Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 209 Chapter [-] Southern Weekend
Xia Houyan thought that he was relatively modest, and he didn't dare to take all the credit for designing the "Southern No. [-] Rest Area" on his own head.

For the charging design of the "Southern No. [-] Rest Area", he just made an extremely simple outline by referring to the routines of profiteers on the earth. As for the specific implementation, it mainly depends on Alan Cousins, Bob Brook and Karim ·The quality of these three Frost Maple Ridges is low to implement.

It is worth mentioning that the spy Rocky, who was originally stationed in Huafang Town by the Whitehall of Rose City, is now under the command of the Igor family——

After returning to Frost Maple Ridge with Cousins' mission, Karim Lodge told the lord that Rosario had officially placed him under the jurisdiction of Frost Maple Ridge. According to the Grand Duke, "Let him go It’s fine to pick dung and build walls to grow vegetables.”

Xia Houyan is definitely not willing to let Rocky pick dung and build walls: this guy is a spy trained by the Imperial Military Academy, a well-rooted Whitehall agent, and he can just help Shuangfengling build the spy system he has always wanted.

Although the grand plan of "monitoring the entire wasteland with spies" is still a nonsense dream, it does not prevent Xia Houyan from happily including Rocky under his command:

Anyway, Shuangfengling is not short of money, isn't it just an extra salary, what are you afraid of!
A certain lord with a strong nostalgic complex has long thought about it. When he promised Sean Mountbatten to build the "Frost Maple Ridge General Staff Headquarters", he would set up a "Military Statistics Bureau" under this department to deal with intelligence work. Karim Lodge is naturally the No.1 choice for the director.

The ignorant Rocky still doesn't know that he has been selected by the lord to be the future Luo Chunfeng and Luo Yunong, and he plays his "Haiwen Continental Chronicle" in the cafeteria of Fenghuangtai with a salary every day. Very happy.

In stark contrast to the young Mr. Lodge, are the other major departments of Shuangfengling.

From the time of defeating the bandit coalition's offensive to the coming of the peak trade season in the wasteland of the Land of Cracking Soul, the people of the entire Shuangfeng Ridge worked day and night, and they were really exhausted.

The first is Igor's pioneering army under Clement:

Although the commander has been in a coma after the war, he finally woke up under the "dark healing" effect of the lord until two days ago, but due to the presence of Karen Leperg and Sean Mountbatten, this team The main force of the Igor family didn't take much rest, and threw themselves into the busy "work":
The word is written as "work" and read as "cutting people".

The lord who knows how to eliminate evil is of course impossible to regard the defeat of the bandit coalition army as the finale of the bandit suppression cause:

Wilderness robbers are like weeds or leeks, wild fires burn endlessly, and spring winds regenerate——

——It must be cleaned once and for all!
After the defensive battle, except for the wounded soldiers receiving treatment, the pioneer soldiers launched a counterattack against the bandit camp in the eastern part of the wasteland under the command of Mountbatten after a brief tidying up.

In fact, in terms of hard power, these bandit villages are no longer the opponents of today's Shuangfengling. What's more, after the defeat of the coalition forces, they are even more vitally injured. Even without the development army to attack, the internal strife for the owner's deal is enough. ;

As a result, the Pioneer Army took down twelve cottages within ten days with almost no casualties.

In the first few cottages, at least they organized some resistance that was better than nothing. In the back, the robbers in the cottages almost started to abandon the villages and flee in large numbers once they saw the flag of the Pioneering Army from a distance. thought.

As for how long they can survive in the wasteland after they escape, it is completely out of Shuangfengling's consideration.

While the armed forces of the Igor family were triumphant, the construction forces were not idle.

Thanks to the participation of a large number of craftsmen from the towns on the left bank, Master Donald, who has been independently supporting the construction of the territory, finally received foreign aid and the construction efficiency improved by leaps and bounds;
Just a few days after the bandit coalition campaign ended, except for the soldiers who lived in the same camp, the people of Shuangfengling finally realized the well-off state of "everyone has a house to live in".

Although these built houses are simple in structure, ugly in appearance, and full of shoddy and rushed work, they are decent houses anyway. The Igor leaders who have followed all the way from Eagle's Rest Castle can finally seal up their tents. Woke up.

In order to commend the excellent work efficiency of the construction workers, Xia Houyan specially awarded the newly designed "May [-]st Labor Medal" to Master Donald after the war.

