MTL - The King-Chapter 314 watertight knife

  Chapter 314 The Waterproof Knife

   "What, Red Dragon concluded a contract with Earl Hudson?"

   Morrison asked in disbelief.

   Everyone entered the Ula Mountains to catch the dragon, and Hudson came back half a day before them. As a result, in such a short time, the red dragon became someone else's mount.

  If he had known that this dragon was so easy to subdue, he would come here to fight on behalf of the royal family no matter what.

  Morrison is so old that he will not be able to live well for a few years, so he will definitely not need it. But the royal family needs it!

  Crown Prince Caesar's reputation is so bad, if he can regain a giant dragon, he can also regain his prestige and restore his previously lost reputation.

  It is too late to say anything now, the contract has already been signed, and there is no possibility of repentance.

   "Yes, Mr. Morrison. The red dragon was sent back to the barracks, and shortly after it was bound with iron chains, the red dragon woke up.

  Earl Hudson personally went to check the situation, and the Red Dragon took the initiative to conclude a contract with him. He became his own dragon, so His Excellency the Earl ordered to release the red dragon to go back to recuperate. "

  The words of the noble officer are obviously a message Hudson deliberately released to the outside world.

  This is his camp, without the nod of his commander, the face of a priest is not enough to make the noble officers under his command say anything.

   There was no accident, Morrison was choked to death. The famous scene in the legend actually happened in front of my eyes. This kind of psychological gap is unbearable for normal people.

  Although he didn't want to believe all of this, the facts were in front of him, so he couldn't help but not believe it.

  Reminiscent of the classic story of Hudson picking up bears on the way, it seems that reaping a giant dragon can also be justified.

  This kind of unstoppable luck, if it is said that there is no divine favor, he would not believe it.

   "Understood, report the news to the little guy Affiero, let him come and deal with it!"

   Morrison said tiredly.

  Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. As an old antique of the royal family, he is over 170 years old. No matter how well maintained he is, he will not live for a few days.

   If you worry about these things again, the time to die will only be faster. Sky Knight is not Chinese cabbage, the royal family still needs to exist to support it!

   The voice fell to the ground, and a familiar voice came from behind.

   "Old Ancestor, I already know. It's just that this matter is difficult to handle. The addition of an extra dragon will indeed improve the strength of the kingdom.

  But this red dragon attacked the barracks before and set fire to a large number of material warehouses. The alliance investigation team will definitely suspect that we are deliberately acting! "

   Grand Duke Afiero said with a depressed face.

  It is a good thing for the kingdom to increase its strength, but he would rather not have this way of improvement.

   Originally, Hudson's reputation in the country was soaring very quickly. He was completely invincible among his peers, and he couldn't find anyone who wanted to support him in the ring.

  The current Koslow family is weak and can be suppressed, but what about after 30 to 50 years?

  When the time comes, Hudson will still be at his peak, and the older generation in the kingdom will almost recede. He is simply a "power minister" chosen by heaven.

   What was even more detrimental was the quasi-power minister, who was particularly lucky. Although I haven't heard of going out to pick up gold coins, but people can pick up monsters!

  First the Earth Bear and now the Dragon. If he had nothing to do and went to the Warcraft Mountains every now and then, he didn't know how much he would gain.

   As for the trouble with the alliance investigation team, it is purely an excuse. Originally, the other party came here to find fault, and they would find an entry point after all.

   Unless all the nobles of the Alpha Kingdom are willing to abandon the orc prairie and not extend their tentacles here, they are destined to be in constant trouble.

   "Okay, Ai Fierro! These little problems, you can just worry about it yourself, don't bring me.

  Anyway, the dragon has been captured, and the task of the enshrining group is completed. You can figure out the rest by yourself. "

   After speaking, Morrison turned and left.

   He was too stimulated today, he needs to go back and be quiet. This is not good when you are old, and you can't stand the stimulation.

  Seeing this scene, a wry smile appeared on the face of Grand Duke Efiero. If there is a good way, he doesn't have to worry about it.

   To deal with the special existence of Hudson, the royal family must not only reuse it, but also restrict and suppress it. It is a balance to play.

   Among them, the speed is the most difficult to control. A little carelessness can lead to catastrophe in the end.

  …

  In the handsome tent, Hudson and Archduke Effiero sat facing each other, drinking tea leisurely as if they were close friends.

   "Congratulations to Earl Hudson, becoming the fourth dragon knight on the mainland! This is the glory of our Alpha Kingdom, and His Majesty will be very happy when he knows."

