Lord of the North

"You have to think clearly, if you do something beyond the bottom line, how will you recover other large cities in the future?"

Zola said seriously that she disapproved of Jason using radical means to completely unify the city.

"You have to know, whether it is my status as the prince of the kingdom or the status of the marquis of the kingdom, but now I am being threatened with my life one after another in this city. Is it appropriate for these nobles not to give me an explanation?"

Jason asked with a smile, sometimes this identity is really useful, at least after revealing his identity, they all have trouble sleeping and eating.

"how should I do?"

After pondering for a while, Zola asked softly. Her heart was a little soft. If Jason decided to do this, not only those nobles, but also those innocent family members would suffer, but she still decided to support Jason's decision.

"Those who convened the noble council, I need them to hand over their judicial power. From today onwards, the court needs our people to take responsibility." Jason tapped his fingers on the table in front of him, his tone cold.

"And I need them to hand over their military power. From today onwards, the number of private soldiers under their command cannot exceed 200. Soldiers who currently exceed this number need to be forced to enlist."

Private soldiers in the hands of the nobles have always been the biggest threat to the royal power. A few big nobles can gather tens of thousands of troops, so Jason decided to take this opportunity to weaken the military power in the hands of the nobles.

And starting from this time, the plan will be gradually implemented. The guards of the aristocratic territories will be guarded by the royal family and special officials, and this official needs to be changed every three years. It is enough for the nobles to have enough people to protect their own safety.

"No, I object. You have touched their most fundamental interests by doing so. They will definitely rise up and resist. At that time, we will not get the support of a nobleman!"

Zola stood up abruptly, and refuted Jason's idea with a blushing face. It was hard for her to imagine that once this plan was implemented, Garcia would not send people to deal with Jason, and the nobles in the north would definitely attack him.

Jason did this because he wanted to hold the lifeblood of the nobles in his own hands. When the time comes, whether they live or die will be a matter of Jason's word.

"That's why I said that starting from Lucca City, we only need to stabilize Lucca City at present, and other places will take their time."

Jason motioned Zola to sit down and speak slowly, he hadn't finished his plan yet.

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Zola made up her mind that she would never let Jason do such a self-destructive thing,

Although this is very effective in consolidating kingship, Jason doesn't have the strength to do it right now.

"You just need to call these nobles from Lucca to see what they think of this plan first."

Jason said with a smile, as if full of confidence.

"Then you must promise me that we must not force them to bow their heads, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Zola looked at Jason seriously, if Jason insisted on doing this...

She has nothing to do, because she has no ability to put Jason under house arrest, and one Beowulf is enough to cause her heavy losses. It is said that there are several masters in his territory, and there is also the Marquis of Asa as his backing.

"No problem." Jason spread his hands.

"By the way, where's April?"

Jason frowned suddenly, as if he hadn't had time to take care of this person since the accident last night, and now he suddenly remembered.

He also wanted to get most of the information about the cooperative association from this person and Frida. Frida usually operated the overseas shipping of the cooperative association outside, so he didn't know some internal problems. In this way, April The value of Er is much greater.

Jason's current center of gravity is still in the interior.

"April? Who is that?" Zola was a little confused, she had already forgotten about this person...

"It's the senior member of the Heshou Club!" Jason's eyes widened. Last night, he remembered that he asked this person to follow Violet to find the stone carvings.

"I...forgot about him..." Zola slapped her head, it was so chaotic last night, who remembers a prisoner.

Jason was a little stunned when he heard this.

"I'll send someone to search for him right away." Zola immediately got up and walked out a little anxiously. It was really embarrassing to be ashamed.

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In the city lord's mansion of Lucca, in a solemnly decorated hall, there are more than thirty nobles of all sizes, headed by ten speakers of the noble council. Sitting at a long conference table in the middle, Zola is at the head.

"My lord, do you mean to let us hand over most of the benefits for nothing to compensate you for the harm you have suffered in the past few days?"

Earl Brady Gale looked at Zora's contrived tone, exaggerated expression, and mocking eyes.

In fact, because Heshou was uprooted in Lucca City because of Zola, which caused a huge loss of his interests, so he didn't have any good feelings for this legion commander and city lord.

And he just found out that this army commander is actually a woman. He still doesn't know Jason's identity, and he thought that Zola initiated the meeting.

So after listening to Zola's words, he immediately retorted.

"That's right, that's what I mean." Zola crossed her hands and looked at Brady quietly, and it was impossible to tell from the surface what she was thinking.

Jason was sitting on his left at this time, and some nobles were also looking at him, wondering why the Kyle family appeared here.

"It's just a joke, I'm sorry I won't play this ridiculous game with you!"

Earl Brady sneered when he heard the words, he got up and left with a flick of his robe.

"Earl Brady sit down for a while, you'd better have something to eat." Jason looked at his calm opening, which immediately caused an uproar.

They didn't understand why a member of a merchant family dared to speak on such an occasion, and he was not Violet.

As Jason's words fell, a black mist rose, and Morando appeared in front of the gate, blocking Earl Brady's footsteps.

"Sir Zora Odinson, are you forcing us to accept your terms?" Earl Brady's face was gloomy, and with one sentence, Zora was pushed to the opposite of the nobles.

A group of nobles were filled with righteous indignation and glared at Zola, but they didn't pay attention to Jason who just spoke, they thought it was Zola's meaning.

However, when he provoked the emotions of all the nobles, Earl Wheeler Teach sat aside without saying a word, his expression a little lonely.

In the past few days after the assassination of the manor, he searched for information everywhere and sent people to observe Jason. He also paid the lives of several spies for this, and finally he got a piece of information that horrified him.

He was so scared that he immediately ended a big plan he had planned for a long time, and erased all traces. He thought that Jason came to his banquet because he was aware of his plan.

Earl Wheeler mistakenly thought that if he found out about his crimes and plans, he would use the Lucca City garrison to arrest him, then use himself as an example to frighten the nobles of Lucca City, and then intervene in the government affairs of the Lucca Province.

This is really a very coincidental misunderstanding. In the final analysis, Earl Wheeler has no confidence in himself.

"No, of course not. How can you understand that?" Zola said with a smile, "This lord just wants to keep you from eating more delicious food."

Speaking of this, her expression became malicious: "Otherwise, you may not be able to eat it in the future."

These murderous words immediately stunned the many nobles present, they shrank their necks in fright, and looked around to see if there were any soldiers in ambush.

"What do you mean?"

Earl Brady was sweating gradually on his forehead, and he was a little nervous. The reason why he dared to be so tough was because he thought that Zola would not dare to kill nobles.

After all, whether it is a battle on the battlefield or a private grievance, it has always been a tradition on the mainland not to kill nobles who have surrendered or lost their ability to resist. This is regarded as an honor by the nobles, and generally no one is willing to risk their reputation. this kind of thing.

"Don't you understand what I mean?"

Jason stood up slowly and stared into Earl Brady's eyes. He didn't like this guy at all. He heard that when he was assassinated and passed out for the first time, this guy was still partial to his dandy son.

"Who are you? Do you have a place to speak here?"

Earl Brady turned his head and reprimanded him. He had lost all face with Zola and wanted to find a way out from Jason.

"I?"

Jason pointed to his nose and asked, then took out two badges from his pocket, one silver and one gold, with two wolf heads depicted on them.

"My name is Jason Lopez, the second in line heir to the Kingdom, the Marquis of the Kingdom and the lord of the Iron Fang Territory."

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