The Sun King's Evidence

Intelligence service? Aurora was okay, but Teresa thought about it in her mind. The sorceress immediately began to think about the pros and cons of helping Ryan build the intelligence department. There is no doubt that Aurora and Theresa now need Ryan. Shelters and wizards who need his resources.

Aurora's eyes lit up after hearing what Ryan said. What she was most afraid of was that Ryan said that I don't need your help at all. If I go back and forth from wherever I go, then things would be really troublesome. On the contrary, if Ryan needs her and Te With Teresa's help, they can naturally rely on Ryan's orders and Teresa's identity as a female courtier to automatically obtain part of Ryan's authority and enter Ryan's court. This is very important to Aurora.

Theresa thought for a while, then she said softly: "But Ryan, don't you already have an intelligence department under your command?"

Ryan nodded lightly, Theresa was right.

Ryan's power has its own intelligence department, which is mainly divided into two parts.

The first department is jointly managed by Sulia and Ryan, relying on the Oliver Chamber of Commerce, and is responsible for collecting major forces and major trends in the old world. There are not many things this department can do. At most, it can only collect intelligence and Delivering messages and sometimes providing a place to hide.

The second part is managed by the dark elf Orika, a small team that closely monitors the chaos corruption and cultist activities in the territory, including vampire activities and Skaven activities. The dark elf cultivates blood in accordance with the rules. The Hand God Kane's assassin method specially trained a few maids and established a peripheral structure. There are not many people in this group, and they all obey Orica's command.

"All the Oliver Chamber of Commerce can do is collect intelligence. They cannot carry out deeper work. What I need is not a source that passively accepts intelligence. What I want is someone who can actively help me conduct intelligence in the Kingdom of Britannia. As for the organization of the work, I have thought about it and thought that you are the most suitable. My initial plan is that you can send your men to Bordeaux and Helen Hilde to establish branches first." Ryan told Teresa his plan. Aurora's mother and daughter also said in detail: "As for the issues of housing and opening a store, you don't have to worry about it. I will naturally help you prepare it."

Ice witches are indeed a special kind of existence. This kind of magic is a kind of chaos magic but does not mutate. It only makes the caster have a cold personality. Queen Miska, the earliest female tsar of Kislev, The secrets and know-how of practicing ice magic were obtained from the ruins of the ancient saint. Due to the characteristics of ice magic, these witches practice magic indifferently and ruthlessly. They do not like to participate in politics and are not easily corrupted by chaos. Even if they fail in practice, they will become corrupted. Ice sculptures die silently and will not affect the citizens or cause panic. They are very suitable for hiding in cities or suburbs. Compared with many wizards who abuse magic to cause panic or cause explosions and other bad effects, ice witches will not have such bad effects. Trouble, they are very quiet and like to do their own thing behind closed doors.

The only thing that makes ice witches extremely disgusted is male mages, because Miska, the first female tsarina of Kislev, came to the conclusion after reading the mysteries in the ancient holy ruins that men cannot practice ice magic. Therefore, there are only ice witches and not ice wizards. Ice witches are naturally extremely hostile to other male wizards and are prone to conflicts. The secrets passed down by the ancient saints clearly stated that they would not be too aggressive with male wizards. Being close to or combined with it will cause the ice magic to gradually weaken until it disappears forever. Therefore, when male wizards try to get close to the ice witch, a battle is often inevitable (this is one of the reasons why Aurora is so afraid of Galt). .

Britannia has a naturally excellent environment in this regard. As we all know, all children with magical potential who fail to attend the Imperial Royal Wizarding Academy or the Southern Kingdoms Wizarding Alliance will be led by Morgiana. Taken away by the prophets of the Lake God, the boys will disappear forever, and the girls will be trained to return as new prophets of the Lake God. Therefore, the number of male wizards in Britannia is very small, only some of the big nobles. There are male wizards hired or invited from the Empire's Royal Wizarding Academy within the palace, minimizing the possibility of conflict.

Both Aurora and Teresa nodded at what Ryan said. Aurora, the witch of the sanctuary and the female elder of the Gloria Council, suddenly felt that there might indeed be nothing left to stay in the dangerous place of the Gloria Council. She He has already begun to figure out how to move several female congressmen under his command, as well as hundreds of official witches and witch apprentices, but he is a little reluctant to give up the relationship network and wizard tower that he has finally built over decades.

Aurora was still thinking, but Teresa had already asked her own question: "Ryan, it's not that I don't want to help you, I want to ask you first, why don't you find Sulia or Orika?"

