wandering fairy

Hatred is indeed a strong motivation. The seemingly deceitful Snake King burst out with astonishing activity, and found Dong Hezi the next day: "There are already loyal ministers who secretly support me to go back and restore the country! Wait for me in a few days." You can go back when you're ready. Get ready early."

Dong Hezi reminded with a crooked smile: "Be careful that you tricked him back, and then chopped off his head with a knife." The other party was confident: "How can I be so stupid? It must be arranged before going back. Let the people who are loyal to me first The army will join forces with them, and I will go back after I control them, and use their financial resources to bring the situation back!"

"Finance?" Dong Hezi, who was drawing a picture, frowned and said, "Aren't those 'loyal officials' your nobles and officials? Are they landlords and riches?" The Snake King shook his head: "They are wealthy businessmen! They benefited from my policies. Now, those old-fashioned The rebels are issuing decrees indiscriminately again, denying all my good business revitalization plans, and going on those old paths with no future. Hmph! What a stupid and bastard bastard!"

Dong Hezi said: "You should first send your reliable confidants to check the backgrounds of those wealthy businessmen. The five major groups in the country, armed groups, land resource groups, industrial groups, domestic trade and financial groups, and international trade? Top? Point? Novel and finance Groups are more difficult to control than one. Especially international trade and financial groups, they are far less loyal than land resources groups, industrial groups, and domestic trade groups. How can they loyally support you?"

The Snake King was a little astonished, because those rich men were engaged in foreign trade, and in fact all his policies were to expand foreign trade.So unreliable? ?terrible!He didn't want to believe this fact at all: "Who said those land resource groups are loyal? This time they, the nobles who occupy the land, rebelled against me!!"

Dong Hezi put down the blueprint in his hand and said, "I'm talking about the 'group'. It's not the 'nobles who control the group'. To put it bluntly—what you can rely on is not those nobles, but agricultural and mining producers, etc. Actual labor groups. Because their interests depend on a certain region, and the "country" is also an organization within a certain region. The interests of the two basically overlap. The second is the handicraft production group, because they are also attached to a certain region. They must Consider the interests of this area. Next is the domestic trade group. Although these businessmen are treacherous and greedy, they still exist in the domestic area. Even if they evade taxes, the monks cannot escape the temple if they run away. There's always something to squeeze out."

"But the international trade group is different. Their interests are either at home or abroad. If the country is not good enough, they will go abroad and abandon the monarch and the people. They can cut off the relationship with your country's 'region' more conveniently. And Not to mention foreign financial groups, their interests are 'between countries'. Between various 'regions'. They can abandon a regional country at any time. They can even deliberately entrap a region and profit from another region, so the reliability is the most Difference!"

"As for the nobles, officials, and wealthy businessmen who specifically control various groups. They can sell their domestic industries at any time, exchange them for money and go abroad, or directly surrender to those barbaric neophytes and donkey invaders. Their interests are not related to the country's' The interests of the 'region' are more loose, and they are also the most unreliable group of people in nature. So I hope you can figure out which groups are supporting you; whether the 'group' is supporting you, or the nobles, officials, Wealthy businessmen are supporting you. Before these things are clarified, I advise you not to go back rashly."

The Snake King pondered for a while with a painful expression, and replied angrily: "The controllers of the land resource groups are against me, and those farmers and herdsmen are all loose. Handicrafts~~~~ There are not many handicrafts in the country. There are not many domestic traders. According to what you said, I don’t have a firm supporter at all~~~~This~~~How can this work!!”

Dong Hezi lowered his head and continued to draw his own picture: "So, your dream of restoring the country is basically a castle on the sand. Because the country is a 'region', and the powerful forces you can use in front of you have nothing to do with this 'region'. Close, it is better to have you, without you, people can go to other places to do business and make a fortune. Why bother to fight with you? Back then, Byzantium relied on land resources groups and handicraft groups to establish a country, but it was wronged by the big landlords and the Venice International Trade Group. Great power, and even treat them as allies. In the end, they were tricked to death by these Venetian and Genoese businessmen. Be careful and you will end up like this."

Although many words were not understood, the Snake King still knew the general meaning. He pondered for a while: "What should we do in your opinion?" Dong Hezi replied: "Stand still! Your real enemy is not those traitors, It's the Arcane Federation. And the idea of ​​the Arcane Federation is to mess up your country, destroy the portal area, and block the hub where the southern golden magic pattern will invade. The turmoil in your country must be long-term."

