Lord Harland.

Chapter 226
Boye Cisse lost his prestige and couldn't suppress the contradictions accumulated below.

Now that Dawei has become the first bird, many people have spoken out one after another, showing righteous indignation.

The Xisai family has been enshrined for many years, and the family members have long since lost much kinship, and they mainly rely on interests to unite.

In recent years, problems have arisen in the development of the Cisse family, and their interests have been seriously damaged.With the reduction of income and the reduction of status, many people have accumulated countless resentments.In the past, I didn't dare to make it clear, but it was because of Boyi's powerful skills. After all, when they were competing for the title, Boyi executed many people.

Now Dawei took the lead, and many people immediately began to speak, wanting to hold Boye accountable.

In fact, before today's meeting, there was an undercurrent within the Cisse family.

Dawei has already secretly joined forces and contacted many alliances.

"Dawei is right. You have made the Cisse family like this. Do you still want to continue to dominate and order us? Before today's meeting, we have discussed it. The patriarch of the Cisse family, the title of baron, It should be replaced today.

If you are sensible and take the initiative to step down, you are still a member of the Xisai family. If you are not sensible, we have no choice but to let you be stabbed three times in the body and commit suicide. "

Standing up to speak was a burly man named Rosen, who was a member of the remote branch of the Xisai family.Although he doesn't have the blood of an awakened knight, he is a sixth-rank warrior and an important figure in the Cisse family.

There are only four middle-level and above professionals in the Xisai family.Two of them stood up to oppose Boyi, and they didn't even bother to give up, and directly pointed out the meaning of the political change.

In fact, there is a reason why Rosen said this.The previous Viscount Cisse was Boye's uncle. After his uncle died in battle, Boye became the patriarch of the Cisse family through this coup and inherited the title of Viscount.

At that time, a clansman who was ahead of Boye in the line of succession was stabbed three times in the back. In the end, Boye's investigation concluded that he committed suicide.

This incident was very famous back then, and even spread to the noble meeting.

Boye publicly turned black and white back then, in order to force family members to recognize the reality.Now that this matter was directly pointed out by Rosen, Boyi's face turned pale instantly.

"Boy, the status quo is already like this, you should accept your fate."

Seeing that Boyle was silent, an old man let out a long sigh. This old man was the cousin of Baron Sissy, his name was Ince, and he was an old and frail fifth-rank knight.

Back then, it was thanks to Ince's strong support that Boyle forced several cousins ​​to promise to give up the title inheritance. In the process, there was a serious bloody conflict, killing several successors ahead of Boyle. heirs.

It was relying on strong strength and the support of most members of the Cisse family that Boye succeeded in counterattacking, and as the No. 16 successor, he inherited the powerful Viscount Cisse.

Back then, Boye relied on his strength and used a method similar to a coup d'etat to obtain the right to inherit the title.

Now the opponent uses almost the same method to force Boye, asking him to give up his title and take responsibility.

The situation has developed to this point, although it is beyond Boye's expectations, but facing Dawei's forced palace.Boye knew in his heart that he had to make a decision.

At such critical times, hesitation can only lead to self-destruction.

Now there are only two ways. The first is to launch a family civil war. After victory, purge Dawei and others to suppress the dissatisfaction of the members of the Cisse family.Even though this would greatly consume the strength of the Cisse family, Boye still wanted to choose this method.

After all, Boye's interests are different from those of the Cisse family at this time.Boye used a coup to change the order of succession. Naturally, he was not a selfless person who was dedicated to the development of the Cisse family.

Boye's nature is very selfish, as long as his own interests are not damaged, Boye doesn't care about the rest of the Cisse family.

It's just that in the past, his interests were basically the same as those of the Sissy family, and the members of the Sissy family were also the basic base for Boye to maintain his rule.With the development of the Cisse family, the power in Boye's hands will increase.But once the family civil war fails, Boyi's family will be liquidated by the enemy, and it will be difficult for men, women and children to save their lives.

The second is to give up power happily. According to the unspoken rules of title competition among nobles, although doing so will damage Boyle's interests, it can basically save the lives of the whole family.

