Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Lux didn't know that Silas, who had set off the prelude to the turmoil in Demacia's capital, actually ran to the north to cooperate with the Freljords.

Now, the most important thing for her is how to officially start working in Forsbarrow.

Although he is the legitimate Earl of Laxana and Lord of Forsbarrow, according to the first draft of Ino and Sivana's investigation, the locals of Forsbarrow don't seem to be very interested in the noble Lord...

There has been no lord here for nearly two hundred years - apart from cooperating with the Third Demacian Legion stationed here to fight against the barbarians in the north, Forsbarrow is almost an independent kingdom.

But now, Lux "emerged" as a lord and brought a large number of demon-stained immigrants. In this case, she must consider the thoughts of the locals in Forsbarrow.

Fortunately, through the previous trip to Forsbarrow and the preliminary investigation report, Lux at least roughly knew what the Forsbarrow people needed-compared to other areas of Demacia, the products of Forsbarrow It is not abundant, and most of the food is imported. In this case, Lux believes that the promise of "building a road from Forsbarrow to Mithril City" should arouse the interest of the locals.

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Lux has her own considerations about joining Forsbarrow.

The reaction of the Forsbarrow people after learning that a lord appeared above them was also very interesting.

As mentioned earlier, compared to the economic form, the social structure of Forsbarrow is actually relatively simple - for the residents of this northern city, life itself is a relatively difficult thing, and they are engaged in different Professional Forsbarrow people often need to join a group to stay competitive in order to ensure their competitiveness. This naturally gave rise to the development of the local trade association of Forsbarrow.

In fact, due to insufficient investigation methods, in the preliminary investigation report, Eno speculated that Fosbairo "may have a larger clan power" because here, many people engaged in a certain industry often have the same identity. Surname.

It looks very much like a family monopoly.

But in fact, due to the special situation of Forsbarrow, the reason why most of the trade guilds here are people with the same surname is not because of family monopoly, but because people in the same trade join together and marry each other, and eventually everyone becomes a family.

The causal relationship is the opposite to that in other commercially developed regions.

Therefore, when the news came that "Count Laxana was about to arrive in Forsbarrow", contrary to what Lax thought, many guilds were even happy to have a lord on their head.

For example, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce who had just blown a big deal and failed to get an investment from the "Pi City Investors" learned that Forsbarrow was about to welcome a lord. , the first reaction was excitement.

Yes, excited.

People who are not specialized in business have no idea how painful it is to have no one above your head!

In addition to the annual trade to the capital of Demacia, the trade between Forsbarrow Chamber of Commerce and other cities will be driven down by local merchants every time - to the death.

The main reason for this is that there is no lord in Fosbairo, and the people of Fosbairo are ownerless people.

In Demacia, nobles and commoners are not the same concept at all, and there is almost no time for the two to sit down and have an equal dialogue.

Therefore, even if he is the president of the Fosbarrow Chamber of Commerce, the people of Fosbarrow do not have any opportunity to discuss trade with the lords from various places.

After all, according to Demacia's tradition, although local merchants are responsible for trade in various places, the most important tone still needs to be set by the nobles. There are no nobles in Forsbarrow, which means that Forsbarrow has no real meaning. trade negotiation rights.

In this case, when Forsbarrow's goods are sold, the prices will be wildly lowered by local merchants, and they will not sell if they like it - although the quality of Forsbarrow's furs, blue ocher, and various spices and herbs are all top-notch. , but none of these are necessities, and the sales scope is quite limited.

Without the support of nobles, the Forsbarrow people are unable to build a trade network covering the entire Demacia. In addition, the roads within the territory are difficult and the transportation costs are extremely high. Even if this is a single transaction, they are unable to do so. Price starts from the ground up.

If it weren't for the royal family in Xiongdu that has been promoting exhibition-style trade in order to increase its influence, the prices of Forsbarrow's products would have been suppressed even more severely!

