Of course, Louis was never officially appointed by the Imperial Capital as "Governor of the North," nor did he hold any swearing-in ceremony.
He relied on the actual power documents handed over by the old Duke on his deathbed, fueled by three consecutive months of Red Tide Territory's supply of grain and salt mines, and controlled the leading voice in the Northern Territory's reconstruction meetings.
Without wearing a crown, Louis has already achieved approximately seventy percent political support in the Northern Territory.
And Louis's sharpest tool is naturally the data collected by the Daily Intelligence System, converging into an almost cold political map.
Those who can be wooed are marked "usable," with strategies and needs attached.
Those with weak wills and dirty tails are marked as "to be watched."
As for the observers, the "scheme to be decided after the situation evolves" column is left blank.
Yet Louis was in no hurry to clean up or curry favor.
