Chapter 396: Killing Intention

"Bring more people with you, and draw personnel from the inner guard." Derek reminded.

This is not said without reason. No matter how powerful the Griffin Kingdom is, it is still compared with the Northern Duchy.

The power of those nobles is absolutely as great as the sky for an individual.

The various relationships are intricate and complicated. It's ironic to say that even the new nobles of the Northern Duchy have a thousand connections with that side.

Don't think that a group of grassroots people have no connection.

After you become successful, you must marry and have children, right?

Marry the daughter of a noble in your own country. Maybe your mother-in-law is a descendant of the nobles of the Griffin Kingdom.

Not to mention marrying someone from the Griffin Kingdom.

Even if you marry a commoner, there must be some business to do, right? You can still get in touch with them.

What's more, your wife's family may have been connected with that side again.

In the final analysis, the division between countries has never been so clear.

The common people below may never interact with each other, but the real top leaders are always in a thousand connections.

As the saying goes, dragons don't associate with snakes, but if they are both dragons, then they can associate.

Derek would not dare to trust anyone else.

It's not that his subordinates are not loyal, but no matter how loyal they are, they will not attack their relatives when the time comes.

Fortunately, Simon has been in charge of the internal guard for several years, and he knows all the rules here.

He nodded and kept this in mind.

Otherwise, if he really went to the front line, he might be shot by someone.

...

At the end of the ninth year of the Principality, the Griffin Kingdom finally couldn't hold on.

At home, the comprador nobles stirred up trouble, and the rebels armed with new weapons fought fiercely with the king's faction.

Abroad, almost all ports fell, and the fleet of the Northern Principality was unstoppable.

Several small-scale naval battles directly broke the backbone of the Griffin Kingdom.

History once again proves that the navy cannot be compared simply by the position.

The generation gap between battleships and sailing warships is insurmountable.

Too many people are rubbing shoulders, waiting to share the Griffin Kingdom's pie.

Until Simon took office in a low-key manner and was responsible for presiding over this war of annihilation.

In name, both the Ministers of the Navy and the Army must accept his leadership and be limited to this war of annihilation.

However, Virut withdrew as soon as possible. His credit was enough. Presiding over the last war was just to reminisce about the past.

As the Minister of the Army, his mission and battlefield were not here.

Before leaving, a lot of favors came to him.

Virut was not surprised. This kind of thing could not be avoided.

"Minister, General Simon is here to pick peaches. This is too unfair." Someone said so.

Virut glanced at him. He could fall into this low-level fanning trick, so he could go home to farm.

In his heart, Virut blacklisted the guy who started the provocation, and said calmly: "Pick peaches if you want. I will go to Simon one day and make him treat me to a meal."

"What should we do? You can't just ignore me." This is to continue to play the victim.

"What's wrong? I'm still the Minister of the Army, and you are all still under my command.

Don't worry, if you feel unhappy in the front-line troops, I will decide to transfer you to the Army Department to work." Virut directly cut off the firewood.

The chief officer of the front-line troops doesn't want to be the chief officer, so come and do chores for me.

It's quiet now.

But these people will not give up.

A noble from the Holy Cross Kingdom said: "Minister, General Simon was too cruel at the beginning, and there are many people in the Griffin Kingdom who are loyal to us. Should we say hello and give them a chance?"

"Sure, I will tell Simon." Virut said perfunctorily.

After a circle, Virut sent all the guests away and set off to return.

This kind of thing is inevitable, it's nothing more than shirking.

Similar things are happening in Adrian's place.

However, most people don't care. Everyone is waiting to share the cake. They can pass on a message for you, but no one will joke about their own interests.

Simon arrived at the ship of the Principality Fleet smoothly.

Adrian came to meet him specially.

The two have worked together for more than ten years. There is competition, but the feelings are deeper.

As soon as they met, Simon smiled and said, "Why, the Minister of the Navy came to be a lobbyist in person?"

"Go to hell, just a bunch of stupid people with unclear minds, and you are worthy of me being a lobbyist?" Adrian was disdainful.

You are not Wuxia Amon anymore, do you really think anyone is qualified to order you around?

Speaking of this, Adrian felt emotional: "You won't believe it, it's only been a few years, and many old brothers have changed.

I really think I am a noble lord, I am afraid I have forgotten the days when I used to pick manure with a dung fork."

Although Adrian is a descendant of the nobility, he really didn't receive much favor from him.

At most, he has a few more opportunities than ordinary people, and he also spent his youth in the countryside.

So he knows exactly what kind of life and treatment ordinary civilians have, and he has even experienced it himself.

I thought that the old brothers who had been with me had not forgotten these things, but I didn't expect that many people had changed after only a few years of good days.

Simon is in charge of the internal guards and has seen a lot.

"The Duke is right, the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon.

We will also be a member of the dragon, but we have to complete the great cause for the Duke first."

Simon is very open-minded, and it is not his turn to worry about these complicated things.

If the Duke wants to become a dragon, then he will be the dragon's claws.

If the Duke still wants to be a dragon slayer, then I will follow him to slay the dragon.

It’s too tiring to think so much.

Adrian envied this carefree attitude.

“Forget it, I won’t talk nonsense with you. Don’t worry about the Navy Department. We will never hold you back. I don’t have much pressure here. I can handle it. Just do whatever you want.”

Adrian came here to hide away. Otherwise, it would be annoying to be chased by people to beg for mercy every day.

“Thank you.” Simon patted his old friend’s shoulder, with a fierce light in his eyes: “How happy they dance today, I will make them cry as miserably.”

Don’t look at his kind face now, there were many nobles hanged at that time.

Years taught the boy to smile, but they didn’t make him forget to carry a knife.

The familiar murderous aura made Adrian tremble. He reminded with some worry: “Be careful, don’t let others kill you.”

“Don’t worry, the only person who can kill me is the Duke.”

Simon got the full help of the Navy Department and landed in the Never-Sleeping City first.

At this time, the Never-Sleeping City was still prosperous.

The war not only did not make it lonely, but because of the special relationship, a large number of people gathered in this safe port.

In the war, the nightless port was strangely prosperous.

The dance continued, and the song continued.

Simon went ashore in a low-key manner, and Peter from the Ninth Investigation Department also quietly approached, ready to receive his old boss.

At the port, a large number of murderous weapons were unloaded from here, and a large number of people came and went.

Under the bright lights, the voice of the singing girl could be vaguely heard.

Peter took off his hat and waved it to Simon.