  After listening to the words of Grand Duke Affiero, Hudson rolled his eyes secretly, and Caesar III could be happy.

   Originally, he appeared too quickly, which was enough to be feared, but now that he appeared again, the danger level must have risen in a straight line.

"Ha ha…"

   "It's all luck! Maybe it was the previous battle that broke the Red Dragon's brain. As soon as I went to investigate, he cried and shouted to sign a contract with me."

   It’s okay if you don’t explain it. As soon as this explanation came out, Grand Duke Affiero became more and more depressed.

  If the Red Dragon is really brain-destroyed and has the problem of signing contracts with people, the royal family will really suffer a lot in this wave.

  But this is just thinking about it. Although there are many wonderful histories of the Dragon Clan, it has never happened that after being brain-destroyed, they took the initiative to pull people to sign a contract.

   "Your Excellency the Earl is still the most charming, if someone else goes there, maybe it will be a different ending.

  But the red dragon has become our dragon, and the alliance investigation team may not be able to explain it. This time they are coming in a bad way, Your Excellency the Earl must be prepared to deal with it. "

   Archduke Affiero changed the subject.

  It seems to be reminding Hudson to be prepared, but in fact it is telling him that since the red dragon has been turned into a mount, he has to make good for the disasters caused by the red dragon before.

   "Don't worry, the Grand Duke, the alliance investigation team came this time, mainly to track down the reselling of military supplies. The previous fire dragon burning warehouse case was just a small case caught in it.

  The logistics department has already investigated this series of cases. It just involves the face of the kingdom, so far I haven't figured out how to deal with it next.

  Now we are left with two choices:

  Either do the fire dragon burning warehouse case, admit that the defenders were dereliction of duty, and erase the matter of reselling military supplies. The kingdom will pay for the loss of the alliance, and finally the nobles who resell the military supplies will pay for the matter.

  Or the logistics department will directly hand over the evidence in its hands to the alliance investigation team. Among them, there are not only the reselling of military supplies, but also the criminal evidence that someone funded and invited Red Dragon to burn down the empty warehouse.

   Your Excellency the Grand Duke, you are also one of the witnesses. Judging from the situation at the scene that day, there was not a grain of food or a handful of weapons wreckage in the ruins of the destroyed warehouse...even the dust on the ground was pitifully small! "

  Hudson unceremoniously used the method of dumping the pot.

  It is impossible to be taken advantage of. The goal of the alliance investigation team is the Alpha Kingdom, not the Red Dragon.

  As long as the case of reselling military supplies is settled, the Alliance has no reason to hold on to the Red Dragon. Rules are only used to restrain people, not dragons.

   Once the evidence is thrown out, the alliance investigation team will have no time to waste time on the red dragon.

   After all, the Dragon Clan still has some cards on the continent of Aslante.

  Unless they are really in a hurry, no great noble is willing to take the risk of being retaliated against and slay the dragon.

   What Hudson said before to fool the Red Dragon was pure nonsense.

  Slaying a dragon secretly, maybe everyone dares to do it, killing a giant dragon openly, everyone will worry about being retaliated by the dragon clan.

  The tiger skin of the Terran Alliance, just show it and brag about it. The power of the giant dragon is not only reflected in the combat effectiveness of a single player, but the high mobility of others is the most powerful.

  Dozens of giant dragons form a group, catch a family force to output fiercely, and wait for the reinforcements from the Human Race Alliance to rush over to help collect the corpses.

  As long as it doesn't go too far and just retaliates against the forces involved, it will be difficult for the divided human race to muster up the courage to start a full-scale war with the dragon race.

  The ball was kicked to his side, and the smiling face of Grand Duke Efiero collapsed. I've heard of Hudson's difficulty for a long time, but I didn't expect that things are really tight.

   It seems that two choices are given, but in fact, two holes are dug in the front and back, and you have to jump into the hole when you advance or retreat.

  Internal processing, face is saved. But the Human Race Alliance will definitely not sell it. There is a high probability that the Alpha Kingdom will be forced to make major concessions before they will be let go.

   Directly handing over the evidence of reselling military supplies to the alliance investigation team is undoubtedly breaking the rules of the game.

   Not only was the face of the kingdom trampled on the ground, but it also aroused strong dissatisfaction among the nobles in the country.

   "May I ask Earl Hudson, how many military supplies have been resold by those guys in the Northland?"

   Archduke Afiero asked with concern.

