Chapter 56 Conflict at the top

Author: Yan Liu Chang Cun

Chapter 56 Conflict at the top

On the road leading from the Cold Wind Territory to Black Rock City, two hundred soldiers were riding horses and moving forward quickly.

In front of them were Ed and ten pro-military troops, as well as a carriage protected by them in the center.

Ronan was sitting in the carriage, talking to Cassana about the situation of Earl Drake's children.

"The earl has three children in his family, the eldest son Vassell, the second daughter Eve, and the youngest son Rand." Cassana introduced to Ronan according to her memory.

"According to the introduction in the letter, the people coming to Blackstone City this time should be Eve and her brother Rand."

"Have you seen them?" Ronan asked.

"Yeah." Cassana nodded, but her expression was not good. She seemed to be recalling something and was in a bad mood.

"Two years ago, my father took me to visit Earl Drake of Purple Spring City. I met those three people at the banquet in the castle."

She paused and then continued, "Eve is three years older than me. I wanted to chat with her at the banquet, but she not only ignored me, but also laughed at me for not knowing my capabilities."

Her eyes turned red as she spoke, "Later I found out that my father actually wanted to marry me to Earl Drake's eldest son, Vassell, without consulting me at all before. Otherwise, I wouldn't go to that place.

Woolen cloth!"

Kasana looked at him with a depressed expression, and Ronan touched her head to help her relax.

"Arrogant, arrogant, annoying, and looking down on people! I don't like her at all." Holding Ronan's arm, Cassana muttered softly.

"And her brother Rand is just a follower. He always follows his sister, listens to Eve on everything, and even laughed at me together at the banquet!"

"Fortunately, Earl Drake didn't agree, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see you, Ronan."

Thinking about my current life, I am valued by everyone in Hanfeng Territory, and I can see all kinds of interesting new things every day.

When she was unhappy, there was Ronan by her side to comfort her and tell her stories at night. Cassana laughed happily and hugged his arms tighter.

Ronan didn't care about Cassana's reaction, but thought about the situation in Purple Spring City.

He was not surprised that Earl Drake rejected Viscount Pekes' request.

As the eldest son of the most powerful earl in the kingdom, the wives he marries are often the daughters of other earls, or women from the royal family.

Comparatively speaking, Viscount Perkes's status is really unattainable.

Earl Drake's Purple Spring City is a famous art capital in the kingdom.

With the precious gems, special stones, exquisite furs and various rare flowers and trees produced in the territory, it has attracted a large number of craftsmen, sculptors, tailors and artists.

Over time, a unique artistic atmosphere was formed in Ziquan City.

You can see colorful gardens, statues of various images and finely polished gemstones everywhere.

Of course, if this is the case alone, it is not enough for Earl Drake to obtain a lofty status second only to the royalists.

After all, the art of today's kingdom is still ignorant, and violence is the mainstream here.

What really made Earl Drake take note of was the large amount of ores, various metal ingots and wood produced in Purple Spring City.

He is also the largest weapons supplier in the kingdom.

The armor and equipment made are even sold overseas and provided to the overseas armies of the Coral Principality and the Orange family on the east coast of the kingdom.

In politics, unlike the radicalism of the royalist party and the silence of the Orange family, Earl Drake has always advocated neutrality.

Due to the large territory, large internal population, and diverse ethnic groups, conflicts within the kingdom have never really stopped.

Separatist wars caused by the unity of the same ethnic group and xenophobia, farmland riots caused by the ban on technological promotion, etc.

Many times, even the superior nobles could not prevent wars between vassals due to various reasons.

It's just that these are suppressed by the huge size of the kingdom and the violence of the royal family, making it difficult for outsiders to detect.

Now when the Black Death is rampant, the biggest political contradiction lies in the division of the church.

And the resulting confrontation between kingdoms and even empires.

The faction headed by Archbishop Holy Water lashed out at the fundamentalist bishops, calling their views hypocritical asceticism.

Criticize them for holding various sacramental masses, and then requiring believers to pay taxes in the name of God. They also criticize their measures such as banning interest-earning loans and allowing poor civilians to starve to death.

Propaganda incurred the wrath of God precisely because of their hypocrisy.

After months of quarrels and conflicts, the two factions finally split.

The fundamentalist bishops were supported by the royalists and the superior nobles of Triumphal City.

Archbishop Holy Water is sought after by the Dantuma Alliance, the Northern Lion Principality, the Bachelor's Castle, a few big nobles in the kingdom, countless businessmen, and small and medium-sized nobles.

The former are the conservative forces of the kingdom.

The latter is the counterattack of Beishi, which has suffered from unequal treatment for many years, and the middle class that was born along with urbanization and industrial and commercial development. Their first trial and push.

Faced with the current situation, Ronan was not sure whether Earl Drake could maintain his neutral attitude.

After all, this is not a small fight in the past, but a political conflict that can shake up half of the empire.

If he didn't choose to take sides, he would probably offend both sides and be the first to be crushed to death by being caught in the middle.

And as the Baron hiding behind him, Ronan definitely didn't want him to be eliminated so soon.

At this time, the speed of the carriage began to slow down.

Ronan looked out the window. After a whole day of traveling, they successfully arrived at Blackstone City before the sun set.

After getting out of the carriage and supporting Cassana to bring her down, Ronan looked towards the gate.

Rudolf, the commander of the city defense army, was standing outside the door waiting, and beside him was a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman.

"Lord Ronan, Viscount Cassana, I have met you two on behalf of the Blackstone City Chamber of Commerce Alliance."

After seeing him coming, the middle-aged man bowed with a smile on his face.

Ronan nodded towards him, "I know you, the head of the Drake family's Blackstone City Chamber of Commerce, Luca, what do you want from me?"

"I feel extremely honored to have the attention of the City Lord." Luca's expression became more humble.

"I have no choice but to come here to bother you this time, but the situation on Blackstone Commercial Road is really bad now, so as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, I have to come to you for help."

Luca began to tell the reason for his coming, "Recently, a group of bandits on the Blackstone Trade Road have become more and more rampant, making us, the passing caravans, miserable. I hope the city lord can take action to eliminate them."

After listening to his story, Ronan understood the situation.

Although Luca didn't say it explicitly, Ronan could still understand from his hints that the reason for the bandit's appearance was precisely because of him.

Because he imprisoned a large number of Black Rock City mercenaries, other mercenary teams scattered outside the city were angry and formed a bandit group.

This bandit group specializes in robbing caravans on the Blackstone Trade Road as revenge against Blackstone City.
Chapter completed!