Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 361: The Palace of One Ring after Another
Arsalan looked up and recalled: “The Reed family, apart from the forest farm and pasture in the suburbs, didn’t even have a proper store.

Although these small families who like to squeeze into the palace do not have high status, they actually have their own paths.

Princesses with strong opinions usually choose small families that can bring them certain benefits.

Reed family, why?

In fact, the princesses used the titles in the palace to bring glory to the daughters of these small families, and to create opportunities for these families who ran various shops and owned some small caravans to connect with the palace.

Similarly, as long as these families have any brains, they will definitely provide the princesses with corresponding benefits and conveniences.

Many princesses even relied on this kind of connection to control their living expenses so as not to be cheated by their subordinates.

Those who don't care about these things will never be able to struggle away from their mother tribe from the beginning.

Although His Majesty Travis will give his children enough protection, he will not care too much if they insist on indulging in the illusions given by their mother clan.

After all, there's nothing wrong with living a life of lies.

Anyway, those families would never dare to go too far with Her Royal Highness the Princess.

People who are kept in the dark their entire lives are actually the happiest.

It just makes others feel upset.

Travis thought for a while before speaking: "More...ha..."

He shook his head and turned to look outside: "Arsalan, you have been observing them. Does anyone still have the energy to spare?"

"Marcus Garrett." Arsalan thought for a moment before speaking. "Although he tried his best to conceal it, I could see that he had almost finished the work on his hands and was just waiting to make a splash in a few days."

"Didn't anyone else notice?" Travis couldn't help but laugh.

"Graham Ellis has all the attention," Arsalan replied calmly.

Travis shook his head slightly: "It seems that the result is almost determined. Now all that is missing is for the others to accept the defeat."

Graham Ellis attracted so much attention because he was the youngest son of the Earl of West March.

Although Arsalan kept saying that these officers were children, they were actually in their thirties.

People of their age have the worst luck.

The last national war in the North ended just before they reached adulthood.

That could be considered a war that determined the country, and from then on, only the North could find fault with other countries.

Even if the White Dragon King abdicates, the Northern Kingdom, which has accumulated strength over the years, can at least have a peace period of 500 years.

After all, King White Dragon must have done enough and left on his own, and even if the succeeding kings were not smart enough, they knew that they had to behave themselves to save their lives.

In the past, ambitious children without inheritance rights, or even those who received little support from their families, could still fight hard on the battlefield to create a future.

But, if there is no war, what should people with great talents, abilities and ambitions do?

Ordinary people, or children from minor noble families, could still slowly climb up the ranks in the King's Army, and they might even be quite happy with such a life that did not require them to risk their lives.

But for the earl's youngest son, like Graham Ellis, it was a torment.

He was not afraid of fighting to the death. After all, unless he encountered a disastrous defeat in the war, people like him who were fully armed and carried more than a dozen life-saving items would generally not die.

To put it bluntly, the reason why the Ellis family has never given birth to only one or two children like other families is because they are a pure military family.

The eldest son guards the home, the second son protects the family, and the others all join the army and fight on their own.

If there is no war in the West, then go to the East. If there is no war in the East, then the North will also be fine.

Therefore, although the Ellis family has never been prominent, they have always held a high position in the military.

Of course, they are not stupid. After they arrive at other border troops, they basically won’t bring up their family matters, and they never use their power to bully others.

The most important thing is that after they climb to high positions in the border army, they will readily retreat to the inland to become proper territorial nobles, and will not put the Ellis family in danger of controlling the two major borders.

But precisely because of their behavior, the King of the North has never been on guard against the Ellis family over the years.

But when it came to Graham Ellis' turn, there was suddenly no way forward.

It is possible that other members of the Ellis family may change their minds, but since they cannot change the family tradition, at least when educating their children, they will not act like a heroic family in the past.

But there is really no way to deal with Graham and his group. They set their goals when they were young, but collapsed when they grew up.

Fortunately, Travis discovered in time that his border general family was in trouble... Graham's eldest brother, like Earl Montes, was the heir to the border earl and fought beside the king for many years.

