Listening to the words of the nobleman, the queen who has never spoken aloft frowned at this moment, and the Grand Duke Mabra, Count Redmara, and Count Weasley frowned like the queen.

　　 At the beginning, they didn't care about things in the south. At this time, the empire was in a precarious situation. It was obviously not worth the gain to send troops to open up a trade route, and there was no need at all.

　　 In addition to commerce, there is still agriculture in the lords’ territories, and no aristocratic lords will abandon the most important pillar industry in the feudal era, which is also a territory.

　　 But once the problem in the northern border is eliminated, the matter can be big. The steel supply of the entire empire is cut off, and according to Earl Zhebo's approach, it is obviously the opposite of the empire.

　　 This is actually a mistake on the part of the empire. I thought that after the measures to disperse the nobles on a large scale, I didn't need to worry about it anymore. I didn't even think about what would happen to the northern border if there was an accident.

　　 It is not surprising that they will have such a mistake. After all, the North is the place where the current Redka Empire was born. They have always regarded it as the place of their own rise, thinking that they have always been under their own firm rule.

　　 As a result, I paid a lot less attention to the Northern Territory on weekdays, and turned my attention to other places.

　　 That's how Earl Zhebo could take advantage. Now Earl Zhebo, who controls most of the northern territory, cut off the steel supply of the royal family and the lords loyal to the royal family.

This means that the armament of their army will be somewhat different from Earl Zhebo and even compared to other anti-imperial lords. The difference may not be too big at the beginning, but once the war begins, the armor and swords and spears The rate of consumption is absolutely amazing.

　　You can imagine the dilemma faced by the royalist lords who have no spare steel.

Queen 　　 is obviously worried about this matter, but she rarely participates in the internal affairs and political struggles of the empire before, so she has no ideas. Even if she is also the daughter of a king, she obviously does not have much experience in politics.

　　 But even so, she knew exactly what would happen to the army without the supply of steel, so her face was very ugly at this time.

　　 Grand Duke Mabra frowned and said to the queen on the main seat: "Your Majesty, I think we should regain the supply of steel like a way, otherwise we will be in a very passive state!"

"Yes! We have to think of a way!" The previous nobleman who had reflected the situation in the North also echoed his voice. The lords present also had a lot of discussions about this, and their opinions were very unified, that is, it must be like a way to regain the North. Supply of steel from abroad.

　　 "So, what can you do?" The queen gently hugged the child in her arms, who was the four-year-old prince of the Redka Empire.

　　 "Your Majesty, I think we should send a powerful army to defeat Earl Zhebo and regain control of the place where the empire emerged! At the same time, let everyone see what the blatant confrontation with the royal family is like!"

　　 This lord is obviously a hawk, and he wants to smash the enemy with a fist without thinking about other things.

　　 Listening to the other party's words, the queen was obviously changed. The original imperial family had powerful strength in their hands. If it were not for the emperor's sudden illness, the local lords would not dare to make such a move.

　　 What's more, the royal family has recently formed a new heavy cavalry force of 200 people. The queen is still very fond of force deterrence.

But before she could speak, Earl Wesley's voice changed: "No! The lords in the south are staring at us, the **** barbarians in the west are also dissatisfied with the royal family, and the nomads in the east are like hungry wolves. Cruel and cunning, they hope to take a bite on our body at any time to make up for the loss the Emperor caused to them!"

Count Redmara also spoke: "Earl Weasley is right. Our army cannot leave the capital. The rebel lords from other directions are eyeing us. If there is not enough force to deter us, I am afraid that they will come immediately. Tear us apart!"

　　 "What should we do!" The lord who proposed to send an army said loudly: "Are we here waiting for other lords to expand their army and armed with iron armor, and then come to attack us?"

"Are we going to have to wait to die right now?" The nobleman provocatively said to Earl Weasley: "I am sorry, Lord Weasley, our strength is not enough to deter other lords. Once they form an alliance with the northern barbarian Count Zhebo and obtain a huge amount of iron from him, our deterrence and advantage will gradually become smaller. What we must do, waiting to die is definitely not the best way! "

　　 "But the fire of you doing this hastened our demise!" Of course, Earl Redmarah, young and vigorous, couldn't stand such a provocation, and retorted directly and unceremoniously.

　　 Just when the lord wanted to say something~lightnovelpub.net~ the silent Grand Duke Mabra spoke: "It's all quiet! Stop arguing!"

"You are all loyal lords who support the Moland family, and I understand your concerns! But the words of Count Redmara are indeed true. Our current situation does not allow us to dispatch large-scale troops! All of you, the army. Isn't it the reason why hoarding in the emperor?"

"We have to think of other ways. We don't have to use force to solve the problem. We can use these methods to draw and divide!" Grand Duke Mabra said: "I think it is very important to give Earl Zhebo the title of North Duke. Appropriate, I think this is enough for him to support us and let go of the supply of steel!"

　　As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was shocked. The title of Grand Duke is quite rare in the Redka Empire. Except for Grand Duke Mabra, only four other people have this title.

And three of them were dukes during the War of Unification by the Redka Kingdom, and they only retained their titles after the founding of the nation. In other words, only one of them successfully got the Grand Duke's title during this twelve-year campaign. Title, from this we can see how high the gold content of this title is.

　　 The people below were talking again, but they were quickly interrupted. It was Count Weasley who interrupted them.

　　 "This suggestion... is indeed very good, but don't we have any other way? This will make the Grand Dukedom very worthless!"

　　 "It's true, but we have no choice, don't we? Count Zhebo has the iron material we need most. I feel it's worthwhile to exchange the title of a grand duke for some hope of victory!"

　　 Grand Duke Mabra turned his head and said to his junior, Earl Weasley.