Out of the cage

The Fengfu calendar is 3576 years old.

After discussing in the Imperial Capital, Egg finally gave the charter of the Northern Territory, that is, the royal family took back the ownership of the Northern Territory, and then recalled Carret to the Imperial Capital, and taught it until he was fully grown up before making arrangements.

The reason for the royal family of the imperial capital may be that Carret is too young to grasp the infiltration and influence of many factions on the Northern Territory. To manage the land until it comes of age.

In fact, the royal family of the imperial capital compromised with the power ministers.

The decision made in the imperial capital suddenly poured cold water on the thriving cause in the north, and eliminated many legitimacy of Carret's actions in the territory.

When the envoys from the capital of Aiger arrived in the territory of Xiange, the legitimacy of the lord of Carret disappeared.

Although this turmoil will not interrupt the cooperation between Carret's industrial lords and small and medium-sized lords for the time being, but ah, as time goes by, the lack of authority-these small and medium-sized lords will develop their desire to take advantage.

In order not to produce the effect of "the tree falls and the hozen scatter". Regarding the decision of the imperial capital, Carret had to give a response of "I am not happy".

Wei Keng has now advanced to the Seventh Ring, and is far stronger than most Seventh Ring mages. He has at least six Seventh Ring spells engraved on his mental power, but this identity cannot be revealed now.

The 16-year-old Qihuan mage, at first glance, is "heavily burdened".

In this world of extraordinary power, any existence of a god, before it has fully grown into a demigod, will attract the covetousness of those guys who have not yet become gods, but are mad and courageous.

So on the surface, Carret is a second-ring mage with a mentor of a high-level arcanist.

Wei Keng wrote in the system memo: The identity of a second-ring mage can be respected by barons and lords, and lords at the viscount level will treat each other with courtesy. However, effective governance cannot be achieved on such a large territory. But what about industrial groups dominated by hundreds or thousands of mage apprentices?

It seemed that Wei Keng's sudden sternness was a bit too much.

The system prompts: "The charm value given to you, have you ignored it? You can use the eloquence skill." Wei Keng: "I don't have the habit of encouraging people."

~

Before the Imperial Capital escort team arrived.

Carret readjusted on the territory.

Treated all the lords with a banquet with no wine, only boiled water and fruit plates,

And a lot of business has been finalized: all canals will deliver water in various seasons, and the supply of chemical fertilizers will have clear prices. At the same time, the rules for industrial loans are clearly defined.

Carret: I have the ability to borrow money from everyone, and I will pay it back on time. I also have the ability to protect the supply chain, and I will strictly follow the time specified in the terms.

Since they will not be their lords soon, they might as well talk about business.

The new land opened by the Industrial Party is except for the reclaimed land within five kilometers near the canal. Most of the newly opened land, the land reclaimed by these lords, even crossed the boundaries of their own territories.

Carret directly made it clear: the purchase of these newly reclaimed land and grain output must be purchased by himself as a whole, otherwise, water and chemical fertilizers will be tightened. This made these lords nervous. They who had been watching the "imperial capital's operation of the Northern Territory" suddenly felt the pressure on themselves.

So at the meeting, some lords immediately began to hug each other, declaring: "I support Carret's successor as the lord." The subtext is that if Carret needs them to protest against the order of the imperial capital, they will stand together.

Of course, such a statement of "support" would not make Wei Keng relax. He didn't even want to fight for the weeds now--he pushed the weeds out to withstand the wind and rain.

Master Wei didn't intend to completely turn against the emperor: so what's the use of their verbal support.

And only Master Wei turned against the Imperial Capital directly: their support is only useful, and now he is fighting against the Imperial Capital, he has no chance of winning, how many of them will be really hardcore?

Master Wei's history is so-so, but remember, Zhang Xun was fooled like this.

~

Wei Keng did not intend to continue to maintain any meaningful covenant with these nobles.

Especially the daily cost of this covenant has to be paid by myself.

