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Chapter 461 Praise, Lord of Famine and Plague!
Chapter 461 Praise, the Lord of Famine and Plague!
Author: pure little angel
Chapter 461 Praise, the Lord of Famine and Plague!
"My fellow countrymen who are suffering, in order to satisfy their own selfish desires, those greedy nobles and wealthy merchants used shameful means to steal our only food rations, allowing famine and plague to spread wantonly in the kingdom, leaving our children in hunger and pain
Die!
And those culprits are staying comfortably in the manor, in front of the warm fireplace, under the service of slaves, enjoying fine wine and food, and laughing at you and me in the most vicious tone about our difficult situation at the moment!"
"For hundreds of years, those nobles have stood high above us, trampling on our dignity like cattle and horses. My compatriots, the Kingdom of [Hadrata] should not be like this... Now is the time to take back our rights.
Something!"
[Hadra Tower] In the north of the kingdom, on a three-meter-high boulder, Redel was giving an impassioned speech before the war.
Below was a mass of poor people dressed in rags. Under Redel's constant talk, anger gradually appeared on everyone's face.
As Redl said, the wheat they worked so hard to grow was forcibly taken away by the nobles at a very low price, and then sold for hundreds or thousands of times. Even if they spent all their property, they could not afford to buy a few grains.
A piece of black bread, and can only survive by eating grass roots and tree bark.
The person who caused all this made a lot of money and hid in the manor to enjoy himself peacefully.
Seeing the anger gradually igniting in everyone's eyes, Redel continued his efforts and publicized their successful experience in resisting aristocratic tyranny in other places.
For example, the mining slaves in the southern territories used to be oppressed by the nobles and had to stay in dark mines all day long. They also had to endure beatings, scolding and exploitation by supervisors, and were even constantly faced with the risk of mine collapse.
But with the help of the wizards, they stood up bravely, killed the mine supervisor, defended their rights with blood, and then arrested the local baron to judge each other's evil deeds in public!
"Okay!" "This is how it should be, let those despicable nobles get the retribution they deserve!" "They should be thrown into hell!"
Listening to Redl's vivid description of the nobles being hanged and their fear before execution, the poor people present were all angry and cursed loudly, but there were also many people who showed hesitation and couldn't help but speak out.
asked.
"Sir Reidel, I heard that wizards have established many workshops in the royal capital. Not only are they paid several silver coins every month, but they also provide three meals. Is this true?"
"Of course it's true. I promise you that as long as everyone works hard, no one will go hungry again!" Redel said with certainty, and then explained to everyone the various regulations enacted by the parliament.
A welfare policy.
To the ears of the poor, this beautiful place is like a paradise in a dream, but it is a bit too illusory.
Fortunately, due to the smooth flow of trade, many people had listened to the merchants transporting goods in the tavern boasting about the grand occasion of the royal capital, and they all came forward to confirm that Redel's words were definitely not fabricated out of thin air.
Taking one step back to hell and one step further to heaven, seeing that the time was ripe, Redel immediately ordered hundreds of flintlock guns to be fired, and then shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Now, everyone, pick up the weapons in your hands and take back what belongs to us!"
"Make those bastards pay!" "Send them to hell!"
Thousands of people in the group just shouted slogans and marched towards the marquisdom closest to them.
And this scene is repeated in almost every territory in the northwest of the kingdom!
Redel broke up 10,000 elite musketeers into hundreds of teams, and spent a month encouraging the local suffering people to rise up and resist, just to launch an attack together today!
Although the weapons in the hands of the poor are only obsolete flintlock guns, and the average training time per person is only about a week, after all, there is strength in numbers. With the blessing of hatred and anger, they can be said to be overwhelming, and even
Instigated the rebellion of some regular troops under the nobles...
"The mob, the damn mob!"
In the city of Herder in the north of the kingdom, the Grand Duke of Gard was hiding in a strong fortress, looking out the window at the poor people clamoring to hang him, his face full of fear and anger.
