The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The establishment of a state in the Middle Kingdom is a distant dream for anyone who lives in the Middle Kingdom. Anyone who understands Middle Kingdom politics knows that the chaos in the Middle Kingdom is not just because of the complex The political environment and the greed and ambition of various lords, etc., are more of the malicious interference of the surrounding kingdoms and territories in the Middle Kingdom, because they do not want to see a unified Middle Kingdom. When one side becomes extremely powerful, they will directly or indirectly support the other side that is hostile to it, consuming the powerful side so that it no longer has the strength to unify the Middle Kingdom.

In addition to the forces at the secular level preventing the unification of the Middle Kingdom, religious forces other than the secular level are also preventing the unification of the Middle Kingdom into one country, but there has been no public opinion on why the church should do this. Almost everyone who has intervened in the central The churches in the political situation of the kingdom will have their own excuses, such as saying that if the Middle Kingdom is unified into one kingdom, a powerful evil god will resurrect and destroy the world.

It's just strange that although these churches obstructed the unification of the Middle Kingdom in every possible way, and even used force, they were willing to give religious treatment beyond their strength and status to the lords of the Middle Kingdom. The Middle Kingdom is extremely repulsive to church forces, and they all try their best to prevent church forces from entering the Middle Kingdom to preach. The most typical example is naturally Barbarisa, who was canonized by various churches.

In the long history of the Middle Kingdom region, there have been some talents who have almost completed the great unification of the Middle Kingdom region, but without exception, they all fell short in the last step, either the person died suddenly, or someone A powerful force intervened, and the force that had already been subdued suddenly rebelled. The largest force in the Middle Kingdom fell apart overnight.

It is precisely because there have been so many precedents of failure, so when Barbarisa defeated the Southern Army in the Middle Kingdom, took control of the southern territories, and began negotiations with the Northern Territories to discuss unification, no one was optimistic about Barbarisa's With a unified plan, more than 80% of ordinary people in the Middle Kingdom believe that Barbarisa will eventually fail.

What they never expected was that the negotiations between Barbarisa and the various lords in the north were extremely smooth. The negotiations were successful without any obstacles, and they got the support of all the lords, and the lords who had feuded with each other stopped all attacks. Concentrate all forces to support Barbarisa's ambition to unify the Middle Kingdom region and establish the Middle Kingdom.

What happened in the Middle Kingdom caught the surrounding kingdoms and territories by surprise, although they already knew that Barbarisa intended to unify the Middle Kingdom when Barbarisa went to war to the south, and even completed the war against the South in Barbarisa. After taking control of the country, they have clearly announced their ambition to establish the Middle Kingdom, but they didn't take it seriously. They all thought that it would take a lot of time, manpower and material resources for Barbarisa to unify the more chaotic northern territories. , During this period of time, they have enough opportunities to intervene and disrupt the situation, making Barbarisa's ambition a joke.

But now they all know that their predictions were all wrong. Barbarisa's unification of the Northern Territory was almost done without a single soldier. It was just a few negotiations. Barbarisa's nation-building plan, everyone who heard the news at the time, without exception, shouted "These northern lords are crazy." Something like that.

Regardless of whether the northern lords in the Middle Kingdom are crazy or not, the moment the northern lords support Barbarisa's nation-building plan, it can be said that the general situation has come to fruition, and there will no longer be any obstacles in the Middle Kingdom , his hindrance will only be outside the region.

So in the next period of time, Barbarisa was dispatching troops and generals, and transferred his own legion, the reorganized Southern Legion, and the coalition forces of the northern lords to several places on the border of the Middle Kingdom. He garrisoned a key point to guard against direct armed interference of neighboring kingdoms and territories with his nation-building plan.

It was also during this period of time that Barbarisa encountered more than a dozen consecutive assassinations of varying degrees. Those killers included spies from other countries, hired killers, and some unidentified dead men. He didn't suffer any damage in the dozen or so assassinations, and these dozens of assassinations were perfectly blocked by Barbarisa's guards, and what was even more surprising was that many of Barbarisa's guards were from Hongtu City. outlaws.