Rather than letting them sit back and watch the situation, it is better to shrink strategically and let these guys at both ends of the first mouse bear the cost of such an order from the imperial capital.

As for whether they will turn around and fight back? Uncle Wei, who owed money, wished that they would not be moral first.

Wei Keng calibrated his own people and the basic market, which is the industrial party that now has many Austrian apprentices, seven industrial parks, and the large agricultural mechanized farming areas that have been opened on both sides of the canal.

This is what I can hold on to! Even if the empire continues to send new lords, there is no way to take them away.

The personnel and core resources of the industrial zone are in the hands of the organization and the technical class (currently only Carret).

More importantly - the empire can legally deprive a lord of his territory, but cannot confiscate the wealth of arcanists!

For the arcane masters, the traditional practice of the capital, the lords can only propose to collect taxes at most, and use the price of raw materials to buy magic items.

The Eger Empire has an empire in its name, but it is different from the real empire.

Only the dynasty of China's first empress Qin Shi was considered an empire, and the imperial power was carried out by officials who were ordered. As for other local forces, they had to lie down in front of the executive officers, otherwise they would be rebellious and wait to be punished by the nine clans.

As for the kingdom! That is the restraint of the big lord on the little lord. The big lord bestows glory on the little lord, and the little lord has the obligation to pay taxes and provide troops. After fulfilling these two obligations, the big lord cannot send people to kill the little lord. The tax officer of the big lord is not a concept of "official ordered by the court", and has no authority to change the tax amount of the small lord at will!

Because to change taxes is to change obligations. To change the obligation, the only way is for the big lord to talk to the little lord in person, and to talk to the little lord with the attitude of a big patriarch.

As tax officials who are not in the feudal system, they are not qualified to cross the ranks and punish the nobles who are attached to the king.

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In Iger's system, arcanists are also allowed to build factories and cities in the barren areas of the kingdom. Compared with nobles, the residences created by these arcanists are not hereditary.

Therefore, the limited militia armed forces of Carret, which is still in its infancy, cannot fight against the feudal system, but it can take advantage of the loopholes of the system. Iger's system cannot mobilize all its strength to suppress you.

In this way, the regulations of the imperial capital are not all bad for Wei Keng. Carret's hereditary territory was deprived, and theoretically, he no longer had the obligation to worship the great lord.

There is no obligation of family territory, but there is still the status of the royal family. After the tax collectors come to collect taxes, they may have to bow first.

As for Carret delaying taxes or haggling over the magic tax, claiming that it is the property created by his mentor? The tax-collecting servant could only treat a high-ranking arcanist cautiously, and he could only take his meaning back.

However, the royal capital has very few means that can be used in public and private

Carret has his own organization of arcanists, not some down-and-out nobles who are duped by businessmen with contracts, and even have money to maintain the army!

Since then, the only way for the royal capital to restrict the industrial city (Oflander) built by Carret is the status of the patriarch of the imperial royal family. Use the identity of the feudal relationship to ask Carret to be responsible to the family and the empire, and to provide wealth to the family as much as possible.

As for the extent of this 'capable'?

If the royal family asks too much for an apprentice of a high-level mage. The arcanists in the kingdom will feel the stench of such a case.

Arcane pursues the truth, and the territory of the Arcane Mage has a priority supply of magic items to the empire, and provides the obligation of the mage group (employment relationship),

But there is no obligation to serve imperial rule. Even if Carret has a noble status, as long as the territory is hereditary, the kingdom's tax collection will make the Arcane territory pay the bill, which makes the Arcane masters feel that the boundaries have been violated.

So to sum up, the dual identities of Master Kariteo and the royal family will cause headaches for the royal family of Aiger and the faction of powerful ministers in the imperial capital in the future.

~

Carret smiled and looked at the small and medium-sized nobles on the territory, thinking about looking at a batch of green leeks.

Drawing a clear line with them is a stop-loss strategy so as not to continue to "bleed".

After Wei Keng drew the line on the accounts, he gave a date directly, and took out the fertilizer ticket and water ticket.

