Chapter 14 Loyalty

Through the picture of the wall, Ashurufate clearly saw several messengers leaving.

Of course, their words were naturally "going back and telling", but from the heavy steps of the other party walking, Ashu Rufate clearly felt that they could not ignore this harsh condition.

Perhaps Carrie is right, they have no choice.

"In ordinary people, taking advantage of other people's difficulties to make excessive demands is to take advantage of the situation. The most typical example is usury. People who do such things will be despised and cursed." Carrie explained enthusiastically in her mind. "But politically, it happens between the state and the state, and the independent forces. This is not only not a shameful thing, but also regarded as a means of sophistication and mature master, so the ruler and ordinary people must have completely different moral values."

"..." Ashu Rufate can't find any refutation to Carrie's political view now.

"Well, let me say that, in politics, you must take the initiative. This is the first priority. On the surface, the requirements you put forward are very harsh, but you know that we will not abuse and squeeze them. As for the girls sent over, it is even simpler." Carrie is now beginning to comfort Ash Rufate. "You can drink their blood, or just let them live in the castle for a while. Everything will be better and let you choose. The greater the initiative you have, the more free the choice you will choose. You just have to make sure you won't do bad things, right?"

"You're right, Carrie." Ashu Rufat breathed a long sigh. What strict rules and regulations will depend on the specific implementation in the end.

"But...I accept their effectiveness, it is equivalent to making enemies with the Ryan..." Ashu Rufat said softly. This time he did not ask Carrie, but to himself. "Of course, this is no big deal. The Ryan is my enemy... The problem is that if I lead the Immortal Legion out to support it... it will probably cause excessive panic, and the Ryan is in panic..."

"Don't worry, master." Carrie said in his mind. "War is the last choice. According to my calculations, you don't need to fight to get it done."

“How to do it?”

"Just scare them...that's just a simple threat." Carrie pointed it out directly. "Master, although you don't want to fight, in comparison, the Ryans don't want to fight even more!"

Carrie's words make sense. Everyone can see that since the Purple Stone suffered a crushing defeat, the Ryans have no time or opportunity to restore their strength. According to modern standards, with sufficient funds and manpower, it usually takes one to two years for an army to train from recruits to qualified soldiers (while quick-soldiers like musketeers only take a few months). Almost three years have passed since the Purple Stone's crushing defeat. Logically, the Ryans should have recovered their strength, supplemented their army, and even expanded their army.

But in fact, that defeat led to a political crisis and eventually led to a series of rebellions in the country. Although the Ryans eventually controlled the rebellion, the civil war also made them completely unable to recover their strength. In comparison, Sivania has always maintained a state of peace - needless to say, the number of black magicians alone is at least twice as many as before.

Although the Ryan people have the last trick - seek help from outside, follow the example of expedition to Kalean and organize a coalition of humanity. However, this war will inevitably run in Ryan's territory. The war will ruthlessly ravage Ryan's land, and the vampires will kill all Ryan people to supplement their undead legion...

Even if you win in the end, the vampire will naturally be over, but Ryan may have become a historical term.

Ashu Rufate calmed down and carefully considered Carrie's proposal.

"Don't think about it, Master, believe my judgment." Carrie said. "I can guarantee the psychology of these low-level intelligent creatures."

"What if the threat is not successful?" Ashu Rufate asked a question.

"That's okay! Humph, we will immediately provide the rebels with material and financial support, send your human subordinates to help them, and provide them with mercenaries... In short, the water in this pool must be more and more complicated! Don't worry, even if the Ryans do not accept your threat, they will not have the strength to continue."

"Why?"

"Their finances have already been in crisis," said Carrie. "This is completely estimable. The Ryans' tactics of steady progress are of course absolutely correct, but this also brings huge burdens to their finances. Personnel casualties, combat material losses, military pay and rewards for soldiers... These are all money. Expenditures are getting more and more expensive, but taxes are inevitably reduced due to civil wars... What's worse, civil wars usually have no spoils to talk about and cannot make up for the losses of war! The Ryans are already in debt! They can't hold on for too long."

"But... don't they have savings over the years?"