"Sulia... is inappropriate. She has basically taken charge of most of the internal affairs in the territory. She will decide all major and minor matters when I am not around. If this kind of matter is left to her to handle again, one is that she does not have enough energy. , she also has to take Devon Hill, and the second one is not suitable either.”

"As for Orica...she is too cruel." Ryan couldn't help but smile bitterly when talking about this matter: "It would be better to let her deal with non-human beings such as Chaos cultists and vampires. Her methods are too cruel to deal with her own people. No, I don’t want this, this is not what I want.”

Even though the dark elf is like a soft and fragrant pillow in front of Ryan, and she also likes to act coquettishly and give him advice, you think Orika is a harmless maid. This dark elf from Nagaros is quite cruel by nature. To capture the enemy, they would often cut them into sticks and hang them with butcher's hooks, letting them bleed until they died. She also proposed to Lane more than once to implement slavery and capture prisoners as coolies.

"I don't trust Olika to handle this kind of internal situation." Ryan said calmly: "I still keep her by my side to take care of her. At least she listens to me."

"I understand." Teresa and Aurora exchanged glances. After getting a positive look from her mother, Teresa still hesitated: "Ryan, we have no problem with your request, and we are willing to help you. , but is it really okay for you to leave such an important matter to us?"

"Then who else can I leave it to?" Ryan asked rhetorically. The crown prince of the Knight Kingdom, the Duke of Mousilon, and the divine champion of the Fairy of the Lake smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have to choose, who else can I choose? Nothing more than that. Just choose one of three types: knights and nobles, the church, and wizards. The knights and nobles headed by Sulia control the administration, and the church headed by Morgiana controls the legislation and justice. Then you wizards can only supervise it."

When it comes to this, Aurora and Theresa have no objections.

The evening chat was over, and the attendants had heated up the hot water. Ryan asked Aurora and Theresa to take a bath first, and then he walked around the small village, walked around the grassroots, and paid homage to the villagers. He brought greetings from the Holy Grail Knight, and at the same time took out a few bags of wheat and some pork belly from the remaining military rations, specifically to reward the serf guards in the village.

Seeing the generosity of the legendary Lord Lane, the serf villagers present were moved to tears. However, Lane also noticed that they were not particularly excited. They just expressed their gratitude and kowtowed in general, and briefly checked the food reserves in the villagers' homes. Ryan was relatively satisfied. Most of the villagers still had enough food for the winter. A few of them ignored it because this was not his principality.

Most of the lords of the Principality of Bastogne are Holy Grail Knights. This principality is famous for its piety and low administrative efficiency. The result of the Holy Grail Knights being lords is that they are relatively more sympathetic to the hard work of the people, so they are not willing to oppress the serfs. Would be so ruthless, and because the Holy Grail Knight spent most of his life practicing martial arts and pursuing virtue, the Principality of Bastogne is famous for its low administrative efficiency. The typical character is Kalad, a macho man on the battlefield and an unparalleled general. A weakling in domestic affairs.

Therefore, when Ryan's reform of changing the tithe to a fixed tax was promoted in the Principality of Bastogne, there was almost no obstacle. The Holy Grail Knights all believed that since this was in line with the virtues of chivalry and would not harm their interests too much, then so Let's do it. After that, many of Lane's reforms were successfully implemented here. The entire principality has become dynamic again, and the serfs are at least guaranteed to have food and clothing.

Ryan walked to the village street, and in the dark night, he exhaled a white breath.

Yeah, who else could I use?

As a duke, his subordinates are nothing more than knights, nobles, churches and wizards. They are all those people he chooses.

Doesn't he know about the Sulia family's infiltration into his territory? Didn’t he know that Aurora’s bachelor party proposal was also an infiltration into his territory? Even the Lake God Witch Morgiana's new Holy Grail Church in Mousilon was a kind of infiltration. Didn't he know? Doesn’t he know that the tax collection bureaucrats trained by the church are also infiltrating?

So what can be done? Besides these people, who else can Ryan use? In this kingdom, who has read the book? Who has received an orthodox education? It’s not just these people, it’s either knights, nobles, wizards or churches. It’s these three types of people that you can choose from.

The old guard? The Old Guard is just a nascent force for the time being. This army has a military background and a low level of education. At most, it can only recognize a few hundred words and can read and write. It is impossible to switch to administration, at least not now. , these soldiers who were born as serfs are not suitable for immediate transformation into bureaucrats. There will be very serious consequences. As for what the consequences are, you know.

