Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 397

In a sense, things like war are the same as the audit results of the real power oil and water department:
It's all an unresolved mess.

This vigorous "Human-Orc Sixth War" that has been going on for many years has almost smashed the entire northern part of the continent into a mess. Now, who the hell remembers which side started the war in the first place?

At least from the perspective of human beings, most of the citizens of the empire probably have the perception that the Sixth War is an evil war of aggression launched by the Glorious Federation to annex the territory of the human empire. The human empire is completely on the side of passive defense, From the standpoint of justice of defending the country.

——As for this cognition, is it the truth, or is it due to the propaganda offensive of the human empire, who can tell?
Therefore, although the words of Tang Su, the special envoy of Greer Raven Language, are far from the existing cognition of the people in Shuangfengling, and have the effect of shaking a thousand layers of waves with a single stone, but everyone is surprised, and soon understands It's all relieved.

For the wilderness people who have been receiving revolutionary education from the lord all the year round, and who are pragmatism first, who occupies the moral high ground in the war is actually a very important question, but it is not important or important:

If the powers of the two countries are equal, then the moral advantage may be of some use;

But if one side has the ability to crush the aircraft carrier to the other side's crotch, you, even Kong Shengren, will still suffer.

——Respect strength and speak with fists, this is a value that is very in line with the customs of the land of broken souls.

What's more, it's none of our Shuangfengling's business that the empire and the Federation bite dogs?
Therefore, Xia Houyan led his retainers to say a few words about the scene, and then hurriedly sent back the big Buddha, Greer Raven Language, and asked the chief to return to his command.

However, the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army who returned from the victory did not directly follow the secret road dug by the dark elves through the mountain and return to the land of the broken soul along the original road. Take a rest.

Although there are quite some untrue rumors among the team, claiming that the reason why the lord came to Dan-Azler is purely to entertain the cat, but the truly loyal people in the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army believe that the lord is by no means so boring My generation, this trip must have a deep meaning.

So, they stationed on the outskirts of Dan-Azler, and watched as the lord ran to Miss Malena's wooden house on stilts as soon as he was free, and drank cat coffee for three days and three nights.

The boys of Shuangfengling, who were not good at guessing the holy will, immediately felt ashamed of their childishness and superficiality.

On the morning of the fourth day, when the senior official Xiahou walked out of the wooden house on stilts, his legs and feet seemed not to be very agile.

"You have worked hard." Master Victor Laurie, who was picking his teeth and looking at the scenery in Dan-Azler Square, was the first to spot the boss, and hurriedly said something eccentric.

"Your salary is gone this month." Xia Houyan thought for a moment and decided.

Master Laurie silently cursed a traditional Northlookshire swear word.

Xia Houyan didn't bother to talk to his chief mage, and took two steps forward to observe the current situation of the sub-orc settlement.

When the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Army had just crossed the Dusty Mountains and arrived here, Dan-Azler was still a temporary settlement that was in the ascendant and revealed sloppy and poor everywhere;
Now only about two months have passed, and Xia Houyan was surprised to find that this town of sub-orcs has already begun to show its grandeur under the leadership of the little girl Marlena:

At that time, the suborcs had just successfully dug the aqueduct, and it was already in normal operation at this moment.The blue and crystal clear water flows all the way from the depths of the oasis, forming a beautiful arc around Dan Azler under the guidance of the channel.The soaked sand on both sides of the canal has been planted with green melon seedlings by the orcs.

The melons and fruits produced here must be of high quality in the sunny climate environment of the Tongge Desert, and customers will definitely not ask "whether the melons are ripe or not".

Xia Houyan decided to wait for the melons here to be ripe, then import a batch from Dan Azler, and transport them to the inland of the empire on the other side of the Dusty Mountains for sale--Squat, Shanming and Sandy Potatoes, presumably can become the two main products of Shuangfengling. Big fist produce.

In addition to the canal, the wooden fence around Dan Azler has also been declared complete.If the scene of the arrival of the Frost Maple Ridge cavalry was repeated at that time, with the protection of the wooden fortifications, the strong sub-orcs would probably be able to resist for another half a minute.

