few garrison soldiers in one fell swoop.

Seeing the mountains of food and goods in the warehouses at the wharf, which were about to be sent to the capital, he couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of his mouth, and sarcastically said in a mocking tone: "There is not enough food, let me see what you can do to satisfy those hungry pariahs, My dear princess."

Obviously, as the staunchest conservative supporter, he never recognized Vilia as his queen, but only recognized that she had royal blood, that is, the status of a princess.

"What do you think she will do when she learns that this place has been captured by us?"

The court nobles stood on the upper floor of the tall castle, looking down at the merchants who were crying and shouting after their goods were confiscated, without showing any sympathy.

Because the vast majority of these merchants are low-level wandering merchants, who rely on reselling low-margin daily necessities to earn the price difference, and there is neither the support of powerful aristocratic forces behind them, nor any forces that cannot be provoked.So almost every time a war breaks out, these guys are always the first to be unlucky.

The lucky ones will lose most of the goods and a large sum of money, and the unlucky ones may even lose their lives.

After all, being weak is the original sin, and the weak are doomed to be exploited and enslaved by the strong. No matter what era or system, the essential things will not change.

The only thing that has changed is the definition of exploitation and oppression, which is the propaganda carried out by the ruling class to minimize the resistance consciousness of the people at the bottom.

As the saying goes, a lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth!

When you have been promoting a set of theories through all kinds of express and hints since you were born, then you will naturally accept it, and even regard it as the supreme truth. Even if someone puts the facts in front of you, you may not would like to believe.

The influence of preconceived ideas is so great, so after entering the information age, almost every country on the planet has strengthened its control over information dissemination.

What many people think of as free speech has never really existed, never existed, does not exist now, and never will.

As long as there are classes of intelligent beings, the gap between the rich and the poor, the inequality in education, and the level of genes and IQ, the exploitation and domination of the weak by the strong will always exist, even if the material civilization develops to the point where it can be almost The same goes for distribution on demand.

In fact, what the people at the bottom ask for is never equality or freedom of speech, but an upward channel to change their own class.

It doesn't need much, as long as this channel can accommodate [-]% to [-]% of the bottom of the society, then the whole society will present a positive environment full of hope and fighting spirit.

But if it's the other way around, when too many talented people are suppressed, it won't take long for a bottom-up rebellion to form.

When the critical point is reached, this contradiction will suddenly erupt, and the transfer of power will be completed in the most intense and bloody way.

If the original ruling class wins, the rebels will undoubtedly be brutally purged, and this purge will kill and injure those talented people at the bottom, and there will not be enough power to launch the next rebellion in a short time.

But if the rebels win, they will also massacre the existing vested interest groups, completely destroy the original political structure, make room for their own people, and then transform into a new ruling class.

As for the slogan of launching a rebellion in order to win the support of the people at the bottom, it is basically unlikely to be fulfilled.

Anyway, no matter who wins in the end, the weak will always be the weak, and will always be the bottom of the exploited and oppressed.

Unless one day a very small number of them suddenly wake up and start to think from the perspective of the strong, and learn from the style of the strong, it is possible to get the chance to change their destiny.

Unfortunately, most of the natives on this planet did not have such a cognition. After being looted, most merchants did not even dare to protest, and chose to leave because they thought they were unlucky.

After all, this is a country ruled by nobles!

From the time when they were sensible, they accepted the idea that the nobles were born noble to rule the lowly commoners like themselves. Any form of resistance is a provocation to the traditional power and will lead to the most tragic suppression.

Over time, they got used to the reckless behavior of the nobles, and they got used to paying tolls every time they passed through a noble's territory.

However, these small businessmen were not really stupid. After finding out why the army suddenly occupied Tilsburg in private, they immediately fled towards the capital of the kingdom by boat overnight, intending to quickly inform the young Queen.

Of course, this issue is all part of Baron Mallais' plan.

Seeing the small merchants scrambling to take the small boats down the stream, he immediately ordered with a sneer: "Immediately fill the captured ships with rocks, and then scuttle them all [-] kilometers downstream. Remember, no matter what the cost , to ensure that warships docked at the capital's harbor cannot pass through."

"Understood! I promise, even if Vilia brings her steel puppets, they will all be trapped in the bottomless black swamp." Another noble officer slapped his chest hard, his face full of pride smile.

Forty kilometers away from the pier, it happened to be a large swamp with lush water and grass. Leaving aside the monsters lurking inside, the black silt alone could make the invading enemy suffer.