   It is not terrible to have problems, but it is terrible to not solve the problems. If the hole left is small, everyone can work hard to fill it.

   "Dear Grand Duke, I am afraid that only they themselves know how many military supplies they have resold.

  But here I have a partial list of their reselling military supplies. These incomplete statistics alone, if calculated according to the current market price, the total value will not be less than 10 million gold coins. "

   Hudson deliberately changed the concept and said.

  As the banker of the black market, it is not 100% clear who resold the materials and how many materials were resold, but the statistics generally do not have too much error.

   Ten million gold coins sounds scary, that's because the current transaction price in the market was originally speculated by the investigation team.

   If you put it another way, the amount of profit from reselling military supplies, the figure has shrunk to between 1.5 million and 1.8 million gold coins.

   Split into five major families, each with more than 300,000 gold coins. In just a few months, so much money has been made, which is really too much.

   But the money was not swallowed by a certain duke alone. The younger brothers below are also sharing the benefits.

  The darkest noble in the north has only such a big appetite. Generally speaking, the nobles of the Alpha Kingdom still have some integrity.

   Everyone did extend their hands to the logistics supplies of the coalition forces, but at least the bottom line is still sticking to it.

  If this were not the case, everyone would not be able to make up for the gap in time after receiving the news of the investigation team's arrival.

The nobles of the North took the risk. On the one hand, they really didn’t have so many supplies on the front line, so they could fill the gap for everyone; on the other hand, their holes were too big. .

   Ignoring the details and being confused by the figure of 10 million gold coins, Grand Duke Afiero said slowly after contemplating for a while:

   "Earl Hudson, this is a big matter, and I can't make up my mind for a while. Why don't we hold a meeting of the logistics department first and let everyone discuss and decide?"

   It should have been reported to the king, but as a good courtier, Grand Duke Afiero was obviously unwilling to throw this hot potato to Caesar III.

   It is destined to offend the nobles of the Northland to death, and it is better for the coach Hudson to take the blame.

  Thinking of this, he suddenly found that it wasn't that bad that Hudson got the red dragon mount.

   If it weren't for this giant dragon, I guess the young commander in front of me would keep pretending to be confused, and it would be impossible to directly turn against the nobles of the Northland.

  However, I have to admit that the knife that Hudson is handing out now is accurate to the right time, place and people.

  If earlier, when everyone had a pile of holes, whoever came out to expose the reselling of military supplies would be our enemy.

  The current situation is obviously different. Except for the guys from the Northland, the other nobles in the kingdom have almost filled their pits.

  Now is the most unpleasant time for everyone to see the nobles of the Northland. Why do they have to cut meat to make up for the deficit, with the exception of the northern nobles?

   Playing a rogue is fine, at least you have to be smarter. Now that you have been caught, you have to take responsibility.

   In the final analysis, it was the northern nobles who caused this disaster. Even if Geoff disappeared, it wouldn't change the fact that he came from the Lochnard family.

  The most important thing is that in order to rob the nobles of the Northland, there are already many people offended in the kingdom, and a large group of nobles want to add insult to injury.

   But their most important enemy is King Caesar III.

   "Don't worry, Your Excellency, the logistics department has already made a conclusion on this matter. In the last logistics meeting, we set the tone: if it can be handled internally, we will handle it internally.

  The relevant evidence that the northern nobles resold military supplies, bought red dragons and set fire to empty warehouses were all in this box.

  In addition, some time ago, several dukes of the North had secretly contacted people from the Holy See. It is not known exactly what was discussed, but soon the assassination case broke out in the capital.

   Of course, this is just a guess. It can't be used as evidence, Grand Duke, don't take it to heart. "

   Hudson took eye medicine unceremoniously.

  Taking the evidence to the ethnic alliance investigation team is just talking. Even if the meeting of the logistics department can pass, he can't do that.

  Each circle has its own rules. Hudson is an aristocrat from the Alpha Kingdom, not a nobleman from the Human Race Alliance. When it comes to issues of principle, he must sit upright.

  In order to avoid being tricked by others, he did not hesitate to set the tone as early as possible to deal with it internally. Perhaps it was this tone that prompted the northern nobles to take such risks.

   After all, reselling military supplies is a thing of the past. Account books and warehouses were burned, and they had the final say on how much supplies were lost.

  As long as one of his own people does not come forward to report, it will be extremely difficult for the investigation team to find evidence.

   You must know that after the warehouse burning case broke out, they specially sent someone to notify Red Dragon to go overseas to avoid the limelight.

