Wolf King

Chapter 113 Ending the Prince System

"This...?!" Tim froze.

"Can Carlisle completely cut off Anthony's political life in this confrontation?" Xiao Yun asked.

Tim shook his head immediately, how is this possible, it would be nice to be able to cut off Anthony's outstretched hand.

"It is understandable that although Carlisle has risen strongly and won the support of the king, he has an advantage in the competition for the crown prince, but after all, Anthony has been the prince for so many years, so he won't be defeated if he touches it. There are also princes and dukes, and there are still a large number of supporters who are willing to follow him... So in your and Carlisle's opinion, the only thing to do now is to hold your ground, cut off Anthony's hand that extended into the fleet, and make him useless And just go back, right?"

"Is...is there something wrong with this?" Tim was very confused.

"It's the biggest problem for you to ask such a question, Tim." Xiao Yun sighed, "Think about it, who is Anthony?"

"...Elder Prince." Tim bit the bullet and said.

"Yes. Although Anthony is a political enemy and a competitor with irreconcilable positions, you and Carlisle are still troubled and limited by his identity." Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes, "It was replaced by another great nobleman with status leading Carlisle. The fleet has successfully carried out three large-scale voyages and trades, pulled up its own basic market, and when the situation is booming, it stepped in to pick peaches with no particular excuses, what would Carlisle do?"

Tim's mouth fell open.

"Marine trade is an important tool for Carlisle to revive St. Bridge. It is more important than his life. If someone tries to kill him, what should Carlisle's normal reaction be?" Xiao Yun pressed further.

"...Kill him." Tim bit the bullet and said.

"That's right." Xiao Yun patted his thigh, "Then why are you all tied up when the person who made the shot was replaced by Anthony? This is not just to seize Carlisle's money, but to destroy Carlisle's basic position." , destroying his hard work, cutting off his thoughts of revival, Anthony is still an absolute political opponent competing with Carlyle for the position of crown prince, fighting against this kind of political opponent whose contradictions are completely irreconcilable, but only seeking to cut off his arm when he can? What are you thinking?"

"Only the absolute winner has the right to be merciful. If Carlisle can cut off Anthony's political life in one fell swoop, then there is no problem in leaving a life alive to show generosity. So... Is Carlisle the absolute winner?"

Tim sweats like rain, can't utter a word...

Xiao Yun rubbed his water glass and waited for Tim to think slowly. It is not surprising that Xiao Yun, who is as smart as Carlisle and as shrewd as Tim, would fall into such a misunderstanding of thinking. In 2019, the Japanese still regard the Emperor as their spiritual leader. Well, let alone people from other worlds who have long been accustomed to the halo of identity.

Tim's face changed again and again, and finally he could only shake his head with a wry smile. Intellectually, he could understand what Teacher Ayun said, but...

Xiao Yun sighed: "The way out for the crown prince's failure is the prince. I don't want to pick on whether this system is good or bad. Maybe it's interesting for your king to put enemies with irreconcilable positions under his nose. Who knows? Woolen cloth?"

"Teacher Ayun..."

"There will be a lot of trouble, for the stability of the overall situation, for the sake of long-term consideration, the excuses are nothing more than these." Xiao Yun shrugged indifferently, picked up the water glass and brought it to his lips, "Since you are being hit by someone as a target, you always react like this , then Carlisle's attitude is also conceivable."

Tim was silent, and his hands on his knees trembled slightly. After struggling for a long time, he struggled to speak out: "If it was you, what would you do, Teacher Ayun?"

"The warriors of our snow wolf tribe will allow herbivores to enter our territory, but they will definitely drive or kill the monsters far away. For Carlisle, is the eldest prince Anthony a harmless herbivore, or may he bite him back at any time The monster?" Xiao Yun said flatly, "The struggle between the nobles is endless, why do they start to be reserved when they come to the royal family? If you talk about the intensity of competition, the royal family should be more dangerous."

Tim lowered his head silently.

"In the history of the St. Bridge royal family, how many times have the prince restrained the king, or caused rebellion and civil strife?" Xiao Yun smiled slightly.

Tim suddenly raised his head, stared at Xiao Yun in a daze, and trembled after a long while: "Teacher Ayun, what do you mean... to end the prince system?!"

"Even for those adventurer teams in the Elven Port, there is only one leader who keeps his word in each team." Xiao Yun slapped his thigh bitterly.

Chinese people on the earth began to learn history in elementary school, and ideological and political education in middle school. The cycle of chaos in ancient and modern China and foreign countries in textbooks repeats the fact countless times: only a strong centralization can lead a group to a new height in history. On the contrary, The more people in the group talk, the faster they will disperse——Zhou Tianzi is weak, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period will come, the Han Dynasty will decline, and the Three Kingdoms will come... Even if modern Europe has the upper and lower courts, the lower court is pure It's a matter of making up the numbers, and the right to speak is in the hands of the hereditary House of Lords.

