Divine Kingship

Chapter 115: The Dilemma of the Buck Earl

The little Earl of Green Leaf is now in a dilemma.

To be honest, he was actually quite satisfied with this king selection contest.

He first lost to the Black and Brown Count during a small-scale friction, then participated in the civil war during the large-scale civil war, and was defeated.

But even so, because he still had some political vision and surrendered in time after the war, the actual loss was not that great.

The loss of face was quite big, from a marquis to a small earl, but the loss of substance was not big, he just lost a piece of land.

But in a sense, this is also a solution. At least he no longer has to border the Black and Brown Earl who is currently in the limelight.

Unfortunately, a troublesome thing was thrown at him, and he has now become the lord of Viscount Rand.

He knew how powerful Viscount Rand was, which was nothing, but he also received a secret letter demanding that Viscount Rand be suppressed to a certain extent.

In the court of the Frost Moon Kingdom today, the Second Prince's faction is in its heyday, while the remnants of the Third Prince's faction, which was recruited, are barely surviving.

But at the unofficial and informal meeting among the great nobles, ever since the Grand Duke of the Second Prince's faction took the lead in proposing it, everyone surprisingly put aside their prejudices and decided to impose limited suppression on Rand.

But this limitation is too subtle.

As the young Earl of Greenleaf, he is still considered a great noble, so he also participated in the small meeting. The focus of the small meeting was to prevent the young group centered on Rand from developing too quickly, otherwise how would the elders cope with themselves?
However, due to Rand's achievements, he cannot be suppressed too harshly, otherwise it will easily make the lesser nobles in the country feel disheartened.

Then the task fell on the head of the young Earl of Green Leaf. What should he do? He boasted that his daughter was also a beauty and wanted to marry Rand.

I, the little Earl of Green Leaf, am going to suppress Rand?
Therefore, he also found several nobles of all sizes who were also close to Viscount Rand's Crescent Territory to hold a meeting.

But the situation doesn't seem good.

The young Earl of Green Leaf looked at the nobles, both great and small, at the meeting.

Many of them also received instructions from above to suppress Rand, but some nobles seemed eager to try, especially the small and medium-sized nobles.

The young Earl of Greenleaf sat in the second seat, and the Earl of Stag sat in the first seat. First and foremost, the main theme of this meeting was how to suppress Viscount Rand to a limited extent.

The Earl of the Stag and the Little Earl of the Green Leaf were both silent.

Everyone below seemed very excited, discussing how to suppress Rand. Some said they could impose taxes on caravans heading to Rand territory, some said they could steal Rand territory's property, and some even planned to confront Rand's armed forces.

Their jealousy of Rand's rise from a nobody to viscount was understandable to both Lord Stag and Lord Leaf.

But don't you think about how Rand got such a huge reward? It can't be just luck.

In the Frost Moon Kingdom, only the earl is considered to be among the great nobles. It is understandable that the barons and viscounts, the smaller nobles, are kept out of touch with the news.

But if you use your brain, you will understand this kind of thing. It seems that everyone is blinded by jealousy.

The Earl of Stag and the Little Earl of Green Leaf both sighed. It seemed that they had to change the direction of the meeting. Originally, they wanted to hear the opinions of these petty nobles and how to deal with the tasks above.

Now, what they need to worry about is how to prevent their subordinates from acting on their own and thus making the word "limit" backfire.

Finally, Earl Stag exchanged a glance with Earl Greenleaf, then sat on the first seat and coughed twice to stop the discussion: "Due to the difficulty of the action, Earl Greenleaf and I have decided that we will personally suppress Viscount Rand. You must not act on your own."

The scene fell silent.

Count Buck and Little Count Green Leaf nodded. Now they could only hope that their subordinates would be more obedient. Otherwise, when they ran to the Viscount's territory and saw the Silver Armored Army, they would probably cry.

After the meeting, Little Earl of Green Leaf and Earl of Stag looked at each other and then said, "What do you think of my boy?"

In fact, the Earl of Greenleaf and the Earl of Bucks are old friends, and their ancestors were also intermarried. They only split into two factions due to the dispute over the throne.

Now that the fight is over, the Little Earl of Green Leaf has suffered a loss, but in fact, the relationship between the two sides was not greatly affected.

The Stag Earl raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, your boy has taken a fancy to my girl?"

The young Earl of Green Leaf was certainly testing the waters. He now wanted to form an alliance with Rand, so the old friend Earl of the Stag in front of him was a strong rival.

Now is a good time to test it out. He feels that the Earl of Bucks, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, has the same idea as him.

"Yes, I think it's time for our two families to get closer." The young Earl of Green Leaf said earnestly.

The Earl of the Stag had already guessed that the Earl of the Green Leaf was testing him, but if he refused directly, it would seem like he was looking down on others.

