Seeing that the five military attaches and the new temporary lord were about to clash, the three internal affairs officials calmly retreated and hid aside to show their neutrality.
To put it bluntly, they are just wallflowers.
The five military attachés, including Judson, slowly approached Roland.
Generally speaking, territorial officials would not dare to intimidate superiors like this.
But since the eldest princess Stephanie was away from the territory all year round, everything was handled by the eight of them. Over time, they secretly controlled most of the power and resources in the territory, and even secretly cut the power. Now that a temporary lord is parachuted in, their power will inevitably be diluted, which makes them extremely uncomfortable.
Secondly, Roland is a man.
The eldest princess is beautiful and powerful. She is very likely to be the queen in the future. Her ex-husband has died and she is single now. She is an excellent 'investment stock'. If they can get to the top first, they won't be able to say that they are the most powerful people in France in the future, but they can at least be ranked in the top ten.
If you marry the princess, you will get people, money and power.
And if this young pretty boy who ran out of nowhere is the concubine of the eldest princess Xina, then the affairs of the territory will definitely be under his control in the future. Not to mention the people, money and power, he may not even be able to keep his current status.
How can I bear this
In fact, when the butler came to inform them that a temporary lord was coming, they laughed at first.
How can it be!
They managed the territory so well without making any mistakes. How could the princess who ignored the troubles in the territory and focused on the throne suddenly send someone to parachute down.
But the butler looked serious.
So they came over to see who was coming.
Then I saw a mage, a pretty boy.
In fact, calling Roland a pretty boy is just a slander in their hearts. It is the consensus of the human world that mages are equal to nobles.
Even if this pretty boy has no identity, as long as he is a capable mage, he will have delicious honey custard. As long as he is a noble woman, he will want to try the taste.
That's why their reaction was so big.
When they heard Roland say that if he didn't obey, he would be dismissed, they even had the intention to kill.
This will directly cut off their money and power and kill them.
It would be strange not to resist.
In fact, Roland didn't want to bully others as soon as he came, but the floating city was too important and he didn't want it to be leaked, so it was very necessary for Mortassos County to fully obey his orders.
If I had to say it, Delbon City was actually easier to control. After all, it was already Roland's territory.
But Delbon City has a big problem, that is, the country it belongs to is too small.
Hollevan is too small.
Building a floating city not only requires builders to constantly make magic stone bricks to pave the 'chassis', but also requires a large amount of magic materials to construct many functional components.
This 'large amount' cannot be provided by a small country at will.
Huolaiwen is not too weak, and he can indeed provide it if he bites the bullet, but from now on, Huolaiwen may not have enough magic materials for the magicians to use for decades.
Moreover, liquidation acquisitions in small countries are too eye-catching, and it is easy for someone to find out something.
In France, a country with a huge king and extremely rich supplies, it is difficult to purchase a large amount of magic materials to cause obvious fluctuations in the market of the entire country of France.
It is helpful to hide your true intentions and prevent others from noticing abnormalities.
This is one of the reasons why Roland built a floating city in France.
Seeing the five military attachés surrounding him, Roland flicked his fingers, and fourteen huge blue mage hands suddenly appeared and blocked him.
Each palm was more than two meters long and lined up together, almost completely blocking the space in front of Roland.
These five military attaches are also knowledgeable. Except for the city guards, the other four are master-level warriors.
They could feel that it was difficult to break through the hands of these dozen mages.
Then their footsteps stopped, and everyone looked at Roland with limited eyes.
Roland also looked at them.
Then he said with a calm tone and a smile: "Either do it, or listen to me."
This was said with great confidence.
Several military attaches even frowned. Warriors are a profession that pays great attention to the so-called 'aura'. They can also feel the aura, just like big cats. Most of the time, they have strong fighting intuition.
They can feel whether the other person is scared or not.
And now, they can feel that Roland's momentum has been rising, and he is even a little ready to make a move.
In fact, their intuition was quite right.
Roland just wanted them to take action, so that he would have an excuse to suppress them.
Of course, Roland wasn't thinking about killing people, he was just under house arrest to seize power.
However, the five opponents were not fools. After they felt Roland's momentum and desire to attack, they became intimidated.
All five people retreated to their chairs and sat down, quite decisively, without a trace of sloppiness.
Roland was in a daze at that time.
In fact, this is also due to his lack of experience.
He spends most of his time studying magic, and there is relatively little real 'battle' compared to other players.
The average level of professionals in France is much higher than that of Hollevin.
