The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 341: Free Earl
The Snow Moss Tribe was the first.

The conquest process was soon modeled by Mission Luo, who was good at summarizing experience.

Pastor Luo's system has a big advantage, which is super centralization.

One vision, one voice.

His will was carried out unconditionally and his orders were executed meticulously.

So, his summary is equivalent to the team completing the summary and making improvements.

The Snow Claw Tribe, the Fang Tribe, the Cangmu Tribe, the Sky Eagle Tribe, the Giant Branch Tribe… they swept through them one by one, and relying on this unique template, they constantly fine-tuned, strived for perfection, and repeated their success.

The biggest problem during this period did not come from the barbarians, but from himself.

Due to the shortage of supernatural power, he was on the verge of being starved to death.

But it was finally solved.

Because he borrowed some resources from Black Robo through the cult Robo, and filled the huge hole in his career's rising period when his investment would not see a return in the short term.

In just one month, twenty-one tribes were wiped out, an average of one every day and a half.

In the end, they obtained more than 12,000 skeleton heavy-armored warriors, six times the number of people, and nearly 200,000 cattle and sheep.

What does this mean? To put it simply, as long as Priest Luo completes the digestion, it will become the second Grand Dukedom of Malos, and have the production and war potential comparable to the entire kingdom.

The Aurora Society, and even the Divine Will, are just going to sit back and watch Pastor Luo gain so much wealth?

of course not.

They did take action, but due to several reasons, it ultimately failed to have any effective effect.

First of all, Solon Pelos, one of the operating officers of the virtual kingdom of God and the governor of the terminal planet of Alex where Priest Luo descended, did not follow the standard process for his own selfish reasons, but tried to cover up the problem and report it after it was resolved.

His behavior resulted in the Virtual Kingdom of God failing to strike hard and wipe out the disaster during the golden period of eliminating the disaster.

Secondly, Priest Luo demonstrated unparalleled control, efficiency, and secrecy.

For example, regarding livestock, except for a group that was selectively kept as breeding stock, the rest were all killed.

This large-scale, planned slaughter not only greatly promoted the absorption of dark power, but also reduced logistical difficulty and the risk of exposure.

After being processed, all the corpses were put into the void warehouse.

The void is icy cold and has its own ultra-low temperature refrigeration function.

People are detained in an alternative form of concentration camps.

Because he was stamped with the Thought Stamp and had enough Undead Guards to watch over him, he did not accompany the team throughout the journey, or was sent back to the Ice Fortress.

This has a certain confusing effect.

For example, when looking down from the air, many tribes appear to exist, but in fact they have long been turned into concentration camps. However, if you don't pay attention to the details, you can't see it at all.

Moreover, it was the coldest season of the year, and there was very little communication between the tribes, both civil and military, as they all hibernated.

In short, Pastor Luo's effective strategy greatly delayed the acquisition of real intelligence. When he discovered the abnormality, Pastor Luo had already entered the last few days of the final stage. It was too late to stop it.

The third major reason is that Pastor Luo acted with a good sense of proportion and knew when to stop.

It was too late, but Solon still took action. Specifically, he asked the Ice Wolf Tribe, a large tribe, to organize a raid.

It can be said that if Pastor Luo had been a little greedier, or if his leadership ability had been a little weaker, at least in terms of population, he would have suffered a loss that was almost halved.

Because the combat power of those concentration camps cannot defeat the famous wolf cavalry of the Ice Wolf Tribe.

However, Pastor Luo stopped in time, and due to his strong command and communication capabilities, all the concentration camps set out at the same time and arrived at the Ice Fortress three to five days in advance. Now the Wolf Cavalry had no time to waste.

The Ice Fortress is called a fortress for a reason. The Central Magic Tower is far more powerful than ordinary mage towers in terms of combat capability.

In fact, the Ice Fortress is both a dark well and a super mortar like a planetary thruster.

Even the Extraordinary Legion could not withstand the map cannon it fired.