He finally managed to avoid the capture of those wizards with the help of an inherited sacred weapon from his family, and fled back to his territory in a hurry. However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he ran into these damn group of people.
The mob was directly blocked in this fortress.
Fortunately, those mobs lacked powerful enough siege weapons, so they gave themselves a chance to breathe.
"Immediately release the letters asking for help. These damn mobs, I will chop them alive one by one!" Grand Duke Gard ordered through gritted teeth.
There are several gray crows kept in this castle for communication, and they are also the only living creatures that can fly out of the fortress. The holy weapon in his hand has been used once before, and it is not suitable for fighting against groups of enemies.
For the current plan, he can only hope that the small nobles under his command can lead the army to rescue him.
However, this only hope was shattered by a sudden sound inside the fortress.
"No need. I'm afraid the entire northern part of the kingdom has already fallen. The lords everywhere are too busy to take care of themselves. No one will be able to save you."
Gad suddenly turned his head and looked over. In the darkness, a familiar figure slowly emerged.
"Gustave?!" Gad immediately recognized the man, and his face first showed a bit of joy, and then turned into a look of deep anger. "This is what you said to me.
infallible?"
"The grain in the hands of those wizards can't be used up at all. They can even use magic to make bread. The wheat in our hands is worthless now. It's over now, everything is over!"
Gad's ferocious face was full of resentment. If the other party hadn't encouraged him to start this food war, they wouldn't have ended up like this.
"Do you think that without this matter, those wizards would let you go?" Gustav said with a sneer. "Look at the rioting citizens outside your castle. The wizards have long been secretly planning to seize it.
It’s your territory! I just gave you a chance to take back your rights!”
Gad stared at Gustav with a gloomy face. Although he was angry in his heart, he also understood that the leader of the God's Punishment Army in front of him was not something he could compete with. He could only suppress his anger and ask the other party's purpose.
"Of course I'm here to save you!" Gustav said slowly. "I'm afraid your current strength is not enough to fight against those mobs."
There was no trace of joy on Gard's face. With the power of the commander of the God's Punishment Army, it was naturally easy to deal with a group of mobs. However, the other party chose to sneak into the fortress to meet him. The meaning was already obvious.
"Tell me your conditions!" Gad said solemnly.
"There are no conditions this time, only gifts." Gustav took out a strange-looking statue from his arms. "It will give you new strength, enough to allow you to regain your territory."
"The statue of the evil god?!" Gad couldn't help but take a step back, a chill ran down his back. Of course he knew what this thing was.
I understand more how terrifying this thing is...
This is not a so-called gift at all, but a sacrifice!
Gard immediately took out the ancestral holy weapon, and a strong divine light immediately appeared in the fortress. However, to his expectation, the holy weapon did not attack the enemy in front of him at all.
Gustav looked at Gad with a mocking expression. This holy weapon was given by the church a hundred years ago, but the other party tried to use the power of this holy tool to compete with him. He didn't know what to say!
"Use your last value!" Gustav stepped forward, holding the statue of the evil god with his right hand and penetrated Duke Gard's chest.
No blood flowed out. Gustav's hand seemed to have passed through an illusory obstacle and placed the statue into the opponent's heart.
The next moment, a large number of voices entered Gad's mind.
"Praise to the Lord of Famine and Plague!" "You bring disaster to the world, punish all those who do not worship God, and drag the world into hell..." "O Lord, punish your enemies with plague..."
The high-pitched, continuous prayers and the horrific and evil memories constantly impacted Gad's will. His face was becoming distorted, his body was trembling, and he fell limply to the ground, feeling both mentally and physically.
Suffering severe pain.
If he hadn't been a blood knight, he would have completely collapsed in the first round of consciousness shock!
