Chapter 364

In a strict sense, the Grand Duke is not a title, but a position, which corresponds to the second sequential inheritance right.

The strong blooded royal family is always in a difficult situation of childbirth. In order to maintain the purity of the royal blood, and to avoid the vast number of low blood descendants competing for the throne, the king would rather have fewer children than have indiscriminate children. They usually wait until they resonate with 36 element positions before they begin to bear heirs.

What if the time span is so long that there is no heir to the throne?

The Royal system arranged everything. For the need of political stability, after the new king ascends the throne, he will designate a brother and sister as the second in order successor and grant the title of Archduke of the kingdom. Therefore, the king does not have to hurry to have offspring. His brother or sister is the heir to the throne.

The inheritance right and title of the grand duke cannot be inherited. When the eldest son inherits the throne, the second son takes over the position of the grand duke. The former Grand Duke is granted the Duke of the court, and the right to inherit the throne is automatically extended to the third place. But neither the title of Duke of the court nor the succession sequence of the third throne can be passed on to future generations.

Therefore, Dagong is an alternative to inheritance, commonly known as the spare tire.

Williams is such a spare tire.

The king has no right to depose his Archduke. Unless the eldest son of the king inherits the throne, the former Archduke will hand over the title of Archduke and the right of second succession to the second son of the king.

The former king Ryan once wanted Edward to be the first heir, which was contrary to the system of succession to the throne. But rules serve politics. If the king is a Golden Knight, his authority is unshakable. However, Ryan's proposal was strongly opposed by two family elders. They did not complain about Williams, mainly because Edward was still young and did not show extraordinary chivalry talent. Marquis goron and wizard tophoven want to wait and see... What if Roland changes his mind again?

Williams didn't care much about it.

The direct descendants of the Auguste family have a wide range of interests and pay more attention to family affection than power. Not everyone wants to be king. Brother Ryan is a Golden Knight with a long life. The eldest daughter Roland has excellent talent. Williams can't take the crown by himself.

Williams enjoys leisure. On weekdays, he travels around with his wife and children. His life is very comfortable. If it were not for Marquis goron's strong obstruction, Williams would be willing to make a public statement and support his brother to make Edward the first heir. However, a sudden change put him on the cusp of the storm.

In the name of punishing rebellion, nyovist invaded the three provinces in the east of Gambis. Ryan died, and the main legion of Gambis was restrained by the dodos. Roland led the Knights of glory into the Reich of Rand and fought a series of victories to defeat the edge of the unicorn knights. However, she went deep alone and looted and slaughtered two small towns, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the church.

The situation in the kingdom of Gambis suddenly became precarious. Williams has no time to grieve. He must shoulder the responsibility of Duke Gambis.

Williams found that neovester had not personally blocked the Knights of glory. He speculated that this might be because Sylvia's intention was unknown and the York family had not been linked with neovester in advance.

He made a quick decision, first withdrew the Lord's army assembled in deep water city to the important town in the middle of the Kingdom, and then entered the tusk City alone. After reaching an agreement with the York family, Sylvia led the tusk Legion to take out Roland's glory knights. Then, the kingdom of Dodo, the kingdom of Neville, the kingdom of El and the church intervened. Finally, the three earls who betrayed the imperial family were ordered to be executed by nyovist, and the three eastern provinces and York were included in the RAND empire. Sylvia moved to the horse hills. The crisis in Gambis was alleviated, but the dark cloud still hung over the head of the Auguste family.

Williams showed commendable performance when he first emerged. He not only won the respect of the great Lord, but also clarified his own path.

In the process of dealing with the crisis, Williams clearly felt the malice of all parties to Gambis. He was angry, anxious, excited and motivated, and a force poured out from the bottom of his heart.

For knights, stepping into the peak is not the end, let alone the end. Knights cannot be slaves of power, or they will be assimilated by the elemental sea. For the descendants of the augustian family, the same is true of power.

Kingship has never been the yoke of Augustus' blood, but a pleasure brought by responsibility and struggle.

Ryan is determined to be a great king. Roland wants to be a commander in chief, a bard, a Ranger, an adventurer, a mercenary... She has too many ideals. Williams found fun and direction in fighting with all forces.

You want a weak August, but I want to make August strong! This is the determination and pursuit of Archduke Williams.

Williams believes that as long as he works in this direction, he can reach the top.

If you want to realize your ideal, you must first obtain power. Williams felt that he had done well. He used the land of man horse hills to win the support of divine knights, suppress emperor Rand's ambition and stabilize the political situation of Gambis. Use the prestige brought by resolving the crisis to win over local lords and royal nobles, compete for control of the kingdom with Catherine, and then use the angry queen to suppress the aggressive York family.

When the ant people invaded the man horse hills, the York family lost the objective conditions to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Under pressure, Williams and Catherine changed from struggle to cooperation, and he became the Regent of Gambis.

