Transcendent Noble

Sylvia both hands crossed near chest, looking helplessly at Victor who had occupied his sofa, said angrily: "Victor, that's my sofa!"

Victor lay his head on Sylvia’s favorite sofa with two hands. He struggled to sit up and said, “I’ve just finished today’s exercises and I’m very tired. Seeing that you haven’t come, I couldn’t help but lie down for a while. To be honest, your sofa is really comfortable and has a particularly cool feeling."

Sylvia took a closer look at Victor and saw him. The deputy looked languid, and said sympathetically: "Well, you can continue to lie down for a while, manticore skin does have a rejuvenating effect... Hey, you can only lie down for a while, but I just hunted down. Two ant-man chiefs!"

Before Sylvia could finish speaking, Victor lay down again. He would not consider himself a guest anymore, "Sylvia, what can you do with me today? "

Victor's lazy look made Sylvia shook her head and laughed, and secretly rejoiced. She always felt that Victor was a little bit resistant to herself, but now it looks much better. Of course, Sylvia didn't know that he infringed Victor's patent, and Victor already understood that there is no patent for this thing in this world.

"Two months later, the Elder's Council of the Kingdom will start voting on our proposal. I want to ask if you have anything to add?" Sylvia sat down on the chair opposite Victor. Said softly.

"So fast?" Victor sat up again and asked in surprise.

Victor and the York family have reached a consensus. He ceded 3000 square kilometers of land around the entrance of the Great Swamp to the York family. The York family will set up a Baron leader there and build a fortress at the entrance of Great Swamp to defend against the next wave of Ant-Man attacks. At the same time, Victor also gave the Yorkers how to make special bricks and instructed them on how to operate the giant brick kiln. Victor was rewarded by retaining his territory and title.

Victor has no objection to this. There are three entrances to the Great Swamp. Unless he can block them all, Ant-Man will still invade Centaur Hills, and it takes at least 2,000 troops to maintain a fortress. This is one A huge burden. Since the York family is willing to take on this important task, Victor has no reason to object. However, Elder's Council has decided to vote, which means that Gambis Kingdom will completely solve the problem of ant tide. But Victor was eager to delay some more time so that his secret fortress could take shape.

"We can’t delay any longer. We must eliminate the ants before the season of water comes. If we miss this season’s sowing, the lords of the entire western region will be implicated, which will cause catastrophic consequences." Sylvia said solemnly.

Now, Black Castle Town has gathered 120,000 people, and the York family has taken out all the food reserves, but they can’t insist on the end of the windy season. Due to the deliberate destruction of crops by Ant-Man, Centaur Hills must have had no grain harvest this year, and the surrounding lords have also suffered losses to varying degrees. If everyone misses the opportunity to plant this year, then it is not the Centaur Hills family that needs help.

Victor is not in charge and I don’t know Chai Migui, so after receiving a charming glance from Sylvia, he had to surrender, "I don’t have any problems."

"Let’s talk about it. Our problem.” Sylvia gathered Golden’s hair and said, “You used the technology to make rock bricks, and you invented the way the giant brick kiln works. I need to build three fortresses within three years. So, I need you to try to increase the output of rock bricks. Also, help me figure out a way to prevent the method of making rock bricks from leaking out."

Victor frowned. It takes a lot of people to run the giant brick kiln. Involved, there are many people, and the method of making rock bricks is almost impossible to keep secret, unless the York family can have an absolutely loyal homunculus like themselves.

"Sylvia, you should know that as long as you start producing rock bricks, it is impossible to prevent others from coveting it. Moreover, there are so many people involved in making rock bricks..." Victor said euphemistically.

"I know what you said, but it will take me five years to build more fortresses in Centaur Hills. I don't want other lords to acquire the method of making rock bricks before forming a defensive advantage. "Sylvia first sighed and said with full expectation: "Victor, you are very smart. You can design a division of labor and cooperation, and you will definitely help me get enough time! Right?"

Victor thought about it. I thought, said with a smile: "Five years, definitely no problem. It can even be kept secret for a longer period of time. The production method of division of labor is the key!"

Victor's method is very simple, let The person in charge of mowing the grass harvests more than five kinds of weeds, then burns these grasses into ashes and sorts them into different containers. The embryo maker takes the designated container, mixes the golden grass ash into the mud embryo in proportion, and finally makes the brick embryo. In this way, neither the mower nor the embryo maker knows which kind of grass ash is added, or which kinds of grass ash, or all the grass ash.

"To make rock bricks, the ratio of golden silk and grass ash is very important. Those lords are almost impossible to figure out the trick. They will only try continuously, and they will definitely not succeed, because they have to solve the problem of building giant brick kilns. The problem is the temperature of the fired rock bricks. However, when you start to cultivate golden silk grass, this secret will not be kept. Also, when the lords always lose patience, you will also be under a lot of pressure. I suggest you to Selling finished rock bricks outside will make you a lot easier."

Sylvia thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Excellent idea! Victor, I didn’t see you wrong." , You are indeed a genius. However, I don’t recommend that you also sell rock bricks. You don’t blame me for being greedy, do you?"

"From then on, rock bricks were invented by the York family. However, you guys Help me build a castle in the territory for free. I'm not talking about the six-meter-high one." Victor said with a smile.