The remaining wood after the wall was built was used by the orcs to build houses to replace the old tents that were ventilated on all sides.Today, several small buildings have been erected in the center of Dan-Azler, and the united sub-orcs have given up to the elderly to live in.The living environment of the sub-beast people, although there are no electric lights and telephones, at least there are upstairs and downstairs.

In the future, when the free trade zone agreement signed between Shuangfengling and the Federation takes effect, this desert pearl will surely become more prosperous.

Standing on the square, looking at the hardworking and busy sub-orcs, Xia Houyan immediately recalled the scene when he led his family to immigrate and just came to the land of broken souls, and he couldn't help feeling deeply for a while.

The lord let out a long sigh of relief, shook his head and sighed with a full-fledged traitor:

"Assuming that there is no orphan in Haiwen Continent, I don't know how many people will be called emperors and how many people will be called kings!"

Master Laurie looked sideways at the lord, and said to himself that you are only a duke, why do you use the word "孤" that only the duke can use in the common language of the mainland, so shamelessly?

However, Master Laurie has only the smell of abalone, but not the fragrance of Xun Ling, so he definitely won't be too idle to remind the lord to pay attention to the etiquette so that he can empty the food box for himself.

"Lord, we have been staying here for several days, should we go home?" Master Laurie reminded, changing the subject.

"No rush." ​​Xia Houyan shook his head, blinked and said, "Master, guess what I've been doing these days?"

Master Laurie dared not guess.

Xia Houyan stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction east of Dan Azler:

"I'm looking for Marlena to ask directions."

Master Laurie felt that it would be awesome to ask for directions for three days and three nights.But he didn't care about the slander, and said doubtfully:
"Ask the way? What way?"

"Ask about the terrain around the Tongge Desert." Xia Houyan rubbed his hands together, "I don't know if you still remember the place name 'Hacksaw Canyon'?"

Hacksaw Canyon?Master Laurie frowned and thought for a while, feeling a little familiar.

"Let me remind you, magic metal." Xia Houyan said with a smile on his hands.

"Fuck!" The lord said so, and Master Laurie remembered.

Back then, when Master Calvino Spiritsong brought the group of elf mages to Frost Maple Ridge for the first time, he offered the lord a generous gift from the elf queen of the Stardust Protectorate—a genuine magic metal mine !

But the most disgusting thing about this whole thing is that this magic metal mine is not in Frost Maple Ridge, but in the "Hacksaw Canyon" east of the Dust Mountains and in the territory of the Orc Federation!This also led to the fact that although Shuangfengling held the ownership of the magic metal mine, it could not be mined, and Kong Zi was given a favor by the elves!
But now, the lord has brought up this matter again, could it be that...

"You're right." Xia Houyan smiled triumphantly, "The 'Hacksaw Canyon' where the magic metal mine is located is located in the east of Dan-Azler, at the northern end of the Tongge Desert... In other words, now It happens to be our territory."

Master Laurie was shocked.

"You don't think I asked the great chief for the jurisdiction of Dan-Azler and the Tongge Desert because I'm full and have nothing to do? How much is this small settlement worth? If I really want sub-orcs, Wouldn’t it be over just to take them back to the Land of Cracking Soul with the army?” Xia Houyan sneered again and again, “My real intention has always been to swallow the Hacksaw Canyon and the magic metal mine! I led the troops all the way If you come to help the empire to fight for peace, you can't end up with it, and you can't even get a piece of meat from Shuangfengling, right?"

Master Laurie suddenly didn't know what to say.

A magical metal deposit, which is a priceless strategic resource.Although according to the elves, the minerals of this magic metal mine are useless and slow-charging "Tarantino soft steel", but magic metal is magic metal, even if it is sold at a discount, the output of a vein is too high. Enough for Shuangfengling to make a lot of money!
"That! Then what shall we say!" Thinking of the shiny gold coins, Master Laurie couldn't sit still with excitement, as if the profits from the territory could be spread into the salary of the dam.

"What else can I say?" Xia Houyan smiled treacherously, "Tomorrow morning, we will lead the team to the east, and first collect this mine, and then consider returning to the land of the broken soul! It happens that there are so many in the Scourge. All the undead I created will be kept in the mine as labor! In the future, there will be a steady stream of magic metal ore, which will be sent along the tunnel to the Soul Breaking Land on the other side of the mountain range!"

