Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

No matter what, Lux's trip to the capital should be considered fruitful.

With the large orders coming in, Forsbarrow's financial pressure has been greatly relieved this year - so Lux couldn't be happier about Jarvan IV's engagement.

As for the queen who looks very extraordinary...

According to Kalya, that shouldn't be something Lux is considering now. Now is a good time for Lux to promote the integration of the northern border!

Of course, with Forsbarrow's current pitiful size, while promoting integration, she also needs to continue to absorb immigrants in order to continuously expand her base.

And because Jarvan IV has temporarily completely suppressed the noble council, and the tax inspector's careful search, the two-crop tax crisis has gradually subsided, so there are almost no bankrupt farmers. Forsbairo wants to harvest More immigrants can only rely on industrial expansion and reaching out to Freljord.

Yes, after many years, Lux once again set her sights on the Freljord.

In other words, Lux's eyes have been wandering around the map of Freljord for so many years.

According to the news from the intelligence team members who followed Avarosa's headquarters, the focus of the Avarosans is now completely on Rakstaq, and Ashe obtained it through the trade with Forsbarrow. With a large amount of supplies, they are working hard to win over allies and build an order with Avarosa as the core.

Under this situation, although Ashe has also allocated some manpower to maintain the trade with Forsbarrow, her control over Silverjord is significantly declining.

In the past, small tribes in the West Freljord chose to ally with Avarosa for two main reasons - either they needed Avarosa's handicrafts, or they needed Avarosa's protection.

Now, with Avarosa moving eastward, these two points are no longer the main needs of these small tribes.

Without the Winter's Claw and no new powerful tribes rising, these small tribes in Severjord don't have much of a survival crisis for the time being. After the Battle of Mithril City, their only main enemy is left. There are wolves, white bears, lost ones, trolls and other animals. Before a new tribe has developed enough to be ambitious, the external crisis of these small tribes is very small.

As for the demand for handmade products... As the news of the alliance between Avarosa and Fosbarrow gradually spread, seeing that the people of Avarosa were trading with the Forsbarrows, why didn't they go directly to Fosbarrow? Where's Sparrow?

Of course, according to the style of the Freljord people, before trying to trade with Forsbarrow, they first tried to make a zero-dollar purchase, hoping to make a direct transaction without capital through robbery.

Unfortunately, with the special protection of the Dharma Protector Sequence and Northern Walkers, although there were some thrills during the period, five years have passed and no tribe has successfully taken advantage of Fosbarrow.

The zero-yuan purchase didn't work. Finally, a tribe pinched its nose and sent an envoy to try to trade with Forsbarrow.

However, just when Lux was about to agree, Kalya stopped the transaction in time.

"This can't be done." Kalya didn't intend to let the people of these small tribes get their wish easily. "They just attacked the caravan before. If they directly agree to the transaction request at this time, they will undoubtedly agree with the legitimacy of their robbery of the caravan. Sex, northern trade cannot remain at its current scale and form forever, and this hole cannot be opened."

"So we want to reject them?" Hearing what Kalya said, Lux was obviously a little reluctant. "This kind of robbery is the norm in Freljord. At least they want to sit down and negotiate a deal now..."

"They sit down and talk because they can't get it. If they sit down and talk now, then as long as they have a chance, they will definitely try to tear up the agreement and then start a wave of plunder." Kalya emphasized, "Although Most agreements end up being torn into pieces, but the cost of breach of contract is too low, and it is not conducive to future work."

"Then what should we do?" Lux was a little confused. "We can't ask them to hand over the plunderers, and it's not easy to put them on trial..."

"It's true that we can't judge them, but someone can." Kalya chuckled, finally showing his fox tail, "Ashe is our ally, although these guys avoided the half-way escorted by the Avarosans. , but this does not prevent us from making a serious protest to Miss Ashe."

"...Protest?" Kalya's words made Lux even more confused, "Is protest enough?"

"It's enough." Kalya was full of confidence. "Ashe is not an ordinary Avarosa War Mother. Although she will choose to protect these tribes and let everything go, believe me, she will definitely cooperate with those little Let’s have a good talk with the war mother of the tribe.”

