Throne of the North

The feast of grace has arrived.

In the Imperial City, the emperor spoke passionately about the greatness of the empire and his bright faith. The emperor's robe and the pope's robe were draped on him at the same time. On this day, the emperor's authority reached its peak.

The audience of nobles and the combination of royal power and divine power made the majesty of the Columbus royal family deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But after Marquis Beifeng died of illness in the north, many people could feel something when they looked back on these things.

"We need a warm land. The Meyers family will be the sharpest sword in your hands and bring back a warmer light to the south."

Grand Duke Meyers knelt devoutly in front of the emperor and held up the sword in his hand.

"The empire bears witness to the greatness and immortality of light. In the name of the emperor, I grant you the sharp blade of light."

Golden light fell from the sky, piercing the world and smearing the knight's long sword in the hands of Grand Duke Meyers. The light fell for an hour, and an ordinary long sword became a legendary weapon.

"The divine origin is simply more useful than the alchemist's philosopher's stone. No wonder the empire doesn't have an alchemist academy."

The nobles murmured, and they naturally knew that this was not a true gift from the gods, but that the royal family used some means to turn divinity into energy to forge the knight's sword.

The empire was shaken, and Archduke Meyers went on a personal expedition again after thirty years, but last time it was from the north, this time it was from the south.

Regardless of whether the death of a great noble is announced or not, the empire's anger will not disappear, but will crazily retaliate against the Holy See.

After the Divine Grace Festival, Roland also returned to the North Wind Province.

With him was Viscount Miles.

The Northwind Province is still not free from the majesty of winter. The wind and snow cover everything under the cold winter. However, the tense atmosphere in the north makes Viscount Miles, who has just returned, feel uncomfortable.

"Has the impact of the Marquis's death still not passed?"

Viscount Miles was frightened. He also knew what kind of storm the death of Marquis Beifong caused in the imperial capital. Countless nobles clamored angrily to start a full-scale war against the Holy See. The dignity of the nobles should not be desecrated.

The Holy See made such a bad start that it suffered unprecedented suppression on the southern battlefield.

"The governor's death has passed. No one in the north will care whether he is dead or alive. Here, he is not recognized by the nobles. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for his death..."

Roland said next to him, he saw things more clearly than Viscount Miles.

"So this is not about the death of the Marquis?"

Ryan, who was renovating the city in Lingdu City, gave them the answer.

"It's for the keys."

"Except for the initial few hundred members of the Holy See, we have never found any killers of the Holy See."

"The key is lost."

"Hundreds of thousands of people from Beifeng Province have been stranded in the mountain world for two months."

After hearing this, Viscount Miles finally looked at the empty Lingdu City, and his expression became angry.

"Damn the Holy See! You shouldn't have given the key to him in the first place."

I don't know who he is scolding.

"You went to the south. Have you settled that matter?"

Ryan asked, Viscount Miles became bitter.

"The price I have to pay is more than what we said at the beginning. The nobles of the empire reacted fiercely and horribly to the abnormal death of the nobles."

"Even the death of Marquis Beifeng caused the army to go to the south to double."

Speaking of this, Viscount Miles was a little frightened. The military power that the empire could unleash was simply beyond imagination.

No wonder he looked down on the North.

"That's it..."

Ryan looked at Roland.

"So, you should have successfully completed your father's instructions."

As the empire embarks on a more advanced war, it will naturally need more political allies. It just so happens that Archduke McReynolds comes forward at this time.

"But you'd better be ready. Your brother's hammer has been forged. Go back and get it yourself. Once you get it, hurry back."

"The empire is not that kind. I think your king may have received a letter from the emperor and learned about Grand Duke McReynolds's choice."

"I guess the emperor's letter told your king to disperse the Holy See's Feathered Dragon Legion and all the churches in the Kingdom of Andara."

Roland's expression changed, he saluted Ryan and said goodbye, and then quickly headed to the Tundra Territory.

"It's good that he's gone."

Ryan looked at Lingdu City in front of him. The major transformation of Lingdu City was carried out under his will. Viscount Miles did not come back, and Viscount Dragon also surrendered. His will can decide everything in Lingdu County. .

"These are... arrow towers you built?"

Viscount Miles was a little stupid, but he still had the vision brought by the aristocratic education. He looked at those towering things with a pale face. No wonder Ryan wanted to push Roland away.

"Following the will of the empire, the Marquis of North Wind will never die so easily. The wrath of the nobles will fall on the believers of Dawn, and all the members of the Holy See who entered the North Wind Province before came from the Kingdom of Andara."

"At the same time, the deal between Archduke McReynolds and the empire behind Roland has arrived in the Northwind Province faster than you."

"If the Kingdom of Andara cannot clear out the churches and believers within the Kingdom on their own, then the Empire's military will help them do it."

"The consequence of the Marquis's killing was the outbreak of war."

“Not just the south, but the north as well.”

"Are we going to attack the Kingdom of Andara?"

