Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

The canal project is currently undergoing the first phase - based on the original seasonal river channel, deepening, desilting and dredging to stabilize the seasonal river.

The old seasonal river channel was rolled out by glaciers. After the artificial lake was built last year, the glaciers did not roll over it in the spring as usual. The melted glacier water released by the artificial lake flows down the old river channel from the year before last.

Although the river water successfully merged into the Melan River along the river course of the previous year, because it had not been crushed by glaciers, last year's river water flooded many areas, making the already bad roads even worse.

Therefore, taking advantage of this winter, the royal guards deepened the river channel, cleaned the river bed, and raised the embankment on the basis of the old river channel, striving to completely stabilize the river.

This is a very hard work. Compared with the previous excavation of artificial lakes, the most troublesome part is that as the project progresses, the camp needs to be moved every three to five days. In addition, unlike the artificial lake project where the location environment is stable, , the riverbed deepening project involved a linear distance of nearly 500 miles, during which time it was inevitable to face different geological environments.

In the worst place, there was a huge granite three feet below the river bed. In order to deepen the river bed, the mages spent a lot of effort to blast and remove large pieces of granite underground.

Therefore, although Kalya lowered the construction speed requirement, when he came to the construction site to check the construction status, he still had to admit that the progress of the project was much lower than his expectations.

At least this winter, the river deepening project will not be completed.

And when spring comes and the flowers bloom and the river fills with water, the project will stop. According to the current speed, the construction of this artificial river may take another two years.

It took three years to repair the river channel and turn the seasonal river into a perennial river. Although this speed was a bit slow, it was not unacceptable. Thinking of this, Kalya breathed a sigh of relief, and then let Sivana take him away. At the construction site, we continued heading north, and finally returned to Forsbarrow successfully the next day.

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"So, what happened in Xiongdu?" When Kalya returned, Lux temporarily put down the work at hand and asked Kalya immediately, "Not long ago, my mother sent someone to deliver a letter to me. , the letter asked me in detail about many details of the battle in Mithril City."

"Some bad things happened in the capital." Kalya replied, "Generally speaking, His Majesty Jarvan III used a little deception to send His Highness the Prince to climb Mount Targon."

When Lux heard this, her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Without your guidance, climbing Mount Targon must be a dangerous thing, right?" Sona stroked the strings with some confusion, "Is Your Majesty so confident?"

"Maybe it has something to do with the previous angel's arrival - I'm not very clear about the specific details." Kalya told the truth, "But the good news is that I exposed this matter. If nothing else, you will receive it at home soon." On the letter, the attitudes of the Crownguard family and the Bouvier family may change later..."

As he spoke, Kalya told everything about what he saw, what he speculated, and what he did later, which made Lux and Sona stunned.

"So, what are we going to do next?" Lux swallowed while trying to digest the information given by Kalya, "Are we going to start training the army?"

"Training the army?" Kalya was stunned for a moment after hearing this. "What are you thinking? It's definitely not the case - don't worry, our King is not in the mood to think about the problems in the north, and the noble council will not care about us. We don’t need to change our strategy in the future, we just need to work hard to develop!”

"But the giant god interfered..."

"The interference of the Titans is troublesome, but it is not as troublesome as you think." Sensing Lux's rare nervousness, Kalya explained with a smile, "The Titans are a group of guys who lack the sense of time. For them, three to five years , it’s almost the same thing as three or five days for us, they won’t make any big moves in a short period of time.”

"..."

Lux and Sona both blinked, seemingly in disbelief.

"Believe me, even if there is something wrong with Kyle, it will probably be three to five years before the Titan discovers the problem and responds. As long as Jarvan IV does not rely on the power of returning from the summit to integrate all of Demacia, resources, we still have time.”

"So you chose to detonate His Majesty the King's plan and bring him into confrontation with the Noble Council?"

"That's right." Kalya admitted, "The nobles will not be willing to lose their power. Once the situation becomes tense, Jarvan IV, who has returned from the summit, will not be able to smoothly integrate the political situation. At that time, the nobles will have one more reason to fight against the royal family - Perhaps they will also wish to share in the immortal power.”

"Then we can continue to develop with peace of mind?"

"Continue to develop—on a three-year cycle, show off the same attitude you had in Zaun and turn Forsbarrow upside down!"

Kalya's categorical words finally made Lax and Sona feel relieved. A few days later, they each received a letter from their mother (adoptive mother). The content of the letter was surprisingly consistent: telling them not to set foot in the capital easily. The political situation here, and said that His Majesty the King "may deviate from the traditions of Demacia."

It seems that because the negotiations between the Noble Council and Jarvan III have not yet ended, the letters received by the two did not describe the problem in too much detail. However, gathering the news from Kalja, it can be seen that after Kalja left the capital, , it seems that Jarvan III was quite tough in the negotiations with the Noble Council. He neither directly confessed the whereabouts of Jarvan IV, nor completely vetoed the inheritance of Sentu II. He has been stubbornly insisting on the whereabouts of Jarvan IV. remain silent.

"Will this lead to a civil war?" After receiving the letter, Lux asked Kalya uneasily, "It seems that the noble council and His Majesty the King may break up at any time."

"Civil war? How can there be a civil war!" Kalya was not worried about this. "Do you think the nobles could rely on the little private army in their hands to directly go to Luo with their swords?"

Lux blinked, realizing that this seemed unlikely.

After all, the garrison is completely in the hands of Jarvan III at this time, and the military has always supported Jarvan III - if it is just such a small matter that the prince is missing and the side branch that may inherit the throne is closer to the Illuminati, it seems It will not shake Jarvan III's prestige among the army.