The Regent acts as the king's power. If Edward wants to be in power, he must at least become a great Knight of the silver class before he is qualified to challenge the Regent. By that time, Williams may have stepped into the golden field. Of course, if Edward showed great political talent, Williams would not mind helping his brother's son.

However, the inflated mentality of the York family caused by the divine knight has always been an unstable factor.

Williams believes that as long as it is handled properly, there is nothing to worry about. On the contrary, the arrogant York family can urge the major lords to obey the kite castle.

The Renma hills are rich in refined iron resources. The York family is not willing to sell refined iron until they have completed the reserve of refined iron resources. Williams took this opportunity to secretly ask the lords to limit the flow of materials into the human horse hills by raising prices, forcing the York family to sell refined iron at a low price, and kite castle is the powerful backing of the Lords.

It was in the interests of the Lords, and the heads of the families certainly adhered to Williams's instructions.

Take out every gold coin in the pocket of the York family, guide the migrant hired workers to enter the human horse hills, build fortresses and infrastructure, and keep the material reserves of the York family at a low level. The York family, who could not eat enough and starve to death, relied heavily on the royal family economically and politically, and could only obediently become the barrier for Gambis to resist the ant colony.

Although Renma hill has a 20-year tax holiday, the think tank of kite Castle believes that the York family can't turn over for 30 years if this policy is implemented.

The fact is surprising. The York family grazed and raised pigs, promoted sweet potatoes, and implemented the planting method of deep cultivation. It took only four years to achieve self-sufficiency. They also invented giant brick kilns, dug earth to make bricks, raised canals with bricks, and built unprecedented water conservancy projects. They seized the opportunity to build Buryat business leaders and introduce thorn kidney beans. The Wellington family immediately raised a white flag. The church greatly appreciated the York family's feat of building water conservancy and provided 1 million kingsol. Williams's blockade policy was declared completely bankrupt.

Sylvia also alluded to Williams' mastermind Austin's murder of viscount Randall, which led Williams to be politically passive. Roland seized the opportunity, lightly broke the deadlock between the Archduke and the queen, and pushed Edward onto the throne. Marquis golon also had to give up the idea of forcing Roland to succeed, because he and Williams were to blame.

More than three years ago, Raymond, the successor of the Peter family, sent the "throat cutter" to assassinate the Elven blood aristocrats. Williams wanted to take the opportunity to murder victor. Although Marquis goron stopped the assassination of the night owl, he did not remind Sylvia, but chose to sit back and watch the change. He wished Viscount Randall would be killed by the "throat cutter".

On the surface, Williams is to replace Soren In fact, both Wimbledon and goron knew that it was just an excuse.

The failure of the economic blockade strategy was only a minor setback for the Auguste family. If you think from another angle, it may not be a good thing.

After the tax exemption period, more than 100 million mu of cultivated land developed by the York family and 20 million mu of output belong to the royal family. The more pigs, cattle, sheep and horses raised by the York family, the greater the income of kite castle. As for strategic materials such as purple cane wine, crude sugar and refined iron ore, the Auguste family also accounts for 20%. The man horse hills can also absorb the surplus population of Gambis.

Most importantly, the York family has a fatal flaw.

The blood of the divine Knight cannot be transmitted, and the York family can only last for a hundred years at most. Without noble blood, the family lacks centripetal force. Without golden blood, the York family is not enough to occupy such a rich territory. Williams can foresee that after Sylvia's fall, the Duke of enbiser will find it difficult to subdue the surging vassal family. No matter whether they take soft or tough measures, they can not solve the internal contradictions of the family. Because they have the same blood, regardless of primary and secondary, the patriarchal family has no attraction to the vassal Lords.

At that time, as long as the Auguste family pushes it gently, the York family will be beaten back to its prototype. Therefore, Sylvia especially favored Sophia. She hoped that Sophia's purple eye blood could keep part of her inheritance.

Williams scoffed at this. What if Sophia was promoted to the Golden Knight? Purple eye blood or purple eye blood. Purple eye blood strengthens paternal blood, and its own potential is limited.

The eleyano family has a beautiful appearance, but its essence is the fertility tool of the six Duke families. Queen eliano dreamed of replacing the main blood, but the six Duke families of suss did not allow it. Otherwise, why did queen Cynthia delay in giving birth to offspring with the lover of ELF blood? Otherwise, why would her lover be assassinated? Williams would never believe that the six Duke families did not intervene secretly.

The York family had Golden Knights hundreds of years ago, but how many kinds of paternal blood do they have now?

Williams may not care about purple eye blood, but he can't care about Wimbledon's ancient blood. The night owl found that Victor was a popular shooter. Williams and the Marquis of Cologne killed him. The difference is that Williams is willing to take risks, while the Marquis of Cologne is more stable.

