Paradox players' simulation game

[Prince Kawi sent a gift of 3000 gold coins. ]

[Prince Kavi invites you to attend a banquet at his mansion. Do you agree? ]

"Ok?"

Seeing the prompt, Ash raised his eyebrows and directly refused.

Who am I to you? I am a loyal Irelia. Are you asking me to betray you?

Reject, accept the gift!

Kavi showed no dissatisfaction.

To put it bluntly, the current situation within the Purple Spirit Kingdom is that Irelia and Kavi are basically evenly matched. Whichever side Ash stands on will basically secure the position of crown prince.

Kavi had fought for several years and had made many military achievements, but Irelia was indeed not bad. She had performed quite well in the previous confrontation with the elves at the border, and her own strength had also reached the fifth level.

The two have similar support rates, so it all depends on the heavyweight Duke Ash.

Kavi had no other choice, so he shamelessly tried to win over Ash by offering him gifts.

But, is Ash that kind of person?

Which princess doesn't know that Ash is a loyal minister with high moral standards?

[In early October, Princess Irelia will visit your territory.]

The scene changes.

In the city of Harvey, Her Royal Highness the Princess walked through the city gate escorted by a group of royal cavalry guards.

This was Irelia's first time in Harvey City. In fact, all border cities were the same. Due to years of war, public security and economy were generally very poor, coupled with the oppressive exploitation of the resident nobles.

However, the situation in Harvey City is slightly different. The public security here is good and the economy is also good.

But Irelia discovered that the tax amount in Harvey City was not lower than that in other cities, and was even much higher. Under such circumstances, the living conditions of the people were still good.

There are two reasons for this:

First, the tax policy promulgated by Ash is based on the labor income of the people. If they have money, they will be taxed. If they don't, he will not exploit them by force like other nobles, killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Although the tax policy is still very heavy in Irelia's opinion, because of the second factor, the security conditions and stability of Harvey City are very high, so the people don't have to consider other issues and just work wholeheartedly for the city lord to make money.

The solution implemented by Ash is sustainable fishing.

Even for this, the people still have to thank him!

After all, in border areas, it is extremely difficult to have a stable and safe living environment.

Not to mention, with a stable and safe environment and food to eat, who wouldn't be grateful and shout out to Lord Ash for his grace?

The more Irelia looked at it, the more strange it seemed. She was a little confused as to whether Ash was the legendary hero or a devil.

But there is no doubt that the people of the Purple Spirit Kingdom regard Ash as a hero, while the people of the territories of Harvey City and Cassi City regard Ash as a sacred king.

[You and Ash visited Harvey City together. The people of Harvey City held a grand ceremony to welcome you.]

[Your favorability with Ash has increased. 】

Uh.

Irelia looked at the picture of 'her' and Ash sitting in a carriage touring the city. The people along the way cheered, and she also had a smile on her face, chatting and laughing with Ash.

[Felice: I understand. I see. It turns out that Irelia is taking the route of sacrificing herself to save the country.]

[Wei Nei: What does it mean to sacrifice one's life to save the country? ]

[Phyllis: Take action yourself and use yourself as capital to tie up Ash's invincible gold card. Now send your sister away and let Ash become the prince. Tomorrow, when she becomes the queen, Ash will be the regent.]

[Irelia: ...]

[Vene: Your Highness Irelia, please explain your current behavior. Your house is not far from mine, I can get there quickly.]

[Irelia: Um... Your Highness Venetian, this is just a simulation of the plot, and it is beyond my control. ]

The development of the game plot is affected to a certain extent by various attributes of the characters. For example, if the favorability is high, it is easy to have a romantic plot with the other party. If you get married, they will give birth to your children in two years.

Although the favorability of Irelia and Ash in the game did not soar as fast as that of Venet, it has been in a fairly stable upward stage over the past few years. In the concept of the Rhea continent, men can have many wives and concubines, and the same is true for women, especially the nobles, who are quite flexible in their moral concepts.