It was only later that people learned that Barbarisa secretly went to Red Earth City, a place outside the law that had just recovered a little peace, while taking advantage of the gap between negotiations with the northern lords, and at the price of promising to maintain the current status of Red Earth City after the founding of the country, With the support of all forces in Hongtu City, Hongtu City also sent a group of real outlaws to serve as Barbarisa's guards, and also promised to continue to send several groups of people to wait for Barbarisa's call.

When it was discovered that conventional assassination methods could not cause harm to Barbarysa, those forces that did not want to see the unity of the Middle Kingdom, including the church, began to use extraordinary power to attack Barbarysa and important officials and generals under Barbarysa's command. Some assassinations, persuasion, etc., although some people were assassinated and killed in the process, and some people planned to rebel, but they did not shake the foundation of Barbarisa, and all these extraordinary people who secretly sneaked into the Middle Kingdom were intercepted and killed. Moreover, the person who intercepted and killed these extraordinary people was beyond everyone's expectations, because in their opinion, this person should not interfere with the affairs of the Middle Kingdom. And the bear berserkers under her command.

Although almost all people living in the south and the pan-southern regions think that those who live in tribes in the northern snowfields are barbarians and uncivilized aborigines, but they agree that the warriors in the northern snowfields are definitely the whole The strongest melee fighter in the mainland, the fighters of the general kingdom may need ten talents to compete with a tribal fighter in the northern snowfield, and the berserkers in the northern snowfield are even known as the enemy of a hundred people. Any southern lord will fight with himself It is an honor to have a guard composed of northern snowfield warriors. If there is a berserker in the guard, then this is a great honor, enough to make the surrounding lords envy for a long time.

But what Barbarisa got now is not just a team of northern snowfield warriors, but a complete centurion of berserker guards, and the person in command of this berserker guard is even a bear priest and a Valkyrie. It can be described as glory, for anyone, this is like a dream, including Barbarisa.

Indeed, after seeing the Valkyrie Filoria and hearing her promise to serve her, Barbarisa felt like he was in a dream. He didn't understand why such a powerful figure Will take the initiative to run to work for him.

You must know that Filoria possesses not only her own powerful strength and the strength of her berserker guards, she also represents the power of the northern snowfield tribe.

Although the War Bear Tribe is not a particularly powerful tribe in the northern snowfield, it has very close ties with other tribes in the northern snowfield, and can directly or indirectly influence these tribes. Filoria is the War Bear Priest of the War Bear Tribe Her status and power even surpassed that of the tribal chief, and her status as a priest also allowed her to have a certain right to speak in various northern tribes, so getting Filoria's vote was equivalent to gaining half of the power of the blocked snowfield tribe , this is not a small force for any kingdom, enough to affect the rise and fall of a kingdom.

In fact, Barbarisa also considered at the beginning that there would be extraordinary powers intervening in the affairs of the Middle Kingdom, so he had already figured out a countermeasure a long time ago, found the Belmont family, and hired people from the Belmont family to deal with it. For those extraordinary beings from neighboring kingdoms and even churches, the appearance of Filoria was a complete surprise.

It's not that Barbarisa didn't think that Filoria's initiative was a death trap, but he quickly dispelled his doubts, especially when he saw how Filoria held up the double-edged axe, cutting melons and vegetables. After beheading more than a dozen powerful Transcendent Assassins, the last bit of suspicion in his heart dissipated. In his opinion, if Filoria really harbored malicious intentions towards him, there was no need to play any tricks at all, just take that It is enough for a team of berserkers to kill him, it is impossible for him to survive the attack of such a strong man.

