Warlock Royal Family

Chapter 190 Six Constraints

Prime Minister Sazastan, who got his real name, immediately made a gesture to stop all the attacks of the red-robed mages.

However, Frenzberg and Earl Slam still gave Ye Ying a few ruthless blows, and they stopped the attack with the confirmation of Ladislaus.

Finally, you're done.

The team stayed at the outpost for another day before leaving, allowing Prime Minister Sazastan time to transcribe the magic circle that controls the winter ghosts.

By the time they started their return journey, "the mission of prolonging the life of Prime Minister Sarzastan" had been accomplished.

The fighting posture is very huge and Yeying turned into a small black ball, which was pinched in the hands of Prime Minister Sazastan.

While it's sure to be a bit of a struggle to find a way to maintain it in the long run, the information it provides alone is useful.

It turns out that the real reward of this mission is the magic circle that Oswald called "Demi-Lich".

Even the magic that the winter ghosts could destroy could not destroy the magic circle, although only a quarter of the effective area was still working.

Although Ladislas couldn't understand the magic circle at all, he could see that Prime Minister Sazastan became a level [-] spellcaster just in the process of copying it, although he was not sure how many years of life he got , it must be no problem for the time being.

After in-depth study of this magic circle, Prime Minister Sarzastan is optimistic that he can go to the next level.

He explained to Ladislaus with great interest why these two powerful monsters were together.

"Hasdruba Bacca, this is really a bit miserable for the brothers of the Carthage Empire. This lich named Fabian is really vicious. According to Ye Ying, the demigod lich is not immortal." I know if it still exists." Ladislaus has also read the history of the Bakka brothers in the history books, and he is a little bit sad about their ending.

"The combination of the Lich and the Magic Web is too deep. When the Goddess of Magic was killed by Anri, they should have been destroyed together." Prime Minister Sazastan was also convinced of the existence of the Lich for the first time. "The goddess of magic does not exist, so the immortal spellcaster should also not exist."

"Isn't the legend that the magic net is the evidence of the existence of the goddess of magic?" Ladislaus said a little suspiciously.

"Who knows? Didn't Anri say that the magic net was created by him just like this world?" Ye Fa'an relied on his outstanding performance this time, and now he has become a popular person in front of Ladislaus and Prime Minister Sazastan.

She also believes in the Lord of Flames. Although she dare not call Cyric by his name directly, it's okay to make a vicious joke.

Now, like Ladislaus, she doesn't need to bear luggage, and the supplies for the return journey are relatively small, so Ladislaus will not engage in people-friendly things.

However, Ladislaus did not fulfill her kindness to help her warm the tent.

He cannot intervene in the distribution of power within the Red Robe Mage Association prematurely.

After getting the help of Ladislaus to prolong his life, Sarzastan formally expressed to Ladislaus his willingness to resign from the Prime Minister of Spain and become Ladislaus' assistant.

He even accepted the post of Auditor-General of Austria, which was much lower than the previous prime minister's position. This post nominally ranked last in the Austrian State Council. Of course, the value of his vote and that of the No. above is quite.

Sarzastan possessed talents and loyalty that his colleagues did not have, which Ladislaus can clearly see through the soul interface: "As a high-ranking politician, Sarzastan will provide all taxes in Austria to 6 efficiency bonus, and reduce the chance of chaos in the State Council."

Several other members of the State Council should also have similar activation tasks, although the effect may not be as good as that of Sazastan.

For Ladislaus, any move that might worsen relations with Sarzastan is deliberate.

Although Prime Minister Sazastan has now become his core assistant and is loyal and reliable, good looks also need a sphere of influence, and this sphere of influence is the Red Robe Mage Association.

Even if Ladislaus supported his struggle with another red-robed "state" Misrella, Sazastan might not be happy.

Moreover, going deep into the internal struggle of the Red Robe Mage Association will inevitably consume huge wealth to open the way, and Ladislaus also needs huge wealth if he wants to build Austria into the basis for his authority.

Ladislaus still prefers to put money into the task system to prompt him in the direction: "Build Vienna into a trade center in Central Europe."

This task is what Ladislaus most wants to do. The trade center can bring huge flow of people and logistics.

It can allow Vienna to receive a large amount of commercial tax every year, and can reduce the income brought to Venice and Poland by the two existing trade centers of Venice and Danzig.

But it would cost exactly three million thalers, equivalent to three years of Austria's net income.

Even with the huge compensation from Venice and the secret income of Marshal Doria, Ladislaus could not raise such a large sum of money.

So when he returned to Schwyz, he was quite disappointed when he learned that Kessell-Weiting only got a ransom of [-] taler despite all his efforts.

Although all the people in Schwyz Castle were dedicated to the Grand Wish Knight with the "Invitation to a Feast", there were still many prisoners of war in the other small fortresses.

However, although the ransom is less, this time it can still be said to be a complete victory. Switzerland ceded the east of Schwyz to Austria. This once the strongest and aggressive group lost the courage to fight after repeated defeats.

Representatives of the eastern Swiss states followed Ladislaus back to Vienna, where they formally surrendered to him.

The whole of Vienna was greatly encouraged by this victory. Although eastern Switzerland was actually worth much less than the identity obtained from the Republic of Venice, Switzerland had special significance for Austria.