"Then what?" Lux still didn't quite understand, "What's the use of it?"

"It's useless, this is very useful." Kalya's tone began to become subtle, "It is to make the war mothers of these tribes realize that the Avarosa tribe is no longer useful at this time."

Lux blinked, and after thinking for a moment, she finally felt a little enlightened.

"Are you hoping to drive a wedge between Avarosa and these small tribes of the Sifreljord?"

"Absolutely." Kalya happily admitted, "Ashe is a very thoughtful person, but the foundation of her rule is not stable at all. Now that Avarosa has moved eastward, the power of Sifreljord There is quite a gap... Aren't you interested?"

Hearing what Kalya said, Lux was somewhat speechless.

"Is it really okay to be so blatantly targeting your allies' sphere of influence?"

"This is no longer Avarosa's sphere of influence." After hearing this, Kalya gave a cold and realistic explanation, "Many of Ashe's ideas are very good, and even have some idealistic romance. Unfortunately, The work on her hands is really rough, and with Avarosa's size, the area she can control is quite limited."

"..."

"You should have discovered that in recent years, the importance of clerks has become more and more obvious." Seeing Lux fall into silence, Kalya gave an example from around him, "If you want to maintain order and rule, Just relying on personal prestige and charm is not enough. These tribes that violate the order of Avarosa also have members who worship Ashe, but this does not prevent them from violating Ashe's requirements and plundering caravans."

"..."

"In fact, even without the Battle of Tobitsia, Forsbarrow still needs a complete reorganization. When the city was small and the population was small, you could lead by personal prestige, but now With the expansion of Forsbarrow, the completion of the new port, and the completion of the new Fortress City, the size of your team will become larger and larger. At this time, if you rely on pure personal prestige, the result will be the same as the current Avarosa. When people take political measures, they die.”

Lux fell silent.

She understands what Kalya said - but to be honest, deep down in her heart, what she hopes to see more is that the mages, clerks and Northern Walkers of Forsbarrow all have the same ideals as hers, and that everyone has the same ideals. effort.

But that's not possible.

Even Ino only fully understood Lux's ideals and truly became Lux's comrade after working in Vazuan for a period of time. For the Forsbarrow people, although they were willing to believe that Lux was a good person, Lords and good leaders believe that Lux can lead Forsbarrow to glory, but it is obviously impossible for them to have Lux's preparation to sacrifice their personal interests and even cut off their families in the future.

"So, we can also teach Ashe a lesson?" Finally, Lux decided to make a joke to make the atmosphere less serious. "Let the tribe of Sifreljord realize that Ashe is no longer useful, and then what?" ?”

"Then tell them that we are useful." Kalya said in a pleasant tone, "The forces are ebbing and flowing like this. What we have to do is to first get these tribes out of Avarosa's order and enter our trade order, and then Absorb it again.”

"Like walrus tusk?"

"Similar, but very different." Kalya corrected, "The War Mother of Walrus Tusk is a rare wise man, but for those tribes that send troops to plunder, the War Mother is mostly a war madman, so if you want to They absorb and make them part of Forsbarrow, and the most important thing is to separate the War Mother from the tribe."

"This is too difficult." Hearing what Kalya said, Lux subconsciously wanted to shake her head. "The War Mother is the connection and bond of the tribe. It is difficult for me to imagine how to separate the War Mother from the tribe."

"We need to use some sausage-slicing skills here." Kalya seems to be quite good at this kind of thing. "Don't be limited by the fixed thinking. We may not necessarily need to actively separate the two sides and induce the war mother to give up part of the [meaningless furnace] Household] is a better choice.”

"You mean, by trade?"

"The run on trade means is one aspect." Kalya seemed to have already had a comprehensive plan, "but in addition, more importantly, you need to let the war mothers focus their vigorous energy on them. Go somewhere more meaningful."

"You're not talking about war, are you?"

