In fact, even though the stone king Benito was killed by the nobles, the tension in the Goths still did not ease.

A woman cries to the Marquis of Lanno that her two sons have been killed in the war with the Franks. And asked for compensation and revenge; several old people visited the Marquis' mansion every day, asking them to stop the war immediately and recall their sons and grandsons from the front line; there was also a man with a strong body and a timid expression showing himself dripping with blood in front of the Marquis the wound. Use an exaggerated tone to accuse him of the power of that demonic weapon. In addition, there are some sons who can't wait to divide the property after the father's death; some claim that his comrades have betrayed them and leaked information to the enemy; The way... because although these people have different statuses, they are more or less nobles or the relatives of the nobles. Their opinions must be taken seriously by the Marquis of Lannuo... because their voices will directly affect the influence of the Marquis of Lannuo in the Gothic Kingdom.

At this time, Marquis Lannuo began to miss the time when King Stone was still there. If he is still alive, most of these people may go to him directly... No, if King Stone is still alive, it is more likely that these people dare not even fart.

Of course, compared with the disturbed and noisy environment. He would rather the Stone King die and be away for more than forty years. Justice, freedom and truth came to this land again, freed from the brutal rule of King Stone and his son for two consecutive terms. After finally dealing with the woman who came to pay compensation, Lan Nuo sighed deeply. The son died on the battlefield. It's normal to ask for tens or more than a hundred in compensation... But she claimed to be the daughter of an earl, so she asked for a thousand gold coins for a **** three thousand! Where can I find you three thousand? ! If they surrendered and redeemed all the knights and nobles, the sum of the war ransom paid would be estimated to be 30,000 gold coins. The nobles and ministers from all over the country can still afford it if they gather together and squeeze from the hands of the untouchables.

But this mouth costs one-tenth. This is really too much.

The Marquis of Lannuo heard this number. He didn't even feel like bargaining, so he wanted to drive her away quickly. He has made up his mind. If this woman has been entangled... then I have no choice but to ask Mr. E Yuegong to help. No, of course not asking Lord Hildigard to persuade her. It is impossible for such a woman to manage her father's territory well. It is better to let her territory change to another owner—or sell the earl's name and territory to a high-ranking businessman, and a large sum of money can be collected to pay compensation. .

Wouldn't it be easy to earn more than 10,000 gold coins in this way? If such fools come to two more families, maybe none of them can pay the money without paying; if there are more families, maybe they can share some of the money.

After all, nobles. Everyone wants to be an aristocrat, especially the rich... He also understands. After all the rich merchants in their own country have bought them, they will sell them to merchants from Frankish Egypt, Persia, and the Tang Kingdom, and they will return to China after all. After they leave, they can grab the territory back and buy it again. Wait a minute, if you think about it this way Maybe some territory can be rented out, plus a few valid noble titles or something... If the price is lowered, there should be people who will rent it out. The more he thought about it, the happier Marquis Lano was. He never imagined that the power held by Stone King Benito could be so valuable. You can get a lot of money by selling some collars that don't collect taxes and don't have much money. It's simply a good deal with no profit at all. Stone King's mind is really stupid. If he had done this earlier, Goth would not be so short of money.

Now that they were defeated, the gold stored by the royal family alone was not enough to pay the ransom, and the nobles had to squeeze out 10,000 gold coins. Although it is not a big number, who would take the initiative to make money? Moreover, the money has already fallen into their hands, so it is not so easy to spit it out again. Without the shackles of the king, these nobles are like a pack of hungry hyenas: the first to show weakness will be slaughtered and eaten by others of the same kind.

In this case, no one is willing to pay more money for something. They will even find all kinds of excuses to spend as little money as possible. If he enters a difficult situation earlier, his ability to resist accidents and disasters will drop by one point. And as long as one person dies, the others can be replenished. Such barbaric and primitive rules prevail among nobles who have no king and no foreign enemies. The Marquess of Lanno occasionally sighed. Those who have the most noble blood, reason and wisdom will kill each other like the dirtiest and most brutal beasts.

Every time he thought of this, he hoped that King Solomon could rule the Goths earlier; but he thought that once someone reigned over them again, this kind of freedom would be gone forever—so he hesitated again. Pope Leo III of Solomon. Twice already they have been urged to elect a new king sooner. There are also people who have the support of witches or Protestants and want to become kings on their own, but they are immediately rejected by others.

Everyone is staring at that piece of cake, who wants to share an extra piece; but whoever dares to reach out first. Everyone else will be his enemy. And for the time being, not even one of them has enough prestige or power to dominate the others. Not to mention becoming a king—even if it is "when will they surrender", "what are the conditions for surrender", who should be redeemed", "whether to bargain with King Solomon", "whether King Solomon should be their new king" They have been arguing about things like this, but they can't come up with a result. Some people want to imitate the parliamentary system in the Roman period, and temporarily handle government affairs by voting.

But with higher power and nobles demanded more votes; then there were those extraordinarily rich nobles who openly bribed others to make them form alliances with themselves; Suggested that votes should be written by name, "in order to track down spies in other countries"

The lesson is that the issue of "whether to return to parliamentary system" itself has been hindered infinitely.

The whole Gothic is like being stuck in a quagmire, unable to move. The nobles in the west and the north hope to surrender as soon as possible, while the nobles in the south and the east are far less anxious, and even look at it happily. After all, their territory does not even border the Franks, and in their minds, the Franks It's also impossible to transport that terrifying giant machine by boat and chase it all the way to Corsica or further south.

So in the few weeks they were delayed, Frank's army had already reached Rome and almost penetrated the entire Italian peninsula. Many family members of northern nobles have become captives. And this also caused them to fall into new entanglements when discussing how many captives should be redeemed and how much ransom should be paid. After all, it can't go on like this. The Marquis of Lano was clearly aware of this.

Whether it is following tradition or going against tradition, conforming to old laws or pioneering new ones, radical or conservative, leading a war or negotiating peace, obeying morality or unrighteousness... If they choose to let it go, they will not be able to do anything. . But fortunately,...they always have someone who can talk to almost everyone.

That was the Minister of Internal Affairs, Marquis Hildigard, who brought them a lot of news and even saved the lives of many of them, and led them to overthrow the tyrant's rule. By the way, this title was given to him by the nobles on their own initiative, but they didn't give him the territory, only the king's castle was given to him-of course, after the nobles took away the large wealth stored, this was to make him He stays here, and once they encounter any big problems that cannot be solved, they can ask this lord to help... and don't worry about him relying on Suji's support to become king on his own. Now is the time for Lord Hildigard to appear Can't wait anymore. If he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would reach Sicily—his family members were there.

For all uncertain plans, just let him come up with an idea.

Marquis Lano made up his mind.