Chapter 2251: King of 傀儡 (2)

Chapter 2251 The King of Skull (2)
"Call." The Duke of Hillnant laughed and shrugged: "It is because you successfully completed the commission and brought back the head of the eagle owl, we are only able to meet in this place. If you can't even complete the commission and die in the Black Forest, it also proves that you don't have the power to be a king, then everything else can be avoided."
Arthur silently.
"Young people, I know that your ambition is great, I know what you are trying to figure out. I know that the Governor of Penzance is already on your side.
But I want to know, are you worth it?
The current young king, Henry VI, is actually only a beggar, and behind him is the Count of Warwick. The Warwick guy once promised us the lords. As long as they send troops to support him, he will knock down France and let us share a piece of it. The results of it? The incompetent guy just plainly consumed our troops, but the war was muddy. The great Knights of England, sitting on hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and the intensive heavy bow that we are proud of, still lost to a little girl from the country in France. This is really a loss of business. Can you guarantee that you will not be another Warwick Earl? Let us [investment] of these lords become losers? "
Arthur is still silent. Whether it is war or royal power, is it just a sale in the eyes of these nobles?
"Yes, you have wiped out the harpy returning ------ whether it is the source of the real plague ------ this proves that you are in your own hands. But one person is fighting, and behind the scenes It’s a completely different matter to take a war with a soldier. Are you confident that you can do all this?
asked the Duke of Hillnant,
If you do more than Warwick, then what do you want to do for the king? use?"
Having said that, Arthur is a little bit intolerable. He then disregarded the risk of the Duke of Hillnant and retorted: "However, the choice is not only a war."
"Well?" The Duke raised his brow and waited patiently for Arthur to finish his words.
"Country Warwick advocates aggression against France. He keeps asking these lords and even asking them from the British people. As a result, the benefits gained from the war are minimal, but they consume the British national strength. You know him from the beginning. This will inevitably fail, but it will not dare to oppose him in a blatant manner, right?
So enough, really enough. People with a little brain will not agree that this war will continue to fight. France's unmoving hard bones, even if forced to bite, have no taste and only damage the teeth. Let this meaningless war end soon. "
The Duke of Hillnant’s brows rose again: "So, do you want to stop fighting with France?"
"As long as they don't call us, we won't attack, yes. This is good for everyone." Arthur replied bluntly: "I think you must have this idea before the Duke? Just the nobles have always supported Henry VI. Under the World and Count Warwick, it is really difficult to find a way to change your mind. So you need a mouthful. For example, the throne of Henry VI is not orthodox. The orthodox successor of the throne of England has another Its people ------ and so on."
When Arthur said this, he prolonged his tone and squinted, revealing a look of savvy. Although this is not the expression he usually loves, he does not actually have the temptation to figure it out. However, all things depend on acting skills. Maybe this acting can work in front of the Duke of Hillnant?
As he spoke, he observed the most subtle changes in the face of the Duke. He couldn't see the anger, couldn't see the doubts, but faintly saw a glimmer of joy from the face of the duke. At this time Arthur knew that his words worked—even if only a few of them were working.
After listening to Arthur’s words, the Duke of Hilnante thought for a long time before finally replied:
You may be right, Mr. Yaslan. The meaningless war has continued, consuming many of our human and material resources. Maybe It’s time to stop. Anything is not available, and it’s better than losing it all the time.