It is undeniable that a group can only have one dominant will, and it would be a big joke to talk about benevolence in this kind of struggle for team dominance.Not to mention political fights, as long as those women in palace fights seize the opportunity, they will kill their opponents with their blood sealed their throats. Why should the gods keep their opponents for dozens of episodes, and drag the show? !

Xiao Yun manages St. Bridge as a "retreat" for his family. If the snow wolves have to move to St. Bridge to live in one event, Carlisle actually said nothing at this time, and there is a prince Beeping blindly there, so what is he tossing a bunch of pictures!

"The comprehensive strength of a country is reflected in many aspects. It is too broad to say, but one thing is not wrong. The ability to respond to emergencies and the ability to organize and mobilize in the face of emergencies are the most obvious manifestations of a country's comprehensive strength. And In a sudden crisis, do you think it is better to have only one voice and one will in St. Bridge’s country, or multiple sticks? What Carlisle wants is to revive St. Bridge, or continue to repeat the past kings Doing boring things, just coping with life?"

"There is no need for me to tell you these truths. There is nothing new under the sun. There are answers in history books for what is happening now and what is going to happen in the future." After a pause, Xiao Yun sarcastically said : "It's just that...the only thing people learn from history is that people can never learn from history."

Tim stopped talking. After becoming an alchemist, he is naturally entitled to access the upper-level "secrets" that the lower-level civilians are not entitled to. The struggle between the current king and the previous Prince Hilbert continued until the death of the prince. His nephew took over the title of prince... From this point of view, even Tim began to think that the prince system was simply unimaginable. (Note 1)

"...Mr. Ayun, I admit that I was persuaded by you, and I believe that Carlisle will also be persuaded by you, but it is not easy to do this... the price is too high." After a long silence, Tim hesitated , gritted his teeth and spoke the truth.

When he said that, it meant that he was really thinking about killing Anthony... The young man also has a temper.

Xiao Yun chuckled, the so-called price just depends on whether the bargaining chip for profit is worth enough.Showing a kind smile, Xiao Yun stretched out his index finger and ticked Tim.

Tim moved his butt and approached, and Xiao Yun leaned into his ear and whispered.

"..." Tim's jaw dropped gradually, and his eyes widened.

A day later, Elven Port.

Darren woke up early in the morning and stared at people cleaning the deck on the main ship and furnishing the cabins. Bottles of fine wines priced in gold coins were taken out and put into the integrated bar, and seafood from the deep sea and delicious monster meat were sent to the kitchen. The cook cooks plates of exquisite delicacies, arranges the singers and dancers for the performance, confirms the invitation letters to the nobles on board... A lot of things make this big sword warrior sweat all over his forehead.

Finally, at noon, Darren was free to sit down and take a breather. Before wiping off the sweat on his head, a young nobleman approached him eagerly, winking and asking if he could have a beautiful elf companion at the evening reception...

"The elves in the port are all warriors, and they might draw out their swords and chop them off with an impolite look." Darren, with veins on his forehead, smiled and said with the greatest self-control in his life.

The young nobleman left with a dark face.

The reception was held on the main ship owned by the royal family. In addition to the nobles on board, the participants were elves stationed in the port and officials of the Adventurer Association. The reception held in the name of the two princes of Bridge cannot be careless.

After finally setting up the venue, Darren felt that he had shed at least two catties of sweat...

Telling the guards to keep an eye on the meeting place, Darren hurried out of the main cabin to Carlisle's room. Just as he opened the door, his eyeballs almost fell to the floor: "Tim?!"

Tim, who had already changed into a formal dress, was arranging his tie and smiled at Darren.

"Since you're back, why don't you come to help! Do you know how tiring it is for me to stare at the venue all by myself!" Darren yelled angrily.

"Don't get excited, I just rushed back two hours ago, look who this is?" Tim quickly turned sideways to avoid Darren's spit.

"..." Xiao Yun silently raised his hand to wipe his face, and stared at Tim expressionlessly. Wasn't he the one who escaped the disaster? This kid is really not a good person.

"Teacher Ayun!" Darren was startled, and then beamed with joy, "You're here too? It's been a long time."

"Okay, Darren, put on your suit soon." Carlisle came out of the inner room with a smile, "Teacher Ayun will attend our reception, you have time to talk to him."

It was only then that Darren noticed that Xiao Yun was wearing a formal dress, which seemed to be Carlisle's, and it fit fairly well, but the cuffs were a bit long, and they were rolled to the inside with a pin.

"This..." Darren showed a confused expression.

Xiao Yun glanced at him approvingly. This guy just looked reckless, but his mind was really good: "I haven't formally met with Carlisle's partners. This reception is a good opportunity."