Therefore, for Fosbarrow's Chamber of Commerce, Count Laxana, the lord who "came down from the sky", is their greatest savior.

After hearing that the other party was from the Crown Guard family, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce was the first to stand up and start running around - when Shyvana came to the Chamber of Commerce to inquire about the news, the "big clearance event" she saw was actually The Chamber of Commerce is conducting a sale to raise funds and show its loyalty.

In his opinion, since Count Laxana is from the Crownguard family, he must have some connections in Mithril City. If he can ask this lord to contact Mithril City and establish a relationship, he can allow Foss to After Barrow's merchants transported the goods to Mithril City, they used Mithril City's waterways to transport them...

Even if you pay an additional toll, business profits will increase a lot - in the case of water transportation, the reduction in transportation costs can completely offset the toll and loyalty to the Earl, and it is more than enough!

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However, not everyone is as happy as the Chamber of Commerce to have a new lord above their heads.

In Forsbarrow, the Orions had a somewhat subtle attitude after hearing that a lord was about to arrive.

If Forsbarrow's group of people did not want to parachute a lord, it must be these hunters - the reason is very simple, they are the group of people who have the closest relationship with the Third Demacian Legion stationed in Forsbarrow.

Demacia has always advocated the policy of elite soldiers. Soldiers - even ordinary soldiers - still have a considerable status in Demacia and are "noble reserve forces" in the true sense.

On the one hand, this greatly strengthened Demacia's armaments, but on the other hand, it also limited the number of soldiers who could join the army.

At least until now, Demacia has not seen any obvious redundancy of troops.

However, because the national borders in the north and east of Demacia are too long, relying only on a few elite soldiers is not enough to support a country's national defense.

In this case, the importance of local militia comes to the fore.

According to Demacia tradition, the militia and the regular army are complementary.

The militia is "unwoven", but they can also be regularized - the legions in various places, especially the garrison legions stationed in specific areas, will recruit some elites from the local militia. For the Demacians, this is It is a very valuable upward path.

Fosbairo is certainly no exception.

As one of Forsbarrow's "pillar industries", Forsbarrow's local fur industry supports a large number of hunters.

These hunters are big hunters in normal times, but once winter comes, they will gather in Forsbarrow City to help the Third Army together as militiamen to defend against barbarians who may come to attack from the north.

For the merchants of the Fosbarrow Chamber of Commerce, the absence of a lord in Fosbarrow means that "no one is being exploited"; but for these hunters, the lack of a lord in Fosbarrow means that "you can directly fight with the third party." The three armies establish contact."

In this way, during the period when Forsbarrow had no lords, many of Forsbarrow's hunters were converted from militia to regular armies through their connections with the Third Legion.

This is also the main reason why Ino and Shyvana found out that "Forsbarrow has an ambiguous relationship with the Third Northern Army."

Although the life of the hunters is relatively difficult, hunting is difficult, and accidents are prone to occur, they are a group of people who have a clear path to advancement in Fosbairo - and now Fosbairo is going to have a noble man. It's not a good thing for them.

Now everyone who has the ability can be spotted by the Third Legion and become a glorious Demacia soldier. When the noble lord comes to Forsbarrow, can it continue like this?

Therefore, after getting the news, some knowledgeable hunters began to pass news to each other, trying to do something.

However, unlike the Chamber of Commerce, winter has not yet entered, and it is the best time to hunt for those prey that have grown autumn fat. At this time, most hunters are scattered in the complicated mountainous terrain of the North— -The Feilongji Mountain Range is like the backbone of a giant flying dragon, with many large and small proliferating "bone spurs".

These "bone spurs" form mountain cols, which are the favorite hunting grounds of local hunters. Now is the peak hunting season, and hunters are setting up traps in their own hunting grounds, waiting for this year's good harvest.

With a loose organization, by the time these hunters unite, it will probably be winter!