The free earldom promised by Grand Duke Malos would not exceed 300 square kilometers.

For this purpose, Pastor Luo planned a piece of land of 15×20 kilometers. The specific area is not regular. After all, its boundary line is drawn based on the terrain, so it can only be said to be roughly a square.

What shocked the friendly nations once again was that Pastor Luo was extremely greedy in grabbing land and enclosed the entire territory with towering obelisks!

Not to mention the amount of work involved, the intention behind this operation alone is truly unprecedented and one-of-a-kind.

Sure enough, more cool moves followed.

The earth is uprooted!

Priest Luo did something that generally only gods could do, lifting the entire area nearly a hundred meters off the ground.

The obelisks arranged in advance were to pave the way for this super-large spell.

And the key point is that he borrowed enough extraordinary energy loans from Hei Luobo.

Don't you want to cause trouble? Then just be a conspicuous bag and act as cool as you can!
I didn’t pretend like this before because I was short of people.

Once you have done that, it will be difficult to get more people to join you. After all, you will be closely watched by various forces, and it will be difficult to make a fortune in silence.

Now, there are more than 60,000 people and more than 10,000 soldiers. We need to defend and digest them, and achieve the goal of causing trouble at the same time. Isn't it just right to do it this way?

The Earth Shaman's talent was brought to its fullest, and he took the opportunity to break through. This super landmark named "Freedom Heights", a man-made creation, is proof of the legend.

It is also the most grand and most legendary proof in history.

There are fault fissures all around the high ground, like a canyon, more than a hundred meters deep and dozens of meters wide, forming a natural city defense trench.

Afterwards, relying on the obelisk, the blockhouse was transformed into a barrier. The obelisk was not only the outer node of the super magic circle, but also a powerful defensive weapon that could emit elemental rays to deal with invading enemies.

In the territory, magical clouds and ecological domes are created to regulate temperature, humidity and sunlight, ushering in spring ahead of time and maintaining a constant spring state.

At the same time, technologies and equipment from Honghuangxing Crown City also began to be implemented and put into use.

The thought stamp + brain chip not only ensures the loyalty of the two-legged ox and horse, but also makes it end its savagery overnight and become a qualified tool man.

Red slavery?

That's right, but as long as we put aside the issue of loyalty to the monarch, the material enjoyment and freedom of two-legged cattle and horses are envied by the small lords in this world.

To put it simply, apart from having to work as a dog for someone, the rest is much better than the treatment of so-called free people.

Shrouded in magical mist, the interior is undergoing constant changes that cannot be seen from outside.

The Ice Fortress became its only gateway, with a viaduct several dozen meters wide spanning between the fortress and the towering mountain cliffs.

There is no other way to get up to such an aerial bridge except to fly, take the normal route, or use magic.

Archduke Malos was put in a passive position by Priest Luo's outrageous actions.

It is true that he acted on his own initiative. He did not even go through the formalities and just arbitrarily fenced off the land and isolated it. The wind and rain could come in, but the king and the duke could not enter.

It is not wrong to say that one is self-disciplined and has a sense of propriety. Such actions are equivalent to showing that one has no further ambition to expand.

After all, even a fool can see that such a large-scale fuss would be costly and unthinkable, and it would be a surprise attack, so it would be best to get the job done first. Otherwise, it would inevitably be obstructed from many sides and the plan would most likely fail.

Even though it has been done now, if we want to carry out similar operations again, it will be several times more difficult just because of external obstruction.

Because of this, I want to find the right measure and be able to restrain my greed.

This made Grand Duke Malos feel a little uncomfortable.

Just because the process was not followed, he was going to be reprimanded? This kind of small mistake could not punish a serious crime, especially since Priest Luo had made such a great achievement by sweeping across the Frostwind Grassland. But he turned a blind eye to it and instead found fault with it. Grand Duke Malos was not that stupid.

