My name is Ren

Chapter 436 There are two ways to be strong, to strengthen oneself to surpass others, or to maintain strength and weaken others

Since the development of the Oak District, it has immediately detonated the real estate market of the entire imperial capital. Compared with the harsh environment of the Copper Ring District and the Silver Ring District with an explosive population density, the Oak District has absorbed the advantages of the Silver Ring District and the Copper Ring District during planning, avoiding Due to the flaws in the past planning, the Oak District has a tendency to catch up with the Silver Ring District.The picturesque scenery and quiet living environment have made many nobles and wealthy businessmen buy real estate here.

The well-planned commercial district also attracts a lot of vendors to operate their businesses here. The continuous flow of people is the best proof. Every day, the Oak District can attract a large number of people from the imperial capital to come here for leisure and shopping.

The first group of natives in the imperial capital who speculated in real estate in the Oak District once again reproduced the myth of land speculation in the Yinhuan District and Tonghuan District during the great development, and also made the real estate prices in the Oak District rise steadily and remained high.

Under the sun, in the back garden of a manor, a figure walked from the sun into the shade of the trees, and there were some guards standing around, protecting the place.

"Hello, Your Excellency the Marquis." Ren was wearing very low-key clothes, a gray congressman's suit, and a top hat, which somewhat covered his face.He took off his top hat and silk gloves, put them on a small shelf beside him, smiled and stretched out his hand.

The man whom Ren called as His Excellency the Marquis also stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand, shook hands with Ren, and they broke up instantly, "I asked someone to get some special products from the seaside, you will definitely be interested."

The Lord Marquis who spoke was Nongalare. When he smiled, he didn't look like a great nobleman, his eyes were full of gentleness and kindness, and he was not as arrogant and defiant as those traditional great nobles.This may be related to the fact that Nongale is from the south. The southern terrain of the empire embraces the Atlantic Ocean like a crescent, and is close to the sea.In the past many years, the only impression that the southern region gave people was poverty.

For some unknown reason, the soil in the southern region has higher salinity and the yield of crops is lower. In order to support themselves and their families, most southerners choose the profession of fishermen.In the early days of the empire, when navigation and shipbuilding technology were underdeveloped, traditional nobles in the north used discriminatory terms such as "stinky salted fish" to refer to southerners.It wasn't until 280 after the empire that there was a major breakthrough in shipbuilding technology and the rise of maritime trade that the south began to move from poverty to prosperity.

But even so, the northern nobles still look down on the southern nobles, and they added a new name to the southern nobles-upstarts.

The word nouveau riche itself is not only discriminatory, but also somewhat jealous.The rapid and vigorous development of the navigation and fishing industries allowed the southern nobles to accumulate a lot of wealth in a very short period of time. Of course, the wealthy southerners were still despised because they lacked background.

There has never been peace between the south and the north, and the same is true among the aristocratic class. As traditional old aristocrats, Isaac and Pelagos often involuntarily ignore the opinions of Nongarale. Mutual discrimination also occurs from time to time.

The purpose of Nongaler's invitation to Rennes this time was also because he felt threatened by the blood alliance initiated by Isaac and Pelagos.In the political ecological environment of the empire, Nongalare has not many choices. Either continue to be the follower of the northern nobles, or become independent and become a relatively independent group. In addition, there is only one way to join the royal family. can go.

Nongalale didn't want to join the royal family, not that there was hatred and filth between him and the Orlando family, but that after joining the royal family, he was no longer the leader of the southern aristocracy.Not only that, Queen Pars, who has the support of the southern nobles, will try to marginalize him as much as possible, and kick him out with the last kick.In order to avoid giving his influence as a gift to others, Nongalare chose the middle path, he wanted to become independent.

Independence does not mean that he wants to rebel, but that he maintains a neutral attitude in politics, does not favor anyone, and goes with whoever gives more benefits.

It's not easy to be a fool, and he knows this very well in his heart, the most vulnerable politically is the fool, so he needs to make himself stronger, so strong that no political force on any side dare to treat him as a fool treat.

That's why he made an appointment with Ryan today.

"Speaking of which, we have had some friendships, although these friendships are not so pleasant." After the two sat down, Ren opened the topic first, and he talked about the incident about Bethel.People from Nongaler contacted Bethel, hoping to hold the special department of the Ministry of National Security in their hands. Even if they couldn't, they should insert the biggest pawn in the Ministry of National Security.