Many old nobles who have experienced the pain of the old emperor Maximilian being forced to recognize the du li of Switzerland in 1499, they still remember the humiliation of the dignified emperor bowing his head to the mountain people, and now they are sincerely grateful to the young The Sovereign knocked the Swiss traitor to the ground.

Some old Austrian nobles chanted very discordant slogans when the Swiss surrendered to Ladislaus: "Hit to Geneva, grab money, food, and women."

For the emotional old lord, Ladislaus of course gave an encouraging smile.

However, in the next few days, Ladislaus will be busy repeatedly declaring to various ambassadors that Austria’s withdrawal of Schwyz is purely to establish a direct connection from Vienna to Milan, and it is absolutely absolute for the rest of Switzerland. No territorial ambitions.

You must know that even the Spanish ambassador brought His Majesty Ferdinand's concern. Ladislaus first intervened in the succession of several archdiocese, and then seized the provinces of Friuli and Schwyz. Is the agent of the East going to consolidate the achievements that have been made a little bit.

Ladislaus understood that this was an adverse effect after his continuous expansion.

The data of "Notoriety" also clearly pointed out that Austria's neighboring countries are vigilant against Ladislaus to collect dividends from the Battle of Bikka and the Duke of Bourbon's rebellion.

As the column "Under the Lord System - Notoriety" shows, Austria now has ten... notoriety, and the upper limit is twenty. It is extremely dangerous to exceed this upper limit.

And this value will only naturally drop a little every year. Generally speaking, it is four points to seize a province, such as annexing Schwyz, and it may be as low as one point when there is a good excuse, such as annexing Salzburg.

While the destruction of a small parliament has far more diplomatic impact than seizing a province of a large country, the annexation of the rest of Switzerland will bring ten notoriety points.

This system actually implies the state of balance of power in Europa. Once a too strong power appears and does not restrain its desire to expand, then an alliance that spontaneously opposes this ruler will appear.

Unless you have the courage and strength to fight against the whole world like Genghis Khan, the greatest khan of the half-orcs, it is better not to compare prices with the whole world.

For the time being, Ladislaus has no intention of further expanding the territory. The acquired territories have already given many Austrian underqualified nobles access to public office.

None of Ladislaus's own cronies occupy key positions.

It is necessary to carry out a minimum of removing the chaff and saving the chaff, and to clean up the garbage that does not know the bottom line so that the newly acquired territory can be used by Austria.

The war dividends brought to all Austrians also gave Ladislaus the assurance that he can temporarily express his will unhindered in the State Council on September [-].

Of course, Ladislaus also has the right to relax a little bit. The Marquise Facchetti returned to Vienna, and she brought the new pope's thanks.

Under the instructions of Cardinal Ladislaus, the most devout believer in Dark Ri, several cardinals in Austria and Spain voted for His Royal Highness the Medici.

Coupled with the surviving local Italian cardinals controlled by the Medici, he defeated England's main rival, the Wolsey Cardinal, quite easily.

He chose Clement as the holy name, and as the seventh elected Pope to choose this name, he will be Clement VII from now on.

The first thing Clement VII did after taking office was to vigorously promote several pious candidates recommended by Ladislaus to enter the College of Cardinals to fill the vacancies.

As we all know, several local Italian cardinals died in the terrorist attack launched by the Xingyue Demon, and died in the Sistine Chapel together with His Majesty Pope Adrian VI.

Italian aristocratic families did not make up the majority of the appointments as they had in the past, and several surnames that had existed in the College of Cardinals for centuries disappeared.

Although Archbishop Hohenzollern of Mainz and Archbishop Lange of Salzburg have lost a lot of power, the Holy See also has many opportunities for development.

Several archbishops who were squeezed out by Ladislaus accepted the arrangement honestly, and the position of the cardinal was a kind of promotion for them anyway.

This time, it was possible to continue to expand the territory so smoothly, and the position of the cardinal archbishop played a big role.

Of course, they were full of eunuchs, and although Ladislaus was reluctant, he allowed them to take them away.

The boss of Silica suggested that the two new cardinals should see the bandits in Italy. After considering the gains and losses, Ladislaus disagreed with this kind of behavior that would greatly damage his reputation.

Of course, Ladislaus' reputation is not priceless, as long as there is a reasonable ratio, he can still accept a little loss.

For example, the land that Salzburg originally belonged to the archbishop, Ladislaus let Machiavelli sell it unceremoniously. Ladislaus only needs the national tax in this area, and the tax collection efficiency of entrusting an agent is too high. Low, and Ladislaus is in dire need of money.

Losing 105 points of prestige in exchange for [-] thalers in the private treasury is still very worthwhile.

The Austrian treasury now has a reserve of about 50 thalers, and Ladislaus's private treasury has nearly 35 thalers. Jewelry, compared to doting on her lover, is more of a reward for her running back and forth in recent days.

Although there is still a lot of debt, at least the liquidity is sufficient, so Ladislaus was in a good mood when he entered the bedroom with the Marquise Facchetti in his arms, and the lady who had worked so hard to get revenge was naturally in a better mood. (To be continued.