Before ascending to God, be a good lord

On the evening of the 16th, in the Magic Mirror Room of White Wolf City, Lant kept smiling in front of the magic mirror and chatted and laughed with King Peterev Nicholas of Kirislav inside.

"Your Majesty, your sixth prince Du Luosong is living very well with me. Without the witch's torment, he has even found a way to release his magic power. Maybe he will become a high-level knight within this year, and it is unknown whether he will become a high-level knight in the future. .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty Lante, for taking care of me." In the magic mirror, although Peterev's face had improved a little,

"Your Majesty Lant, we Kirislav have sacrificed too much in order to help the Galloping Horse Plains. Not only have we lost a large area of ​​territory in the west, but we have also lost the fishery import rations of the Southeast Kingdom. In a few years, the proportion of our demon supporters will be reduced." It will drop significantly.”

"The Galloping Horse Kingdom has never forgotten Kirislav's sacrifice," Lant said with a smile, "but I remember that when Onayeva Magma came over two days ago, she specifically mentioned Nikolaig. The production of magic wheat near Le has increased by more than 20%, and they are also planning to promote the cultivation of carriages throughout Kirislav."

"The output of basic magic plants has indeed increased, but it cannot cover up the reduction in the production of intermediate and above magic potions and monster meat. I think this loss must be made up by Yeqi City. Of course, Kirislav is willing to provide more magic plants. stalk."

"Your Majesty, I personally suggest that Kirislav can build a workshop to process these wheat straws. Even the wheat straw output of the royal farm is enough for paper and fermentation production."

"Huh?" Peterev on the other side of the magic mirror looked over with a very special look, as if he was looking at a monster, "Your Majesty Lant, you really care about production..."

Although King Petroyev always complains, on his desk, there is a report by Interior Minister Mishu Viking, which gives a very high evaluation of the cooperation between the two countries.

Nikolagrad will send the first batch of students to Benma College in September. Six workshops in Kirislav have joined the magic pattern cabinet industry chain. The business cooperation between the two parties has increased significantly in the past six months. , Yeqi City also exported dozens of agricultural carriages to Kirislav. Each of the above cooperations provided a lot of benefits to the Nicholas family.

This is not to mention Lant Galloping's other advantages. For example, he never makes small moves on border issues, nor does he flirt with the Marquis of the West.

Of course, no matter how many benefits he reaps, it will not prevent His Majesty Peterev from being cheap and good, especially when it comes to the magic furnace.

Seeing Lant speak, Peterev quickly said: "Your Majesty Lant, the workshop is not just for creation, it needs a magic furnace as a source of magic power."

Hearing this, Lant smiled and said: "This is not difficult. Kirislav has a vast territory, so it is not difficult to find a location that is suitable in terms of magic power and transportation.

It's just that I heard that your faith is very firm and you are especially unfriendly to the dragon clan. I'm afraid that the Temple of Wealth will have concerns. "

"How could it be? No one would be unfriendly to gold coins." When he heard about the magic furnace, Peterev immediately smiled. "My Minister of the Interior Mishu Viking will first select 4-5 alternative addresses. You can appoint one Let’s explore the location together with a magister.”

Lant shook his head: "Your Majesty, is the alternative address you provided too conservative? Kirislav's vast territory can fully accommodate 10 new magic furnaces."

"10 units!" Peterev certainly understood what Rand meant. Even with the most optimistic expectations before, he did not expect Rand to be able to agree to the scale of 10 units. Compared with these, the petty profits of those in the southeast are completely It doesn't matter anymore.

"Yes, if Kirislav can undertake more surveying and construction work, there may be more room for construction."

Rivals who declared war on each other just a few months ago have become collaborators again.

When Lant came out of the magic mirror room, Jenny Galloping Horse was already waiting for him in the study. Although Iowa, where she is based, is thousands of miles away from Kirislav, the content of her report was similar to that of Peterev. There is quite a bit of overlap.

"Your Majesty, have you heard? The Southeast Kingdom is tightening the export of magic fish to the outside world," Jenny said anxiously as soon as she came up. "Several companies have come to the Orc Plateau, hoping that we can sell large quantities of magic plants and magic beasts to them. The meat is said to be used to fill the vacancy of the southeastern devil fish."

