Magic Industry Empire - 560. Chapter 560

Leslie’s departure from the Stark family was not a serious matter for Xu Yi.

As early as when he contacted Leslie a few years ago, he was very clear that Leslie’s ideas were incompatible with the overall concept of the Stark family, and Leslie had always been opposed to the family’s approach.

Before Leslie claimed that he would go back and fight for the right of family inheritance. What he hopes is that after he becomes the patriarch, he can gradually reverse the Stark family’s ideas and change the whole family according to his ideas.

Although he has failed now, from a personal point of view, it is not a relief.

After all, he is Duke Stark’s biological son after all. Even if Duke Stark’s affection for this biological son is so indifferent, it is only for the sake of inheriting the family lineage that he can’t really be treated like him.

Leslie claims to order at least ten search medium-sized armed magic ships from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. The funds required are extremely large. Without the acquiescence of Duke Stark, Leslie would never have taken it away when he left the family. Large sums of money.

Perhaps as Xu Yi guessed, Duke Stark’s expulsion of Leslie from the family was also considered a retreat for the Stark family.

So Xu Yi didn’t care much about Leslie’s expulsion from the family. Whether Leslie went to sea as a pirate or a maritime merchant, Xu Yi would support him in the position of a friend.

In addition to this, this actually did not have much impact on Xu Yi and the New Flying Business Association.

However, this incident had a profound impact on the entire Stark family and even the entire Lampari Kingdom.

The nobles of the Lampari Kingdom learned from rumors that the reason why Duke Stark even his own son was expelled from the house was because Leslie opposed his political ideas and opposed his targeting of the nobles in the kingdom. practice.

And Duke Stark didn’t even show any affection to his own son, so naturally he would only be more cruel to others.

The fact is also true.

After the news of Leslie’s expulsion from the family came out, Duke Stark speeded up his actions again.

In just one month, a large number of nobles in the Lampari Kingdom have been questioned one after another, and the levels involved have become wider and higher.

Not only were four successive Earl City Lords deprived of their titles and the title of City Lord, even one of the Ministers of the Army of the Kingdom of Lampari, known as the “Eagle of Lampari”, was well-known in the Kingdom of Lampari. Duke Festalin was also accused of treason and imprisoned.

Even a Duke who can be regarded as a lofty nobleman can not escape, which shows how determined and ambition the die-hard conservative aristocrats of the Lampari Kingdom represented by Duke Stark this time.

However, this time it also inevitably caused a strong backlash within the Lampari Kingdom.

In addition to criticizing recent events in the Kingdom of Lampari in many newspapers, claiming that this is shaking the stability of the kingdom, many accountable nobles even directly resisted.

When the gendarmerie under the Kingdom Council entered the manor of an earl town lord and tried to capture him, it encountered fierce resistance from the earl lord’s private guard.

The two sides directly exchanged fire, and the gendarmerie paid the price of hundreds of deaths and injuries before successfully arresting the Earl City Lord.

The war between the private guard of the nobility and the gendarmerie of the Kingdom Council is undoubtedly an extremely serious matter. In the laws of the kingdom, it can even be defined as treason.

However, in this situation, this is nothing.

This incident was like a fuse, instantly igniting the tense situation in the Kingdom of Lampari.

When the remaining nobles were arrested, the gendarmerie sent by the Kingdom Council encountered more and more fierce resistance, and the casualties became more and more serious.

Later, it was discovered that the gendarmerie was unable to complete the arrest task, and the Kingdom Council even directly mobilized the Kingdom’s garrison.

However, this move caused a stronger backlash.

According to the rules set at the beginning of the Kingdom of Lampari, the Kingdom’s garrison was only used to defend the security of the kingdom, and must not be used to deal with domestic nobles. Now Duke Stark has broken this taboo with the power of his control. It attracted the anger of almost all the nobles in the Lampari Kingdom.

Those little nobles who have little strength are nothing more. The big nobles who have real strength and have a different position from Duke Stark know that they will be targeted by Duke Stark sooner or later, so they have responded in advance.

For a while, there was an extremely tense atmosphere everywhere in the Lampari Kingdom, and even many newspapers expressed anxiously that, judging from the current situation, if you are not careful, the kingdom’s civil war will be ignited.

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“boom–”

Eric slapped heavily on the table, stood up suddenly, glaring straight at Duke Stark in front of him, and finally resisted the scream that had reached his throat, his face was sullen, and he roared: “Duke Starr, I trust you. I think you can handle these things well, so that you can leave everything to you. Don’t ask about it. But look at it now! What has become in the kingdom? What on earth do you want to do? Do you really want to start a civil war?”