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In the early morning of the next day, the Frost Maple Ridge Expeditionary Force regrouped and marched eastward from Dan Azler to Hacksaw Canyon.

In view of the fact that these old hats of the empire are not familiar with the terrain of the Tonge Desert, Dan-Azler's catwoman leader, Miss Malena, volunteered to serve as a temporary guide for the expeditionary force.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is false that this little girl wants to lead the way, and it is true that she wants to get bored with the lord for a while.

See through, don’t say through.

Only Miss Alice Comstock, the captain of the lord's guard, seemed to be in a bad mood in recent days, and everyone consciously avoided her.

And this journey was surprisingly uneventful, with no accidents happening.

The Tongge Desert was originally a barren and uninhabited place, not even like the Land of Cracking Soul where there were filthy bandits, and there were basically no living things along the way.As for the terrain of the desert, it is even more flat. Basically, you just need to follow the magic compass all the way to the east. The simplicity of the route is enough to make Miyazaki Hidetaka feel heartbroken.

So on the one hand, everyone became more and more suspicious, and the lord asked what the hell the road was for three days and three nights;

On the other hand, Marlena, who volunteered to "lead the way", was so embarrassed at the end that she rode a pony and followed beside the lord without even daring to lift her head.

This awkward atmosphere didn't get better until everyone arrived at Hacksaw Canyon and returned their attention to the magic metal mine.

Meeting people is not as good as being famous, but when they actually arrived at the scene, everyone in Shuangfengling realized that the so-called "Hacksaw Canyon" was not as majestic and majestic as they had imagined.

Because, it is actually a big crack in the ground.

This kind of rift valley can be seen everywhere in geologically unstable areas on the mainland. Although legends such as "heroic dragons fight here, and heroes split the earth with a sword" are often attached, generally speaking, they are just some kind of rift valley. The legacy of the earthquake.

However, the "hacksaw canyon" that stretches for hundreds of meters on the flat ground is indeed criss-crossed, and it really looks like it was sawed out by a hacksaw on the ground-this can be seen from the imagination of the ancestors when they named the place One spot.

The width of the Hacksaw Canyon is not very large, just tens of meters.Standing on the edge of the cliff, Master Laurie used light magic to move towards the dark bottom of the rift. It was preliminarily determined that the depth was about a few hundred meters, and a lot of sand had accumulated at the bottom of the rift.

Xia Houyan took the elven slate that recorded Tarantino's mild steel mine from Calvino Spiritual Master, and studied it carefully:
According to the elven translation provided by the master of spiritual songs, this metal vein is actually located on the cliff on the west side of Hacksaw Canyon - on the cliff, there is an extremely hidden cave, as long as you enter the cave, continue to go deep , all the way to the enrichment zone of Tarantino's mild steel.

The members of the expedition immediately dispersed with the help of the magician, and began to search with a wide net.Soon, someone discovered the cave recorded by the elves on the cliff not far away.

When mineral mining is officially launched in the future, it will be necessary to build a magic elevator on the cliff in Frost Maple Ridge in order to quickly transport the minerals to the surface.But now they are still in the exploration stage, so there is no need to be so troublesome. The vigorous expeditionary soldier Hao Erlang quickly descended vertically from the cliff and entered the cave in groups.

As for the lord, Marlena and the mages, they were lifted by the wind mages in the team with magic, and they descended into the cliff cave without any effort.

There are indeed differences between classes.

The inside of the cave was also extremely deep due to the lack of direct sunlight, but the soldiers of the expeditionary army quickly took out the lighting crystals they carried with them: Back then, the lighting crystals were a precious prop that the Igor family could not reach. Lawrence was so poor that he wanted to take a piece of it away from Simon Adrian's laboratory-now, this thing has become the standard equipment for individual soldiers of Igor's pioneering army, which shows the growing arrogance of Frost Maple Ridge One spot.

Under the illumination of the magic light, Xia Houyan followed the soldiers all the way to the depths of the cave.The interior of this cave is far more spacious than its appearance, and can even accommodate more than a dozen people walking side by side. This discovery made Xia Houyan very happy:

At least there is no need to use manpower to widen the channel for the convenience of subsequent magic metal mining.

After a dull walk along the cave, everyone soon encountered a roadblock;
And the ancient elf writing that was not unexpected at all.

(End of this chapter)