Not to mention him now, even if the Grand Duchy is running well and considering the overall situation, it cannot be used as an excuse to make things difficult for him. The only way is to use the relevant rituals of the substitute to remind and warn them openly or secretly, give each other a way out, and save face for both sides.

In the final analysis, the opponent's strength was too strong, a double-edged sword, how could it be used without cost? Especially since he was very weak, the current result was already considered good.

To be fair, Priest Luo has a clear conscience for the salary he received. If all the vassals of the Grand Duke paid according to Priest Luo's proportion, then why would he still worry about the difficulties in running the territory? I'm afraid he should turn around and ask the king: "Is it appropriate for you to continue to sit in that seat with a shameless face?"

The Grand Duke is also a smart man. He knows what "the longer the night, the more dreams you have", "a monk with a crooked mouth" means, and what it means to have ulterior motives and to sow discord.

Therefore, he promptly announced that he approved of Father Luo's behavior. He was surprised and happy at the same time. He was surprised that such a big fuss was caused, but he was happy that the country had talented people. The move of sweeping across the Frost Wind Prairie was the best New Year's gift. The border issues that had plagued the Grand Duchy for many years were finally eased because of this.

The Grand Duke made a timely statement and set the tone, and those who wanted to stir up trouble between the two had to give up.

Talking nonsense at this time will not widen the gap between the two parties, but will offend both of them. If your method is too rough, you will easily get picked out and beaten up.

Don't forget that Phoebus Tatus was already a figure that amazed the entire Spire of Order before he became a legend.

Expecting to instigate others to spread rumors without being noticed is a joke. How can someone who can make nearly 100,000 barbarians kneel down and call themselves their master, yet still be unable to pry open the mouth of the rumormonger? This is like not believing that a surgeon who has performed tens of thousands of difficult surgeries can perform an appendectomy. What is he thinking?

To deal with such a person, one must either resort to open tactics or use extreme cunning tactics, such as inducing the gods' envoys to join forces to assassinate him. The rest of the ordinary tricks will only bring humiliation to oneself.

The only possible strategy at the moment is to study how the new Free Earl, legendary shaman, can feed 70,000 mouths.

Pastor Luo said that of course they were fed with grain, and there were also large amounts of canned food as snacks.

With a void warehouse to trade back and forth, can feeding 70,000 mouths be a problem?

Pastor Luo took a big step this time. With a powerful backer behind him, he was not afraid of getting into trouble.

It is a miniature version of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is the level of technology after the computer revolution is completed and AI fills the gap in the bottom-level repetitive and intensive labor.

The reason for miniaturization is that 300 square kilometers simply cannot display all categories, so what can be done? Use intelligent AI printers instead.

In the packaged state, it can be deployed at any time if needed. If not needed, a small closed loop is completed, which is a necessary industrial system, thereby strengthening large-scale agricultural planting at the near future level. Of course, if we subtract industrial bases and urban land from the 300 square kilometers, there is not much room for large-scale agriculture, so it is more like a pilot project.

But you have to try it anyway.

Different worlds have different laws and subtleties. In the same world, metal ores may have different phosphorus or sulfur contents, let alone different worlds.

Therefore, everything on Freedom Heights is indeed an experimental field to collect data in preparation for full-scale deployment.

This project will be calculated in years.

In other words, the Free Earldom will not have any major leaps in technology, productivity, etc. for a long time to come, but will develop based on adaptation and stability.

From the bitter cold of winter to the return of spring, Pastor Luo's construction campaign lasted for more than a hundred days before it was barely completed.

The final touch to the first phase of the series of projects was the construction of a gateway town, Gaotai Town, outside the rift at the southern end of the territory.

From a distance, the town looks like a huge three-story staircase, with each floor twenty meters high and a steel bridge connecting the top floor to Freedom Heights.

Each floor has an area of ​​about 5 to square meters for building facilities. The base is a large magic enclosure, called Magic Enclosure No. .