As long as there was even a slight chance of winning, Boye wanted to choose the first one.

But looking at the members of the Cisse family united beside Dawei, and the eager eyes in the eyes of these Cisse family members, Boye knew in his heart that it was imperative to give up his rights.

Boye saw resentment in the eyes of most Cisse family members.

Now if he doesn't hand over power, there is a high probability that his whole family will be killed and charged with committing suicide in fear of crime.

Since there was no chance of winning, Boye could only bow his head and admit defeat.But an old fox like him still wanted to please others when he left the stage.

"Since everyone's opinions are similar, I am now writing a letter to the noble council in the name of illness, and my children will sign a letter of commitment to give up their titles. They are all good children, and they are also members of the Cisse family. I hope Please don't hate them.

I voluntarily renounced the title of Baron of Cisse, and proposed that David be the first heir to the Barony of Cisse, and succeed me as the patriarch of the Cisse family.

Yes, I have done very poorly in the past two years, and I am a little dizzy, but my heart is good, and I hope to fight for the interests of the Cisse family.I hope David can learn my lesson and not let greed eat our hearts. "

Dawei and the others were also very happy to see that Boye chose to leave the field and admit defeat, and handed over the power happily.When they collude in private, they don't want to get bloody.

Besides, Boyi is also a sixth-rank knight, which can be regarded as an important combat power of the Cisse family.

Now, Boye is causing a lot of anger in the Cisse family, and he has no supporters at all. He poses little threat to Dawei, and Dawei doesn't want Boyi to be lost in the family's internal strife.

After Boyi was kicked out, Dawei unceremoniously sat in the position of patriarch.

He looked around, looked at the facial expressions of the members of the Cisse family, and said decisively: "It is imperative to take out resources and negotiate peace with the Harland family. Even if we take out a huge amount of gold coins to expand the army, It is impossible to build a good fighting army in a short period of time.

The strength of the Harland family is already second only to the great nobles. Even if we want to give gifts, the great nobles in the capital will weigh the pros and cons, and may not be willing to pay a price to protect us.

Rather than giving gifts to the greedy nobles of the royal capital, it is better to directly pay compensation to Viscount Richard, so as to fundamentally resolve this contradiction. "

Hearing Dawei's decision, Ince nodded his head and said, "Viscount Richard proposed a compensation of 50 gold coins and supplies. If we can bargain, the supplies of 30 gold coins may satisfy Viscount Richard's appetite. Now our Half of the territory has been taken away, and the cultivated fields in the territory can no longer support 9 serfs.

In fact, after a while, we will need to sell our population in exchange for funds, and many people are eyeing our piece of fat.Compensating the excess population to Viscount Richard, plus some food, should satisfy Viscount Richard. "

"Uncle Ince, this matter is very urgent. Go to Harland immediately and talk to Viscount Richard. Our bottom line is [-] serfs, plus [-] tons of grain. The family signs a long-term peace contract, and this contract must be signed by Viscount Richard and Baron Sophia."

After getting the negotiation conditions, Ince came to Harland Territory. After being left alone for a few days, he finally met Li Cha.

Ince is already in his 70s, and the city is already very deep.Even though he was left out for a few days, he was still humble and polite after seeing Li Cha, as if he was an ordinary and kind old man.

But such people often have many vice faces.Bravery, cruelty, arrogance, cunning, and humility are all different faces of nobles. When they meet different people, they will show a suitable face.

The nobles who can survive in the northern border must have something special.

The better Ince behaved, the more Richard became more wary of him.

"Viscount Richard, our Cisse family has completely surrendered. We hope that the Harland family can let us go and spare our lives. We are willing to compensate the Harland family for their losses. But 50 gold coins is too much. I hope that Viscount Richard can reduce it a little bit, you are a generous person, please pity us!"

Although Ince's posture was very low, an old man over 80 years old begged Li Cha humbly, which made people feel sympathetic.

But after hearing Ince's words, Li Cha didn't directly express his attitude. His soul is not a young man in his twenties.

Li Cha's mental age is more than 50 years old based on the experience of the previous two lives.Ince had such a face in front of him, but in the eyes of the serfs of the Xisai family, he might have another face.

