After listening to Paul's explanation, Ryan pondered for a moment and said, "I don't have the habit of giving up halfway, but my patience is not very good."
"Seven days, I only need seven days." Paul categorically gave a deadline: "If I cannot contact the maid next to the master within seven days, then I will let you do whatever you want."
Ryan didn't speak, but nodded reservedly, agreeing to Paul. The latter bowed deeply to him and then turned and left the room. When only Ryan was left in the room, he turned around and sat across from him. Tisilis, who was in the corner of the room, said: "I'm very surprised why you want me to give him time to do some useless things. In fact, I can directly escort you back to Tisilina Fortress tonight. "
Tisilis slowly walked to Ryan, sat on a chair, and said in a slightly bitter tone: "Actually, I don't know who among those subordinates I can trust."
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Tiselis sighed and spread out a map flat on the table. Ryan and Faras gathered around and listened to Tiselis slowly explain: "This is the entire eastern region, but I can The area under direct rule is only one-third of it. The other parts are either the fiefdoms of other families, or some vassal kingdoms, principalities, and tribes. Of course, there are also many quite desolate areas occupied by rebels. "
"There are a total of ten huge families in the entire empire, and our royal family naturally ranks first. When the empire expanded greatly, it had many times enfeoffed the land on the frontiers, and then let these lords run their own operations until further steps were laid. After the expansion has been established, a new round of offensive will be launched. After a long period of time, although the territory of the empire is getting larger and larger, the lords of the ten major families are intertwined. This of course allows everyone to monitor each other and avoid a certain family. After becoming powerful in a short period of time, he challenged the majesty of the royal family, but it also led to the dispersion of his own power."
"In the entire eastern region, there are a total of 400,000 elite Naga troops, 700,000 ordinary soldiers, and 1.1 million local guards. Among these more than 2 million soldiers, I can directly control no more than 600,000. Among them, the really useful ones are Ti The 100,000 elites in Silina Fortress, as well as the 60,000 elites stationed in Salem Fortress in the northeast and a total of 70,000 elites stationed in several fortresses in the Nalenas region in the south. The empire is currently not at war with the outside world, but Salem The fortress is responsible for defending against the invasion of the barbarian lobsters and Loka fishmen outside the territory. This army cannot move at all. As for the Nalenas area in the south, it is an area with frequent rebel activities. It is not for these 70,000 elites to forcibly Suppress it, I'm afraid my territory will be at war already."
"In this case, I can suppress other families and control the entire territory, all relying on the 100,000 elite warriors stationed in Tisilina Fortress. In order to ensure that this force will absolutely obey my orders, I promoted 4 generals Command some of the military forces separately, and consciously increase the discord between them, so that there is no need to worry about them uniting against me, but now 3 of these 4 generals have joined forces to seal down my Ocean Goddess Chamber of Commerce... "
"So you are worried that they will unite to harm you." Faras asked: "So you have returned safely, but you are still hiding in the dark, just to see if they will do anything without you showing up. What's wrong with that?"
"Yes." Tisilis replied: "If I were alone, then I would definitely return to Tisilina without hesitation. As for the possible traitor among my subordinates and the thoughts of these generals, I can only keep it in my heart and say it slowly, but now there are two legendary powerhouses, you and Ryan, who are coming back with me. I can absolutely rest assured about safety. Even if these generals make bigger moves, we can still suppress them with force. After all, They are commanding elite soldiers from the empire. It is okay to deceive them into attacking Paul's caravan and seizing the Ocean Goddess Chamber of Commerce. But if we let them blatantly attack me as a lord, I believe they will not have the courage."
When it comes to these power struggles, Faras is no stranger. She can be regarded as a well-educated family. In addition, she has been fighting openly and secretly between the imperial capital and Catherine for several years. She has long been an outstanding politician, so she asked "Then your plan is."
"This is what I think. First of all, we can't just wait and see how things develop because I don't have enough time, so we must..." Tisilis expressed her inner thoughts, and then Farasi joined the discussion, and Tisilis We thought about it over and over together, striving to achieve perfection in every step, and this was what Ryan disliked the most, so he walked out of the room with a wry smile.
