The mage arrives

"Quincy, you can go to the stage to make a concluding speech. I believe that the citizens of Cloudscale City, after witnessing the great battle just now, should very much hope that someone can come forward to appease them now." Gordon said to Quincy Said.Although this middle-aged jazz has little talent in political management, he is very useful in other aspects.At least to be one's own official spokesperson is still fully competent.

Of course, Quincy would not miss this opportunity to show off his language ability in front of everyone.He tidied up his clothes and walked onto the wooden platform built in front of the temporary square.

"Citizens, you have just seen that the thing hiding in Strindberg is not a peninsula spirit, but a ferocious and terrifying evil spirit. The so-called legends you have believed in for a long time are all false Yes! You were fooled by Abel Aldrich..."

Quincy is very eloquent and has considerable attainments in linguistics.Not only did he understand the native languages ​​of the aborigines on the peninsula, but he was also familiar with the various special lingua franca vocabulary and allusions that were born in the process of communication and integration between the various imperial immigrants and the local aborigines.

His appearance easily brought Gordon, an "imperial man" from the north, closer to the local residents of the peninsula, and then naturally built a sense of trust.In a spit-flying speech on the wooden platform, Quincy accomplished a few goals that Gordon gave him.

In the minds of these people, the image of the Aldrich family oppressing them, deceiving them, and fooling them was established.The establishment of the Freeman family is powerful, wise and wise.And it is the image of the real ruler of Haiwen Peninsula.

The so-called seeing is believing, hearing is believing.Although Strindberg's legend has been circulating in the Haiwen Peninsula for more than ten years, after witnessing the killing of the terrible undead living in the castle by the Lord of Haiwen with his own eyes.The public will naturally tend to believe Quincy's words.

Especially those who were frightened enough by the terrible screaming sound just now, the lord who killed the evil spirit has already established a powerful and wise image in their hearts.

After talking a lot, Quincy finally made a concluding speech: "Now, let us invite the real ruler of the Haiwen Peninsula, Earl Gordon Freeman, to appear."

The citizens are still a little unfamiliar with the newly appointed lord, and these people have been accustomed to living without a ruler for more than ten years.So when he saw the other party on the stage, he just looked nervously at the young man with black hair and black eyes in the mage's robe.

Fortunately, Gordon is not one of those old-fashioned politicians.There is nothing uncomfortable with such a scene without applause or cheers.After he stepped onto the stage, he blessed himself with a loudspeaker spell, and said: "I am the Earl of Haven officially conferred by the Emperor Freyton. The sole ruler of this vast land. This is for you now. Maybe you haven't really realized it yet. But it doesn't matter, you will understand soon. Moreover, I am a mage, and I have mastered mysterious and powerful arcane power for ordinary people. I can make many Miraculous things. It is good to remember this for those who want to turn to me and cling to me, as well as those who hate me and have evil intentions. Finally. I am a pragmatic person who does not like empty talk. So after arriving in Cloudscale City, I didn't make any obvious moves. I just quietly started to prepare to deal with Strindberg's matter."

Gordon paused for a moment, allowing the audience to digest what he said before saying, "And the result, you have already seen it."

Gordon turned around and pointed at Strindberg, who was in ruins in the distance: "The lies fabricated by the Aldrich family have been exposed by me personally, and the evil spirits in the castle have also been eliminated by me. To truly become this The ruler of this peninsula does not rely on any absurd legends, but wisdom and strength. I believe that after what happened today, you already know that I am not the same as those imperial nobles who were either weak or stupid who were stationed here before. .”

Gordon said to Rufus who was standing beside him, "Bring those things up."

This soldier was the tallest and most powerful among the people around Gordon.Bringing him by his side can also enhance the public's impression of himself.If it was in the imperial capital, Gordon would have won unanimous praise from the nobles with a beautiful girl like Xiona or Sigrid by his side, but in a semi-civilized area like the Haiwen Peninsula, there are always beautiful girls around him. Women will give people an absurd and lustful image.

Rufus nodded and stomped off the wooden platform.After a while, he had led the laborers to the open space under the wooden platform, pulling carriages one by one.

After removing the black cloth on the car, the laborers dumped down a large pile of black and round things.The people took a closer look, and many timid people immediately screamed in fright.

Those things are all embalmed human heads.

Fortunately, although the scene in front of me looked terrifying, it was far inferior to the screaming sound that the evil spirits made in the battle not long ago that could touch the soul.So the onlookers turned pale with fright at most, but they were fine.

It's just that many people are puzzled and don't know the identity of these beheaded guys.

