Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

If the action was taken because of rebellion, even government officials and judges would rebel, which means that Mrs. Sicily's base has been shaken and the people at the grassroots are unstable.

What if the action was taken out of radicalism?

——That actually means that Lady Sicily does not have much confidence in reforming Syracuse.

Chapter 156: The fox borrows the tiger's might, but the tiger really comes

At this point, the clan leaders finally remembered one thing, that is, Lateran almost never interferes in the politics of other countries - the Sakotas are keen on reconciliation rather than developing their own white gloves.

No one who has just come to power will choose to reconcile or make concessions with the previous vested interests when he has the ability to change the status quo.

In other words, Lady Sicily, who had nominally unified Syracuse and established a legal system and administrative government, still did not have confidence in victory over these families.

Therefore, the patriarchs of every family began to consider such a question -

Is it really Lateran behind Lady Sicily?

In order to verify their guess, the family fueled the ambitions of those young people, and Mrs. Sicily's reaction surprised them.

Wolves are sensitive to power and strength. Lady Sicily's bloody massacre cannot shock them. On the contrary, they can only smell the weakness beneath the blood.

The patriarchs of the families were already sharpening their knives. Syracuse had already been in civil war for seventy years. For them, these people would not mind fighting another seventy years of civil war, as opposed to having one more person to control them.

But then, something unexpected happened.

——Latlan suddenly announced that it would implement the [Messenger of All Nations] policy.

This was tantamount to fundamentally overturning the foundation of their plan - because the suspicion about Lady Sicily originated from the objective fact that "Latland never interferes in the internal affairs of other countries."

Now that this objective fact has disappeared, the Sakotas intend to forcefully intervene in the entire situation in Terra - and coincidentally, this happened just when the patriarchs wanted to confront Lady Sicily.

Coincidence is always worthy of suspicion.

So immediately, the families of Syracuse urgently braked their plans one by one, and retracted their outstretched claws at an extremely fast speed, almost in panic.

Lady Sicily was relieved, but the problem was never fundamentally solved - she still did not have enough power to completely take Syracuse away from those families.

So the situation in Syracuse has remained deadlocked until now.

Until Qiao Yelan stepped into the reception room.

"What I want...what I want, you can't give it to me for the time being."

Qiao Yelan said with some amusement.

The atmosphere once again fell to freezing point. Agniel unconsciously adjusted his collar and for the first time felt that his clothes were making his throat uncomfortable.

Mrs. Sicily's expression did not become ugly, but instead eased a little.

The other party said "temporarily".

"I need someone in Syracuse to have a say, someone who can decide the life and death of a family at any time, rather than a speaker of a parliament who has to wrestle with the parliamentarians below."

The man stared at Lady Sicily, his indifferent gaze carrying the unquestionable authority of a king.

"Therefore, I will help you become such a person, Lady Sicily."

The two people opposite were struck by lightning.

"You-you mean..."

"As you have heard, from now on, I will fully support you until you completely control Syracuse - after that, I will tell you what you need to pay."

Qiao Yelan's casual words made Agnier involuntarily tighten his guard gun, and he could barely find a trace of peace of mind.

The other party's meaning was very clear - he would cultivate Lady Sicily into a useful chess piece.

in other words......

"Am I not even a chess piece now?"

Lady Sicily said in a low voice, anger brewing like lava in her eyes.

"Don't get me wrong, Lady Sicily."

Qiao Yelan sneered.

"What I mean is - it's Syracuse now that can't even be considered a pawn."

The anger was forced to stop in front of the cold sea.

There was deathly silence in the reception room.

"Is there anything wrong with what I said? Is there any 'country' on the Terra continent more embarrassing than Syracuse?"

Without any metaphors or taboos, Qiao Yelan directly revealed the bloodiest facts and laid them out in front of Lady Sicily.

Both geographically and culturally, Syracuse is a deformed country.

Most of Syracuse is occupied by the moist forests in the east and the dry wastelands in the west. The former has undulating mountains and a long rainy season, while the latter is vast and arid, with wild beasts rampant.

Therefore, most of Syracuse's population is concentrated in the east, and there are less than twenty cities that can be called cities. Despite this, their grain industry can no longer be self-sufficient. Every year they have to import a large amount of wheat from Lateran and other countries, otherwise pizza will become a luxury that can only be tasted at family banquets.

Syracuse has no army, no national defense, and even no complete industrial system - the country now has no ability to build new mobile cities, and even its weapons and equipment, except for some cold weapons, rely on imports.

The reason why Syracuse has not been destroyed until now is simply because no country around it has an appetite for its territory - and the Rupers living here are really rich in rebellious spirit.

Therefore, both Leithania and Dayan were intentionally or unintentionally indulging in the chaos in Syracuse.

A pack of wolves may be able to fight side by side when facing a lion, but when they start competing for territory, the fighting between their own kind is no less intense than when they fight lions.

It was therefore enough for both states that Syracuse should remain in chaos.

This is why, even though the Lady of Sicily used the Lateran as her background, she still had no way to integrate Syracuse - because there was indeed capital from external forces flowing in.

"Then it seems we have nothing to talk about."

Mrs. Sicily ordered them to leave with a cold face.

Qiao Yelan didn't care. He just raised his hand and signaled Ace to push him away.

"Mr. Qiao, please stay."

It was Agnier who spoke.

He put one hand on Mrs. Sicily's shoulder, holding her down while staring at Qiao Yelan.

"Excuse me, Mr. Qiao Yelan, why did you send us a note request in the name of Rutland?"