Then the solution was given directly.

Let their family members join the guards.

It just so happened that the guards who had followed Travis in his battles and experienced countless bloody battles were arranged by him to serve as small lords in various key places.

The new guards are a mixed bunch, so it would be great if someone from the Ellis family could join them and serve as the main force.

The Ellis family has also opened up a new track.

If you start with a royal title, then as long as you are strong enough, you will be able to obtain a territory one day.

Although it was certainly smaller and slower than the benefits gained from war, it was still there. The reason why Graham was dug out from the Guards by Dorisk to become an officer was because he was outstanding and sober enough.

Moreover, his intelligence is obviously very high.

This child was obviously being trained to become the leader of an independent knighthood with real power, and he didn't have any particularly pitiful attributes.

In today's complicated situation, it is no longer suitable for one person to fully control the affairs around Travis.

Even Dolisk had to choose to support itself independently because of the impact of the war.

Although he is not young, considering his professional level, he has obviously entered the decline period much earlier.

I guess it’s because of the huge consumption in those years.

Moreover, it was impossible for anyone else to be trusted and relied upon by Travis as much as Dolisk.

So, Dolisk divided those affairs into two parts.

The reason why Graham was chosen is that he has absolute advantages in military matters and basically will not make decisions that are too absurd.

But precisely because Graham could only be responsible for military affairs, he was the only one among the four officers to make up the numbers from the very beginning.

But Graham has never given up. Even though he knew it was impossible for him to become the chief... the chief official must be in charge of the palace affairs, he still resolutely completed his task.

If those who want to become chief affairs officers cannot even see this clearly and only think that Graham's family power may provide him with great help, they will naturally fail.

Most importantly, it’s clear that Marcus Garrett never considered the other contenders.

This is not to say that he didn't guard against others. Seeing how secretively he did it, you could tell that this guy was quite scheming.

But he did not consider the progress of others and never thought of having a negative impact on other people's work... This is really important.

To follow Travis, you need enough determination.

Arsalan glanced at Travis and said, "Then I will leave this matter to that Marcus Garrett?"

"Count Graham in too. He should be pretty calm over there, right?" Travis gestured.

"Your Majesty, are you planning to use Graham as bait?" Arsalan frowned slightly. "Right now, the Western Territory is stable enough."

Because the southern border is connected to the inland, it is the border with the most frequent commercial exchanges.

As long as there is business, there can be no peace.

Either someone really wants to make some money from the beheading, or there is some secret conspiracy.

The voiceless voice of the border earl in the south is completely different from Ellis.

Ellis chose to be quiet.

That person, on the other hand, had no choice.

After all, the composition of the border guards in the south is the most complex.

Every family trying to make a fortune in international trade will have some people there.

The Southern Border Army is the richest, but... they are also the only ones that don't need much support from the border earls.

But the troops in the southern border must not be moved.

No one can be sure whether those endless bandits outside will suddenly turn into an invading army.

So, in this situation, if anything happened to Graham because of His Majesty the King's sudden whim, then there would be no peace at all.

"You don't understand." Travis glanced at Arsalan, "You mages always think about finding a way to the future in stability.

But the Cavaliers...how can there be a future without taking risks?

Graham himself would be willing.

And once he hears you assign him to work with Marcus on this, he'll get it right away."

Although Arsalan didn't quite believe it, he still went to arrange it.

Travis, who stayed in the hall, opened the map of the royal capital with a serious face and looked around coldly.

Finally, he pointed his finger at a forest farm belonging to Reed's family.

The location of this forest farm is very strategic. It is very close to one of his family's ranches, but it is separated by farms of other families.

He slid his fingers slightly outwards...that was the Cook house.

The reason why the relationship between the Reed family and the Cook family is not good is that they have been trying to buy the Cook family's farm but have been rejected.

After all, this was actually Mrs. Cook's dowry.

Travis pointed at the Cook family's farm, suddenly stood up, and took out another thick book.

He quickly opened it and finally found the origin of the old lady in the Cook family who had a large dowry: Hisar.

(End of this chapter)