"I've wanted to introduce Teacher Ayun to everyone for a long time." Carlisle said with a smile.

Darren scratched his scalp and walked towards the inner room without saying anything... Then his eyes straightened.

Another person came out of the inner room.

This is a hormone releaser that even men have to stop and look sideways. The slender and fit figure is wrapped in a well-tailored slim dress, and the slightly loose shoulder-length hair is casually scattered on the thick and broad shoulders. After a while, he inadvertently raised his hand to tidy up the broken hair on his forehead. The silver-white hair slipped from between the slender and powerful fingers. The deep eyes under the flying thick eyebrows glanced lazily over. The light-colored pupils looked like a pair of Hazy emerald, lazy and unassuming, can impress people with just one glance.

Darren's jaw couldn't stop dropping. This man is extremely shocking in terms of facial features and temperament. No, the female snow werewolf is...

"Great river?!"

Tim showed a lemony expression, and Carlisle couldn't help but slap his hands: "It's so suitable, Darren's dress is just right for you, Dahe, if you show up in St. Bridges, I think women all over the country can't help it." screaming for you."

"The waist is so loose." Dahe was not very satisfied, "And the trousers seem to be a little short... Can't you tie up your hair? It's very uncomfortable to wear, and it always blocks your eyes."

"It's inappropriate to wear this dress with your hair tied up, so let's do it. I told you to cut your hair short, but you didn't want to." Xiao Yun had long been tired of looking at Dahe's face, and didn't feel the slightest bit.

"Wait... why is Da He wearing my dress?" Darren couldn't understand at all.

"At the reception, of course, you have to wear formal attire, and Dahe can't wear my dress." Carlisle explained.

"..." The corner of Darren's mouth twitched a few times, and he went into the inner room silently.

Tim still had the expression of lemon essence, looked up and down the uncomfortable Dahe several times, and sighed that he had lost as a man: "It's a good thing Yumi didn't come, otherwise I think it would be difficult for us to bring her. gone back."

Xiao Yun laughed. If the husky in the skin of a beautiful woman is willing to come to the Snow Wolf Tribe to engage in lilies, he will definitely welcome him with both hands. They won't be willing to come to your side."

Carlisle nodded, half-jokingly: "It takes courage to stand beside Dahe, especially for young men."

"Eh, why?" Dahe asked strangely.

Xiao Yun, Carlisle, and Tim ignored this question at the same time.

"Tim, is there any problem with your negotiation with Humphrey?" Xiao Yun turned his head.

"The baron has already sent a servant to deliver a message." Tim smiled self-deprecatingly, "Actually, there are parts of my character that are influenced by the baron, and I don't like taking risks very much. If I had a choice, I think the baron would rather Choose Carlisle's 'Friendship'."

Xiao Yun nodded. Although he had never met Humphrey, he could tell from his arrangements for his youngest son that this little nobleman was the kind of person who knew how to have a big stomach and how big a bowl. Prince Carlisle, who is in the limelight in the country, has already pushed his youngest son over to rely on Tim's relationship to hug his thigh.

"Carlyle, what about you?"

Carlisle showed an indescribably complicated smile, closed his eyes and nodded slowly.

Xiao Yun stopped talking, he is not the kind of person who likes to force people to go a certain way, this time he also prepared two ways for Carlisle, which one he chooses is up to him...he is called a teacher Without saying a word, you have to do the step of encapsulation and embedding.

His Royal Highness Anthony Ferdinand did not have the word punctuality in his dictionary. It was already the beginning of the reception, and he was still lying lazily in his room doing nothing to kill time.

He was not in a hurry, but the chief guard of Bruce couldn't sit still: "...Your Highness, it's almost time, look..."

"There's no need to be in such a hurry." Anthony waved his hand and sneered, "It's not me who should be in a hurry, Bruce, as long as I'm still on the boat, Carlisle has to accompany me honestly, I want to see if my time is delayed It's still his time that can't afford to delay."

Chief Guard Bruce didn't dare to speak anymore. He actually didn't think this kind of angry behavior was meaningful, but it was a pity that what he said didn't count.

Anthony is not really in a hurry... After all, he has been the crown prince for more than ten years, and he has received all the education he should have received. He knows very well that he and Carlisle are just pretending not to care about time.

To put it bluntly, the profit of sea trade is based on the fact that rare things are more expensive. In the first sea trade last year, people who participated in it earned at least [-] times the profit. When the demand is less strong, profits must necessarily fall.

Anthony knew very well that Carlisle did not earn that much last time, and the participating families only made about five times the profit.