[Felice: Female knight, tsk tsk~ I finally know what this word means. ]

[Irelia:? ]

Princess Ferris continues to attack.

Weinet's defense continues to break.

The scene changed again, and in the mayor's mansion of Harvey City, Princess Yasna appeared in front of the two.

Irelia looked at Yasna and found that the latter's happiness value has been at a very high level. She understood this value and knew that it could only be increased by doing things that made her happy. It was obvious that Yasna had been living a very happy life in Harvey City in the past few months.

This made Irelia realize that this marriage was a done deal.

But why?

Why does the interface keep prompting that her favorability with Ash has increased? ? ?

Hey, hey! I just said a few words to him!

Irelia couldn't understand it. Logically speaking, she was a strong-willed knight who adhered to lofty moral ideals. How could she develop a liking for someone just by talking to them for a few words?

Wei Nei: I have something to say.

Seeing the altitude value rising uncontrollably, Irelia quickly ended her inspection and fled back to the royal city in shame.

......

[In October 1780, the elves rebuilt the city of Macsia and sent 10 troops to be stationed less than ten kilometers away from Harvey City.]

Ash sneered at the prompt.

These elves finally started to rebuild Maxia. To be honest, it was a ruined city and it didn't matter whether they kept it or not. However, the elves adhered to the philosophy of "never forget shame", so they had to get up the same way they fell in that city.

Ash glanced at the army of 30,000 elves. Wow, there were 5,000 druids, 3,000 dryads, plus 3,000 falcons and 3,000 moon deer archers. The elite configuration was almost full.

"Why make such a fuss? I'm not going to beat you up."

Ash glanced at it and didn't care anymore, continuing to develop his territory.

[The development of the magic assault rifle is complete, the basic level of magic technology: lv3. ]

[The development of blood strengthening medicine has been completed. 】

Two prompts pop up on the interface.

The magic assault rifle is based on magic theory and incorporates the concept of modern thermal weapons known to Ash. It uses a magic array as a power device and incorporates bullets to achieve the theoretical shooting effect of an assault rifle.

Mio４《*8；⑷陑⒐坽５蒐￡=索： The advantage of doing this is that the engraving of the magic circle only needs to play a driving role, and does not require complicated magic skills conversion, which is much more streamlined than the magic cannon technology.

After all, driving magic skills through magic circles is more complicated than a magician directly chanting spells to cast magic, which is why it is so difficult to engrave high-level magic scrolls.

But if you specialize in driving force, the process will be much simpler, and you can even use third-order magic theory technology to produce an effect comparable to fourth-order power. At the same time, due to the simplicity of the magic circle, it is not a problem to engrave it directly on an assault rifle... Well, the size of the assault rifle is much larger than what Ashu remembered.

This is a large M4A1 magic assault rifle.

Among the products produced at the lv3 level of magic technology, in addition to this, there is also a single-shot sniper rifle. If it reaches lv4, it can also produce technological weapons with magic effects. However, to produce bombs at the level, it is necessary to unlock lv5 or even lv6.

Magic bombs, mines, and even magic nuclear bombs comparable to the level of forbidden magic spells.

"Will this thing work?"

Looking at the weapons on the interface, Ash, the creator, couldn't help but wonder what kind of weird things would be created by combining magic with modern technology concepts.

Facts have proved that the system can work.

The core magic technology level of this magic assault rifle is lv3. The power of the bullet fired cannot reach the effect of third-level magic, but it is close, and it can also fire continuously.

The disadvantage is that the speed of continuous firing is far behind the modern thermal weapons that Yaxiu is familiar with, and it takes time to cool down after firing thirty rounds. In addition, as a source of power, a third-level magic beast crystal needs to be embedded in it.

Fortunately, Ash obtained a lot of crystals while exploring the beast realm, so the cost other than that was not too high.

He planned to try out 10,000 of them first.

In addition to the magic rifle, there is also a blood strengthening potion.

Ash asked someone to try it out, and found that the effect of the strengthening potion could actually allow an ordinary person to reach the level of a second-level warrior in a short period of time, which was equivalent to directly mass-producing second-level warriors.

