At this moment, the sills of the windows have been scorched black by the flames from the explosion, even for solid rocks, let alone human flesh and blood.
This letter from the second prince of the empire actually has the function of "automatic identification". Once an outsider tries to open it without permission, it will cause an explosion, and the power of the explosion is extremely powerful. Knights, the head will be seriously injured.
Looking at the scorched window sill, Roy's fear of the second prince of the empire increased to a higher level.
It was just a letter, and he took such precautions, it can be seen that the person is thoughtful, and such a person is definitely not easy to deal with.
"call……"
Breathing lightly, suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Roy looked at Red: "Uncle Red, how is the reception going?"
"Almost." After confirming that Roy was fine, Reid felt relieved, and nodded, "The main forces of the Iron Mountain Territory are all detained in Blackstone Prison, and there are only two or three official knights left behind, and apprentice knights." There are quite a few of them, but they are not a cause for concern, and all of them have been removed from their weapons and armor and locked up."
"As for the citizens of the Iron Mountain Territory...they don't have any will to resist, and some of them seem very happy."
When it came to the end, Reid had a strange expression on his face.
The performance of the citizens reflected how unpopular Lord Denham was.
"By the way, Lord Roy, during the process of receiving, we found Lord Denham's treasure house."
"Oh?"
Roy's eyes moved slightly.
Tieshan collar can afford so many formal knights, which shows its wealth. There must be a lot of good things in its treasure house, right?
Chapter 47 Lord Denham's Treasure House, Surprise!
Following Red, Roy soon came to Lord Denham's treasure house.
This is an underground secret room on the bottom floor of Iron Mountain Fortress, the location is very hidden.
"Lord Roy, the door to this treasure house is very strong. I tried it, but I couldn't break it open by force. Not only that, the walls of the treasure house are also thick metal walls, which cannot be broken at all. If you want to enter it, you may have to Get the key from Lord Denham."
Red said.
Roy nodded, expressing his understanding.
As the place where the lords of a place store their wealth, the treasure house must be fully protected.
Under normal circumstances, if you want to enter this treasure house, you must obtain the key from Lord Denham, but Roy's situation is obviously abnormal.
Shadow Witch Lilia, it's okay to use it (thumbs up).jpg
"Lord Roy, there are still some final matters to be dealt with regarding the reception, so I'm leaving first."
After taking Roy to the treasure house, Red bid farewell and left.
After all, Iron Mountain Territory is a territory, and it cannot be completely taken over by suppressing the remaining armed forces. There are many chores to be dealt with.
That is to say, as the "housekeeper" of the Blackstone collar these years, Reid has been able to handle small and big matters with ease, but for other people, he would have been in a hurry.
After Red left, Roy also returned to the top floor of the fortress and called the Shadow Witch Lilia.
A lock on the physical level is completely meaningless in the face of the power of shadows. A simple push and twist will open the solid metal door.
"Let's go in and have a look together?"
Roy invited the Shadow Witch Lilia.
"I want to accompany Vivian." Lilia shook her head, and then added: "If you want me to go in with you, I will accompany you."
"That's not necessary, I thought you would be curious about what's inside." Roy smiled and walked into the treasure room.
Shadow Witch Lilia watched Roy enter it, and then her body turned into a fluid shadow and disappeared without a trace.
Compared with the treasure house in Heishi Ling, the treasure room in Tieshan Ling is much larger, with an area of hundreds of square meters.
Roy stepped into it with a kerosene lamp, and as far as he could see, there were rows of black iron armor and weapons, and boxes of currency, with copper coins as the main ones, silver coins second, and gold coins the least.
If these things were converted into food, it would be enough for the people of Blackstone Territory and Iron Mountain Territory to eat for three years!
People eat for food.
As long as the people in the territory can be guaranteed not to go hungry, the situation in the territory will not be too bad.
Roy continued to go deeper, and soon, a wooden frame appeared in front of his eyes.
And there is only one thing on the wooden shelf.
A small box made of crystal.
Roy's eyes lit up.
This thing is placed in the deepest part of the treasure house, and it looks like a good thing from the bottom of Lord Denham's chest.
Regardless of what is inside the crystal box, the crystal box alone is worth a lot.
Picking up the crystal box, Roy could feel the faint warm energy inside, but the existence of the crystal box perfectly locked this energy inside so that it would not leak out.
With anticipation, Roy opened the crystal box, and then he saw this picture:
The red luxurious silk cloth is the base, and a deep purple regular crystal is placed on it.
High-purity magic crystal!
With just one glance, Roy recognized the contents of the crystal box.
There was a flash of astonishment in his eyes at first, and then it turned into understanding.
The astonishment was that he did not expect that there was actually a high-purity magic crystal in Lord Denham's hands. He thought that the photos circulated on the black market before were made by Lord Denham with special techniques.
But it was clear that he finally understood why Lord Denham was willing to serve the Second Prince.
As one of the nobles in the province of Farland, Lord Denham is naturally a faction of the border dukes. It is not enough to let him take the huge risk of betraying the border dukes to seize the Blackstone collar.
Not only to draw big cakes, but also to have substantial "rewards".
And this high-purity magic crystal must be the "sweetness" given to Lord Denham by the second prince in the early stage.