The benevolent Master Carret will not treat these former followers badly. For the nobles who owe a lot to him, he will exchange the IOUs for the amount of this year's quarter, and then send them back. business contract.

At the end of the meeting, Wei Keng picked up boiled water and said to the group of nobles: "Let's have a toast. Although I will not be your lord in a few months, I hope our friendship will last forever."

The aristocrats, big and small, raised their glasses insincerely, looking at the young master Carret with pure hair, bright smile, and rosy cheeks (Master Wei blushes), they toasted unevenly: "May friendship last forever! "

Master Wei was very interesting to use his mind to spy on their true attitudes. When he saw someone sincerely wishing him "died young", the smile on Master Wei's face became even sweeter.

~

After sorting out the things on the territory, he was ready to respond to the summons from the imperial capital.

The messenger sent by the imperial capital is waiting in Xiange. If I refuse to ignore the king's order, it means that I have abandoned the identity of the Aiger royal family and become a free mage who pursues the truth, but this is a loss.

Some things don't need to be guarded, but they don't need to be thrown away, because they can be used for wrangling and exchange for benefits. ——As a person with oriental thinking, Wei Keng is like an old man who collects rags. He keeps soda cans and scraps of paper, which may be useful in the future.

Now that you have decided to go, it will be hard work,

Carret is going to take a few steam tanks there. The tanks are powered by steam and can automatically draw the bowstring to charge the siege crossbow.

The large crossbow bolts used by tanks are made of light metal inside, wrapped with special organic matter on the outside, and loaded with sixty-seven runes, which can make the aluminum shell metal instantly react with oxidants, forming a scorching displacement reaction.

The thermite reaction in this world is unable to concentrate heat to weld steel due to tunneling and diffusion, but it also makes it possible for it to be as lethal as the four-ring evocation spell (heat radiation) with a little modification.

The maximum charge of this thing is that it can injure five-color dragons. Well, the high-ranking dragon has high resistance, so it might be a bit difficult, but most of the sub-dragons who come to the city to fight the autumn wind will die.

Such a tank is priced at thousands of gold coins. The price of the benchmark dwarves vs. mechanical "Dragon Slaying Crossbow". This price should be very cheap for Wangdu.

According to the routine of 4S shops in the ancient times, the maintenance, ammunition, and accessories of these steam cars are the most important.

In fact, the ex-factory price of Wei Keng's bare car here is 128 gold coins. The most expensive rune cylinder deducts research and development costs, and all forging processes consume 14 gold coins. In the case of various standardized forging and pressing of transmission structures, the price has dropped greatly. Master Wei's production efficiency is higher than that of dwarves.

~

In July, after Carrett's creaking fleet of twenty steam cars was ready to go,

Waiting for the imperial capital to send new escorts.

Two intermediate mages were sent from the magic tower, and there were eight knights, one of whom was a great knight.

On the cement street, seeing this line of brightly dressed people, Carret took aim at the leading knight at first sight. This fleshy body is very 'heroic unit', and the warhammer hanging on the horse has a regular blue enchanting line.

Wei Keng had no doubt that this warrior with a solid warhammer could smash the tracks of his five-ton steam chariot with a few blows like smashing a wooden door.

In this world, high-level fighters smashing non-enchanted steel plates is the same as tearing down plywood.

Carret, who is currently testing his strength, is sure that he is within ten meters and cannot make one move.

Of course, as a magic master, Wei Keng's high-level teleportation technique (seven rings) can retreat as quickly as a swordsman in the empty twisting plane.

The Grand Knight of Nord was sizing up Wei Keng, who was wearing a hard hat and a ceramic shell corset.

When the group arrived at the industrial area, they saw a large number of mechanical vehicles on the street, and they had been looking at the strangeness here.

Before coming to the strange Offa Tower they knew, it was actually an industrial building,

The great knight met Carret with the ceremony of meeting the royal family.

Because of the response from the gods in the prayers of the temple: there were many surprises along the way.

