Chapter 12(2/2)
Only by relying on one's own strength to solve all troubles, allies can only become cheerers or flesh shields for sacrifice. This is a famous saying that Ruibo has long been hidden deep in his heart, and at this moment he has not placed his hope on the great masters who may not even be able to stand in their camp.
"In this way, it is not the Grand Duke Sham who really seems extremely greedy, but the Southern Corps." Ruibo said with a smile. He knew very well what consequences this would cause, because he knew how sacred Deli Zhiren looked at the army.
As he imagined, Grand Duke Foss had already shown an unhappy expression on his face, and his three sons blushed, and one of them stood up even more angrily. If it weren't for his brother holding his sleeve tightly, a dispute would have been inevitable.
"I believe that the soldiers of the Delizhi Kingdom will never have shameful behaviors such as greed and cowardice. The only thing that greed is a person like Grand Duke Sham who is not worthy of being a Delizhi. He did not even pass the test of the apprentice knight. He was able to have the trust of his grandmother, except His Majesty the King, and his aunt, our queen." Grand Duke Foss said with his anger suppressed his anger.
"Then I would like to ask another question, is the amount requested by Grand Duke Sham from the two of you enough for the expenses of the Southern Legion?" Ruibo asked with a smile, as if he did not feel the displeasure of Grand Duke Foss at all.
"Just the list I gave me is enough to make the Southern Legion spend the entire spring. I believe Grand Duke Rock also received a list," Grand Duke Foss said.
"In your opinion, the Grand Guild of Sham will hand over the amount of the collected taxes to the Southern Legion?" Ruibo said.
At this moment, it was obvious that everyone on the dining table had already understood that this little devil from a foreign country was planning to write some articles on it.
Grand Duke Foss hesitated for a moment, he glanced at His Highness the Prince, then looked at Grand Duke Locke on the other side, and then said while thinking: "With Sham's extremely greedy personality, he will at most give the Southern Legion a spring military pay. Anyway, when summer comes, he can reach out to us again. Even if most of the lords of the southern county and provinces unite to oppose him this time, he still has the military pay that will last until autumn. In these few months, it will be enough for him to flatten one or two county and provinces, and the other lords will never dare to unite to oppose him again. The southern county and provinces will be enslaved and exploited by him from then on, and become his wallet and warehouse for him to take it."
Grand Duke Locke next to him also kept nodding, obviously Grand Duke Sham's greed had long been known to them.
All of this was already under the calculating of Rebeau, and he said calmly: "As you said just now, the greedy and stingy gentleman is probably less than one tenth of what he is willing to take out. He obviously puts all hope on endless exploitation, and he relies on the Southern Corps."
"This reminds me of a fable in your country. There was once a hunter who was equally greedy and stingy. He raised several extremely outstanding hunting dogs. These hunting dogs brought him fruitful results every time, but he always refused to feed the hunting dogs. His reason was that the full hunting dogs were always unwilling to work. One day, he still went out to hunt as usual, but was blocked in heavy snow. The heavy snow was not very heavy. Originally, the hunter could wait until the weather was clear, or wait for others to rescue him, but when the snow stopped, everyone went to rescue him, but found that he had only one left.
The broken bones, his hunting dogs also disappeared without a trace. At that time, almost everyone thought that the hunter had unfortunately encountered a black bear, and his hunting dogs had also died of the bear mouth. But soon everyone knew that their speculation was completely wrong, because a group of fierce wolves suddenly appeared in the mountains, which were far more fierce and cunning than other wolves. They even knew that the hunters might deal with all their tricks. Many wolve hunters died of the wolf's mouth. Only one person was lucky enough to escape back, and he happened to recognize one of the wolfs, which was the dog raised by the greedy and stingy hunter."
When Ribo said this, he smiled and swept over everyone on the dining table. This was Mr. Hyde's habit at the time, which made Mr. Hyde look extremely unpredictable.
The words Ruibo said just now obviously made everyone else understand his intentions, and the only thing he didn't understand was probably the specific steps and plans.
"It seems that you are confident, so clearly tell the plan you have already thought of. In my opinion, you don't need to mention that creepy fable. Perhaps you are ready to compensate me for the losses I feel scared and fearful." His princess said immediately.