Mrs. Sicily had only studied in Lateran, so she was not very sensitive to the name of Sacotta, but Agnier was clear about it - that's why he insisted on accompanying her to this meeting.

【Righteous Man】

This title is more than just respect.

And when Lady Sicily rejected the other party, Qiao Yelan was not annoyed or angry, nor did he threaten or bribe him. He just chose to leave calmly. Just like the expression on his face when he said those words just now, Agnier had already realized that something was wrong.

Qiao Yelan didn't seem to care at all whether Mrs. Sicily agreed or not.

That's why Agnier asked this question while holding Lady Sicily down.

"So you didn't know yet, Sakota who left his hometown?"

Qiao Yelan chuckled.

"Your Holiness the Pope has decided to continue to promote the expansion of the Universal Messenger System. Victoria, Leitania, and the Great Yan Dynasty have all agreed to your application. As one of the suppliers of the Universal Messenger System, I came to Syracuse to find forces to assist the Universal Messenger to settle in."

When the woman heard this, she could no longer maintain the expression on her face, and her heart was in turmoil.

She was the one who understood Qiao Yelan's words most thoroughly - the other party was the one who came with a Lateran background to integrate Syracuse!

The patriarchs of the family feared and feared her because there seemed to be a country called Lateran standing behind her.

But if Qiao Yelan came to Syracuse with Lateran's official credentials and a sum of money, saying that he was looking for a family willing to support Lateran in promoting the Universal Messenger System...

This is clearly telling everyone that Lady Sicily is not the spokesperson for Lateran.

Regardless of whether she has never been a pawn or has been abandoned, this means that her decades of hard work will be wasted in one day. The families of Syracuse will no longer have the slightest respect for her, but will let the whole of Syracuse fall into division as in the past.

There is no doubt that Qiao Yelan will be treated as a guest of honor and flattered by every clan leader just to become a [collaborator of Ratlan].

If you don't do it, there are plenty of other chess pieces that will.

She wanted to stand up immediately, but the hand on her shoulder seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and was still pressing her down tightly.

Agniel bent down deeply and bowed to Qiao Yelan.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Qiao Yelan. What you did just now was just a common tactic used in negotiations. I would like to express my sincerest apologies to you and implore you to give us another chance."

His hand was still pressing on Lady Sicily, as if it were made of steel.

The woman clenched her hands and clenched her teeth, but she did not dare to show any hostility towards Qiao Yelan on her face.

Mrs. Sicily had to accept this humiliation because it was the price of saying no to Qiao Yelan.

Agnier's behavior meant that this man was bearing the humiliation for her.

"The opportunity is here, but since you are Sakota, I can give you the right to choose again."

Qiao Yelan turned around and looked at the two of them.

"Also, when it comes to making a choice, it should be the person in charge who makes the decision."

The woman covered Agnier's right hand on her left shoulder with her right hand and took a deep breath.

"We are willing to help you implement the Universal Messenger System, Mr. Qiao Yelan - no matter what the cost."

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In Mrs. Sicily's study, there was no unnecessary courtesy at this moment, only four people were sitting here.

"What does Lord Qiao Yelan need?"

"I need a complete, unified Syracuse with a central government and a formal army. I need you to have the right to use those families like dogs. Only then can you give me what I want."

The man's words were powerful and directly refuted all of Mrs. Sicily's arguments.

"...It's not that I don't want to do it, it's just that I can't do it at the moment."

Women speak pragmatically and directly.

However, Qiao Yelan likes this style of conversation very much. It doesn’t matter whether you can do it or not. As long as you don’t hide anything in front of him, it’s enough.

"Tell me about a problem you need to face."

"The most important issue is that the Syracuse family is deeply rooted. This not only refers to this concept in the hearts of the Syracuse people, but also is closely connected to this land - every family has its own [Wolf]."

"They are not the wild wolves in the western wilderness, but some kind of... giant beasts. Their bodies are not huge, but their strength is no less than that of giant beasts. They are the real masters of Syracuse."

Lady Sicily took a deep breath and told Qiao Yelan the secrets of Syracuse.

"They lived for such a long time that even death was so far away from them that they had to find some fun for themselves - so each of them chose their own spokesperson, supported these spokespersons, and fought on the land of Syracuse."

"The so-called families are all forces organized by these spokespersons. They gain the power of the wolves, unite more wolves, and then fight with other wolves. As long as the wolf packs are still there, Syracuse will never be able to unify."

"Next question."

Qiao Yelan said casually.

Lady Cicily and Agnier were both stunned.

"what did you say?"

The woman couldn't help but ask the questions in her heart.

"I say, next question, I've already dealt with this one - before coming to see you."

The man said something that Lady Sicily couldn't believe.

"The wolves had left Syracuse, or at least had left Syracuse temporarily before I came to you."

"This...how is this possible?"

"You don't need to ask me about my methods. You just need to verify my words. Since you can find out the existence of the wolf pack, I think there are still some methods to verify this matter."

Qiao Yelan waved his hand as if he had just slapped a mosquito to death.

"Next question."

"The next problem is that I don't have enough power to integrate Syracuse at the moment - not armed power, but administrative power to maintain order."

Mrs. Sicily asked the next question somewhat nervously. She didn't even notice that she had begun to obey Qiao Yelan's words involuntarily.

"Ever since I was forced to purge those radical young people, the judges have gradually changed, and the families' respect for the judges has reached its lowest point."

Qiao Yelan nodded. From these two questions, it can be seen that Lady Sicily is indeed a very talented leader.