Ryan glanced at Viscount Miles. Is this guy really so without political talent?

"It is impossible for the time being. If we attack the Kingdom of Andala, it will only allow the Holy See to gain support from the Kingdom of Andala."

"What we have to do is put enough pressure on the Kingdom of Andara."

"And the first step is to build the road."

"A smooth road from the empire to the Kingdom of Andala. For this reason, our emperor has once again generously canceled half of the new year's taxes in Beifeng Province. It's so funny. With hundreds of thousands of gold coins, he wants to build a road to supply 100,000 The army attacks the road to the Kingdom of Andara."

"It's still Bei Fengxing who saves his own money."

"A few hundred thousand gold coins...are not enough?"

Viscount Miles blinked. Several hundred thousand gold coins were already a lot. Could it be that the road couldn't be built?

"What is the path you think of? A path where people can walk?"

"Hundreds of thousands of gold coins were filled in, and a large number of gold coins fell into the hands of the nobles themselves. Now that Beifeng Province is paying for it, it is even more impossible. I am afraid that in the end, I don't know how many people will die before this road can be repaired."

After Ryan finished speaking, his eyes narrowed slightly. This would not work. He needed a better road, and too many people could not die, so the expenditure of money was inevitable.

The nobles of Beifeng Province must be forced to actually spend money to build roads.

…

“You want a tool that’s heavy but easy to move?”

Rose also frowned after listening to Ryan's words, and then looked at the rough outline of the steamroller drawn by Ryan.

Only the outline, since the internal structure was not known to Lane either.

"It needs to be forged with metal, but energy drive is a problem. This requires the use of magic arrays. If magic arrays are not used, then the metal must be activated to swallow the magic crystal to provide energy."

"This is still very difficult, much more difficult than the pulley mechanical shovel you mentioned before."

"But if it succeeds, it will really help a lot in building roads."

To build a road to the Kingdom of Andara, the path planning has been detected by the legends coming from the south. They may not be professionals, but the magical power in their hands will make their choice become professional.

Therefore, during this period of time, more than two digits of powerful monsters were hunted in the mountains and forests between Beifeng Province and the Kingdom of Andala, and there were not many powerful monsters around the path.

This road belongs to the Empire and Archduke McReynolds.

"Most of the manpower will be in the forest world. There are not enough people who can be divided to build roads. I have to give them a little hope. If the roads are built, the benefits to everyone will be huge."

If you want to be rich, you must build roads. This is the understanding of Mr. Lane, a farmer. Only with smooth roads can wealth continue to flow.

Therefore, at his suggestion, the opening of this road fell to the east of Lingdu County.

"It's just road construction, does it really cost so much?"

Rose still didn't understand. During this period, Ryan spent a lot of gold coins to buy various materials for road construction.

When the Chamber of Commerce arrives after the New Year, I'm afraid there will be more.

"The original way of building roads is to use slaves and a small number of ambitious civilians to build roads for free. People will die on a road of a few hundred meters. If the environment is harsher, I don't know how many people will die. The distance between Beifeng and the Kingdom of Andala The environment will only get worse.”

"If we don't provide money and just rely on those slaves, many people will die."

Rose was still a little confused.

"Those slaves of nobles will die if they die. It will also reduce some pressure on you, so why should you care."

"The difference is that living people can create greater wealth, while dead people will only waste land and not create wealth."

"The wealth created does not belong to you, but the gold coins you paid are real."

"No, you are wrong."

Ryan laughed.

"As long as this road is repaired, a steady stream of wealth will come to my arms."

"Money is only called money when it circulates."

"Do you believe it?"

Ryan looked at the sanctuary in front of him. The latter fell silent and then said:

"According to the agreement between you and the War Bear Tribe, we will also have a bet."

"If you win, I can use this thing to help you fulfill a wish."

In Rose's hand, a palm-sized crystal clear jade stone appeared, with liquid flowing inside.

"Philosopher's Stone?"

Ryan was surprised that the Philosopher's Stone could not be refined by ordinary alchemy.

It's called the Philosopher's Stone, also called the Wish Stone. It can theoretically serve as the material for all creations. Even if it's an extraordinary material that you imagine in your mind but doesn't exist in the world, it can perfectly fulfill the effects of that material.

On the previous battlefield in Beifeng Province, the giant steel dragon was forged with the Philosopher's Stone, but that Philosopher's Stone was probably far less pure than the one in front of him.

"make a deal."

"If you lose, I want one million gold coins."

"I won't lose."

Lane laughed. If he had no identity, then the only thing he would lose might be because of the empire's policies, but now this road is here, under the nose of his Baron Lane.

He is policy.

Rose's alchemy is really powerful and special. He accomplished many incomprehensible things using an even more incomprehensible method.

In just two days, the interior of the Alchemy Valley continued to roar.

"Is this alive?"

"The shadow is activated, making it alive."