  However, Maxim is a cheating dragon. He promised to be good, but in fact he didn't take their warnings to heart.

   From the perspective of Red Dragon, even if he can't beat him, can he still not run?

  One careless move, the whole game is lost.

  Hudson, who didn't want to pay the bill himself, could only export to the nobles of the North. As for the problem of offending people, I can't care so much anymore.

   He is the commander in chief of a frontal armed conflict. If the nobles of the Northland dare to do something, it is a rebellion, and they will surely kill themselves.

  Send someone to carry out the assassination, he has the Earth Bear and the Giant Dragon as bodyguards, and it is estimated that no assassin organization will accept such a death order.

   "Okay, Earl of Hudson. I will truthfully report this matter to the king. If the alliance investigation team comes to inquire, please find a way to delay the time first!"

   Grand Duke Afiero said helplessly.

   Encountering a watertight opponent, the plan to let Hudson pull the hatred alone was shattered before it had time to start.

  After this incident, if it is said that this action against the nobles of the North was not a conspiracy between Hudson and the king, I am afraid no one will believe it.

  As soon as the war was over, they brought their troops back to the fief directly. Even if the northern nobles wanted to retaliate, they couldn't reach out so far.

   This account is likely to be charged to the king. After all, after recovering several provinces in northern Xinjiang, the royal leaders are about to encircle the fiefdoms of the five major families in the north.

   In terms of area, one family is better than five. Once developed, the power of the royal family will surely reach a new height.

   Originally, it could rely on the northward expansion to break this passive situation.

  But once the reselling of military supplies happened, the ready-made handle was sent to the king. If Caesar III didn’t ruthlessly cut them, they were all blessed by the Lord of Dawn, and he wanted to get a new fief. Go ahead and dream!

   It's useless to make trouble. Except for themselves, all the nobles in the kingdom hope that there will be one less cake. On this issue, everyone will stand with the king.

   If the five major families in the Northland who were reduced to sandwich biscuits were sitting still waiting to die, one can imagine how hard the future would be.

  If it wasn't really forced to, the northern nobles would not have played a disgraceful role in the previous assassination case.

   It is true that they are too jealous of Caesar III and want to change to a foolish king.

   "Don't worry, Grand Duke, I will try my best to delay the time. But after all, the investigation team represents the Human Race Alliance. They want to intervene in the investigation, and I can't bear the pressure.

  Over there in the capital, you better remind me. Otherwise, if the investigation team finds out something, it will be a big trouble! "

  Hudson said it was troublesome, but deep down he had a completely different idea. Trouble is a good thing, no trouble is a big problem.

  I have harvested a giant dragon. If there is no big news to divert attention and cause hatred, how can I calm down everyone's jealousy?

  I can't take the initiative to report to the alliance investigation team, but it doesn't mean that I can't secretly guide the investigation team to investigate the case.

  Bulk material transactions, no matter how cleanly they are done, will inevitably leave loopholes.

  There are so many people involved in the transaction, the personnel in charge of escorting the supplies, and the witnesses along the way, who can guarantee that no one will say anything.

  If the material gap can be filled in time, the remarks of these people are just talking nonsense and not credible.

   Can't close the gap, these people are the breakthrough in the case of reselling military supplies. Once the hole is opened, it will be easy to check the following things.

  Empty warehouses that were destroyed, account books without protection and backup, all of these are loopholes.

   As long as you go deep into the barracks of the nobles in the North to investigate, you don't have to worry about finding evidence. Even if the investigation team is not strong enough, they will still receive video data before and after the warehouse was burned.

   As soon as the contract with the Red Dragon was signed, Hudson threw out some evidence about the reselling of military supplies by the northern nobles.

   There are many nobles, and there are everyone.

  Occasionally, a certain noble officer likes to write a diary to record important events that happen every day; it is also very reasonable for a certain nobleman to like to use a photo stone to record the major events around him.

  Some things, or not to do; once done, it must be done.

  The northern nobles are deeply entrenched, and have the power to overturn the table in the kingdom. The strength within the kingdom alone may not be able to do anything to them.

  If you really want to hurt them, you have to use external force. If the Terran Alliance wants to kick the Alpha Kingdom out of the dining table, it must do a solid military reselling case.

  The Human Race Alliance came forward and insisted on swearing at it, and there was no way to explain how many nobles in the Northland would die.

   For this reason, Hudson did not hesitate to take the title of Marshal of the Kingdom that he has not yet obtained.

  (end of this chapter)