Chapter 899: Poaching(1/2)
After leaving the Royal Capital of Nok, the prosperity on the road has not diminished much. The closer we get to the Holy City, the more small towns there are around us.
Although the scale is not comparable to King Nokdu, there are many cities with a population of tens to hundreds of thousands.
It can be seen from this that this sacred continent is really prosperous.
"Jerry, and everyone, I have discussed this with Duke Miller a few days ago."
"Duke Miller said that based on your current situation and my intervention, President Theodore should be able to help you, and you should have two choices."
"The first is to see if there are other empires in the Holy Alliance that are willing to accept you, and you can join these principalities and start over!"
"The second is to select a piece of land for you to live in and you can develop on your own."
"However, there is one thing I need to tell you in advance to prevent you from being disappointed."
"That means this territory will most likely be located on the edge of the Black Rock Plain, which is the place closest to the border of the Orc King's Court."
"After all, other places are surrounded by principalities. It is impossible for them to enrich a piece of land."
"So, this means that the territory will be in danger by then."
"Of course, this second method is when no empire is willing to accept you, and I will try my best to see if there is an empire willing to accept you, so as to prevent you from going to dangerous territory."
"It's a pity that the territory of the Principality of Nok in the Black Rock Plain is the smallest, so it can no longer accommodate so many of you. Otherwise, there would be no need for so much trouble."
On the road that day, Nalant called a group of small nobles from the Glory Continent and told them about the possible subsequent arrangements for everyone.
"Thank you, Baron Nalant. No matter what, as long as we have a place to stay, we are very satisfied!"
When the nobles heard this, they naturally had no choice and immediately expressed their gratitude towards Nalant.
"Yeah!" Nalant nodded.
But at this moment, Jerry remembered what he had discussed with a group of nobles two days ago, and suddenly said to Narant: "Narant, have you ever thought about establishing a principality?"
"Establishing a principality?" Nalant was stunned. He had never thought about this question.
The other nobles were also waiting with their ears perked up for Nalant's answer.
"That's right! I heard from Butler Blow that with your current strength, Nalant, you already have the capital to establish a principality."
"He said that in this holy continent, there are probably not too many principalities that can defeat the 100,000 Bach coalition army."
"Furthermore, Narant, your current title is still a baron, which is no longer in line with your status."
Jerry continued to speak.
"I really haven't thought about this. After all, even if you are an ordinary lord, you are almost the same as a king in the territory."
"Besides, in my opinion, what title you hold is not important, but your own strength and the strength of your territory are the most important."
Narante shook his head.
How can the king have such a free time as a little lord like himself?
Once you become a king, there are countless government affairs.
And as the stall gets bigger, there will definitely be more things to worry about.
His initial ideal was to be a rich country man who could roam around his own land without any worries.
The development to this point is actually due to the environment.
In this way, the Storm Territory can finally be stable for a while.
If he tries to establish a principality again, there will probably be a lot of troubles coming, which is not what he wants at all.
"Narant, a noble who doesn't want to be a king is not a good noble!"
"We, the nobles of the Glory Continent, have now been scattered throughout the Black Rock Plain."
"Everyone wants to have a principality belonging to the Glory Continent, and you are the most likely to establish such a principality."
"Are you really not thinking about it anymore?"
When Jerry and others saw that Nalant rejected the idea of establishing a principality without hesitation, they all looked disappointed.
"Jerry, I really don't want to think about this right now. Besides, a catastrophe is coming in a few months. If you have this free time, you might as well prepare more strategies to deal with it!"
Narante shook his head again.
"All right!"
Seeing that Nalant spoke simply, Jerry and others did not say any more.
Immediately, the group fell into silence and continued on their way.
After walking for a while, a group of nobles went to the back of the team, and then they began to discuss in low voices.
"What should we do? Baron Nalant is not willing to establish a principality, so our idea of becoming Nalant's vassal will be in vain."
"Yes, if we join other empires after this time, I'm afraid we will still be exploited and despised by the rural nobles as before."
"What should we do? Baron Nalant just made it very clear that he does not want to establish a principality or be a king."
All the little nobles looked sad.
"Everyone, how about this, if Nalant doesn't want to be the king, then we can pester him to make him the king!"
After hearing everyone's comments, Jerry suddenly had an idea.
"Jerry, why are you pestering Baron Narante to become the king? What if Baron Narante becomes angry?"
"Yes, if we don't know how to advance or retreat, we might really annoy Baron Nalant."
"Everyone, if we press forward step by step and nag and persuade in Baron Nalant's ears every day, then Baron Nalant will definitely be angry."
"So we can't be hasty and we can't persuade Narant with words."
"Jerry, then what you said is the same as what you didn't say!"
"Don't worry, what I really want to say is still later." Jerry waved his hand to signal everyone to be calm.
After a pause, he continued after a moment: "Baron Nalant does not want to be the king, but we want to make him the king."
"And the name King is actually just a name."
"Since Nalant doesn't want this name for the time being, we can make the relationship between us and Nalant a substantial relationship between a vassal and a vassal."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "For example, didn't Nalant say that we can actually settle a territory on the edge of the Black Rock Plain? Then if we can really get a new territory this time, we might as well allocate it directly
It doesn't matter if it's a little more remote around Baron Narante."
"In this way, we will have regular contact with Baron Nalant from now on."
"Then we will pay taxes to Narant every year."
"Of course, the tax paid must not be said to Nalant that it is a tax, but it should be said that it is a protection fee."
"This is our reward for thanking Nalant for protecting the safety of our territory."
"This must be very reasonable. When the time comes, Baron Nalant won't be able to accept it even if he wants to!"
"Between vassals and lords, this tax is the most important item."
"In addition, everyone can be more respectful to Nalant when they see him in the future, as if he were his own lord."
"If Nalant does not accept such greetings at that time, then we will say that Nalant's team has great kindness, and it is natural for us to respect him more."
"In this way, we can essentially make Nalant our lord."
"And once the relationship between us and Baron Nalant has become substantial, is it still far away from us persuading Baron Nalant to establish a duchy?"
"Hey, Jerry's idea sounds good."
"Baron Nalant may not establish a principality, but it cannot stop us from being grateful to him."
"In this way, after waiting for a long time, Baron Nalant will surely be able to figure it out."
"And once Baron Nalant formally establishes the principality, we will naturally become Baron Nalant's vassals."
If Nalant were here, he would definitely be speechless after listening to the conversation of all the nobles.
Isn't this an alien version of the Chenqiao mutiny, forcing people to wear yellow robes?
Although these guys couldn't force Nalant to directly establish a principality, they already had the idea to solidify the relationship between the two parties into a vassal and a lord.
"Jerry, your method really works!"
To be continued...