"But we must also see that the emergence of portals one after another is a general trend in the world, and large and small portals will also appear in other places, which will cause struggles between the Arcane Federation and other arcane associations and wealthy groups, and it will spread throughout the world. When they fight fiercely in other places, the power invested in you will inevitably be weakened. At this time, the snake people in your kingdom have been suffering for a long time in the turmoil. Then you hug the thigh of a certain international force and take advantage of the momentum to take the uncooked rice. Cook a mature meal, and then reach some kind of compromise with the Austrian Law Federation, and perhaps there is a possibility of restoring the country.”

"When will I wait? I will immediately form an alliance with the Austrian Law Federation, and then restore the country to prevent the golden magic pattern from coming!" The Snake King hissed a little excitedly: "I will be their bridgehead and their shield! I have already thought about this plan!" Dong Hezi smiled slightly: "This is also a solution, but~~~ With the super unstable urine of those international trade and financial predators~~~"

What is the end of Colonel Gaddafi who surrendered to the French and American oil and Thai financial group.hey~~~

So Dong Hezi bowed his head and painted: "You can do whatever you want, as long as you pay me the protection fee. And don't forget to keep you, let you fight with your traitors, and there will never be peace. A good option."

"You~~~You~~~" The Snake King was anxious and unwilling: "This is too vicious!" Dong Hezi raised his hand to persuade him: "Okay, okay, you are a politician anyway. You can't play chess like others, what's the matter?" Vicious or not vicious. How can such a small person's insight and attitude become a big deal?"

The Snake King squirmed and slid back and forth in the cave-like room: "What should I do? What should I do?" Dong Hezi beckoned him to sit down: "If you can't be a king, you can be a rich man. If your country is in chaos, some Buying and selling is easy. You can also help us contact a few, we will buy and sell arms, help you sell slaves, and resell some spoils and so on.”

"Can you think of something serious!!" The depressed Snake King was really about to get angry: "You have become my bodyguard anyway, and you have to help me think of some useful ways. You say useless sarcastic remarks all day long, and Write and draw here. What~~~what~~~what is this?"

He saw that Dong Hezi was drawing a design for a chest-high crossbow.Not only has the position of the bow arm and the string been adjusted to prevent the string from rubbing against the body of the crossbow to attenuate its strength, but there is also a wheel tensioner underneath, but it is not as complicated as an ordinary wheel tensioner.It seems quite simple: "Is this the crossbow you designed?"

Dong Hezi replied: "Yes. Combine the rocking backstop and the spring. Just step on the pedal once to wind the string a few inches, and repeat the step to fully wind the string. Even a woman can pull Pull hundreds of pounds of strings and send out powerful crossbow arrows to kill enemies more than 600 feet away~~~~”

"Can you be useful all the time??" The Snake King was angry and funny: "You can only pull the bowstring a few inches at a time. It takes a minute or two to aim after the bowstring is fully loaded. Wait for you to toss for a minute or two, and people will have already ridden it." A fast horse can come running or a bursting fire mine will blow up. You have ghosts."

He was right, in this magical world, the range of the most common Tier 3 Explosive Thunder is 400 feet, about 130 meters, far exceeding that of ordinary bows and arrows!And it's still a range explosion, which is much better than bows and arrows with poor accuracy!The most advanced burst fire mine + extended range, the range can reach 800 meters, and the power of the end is still the same.This range far exceeds most bed crossbows and ballistas!

Even the 'Magic Archer, Tracking Arrow', etc., are also driven by arcane power.For example, if you put a heavy strip of cast iron on the ballista and launch it with a "tracking arrow", it can track the target like a missile, and the shot is very accurate.Can also damage solid targets such as earth and rock golems.But this is still arcane in essence!Using this kind of thing to fight a mage is essentially still a mage fighting a mage, and arcane fighting arcane.

So things like bows and crossbows are completely defeated by magic in this world!Even if it is labor-saving and powerful to engage in this kind of mechanical crossbow that fires once every two minutes, it is still no match for an extended-range burst fire mine. What's the use?

"Then what about this?" Dong Hezi took out another sketch, which was to install a big three-bow bed crossbow on top of a stout Bimon tree guard!Coupled with the 'shaking anti-reverse winder' just now, the thick rattan branch protruding from the tree guard's back pulls the rocker to wind.Turns the Beamon Tree Guard into a moving ballista.

"You are simply~~~hahaha~~~~" The Snake King couldn't help laughing: "What can you do with a ballista on your head? The mage is flying around in the sky, and you can't hit him at all! If you throw it again When a few explosive fire thunders come down, your treant will be burned. Hahahaha~~~ Even if you add 'immunity to fire' to the treant, they still have strong acid, freezing and various long-range attacks. You, although you are Ingeniously designed, but full of kinky tricks!"