At the same time, most of the master-level warriors in Hollevan can only be reckless, but in France, almost all master-level warriors are foxes, and only a few can be reckless, and they do not live long.
Therefore, it was ineffective for Roland to use Hollevin's combat experience to provoke the French soldiers.
Instead, they were discouraged.
One by one they shrank back.
All right!
Roland knew that there seemed to be a slight flaw in his plan, but it was not an irreparable mistake, at most it would be troublesome.
"Since you are willing to obey the order, then things will be easy to handle." Roland clapped his hands: "Everything can remain as usual."
All eight people looked at Roland thoughtfully.
Looking at the sky, Roland said: "It's not too early now. Let's go back and continue. We will spend a lot of time together in the future. Now we are just saying hello."
The eight people left slowly.
The door to the main hall was closed and the light became much darker.
The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief on the side. He was really worried about a fight just now.
Roland waved his hand and dispersed a dozen mage hands, and then said: "Butler, you should know where the entrance to the castle's basement is. Take me to see it."
"yes."
The butler lowered his head slightly and walked in front.
In fact, the entrance to the basement is not difficult to find, it is right next to the stables at the back of the castle.
There is a small military camp here with a hundred elite veterans. They are the direct troops of the royal family, used to protect their own princes and princesses. Under normal circumstances, they only obey the orders of the protected person, that is, Stephanie.
Of course... once the letter of appointment is issued, they will naturally obey Roland's orders.
More than a hundred soldiers wearing silver-white armor formed a circle outside the stable. Next to the stable, there was a small black entrance, and you had to bend down to get in.
It's very narrow inside, just a step above the ground to prevent rainwater from seeping in.
Then there is a stone step going down.
The entrance to the basement is so obvious
Roland looked at the housekeeper with strange eyes.
The butler was an experienced man and immediately understood the meaning of Roland's eyes.
"This is the request of the eldest princess." The butler's expression was quite helpless: "She said that the castle itself is already a defensive measure. If there are really enemies and the castle is breached, the basement will be useless, but it is better to build it more obviously. It will be much easier to put something in later.”
The veterans surrounding him all smiled.
They all admired and respected the eldest princess Stephanie, and her ridiculous ideas seemed quite cute to them.
The eldest princess is very kind and takes great care of these people. They receive the most military pay among all the troops in the territory, and the best equipment is provided to them first, and then to other troops.
Many people know how to be grateful.
So they didn't have any malice toward Stephanie, only gratitude. They only had two thoughts in their hearts: protecting her and obeying all her orders.
Roland was able to hold the letter of appointment signed by the eldest princess herself, and even had her fingerprints pressed. They knew exactly what this meant.
The eldest princess truly trusts this man.
Then they should also trust this man.
Roland did not enter the basement, but looked at the group of soldiers surrounding him.
Then he looked at the butler: "Did you shout this too?"
The housekeeper nodded: "Let them meet with you and get familiar with it. In addition, you have offended several military attachés in the main hall before. Although they did not have an attack on the spot, they may use some more disgraceful methods after they return. So Your Excellency, you need protection, and they are completely trustworthy and capable of protecting you."
As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, the group of people knelt down on one knee. Amidst the sound of armor clashing, the leading middle-aged soldier said: "The order of the eldest princess is everything to us. You are the new lord she selected, then we This group of people is your shield and your spear, Your Excellency.”
Roland's eyes swept over this group of people.
All of them are above Level 10, and three of them are even at Level 13.
An elite small force composed of one hundred master-level warriors.
Put them in a small country like Huolaiwen, and they can directly attack the small country's royal city without wasting any effort.
In other words, these people are actually Stephanie's real 'dark chess'.
Those strange people in the royal city are not considered dark chess at all.
Although they knelt down to him, they were loyal to Stephanie, not themselves.
But it was enough, Roland didn't need them to be loyal to him.
As long as they listen to themselves.
"Get up." Roland said with a smile.
The group of people stood up at the same time, and their movements were quite neat.
Roland thought for a while and said, "Butler, I have to trouble you to run again. This time, please invite the tax officer over, and don't disturb other officials. Then invite the owners of several large chambers of commerce in the city."
The butler nodded: "No trouble, share the worries for the master. This is what we servants should do."
After the housekeeper left, Roland looked at the middle-aged soldier who had just spoken: "Except for you, how many other troops are there in the royal city combined?"
"About three thousand three hundred." The middle-aged soldier thought for a while and replied: "But two thousand of them are militiamen and don't have much combat effectiveness."
"I want to put these more than 3,300 people under your control. Do you think you are qualified?"
The middle-aged soldier's eyes widened.