Before the civil war broke out, the young Earl of Green Leaf had no aversion to the Earl of Stag's family, and the two sides had a lot of interactions. Now that the civil war is over, Earl of Stag has gained a lot of benefits, and the Marquis of Green Leaf has become the young Earl of Green Leaf.

If he refused now, wouldn't it be like abandoning old relatives after getting rich? And the Earl of Bucks himself would feel uncomfortable.

Just as the Earl of the Stag was hesitating, the Earl of the Green Leaf had already completed his test.

He was not good at fighting, but he was good at other things. He could tell what the Earl of Buck was thinking at a glance. It was obvious that the Earl of Buck had been secretly communicating with Viscount Rand. And the second point was that the Earl of Buck had not forgotten him. It seemed that the friendship between the two families had not deteriorated because of the civil war.

The young Earl of Green Leaf naturally would not embarrass Earl of Stag, and said, "Or my daughter can marry your son?"

Earl of the Stag glared. He was actually the type who was good at intrigue and internal affairs. The merits he gained in the civil war were all thanks to Earl of Black and Brown and Viscount Rand. Now that Earl of Green Leaf changed the subject, he had completely confirmed that Earl of Green Leaf was just testing him.

He just snorted coldly and didn't respond. Instead, he said something incoherent: "Let's rely on our own abilities."

Then he changed the subject and said, "If we really don't suppress Rand, we will offend the Duke of Thorns."

The Grand Duke of Thorns is the Grand Duke of the Second Prince's faction. Now that the Second Prince's faction has won, there is only one Grand Duke in the country, and his power is incredible.

This is indeed a problem. The question is whether to offend Rand or the Grand Duke.

Generally speaking, one would definitely choose not to offend the Grand Duke, as he is much more powerful than Rand. However, one also has to consider the distance issue. The Grand Duke is too far away, so even if he is offended, the direct impact will not be too great.

Rand is different. Rand's Crescent Territory is already bordering them, so the impact will be huge.

Well, of course they didn't know that the Duke of Thorn also had the intention of marrying Rand.

……

At this time, Rand was studying how to build a water tower. He was a little tired of living without running water. However, building a water tower was not just for convenience. The water tower could also greatly improve irrigation efficiency.

Although wheat rather than rice is grown here, the demand for irrigation is not as high.

The prototype of the water tower has been almost completed, and Olenna is now standing next to Rand.

Ever since Olena moved in with Rand, Rand's happiness index in life has skyrocketed.

When he was living alone, he just wanted to get by in every aspect and was too lazy to do many things. Sometimes when he was busy, Rand would even be a little unkempt.

But now Rand has changed a lot, except for one bad thing. Rand feels like he is going to become a useless person who only needs food and clothes to be provided for him.

I always feel that the personal maids of those nobles are not as considerate as Olenna.

Olenna could almost guess what Rand was thinking at every moment, whether in his daily life, at work, or in bed.

Every time he held Olena's wrist on the bed, Olena would always move in the right position to suit his wishes.

Although Olenna didn't understand many things, at least in bed, she was not very shy, and at least she was willing to cooperate with Rand.

In short, he's a annoying little goblin.

Today is the previously scheduled Sunday. On this day, qualified believers will gather in the square to listen to Rand's explanation of the doctrine and deepen their understanding of the doctrine.

After the service, there was half a day of work time. Since the snow had stopped falling, Rand arranged for them to clear the snow on the roads in the hideout to facilitate walking.

After sweeping away the ice and snow, the relic pavement that was pried from the ruins was revealed. Now the road surface of the hideout has been completely replaced with the relic pavement. This kind of floor is not only flat, but also hard in texture and not easily damaged.

Rand sometimes went to the tavern after church, but today he was going to see Lysa's elf team.

Today, due to the slave trade, the elf population in the den has skyrocketed to three people, including Lysa.

In Lysa's residence, two blond elves looked at Lysa and said, "Lady Lysa, are you also a captured slave?"

Lisa nodded and said, "You have to work hard, or you will be punished like me."

The two elves were immediately horrified. They were both very low-level peripheral elves and didn’t even know what white-haired elves meant. They only knew that most elves with white hair had very high status.

"Sir! Will we be punished?" They lived a comfortable life after being sold here. Working as tavern waiters was not tiring. Due to Rand's credit point system, few people tried to tease them.

But now it seems that someone is carrying the burden for them.

Lysa nodded and said, "If you don't work hard, I can't protect you. Then the evil Rand slave owner will hang you on the cross and whip you severely."

The two elves were suddenly shocked. They imagined the scene described by Lysa and were suddenly terrified. Lord Rand was obviously a good man in their eyes. After buying them, he didn't do anything perverted. To be more precise, he didn't touch them.

They were assigned work and even paid a salary, although it was very little, but at least they were paid for their work, which made them more motivated to work.

Lord Rand actually has such a hobby?

He nodded submissively.

Just then, Rand walked in with Olenna, both with dark faces.

(End of this chapter)