In addition, there is another reason why Barbarisa quickly dispelled her suspicions because Filoria mentioned that she had experienced some things with Leo before she came to the Middle Kingdom, and Leo also knew that she would come to serve Barbarisa. Effectiveness, although Barbarisa does not have strong power, he has the ability to distinguish lies, which makes him sure that what Filoria said is true, and then makes him completely at ease, handing over the duties of the close body guard to Giving it to Filoria, that is, handing over her life and death to this strange Valkyrie.

The sudden joining of Valkyrie Filoria was another unexpected accident, and the movement was very big, because of her status as a bear shaman, many forces thought that the tribal forces in the northern snowfield wanted to To use the unification of the Central Kingdom to intervene in the political situation in the central or southern kingdoms, the northern snowfield tribes have been holding back for so many years, and finally bared their fangs.

This is undoubtedly of great benefit to Barbarisa, because a large part of the attention that was originally focused on the Middle Kingdom was dispersed to the northern snowfield tribes, leaving much more time for Barbarisa to deploy, and Teresa later The Belmont family of the Kingdom sent people to the Central Kingdom to form a hunter organization for Barbarysa that specifically targeted extraordinary people. Along with the Belmont family came the mercenary group of Theresa Kingdom and Barbarysa specially hired A school city scholar who came to serve as an official in the Middle Kingdom area.

With the arrival of these groups of people, Barbarisa's control over the Middle Kingdom has also become more consolidated, so the details of the plan for the founding of the country have also begun to be formally discussed in daily meetings. The basic content such as national flag, national system, etc. have all been negotiated, and the rest are only the capital, ceremonies, etc., which are still under discussion, but it is estimated that the final result should be available in the next four or five days, and the date of the founding of the country Although it has not been decided yet, it is not a mystery, because there is only one date suitable for the founding of the Middle Kingdom region, and that is January 1st, which is the first day of the mainland calendar, and the founding day of the first official country in the mainland. It is also the founding day of the first state in the Middle Kingdom region.

The Middle Kingdom region is not just a name, it really once had a Middle Kingdom, and it was the first official kingdom recognized by all the Churches of True God, although this kingdom was very short-lived and brought great influence to the entire Middle Kingdom Long-term turmoil, but its legacy should not be underestimated. For example, the first year of the first year of the mainland's official calendar is the founding day of the Middle Kingdom.

Although the country established by Barbarisa has nothing to do with the Middle Kingdom at that time, the dignitaries in the Middle Kingdom still regard themselves as descendants of the Middle Kingdom. On the day the ancient Middle Kingdom was founded, the New Middle Kingdom was also re-established. The dignitaries and civilians in the kingdom area have extraordinary significance, so the founding day is almost something that has been set without discussion.

There are even some people who think that the capital of the new Middle Kingdom should also be located on the ruins of the old Middle Kingdom, but not many people agree with this idea, because the capital of the ancient Middle Kingdom has long been destroyed by war. Also because the river was diverted and submerged, it turned into a swamp and lake, which was not suitable for living at all, let alone building a capital here. Now there are only two places to beware of that have been selected to be suitable for building a capital.

One is the area where the Castle of the Lord Protector of Barbarisa is located, because this is the place where the two rivers are closest to each other in the entire Middle Kingdom, so building the capital here has an innate transportation advantage.

It's just that the transportation advantage of the river is also a disadvantage, because if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, they can directly reach the capital through the river and attack the core vital points of the Middle Kingdom.

So there is a second choice for the capital, and this choice is Alente Mountain City in the Middle Kingdom.

The reason why I chose this place is because it is located in the middle of the Middle Kingdom, surrounded by Barbarisa's direct territory, so there is no problem with safety. Next to the mountain city is the Alente Mountains. If something happens, you can enter the mountains to hide and wait for a long time. It has innate defensive advantages. In the end, it was once the city established by the hero of the Middle Kingdom, the red-haired Beruf. This Beruf can be said to be the closest hero to the founding of the country before Barbarisa, and the mountain city of Alente is The capital he built for himself, the entire city was built according to the national capital's specifications, with the most complete buildings and facilities, no need to build or add, just move in directly.