My name is Ren

Chapter 116 Chapter [-] The author has been thinking about it for a long time, but he has not decided what title this chapter should use

Ren led his black-armored soldiers to sweep through some small villages around Baratan, making Baratan's self-rescue feel a little bit of danger.There is always a day when things like fanaticism cool down. When the top management of the Self-Help Society calms down, everyone starts to feel scared.

During the frenzy, they once thought that self-help would be enough to resist the entire empire with a single city, and those high-ranking nobles had nothing to do with them.But after calming down and returning to reality rationally, this morbid arrogance finally fell heavily to the ground.

Trying to resist the entire empire?

There are more than 2000 nobles registered in the Orlando Empire. Each of these noble families has an army of 3000 people, and they have more than 600 million soldiers.In addition to the Orlando royal family's efforts to suppress the local army and the army stationed on the border of the full moon, why would the entire empire's army of more than 800 million lose to a small Balatan and a small number of self-help societies?Now the nobles are unwilling to take the initiative to kill Baratan. In the final analysis, it is still profit.

Someone wanted to watch Baratan tear apart the Orlando royal family for his own gain.There are also some people who turn a blind eye to avoid possible loss of interests in this turmoil.To the nobility, to the ruling class, Baratan's rebellion was like a small pimple on the human body.No matter how red or how big the pimple is, it does not have destructive power to the human body itself.

When the ruling class is willing to bear a little bit of pain to pop the acne, it is the time when self-help will be destroyed.

The senior management of the Self-Help Association, this group has become new vested interests, and has already begun to plan to find a way out for themselves.They stood at a brand new angle, they were no longer just mud dogs, but a group of new vested interests.Wanting to stabilize their status and the wealth they have acquired is what they need to do most now.

The Heijia soldiers had just cleared a stronghold of more than 800 people when the messenger from the Self-Rescue Society arrived.The reason why Rennes was chosen as the target of the transaction was also a decision made by the senior management of the Self-Help Association after careful consideration.Compared with other nobles, this army, which is obviously backed by the gold nobles, is more likely to satisfy their wishes.Rennes has the thickest thighs in the entire Balatan region, and is also the only top nobleman, top rich family.

It's okay to choose to trade with such nobles, even if you suffer a little loss.

So people are full of complex and contradictory conflicts. Not long ago, these people rioted just to get more rest time and wages, and fought for the working class. When they gained status and power, they quickly Breaking away from the soil that raised them, turning the survival of the working class into a bargaining chip for their own retreat.

The letter brought by the messenger finally fell into Ren's hands. Ren opened the letter and read both sides line by line, and fell into deep thought.The messenger rubbed his hands anxiously. He wanted to urge Renn to make a decision as soon as possible, but facing this great nobleman who was very likely to bring a turnaround to the senior management of the Self-Help Society, the words in the messenger's throat could only be swallowed again.

The letter described in detail the repentance of these self-rescue leaders, and they repeatedly stated that everything had nothing to do with them, and it was all the spontaneous actions of the workers.They prevented workers from rioting and destroying, but with little success.They repented, were willing to atone for their sins, and handed over the defense map inside Baratan to Rennes, and in the future trial, they took the initiative to stand up and identify the crimes committed by others.And what they need is a promise.

They should not be held accountable for the joint and several responsibilities they may have borne in this riot, and their crimes committed in the past should be pardoned to ensure that their legitimate interests are not infringed.

It's a simple request, isn't it? At most, it's a matter of a nobleman like Rennes.

But Ren didn't make a decision right away, he was still thinking.

Every thing, every action, every goal, behind these things, is driven by interests.People live in a big net formed by the collusion of interests and cannot struggle.Even the most common daily behaviors are driven by interests.Why eat?Because the body needs it, this is an external manifestation of the body's pursuit of interests.Why do you need to excrete?Because the internal organs need to detoxify, this is the performance of the benefits generated by the internal organs for their own healthy operation.

So why did Ryan agree to these people's demands?What interests drive him?

money?

He is really short of this thing at the moment, but he doesn't really care about it.Catching a traverser will bring him a lot of profits in the near future, and as the ice and snow melt in the Weimar Corridor after the beginning of spring, the sharp increase in trade will also bring him a lot of business taxes, so he has no shortage of money.

status?

If he can suppress the riots in the entire Baratan by himself, it will indeed bring a lot of positive comments to Rennes, but he is already a gold nobleman. No matter what his current title is, he is the top of the imperial ruling class that small batch.Even if he did, people would just say he did a good job, without doing him any real good.

So what else?
Ren's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth raised—pop!
He put down the letter and looked at the courier. The courier did not dare to meet his gaze, and bowed very low.Being able to be arranged to meet Rennes, the messenger is naturally a smart person, he knows when to show what kind of gesture.

