Mage Lord: The Tech Tree is Skewed by Me

The wheels of the carriage rolled over the worn flagstones on the ground.

Amidst the sound of the wooden wheel creaking and turning, the knight's calm tone finally changed slightly:

After becoming Viscount, Leon Jimena, he led the soldiers and civilians of Antolia through the Year of the Jackdaw, which occurs every five years, defeated the plateau hounds, and opened up the southwestern highlands.

Then they integrated the mountain people forces entrenched in Antolia, allowing the Jimena family to truly control the entire land of Antolia for the first time.

And all of this only took him about a year.

When he heard this, the face of His Royal Highness, who always showed himself calm and indifferent, already showed a somewhat incredible look.

Only took a year? !

Although he already knew before that, the Marquis of Antolia was really young.

But after all, he is a noble of the Kingdom of Idrit and a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Idrit.

Even though he knew Leon was young, he still didn't know much about the internal situation of the Andal Kingdom and the true resume of the Marquis.

Therefore, at this moment, the knight's words naturally made him feel a little unbelievable.

Although these things were said very briefly, Mendes could fully expect that whether it was to resist the plateau hounds, to open up the southwest highlands, or to integrate the mountain tribes...

Behind these incidents, there is undoubtedly a great danger hidden.

For ordinary nobles, being able to solve one of them is enough to be proud of themselves, but the lord of Antolia completed three of them in just one year!

No wonder Antoria's army could appear on the south bank of the Meyerson River without making a sound!

Because the Antolians controlled the southwest highlands!

This allowed Antoria's army to take advantage of its positional advantage and penetrate directly into the hinterland of Norton!

continue……

After forcing himself to calm down, Mendes finally said.

The most shocking thing is that Leon Jimena, in less than two years, relied on his accurate judgment of the situation in the Andal Kingdom to capture the city of Parma during the Andal Civil War, and gained control of the Andal Kingdom. The king trusted him, thereby completing the leap from viscount to marquis.”

What else? We already know these. Mendes urged.

Also...according to rumors, the Marquis of Antolia has actually integrated the aristocratic forces in the southern part of the Andal Kingdom, including Gray Water Castle, Ram City, and Parma City, and has actually become the Andal Kingdom. The most powerful nobleman in the South.”

What is... integration?

Mendes couldn't help but frowned.

You know, in addition to Parma City, Gray Water Castle and Ram City are vassals of the Jimena family.

Isn't it a matter of course that a vassal should be loyal to his lord?

Why were these three noble leaders singled out? Are the other noble vassals not loyal to the Jimena family?

Hearing this, the knight took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

Today, the Antolian army is responsible for all the defense and garrison tasks of these three noble territories. The young nobleman called it defense outsourcing. Nowadays, the city defense of these noble territories is provided by the Antolian army. Responsible for the mobilization of the levies and the participation of the generals of Antolia.

This is not just pure loyalty, it can even be regarded as...complete attachment!

Mendes: ! ! !

what does that mean?

This means that the military strength of the Antolians cannot be analyzed by numbers on paper at all.

Prince Mendez's subordinates found out about the situation of these three nobles, but what about the others that they didn't find out about?

There are also those elven long archers, plus the horses that the Marquis of Antolia got back from the previous war...

The most complete attachment is actually the city of Parma. This city is now ruled by Viscount Cummings. Although it is not a vassal of the Jimena family, it even controls the amount and collection of taxes in the territory. After inspection by the Jimena family.”

It has to be said that the strength of the young, seemingly harmless Marquis has far exceeded Prince Mendez's previous expectations.

If you just can fight, then it's not that difficult to win over.

But if you can fight and even have extremely strong overall strength, then the difficulty of winning over this foreign noble will undoubtedly skyrocket!

but……

Thinking of this, His Highness the Prince couldn't help but become more and more excited.

The higher the cost of wooing, the higher the returns that can be obtained after successful wooing.

Because most of the time, costs and benefits are directly proportional.

What's more, in addition to those mentioned by the knight before, the young Marquis of Antolia also controls many other things.

For example, the south bank of the Meyerson River is now controlled by the Jimena family. That land was once one of the most important granaries of the Principality of Norton!

And this means that the Antolians not only have a strong military front, but also, given time, will have a lot of food in their hands!

And money!

In the hands of the Antolians, or in the hands of the Jimena family, there is even moonlight velvet that is now being sought after by nobles!

This means if you can make good friends with the Jimena family.

Then not only does he have the possibility of hiring Antolian mercenaries, but he can even enhance his economic strength and obtain more money through trade with the Antolian people!

And more money will allow you to win over more nobles...

hiss……

This will definitely be a positive cycle!

So the only question now is what price he needs to pay to gain the friendship of the Marquis and to get the young noble to be willing to help him ascend to the throne of the Kingdom of Iderit!

Thinking of this, Mendes couldn't help but feel dizzy.

Although it is clear that the Marquis has always wanted a larger population, with the war now over, it is impossible for him to directly capture people from the Kingdom of Iderit and send them there, right?

Even in this era where nobles have absolute power, such an approach is still a bit outrageous.

Do you remember that egg?

After pondering for a long time, Mendes looked at the knight beside him.

You mean...that magical beast egg from overseas? The knight was stunned for a moment, then confirmed.

Let Count Felden deliver the egg to the Marquis of Antolia first.

As for the rest of the conditions...

Let Feilden see what the Antolian people need. As long as you can gain the friendship of the Antolian people, then everything will be worth it!

Prince Mendez said decisively.

I plan to arrange a little cutie for Mr. Lai. What do you hope to hatch from the egg? We don’t have a clear idea at the moment, so we’re soliciting everyone’s suggestions!