No one expected that Victor, a new popular shooter, was friendly with the element of fire. He may be the second swordsman! Archbishop Lazarus, on behalf of the Knights of glory and the cardinal Council, warned kite castle that the church did not want to see any forces assassinate Viscount Randall.

The reason is very simple. Victor has a very good relationship with father Miller. If he can really become a sword saint, the church may ask him to deal with the orc leaders in the Northern Wilderness in the future.

Whether Victor can become the second delavin or not, his blood is the same as that of gold. It can be said that Victor has completed the biggest defect of the York family. Just look at Sylvia's changing form, you can know how happy she is.

Catherine's iris Castle attendant has now become a core member of the York family. It is conceivable that Williams is depressed.

Fortunately, Roland's sister and brother were close to Victor since childhood. Williams immediately changed his attitude and tried to make Victor become the link between the August family and the York family. In fact, the political structure of Gambis was stabilized by Victor.

On the condition of bloodthirsty potion formula, Borui Kingdom hopes Gambis to announce Sophia's death. Williams thought about it and refused. If Victor gets the freedom of marriage, it means that his legal connection with kite castle will be interrupted, which will break the existing balance and be extremely unfavorable to the Auguste family.

As for the formula of bloodthirsty potion, the tofven wizard has deduced it based on potion samples. What qualifications does the kingdom of Borui have to propose conditions to the kite castle?

Williams and Marquis golon agreed that Sophia should not be deprived of the Marquis title, but should confiscate the wealth she transferred.

However, a major turning point has taken place.

On the eve of Williams meeting Sophia and the barbarians, Queen Catherine told an amazing secret.

Victor is the test object of torfoven, the chief Wizard of kite castle, to reproduce the blood of the sword saint. His human blood has been locked by medicine. He can only reproduce after the age of 65, or the female Knight taking a specific medicine can help him stimulate human blood in advance. Catherine herself was the knight who took the inoculation.

Williams was surprised and delighted.

Surprisingly, Catherine's mind is so deep that she still hides such a card! When she uses this card, the Grand Duchy will only lose, without any chance of turnover.

Catherine's foundation is shallow, and Edward's succession to the throne is also called dishonest. Most people are not optimistic about Edward except Roland and Wellington family. If the Marquis of Cologne gives up his heart to Roland and turns to support the Royal Archduke, Catherine will persuade Sylvia to change her position and support Prince Edward to inherit the throne on the condition of Victor, and she can also obtain a strong blood descendant for the Tyrell family. This child can not only improve the political status of the tiller family, but also closely connect with victor. This is Sylvia's guarantee of long-term support for Edward.

Fortunately, around the rearrangement of this secret, victor will return to the arms of the August family. The York family lost victor and wanted to compete with the Augustus family. It was only a daydream.

When Williams was pleasantly surprised, he immediately went to seek confirmation from wizard tophoven. The elder of the family disclosed more details to him.

Little Victor revealed the blood of the moon elf, and his father wanted to sell him to the SUS royal family at a high price. However, the northern counties have always been the territory of the August family. How can a young Elven blood aristocrat hide from the eyes and ears of the overnight owl in Minsk county. It happened that Sylvia's identity as a divine knight was exposed, and the peripheral lords of the York family were ready to move. Tophoven decided to cultivate a swordsman to deal with the impact of the divine knight. If you succeed, it's the best. If you fail, send an elf blood aristocrat to comfort the lonely divine knight.

Elven blood aristocrats are the best friends of high-level female knights. Inserting Viktor Ann next to Sylvia can affect at least three silver female Knights of York family. But you can't send it openly, or Sylvia will kill victor. Tofven looked at Sophia. So the old wizard and Ryan used Catherine to give Victor to Sophia as their husband.

The experiment did not achieve the expected results. Tofven decided to implement the second scheme. According to his instructions, night owl spy Amy may suggested Sophia to give Victor to Sylvia.

Things are going well. At the right time, the night owl will use the inoculant to activate Victor's chess piece and let him continue to influence the high-level female Knights of the York family. Tophoven didn't expect Victor's moon elf blood to wake up again.

Tophoven stressed that Victor now has infinite potential and plays an important role. The family must change its strategy and strive to win his favor. If necessary, you can cooperate with Sylvia to deprive Sophia of the Marquis title and let her return to victor. In this way, it can not only transfer the pressure brought by the shining Knight's diplomacy against the barbarians, but also release goodwill to Sylvia. If Victor returns to kite castle one day, Sylvia will still have Sophia around her. As long as their marriage relationship is still alive, Sylvia will not turn against the Auguste family even if she knows the truth.

Williams admired the foresight and foresight of the family elders, and Catherine's scheming was nothing compared with tofven.

Now, Victor is right in front of him. All Williams has to do is plant a seed in his heart in advance!