"In principle, I agree to your request." The messenger was overjoyed and raised his head suddenly, the corners of his mouth were almost hanging on his ears. In his expectant eyes, Ren said slowly: "But I also have a request .”

The messenger was taken aback for a moment, and immediately suppressed his exaggerated smile, his brain was running at high speed, and he bowed cautiously, "Please speak frankly, Your Excellency the Baron."

Ryan said: "I know that there are many skilled workers in Balatan. I don't want those thorns. I want those who are honest and can endure oppression and exploitation. I believe that no one knows who these workers are better than you. Jumping up and down, whoever keeps himself safe."

The messenger pondered for a moment, then said word by word: "Then how many workers do you need?"

Ren spread out his hands, "All those who meet my conditions."

"Then their treatment..."

"slave!"

The courier who used to be a worker, including now, immediately refused, "This is impossible, Your Excellency Baron, the workers will not become anyone's slaves!"

"Why?" Ren was not in a hurry, and raised his legs.

"Your riots have shaken the rule. According to the law of the empire, you, and those behind you, should be hanged and left dead for several months. You should figure out the current situation, Mr. Messenger. I am not asking for Your consent, this is a prerequisite. If you can agree, then the transaction will continue, and I will guarantee the survival of you scum who stole the fruits of the riot victory. If you do not agree, for me personally, there will be no Any loss." Ren leaned forward slightly, and his momentum rose instantly, full of oppression and aggression.His eyes were sharp and his tone was aggressive, "Yes, live. Refuse, die!"

The temperature at the end of March has risen a lot, [-] to [-] degrees is enough to make people feel the arrival of spring.The messenger wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes frightened, his mouth moved, but in the end he didn't have the courage to refuse.

"I need to tell the presidents of the Self-Help Society about your opinion." The messenger wanted to leave here, but Ren's tough stance made him feel a bit at a loss.

Ren leaned back on the back of the chair, pointed at the armrest, "Yes, I'll give you three days."

After the messenger bowed and saluted, he retreated immediately. Ren smiled and wrote a letter quickly. After pouring sealing wax and stamping his own family emblem, he handed it to Blair, "Hold my handwritten letter to Earl Bowen , let him gather an army of 5000 men within five days, and tell him that he will not wait when it is too late."

Bowen had long wanted to follow Rennes to Balatan. Unlike the nobles in the province of Tulum, the nobles in the province of Bell had no direct interests here. Regardless of the final outcome, for them It is said that there will be no more losses except for the soldiers damaged in battle.Soldiers are nothing more than consumables piled up by civilians and untouchables with a little money.For nobles who are rich in one city, one place or even more, everything is not a problem.

It was precisely for this reason that Ryan approached Bowen.Other nobles have been operating in their own territories for decades or longer, and their population base is much higher than that of Ortrenburg. Compared with consuming the limited vitality in their own hands, it is obviously more in line with Rennes to use other people's soldiers to fill the pits. own interests.

As for whether Bowen would come, he wasn't worried at all. The Earl of Bowen was only two generations away from his family's demise, and his allies even had only one generation left.They will never give up on war behaviors that can obtain enough from the battlefield to extend the life of the family.Don't think that this kind of riots can happen from time to time. From the founding of the Orlando Empire to today, the entire empire has only experienced two civil wars. Over 300 years of rule, two chances, for those who have tasted the sweetness of being a ruler As far as the nobles are concerned, there are too few.

Every opportunity should not be missed.

After all, no one wants their descendants to lose the halo of aristocrats and become a pariah that they don't even pay a second glance.

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I have been considering whether to refine some conflicts and interests. I have left room for thinking, but some readers don't like thinking very much.For example, why did no other nobles come to suppress the Baratan riots, because they were watching, why they were watching, because the suppression at the beginning of the turmoil failed.The nobles still don't know if now is the best time to make a move. As mentioned above, the conflicts among the nobles are also continuous, which creates a state of mutual restraint.If absolute success cannot be guaranteed, the big nobles are unwilling to move, and the small nobles dare not move, which also created the current stalemate.

Why did Renn dare to move, because the previous article and this chapter made it very clear that the new vested interest groups need to protect their own interests and betray others for this.Internal and external collusion has always been the best means to break the defense, not one of them.Others don't know the internal situation of Baratan at this time, but Ren can know.Coupled with the deliberate betrayal of the leading party, attacking a weak point with a superior force, it is easy to break through Baratan's steadfastness.

Furthermore, the rioters they are facing are not serious armed forces, but a group of workers who have equipped themselves.They don't have good training and foundation, lack goals and confidence, and can't last long in the face of pressure. Once an uncontrollable collapse occurs, it will trigger a domino phenomenon and completely collapse.

Above, this is described in the article, but it requires some inference and thinking.I'm not sure whether I should keep the current style, or write everything clearly so that everyone doesn't need to use their brains to push it all the way.

(End of this chapter)