"Aren't their savings extorted by us? The amount of ransom for redeeming prisoners was carefully calculated by me, so I guarantee that the Ryans would not have much money left!"

Ashu Rufate suddenly realized that she shouldn't be surprised. Carrie had arranged everything long ago, just like a puppet show. She had arranged silk threads long ago to let the target dance under her control. This is how many things are.

"Master, O'Connor is just a small fish. I just like their good at raising livestock, especially horses... You know, there is no stable source of livestock here in Sivania, which may become a hidden danger in the future. I'm just going to solve this small fish... The real big fish is behind."

"You mean Gaylan?" Ashu Rufat remembered Carrie mentioned the name.

"That's right!" With Carrie's words, an image that he could only see appeared in front of Ashu Rufat. It was a map of the Kingdom of Ryan, and it was divided into colors. "He is the largest force in the rebellion."

Ashu Rufate immediately saw that the white on this map represents the territory under the control of the Ryans, while the red indicates the area of ​​rebellion. Now there are very few red areas, only a few, and the largest one with the words "Geland" is the largest one. "O'Connor" is the closest piece to Sivania.

It can be seen from the map that even now, Galand still owns several cities and controls a not-so-small area. Of course, this is only compared to other rebel forces. All rebel forces have been trapped in a heavy siege, like fish thrown to the ground, unable to jump a few times.

"Gelan is a Kaishu, although he was originally the border lord of the Ryan Kingdom." Carrie explained in his mind. "But he always hopes to fight for the independence of the Kaishu and has been making relevant preparations... However, he has worked hard for more than ten years, but he finally faces failure due to his lack of strength... It's really a bit pitiful."

Carrie said this, but there was no sympathy in her voice. Just as she had previously evaluated O'Connor's messenger, Carrie was a self-interested person who "had a gambler who was so frightened to lose money in the casino that he wanted to borrow money to make money, and he would be sorry for himself if he didn't give up usury." Ashu Ruffatt knew that Carrie's opinion must have taken advantage of the situation, and took advantage of the other party's lack of choice to propose the most ruthless price, and would never give up until he ate the other party.

But Ashu Rufate had no special opinion on this. Because Carrie was fighting for benefits from his perspective, and these Galan, O'Connor, etc., Ashu Rufate never knew them in the past, and never got any favors from them that they needed to repay. From this point of view, Ashu Rufate completely held the attitude of a businessman - to get the best interests.

"But Master, it's not that easy to treat Galan. You need more skills... He is not as desperate as O'Connor."

"Why?" Ashu Rufate looked at the picture. Even a man who didn't understand military could see that he had no chance of victory. He was trapped to death, and the only question was when he would perish.

"Because as long as his subordinates kill his whole family and give their heads to Ryan's army, they will be forgiven." Carrie replied without emotion. "The Caesh people are different from the Portians. They have too many people, and Ryan cannot eradicate them, otherwise it will be equivalent to completely destroying several of their own provinces. They will be satisfied with the source of the rebellion, that is, the disappearance of Galand. The Portians are different... They are too small and have not had close contact with the outside world. They are very suitable for being the chicken that kills chickens to warn monkeys, and the Caesh people can never be chickens, they will only be that monkey."

"you mean……"

"There is a great opportunity to include the Kaishu people in your sphere of influence. Through this approach, you not only weaken Ryan, but also reduce the pressure for future wars... and can also expand your power quietly. Leading the Immortal Legion to Ryan's land and letting the Kaishu people join you are two concepts. The former will arouse general alert, while the latter is just an ordinary legend... In other words, we cannot wait for them to send envoys, but should actively send envoys."

"Well...send an envoy here..." Ashu Rufat thought of several people in his mind, "It's more appropriate to let Eric go." He said at last.

"Eric is over," Carrie replied. "You are thinking of the same candidate as me, it's really great."

"He has passed? Why don't I know?" Ashu Rufat asked. "Not my order, he..."

"I ordered him in your name." Carrie replied in his mind. "In fact, I have held a related meeting in your name. Just yesterday, just when we went to the Dark Magicians."

"Why don't I know?"
Chapter completed!