The effect of the high-purity magic crystal is to assist the knight to speed up his practice. It is said that after the witch swallows it, his strength can be further improved.
And for Lord Denham, a new nobleman who was born as a commoner and missed the "golden age of practice" of fighting qi, the high-purity magic crystal can also help him adapt to fighting qi faster and better, so that he, who has no hope of silver in this life, has a breakthrough possible.
The reason why Lord Denham didn't carry such a precious thing with him was probably because he was afraid of being snatched by the shadow witch Lilia.
The world in the eyes of dirty people is also dirty and ugly.
In Lord Denham's perception, compared to her younger sister, Lilia, the Shadow Witch, would care more about high-purity magic crystals, a treasure that could improve her own strength.
Looking at the high-purity magic crystal in the crystal box in his hand, Roy smiled with satisfaction.
For him, high-purity magic crystals are also extremely precious.
Compared with low-purity magic crystals, the upper limit of energy capacity of high-purity magic crystals is more than ten times higher.
Of course, the natural magic power in this high-purity magic crystal is about [-]% left. If you want to use it as an "energy storage", you need to use up the natural magic power inside.
Natural magic power, for a witch, is the best "resource" to increase the upper limit of one's own magic power.
How to use it, and who to use it for, has to be carefully considered.
After closing the crystal box carefully, it was sent to the storage space of [Original Sin Rubik's Cube]. Roy continued to search in the treasure house. After finding nothing of value, he turned and left here.
……
Glory Empire, Royal Capital, Saint Feuye.
On the top floor of the golden palace, a handsome young man with long golden hair stood by the window, looking down at the capital.
He opened his hands, as if embracing something, and took a deep breath: "Marquis Hermann, tell me, when will this huge empire be in my hands?"
The noon sun fell on him, reflecting a dazzling golden light. His light green eyes, with narrow and long corners, gave people an indescribable sense of oppression when staring at him.
As a prince, his skin is not delicate, but rough, which is caused by years of knight training.
A tall figure stood in the shadows in the corner of the palace behind the young man: "Privately, I prefer you to call me uncle, my dear nephew, Your Highness the Second Prince."
After emphasizing a sentence, he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's health is getting weaker day by day, and he has ignored government affairs for a long time. Among the many princes in the empire, only the eldest prince is your biggest competitor."
"As long as you overthrow him, the throne of emperor will naturally be yours."
"Take him down..." The second prince sighed leisurely: "It's not easy... The border duke is a royalist and supports the eldest son succession system. With him around, this is not an easy task. I like doing challenging things."
"How is the matter with the Blackstone Collar going? Although Denham's strength is not very good, but he is still adept at doing things. It shouldn't be a problem to win the Blackstone Collar."
"I came here this time to report to you." Marquis Herman paused and said, "Denham failed."
"Failed?" The second prince was a little surprised: "He can fail under such circumstances? Is he a waste! Tell me, how did he lose?"
After the Marquis Herman fully uttered the information that was sent back, the second prince's eyes flashed strangely, and he chuckled lightly: "Roy Turumbel, interesting, really, very interesting... "
Chapter 48
The matter of receiving the Iron Mountain Territory was much more cumbersome than expected. When Reid initially sorted it out and came to the lord's study to report to Roy, there was only the last afterglow of the sunset in the west.
"Lord Roy, including Lord Denham and others imprisoned in Blackstone Prison, the population of the Iron Mountain Territory is 1348, including two bronze knights, 45 official knights, 153 apprentice knights, and 1150 ordinary citizens. "
"Among the 1150 ordinary citizens, less than 30 are engaged in farming. They mainly live on the banks of a small tributary of a river that flows through the Iron Mountain Territory. They rely on barren land for farming, and their food production is extremely low."
"The rest of the ordinary citizens are basically engaged in the mining industry and its extended forging industry."
"Lord Denham imposes a very heavy tax on the people of the Iron Mountain Territory. All income has to be paid 90%, but the tax can be replaced by servitude. Every time a labor force in the family participates in the mining industry, the tax can be reduced by 20%. to 50%."
"Under such a policy, each family basically needs two laborers to participate in the mining industry in order to barely have enough to eat."
Roy quietly listened to Red's report.
Although he doesn't like to deal with such trivial matters, as a lord, he must know.
The mining of ore in this era, to put it nicely, is a mining industry, and to put it bluntly, it is a "black mine". Not only is it extremely hard, but the degree of danger is also ridiculously high.
Mine collapses are not common, but they happen once or twice a year, and not a few people died because of this.
Lord Denham's policy, in the final analysis, is to force the people of the Iron Mountain Territory to mine, so as to support the total of 200 knights in the Iron Mountain Territory.
This is a deformed structure.
Normally, 5 lords support a trainee knight, 20 lords support a full-fledged knight, and 100 lords support a bronze knight, which is the healthiest and longest-lasting ratio.
The strength of a knight does not come out of thin air. The stronger the body, the more energy it needs to consume, and the higher the requirements for the quality and quantity of food.
Based on the number of knights in the Iron Mountain Territory, 1865 citizens are needed to support them normally.However, there are only 1150 citizens in the Iron Mountain Territory. If you want to support such a number of knights, it will inevitably lead to a very difficult life for a large number of citizens.
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