This is the reason why Gustav came here specifically. Ordinary people's bodies are not capable of carrying the power of the evil god - even if it is only a statue that carries part of the power of the evil god.
The attendants in the room knelt on the ground and shivered, not even daring to look up.
Gustav listened to the other party's wails with a stern face, unmoved at all. Since the wizards had already planned to provoke the mob's rebellion, then these nobles had lost the value of continuing to exist.
…
The news that the citizens who had revolted against the tyranny of the nobles were victorious in the northern part of the kingdom soon spread back to the City of Fire and Oil through various channels.
"Very good, very good, now the entire kingdom has been accommodated under the rule of the Parliament, without exception!" Harrov said very happily.
This is the second year since they set foot in the land of wizards, and the results they have achieved are obviously far beyond their expectations. Not only have they successfully established themselves on this continent, but they have also entered the empire directly!
"Of course this is an honor worth celebrating, but now is not the time to relax!" Vittorio reminded.
Although they had removed the biggest factor of instability within the kingdom in one fell swoop, arresting, imprisoning so many powerful people at once, and confiscating their property, even though there were sufficient reasons, caused quite a bit of panic.
Coupled with the lack of management personnel, the entire kingdom will inevitably face a period of management chaos.
"Master Lin En, I heard that you are contemplating a new method of selecting a large number of grassroots managers to manage the entire kingdom. Do you have any idea?" Aurora asked curiously.
Since the Parliament ruled the kingdom, they have been thinking about how to rule such a large territory.
There are currently two mainstream voices in parliament.
One is to cooperate with the nobles and implement management through enfeoffment as before. The nobles are responsible for managing secular affairs, and the wizards are responsible for managing the mysterious and supernatural.
This road is obviously not feasible, because they are taking the route of the poor, in order to undermine the faith of the church and seriously conflict with the interests of the nobles.
The second is to be completely governed by wizards, which is what they do in Wizard Land, for example.
But in Linn's opinion, this is a different kind of wizard enfeoffment system...
Its purpose is to directly manage a city by a school led by a great wizard!
This is slightly better than the hereditary inheritance of nobles in the empire. After all, being able to be promoted to this level itself means that you are good enough, but there are many disadvantages. After all, being strong and having a good brain does not mean that you must be good at management.
In fact, many great wizards don't pay attention to managing their territory at all, and leave it to the wizards of the schools below to manage it. The level can only be described as uneven.
Not to mention that there are so many cities within the kingdom, even more if you include the empire, that wizards alone simply cannot manage them.
Lin En didn't mean to hide it, and quickly revealed the examination and selection system he planned to implement.
The several speakers are naturally no strangers to examination selection. For example, in the land of wizards, the promotion of official wizards is evaluated through tests. Lin En optimized this system again when he was at Iyetta Harbor, so they
I understand it somewhat.
"Relying on merit and selecting the best? What specific items should be tested?" Vittorio asked thoughtfully.
"The first thing is literature. If a manager doesn't even know basic literacy, how can he understand the orders we issue?" Lin En explained one by one.
"Then comes the Mathematical Olympiad. Numeracy skills have a wide range of applications and are necessary!" "The last step is to test some career-related content. For example, agricultural managers must understand climate, farming, and the control methods of various alchemical instruments."
In this way, managers who pass the exam only need to get used to the work a little before they can get started.
However, the top managers should be mainly wizards. After all, a civilian cannot manage a wizard with powerful power. Lin En is still very clear about this, so he can only select wizards who are good at management.
As for those wizards who are extremely powerful but not good at management, we can bring them into the council and give them an identity and status that matches their strength, so that they will not cause dissatisfaction.
In addition, all managers only have administrative rights. For example, the local city lord is not qualified to form and command the army, and replacements are appointed by the parliament, completely abolishing the hereditary system.
Lin En gave a rough description of his thoughts as concisely as possible, and also added the corresponding prosecution and reporting systems. It was almost like taking out a code.
(End of chapter)
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