The main area of ​​Gaotai Town occupies nearly half of the magic enclosure. With the central tower as the boundary, the southern semicircle and a small area in the north are enclosed by a ten-meter wall. Outside the wall, there are fortified walls and cleared fields. There are no trees, only weeds, within a radius of one kilometer.

In order to purchase this piece of land covering several square kilometers, Father Luo paid 50,000 gold to Grand Duke Malos. It was not a one-time payment, but 30,000 gold was paid at the first time.

Even for the Grand Duchy, this is a huge sum of money.

After all, the headband that Priest Luo had made to protect against mental harm was priced at around a hundred gold pieces.

After receiving the money, Grand Duke Malos began to work on resolving the long-standing issue of the northern border, mainly the severance pay for the soldiers.

The promise of territorial rewards made back then can be exchanged.

For example, the territory can be expanded appropriately.

You have to know that, generally speaking, when a territory is first established, the division of territory is most active. Once it is decided, there is no regret. If you want to divide the territory again, you have to accumulate it all over again. And even if the person involved is willing, he needs the corresponding opportunity to succeed.

Because of this, when it comes to fiefdoms, the specific division of land is very important. And for the sake of long-term planning, the newly appointed nobles would rather have less gold, silver, and people, but they must first choose the ideal territory.

It is easy to deal with the lord, but it is difficult to deal with the young men.

These young men were not tenant farmers sent by the lords to perform military service, but professional soldiers hired for a long term. How could there be no explanation?

Thirty thousand gold coins were not enough, but with some financial support from Grand Duke Malos himself, the project was barely able to operate.

After all, this matter indirectly involves Priest Luo, and with such a legendary shaman as the financial guarantee, people are willing to believe that Grand Duke Malos's promise can be fulfilled this time.

Of course, even so, there is still a big gap in the cost.

In this regard, we can also collude with the newly appointed group of real land nobles.

Because this group of upstarts will select some of their so-called "own people" from the soldiers who are about to be dismissed to serve as the backbone of the violent team in the future territory.

In other words, the money of these people can be transferred to the new rich through debt transfer, and then resolved through discussions on land division and other matters.

Another major positive factor was that Priest Luo swept through the Frost Wind Grassland and killed nearly 100,000 barbarians, laying the foundation for a relatively high security bottom line in the northern border for a period of time.

Otherwise, every year during the lean period, they would have to face the barbarians coming south to plunder, and would not be able to make such a large-scale adjustment. Instead, they would have to spend a lot of money on border patrols, equipment consumption, etc.

In addition, there is another reason why they dared to make personnel adjustments affecting the entire defense line this time. That is, Grand Duke Malos reached an agreement with Priest Luo that nearly one-third of the northern border defense line, from the Ice Fortress to the Mesana Star Fortress, would be taken over by Priest Luo's White Bone Legion.

Specifically, it involves a fortress and three star fortresses. A medium-loaded convoy travels at dawn and sleeps at night, and it takes three days to get from the Ice Fortress to Messana, or vice versa.

About seven kilometers southeast of Gaotai Town is the famous West Avenue in the Grand Duchy.

The lords of this era were actually not keen on building roads.

Because the good road conditions can greatly strengthen the control of the central government. To put it more bluntly, as the most powerful person in the Grand Duke's territory, if the Grand Duke's troops can be dispatched in the morning and arrive in the evening, which lord will not be silent after being beaten? Then who dares to act arrogantly by relying on the fact that the emperor is far away?
Therefore, the East-West Avenue was also built by Grand Duke Malos based on the national conditions of the Grand Duchy and the need to expand territory to the north.

Now that the Free Earldom has emerged, it has naturally formed a very advantageous frontier fulcrum.

As long as Grand Duke Malos can maintain good relations with the Free Earl, the Western Avenue will allow the two sides to quickly exchange what they have, and the Earldom has enough people for production activities, which means that in the near future, the Earldom will be able to serve as an important material and even combat power supply point, radiating to the surrounding areas.

