Ryan knows that the armies of South and Grand Duke McReynolds in the Andara Kingdom have already started a war with the armies led by those big nobles.
Although the scale was not particularly large, it still made many nobles nervous.
This was the first time that Grand Duke McReynolds had publicly denied King of Andara's order. Although everyone was unwilling to accept King's selling out of the kingdom's land, the fierce reaction of the Grand Duke still shocked and silenced many nobles.
They don't know which side to stand on. Logically speaking, they are loyal to the royal family and are King's biggest supporters.
From this silence, Ryan saw the weakness of the Andara Royal Family.
If it weren't for the weakness of the royal family, why would those nobles be silent? I'm afraid they would have jumped up and angrily accused Grand Duke McReynolds of being disloyal.
But now no nobleman has opened his mouth to discuss the question of whether the Grand Duke is loyal or not.
That's the biggest problem.
"That late King must also be very angry, right?"
Ryan looked at a letter and thought, he, Empire Northlands's Baron, could see through these letters the restlessness and unrest within the kingdom. How could King of Andara, who was deeply involved in it, not feel it.
"However, this Baron Huffman is quite interesting."
Ryan looked at the letter sent back by Apia and couldn't help laughing.
Duplicity? Having both sides? These are not accurate, because Baron Huffman is a nobleman. No matter what he chooses, he will not fall into a desperate situation. He has a lot of escape routes, so this kind of relationship between all parties will be his help.
His knowledge and circle will go beyond the circle that Baron can determine Noble Title.
This is a talent, Ryan thought.
Among the nobles with fiefdoms, those who have the courage and courage to do these things have surpassed 90% of the nobles.
This has nothing to do with Ryan, so he just collected this more precious letter separately, maybe it will be useful in the future.
"Perhaps, if I prepare more trump cards, I can make a Andara Kingdom war fortune."
Ryan thought with his eyes. From the current point of view, the internal conflicts within the Andara Kingdom are irreconcilable. Either the Grand Duke will give up the future and foundation of his territory, or the old but still lion-like King will lower his noble head.
Both answers are impossible. The relationship between nobles and King is complicated. It is not the relationship between King and his ministers at all, but the difference between Monarch and the princes.
Grand Duke McReynolds will never give up on the Griffin Mountains, and King will not bow his head to let all the nobles see the end of the royal family.
There is a very critical issue in this.
There is no one in the royal family.
Ryan saw a very key message from a letter. Andara Royal Family's weakness is not only reflected in the extraordinary and the military.
As well as the royal family itself, there are no capable people in the next generation.
No, it shouldn't be about ability, because among the descendants of King, there is not a single successful prince.
The descendants of mighty lions, a group of princes turned out to be hyena-like guys?
Ryan I don't know what those Highnesses did to make these nobles generally think that there is no one in the next generation of the royal family.
The royal family does not have its own Legendary now, and it seems that the next generation will not have one either, and by the time the next generation comes, it will be at least several decades away.
Decades, a long and terrible time.
Without the ability to be effective, and without the absolute extraordinary power to suppress it, Ryan can see that the future Andara Kingdom will be in chaos.
It's no wonder that Old King wanted to do something while he was still alive.
Late Lions has his eyes on Griffin.
Since the strength of the royal family cannot be improved, then the strength of other nobles in the kingdom should be weakened to achieve a new balance.
This is a common method used by rulers.
Decline in dominance? Then let the resistance decrease proportionally.
"This old guy is not simple either."
In Ryan's view, Andara, the late Lions, is very smart. If he betrays Griffin Mountains, or if Griffin Grand Duke agrees, his foundation will be severely damaged, and it will be difficult to have the power to resist the royal family in the future.
If you don't agree, then a war will break out with several nobles in the south. Once the war breaks out, there will be thousands of taels of gold. Regardless of victory or defeat, the power of the Grand Duke McReynolds family will drop a lot, and I am afraid it will not return to its peak in the next few decades.
Naturally, there would be no possibility of rebellion against the royal family.
This is the case for the most powerful noble, and there is no need to mention other nobles in the kingdom. Andara Kingdom will survive an era stably in this balance.
As for what's next? Then Old King obviously can't see that far.
In short, the only price of this matter is the reduction of the kingdom's national power.
So, for various reasons, the Church appeared.
If the kingdom's national power is reduced, let the Church's extraordinary power make up for it and ensure the inheritance of the kingdom.
As for why it is the Church instead of the Empire, this is obvious. Empire will annex their land and destroy the kingdom, but the Church will not.
In any case, Ryan saw that Andara Kingdom's egg was already full of cracks, so he didn't mind going up and taking a bite.
In the next few days, Ryan received another urging from some nobles, but he was still not in a hurry.
However, in the process, he received a response from South Clayton Family personnel.
There is a team that has arrived at Winged Gorge and is about to enter Northwind Province. They are from Clayton County.
"It seems that the letter still paid off."
Ryan lacks talents, and he has to admit that in this world and this era, the probability of talents being born among noble families is terrifyingly high, because it is almost impossible for talents to be born among civilians.
Giving people who have been serfs for generations the gift of management? Is it possible?
Let a born knight be born among the common people who don't have enough to eat, drink, or get enough sleep? Do you really think that the energy, blood and body appear out of thin air?
Ryan wrote to Clayton County before, hoping to recruit some talents in all aspects of Earldom. Now it seems that his father, the earl, is still very capable.
"Go down the mountain and pack up some houses for those people."
After Ryan explained, he ordered his female officer to handle the matter.
About five days later, Ryan met a team of 130 people from Clayton County. Not all of them were needed by Ryan, and almost 60% were family members of those followers.
"Frozen Earth Territory welcomes you."
Ryan accepted the allegiance of everyone on Rhino Horn Mountain. From now on, his will is the target that these people follow.
All of a sudden, the huge manpower pressure of Ryan Frozen Earth Territory was relieved.
At the same time, these people also brought information about the Clayton Family, which Count Winter could not get from South.
"The mother of Marquis of Northwind is the daughter of the Mayers Grand Ducal Family."