However, Ruibo did not care about this naughty girl's words at all, because he already knew that he had absolute initiative at this moment. Now these great people are begging him, not when Frank himself was still in a stable position.
Ruibo ignored this guy at all, but he also knew that it was time for him to express his plan.
"Two respected grand dukes, you should know the best of Mr. Sham. I believe that both of them must know that if you pay the large sum of money according to the list listed on the list given to you by Sham's bus, who will the money go through."
Seeing that the Grand Duke Foss was about to speak, Ruibo quickly shook his hand to stop Grand Duke Foss from speaking. He continued: "I don't need to know the detailed situation. I just want to know whether there is a person on the way through which this money flows through that is absolutely unsuccessful for Grand Duke Sham."
Whether it was the owner of this place or the Grand Duke Locke on the other side of the dining table, he nodded repeatedly. The Grand Duke Locke rushed to say, "Yes, there is indeed such a person. Earl Greed is the object you need to find. He is Duke Sham's brother-in-law. He manages all personal finances for Grand Duke Sham, and his other identity is the commander of the Southern Legion."
Ribo was quite satisfied with hearing the title, and in fact a more complete plan suddenly jumped out of his mind.
He smiled leisurely and said, "I guess it is a serious crime to deduct military pay from the Delizhi Kingdom. I don't know what kind of punishment this crime will be."
This question was obviously a question, and Grand Duke Foss replied: "I don't know that I can have a second end if I deduct military pay. The only difference is probably to make a choice between the gantry and the guillotine. Perhaps it is possible to let the criminal dance on a Bangcha dance, which depends on whether the judge is strict enough."
Ruibo nodded slightly. This was exactly the answer he needed, but his real purpose was not on this. He continued to ask: "If someone obstructs the trial of criminals who withheld military pay, is this also a serious crime?"
Obviously, everyone knew Ruibo’s plan at this moment, and these people couldn’t help but be amazed at it, because it was obviously a trap that could not be taken off, and Grand Duke Sham would probably get into this trap carefully prepared for him.
"Obstructing the trial is a serious crime, but at an extraordinary moment, the Supreme Commander and the local lord have the power to stop the trial and continue, but everything related to the army is not in this rank. However, most of the time, the other people in the legion will not openly fight against the Supreme Commander of the Legion. Although the trial will not stop, it may be delayed indefinitely." Grand Duke Foss explained in detail. He was very clear that any negligence and lack of understanding of the laws and regulations of the Delizhi Kingdom could make the think tank full of evil wisdom wrong judgments and choices.
But Ribo was obviously not just entangled in this small matter as he and others imagined. He asked with a smile: "What if there were many signs that the Supreme Commander was also involved in the crime of deducting military pay?"
This was also expected by everyone. Grand Duke Foss pondered for a while and said, "If this matter involves the supreme commander, generally other officers in the legion will ask the General Staff to send a special investigation team to hear the case, but now the General Staff may not be able to take care of themselves. The final part may be that the Southern Legion no longer obeys Grand Duke Sham's arbitrary command."
Others were also nodding there, obviously this was exactly the ending they hoped for. It might be the best choice to use a huge sum of money to settle a greedy person.
"It's really a wonderful plan." Grand Duke Locke applauded first, but to his surprise, the middle-aged magician beside him thought for a while and suddenly interrupted and asked, "I guess you have something to hide?"
This surprised everyone, and the only ones who did not show a look of surprise were Princess Xiya and the old magician.
"It is true. In fact, my purpose was not to lose trust among the Southern Legion and the Duke of Sham." Ribo glanced at the magician he had just met. His keenness and wisdom made him feel wary.
"In that complete plan, everything will start with the list you received by Grand Duke Foss. If you do not bargain with Grand Duke Sham on this list, it will appear false and inauthentic enough. If you have not formed an alliance with His Highness the Prince, I believe that the result of bargaining with Grand Duke Sham will be to replace some of the gold coins with sword armor."
Rebow glanced at the majestic grand duke, who felt the glimpse make him creepy.
"These swords will become the best props, and the entire stage will gradually kick off with them. As far as I know, there is a difference between the price of an excellent weapon and a inferior sword. I believe that Grand Duke Foss will never give Grand Duke Sham the excellent weapons, and the rough swords will be distributed to the soldiers of the Southern Legion."
What surprised Ruibo was that the grandfather suddenly slapped the table in anger and suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "You are insulting my personality. No one who can do such a shameful act."