And as long as they firmly hold the army, the nobles don't have the capital to start a civil war.

"So according to my judgment, the Noble Council and Jarvan III will engage in a bitter cold war, but they will never use force." Kalya concluded, "In other words, this can be regarded as some kind of political deal - Jarvan III gets Being close to the power of the Illuminati may lead to losing control of the nobility."

"So, this is a schism?"

"Not really, but... almost."

After reaching this conclusion, Lux was silent for a while.

She never thought that Demacia, which had always been united, would actually split in a short period of time, and her most respected teacher also played a very important role in this process.

Of course, if you think about it carefully, you will know that the root of this matter lies in the ambition of Jarvan III and his desire to bring the divine power under his control. It is the imbalance of the power structure that caused this split.

But she understood that after all, Lux felt a little disappointed after reaching this point. In the end, she could only let out a long sigh, then turned around and started preparing her spring speech.

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The turbulent waves in Xiongdu have spread to the north, and have become calm.

For the people of Forsbarrow, the power struggle of the masters of the capital is far away. What they are more concerned about now is the fragrant red saplings that sprouted newly this spring in the newly opened Forsbarrow nursery.

That's right, after a year of experimental planting, starting this spring, a new wave of planted fragrant red sage will be open to the public at the Forsbarrow Nursery on a limited basis, proving to the people of Forsbarrow that Fauquelin The plant breeding team where she works has now initially mastered the ability to grow fragrant red sage.

People who collect medicinal herbs are very aware of the economic value of fragrant red cassia. Usually people don’t collect much of this stuff because it takes up space and is bad luck. If it can be planted directly near the city, everything will be different!

Therefore, when the nursery was announced to be open, there was still an endless stream of people coming to visit, even in the severe cold of winter.

Then, in this warm atmosphere, Lux gave her spring speech again as usual.

This was Lux's second spring speech after coming to Forsbarrow.

The atmosphere of the speech was very lively and the content of the speech was also very rich.

Different from last year, Lux started with the experience of the Battle of Mithril City, which firmly attracted the attention of the people of Forsbyro from the beginning - everyone knew that the Battle of Mithril City was won, and there were also sporadic cases. News came from the Mithril City refugees, but these messages were fragmented and unsystematic. The Forsbarrow people were full of curiosity about the specific process of the Mithril City battle.

At the beginning of Kasuga's speech, Lux satisfied their curiosity and briefly told the story of the battle in Mithril City (omitting the part where her brother had never fought with someone).

Kalya's carefully revised speech script allowed Lux ​​to quickly capture the attention of the people. Their moods changed with the changes in the situation in Mithral City that Lux described. After hearing the part about flooding Mithril, Many people exclaimed in disbelief.

Fortunately, Lux spoke quickly and clearly. She did not sell out the details and quickly finished the part about her half-crossed attack. Although these words she told were somewhat bragging, the Forsbarrow people were very I believe that it was not just cheers. For a while, the atmosphere in the central square became quite lively.

After talking about the battle of Mithral City, Lux finally brought the topic back on track and began to make this year's "governing plan."

The planting of fragrant red suspense has gone through the laboratory part and is now officially moved to the nursery. Last year, several experienced herb collectors maintained the environment and cultivated fragrant red suspense according to the conditions provided by Fouquelin. It was very A year of prosperity and decline has been successfully completed. The fragrant red cassia in the nursery this year is the result of last year's cultivation. Now the planting scale has been expanded. If everything goes well, then when the fragrant red cassia grows seeds this fall, Yufa Participants will start a special course on the cultivation of fragrant red sage. Those who are interested in investing in the cultivation of fragrant red cassia can come to attend the class and learn.

After passing the study, the Royal Master will provide initial seeds, help build a professional nursery, and conduct unified acquisitions.

Hearing this, the crowd burst into cheers again, especially the many older herb collectors, who were full of expectations for the planting of fragrant red sage.

In addition to promoting the cultivation of fragrant red sage, Fosbarrow also has an important task this year, which is to build the New Port Terminal of Forsbarrow.

Newport in the west of Forsbarrow City was the residence of the Walrus Tusk tribe in the past and the current Newport people. After last year's construction, Newport has begun to take shape.

Last winter, there was almost no large-scale ice on the sea surface near Xingang. The people of Xingang who were unable to engage in ice fishing had no choice but to seek help from the Dharma Master. They finally rowed ice boats away from the coastline and conducted traditional ice fishing.

After sending out the Archon, Lux collected information about the western waters of Forsbarrow through the clerk, and then she got an extremely surprising result - although the temperature was very low, Newport was a non-freezing port!

Even in the coldest time of winter, there are at most some climatic-free fine ice crystals on the sea surface. Navigation is possible all year round!

Although Lux has not heard from Ino for almost a month since she received a letter from Ino in Bilgewater, no matter whether the fur trade is successful or not, Newport, a high-latitude ice-free port, They are all well worth the effort to build!

Therefore, Lux plans to expand the area of ​​​​the new port this year and start building a pier that can berth large-scale ships.

According to the plan she and Kalya discussed together, the entire new port will extend southward, eventually crossing the remnants of the Dragon's Back Mountains and turning into a slender port city, and in the south of the city, a large dock will be built there. .

In addition, in the direction of the artificial lake, the canal will also lead to a narrower harbor canal directly to the port, where it enters the sea.

Although the construction of this tributary is extremely difficult, it is of great significance. With this port canal, all commodities in the northern part of Demacia can be transported by water and easily reach the seaside, and then be loaded onto ships at the Newport Pier. , transported to various places in Runeterra through the Sea of ​​Conquest.

When the time comes, Forsbarrow, a once barren place, will become the Piltover of Demacia!