They deliberately chose to send someone to buy Bethel when Rennes was away, but it is a pity that Nongalare and his staff overestimated Bethel's authority and status in the Ministry of State Security of the Empire, and underestimated Ryan's grip on the department.It was absolutely unprecedented in the political history of the empire that a deputy minister dared to lead someone to storm the minister's office.

Nongalale naturally knew what Ren was talking about. There was no embarrassment on his face, but he laughed loudly, "This just shows that we are destined to have a connection, doesn't it?"

"It's also my honor." Ren leaned forward, and he already had a guess in his heart about the purpose of Nongalale's meeting with him, but no one can be sure about the result of the guess and the facts until it is revealed I must be right, and neither can he, "To be honest, I was surprised when you asked me to meet this time."

Nongalare tilted his head slightly, and a gust of wind blew his hair up.Nongalale is actually not handsome, but his first impression is very good, like the old wine that has been cellared for many years, giving people a mellow feeling.It is said that men are like wine, the longer they age, the more fragrant they become, which is fully reflected in Nongalaire.Good self-cultivation and aristocratic temperament make him like a piece of warm jade, without sharpness, without edges and corners, plain and aggressive, but his existence cannot be ignored.

He smiled and bowed back, "May I know why?"

Ren took out the cigarette case and handed one to Nongalale. He held his own between the index finger and middle finger, raised the cigarette in his hand, raised the corner of his mouth, and said: "The aristocratic group has always been a cancer of the empire. , the royal family and we want to completely wipe out the aristocratic group all the time. You..." He pointed to Nongalale, then pointed to himself, "between us, there are people on both sides. But now, the two sides Isn't that surprising enough that people are sitting together?"

Nongalare didn't care about Ren's statement at all, he shook his head, "You are wrong, strictly speaking, we are not 'people on both sides', and our interests are different, but it doesn't mean that we have to be opposites. I think the word 'potential partner' is more indicative of our relationship than the words you use."

"It's not impossible to say so." Ren pulled a scythe to light a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, and exhaled a light yellow smoke. Some illusory, "Then can I know the purpose of your meeting with me? To be honest, maybe those secret spies have already reported the news of our meeting to His Majesty the Emperor. I need to find an excuse."

After the short opening remarks, Rennes decisively asked the core of today's meeting, and Nongalale did not intend to go around in circles with Rennes, because he knew very well that he didn't have many choices now.

"I wonder if you've heard what Isaac and Pelagos have been doing lately?"

Ren straightened his back, moved his buttocks, and sat back a little, "I would like to hear more about it."

"A total of nearly 470 nobles joined their so-called blood alliance, and swore by their ancestors and their own blood to protect the interests of the blood alliance. Originally they also invited me, but I refused.", Nongaler said here I smiled at the time, "Actually, I, including those nobles in the south, don't have a strong desire for power. We only need a place that belongs to us. Compared with power struggles, we prefer money."

He said without hesitation: "After all, we are all nouveau riche, and the golden gold coins fascinate us even more."

Ren nodded, oh, he didn't quite believe what Nongalare said.

Nongalare also knew that Ryan didn't believe it, and no one would believe this reason, "Power always belongs to the minority, but I am not one of the minority. The Yankees have never looked down on us southerners, even if I I have achieved what they are after together with them, and the power cannot fall on me. Since I have to face the unknown fate with them and take great risks, the result is that I can only get a status and status that is almost the same as now. Power, why should I choose to take risks?"

This sentence made Renn more or less believe in Nongalale's original intention.

Indeed, as he said, among the three great nobles, Isaac and Pelagos are both veteran northern tyrants, and in their eyes, Nongaler is just a little brother.If they had overthrown the empire, might they have given power to the southern barbarians whom they discriminated against and ostracized?It is unlikely that even a more violent conflict would break out between Isaac and Pelagos.

After all, there is only one person who can be the emperor, and there are so many people participating in this game. Some people are willing to withdraw from the final competition, while others want to put a knife on their necks to force them to withdraw, or even kill them.

Besides, even if they really want to rebel, they may not be able to succeed. As long as Brothers Grian and Grace don't die, they will have no hope.What's more, about [-]% of the nobles in the entire empire support the royal family. With the support of these people, the Orlando family and the other seven golden nobles may not necessarily lose.

It is a real idiocy for Nongalare to join the blood alliance without much improvement in status and to take huge risks.

The purpose of him coming to meet with Ryan today and telling him these things is actually very simple, to increase the risk of Isaac and Pelagos and weaken their strength.

(End of this chapter)