Of course, this kind of profit is still quite astonishing, but compared with last year, there is indeed a big gap. There have been voices of dissatisfaction secretly among the nobles following Carlisle-the woolen business, which accounts for a relatively small proportion of trade, has been eaten by Carlisle alone. He would rather give the profits to the poor in the slums than everyone else. This kind of stupid behavior made Anthony feel that Carlisle was not suitable to be the leader of the sea trade at all.

It was also out of this consideration that Anthony condescended to come to the boat to blow the wind.The route Carlisle opened up as a prince does not mean that he is not qualified to possess it. He can do what Carlisle can do, so why does he want to watch Carlisle sell it up and down?

When he appeared in the fleet, Carlisle's status had already been challenged. Whether Carlisle was the first to stabilize people's hearts or he accepted Carlisle's basic position with a more generous and dignified attitude to the royal family, it only depends on who is better, he or Carlisle. Quickly and effectively hit the opponent's weakness.

"It's almost there... Let's go see how the atmosphere of the reception is." Yawning, Anthony sat up lazily and called the maid to change his clothes.

A reception of two hundred people is not a big deal in China, but it’s not a good idea to hold it on a ship. As soon as His Royal Highness Anthony came out of the corridor of the first-class cabin, he saw several elves standing at the door of the main cabin, which was the venue, talking in a low voice. Anthony's beautiful appearance and slender figure caught Anthony's eyes.

Take a closer look...they are all men with flat chests. Anthony frowned slightly, rolled his eyes and looked away.This is what he doesn't like about elves. They seem to have not fully evolved, and their sexual characteristics are not as obvious as humans.

Bypassing the group of elves and entering the venue, Anthony raised his chin and chest, and was ready to be surrounded by a group of people to flatter him——

After three seconds.

Five seconds later.

Veins began to appear on Anthony's forehead.

The elves standing near the door looked at Anthony who was blocking the door strangely, and whispered among themselves. The nobles a little further inside didn't know what they were busy with, and they didn't even notice the late prince.

The space in the cabin is limited. Except for the necessary crew, naval soldiers and personnel on board, the fleet will not bring too many extra people. In other words...professional waiters will not bring them, and there are also their own. servant.

Those serving as waiters in the venue are carefully selected and educated crew members.Naturally, there would not be too many people like this, who would be a crew member with a decent background, so...not even a waiter to ease the embarrassment appeared.

"...Your Highness..." Chief Guard Bru, whose scalp was numb from the curious gazes of the surrounding elves, spoke in a trembling voice.

Anthony took a deep breath, and took another deep breath, trying his best to maintain his demeanor and walk in.

Then Anthony finally found out what those damned nobles were doing—the human beings in the venue were divided into three groups, one group stood in a corner in twos and threes, talking loudly, that is, touting each other; Surrounding the sofa on the east side, there are several floors inside and outside, I don’t know what they are doing; the other group...is all women, all the women on board of the noble families in the fleet are gathered at the bar, and even There is a female elf, who can be seen from the back at a glance, tightly blocked and airtight.

He casually summoned a busy waiter who was sweating profusely, and Anthony stared at him with a dark face: "Where's Carlisle?"

"That." The waiter pointed to the bar.

——This waste keeps squeezing into the crowd of women without a maid? !

Anthony was immediately annoyed, and strode towards the bar.

Enduring a stomach full of dissatisfaction and walking closer, Anthony was surprised to find that he seemed to have misunderstood something... Surrounded by the bar was not only Carlisle, but also a handsome silver-haired man who seemed to have stepped out of a top art painting man.

Under the genetic improvement of many generations of beauties, it is difficult for the royal family and nobles to give birth to crooked melons. Anthony is used to seeing people with outstanding looks, but after seeing the appearance of the silver-haired man, he couldn't help but give birth to a man. Jealousy - Carlisle standing next to him was overshadowed, and looked like a clown to Anthony.

Without much hesitation, Anthony immediately turned around and strode away. He was not interested in being someone else's foil, and he was still under the eyes of so many women.

In the corner, Tim, who greeted Baron Humphrey in a friendly manner with a reserved smile, glanced at Anthony with an ugly face out of the corner of his eye, and quickly looked back.

There is nothing more embarrassing than being alone at a lively reception. Anthony, who stood alone for a while holding a glass of wine, quickly realized this.You can’t go to Carlisle’s place. Those chatting in the corner are either fringe people, or talking about topics that only a few people are willing to talk to. Anthony will naturally not go over. After thinking about it, he walked towards the one with the most people circle.

"Sure enough..." Tim's heart tightened, he pretended to drink with his head down, and followed Anthony's figure from the corner of his eyes, "Next--it's up to Teacher Ayun!"

The author has something to say: PS: I just realized that when I mentioned the Prince of St. Bridge, I didn’t write clearly about my seniority... 囧... Anyway, I’m too lazy to change the background board that doesn’t appear.