“This thing is great!”

You know, the physical fitness of soldiers in ordinary countries is not even up to the level of first-class warriors.

Only major kingdoms have the conditions to screen and train to select strong elites. For example, the selection criteria for the Royal Cavalry Guards of the Purple Spirit Kingdom are first-level warriors. After training, they can reach the second level, and the captain level can even reach the third and fourth levels. The higher the level, the stronger the strength.

The advantage of strengthening potions is that it greatly shortens the time, and as the technical level of the potions improves, it can be continuously strengthened. It is not difficult to reach the fourth or fifth level based on one's physical level.

Disadvantages... expensive!

The cost price of making a second-level strengthening potion is 10 gold coins, the third level is 50 gold coins, and the fourth level is 200 gold coins!

You know, a subject works so hard for him, but the benefit he provides is only one or two gold coins a year.

Now there are a total of 120,000 people in his territory, 50,000 of whom are from Cassi City. The economy of that place has not recovered yet and is far worse than that of Harvey City.

Obviously, it is far from enough to rely solely on the people of the territory to work for him.

"Money, I want money!"

Ash opened the strategic map.

"I'm about to be promoted to prince. Is my territory too small?"

[In November 1780, you began to expand your territory. ]

【You discovered a mine.】

【You discovered a mountain range.】

【You discovered a forest.】

【You discovered a city. 】

【You discovered a noble. 】

【You discovered a wealthy businessman. 】

【You found someone. 】

[You used the excuse of fighting against the elves to collect military expenses from the nobles and wealthy merchants in your territory. This order caused strong dissatisfaction among the nobles. A large number of nobles united to resist your "atrocities", but you suppressed them with armed forces.]

There are quite a few nobles under a duchy.

There are great business opportunities in the border area, and many wealthy businessmen come here.

It has to be said that the wealth in these people's hands is far more than Yaxiu imagined.

But now, it's all his.

Ash: I'm the lord of the territory, so everything in the territory belongs to me. That makes sense, right?

Besides, if I don’t gather the military funds to attack the elves, how can you have such a comfortable living environment?

The common people have no money. For the sake of stability and sustainable development in the territory, Ash doesn't plan to continue to exploit the common people, but the nobles and wealthy businessmen...

[At the end of November, you were impeached by the nobles of the Purple Spirit Kingdom, but to no avail.]

[At the beginning of 12 Yue, you were again impeached by the nobles, but to no avail.]

[In mid-December, you and Yasna held a wedding banquet and became the prince of the Purple Spirit Kingdom. At the same time, you applied to the Purple Spirit King for territory expansion.]

[King Zi Ling has incorporated Leica City into your territory.]

The city of Leica is not on the border, but it is not far from the city of Harvey and the city of Cassi. The three cities connected together form a triangle. The middle area is the Earls Mountains, which is a resource-rich area.

The old king's decision was equivalent to recognizing Ash as his son-in-law, betting that he had no intention of being disloyal... In fact, this was also based on Irelia's trust in Ash and the hidden benefits brought by the lord's favorability towards the vassal card.

Of course, another reason is that the old king weighed the pros and cons and found that he no longer had the ability to restrict Ash.

He won't live long, and there will inevitably be a period of time when the new king takes the throne. With the military strength of Ash's territory, he can completely establish his own army and attack the surrounding territories. What can he use to resist then?

If we are to fight, we will have to fight to the point of bankruptcy. No matter we win or lose, the Purple Spirit Kingdom will be destroyed.

After all, the elves and the sea people are still eyeing us covetously.

[In January 1781, the reconstruction of Mercasia City was completed. The city lord Seymour stood on the top of the city and looked south, mourning the 1 elves who died in the massacre of the city, and threatened to "not stop until Ash is killed." ]

[In May, a large-scale elven army began to be mobilized in the Elf Kingdom.]

Ash glanced at the strategic map and found that there were several more elven armies on the Mercatia defense line, but these armies did not attack.

He set his sights on the South China Sea region.