What Ryan has done so far is just a small step in the evolution of the entire Britannia from aristocracy to clan politics. He has opened a channel for class advancement, nothing more, and the empire is already under the leadership of Luther the Savior. This step was taken after the Vichy restructuring.

"I'm ashamed that I've only done a small amount of work." Ryan looked at the smoke rising from the village, his blue eyes gradually becoming firm: "I can't stop yet, I still have a lot of things to accomplish."

After wandering around the village and returning to the big house, the fire was lit in the warm room and the windows were closed tightly to dispel the chill in the middle of winter. Ryan took a nice bath and put on light clothes. clothes, opened the door to the back room, and his eyes immediately lit up.

Teresa was sitting on the bed, reading a book, and had taken a shower. Her previous black swan coat and leg-fitting breeches had been replaced by a violet retro Gothic palace dress, showing off her beautiful figure. Her standard oval face and long shimmering black hair still have some water vapor on them, and she has obviously worn makeup. Her lavender eye shadow and bright eyelashes are charming and full of moving style.

A pair of slender beautiful legs are exposed like two jade pillars. Thin black velvet stockings are wrapped on the slender white legs, which are crystal clear and attractive. Pink stockings painted with purple nail polish are stepped on a pair of feet. Simple elf sandals. Seeing Ryan come in, Theresa raised her head from the pages of the magic book. She reached out and adjusted her black-framed purple butterfly pattern glasses: "Are you washed?"

"Yes, it's washed." Ryan nodded with a smile. He walked to Teresa and hugged the sorceress into his arms: "It's so comfortable."

The room was filled with the scent of lavender. Teresa's face gradually turned red. She reached out and held Ryan's hand: "Lian, what do you think if I let my mother come over to your place to develop?"

"Ms. Aurora? Is she willing to give up her decades of accumulation?" Ryan hugged Teresa and said with a half-smile: "I know her, she is reluctant to give up."

"You sound like you know my mother better than I do." The sorceress rolled her eyes at Ryan, and she sighed softly: "You are right, my mother is a little reluctant to let go, and she is still hesitating."

"It doesn't matter, she still has a lot of time to think." Ryan shook his head, and he kissed Teresa gently on her red lips: "I promised that I will welcome you at any time, but since you have come to my territory, you must abide by me. rules, rather than being the king in the Sky Castle."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now, that... Ryan, my mother told me that if I give you a child, it would be best... it would be best if the surname is Trovik. This is our family's surname. It must be Pass it on." Teresa leaned on Ryan's shoulder. She blushed when talking about this issue, but she was indescribably firm: "What do you think?"

Ryan thought to himself that even if there is a child between us, it is impossible for your child to be named Macado. Only the child of Sulia and I can be named Macado.

The man pretended to ponder for a moment, and finally looked unhappy and nodded reluctantly: "Okay, if you insist."

"Great, thank you!" Teresa could feel Ryan's embarrassment. Thinking that Ryan still agreed to her, the sorceress felt sweet in her heart: "Then, have you decided what to name the child?"

"What's the name~" Ryan put his arm around Theresa's waist and said with some evil humor: "If it's a boy, let's call him Siegfried, and if the girl is called Theresa or Kallen, how about she call her Kiana? also."

"What kind of weird names are these?" Teresa obviously didn't like these names: "Teresa sounds better, but I don't like them either. I don't want any of them."

"If you don't like it, you can discuss it later." Ryan said with a bad smile, "The premise is that we want to have one."

"Well... let's have one."

…………I am now the dividing line of Kiana’s time…………

It took a few days for the army to pass through the Sharon Forest and arrive at Ryan's territory. Both Ryan and Theresa were in good spirits, but Aurora's spirit was not very good. She was obviously angry and dissatisfied. In this state, Ryan always pretended not to see it.

On the way back to the territory, the Lake God Witch Morgiana was already waiting with a team of Holy Grail guards. Seeing Ryan and Theresa appearing, Morgiana first frowned, and then arranged her long golden hair unnaturally. : "Ryan? Are you back?"

"Yes, what happened? Why did you come in person?" Ryan asked strangely.

"The regents of the kingdom, Duke Laune and Duke Adehard of Lyonnaise, Duke Bohemond of Bastogne, Duke Francois of Winford, and Duke Boderick of Bordeaux are all here. They have just stayed with you. Castle." Morgiana nodded: "They have something to ask you."

"Very good, it's finally here."

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