——Someone asked what May Day was, and Tom Lawrence, Director of the Political Department of the Pioneering Army, answered this way:

Dedicated to the territory, wholeheartedly to the lord, wholeheartedly to the people, wholeheartedly to construction, wholeheartedly to seek development!

I don't know if the lord's political propaganda really worked, or if the golden "May [-]st Labor Medal" made the craftsmen blush, but after finishing the construction of the platform, the workers of Shuangfengling quickly carried the With a hammer and ax, he cast his gaze like a hungry wolf beyond Shuangfeng Ridge.

The construction of "Route 66" is exactly the plan proposed by Master Donald and a group of craftsmen with enthusiasm.

Xia Houyan actually wanted to recuperate after the war, but in the end he didn't resist the temptation, and approved the road construction project with his seal:
The reason is simple - the rewards are simply too good!

Although with the support of the Elven Treasure House, Shuangfengling will not encounter any financial problems in a short period of time, but as a lord, Xiahou Daguan still has to consider the long-term development of the territory:
And Master Donald's idea of ​​"building roads" almost coincides with his idea.

The harsh natural conditions of the Land of Splitting Souls means that unless there is some explosive technological progress, the benefits of purely producing in this barren land are very limited;

However, the southern wilderness located at the junction of the three tribes of humans, demons, and beasts is naturally suitable for setting up cards to collect taxes and earn money from caravans!
In the past, the oil and water of the caravans was basically shared by the towns on the left bank and the robbers in the wasteland;
Now that the lord is here, the world has changed!

Just kidding, he, Elliot Igor, was personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor and the only legal lord on the wasteland. The tax money for the caravans can and can only be handed over to Shuangfengling!
Master Donald's original idea was to open up a commercial road running through the wasteland from south to north, and divert the merchants to Phoenix Terrace to collect tolls; that's all;
As a result, the lord severely criticized the craftsmen's conservative and backward ideas of small farmers:

Oil and water, we must start scraping from the moment the caravans set foot on the wasteland!
As a result, the lord drew a few circles on the map of the Land of Broken Soul, and immediately beside the scheduled route of "Route 66", there were a few more "rest areas" exuding a dangerous and gold-absorbing atmosphere...

Alexios and his "Fire of Karma" Chamber of Commerce are not the first victims of this golden trade route, nor will they be the last;
As for the unlucky demon merchants, how long it will take to realize the truth of "don't get close to the rest area, you will become unlucky", I am afraid that only the Supreme Holy God knows.

At least on this night, after Xia Houyan read the account books of the "Southern No. [-] Rest Area", his heart was filled with the sincere joy that an old farmer would only have after a year of hard work and a good harvest.

"Has this rest area made money?" Alice knelt on the bed, resting her chin on the lord's shoulder, her eyes widened, and she looked at the account book in his hand curiously.

"Not yet." Xia Houyan heaved a sigh of relief, closed the account book and said, "But it will be a matter of time to make money... Now that the peak trading season has just begun, the income stream will increase--in addition, most of these caravans run If you have a stored-value card, you will definitely come to spend next year or the year after that... This is called fishing for big fish with a long line."

Alice blinked.

The former captain of the female guard of Eagle's Rest Castle knew a thing or two about martial arts and swordsmanship, but when it came to making money, she was blindsided.

However, Alice's mission on this trip was to escort the lord to the defense line of the Arcane Spire. Of course, Xia Houyan did not expect the female swordsman to provide any constructive suggestions in terms of making money.

"Okay, go to bed early, we have to go on the road tomorrow..." Xia Houyan stretched out his hand and pushed Alice down on the bed, "The two of us took a detour to inspect the rest area, which wasted a lot of time, maybe Master Laurie and the others will arrive tomorrow The defense line of the Arcane Spire is over there..."

"Oh? Inspect the rest area?" Alice looked at the lord with a half-smile, "Didn't you take me out to sleep alone?"

"It's summer, it's still quite hot in the wasteland..." The lord muttered, stretching out his fingers and popping out a "Wind Blade Technique" to blow out the oil lamp, "And now, I think of an ancient poem..."

"What poetry?" asked Alice vaguely, but received no answer.

The way is:
Bing muscle jade bone, self-cooling and no sweat.

The breeze of the water hall is full of fragrance.

When the embroidered curtain is open, a little bright moon peeping at people, people are not going to bed, and the hairpin is in chaos.

Get up and take your hands together, the house is silent, and sometimes I see the sparse stars crossing the river.