This is the first time Eric yelled in front of Duke Stark. Duke Stark glanced at him with a slight surprise, then smiled and said, “Your Majesty, please rest assured. Everything is here. Within my grasp. These people are just moaning weakly now, and they can’t affect much.”

“Can’t this affect anything?” Eric patted an official document on the table in front of him, angrily: “Colebo City has even declared its independence! Don’t you think it doesn’t matter?”

Duke Stark glanced at the document, frowned slightly, and then smiled: “Your Majesty, since Earl Arnobi has done this kind of thing, of course we can’t let him go. Don’t worry, I have already sent it. The Second Army of the Garrison set off for the city of Kolebo. With the strong strength of the Second Army, I believe that in less than half a month, you can see the city of Kolebo return to the embrace of the kingdom.”

“You have sent the Second Army out?” Eric stared into Duke Stark’s eyes and asked coldly.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Eric paused, and deliberately waited for a while, only to find that Duke Stark didn’t even mean to continue explaining, and couldn’t help being furious.

The garrison of the Lampari Kingdom has been regarded as the private army of the Royal Family of Lampari since the establishment of the Kingdom of Lampari.

However, after Eric ascended to the throne, the kingdom’s garrison gradually fell into the control of the Duke of Starr.

Although the first army, the most elite of the Kingdom’s garrison, is still loyal and only obeys the orders of His Majesty the King, the Second Army is now completely observing the command of the Duke of Starr, and even Eric’s orders are transmitted at all. Not to go to the Second Army.

Previously, when King Lampari XIII was still alive, the Third Army of the Kingdom’s Defense Army was sent to Sever City, nominally to strengthen the defense force of the northern border and prevent the invasion of the Kingdom of Sark.

But in the opinion of Eric at the time, because the city lord of Sewell was the Earl of Summer, and the Earl of Summer was supporting Sevigny, Rampari XIII ordered the Third Army of the Kingdom’s Defense Army to accept the Lord of Sewell. The command of, is undoubtedly that Lampari XIII clearly stated that he would support Servigny to take over the throne.

It was for this reason that Eric made a decision. Under the bewilderment of Duke Stark, he took the risk, poisoned Lampari XIII, and finally ascended to the throne with the help of Duke Stark. .

At that time, Eric felt that his actions were very correct, but looking back now, he found that Lampari XIII’s dispatch of the Third Army of the Kingdom’s Defense Army was a brilliant trick.

If the Third Army is not left in Anweimar, I am afraid that it has already fallen into the hands of the Duke of Starr.

If this happens, Eric will no longer have the slightest confidence in front of Duke Stark.

Thinking of this, Eric’s face sank slightly, and he said with a serious face: “Order them to stop immediately, without my order, no attack on Kolebo City is allowed.”

Duke Stark was taken aback for a moment: “Your Majesty, are you planning to let Earl Arnobi go and watch the city of Collebo really go out independently?”

“Of course it’s impossible.” Eric shook his head. “But the solution to this problem does not have to be so rough. The reason why Earl Arnobi chose to do this is of course for a reason…”

Having said that, Eric glanced at Duke Stark deeply.

“We only need to resolve Count Arnobi’s concerns, and believe that this matter can be resolved peacefully, without the need to directly use force to plunge the kingdom into a shameful civil war.”

Seeing Eric’s serious look, Duke Stark frowned: “Your Majesty, are you going to forgive a wicked guy who intends to split the kingdom?”

Eric glanced at him lightly: “I haven’t convicted Earl Arnobi.”

“But……”

“No but.” Eric interrupted Duke Stark unceremoniously.

Duke Stark raised his eyebrows, glanced at Eric, and then lowered his head slightly.

“Yes, Your Majesty, I will go and convey your order to the Second Army of the Garrison.”

After waiting quietly for a while, seeing that Eric had no more instructions, Duke Stark left.

Seeing the door closed, Eric felt all over and slumped in the chair.

He squeezed his hands subconsciously, but he found that his hands seemed to have run out of strength, his whole body was soft and weak, and his body was cold and sweaty, and his palms were covered with sweat.

This is the first time he has acted so tough in front of Duke Stark.

Although very nervous, even now it seems to be exhausted after a big battle, but it feels unusually refreshing.

Lie down on the chair and stared at the ceiling blankly for a long time, Eric finally let out a long breath.

He has been on the throne for more than a year, but only today does he feel like a king.