"Goddess Mei Kaili seems to have been upgraded." Dong Hezi said slowly: "Because recently she can bestow several new magic spells on the priests - the second-level magic spell 'wings' that can make bows and arrows float in the air and counteract the effects of gravity and air. "Flying Shot"; there is also a "Raptor Flying Shot" with a little tracking function added on this basis. Although it cannot make a 2-degree bend like the Arcane Tracking Arrow, it is still possible to deflect more than 90 degrees."

The corner of Snake King's mouth suddenly froze when he burst into a big laugh: "The servants of the forest goddess want to interfere in our country's affairs?" Dong Hezi smiled on the opposite side: "They don't have the strength to challenge the Austrian Law Federation. They want to do business!" Raptor "Flying shot" is the third level, which can make a crossbow projected in a few minutes have a certain tracking ability. And the large three-bow bed crossbow I designed is equipped with small things such as pulleys, and the range can reach 900 meters. That’s 2800 feet, farther than the most advanced range-extending Burst Fire Thunder! The third-level magic is comparable to the ninth-level magic!”

The Snake King pondered: In this way, "bow + raptor flying shot" can overwhelm the long-range evocation spell in terms of range and accuracy.Carrying this thing on the head of the Beamon tree guard, which mage would dare to approach it? ! !This is a great threat to mages, arcane pioneers and other professions!The Arcane Tracking Arrow is tier 4 or 5, which is less expensive and less expensive than the tier 3 'Flying Bird of Prey'.If I can get something like this, it will be very beneficial to me.

"There is also this kind of simple crossbow." Dong Hezi took out another sketch. The "crossbow" on it is not like a crossbow at all, but like a "long cross" with levers, pulleys, steel wires and springs on both sides. Form a lever pulley combined structure.But I don't know how powerful it is.

Dong Hezi said: "The power is not too great, but after adding the second-level 'wings flying', it can shoot straight and far without fear of gravity and air obstruction, and the effective range exceeds 2 feet." When the snake king shook his head: " It’s a bit tasteless, it’s impossible to aim at a distance, it’s not powerful enough at a close distance, and it’s hard to penetrate armor. Tier 600 mages or arcane vanguards put on mage armor and force field shields, completely ignoring it.”

That's right, there are too many things that can resist ordinary arrows in this magical world, so melee combat and long-range magic have become the most common.But Dong Hezi has his own way, because magic can also enhance people's strength: "The arrow shooter uses the 'power of the bull' and a 'wild arm and bear waist' spell, and if it doesn't work, add a 'magnifying spell' , can increase the strength by 7 or 8 times in total, and can open strong bows and heavy crossbows, shoot heavy arrows, and break heavy armor! And this simple crossbow only needs wood, levers, pulleys, hard wires and springs, and there is no complicated production process It is a sharp weapon for arming civilians! Civilians don’t need superb close combat skills, they only need strength, discipline, and tactical training to threaten those warriors, wizards, and hired arcane soldiers.”

Hearing this, the Snake King turned his eyes straight: In the past, even if a strong commoner was given enhancement spells, he could not defeat well-trained arcane soldiers, warriors, and battle wizards.But things might change now.He asked in a low voice, "What do you want to do?"

Dong Hezi came over and whispered in a low voice: "You send someone to determine whether those 'supporters' are malicious, and then pretend to cooperate with them, waiting for an opportunity to collect their money. Then we will buy arms for all parties. We ship, You make contacts and form a 'green water mercenary company' or something. Make a fortune first in this troubled world. Wait for the situation to change and then use the money to restore your country."

"It's called Fuguo, but it's really cheating money??!" The Snake King's eyes turned ugly: "How can my majestic monarch do such a thing? If this is spread, how can I gain a foothold? How can I win people's trust?" But Dong Hezi sneered: "When you were king, you could no longer gain a foothold and win the trust of others. Everyone in the palace betrayed you. What are you talking about now? Doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times ! Besides, those international trade and financial groups that support you, aren’t they good people?? Don’t be funny.”

The Snake King thought about it all night, and agreed to this seemingly shameless plan the next day.Together with Dong Hezi, he also contacted the members of the Church of the Goddess of the Meikaili Forest.Unexpectedly, the opponent has already applied spells such as 'Raptor Flying Shot' to the tree guard: "Let the tree guard hold a modified ballista and shoot cast iron javelins. It can kill the well-protected arcane spearheads And battle mages. Although they can't break through the "bouncing ball and force wall" of high-level mages, they are much better than before. In the past, our treant guards could only resist the middle and low-level long-range spellcasters. Now they can Clean them up. Your Majesty, if you pay, we can gather more than a dozen priests and their Beamon tree guards to join the battle. They can shoot guns from a distance, and can break through walls with axes. Holding a shield to charge and attack the city Pulling out the stronghold is no problem!"

Brute force is no match for long-range evocation, but now brute force is starting to turn around. (to be continued..)