The place where Ryan and the others live temporarily is a manor outside the city of Etiresac. Rich people in the city usually buy a piece of land here and then build a villa for vacation. With Paul's wealth and status, this is impossible. The reason why Ryan, who bought property here, was able to live in it, is because this manor is one of Tisilis's secret residences. From the teleportation circle in Sarlofin City to the many routes along the way, to Eti Many of the places to stay inside and outside the city of Resac were arranged by Tisilis in advance. Paul had no doubts about this. As a member of the Fei Lingcui family, the Fei Lan disguised by Tisilis was there. It makes sense to have such a family property outside the city of Etilisak, because about 500 kilometers southeast of the city of Etilisak are the three fiefdoms of the Feilingcui family in the eastern region. One, Ling'an Xuya Castle,
After leaving the yard, Ryan wandered boredly in the open space of the manor. It was already early morning in the underwater world. Ryan had been here for a short period of time, and he gradually learned to feel the temperature of the sea water to judge the time. However, due to He was still not used to immersing his whole body in sea water, so he always kept a waterproof barrier on himself when he was outside. This time when he went out for a stroll, it was no exception. Of course, in order to avoid being too conspicuous, Ryan still wore a Full body cloak,
This manor is indeed the residence of the rich. The entire manor is a flat open space without any rocks, seaweed or other obstacles that block the view. If someone is doing something unfavorable here, the wide view can detect it in advance. Obviously Ti Ti originally Silis put a lot of thought into this secret stronghold. Ryan looked into the distance. Through the open space and the large amount of seaweed in the wasteland between the two manors, he could vaguely see another place several kilometers away. There seemed to be a lot of people moving in and out of a manor. It was probably that the owner of that manor came over for vacation.
Since the matter had nothing to do with him, Ryan didn't bother to look more. He just walked around at will in his manor. He had hardly left Haima for half a month in a row, which made Ryan suffer a little. He had already It has been many years since I had such a hard time traveling, especially after I became a legendary strongman. If I wanted to go somewhere, I would either have a large group of servants around me cheering for me, or I would directly use teleportation magic and flight to get there quickly. Of course, speaking of that The area of this underwater world is countless times larger than Ryan's hometown. If we travel at the seahorse's speed of nearly 100 kilometers an hour on land, it will only take 2 days to get from Cassano to the Imperial Capital. However, Ryan travels from Tisili On the map of the eastern region of Si, I found that my group had only moved a small area after all their hard work. If they wanted to reach the easternmost border of Ticelis's territory, I was afraid they would have to march like this day and night for two more days. moon,
"I really don't know how to describe the enthusiasm of these Nagas for expanding their land. Such a huge territory is just an eastern region. According to Tisilis's description, there are as many as five administrative regions like this in the entire empire, and The eastern region of Ticelis can only rank fourth in terms of area, just above the central region." Ryan secretly said to himself in his heart: "If I must learn something from it, I admire these Nascents very much. The Canadians have been able to continue their traditions for such a long time. We humans seem to be completely unable to compare with them. Speaking of it, what we humans like to do most is to destroy traditions. It seems that I do this kind of thing too. ,Ha ha."
Ryan couldn't help laughing when he thought about the last thing. Then he continued walking forward with his hands behind his back. When he came to a lush seaweed at the edge of the manor, Ryan suddenly felt an extremely weak breath hidden in the seaweed. Deep in the depths, this aura was too weak. If Ryan hadn't been strong enough, he might not have noticed it at all. He stopped and shouted towards the seaweed bush: "Who is it? Come out."
The thick seaweed moved, and then a Naga child crawled out of it. This young Naga was a female, very cute, and she was wearing a gorgeous dress, but because she was in the seaweed, The costume became tattered due to crawling around, but little Naga didn't care at all. She stood in front of Ryan, tilted her head and looked at Ryan a few times, and asked: "Hey, how could you find me? As long as I hold my breath, even Uncle Watson can't find me."
Ryan saw that the person standing in front of him was just a little girl from a noble family. Thinking about the busy servants he had seen before, and looking at the surroundings, Ryan estimated that the little girl in front of him must have stolen from the busy manor just now. He ran out to play, thinking that even if someone really had an affair with him, he wouldn't let a girl of this status become a spy, so he didn't take her to heart. He didn't answer the other party's question, and turned around and went back. Walk,
"Hey, hey, I'm talking to you, how could you turn around and leave without courtesy." Seeing that Ryan was ignoring her, the Naga girl chased him and shouted a few words. When she saw Ryan, he stopped and turned around. After coming to look at her, the Naga girl continued: "Does this manor belong to you? I belong to the manor next door. I will live here for a while. Since we are neighbors, why don't we get to know each other first? .”
Ryan looked up and down at the Naga girl standing in front of him. He saw that although she was young and her clothes were in tatters, she had an elegant temperament between her eyebrows and her speech and behavior. It was obvious that she had an origin. It is definitely not an ordinary aristocratic family, I am afraid it is still a big family with a long history. Ryan believes that without this kind of accumulation and influence over the years, it is impossible to develop this kind of temperament. If it were a different time, Ryan would not mind being with him. It's a good idea to get in touch with this kind of big noble. Unfortunately, he doesn't want to get involved now, so Ryan said: "As a noble, don't you know that it is impolite to enter other people's manors without telling them."