Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

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But Bosband is not the private property of Baron Bezos.

Strictly speaking, this place still belongs to the kingdom itself.

Baron Bezos owns his own property in Bosbon.

He holds vast amounts of wealth and is also the governor of the city recognized by the kingdom.

There are great rights and freedoms in Bosbon.

Therefore, there is essentially no concept of fiefdom in this world.

But from a certain perspective, those kingdom families do control a large number of cities.

Belonging is a real and nameless situation.

However, the state city and the residents in the state city are not a person's private property according to the laws of the kingdom.

This is probably an experience that the human kingdom in this world has summarized after thousands of years of development.

In this way, a solid whole of interests can be formed without causing the kingdom to split.

Those aristocrats can use their wealth and power to get everything they want.

Although those residents have independent human rights, this is actually just to make the nobles' appearance not too ugly.

This is just a means of easing class conflicts.

The situation of the lords is different.

Loyalty is like a tie that can maintain a strong authoritarian rule.

In the early stages of development, authoritarian methods can effectively solve many development constraints.

Of course, as the territory expands, many developments and reforms will still need to be carried out.

The most critical point, and the most clichéd point, is to give full play to the subjective initiative of the people.

An equal distribution system such as eating from a big pot will only make the people become tool people.

When the population of the territory increases in the future, Zong Shen and his heroes will not be able to manage everyone's eating, drinking, and drinking in detail.

Therefore, their subjective initiative must be stimulated.

Let everyone strive for a better life for themselves.

But no matter how reformed, the power status of the lords will always be stable.

Even if farmers become freedmen, loyalty can still play a supporting role.

This has always been Zong Shen's main idea for the future development of the territory.

Standing on the edge of the central area, Zong Shen and the others stopped in place.

It is surrounded by a big road, like a road island in the middle of a circular road.

In the middle of the road, a striking red line was drawn.

This road is divided into two parts.

On the other part of the red line, many state troops were patrolling back and forth.

There were also some light riders riding prairie horses divided into small teams.

A patrol was conducted near the central area.

The surrounding matrix of four defense towers has also become much denser.

Just in the direction where Zong Shen and the others were located, there were more than a dozen four-unit defense tower positions.

There are also two strong towers standing nearby.

Each tower is more than thirty meters high, and there are more than a dozen Avalon lightly-armed crossbowmen standing on it.

There are also five or six medium-sized crossbow machines arranged, all of which are not equipped with crossbow bolts.

They were all pointed diagonally towards the sky.

These crossbows will only be loaded when entering war.

Zong Shen rode Bajie and led the team across the red line.

This can be considered as poking a hornet's nest.

Almost immediately it attracted all the attention of the city troops patrolling nearby.

The same was true for the group of Bangcheng troops following them.

This is the most sensitive area in Bangcheng.

At that moment, the lightly-armed crossbowmen on the towers aimed their heavy crossbows at Zong Shen and the others.

At the same time, state troops came from behind and surrounded them.

These state army squads are mainly composed of second-level Avalon light swordsmen.

The only person leading the team was a third-level dragon-born swordsman.

From this, we can roughly know the strength of the Bangcheng Army.

The leader, a dragon-born swordsman, slowly walked up to Zong Shen.

He pulled out his war sword and stopped in front of Zong Shen.

"Behind the red line is the administrative area of ​​Bosbon."

"Pursuant to Executive Order 0261 signed by Mr. Bezos."

"Any armed force not directly under the Kingdom's jurisdiction is prohibited from entering the administrative area without permission."

"Now please retreat outside the red line."

"If you refuse to retreat, according to the laws of the state, we will have the right to disarm you."

The dragon-born swordsman said neither humble nor arrogantly.

There are at least two to three hundred state troops nearby, as well as a matrix of defensive arrow towers.

Therefore, he has sufficient confidence.

Zong Shen was still as calm as before and did not take a step back.

He reached out and pulled back slightly, using the cover of his body to take out a pocket watch and a pendant from his storage compartment.

He shook these two things in front of the dragon-born swordsman.

"Please report it."

"I came here specifically to return the things that Mr. Bezos once lost."

"I found both of these items in the ruins of the ruins."

The dragon-born swordsman heard this and reached out to take the pocket watch and pendant.

He was not sure whether Zong Shen's words were true or false.

Because his qualifications are not enough.

But this kind of thing is not without precedent.

Almost all the soldiers in the city knew the deeds of Baron Bezos when he was young.

More than thirty years ago, when Baron Bezos was young, he was very keen on exploring ruins.

Many expeditions have been organized.

He was often beaten up by the monsters occupying the ruins.

At that time Baron Bezos had not yet given Bosbon.

But with the power of his father's generation, he can easily mobilize the city army.

In those years, hundreds of soldiers from the state army died in various ruins.

Including Baron Bezos himself, there were several times when he almost didn’t come back.

This is also the reason why he has never been promoted to Viscount.

But Baron Bezos was still very fond of exploring.

His mentality is like that of such lords, who are very interested in the relics left more than 10,000 years ago.

This resulted in almost all of his belongings being lost in the process of being in distress.

A few years ago, a group of mercenaries brought back the lost family crest of Baron Bezos and received a reward.

After the dragon-born swordsman took the pendant and pocket watch, he checked them again and again.

After confirming that these two things are not fishy.

Then he looked up at Zong Shen and bowed slightly to Zong Shen.

"Please wait here for a moment."

"I'm going to report it to the Sheriff right now."

After saying that, he turned around and left, quickly stopping a light cavalryman.

He handed the pendant and pocket watch into his hands and gave a few instructions at the same time.

Then the light cavalryman grabbed the pendant and pocket watch and rode towards the entrance of the central area.

It took more than twenty minutes, and it was almost early in the morning, before the light cavalry reappeared.