After the great knight Nord saw Carret, he hoped to set off immediately and arrive at the Loken Fortress 100 kilometers to the south in the starry night. There is a teleportation array (eight-ring spell) built by the Eiger Empire with a lot of resources, returning to the empire.

To this end they rode thirty horses at full speed. The biggest bottom line in this great knight's heart is to equip Wei Keng with a carriage, which is in consideration of the delicate temperament of the noble young master.

Carret's next plan is to completely disrupt the knight commander's plan.

Wei Keng brought an engineering team of 30 people and eight siege tanks, lined up closely by the roadside. ——This is not intended to take the teleportation array.

~

"The sun is shining in the sky, the flowers are smiling at me, and the little bird is talking about early, early, why are you carrying a pack of explosives on your back? I am going to blow up the school. The teacher doesn't know, and I will run away as soon as I pull the string..."

"Dangdangdang..." Humming a little tune, Wei Keng pulled out a wrench from the side casing of the tank, tapped on the shell, and beat the rhythm.

While greeting the people around him, "Let's go~" in a cheerful tone, the Nord Knight has just established a somewhat extraordinary impression of Carret, returning to the image of "the noble young master traveling".

The steam engine clicked and started, and this journey that was about to make the royal capital feel like a long journey began.

Wei Keng leaned against the armor of the tank, and a hammock was installed on the armor shell, which made the bumping of the tank on the road into a comfortable swing.

The Nord knight who followed the guard on his horse seemed to think that Wei Keng was too elegant, so he couldn't help but reminded him with his horse: "Son Karet, your itinerary is being followed by interested people from all sides, please pay attention."

Wei Keng is quietly controlling the magic puppet to cruise around with various siren spells. Hear the Nord knights say: "Well, someone will hire a dragon to assassinate me?"

Nord said seriously: "My son, please don't joke."

Wei Keng breathed out and said: "The road to Boggart (the imperial capital) must be aboveboard. I don't want to be consigned as an item. I will often take this road in the future. If I am treated as a valuable, then There will always be people who will take the risk. But I will run over it, and no one will lose sight in the future."

Nord: "I admire your intentions, but you still lack the power to not be coveted by others."

Wei Keng: "Thank you for your advice, I will work hard."

When he said this, Wei Keng looked towards the east side, where his high-level magic warning came.

~

Wei Keng clapped his hands, in the eyes of the escort team, it was a very playful and reckless gesture.

Wei Keng: "All turrets are ready, based on the due east direction - 13.33, elevation angle 24.44, kinetic energy release third gear."

After Wei Keng's parameter command was issued, the turret of the tank began to rotate, and then, the slot of the steam cylinder was loosened, and the pressure of the cylinder body was slowly released, elongated, and drove the large runner, while the mechanical runner was rattling. Begin to wind the bowstring.

With all this done, a man's thigh-long, forearm-sized warhead in the slot was placed on the launch rail.

Along with the bowstrings, ten tank mechanical siege crossbows fired long warheads.

~

In Wei Keng's eyes, guiding the map at this time, the bullet's initial velocity of 70 meters, the range is exactly 500 meters.

Before the bullet fell in the air, the tail of the bullet sprayed out the high-pressure steam stored in it like a whistle. Wei Keng snapped his fingers, and above the bushes, the explosion began.

Tunneling effect control can make blasting more flexible. Under the control of chemical technology, the explosives carried in these warheads spread more evenly, that is, the detonation velocity decreases, but the burning temperature spreads wider, probably range of fifty meters.

The sky above the entire forest instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Watching this "meaningless" scene of throwing powerful and expensive enchanted crossbows, the knights of the distant team couldn't help but feel distressed, and felt a little alienated from Wei Keng, a nobleman's flamboyance.

But after the initial few seconds of disdain, the two arcane masters suddenly realized something! In the sea of ​​flames that exploded, it seemed that something had been hit.

Things that were obviously not deer, wolves, or leopards sprang out of the burning flames.