"It's not a war, it's a tribal conflict at most." Kalya said the terrible words in a matter-of-fact tone, "Cheap food and handmade products will allow the war mothers to have no worries, so they can concentrate on cleaning up those who don't like it. tribe, and in this process, the strong will make contributions and become famous, while the weak will not be taken seriously even if they work as furnace households..."

Lux couldn't help but rub her temples after hearing this.

She had already guessed what Kalya was going to do next - it was nothing more than watching the war madman destroy himself in the war, while Forsbarrow took the opportunity to take over their tribe and people.

"Teacher Kalya." At this moment, Lux's tone began to become serious, "You are not affected by the devil, are you?"

"Demons? They don't have such brains." Kalya snorted, "This is already a very gentle plan, Lux, and you don't think that Sifreljord will not explode without intervention. Clash of Clans, right?”

"..."

"The power void left by Avarosa's departure is destined to need to be filled by a new order. Even if you do nothing, sooner or later a new tribe will be born with ambitions, and then begin the conquest - if everything goes well, they will become If the new Avarosa or Winter's Claw doesn't go well, this place will fall into chaos for decades until the next strong one appears."

Lux sighed. Although she didn't want to admit it, what Kalya said was the normal state of Freljord. On this ice sheet where it was difficult to survive, war was often the main theme.

"We already have some clues about the breeding of Ernuk." Seeing that Lux's mood was still a little low, Kalya took the initiative to talk about happy things, "If everything goes well, we will be able to deal with Severelzhuo." After the De Peninsula has a certain degree of control, we may try to provide them with Elnuk cubs with a relatively high survival rate. If they are unwilling to leave the Freljord, they can at least live an easier life."

"So, when you proposed to cultivate Ernuk, did you already think of this?" Lux, who couldn't laugh or cry, could only sigh helplessly, "Are you always like this?"

"What kind?"

“Seize every available opportunity and formulate a plan that will lead your target to fall into it unknowingly?”

"That sounds like a compliment." Kalya said in a pleasant tone, "Yeah, not bad."

Lux was silent - she subconsciously recalled some stories about Shurima that Kalya told herself when she was a child. At that time, it sounded like Kalya was not in the story.

But now that I think about it, Kalya was everywhere in those stories.

……………………

When Ino led a team to go to Larkstadt to find Ashe to protest, a special visitor finally came to Forsbarrow by boat.

Ajax - oh, it should be called Jax, this time finally came to Forsbarrow with a report.

After getting off the ship at Xinfu Port, like many businessmen who came here for the first time, he looked at everything about the port with great interest.

"What a big change." He muttered in a low voice in a language that others could not understand. "She must be his heir. Apart from him, no one is so interested in building new cities and new ports..."

With a slight sigh in his heart, Jax touched the report in his arms, and then strode into a restaurant.

Although this report was more difficult than he expected, Jax, who thought he would be able to return to Forsbarrow in half a year, took four full years to set foot on Forsbarrow again, but after Before going to see Miss Laxana, he still needed to eat something and prepare.

In Jax's view, the next negotiation will be very troublesome. Although Miss Laxana is not as good as the prince, she is not an ordinary person. If he wants to convince her, he must fight with a score of 120,000 points. Spirit.

Sitting down at a table in the corner, Jax casually ordered some of his usual food while organizing his words. Since it was not meal time, the dishes Jax ordered were quickly served.

"It's such a pity that Kieran still can't leave." Seeing that the dishes were all served, Jax finally shook his head and picked up an egg on the plate, "If he could come, Icacia would be saved... …”

Kalya’s Little Class·The Loose Freljord Tribe:

The poor natural environment and low productivity level of the Freljord determine that the people of the Freljord like to join together in small groups for warmth, and it is difficult to form a very large-scale organization-don't think about what Winter's Claw can do. A team of tens of thousands of people was pulled up to go south to plunder Sejuani, but in fact, very few of them belonged to the Winter's Claw and fully accepted Sejuani's orders.

Within the sphere of influence of rising large tribes, in order to survive, small tribes often rely on the other party's command and accept limited orders.

This kind of acceptance of command is generally in a state of listening to orders but not announcements, and large tribes will not annex them - because large tribes cannot feed so many people and cannot organize management on this scale.