The prince next to him quickly stood up and held the angry Grand Duke Foss. He turned his head and said with a serious expression: "Earl Medin, maybe you have been influenced by the traditions of the Kingdom of Francis. You may not know how sacred and noble the army is in Delizhi. Even if Grand Duke Foss hated and disgraced the Grand Duke Sham, he would never cut corners on the weapons provided to the Southern Corps."
"What's more, the army of the Deli Kingdom has extremely strict procedures and regulations for accepting weapons, and inferior weapons will never appear in the hands of soldiers."
Hearing the prince's explanation, Ruibo quickly stood up and apologized to the grand duke, who also happily accepted the apology. After all, he calmed down and immediately thought that he was not mentally prepared to have a duel with this young man, and he still had a deep nostalgia for life.
"I have to admit that this is indeed my lack of understanding of the Kingdom of Deli and almost made a mistake. If the quality of the weapons given to the Southern Corps cannot be reduced, then I can only use another cost-effective method to implement my strategy." Ruibo said with a pretended frown, and he looked very unwilling.
"Duke Foss, can you make the weapons handed over to the Southern Corps just meet the acceptance standards? Too good weapons will really make my plan completely invalid?" Ruibo asked.
"I can do this completely. In fact, this can give me a lot of money." Grand Duke Foss replied directly.
"So can you build another batch of pretty good weapons that must be able to cut off your sword for the Southern Legion during the battle." Ruibo asked.
At this moment, everyone finally figured out the flavor of conspiracy.
"It's totally possible." Grand Duke Foss said firmly.
"The number of those pretty well-established weapons is quite large." Ruibo reminded.
"There is absolutely no problem." Grand Duke Foss said resolutely, with a slight excitement in his tone, obviously he had guessed what would happen.
"Mix those excellent weapons among ordinary weapons and hand them over to Grand Duke Sham together, and it seems that he was unconsciously telling the greedy miser that because there was no time to create these weapons, Grand Duke Foss, you will mix the batch of high-quality weapons you have built in the past. Can you imagine how Grand Duke Sham will do it?" Ruibo asked with a smile.
"That guy will definitely send someone to select those excellent weapons to equip his own territory guards." Grand Duke Locke gave the answer first.
"If I guessed that there was no error, then the next one would be a battle directed by you personally." His Highness Prince Henride asked, obviously he had guessed the true intention of the talented boy at this moment.
"Your Excellency just mentioned that those excellent weapons must be able to cut off other swords. I believe you intend to end this battle with blood." Grand Duke Foss asked carefully.
"It turns out that you did not want Grand Duke Xiamu to lose the trust and support of the Southern Legion, but wanted Grand Duke Xiamu to bear a heavy bloody feud. I believe that the liquidation of the quartermaster's official will happen immediately after Grand Duke Xiamu's bloody debt is on his back. No wonder you said just now that the swords that broke into pieces are the key to the series of traps you have set up. Obviously, they are not only the reasons for Grand Duke Xiamu's heavy bloody debt, but also the first spark that ignited the raging fire that caused Grand Duke Xiamu to burn his body."
"If there was no such blood feud, the Southern Legion would have only been no longer obeying the order of Grand Duke Sham, but now they will devour the greedy and sting master like the hunting dog in the fable that you just said." The middle-aged magician said slowly in extremely cold words.
After hearing all this, everyone here gasped secretly. If the plan that was only half said made them so amazing, then after they heard the complete plan, a creepy feeling suddenly arose from the bottom of their hearts.
The plan had been made, and the next step was to be a concrete and perfected step, which was not something that Ribo could do, because he knew almost nothing about Deli and the south, and the task was assigned to the heads of the three sons of Grand Duke Foss, but it was absolutely evident from their expression that it was not a pleasant job.
At this moment, in the temporarily arranged bedroom, Grand Duke Locke and the middle-aged magician he trusted the most were discussing closely.
"I'm very happy that you can see through the young man's plan at first sight." The grandfather said with some excitement. At this moment, he was more confident in his think tank.
"It's not difficult, you must have felt that the feeling that his first half of his plan gave was completely different from what was revealed in those two documents. It was too plain and too gentle. Because of this, I was sure that the boy was hiding something else, and that was the essence of his plan. You must also admit that just a few small and inconspicuous additions made the whole plan unrecognizable." The magician said.