Not many people in the southern peninsula know about the results of the Battle of the Isthmus of Cork.There are many reasons.First, for the Aldridge family on the losing side, they naturally did not want this news to spread, which would ruin the majesty of the King of Haiwen and shake the rule in the northern part of the peninsula.Second, the southern part of the peninsula has been in chaos for a long time. Most people only care about the little things in front of them. At most, some people who have been traveling between the northern and southern peninsulas all the year round mentioned that a pass was suddenly built on the Isthmus of Cork, and there was a team that looked very The capable soldiers are stationed, as for the others, they don't know anything about it.

Today, however, Gordon decided to officially announce his victory to the public.

The people gathered in this temporary square today are not just simple citizens.Among the nearly 1 people, I don't know how many spies sent by various forces to observe themselves.Gordon just took this opportunity to show his strength.And give those people a showdown.

When the things on the carriages behind were unloaded, the identities of those heads were immediately revealed to everyone.

Looking at the sets of black armor piled up in the clearing.The crowd screamed uncontrollably: "Dark Devil Cavalry! That's the Dark Devil Cavalry of the Aldrich family!"

Due to the "glorious reputation" of slaughtering the tribes of the peninsula for a long time, the cavalry unit of the Aldrich family commanded by Royanst was dubbed the "Dark Devil Cavalry" by people.

For the natives who were afraid of being killed, those elite soldiers in cold iron armor really deserved the title of "Dark Devil".

But today, these nightmares of many peninsula residents have been stripped of their armor.The head was chopped off and displayed in front of the people as a trophy.

After the people in the audience had almost digested the shocking news, Gordon said again: "I just said that I am a mage, and I can use magic to do things that many people think are miraculous. Defeating these cavalry, like driving out the evil spirits in Strindberg, is just one more thing I have done. Now I will announce the first decree since I took office: within one month. All tribes in the southern peninsula , the leader of the tribe, or any other organization. Give allegiance to me—Gordon Freeman, Earl of Haven, the true ruler of this peninsula."

After finishing speaking, Gordon backed away, while Quincy began to preside over the remaining work: "Please maintain order, the lord is about to start distributing free food."

This morning, after experiencing various shocking events, the people gathered in the temporary square.At this time, I have already forgotten the purpose of coming here in the first place.With Quincy's reminder, they remembered the free food.

Due to unknown reasons, the land in the southern part of the peninsula has reduced production every year.Now this spring plowing season is the time when the crops are in short supply, and many poor families have already begun to suffer from famine.Gordon's relief food just saved their lives.

The people took the bags of food with trembling hands, not only grateful, but also in awe of the new lord.At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly yelled, "Long live the lord, long live the Freeman family."

Cheers rang out one after another, and people with a herd mentality also began to chant slogans one after another.

Those who were the first to cheer were naturally arranged by Gordon in the crowd in advance.After wasting so much effort today, there must be a perfect ending.

On the small hill in the distance, looking at the temporary square, all the ears were filled with the cheers like a tsunami. Marubion and Hernandez had serious expressions on their faces.

Hernandez is better.He had learned about Gordon's origins from the King of Haven a long time ago, so after witnessing the wonderful battle of annihilating evil spirits, he only confirmed his awe of Gordon in his heart.With such an opponent, the Aldrich family may not be able to relax in the future.

And Marubion not only witnessed the destruction of the evil spirit in Strindberg, but also saw the spoils displayed by Gordon.Those cavalrymen of the Aldridge family, who were extremely tyrannical and invincible in the eyes of the aborigines, were wiped out by the opponent in one fell swoop.

Such strength is really frightening.

"Outsider, this Gordon Freeman is so powerful, I..." Marubion felt that his mouth was dry, and he had to brew a word for a long time before he could say it.

"You want to back down?" Hernandez sneered, "You have already offended the Quincy family by occupying the city hall and kidnapping the Quincy family. Is there another way out? And you Salo people believe in Zehir. This kind of belief is definitely heresy for the nobles of the Platinum Empire. That Gordon Freeman does have some means, but his strength is still too weak, Hai Wen Sooner or later the King will clean him up..."

While the two were talking, they didn't notice that they were surrounded by a dozen Redstone guards.

A burst of crossbow arrows shot out of the blue, directly turning Salo's patriarch Marubion into a hedgehog.This guy fell to the ground and died before he could even pull out the snake-headed long whip from his waist.

Hernandez was startled, and immediately activated the invisibility technique with the special ability of the arcane shadow thief.But his figure had just disappeared into the air, and before he could escape, Woodrow, who was leading the Redstone Guards, immediately threw a glass bottle.

Immediately after it shattered to the ground, the glitter powder in the glass bottle spread.This kind of crystal sparkle is specially used to crack invisible magic props.Let Hernandez's figure immediately appear.

Woodrow stepped forward with his gun and poked Hernandez's thigh at an extremely tricky angle.

The latter screamed.Half kneeling on the ground.