The benefits of rock bricks are huge, but they are also very hot. Victor's current strength can also preserve the interests of Rock Bricks, but he has a more ambitious goal. Compared with establishing a semi-commercial and semi-military organization, the interests of Rock Bricks have become tasteless. As long as someone is involved, even perfect confidentiality measures will not help. Sooner or later, the method of making rock bricks will leak out. For rock bricks to intrigue with other nobles, it is better to quietly usurp more wealth and develop greater influence.

Sylvia pu chi smiled and said softly: "Dear Victor, I will help you build a 40-meter high castle. For your own castle, hurry up and help me find ways to increase the output of rock bricks. Come on!"

"Invest more people to build more giant brick kilns, apart from this, there is no other way."

There is no breakthrough in technology, it can only be In terms of scale, Victor spread his hands. This was the only way he could think of.

Sylvia frowned her delicate willow eyebrows and said: "I can only mobilize 5,000 people at most to build ten giant brick kilns."

"But Black Castle Town has 120,000 people. And Centaur Hills is so big that it can accommodate more people. Why don't you recruit more free people?" Victor asked in surprise.

"Victor, 120,000 people are already the limit that our York family can accommodate. In the ant plague this time, we not only lost 2 Knights, 11 trainee Knights, but also 1,000. Elite soldiers. These soldiers are all loyal vassals to the family. Without them, the potential of our family is also weakened. After all, we cannot use the work point system to solve problems like you. In fact, your work point system is already It proved to have a huge flaw." Sylvia sighed, her tone becoming heavy.

Victor is silent. The York family has indeed suffered a heavy loss this time. Although the high-end martial power is still intact, the middle class has been hit hard. The lord of this world, there is no way to manage the territory, that is, simply enfeoff the land and let the vassals complete planting, animal husbandry, forging, training soldiers, and so on. The lord only needs to collect the offerings from the vassals in proportion. By hiring free people to engage in production activities, vassals also promoted those who worked hard to become leaders of the family. A vassal can manage at least 30 people. If 1,000 vassals are missing, it means that 30,000 labors are missing. If 30,000 labors are missing, how much wealth will be created?

Victor suddenly understood why the York family gave him 12,000 square kilometers of land when they first started. This was not because they were generous, but because the York family simply couldn't control so much land. The York family needs time to build up their strengths just like themselves.

Thinking of this, Victor suddenly became serious and said: "Sylvia, I am afraid it is not the issue of increasing the output of the brick kiln, but how many troops can you form!?"

Sylvia was surprised He glanced at Victor from a different place, pondered then said: "With 120,000 people, I can form an army of 5,000 people, but it will take ten years. What's the problem?"

The standard equipment of the York family is worth 80 goldsouls per set, equivalent to 28 cows, and an elite soldier needs years of hard training and learning to skillfully use weapons and equipment. Sylvia said that it will take ten years to expand the army to 5,000, which is indeed true. But Victor's heart sank.

"Not enough! This is not enough! Sylvia, if you want to keep Centaur Hills, in addition to the three fortresses that block the exit of Great Swamp, you have to build more fortresses in the northern part of Centaur Hills! You More soldiers are needed to guard, and more people are needed to engage in production and construction!" Victor said solemnly.

Sylvia said suspiciously: "Victor, are you worried that the Dodo Kingdom will attack us from the north? I can tell that Dodian will not interfere with Centaur Hills. They are also unwilling to deal with Ant-Man."

Victor shook the head and said: "I am worried about Ant-Man!"

"Ant-Man? Then you don't have to worry about it. Although Ant-Man is fierce, but very rigid The entrance of Great Swamp is low-lying. We built three fortresses, which can be completely sealed in Great Swamp. Moreover, we have killed 74 ant-man chiefs. I believe that there will not be so many ant-mans in the next ant plague. In fact, if it weren't for Ant-Man that would destroy the crops, they wouldn't be terrifying." Sylvia chuckled and shook her head.

Victor is secretly sighed, no one knows Ant-Man better than him. Victor knows very well that ant talent is his own worst enemy. Alchemy Tower robbed Ant-Man’s wealth and soul fire, which threatened Ant-Man’s survival. This time the ant swarm can only be regarded as the foraging behavior of the ant-man controller, so the next ant swarm will definitely be offensive. This is also the reason why Victor is willing to work closely with the York family. As long as the York family can hold the Centaur Hills, Victor expects Ant-Man to come and give him benefits.

But if the York family can't hold onto Centaur Hills, Victor can only run away. Therefore, Victor particularly needs the York family to buy some time for his development. For this reason, he cannot sit back and watch Sylvia make mistakes, and even try to support the York family.

"Sylvia, Ant-Man is not as simple as you think! You told me that Ant-Man destroyed an empire of aliens. Can a dull Ant-Man do this? The leader of Ant-Man was Killing so many, will they come back for revenge? If Ant-Man is blocked in Great Swamp, will they follow the mountain range northward, looking for a new exit? If they enter the kingdom of Dodo, then the lord of the kingdom of Dodo will Wouldn't it lead Ant-Man to Centaur Hills?"

Victor's series of questions caused Sylvia to fall into contemplation.