Seus returned to Longyin City and handed Manda's letters and appointment documents to Bessaliu.

Besaliu was not very familiar with Crach Monchik, but knew that he had a deep connection with the Minister of State, so he gave the letter to Lesio.

After reading the letter, the Minister of State Lecio smiled and sighed: "He became Sheltai's subordinate? How is this possible?"

Besaru was stunned and frowned and said, "Has he deceived us?"

The Secretary of State shrugged his eyebrows: "I guess he deceived everyone."

Besaliu clamped Manda's letter and gritted his teeth and said, "In other words, this great government official is fake, and alliance is fake?"

Mr. Sus was so scared that his face turned pale. He thought he had completed the task successfully, but now it seems that the situation is not good.

He cleared his throat and said tremblingly: "Father, I think Count Monchik is not such a person..."

"The adults are talking!" Besaliu glared at Seus, "It's not your turn to interrupt!"

Suss blushed, and the Minister of State pressed down his palms, signaling Besaliu not to worry: "The documents are not fake, and alliances are not fake. This should not be a bad thing for us."

Besaliu looked at the Minister of State in a daze: "I don't understand what you mean."

"Shertai should have been under Monchik's control, and Monchik is willing to form an alliance with us."

Besaru opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a long time: "Crech Monchik is just an earl. How can he control a grand duke? And he is a powerful man as strong as Schertai!"

The Minister of State took three wine glasses, poured one glass of wine for Bessaliu and Suss, and poured one for himself:

"Monchik is a very complicated person. To put it in detail, I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly for a few days and nights. However, one thing is certain that Mr. Suss has completed a very important task. With Monchik's promise, our alliance with the south has been more than half of it. The problem that needs to be solved urgently is Monchik's prestige. His title is too low. He was an enemy of Sheltai before. According to Mr. Suss' description, he did not have enough voice in front of the family of the Grand Duke."

Besaliu tapped the wine glass gently and thought for a moment, "We can help him, but only if he really controls Sheltai."

The Minister of State took a sip of wine: "This matter will be verified soon. Let Monchik get the second document first, then ask him to take out some more tokens, and then let Xiaozuo go to the southwest to find out the news, so that he can determine the situation of Sertai. If my speculation is really confirmed, I have to find a reliable candidate and go to Miaoyin City to give Monchik the necessary help."

...

According to Roma's suggestion, Manda carefully investigated Sheltai's family members. Sheltai had two sons and four daughters. With the help of the business officer, Manda met all of Sheltai's children and found an important problem.

Except for the prince, the other five children perfectly inherited their parents' genes, all of which were about five feet tall, and only the prince Yanis was six feet tall (one meter eight).

Apart from gene mutations, the only reasonable explanation is that this child is not the eldest son's biological son.

Thinking about Tabian, the tall and handsome guard commander, and then recalling the appearance and facial features of the two, Manda had a bold idea.

There is definitely more than one person with this idea, and how to reach a consensus on this idea is the key.

The attentive business officer helped Manda meet many retainers. Since the last time he saw Manda take out Sertai's sword, the ministers' ideas have been shaken. Although they dare not disobey the orders of their wives and princess, if Monchik was really the government official appointed by the Grand Duke, their previous actions were equivalent to provoking the Grand Duke. They knew how strict the Grand Duke's family law was.

The ministers who like money and women fell first. They began to report their work to Manda, just like they did to the Grand Duke, and explained every detail in place, allowing Manda to grasp the situation in the south in a short period of time.

The south of the country produces a lot of food, but lacks metal and steel, and the precious metals used to mint coins are even scarce.

They sold grain to the southeast for gold coins because the merchants in the southeast had good reputation and could also give higher prices.

Then he used gold coins to buy ore and slaves in the southwest. The poor southwest suffered from Sheltai's price squeeze.

Sheltai has always refused to sell food to the southwest, which has caused the barren land and the border between the two places to always struggle on the line of food and clothing. Parrot City is a typical example. Without food savings, it is naturally not capable of starting a war. Moritz cannot be blamed for the salted fish. He has no capital to compete with other lords at all.

In this case, Sheltai can treat the southwest as his own mine, throw a few change, and then squeeze it out at will, and never worry that the southwest will resist.

But unfortunately he met Manda. Not only did Manda resist, he was also preparing to send all the wealth that Sheltai squeezed back to the southwest.

He signed the first decree, allocating a large amount of food from Miaoyin City to Bluestone City for ore.

The business officer is his own person, and the food officer has been brought over by Manda. As soon as the government order was issued, the fleet of grain transporters set off immediately. Manda also specifically ordered them to bring more boats because the dock in Parrot City was burned by the Lion Girl.

When Parrot City received the food, it began to transport ore to Qingyan City. The kiln in Qingyan City smoked again, and the refined steel was sent to Parrot City continuously.

Manda fulfilled his previous promise and gave Count Dillaro a lot of kickbacks during the delivery of ore during the ore. The more iron is smelting, the faster the money comes. Dillaro was overjoyed, and then his appetite grew. He gathered people to build more than a dozen new kilns.

Everything was going very well, the only obstacles came from Madame Winesha and Prince Yanis.

On the second day after Manda issued the decree, Winessa summoned him to the castle to let him explain the matter clearly.

"Rebelled, this man is crazy, he dares to break the rules of the Grand Duke!"

Winesa roared in the castle all day, but Manda did not come, so Manda would use the cold treatment method.

The prince sent someone to summon Manda, but Manda still ignored it.

The lady could not bear it anymore and sent the guards to arrest Manda. The Lion and Roma took people to beat the guards and sent them back.

Manda was not afraid of friction. Instead, he wanted to see where the bottom line between his wife and the prince was, and under what circumstances they would completely turn against each other.

Unfortunately, Manda did not see their turn against each other, and they changed direction.

They no longer interfere with Manda's decree, but instead proposed to meet Grand Duke Sertai.

Manda agreed very simply: "No problem, who do you plan to send? I think it's better for the wife to go there in person."

If the lady goes, she will reunite with Shertai in Qixing Mountain, so that Manda will save a lot of trouble.

But the lady refused to go, she wanted to send the prince.

It’s better for the prince to go, so he asked him to live with his father for a few years and fulfill his filial piety.

But the prince was unwilling to go. He was a person who neither liked adventure nor endurance.

Looking at the mother and son's refusal to each other, Manda really felt that they were disgusting. Finally, after some discussion, they decided to send Sheltay's youngest son Jinfu to the southwest to visit his father.

Jin Fu had just turned twelve, and it could be seen that he didn't want to go very much, but he had no choice when facing the orders of his mother and brother.

Manda asked Toka and Breton to escort Jinfer to Seven Star Mountain, and Breton was a little worried about Manda.

"If I leave, who will ensure your safety?"
Chapter completed!