How about night?
The night is late, Jin Bo is light, and the jade rope turns low.

But when the caravan comes, can it not be cheated of all the money.

……

The next day, Route 66 was on the site selection line.

Xia Houyan and Alice rode side by side and caught up with the large Shuangfengling team that was slowly heading south.

"My lord, you have worked hard." Master Laurie squinted at Xia Houyan.

"The lord is taking care of yourself." Bob Brooke was annoyed.

"My lord, pay attention to your body." Knight Commander Cousins ​​looked sincere.

"You bastards are itching!" The lord yelled, "You don't want a salary anymore?!"

"A salary of one gold coin per month, whoever wants it." Master Laurie gestured his middle fingers disrespectfully, obviously he was quite displeased with the cheap sale contract he signed with the lord's dead father Vincent back then. dissatisfied.

Just kidding, the Shuangfengling team didn't dare to delay for a moment, and headed south all the way.

On the way, they saw the demon caravan walking north, as if they saw a walking purse.

Of course, when the demon caravan saw them, they couldn't help but wonder:
This weird-looking team didn't even carry any cargo, so what are they going south for?

I have to say that this team in Shuangfengling is indeed quite weird:
Except for Alice, who is in charge of security, and a few former Eagle's Rest guards, the main members of the team are the Lord Lord, Master Laurie, Bob Brook, Eldridge, and Captain Cousins, five "heroes" .

If someone is interested here, they must be able to find that these five people are not unrelated to Grand Duke Rosario who is far away in Rose City:

Mr. Xiahou is the lord of Frost Maple Ridge, and it goes without saying that he owes Rosario more or less; Cousins ​​and Bob are the diplomatic envoys Frost Maple Ridge once sent to Rose City; Eldridge He was Rosario's confidant at all; even Master Laurie had acquainted with Grand Duke Rosario several times at the banquet in the central plains of the empire.

In fact, this strange team was preparing to rush to the defense line of the Arcane Spire, and had a close relationship with Grand Duke Rosario's good friend, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Southern Army, Paulusilla.

In the imperial political circle where cliques are prevalent, the lord of Shuangfengling waited until this time to go to the local bigwigs to worship the pier, which has to be said to be quite individual.

"Speaking of which..." Xia Houyan sat on the horse of "Meteor", suddenly turned the crowbar and asked, "Commander Paulus of the Southern Army, what kind of person is he?"

Everyone turned their attention to Eldridge, who was at the back of the line.

This newly recruited military adviser from Shuangfengling was lazily lying on his horseback, flipping through the manuscript written by "Sea of ​​Abundance". He lazily raised his head when he heard the Lord Lord's question, and said:

"Intelligence, ah, there is a problem..."

There was an awkward silence.

"Commander Eldridge..." Cousins ​​said dryly, "Do you mean that the empire handed over the position of commander-in-chief of the Southern Army to a mentally handicapped man?"

"Not mentally retarded, ah, who would come to the southern wilderness to hang out..." Eldridge turned a page of the novel.

For a moment, Xia Houyan really wanted to use a crowbar to beat out the shit of this lazy dog ​​who fished fish;

However, considering that Eldridge had scolded himself, the lord took a few deep breaths and suppressed his anger.

Eldridge also seemed to realize that the surrounding atmosphere was quite dangerous. He glanced at the lord fearfully, and finally began to speak humanly:

"That, it's all a misunderstanding... My lord, what I mean is, ah, Commander Paulus is relatively, ah, rigid... just belongs to, in his mind, ah, there is no string...stiff..."

Xia Houyan and Master Laurie looked at each other.

"It can only be said that the empire has considered sending people like Paulus to lead the Southern Army to station at the Arcane Spire line of defense." Master Laurie shrugged, "The demons are different from the federal orcs. Need to take the initiative to attack, only need to be passive and stick to it, Paulus's lack of flexibility and elm character are just right."

"With this kind of person..." Xia Houyan pondered, "Is it really possible to reach a consensus through negotiation? After all, our goal is to get the Southern Army to help prevent the sneak attack on Rock Creek City..."

"If you don't talk about it, you have to talk about it..." Master Laurie smiled bitterly, "Paulus may be the only thigh we can hold in the southern part of the empire... Take a step back, even if Paulus disagrees with us request, can we really fight the Southern Army?"

The lord did not answer, but turned the crowbar and narrowed his eyes.

This detail made Master Laurie tremble with fear.

(End of this chapter)