This greatly improved the response efficiency of the support and material supply to each star fortress, and also reduced the cost of the Grand Duke Malos's logistical supply to the border.

In addition, Grand Duke Malos has always been aware of the tricks of the commanders of the star fortresses who use brutality to bully others.

But he couldn't say it out loud. After all, he was unable to fulfill the pie he had promised, and he was the one who was in debt first.

The result is that they are constantly being drained of their money by fraud and other means, but they have no choice but to pay the price.

The Grand Duchy has been running worse and worse in recent years, which has a lot to do with its warmongering. The border is too expensive and has become a blood-sucking monster, but it cannot be avoided.

It was the arrival and actions of Pastor Luo that broke the game that was on the verge of becoming a dead end.

Of course, this made many people unhappy, such as the king.

It was common knowledge that the Grand Duke and the King were at odds. The King's faction wanted to see the Grand Duke go bankrupt, and then reap the high-quality assets. This was also a secret known to the insiders. When they were about to achieve their goal, they were disturbed by Pastor Luo. This was almost like blocking someone's financial path, like killing their parents.

Grand Duke Malos did not hide this matter from Priest Luo, because he could not hide it. And because Priest Luo was eager for success, the fait accompli had already been done and the hatred had been inadvertently formed. Grand Duke Malos naturally took the opportunity to play up his personality of "I am actually an honest and honest person" and further pulled Priest Luo into his camp by informing him of the situation.

Pastor Luo didn't care about this. Just like the idea he had when he was in the territory of Enom, he used his strength to break all the sinister tricks and slap all the coquettish and bitchy women in the face. Come on!
With this mentality, Grand Duke Malos, who was willing to conduct transactions fairly, became a possible partner. Not only did Priest Luo single-handedly defend the western frontier of the northern border for the Grand Duchy, he also threatened the central line. At least the areas adjacent to it, as well as the horizontal and vertical areas with a total of two star fortresses, were relatively safe.

After all, the Ice Fortress has a strong military force, and with rapid support, it is enough to lift a general siege. If anyone dares to cross the Star Fortress and go south to plunder, they will run the risk of having their retreat blocked and surrounded.

The reason why such an effect could not be achieved in the past was mainly due to a combination of reasons that resulted in more defense than offense.

Now, with the adjustments made to the Star Fortress’ defenders, a resurgence of vitality will be inevitable.

As a result, the only things that Grand Duke Malos really needs to solve are the eastern line of the northern border and a small section of the central line.

The Grand Duke decided to go there personally and take charge, creating a pseudo Ice Fortress similar to the Ice Fortress, with Celia Castle near East Avenue as the fulcrum.

To put it bluntly, it means using one's own prestige and influence to achieve the effect of intimidating the surrounding areas to a certain extent.

To this end, the title of Duke was transferred in advance.

The Grand Duke fought hard for his family. His son succeeded to the throne ahead of time, and he went to guard the border at an old age. It was a good thing.

It was thanks to this series of major decisions that the long-standing problems in northern Xinjiang were barely resolved.

As for the star forts promised to the military nobles, they would be the locations of their family castles after their enfeoffment. Grand Duke Malos also had an opinion.

He said: "Look at the Free Earl. I know it's not appropriate to use him as a comparison, but the method is still applicable. Take the Star Fort as the starting point and divide the territory to the south. This is one.

To this end, I pledge to continue to provide financial and material assistance for a period of ten years, as in the past.

Second, you are allowed to row northward. As long as you can hold on, no matter how far you row, it’s yours.”

This actually means that Grand Duke Malos has decided to end the Principality's national policy of expanding northward, and will no longer adopt the risky strategy of defending existing territories by expanding new ones, at least for several generations.

It would be difficult to explain to the new elites in the border areas such a change in national policy. After all, from a macro perspective, the fate of these new elites is like being cheated by a Ponzi scheme.