"Oh?" Lant became interested, "Then what do they use to pay?"

Jenny replied: "Miners, Warcraft leather, and bones. As far as I know, previous acquaintances also bartered with Southeast." "You can give it a try first," Lant said, "The rats want to form a new The scale of breeding will take at least half a year, but if the magic rat and mushroom industries can also be carried out in Xingtian and Roseburg, it will not be a problem to supplement the magic fish quota in the southeast."

"If that's the case, why not go further and breed on the entire plain..." Jenny originally thought that since it was all about breeding, the bigger the better, but as soon as she said it, she felt something was wrong.

Although the magic rats in Lant's hands have become a complete breeding industry, it does not mean that these magic rats and the rat people have broken away from the belief in the rat god (the spirit of the earth).

“Magic rat farming can be carried out in big cities, but magic rats are only part of the breeding industry,” Lant added. “Mandarin ducks, highland sheep, Honghe pigs, land ducks, and guinea fowls must also be developed. , anyway, the feed is already available, and those species are also a common source of Warcraft meat in the empire."

"I understand, the herbivorous orcs can take care of these industries in the future." At this point, Jenny remembered that there was a more important thing to report.

"Recently, my father, the Marquis of Fiat Galloping Horse, personally entered the secret business meeting and specifically found Mr. White Wolf. He wanted to ask me to bring you a message."

"Should I be given a lot of gold coins after surrendering to Poseidon?" Lant said subconsciously.

"Well... the land and sea trade of the entire Southeast Kingdom has been affected. Originally, a large number of pirates lived near the coast, engaging in smuggling and fishing. However, in the last month, at least two of the four major pirates have quietly moved north."

"Four pirates? Half of them went north? So fishing has decreased?" Rant thought for a moment and said casually, "Are those pirates going to the ice sea? Support the mermaid tribe in capturing Brejak?"

"Maybe it's some kind of supervisor," Jenny nodded, "Maybe it's a sacrifice."

"It seems that Poseidon's trust in the mermaids is also declining!" Lant said with a smile, "But how many ships do the pirates have in total? How can they affect the fishery?"

"This has something to do with the distribution of power at sea. Pirates seem to only need one ship, but in fact, the big pirates have their own islands, fishermen, and caravans." When mentioning the ocean, Jenny came to the area she is most familiar with. ,

"For example, the red-bearded Jack you killed had at least two medium and large islands under his command, and the number of people and industries under his jurisdiction were no less than those of your old boss, Count Maned Wolf, and you killed him in one day. fleet, then his wealth and personnel can only be divided up by other pirates."

Rant came to a realization: "So essentially, these pirates are the lords of Muhai?"

"Yes, it's just that they don't have officially recognized titles," Jenny suddenly thought of something, "From this point of view, they are more like the barbarians of the past."

Jenny's metaphor made Lant a little unbearable. Even if it was indeed true, he could only continue to ask: "Then what?"

"Once the pirates leave their territory for too long, they can only rely on their own fleet," Jenny said, "So the 50 ships heading north must have gone with desperate determination. Once they fail to open up a new territory, all that awaits them is destruction.”

Lant probably understood: "In other words, this group of pirates moved away rather than going on an expedition, so they must have taken away as many people as possible, so the Southeast Kingdom does not have enough manpower for fishing. ?”

Jenny said: "Yes, but not entirely. The pirates who stayed in the southeastern sea have indeed expanded their territory, and their demand for land has become smaller. However, the sea has also issued an order and proactively reduced the rations to the southeastern kingdom. .”

"My father said that many nobles on the land are in need of potions. They hope to spend money to build new Wealth Temple and Magic Furnace Temple."

"Okay, I need more workshops to build magic boxes. They can use the gold coins in the workshops to buy monster meat and keep their supply of magic medicine." Lant said with a smile.

Lant understood that once the industrial chain around the magic furnace and land cultivation was formed, it would be poaching the belief foundation of the Poseidon family and filling it into his own foundation. He was even willing to fund Fiat to do such a good thing.