Grand Duke Locke nodded involuntarily and said, "Yes, bloody, sinister, and cruel. I can only come up with these seemingly poor words to describe this plan. I have even begun to feel pitiful for Grand Duke Sham. He was very unfortunately already in the palm of a devil, and he will suffer in the flames of hell."
"To be honest, I am increasingly grateful for the whim I had on the other day. If it weren't for this trip to Monach, if it weren't for the shop, I'm afraid I would still have no idea that the devil had come to us."
The magician nodded slightly and said slowly: "I just want to remind you that you should be more vigilant. No one can tell when the devil-like boy will swallow his allies. Compared with him, the man-eating hunting dog in the fable is obviously much more adorable."
"Did you still not find that there are other secrets hidden in it that have not been revealed by him?" The magician stared at Grand Duke Locke, which made the latter feel even more panicked and scared, as if the devil was standing behind him.
After trembling slightly, the great man approached the lamp and asked carefully: "Master, please clearly indicate me. What have you discovered? You should know very clearly about the shallow wisdom I have."
The magician hesitated and said, "Have you ever thought about why the little devil set up such a vicious trap? Is this just the result of his evil character and bloody preferences?"
The magician shook his head slowly and said, "If I read it correctly, everything is to open the way for His Highness Prince Henride. Once Grand Duke Sham is swallowed by the angry Southern Legion, who will inherit his territory and the position of commander of the Southern Legion is the most appropriate thing? You have never thought about this."
"Owning the Southern Legion, and with the Grand Duke Sham having tried his best to make the southern counties and provinces form an alliance. If everything becomes out of control, His Highness the Prince suddenly stands up and calls out, with his identity, plus Grand Duke Foss and your support, I believe that everything that Grand Duke Sham has worked hard for many years will be his."
"Although we have said that if we do not have the strength to stand up suddenly, it will only make ourselves losers, but if His Highness quickly cleans up the mess, he will hide under the strict escort of the Southern Legion and the Southern County Provincial Alliance."
"That is easy to achieve the strength that others may not have been able to obtain after decades of hard work. His Highness, who is probably regarded as a rising star by the Deli Sui, is a rising star. His legal heir has paved the way for him to ascend to the throne. The only thing he needs to do is to defeat a few opponents who are blocking his way forward."
Hearing this, the Grand Duke Rock showed a clear-headed expression at this moment. He glanced at the magician beside him, and suddenly sighed helplessly.
At this moment, in another room, another magician was also analyzing the current situation in detail.
The elderly old magician looked at the young prince and said, "If I had guessed nothing wrong, there must be other content hidden in Earl Medin's plan. Sham tried his best to find the huge military expenses plundered from the lords of the Southern County Province. As long as the military expenses were divided into two parts, half of which was given to the Southern Legion, and the other half was returned to the lords, the person who did this would immediately have support from both sides."
"I believe that Earl Medin has already had such a plan. The strategy he formulated is to enable you to seize the throne as quickly as possible. If you are accompanied by the strong wind that is loyal to you and the evil and sinister plan to discredit the glorious reputation of the Lord Bashimeng, in fact, you already have a great chance of winning."
Seeing Prince Henride's increasingly excited expression, the old magician suddenly sighed and continued, "But I must remind you that as long as you follow these two strategies, you will never be able to get rid of the control of that boy. The moment you put on the crown, you will bear an extremely heavy crime, which is enough to make you fall into the abyss of hell, and everything is firmly controlled by the boy."
Speaking of this, the old magician pondered as if he was muttering to himself.
"Do you still remember the fable that Earl Medin said on the dining table, do you remember the ending of that fable? The ending did not end with the death of the greedy and stingy hunter, but with the hounds turning into uncontrolled cunning wolves."
"I hope the Southern Corps won't become the hunting dog that has lost control, but I'm extremely worried about it. If you get too much blood in this matter, human nature will become sinister and ugly."
Hearing the old man say this, His Highness slowly bent one knee and kneeled on the ground with one leg, and said with a serious expression and respectful expression: "Master, I have never forgotten the teachings of the previous kings in the past. Although I had to deal with the devil and had to borrow the power and wisdom of the devil, I would never completely sell my conscience and soul to the devil."
Chapter completed!