In Richard's heart, the interests of the Harland family must be guaranteed.

Seeing that Ince no longer begged, Li Cha said decisively: "The Sisai family can use materials to make up for it. Anyway, your family's farmland is no longer enough to support [-] serfs. The population of the Harland family is far away. Not enough. I will forgive you if the Xisai family draws over [-] serfs."

"If all 5 serfs are given to Viscount Richard, our Cisse family will lose its noble status. Can half of the serfs, with a population of [-]? We are willing to promise that we will not send spies into Harland's territory. On this condition, It can be written in the contract."

After hearing Ince's words, Li Cha immediately fell into a balance.

The reason why he showed his reluctance was because he wanted to overthrow the Cisse family and incorporate the population of the Cisse family into Harland's territory.

If it is possible to swallow this piece of fat without going through the war, it is of course a good thing for Harland's territory.

If they were forced too hard, the Cisse family would try their best to raise gold coins, and then use the gold coins to buy various war resources. If the war dragged on for a long time, it would not be a good thing for the Harland family.

The benefits of driving the Cisse family to the brink may not necessarily fall on Harland's territory.

After weighing the pros and cons, Richard decided to agree to the request of the Cisse family.

Because he was not good at bargaining, Richard handed over the bargaining to Hayden.

Hayden talked with Ince for five or six days, but he couldn't figure out the bottom line of the Cisse family.

Compared to the experienced Ince, Hayden was still young after all, and instead exposed the bottom line of the Harland family to the Cisse family.

After ten days of negotiations, the Harland family obtained 6000 people and [-] tons of food from the Cisse family.

After the contract was reached, Richard and Sophia signed their names on the contract one after another.As long as the two of them are alive, the Harland family will basically not mobilize troops against the Cisse family.

After the signing of this unequal contract, Richard spread it around through the business channels of the Harland family, hoping to use this method to spread the prestige of the Harland family.

For an aristocrat, as long as he has a bad reputation, he can avoid a lot of trouble and avoid some competition.

Whether it is a good reputation or a bad reputation, it has an effect on nobles.

Fifty-six thousand people moved from the territory of the Cisse family. In December this year, after completing the census of the territory, Richard found that there were already more than 6000 people in the territory of Harland.

Because the newly moved 6000 people, the Cisse family's compensation for food is not enough, so Richard can only transport the food stored in the Heihebao freight station back to Harland's territory.

Most of this group of people were placed in the new territory by Richard.

Especially the vicinity of Gravessen Castle will be the focus of operations next year.

There is a large area of ​​flat land near Gravessen Castle, and the agricultural conditions exceed the swamp basin. If the development here is completed, it will be a territory no less than Black River Castle, enough to feed several 10 people.

In addition, Richard is also planning to arrange a part of the population in the swamp basin.

It is very difficult to develop a swamp. It is necessary to drain the water first, then fill the low-lying areas, and then build a large number of ditches and reservoirs to dredge the waters.

The temperature in the northern area is lower, the number of mosquitoes is relatively small, and there are not many diseases. The development of swampy areas does not require a large number of dead people.

In areas where the temperature is hot and humid and epidemics are prevalent, when swamps and jungles are developed, people will die on a large scale every time they advance.

In the history that Li Cha knew, the Japanese during World War II developed tropical islands in Southeast Asia, and the annual death rate was as high as 20.00%.

The Dutch and other European colonists developed the Southeast Asian colonies, and the annual mortality rate exceeded 30.00%. After continuous development for 200 years, the mortality rate was only reduced with quinine.

Zheng Chenggong developed the island of Taiwan, and the death rate was also very touching. Even this illustrious military hero died of the notorious Taiwanese malaria.

Fortunately, the territory of Harland is located in northern Xinjiang, the temperature is relatively low, and the climate is similar to the three eastern provinces, and there is no prevalence of falciparum malaria.

The temperature is not high in spring and autumn, and there are few mosquito activities.In summer, Richard will also arrange suitable jobs according to the weather.Reducing mosquito bites should not kill people on a large scale.

After signing a contract with the Xisai family and handing over the population, the time has entered October.

(End of this chapter)