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In addition to the concerned and encouraging merchant guild and the nervous hunters, the attitude of the miners and herb collectors of Forsbarrow towards the Count Laxana is more interesting.

To describe it in one sentence, it's "none of my business."

As an out-and-out "technician", in the eyes of the miners and herb collectors, it doesn't matter whether Forsbarrow has a lord or not, there will be no change in his associates - except for us, even you, the lord, No matter how capable we are, can we find another group of people to pick herbs and spices that are not easy to find, distinguish and pick on our behalf?

Or can the new lord bring a large number of manpower to directly take over the mine and mine blue ocher on my behalf?

Can't?

If not, how can our lives change?

Therefore, these people are Fosbarrow's "neutral faction" and are not very concerned about or interested in Count Laxana's arrival.

Just live your own life well, what does it matter if you have a lord or not?

In this way, while some were happy, some were sad, and some were indifferent, Laxana took her private army of Forsbyro and a large number of demon-infected people to drag the huge forbidden demon stone colossus. , finally officially arrived at Forsbarrow.

The Forsbarrow Chamber of Commerce, which welcomed the arrival of the lord, immediately went out of the city to greet him after receiving the news.

The businessmen and fellows, headed by the president of the Chamber of Commerce, couldn't help but smile with joy after seeing the imposing Galio.

The Chamber of Commerce will form a caravan in the summer to conduct trade in Xiongdu, so many people have seen this Forbidden Demon Stone Colossus.

Being able to transport such an iconic Forbidden Demon Stone Colossus to Forsbarrow in the North fully illustrates the identity and status of the newly arrived Count Laxana!

With this big boss taking care of you, good times are coming!

Thinking of this, a group of businessmen got busy excitedly.

Galio is too big, and it is not enough to pull him into the city just by relying on the ropes on the wall of Forsbarrow - if he is pulled hard, the wall as the fulcrum may collapse.

In this case, the best thing to do is to leave Galio outside the city.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce planned to go directly to meet with the lord. On the one hand, he wanted to explain Galio's affairs clearly, and on the other hand, he also wanted to show his loyalty.

With excitement and trepidation, he confirmed the "loyalty gift list" in his arms, straightened up his appearance a little, and then smiled and greeted the people who were forming a team on the slope outside Fosbarrow City and preparing to enter the city.

For those who followed Lux ​​all the way north, climbing and sleeping in the open, and finally arrived outside the city of Forsbarrow, it seemed that the city of Forsbarrow was right in front of them, which meant that the journey was about to reach the end. !

At this moment, both the soldiers and the devil-infected people were more or less excited, but thanks to the intensive training along the way, they still quickly completed the team.

In the opinion of the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Forsbarrow, this rapid formation of the team naturally reflected the "good military management" of the new lord, Count Laxana. Therefore, he couldn't help but speed up the pace and came to When you are not far from the sentry, take the initiative to stand still.

"Sam Bol, representative of the local chamber of commerce in Fosbarrow, welcomes His Excellency the Lord!" He bowed in the direction of the team and saluted with great respect. "People of Fosbarrow, you have been waiting for your Excellency for a long time!"

It seems that because "outsiders are coming", the team that was somewhat noisy due to excitement before became quiet at a speed visible to the naked eye. Without many passwords, the team became orderly at an alarming speed. .

With the soldiers in front and the demon-stained ones behind, a huge square formation consisting of a large number of small sword formations and shield formations, occupying all the space in the open space under the city, was completely unfolded.

Then, as a red flag was raised, the phalanx that had received the order separated to the left and right, and Lux, riding on a white horse, walked out of the formation.

The next moment, the blue flag waved, and the phalanx returned to normal. Lux, who had left the formation, turned over and dismounted cleanly.

"Mr. Sambol." A standard aristocratic smile appeared on Lux's face, and she nodded gently, "Long time no see."

Looking at this smiling face, Sambol's mind went blank.