Behind him was a double carriage decorated with soft packaging.

The carriage followed the light cavalry and left the central area.

When this carriage appeared, all the patrolling Bangcheng troops nearby stopped immediately.

Standing on the spot, he saluted the carriage uprightly.

The same was true for the city troops around Zong Shen.

The atmosphere immediately became much more serious.

Only Zong Shen and his soldiers remained indifferent.

He will only give the necessary respect to the indigenous people when necessary.

But they will never actively kowtow to the indigenous people.

Led by the light cavalry, this magnificent two-wheeled carriage quickly arrived in front of Zong Shen.

The driver stopped the carriage and jumped down from the driver's seat nimbly.

Go to the right side of the car and open a pair of folding pedals.

He took the initiative to open the carriage door, and then waited respectfully.

A man in a nightgown walked out of the carriage, stood on the ground with the support of the coachman on folding pedals.

This man wore a pair of glasses and his short hair was completely gray.

He takes good care of himself, his face is fairly firm and plump, and his skin is relatively smooth.

The beard on his face was cleanly shaved, and his eyes were full of energy.

It made him look very energetic.

But the deep crow's feet at the corners of his eyes still betrayed his age.

If he and Evans stand together, the age gap between the two can be seen at a glance.

The identity of the visitor is already very clear, this one is the consul of Bosbon.

The unlucky guy who loves adventure, Baron Bezos!

He was holding the pocket watch and the pendant in his hands.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he broke away from the coachman's hand that was supporting him.

He walked quickly towards Zong Shen with an excited expression.

When he came to Bajie, he raised the pocket watch and pendant in his hand and asked repeatedly.

"Where did you find this pocket watch and pendant?"

Zong Shen saw that Baron Bezos had walked up to him in person.

Then he got off the pig and took off his helmet.

Holding the battle helmet, he leaned over and saluted Baron Bezos.

"Hello, Lord Bezos."

"I picked up this pocket watch in a ruins not far from the burial ground."

"As for this pendant, it is in an abandoned mine."

"That mine has been taken over by the damn spider web monster."

Zong Shen said truthfully, there was nothing to hide.

Baron Bezos was more familiar with the places under Bosbon's jurisdiction than he was.

After hearing what Zong Shen said, Baron Bezos's eyes burst into inexplicable light.

He stretched out his right hand and held Zong Shen's hand tightly.

"Yes, that's right there..."

"The city of the elves back then, the ruins of Azshara!"

"Are you an explorer too?"

"Did you find anything else in that abandoned mine?"

Zong Shen shook his hand. Baron Bezos was obviously a little too excited.

"I am also an explorer."

"But recently I established a settlement on that area."

"I didn't find anything else in the mine at that time."

"Those web monsters are making a mess of everything."

"I found this pendant in a corner."

He said matter-of-factly.

In fact, I got Baron Bezos' wallet in the mine.

Including the title card used when he deceived Quinnier before, they were all found in the wallet.

Considering that the identity card had been ruined by himself, Zong Shen decided to omit it.

As for other aspects, there are no flaws. The equipment can be changed and Bajie can be hidden.

His true face was a shame in front of both Kunil and Safuri.

As long as these two enemies don't get together, the devil will know that Zong Shen is the mastermind behind this.

Zong Shen's description of the conditions in the mine made Baron Bezos nod his head frequently.

He almost died in the mine that year.

Those damn spider web monsters swarmed in the mines like a wave.

The most terrifying thing is the spider web monster lord among them.

Back then, Baron Bezos brought two small groups of state troops with him.

After going deep into the mine, they were ambushed by a group of spider web monsters.

Just two teams of state troops were no match for the spider web monsters.

Baron Bezos had no choice but to escape quickly with the help of a magic item called.

His backpack was left in the mine.

At that time, he had not yet taken charge of Boss State and was unable to mobilize a large number of state troops.

We can only give up temporarily because of this.

When he took charge of the city, he also considered leading the city army to eliminate those spider web monsters.

But it was opposed by many state and city officers.

Not to mention those spider web monsters, everyone knows the area where Azshara used to be.

In addition to leaving a large number of ruins, there are also many undead and monsters dormant.

Especially in the mines, in addition to underground creatures such as spider web monsters, it is said that there are many undead souls transformed by blood-burning demons and resistance forces wandering in the depths.

The war back then was too brutal, with many races and forces involved.

Considering this, anyone who is not a blacksmith knows that the mine is not something Bosbon's city army can deal with.

Especially traveling seven to eight hundred kilometers to conquer the mines is undoubtedly a very absurd behavior.

If they really have this leisurely mood, they might as well deal with the group of shark-lizard beasts in the desert area.

At least you can gain some reputation in the giant city.

At the same time, it can also solve a hidden danger for villagers near desert areas.

The crusade against the mines not only carries huge risks, but also has no clear benefits.

After so many years of cultivation and recuperation, the kingdom's internal wealth and various resource reserves are already very abundant.

There is no need to develop the so-called mines and ruins.

Therefore, the trip to the mine that year has always been a regret in Baron Bezos' heart.

This regret will not fade over time, but will become stronger and stronger.

And that pendant has a special meaning, it can be regarded as a relic left to him by his mother.

Compared to the pendant, the pocket watch meant less to him.

The pocket watch is just his beloved personal belongings.

But today, Zong Shen actually gave him both items.

For Baron Bezos, this is a huge favor.

In a way, Zong Shen can be regarded as making up for a regret that he has been thinking about for decades.

Baron Bezos gently opened the magic pendant with his thumb.

The projection of a dignified woman slowly appeared.

"Mother…"

Bezos burst into tears looking at this projection.

At the same time, a favorability reminder also appeared in front of Zong Shen.