Ryan swallowed and looked at the tall monster in front of him. It was five meters tall and had a rectangular shape. Its feet were two huge cylinders, its head was a huge bear head, and the middle part of the body was transparent. , the magic crystal seems to be rippling without gravity, being digested bit by bit.

"All the metal, gone?"

"It all became it."

More than thirty tons.

The huge alchemical creation used magical energy. This not only surprised Ryan, but also the magicians from the Tundra Territory came to observe curiously.

"If possible, I would rather it be a complete alchemical creation, so it would be a failure."

Rose was a little regretful. He was a magician turned alchemist. Although they were both saints, they inevitably influenced each other. What looked like extremely exquisite creations to outsiders was a nightmare that he couldn't get rid of.

"If it is a pure alchemical creation, what is it used to activate?"

Ryan narrowed his eyes and asked, the alchemist's extraordinary path is also extraordinary in nature, but...

"How about coal?"

"Other things can work too, rocks, water, even metal itself."

"Alchemy's creation does not have to be a purely extraordinary creation. Maybe it can also be something that ordinary people can reproduce."

Ryan said, making Rose just frown.

"This is impossible. Extraordinary materials are extraordinary. Ordinary people cannot capture the energy generated by extraordinary factors even if they use them."

Ryan did not refute, because after all, this world was different from the world he remembered, and transcendence was the unfamiliar aspect to him.

But he still spoke:

"In this case, if I win in the end, then you will help me create something large enough, mechanical, and forged by alchemy, but theoretically something that ordinary people can also forge."

"You can't use the Philosopher's Stone."

"That's all I ask for."

Extraordinary crops, a mechanical monster five meters high and more than 30 tons, appeared in Lingdu City. It is lighter than imagined. Give it enough magic crystals as energy, this roller can even escape into the shadows. go ahead.

This is why Ryan is shocked that this thing is alive.

Except for giant dragons, he had never seen anything of dozens of tons so light and airy.

Of course, it can also be very heavy, heavier than its own weight, which provides great convenience for the construction of Lingdu City.

"This city, this city..."

Viscount Miles was extremely excited. Although the Lingdu City in front of him still only had an outline, it was still more majestic and majestic than the previous city.

"Don't think about it, it's mine now."

Ryan said from the side that in order to pay for the huge losses and account to the empire, the Miles family had to pay a huge amount of wealth. At this time, it was no wonder that Mr. Lane extended a helping hand to help the Miles family survive.

The price was that most of the land and houses in Lingdu City became Master Lane's wealth.

"How do you have so much money? Do you really have a gold mine?"

Viscount Miles looked at Ryan. He had also heard the recent rumors among the nobles.

“Can’t I afford it without the gold mine?”

Viscount Miles no longer persisted in this matter, but asked hotly:

"If it is true that this city will be very rich in the future according to what you said, then will it be possible to double the wealth I lost?"

"Of course, it may be more than doubled."

Ryan said, and in the distance he already knew that the nobles who were originally hesitant were gradually relaxing.

With just one meeting, Ryan can organize the road construction in the Kingdom of Andala this year.

There was no way, according to the original idea, the two earls and the viscounts were unwilling.

It was Lane's long-term vision of development and the economic transformation of the tundra territory that made the nobles realize that they could not just rely on those mines to sit back and rest.

"We need to build a road, build a road to the Kingdom of Andala. Maybe you don't know, but you all confirm that the Kingdom of Andala is much weaker than the Empire."

"With this road, we can get the wealth in the Kingdom of Andala at our fingertips. Just imagine that in three to five years, the wealth in the other world disappears and we become the mining aristocracy again. At that time, can you accept the income of only two to three thousand gold coins per year? "

"Andara is an opportunity. They can either choose the empire, so that we have a suitable reason to obtain the wealth. If they defect to the Holy See, our army will make them understand that the wealth belongs to the powerful nobles."

The benefits are impressive, or in other words, the wealth of the forest world has made the nobles' wallets grow a lot in the past year.

Road construction was promoted little by little, and nobles began to pay a little money to purchase the materials needed for road construction.

"Why are magicians and alchemists included in the purchased materials?"

Baron Enzo was shocked, and Ryan glanced at him angrily.

"What purchase? This is an invitation, an invitation."

This road is so long. If you want to build a complete road, how can you do it without the participation of a magician?

"Just go to the Magic Academy and invite them. They all owe a lot of money, and someone will be interested."

It was exciting to have a noble magician as a road builder, so Enzo left with a lot of money.

And Ryan, not long after Enzo left, received help from another friend.

Pascal, somewhat panicked, pulled himself out of the death of Marquis Beifeng, and recognized Ryan's friendship, plus there was already a grain trade between the two.

"Gargoyles can cast some magic. Although their bodies are forbidden to use magic, their magic instinct allows them to control stones."

"Plus they can fly, so building pillars on cliffs is not a problem."

Build roads!

Ryan waved his hand, and tens of thousands of workers from Beifeng Province each received a gold coin, so the wild forest east of Lingdu City was cleared and became a bare piece.