But Priest Luo swept through the Frostwind Grassland, turning the vast area into a no-man's land.

The merit of this action has been transferred to the Grand Duke's name through collusion with the Grand Duke, and the subsequent impact has been transferred to the Grand Duke's name.

To be more shameless, the Grand Duke could say: "I paid the money to let the Free Earl to wipe out the Frost Wind Grassland, making it difficult for risky and powerful bandits to breed there for several years. Although the specific operation was a later ticket, don't worry about how I colluded with the Free Earl. It is an indisputable fact that the Northern Frontier can be stable for several years.

In other words, even if a new batch of pioneering troops were formed and went north to build a new line of defense, the new lords would only be able to achieve a similar level of security as they do today.

As for what will happen many years later, can this kind of thing be guaranteed for decades or even hundreds of years? Is the name of the dangerous area for nothing? Being suddenly invaded and plundered by barbarian cavalry is a situation that the lords of the dangerous areas basically have to face.

In the future, there will be two fortress-level military forces stationed in the east and the west, able to radiate to the surrounding areas for support. How much worse can this be than the existence of the Northern Border Defense Line?
Even if it's a little worse, didn't I let you arbitrarily draw territory to the north as compensation? What else are you dissatisfied with?"

In short, it was indeed Pastor Luo's big move that brought an opportunity to solve the problem in the northern border. The Grand Duke also inserted himself into it, which was considered to have solved the major problem that had plagued the area for many years.

In fact, there are many more details.

For example, Priest Luo's Magic Feather Crow has become a reconnaissance organization covering the entire northern border defense line, including the establishment of crow nests and crow guards in various star fortresses.

In addition, Pastor Luo also formed a ranger with the Bone Sword Guards as members. The rangers are active in the area north of the Star Fortress. They can be called roaming beacon towers and can detect the barbarians heading south at an early stage.

It would be impossible for a large army to cross the Frostwind Grassland quickly.

Because there was no stable food on the grassland to provide normal food for the large army, the barbarians had to drive their livestock south, which was very different from the mode of traveling by galloping on horseback.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, only after the tribes have filled the vacancies left by Pastor Luo through grazing, become familiar with the terrain between several pastures, and understand and adapt to life here, can they use the new nomadic area as a fulcrum to raid the south relatively quickly.

Also, an important reason why the northern barbarians raided the south was population.

The population was too large, and coupled with environmental disasters such as snowstorms, it was impossible to feed so many people, so they had to rely on looting from the south to solve the problem.

Now the total population has dropped by nearly 100,000, and large tracts of grassland have been vacated for grazing. Therefore, it is estimated that northern Xinjiang will be safe in the next few years.

Of course, this is common sense. And with the existence of a cross-border force like the Virtual Kingdom of God, it is normal for common sense to be overturned.

But now that Father Luo has become powerful, no matter how stupid Solon Pelos is, he will not ignore the facts again and again and think that he can hold on and resolve the situation privately.

After Priest Luo swept through the Frostwind Grassland, he had been trying to collect intelligence for a while, with the sole purpose of minimizing his own responsibility when reporting. "It's not that I can't do it, it's that the enemy is too strong," was probably his excuse.

Put pressure on those above, then raise an army of thunder and lightning to attack with crushing force.

This was the main reason why Pastor Luo was able to farm safely in Freedom Heights for a hundred days.

Another reason is that a major event occurred in the Far North, and top-notch supernatural forces like the Spire of Order, and even gods, were attracted by the event.

Likewise, this incident also had a significant impact on the overall layout of the Virtual Kingdom of God on Alex. Solon really couldn't spare the energy to deal with Priest Luo, a powerful enemy who had already proven himself to be difficult to deal with.

In short, the Virtual Kingdom of God will no longer use the tactic of adding fuel to the fire. They will deliver the goods to their doorstep time and time again. If they fight again, it will at least be the crushing victory they thought it would be.

(End of this chapter)