"I admit it." He stared at Arthur with a wink. "You, maybe a little better than Earl Warwick and H. Henry VI. Maybe this is your qualification as a king." It is also similar to the Edwardian family. It doesn't matter what the bloodline is. What matters is that your appearance can be used to convince the aristocrats of the parliament. I want to take power from the hand of Henry VI. You don't have no chance at all. What you lack now is fame, recognition, and recognition. When you have all this, it is not too late to talk about taking power."
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The attitude of the Duke of Hillnant is almost the same as that of the Governor of Penzance. As a result, they are also "speaking well, will support Arthur", in fact, let Arthur alone strive to build prestige.
"However, if I don't give you anything, it's too hard to be alone." The Duke of Hillnant took out a large bag of gold coins from his arms and placed them on the table. The table is a wooden table, and the movement of the bag is already light enough, but the moment the bag of gold coins falls on the table is still slamming the rustling of the sand. It is conceivable that there are multiple gold coins in the bag. How amazing.
"Get it. Use this money to hire a group of mercenaries who are in good hands, and then pick a knight under the black robe from my knight to be your adjutant. Then when you have the most basic military power in your hand, Go and deal with the local thieves gang [Bone Picker]. This is a win-win ending, you have established a prestige, and there is a group of pests in my territory. Do you agree?"
The Duke of Hillnant is really smart (狡猾). I stuffed some money for Arthur and wanted to help him with the help of Arthur. At the same time, he arranged the people in his Knights to Arthur's side, and it was good to monitor Arthur's actions day and night. The name is to help Arthur establish a prestige, but in fact it is more than one thing, and most of the benefits are ultimately owned by him. This old fox is really the ultimate in the ultimate.
"If it's just a thief group in the district, I will be able to destroy it with both of them. The others are just a burden." Arthur yelled. Of course he wants money, but the mercenary does not want to ask, and he is even more reluctant to let the Duke of Hillnant arrange a watcher beside him.
"I don't know how good your skills are, Master Aslan." The Duke took another sip of smoke and replied slowly after exhaling the smoke circle: "But I also said, this time is not testing you. [Individual combat capability], but to test your [combat command ability]. To have a true king qualification, [combat command capability] is much more important than [individual combat capability]. As a king, you can’t always The battles are all at the forefront of the battlefield, and they are hard to hit with the enemy. It is a thing that a coward can do, not what the king should do. What [the first soldier], [leading by example] is just saying It’s just good, but it’s meaningless.

Arthur couldn't refute because he knew that the Duke of Hillnant was right -- at least part of it was right. Their people in this different world have much worse combat power than the original world of Arthur nine hundred years ago. That is from the equipment to the combat technology, the overall weakness. In a world of such weak people, in general, the commander certainly does not dare to venture into the battlefield himself.
Jude is of course a special case. And she is a country-born little girl, not a king, the French aristocrats pushed her to the forefront of the battlefield to take risks, no worries.
"But nothing." Arthur blinked. "In your Knights, what is the concept of a knight below the black robe? The black robe is a commander-level knight, right? That is to say, except for the commander-level knight, other Can the Cavaliers choose? Even if it is a trainee?"
"Yes." The Duke of Hillnant said: "Of course, I also have several recommended candidates, all of whom are smart and capable people. It depends on which one you choose."
The candidate recommended by the Duke, of course, is not his confidant, or the family of the confidant. After all, it was the Duke who arranged to go to Arthur's side to monitor Arthur's knight, and how could the quality be worse. Although the Duke said that Arthur was allowed to be his adjutant in the Knights, the process of Arthur's selection was the process by which the Duke tested Arthur as the king. If Arthur chooses someone, he chooses an incompetent person to do his follow-up, and the evaluation of the Duke may also decrease at the same time.
But he couldn't just follow the path that the Duke had set for him. Even if there is a request for people, being led by the other side is not the style of King Arthur. He must find a breakthrough in this limited range of choices - find a way (personal choice) that would not make the Duke's evaluation of him worse, and would not easily let the Duke control him.
"It’s a big deal to choose an adjutant. I still don’t look at your recommendation." Arthur said: "Can you give me permission, let me actually walk in your castle, from the daily work of your knights? Look at their qualities and pick the right person from them?"
The duke took another cigarette and thought about it: "Yes. It's more fair."
He took out a fist-sized, medal-like thing and delivered it to Arthur's hand: "This is the token of my family. Take it with you. When you walk around the castle, if a knight wants to stop you, show this token, then It will keep you going all the way. In a day, you will find the right person in my castle."
"As long as it is a candidate under the Black Robe Knight, can it all be?" Arthur confirmed again.
"As long as it is a candidate for the black robe knight, all can be." The Duke of Hillnant also sneaked into the ground without hesitation, as if he had excessive confidence in his plan.
"Very good." Arthur smirked and smiled, holding money and tokens to push the door.