Woodrow took the opportunity to play a gun flower, and then knocked on Hernandez's head with the gun barrel, which shocked the other party's ears and eyes, and completely lost the ability to resist for a while.

The Redstone guards immediately stepped forward, removed the dagger from Hernandez's hand, collected all kinds of small props hidden on his body, and tied him up.

It's hard to get over it.The arcane shadow thief serving the King of Haven has been taken captive.

"I'm the emissary of the Aldrich family, you can't do this to me! It's against..."

Before Hernandez finished speaking.Woodrow interrupted the other party with a sneer: "What's against it? Is Abel Aldridge an officially conferred nobleman by the empire? Or he proclaimed himself the title of King of Haven, so you think he is a real The king? To the empire, to the lord, he is just a gangster who rebelled. We don't need to abide by any rules of engagement. Don't say that you are a messenger. You are doing spy work .Even if it’s really just an emissary. We can kill as much as we want.”

Hearing Woodrow say such words, Hernandez gave up completely.However, he was still unwilling and asked, "How did you find out that I am here?"

Woodrow shook his head and looked at Hernandez with pity for a fool: "Your Excellency, Arcane Shadow Thief, maybe you are proud of your spells. But don't forget, our lord is now The most powerful mage on the entire peninsula. Your spells are like child's play in the eyes of the lord. You may not know. These days you have been in Yunlin City. Whose people have you come into contact with? The lord knows everything Chu."

"You..." I don't know if it was because of blood loss or the fear in his heart, Hernandez's face was as pale as paper at this time, and he tremblingly said, "Are you using me as bait and letting me walk around on purpose? "

"You guessed it. Thanks to your help, the Aldrich family's eyeliner in the entire southern part of the peninsula will be cleared up in a short time. In addition, although it has just arrived in Cloudscale City, the real one has not yet been built. Prison. But I promise, I will use the most professional methods and equipment to deal with you, Mr. Hernandez. I, Woodrow, will definitely take out all useful things from your mouth."

Looking at Woodrow's long and gloomy face, Hernandez fell into despair...

Gordon's careful planning today was not in vain.After announcing his first decree, that night, the elders of the eastern district of Yunlin City and the leaders of the three small tribes living in the forest outside the city came to see Gordon and swear an oath to the new lord of Haiwen Peninsula allegiance.

The imperial nobles who have obtained fiefdoms can formulate their own laws in their own territories-of course, the prerequisite is that they do not conflict with the imperial laws of the Anduin royal family.

However, Gordon has not yet had time to formulate the Haven Law, so he is planning to directly follow the Imperial Law on this land.

"In the future, as long as you abide by my laws and pay taxes on time, then I, the lord, promise to give my subjects a peaceful and prosperous life." Gordon said to several people.

It's okay to follow the law.The first ones to come to pledge allegiance to Gordon were the tribes with the least ambition and threat, and only wanted to live a peaceful life.But when it comes to taxes, the few people in front of them showed embarrassing expressions.

The eastern district of Yunlin City is the poorest area in the entire city. The so-called elder is actually just a slum boss.And the other three small tribes living in the forest are also weak forces that do not have the strength to obtain farmland.They can't even maintain their own food and clothing, so how can they pay Gordon taxes?

But the solution is also very simple.That is to replace tax with service.

Now that everything is in the initial stage, Gordon is extremely short of manpower.He needs to expand his army as soon as possible, so that all the elite redstone guards can be transferred to the pass of the Isthmus of Cork in the north to prevent the king of Haven's army from going south.To deal with those natives, it is too wasteful to use redstone guards.Let Chuck, the former grassroots officers of the empire, train well for a month, and civilians can become qualified fighters to meet Gordon's defense needs.

In addition to the military, Gordon also has many needs in terms of labor.Gordon has completely given up on the dirty and messy Cloudscale City, and he plans to build a new city after careful planning.Although the large projects such as the city wall and the sewer system are still unable to be completed, it is only a city framework, and it requires a lot of manpower to build it.

Gordon asked these patriarchs to provide manpower instead of paying taxes, and was even willing to pay a certain amount of remuneration.Such a condition is naturally impossible to refuse.

Among the three forest tribes, many young and middle-aged men have hunting experience, and with a little training, they are qualified fighters.What surprised Gordon even more was that most of the poor in the southern area of ​​Yunlin City were sailors and fishermen who had lost their ships and properties due to pirate robbery.They had no land and no other skills, so they could only be trapped in the shanty where the sewage flowed, but who knew, for Gordon now, it was like picking up a treasure.

There is so much to gain in just one night.Gordon believes that after someone starts, as time goes by, more and more people will pledge their allegiance to him.After getting on the right track, one's own strength will also rise exponentially.

After sending off several patriarchs, Gordon received another report from Dalinar.

They made a discovery among the ruins of Strindberg. (To be continued..)