<h4>Chapter 305 236. to“s scheme.</h4>


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    In the roads of North-frontier City.


    Meanwhile, Minister Joel and his team were quite surprised after looking at the clean organized streets, houses and the bustlingmercial ces in the North-frontier city.


    He asked to as they were waiting for John, Taylor and others in the Aelius Pce which was just brought recently by Aelius Royal Family for the important state visits by Aelius. He asked, "What do you think about Sky, to?"


    to was also deep in thought after looking at the Military arrangements of Sky and spoke, "In my view, they are very good at the management of their organizations. Whether it is the army, city, or people. They are really very good at it. To be honest, after looking at some of their private and state-operatedpanies even I was quite astonished. The most astonishing aspect of Sky seems to be itsmercial operations and then there is their Technology. I fear for Aelius the day Sky ascends and influences the region because of its Military and Economic ambitions riding on their Technological Prowess. Well, I shouldn’t worry much as other forces will intervene as well. This time we lost because Demons were on our tail and they would have certainly attacked us if we moved the Dragon Knights from Central capital to our Northern borders. This is one of the reasons why I have reorganized the Dragon Knights for better efficiency."


    Joel nodded as he quietly looked outside, "What do you think of the Military parade that is going on? And it seems instead of Anak they have made Arlen as the Grand Marshal General of Sky. If my guess is correct then that General Anak is most probably his Majesty John."


    to too nodded his head and agreed with the assessment, "Yes, I feel the same. Lord John is showing the makings of a Warlord as well as a Wise King. I would wish him to be a Warlord rather than a Wise King as Sky’s rule would only be short term and Aelius can certainly subdue Sky in Long term with betrayals and funding people who are unsatisfied. However, see this newspaper here, there is this new research on the long term effects of multiple races in Sky. It seems this news is being published in all the newspapers with the heading of the Social-Cultural path of Sky. This article is most likely being funded by their court as it is in all the newspapers and magazines so that people and schrs can debate on this subject. Now, this is quite an interesting social foresight shown by the researchers of Sky’s Rose Institute."


    Joel took a look at the newspaper and read the article as he understood and showed a shocked expression, He asked to, "Hey, to did you really think of these ns?"


    to smiled and spoke, "Well, In the long term, I did n out my offensive against Sky for the next generation which includes racial division using the media, infiltration of their institutions in all levels, bribing certain individuals and asymmetric warfare and also using the sympathizers of Radiant Church to keep them distracted, However, this n will not be implemented for now. In the short term, we will wait for the time until we create those new weapons called Guns and Cannons that can be equipped by our Dragon Knights and probe their defenses. In regards to social research, their intelligentsia seems quite capable in smelling future dangers as a lot of my ns are included in this paper. I wish we had such capable individuals to warn our people. Well, we can always improvise on our ns."


    Finance Minister Joel gasped as he read the article and thoughts of to which were highlighted by the research. He asked, "Then, won’t they use the same warfare against us?"


    to smiled and spoke, "Certainly they can but not all as ourws are different from theirs. I only fear the Nobles rebelling against Aelius and for this problem, I have given certain proposals to his Majesty which was sadly rejected. Our current problems are also rted to very which will be very hard to remove as it is rted to Noble interests. Anyway, currently, we are in a partnership with Sky as Radiant Church is the bigger nuisance for us. Just recently, we got thetest report from Lord Norman about the new conspiracy of the Radiant Church where they are researching the unlocking of bondage magic which is used by ve owners. On the surface, they are not speaking anything but behind the scenes, their actions speak something else as they are encouragingmoners to speak against very."


    Joel smiled as he thought of to’s problems and suggested, "It is true that we can’t ban very outright like Lord John but we can certainly implement it in phases."


    Joel continued, "First, lets go to the root cause, Most of the times, vese from Mercenaries or from Prisoners of war or from Debt ves. We can certainly Ban the mercenary organizations engaged in the ve trade where they enve the whole viges during war times. And now because of the previous war, I am sure even Lords and nobles with ve interests will be unable to refute you openly. So we should cut the roots i.e. the Mercenary organizations and Tree will automatically wither away. As for the prisoners of war. we can give them some rights and use them in certain industries where there is ack ofbor. Give those prisoners a hefty prison sentence and then offer them leniency in their sentences if they decide to work there. Give them a normal sry which will more beneficial for us in the long term. As for cating nobles, you can tell them that ones to catch the most amount of prisoners in a war will be given the most awards."


    to smiled as he heard Joel, "Hey Joel, why are you helping me suddenly? Aren’t those Mercenary organizations one of the biggest taxpayers in Aelius. As for as your n is concerned, some parts are feasible but some aren’t. Like the one for cating nobles. Do you think every noble is brave to capture enemy soldiers? Nope, they aren’t. In front of capturing unarmed vigers and armed Enemies. Which one will you prefer? Unarmed Vigers, right? As far as Banning Mercenary organizations is concerned, We can certainly make thew but we can’t implement it fully as the nobles behind these Mercenary organizations will certainly protect them in their own territories."


    Joel heard as he nodded and spoke, "Those mercenary organizations aren’t really benefitting us when they ve the full viges because the profits don’t outweigh the losses in other areas. When I conducted research, those viges gave more taxes to us than the Mercenary organizations. Not to mention lost lives as well as lost yields in food. And do you think that themoners in the border areas don’t know? They certainly know but always choose to keep quiet as speaking against Mercenary organizations or Nobles will mean certain death. This is also one of the reasons why Lord John got so much support in his previous rebellion. And I am sure this wasn’t taken into consideration by schrs for certain reasons as they don’t want to stir the pot and be the eye of the storm. Those ves and Commoners had enough trust in John as they personally knew John and hence joined his rebellion. Many times I wanted to speak on this financial aspect openly to the king in the court but I know there will be severe consequences if I speak on it openly. Well, his majesty also is aware of this when I met him personally in his chambers to discuss the financial losses due to Mercenary Organizations but I understand that he has to take into consideration his own power and Nobles behind those organizations as this topic will certainly create a civil war."


    to nodded as he understood certain problems and spoke, "It seems this is the same reason why his majesty decided to reject my previous proposal when I proposed to cut the power of Noble Armies as he instead advised me to reorganize the Dragon Knights who were useless in the previous war. Well, I can slowly achieve it. From now on we will openly target the mercenaries to the power of dukes."


    to then murmured, "Maybe I should make the Radiant Church and those ve-owning nobles to fight against each other. Yup, when I return I will release this news to those nobles that Church is nning to Ban very. It will be quite a show."


    to smiled cunningly as he decided to scheme against the ve-owning nobles and the Radiant Church.


    At this time Taylor arrived with Luke as they finished the documentation work for the diplomatic immunity of certain individuals.


    Meanwhile in the Radiant City’s Main Chruch.


    Pope David had a chill behind his back as he was having a meeting with other Cardinals.


    One of the Cardinals spoke, "Let’s start our preparations. Pope David."


    Cardinal once again spoke, "Pope David. We need to start.’


    Pope David came to his senses as he nodded and left with the Cardinals.