Pinnacle player

Chapter 127 Visiting important ministers (recommended)

After leaving the Viscount's Mansion, Yun Xiaohan and Li Ya continued to visit other important ministers.

There were still enemy interceptions on the road, but Yun Xiaohan relied on his strong strength to break through the interceptions one by one.

Following Nelson's suggestion, they first met with the Minister of Military Affairs—Marquis Mazzini Gesang. After presenting the token, the whole process went relatively smoothly.

Mazzini was an old soldier, but long since retired he looked more like a politician than a soldier.

As a native of Sardinia, he is the head of the Sardinian independence faction and has always been unwilling to accept Sardinia as part of any country.

But he does not lack political vision. It is clear that at this turbulent moment, the empire with a weak navy is already the best choice. Not only the conditions given are the best, but also there is not enough sea power to deal with Sardinia. led to intervene.

If it is replaced by the Business Alliance or the Austrian Parliament, with their sea power, it will be difficult for the rights of Sardinia to remain in the hands of the Sardinians.

For him, it doesn't matter who the Duke of Sardinia is, as long as Sardinia is still managed by the Sardinians.

Before, it was because the sea power of the Central Empire was too weak, and he did not express his attitude towards Sardinia. Therefore, Marquis Mazzini couldn't figure out what the empire was thinking, let alone contact the empire. He hadn't dealt with it for many years. , The high-level empire who had contacts many years ago is no longer in his position.

Therefore, the appearance of Liya can be said to be exactly what he wanted, so after only a short negotiation, the two sides hit it off. The Marquis Mazzini not only expressed his full support for Liya's succession to the duchy, but also agreed to immediately strengthen the control of the Cagliari city. Door monitoring.

As early as a few days ago, after news of the old Duke's critical illness came out, the four doors of Cagliari City were closed tightly. Otherwise, Liya would not need to use the secret passage to enter Cagliari City, and her entry would destroy the city. The act of switching also prevented the other two heirs from entering.

Now, the strengthening of monitoring actions can not only further prevent accidents, but also prevent the news of the Duke's death and Liya's support from being passed on.

The Minister of State for the next meeting, the Marquis of Skony Beru, did not go so smoothly. Skony is the conservative leader of the Sardinia, and he is also the patriarch of the Beru family, who is the only one in Sardinia. Duke Ding's Sardinia is the second largest family in the Territory of Sardinia. The third largest city on Sardinia, Olista, is the territory of the Beru family. It is the territory directly under the Duke of Sardinia.

In fact, as the backbone of most conservative nobles on Sardinia, it was he who repeatedly opposed the conferment of Viscount Nelson. In his opinion, the old nobles with a long family history should be appointed instead of the new nobles who came from common people. .

Among the three camps, Skony is more inclined to the Arcane Council, because most mage families have a long history.

Liya talked with him for a long time, but she couldn't convince him, and Sconi had always been dissatisfied with the old Duke's policy of emphasizing and appointing new nobles from common people.

If Sconi continues to support the Offa Council, the Offa Council will be able to gain a stronghold on Sardinia and send troops to Sardinia continuously. This will make the central empire with weak sea power and limited backup very passive up.

Seeing that the long talk failed, Yun Xiaohan who was on the side suddenly interjected, "Marquis Sconi, I heard that what you are most proud of is that the Beru family is the family with the longest heritage on Sardinia, then If the mage family of the Arcane Council arrives on the island, will the Beru family still be the family with the longest heritage? Can it still be the leader of many families on the island?"

Sconi was taken aback for a moment, then turned around to examine Yun Xiaohan carefully, pondered for a while, and then asked again: "Your Highness Liya, who is this?"

"Lord Yun Xiaohan, a very outstanding rising star in the empire, my father ordered him to assist me. This time I was able to meet the Duke of Sardin, and he contributed a lot." Liya did not dismantle Yun Xiaohan this time , reacted very quickly and said some nonsense.

"As expected of the largest country on the continent of Aden, there are indeed endless talents in the Central Empire. Your Highness Liya, I think your words are not unreasonable, but after all, I have a good relationship with the Austrian Law Council. Please allow me to continue this time. What do you think of adhering to neutrality in the battle for position?"

The old guy Sconi is still very shrewd. He knows very well that, as the leader of many families on Sardinia, no matter who succeeds to the throne, he needs to win over him.

Moreover, Skony is not willing to turn against the Austrian Parliament. He has never considered the Central Empire before, and only thinks that the winner must be determined from the business alliance and the Austrian Parliament. As an old-school nobleman, he naturally Disdain to associate with the group of merchant nobles who are full of money.

But now that the Central Empire has popped up suddenly and gained a lot of advantages. Although he is still not optimistic about the Central Empire, he has to admit that the Central Empire is no longer hopeless. bet.

The question Yun Xiaohan asked Sconi may not have considered before, but before he had only two choices, he was completely unwilling to choose the business alliance, he could only choose the Austrian Law Council, and now he suddenly found that he had other choices, and The new choice might be more beneficial to him, so it's not surprising that he borrowed a donkey to go downhill because of Yun Xiaohan's problem.

"Marquis Skony, your neutrality is already the greatest help to me. Of course, it would be even better if you can go further and directly support me."

Liya is not stupid, she knows very well that she can't become a fat person with one mouthful, and this result is already very good. If she can gain an advantage in the future battle, the person in front of her will naturally come to her. If she is at a disadvantage, even if the other party agrees You have to guard against being stabbed in the back by Sconi.

Then he visited the Minister of Commerce—Earl Otuni Kada. This time, Yun Xiaohan and Liya were not able to enter the door at all, but they didn't have much hope, so they were not disappointed. Otuni was A staunch supporter of the business alliance, he was born in a business aristocracy, and he was not well received by the old-fashioned aristocrats, and he also had a lot of business contacts with the business alliance, and he also had a lot of industries in the business alliance.

If he lost his trading channel with the business alliance, or even had his property confiscated, he might not be able to go bankrupt, but it would be inevitable to lose his vitality. It was naturally an unacceptable result for this greedy guy who regarded money as his life.

Otuni's strength is the weakest among the several important ministers. He has no army and no large territory, but he has a huge merchant fleet in his hands, which can transport a large amount of troops for the business alliance at any time.

Moreover, among the three countries, the business alliance is also the party with the greatest advantage in competing for Sardinia, because their naval strength is the strongest.

If it weren't for the fact that Utuni doesn't have much force, they might attack Liya. Even the enemy who is blocking Liya now might be the mercenaries recruited by Utuni. The soldier's ability is not very good.

In fact, the three major camps all blocked candidates from other camps who had the right to inherit, but with the help of Yun Xiaohan, Liya was the first to come to Sardinia and reach the secret road.

(End of this chapter)