Although Gawain shocked everyone present when he first proposed his population relocation plan and the southern border reshaping plan, as the discussion deepened, the feasibility and necessity of this plan gradually became clear. The sense of disbelief caused by hearing about it subsided, and everyone's attention began to focus on the implementation details.
"...Everyone, we have to be clear that population relocation is a long-term plan, as is the construction of cities, roads, and government affairs offices. It will take three to five years to be completely completed, so we must let This is all going smoothly." After answering most of the questions from various officials of the Government Affairs Department, Gao Wen looked around at everyone on the scene with a serious expression and said, "The first step is to select some pilots - the ones who will initially carry out population relocation. It's the Horsman Territory. Our legion is currently stationed nearby. The news of the victory or defeat of the war has spread throughout that land, and Count Karloff Horsman has been confirmed to be dead. Next, the 'receiving troops' will enter the Horsman Territory. In the Horsman region, use negotiation - or cannonballs to open the door of the Horsman Castle, and then announce the change of lords and the new decree.
"In view of the geographical location and development status of the Horsman region, I plan to do so. Move half of the serfs and slaves there into the Cecil area, and move all the local scattered population of Hosman to the city, and build a new city based on the old city of Hosman. ”
Gawain stopped talking after he said this, but Hetty next to him could vaguely guess the thoughts behind his ancestor’s arrangement.
Choose the card that has been confirmed to be dead. The territory of Earl Love Horsman is used as a pilot for the plan. On the one hand, such a territory has the least resistance and it is easier to implement the plan. On the other hand, this is actually giving the nobles who are still alive a last chance - To this day, more than twenty southern nobles and their knightly entourage are still imprisoned in prisoner-of-war camps. His ancestors obviously hope to squeeze out the last value of these nobles - their remaining appeal and the intellectual groups attached to them. And their symbolic significance among ordinary people
These values allow those nobles to survive in the prison camp, but their choices will determine whether they can get out of the prison camp alive, and Horsman leads the way. This "pilot" is the countdown for them to make a choice.
The ancestors will not touch their land for the time being. This is to maintain the stability of the millions of people in the south. After all, the land aristocracy. The system has been implemented here for seven hundred years, and suddenly all the lords in this land are killed in one night, which will probably make everyone fall into fear - even if the ultimate purpose of doing so is to make them live a good life.
But after the countdown ends, my seemingly peaceful but iron-fisted ancestor may have to turn all the land in the south except for Cecil's circle of influence into a "terrain without one" < /p>
"Do you have any questions? "After seeing that no one asked questions, Gawain knocked on the table lightly and asked.
"...About population migration"In the process of building a new city," it was Heti who spoke, with a hint of embarrassment on her face, "I'm afraid we don't have any extra magic network substrates available for the time being, and the supply of basic magic network materials is also a problem - this spring All of the budget was given to the North Shore Development Zone and the Western New City, and a considerable amount of magic materials were used in the construction of the Disobedience Fortress..."
The more Hetty spoke, the less confident he became, and he peeked secretly She glanced at Gawain's face: She had drawn up the budget in this area, but had also given it to Gawain for review. Obviously, when the budget was made, no one had thought of establishing magic in areas other than Cecil.
But after hearing Hetty’s words, Gawain’s expression was unconcerned: “Don’t worry about this. "
Hetty was stunned for a moment: "Ancestor, do you have other plans? ”
Gawain couldn’t help laughing: “In the several areas I selected, there are ready-made magic nets - we don’t need to build them. We will send a few magic technicians over to check the interface status. Then just connect to the device directly. "
Hetty may have been overthinking the meeting today, so she didn't react just now. But when Gawain reminded her, she suddenly realized: "Ah - you put the magic net... "
"Thanks to the promotion from our friends, there are magic nets all over the southern border," Gawain said as he shook his head with emotion. "They only know how to use magic nets for lighting, powering the mage tower, and providing energy for the mines. How do you know the value of universal energy for machine energy supply... Ah, speaking of mining equipment, we can even temporarily use local mining equipment. Although they are all old models sold by Cecil, they are more than enough for the initial construction period. "
Gawain paused after saying this, and then added: "Of course, those old nobles only thought about their own manors and castles when they built the magic network. It's not too big. We will definitely need to expand it when we use it in the future. But fortunately, we now have magic obelisk technology that can transmit magic power remotely. The limitation of the magic network is not that serious - you can find the Machinery Manufacturing Institute after you go back. When placing an order, we will prioritize the production of a batch of magic obelisks. ”
Hetty was completely relieved when she heard Gawain’s arrangement, and after thinking about the magic networks in operation across the southern border, she couldn’t help but have a weird smile on her face. .
Gawain couldn't help but smile when he saw Hetty's smile.
Every government official in the conference room saw the lord's smile, and they thought of it. In the past six months, the nobles of all sizes in the southern border have been selling iron to build the magic network and purchase mining equipment.
The meeting room was full of understanding and tacit understanding. Happy air.
However, in the royal capital thousands of miles away, in the glorious ancient Silver Castle of Saint-Sunil, there is only gloom and depression in the air.
It is all white. The long skirt rolled through the long corridor of Silver Castle like wind and snow. Victoria Wild, the Duke of Northland, and several entourage quickly passed through the corridor.The duchess, who always has a cold temperament and lacks expression, looks even colder than usual today, but the fine snowflakes that keep flying in her hurried footsteps show that the duchess is not calm. This behavior Rushes didn't happen to her often.
She walked into the "Golden Rose Hall" on the top floor of the castle. In this small hall, which was only used for discussions by the most powerful people in the kingdom, she saw an elegant and bookish person. , Duke Baldwin Franklin wearing a dark coat.
The middle-aged gentleman-like Duke of the West was standing by the window, looking down at the atrium space inside the castle. He only turned around and took a look after hearing the movement of Victoria entering the door, but soon Then he turned his head back.
At the end of his sight, in the open space of the atrium inside Silver Castle, one could clearly see traces of fire, trampling and damage. The traces were very new, as if they were just a few days ago. The same thing remains.
Of course that was left just a few days ago - the traces left when killing the rebels in the castle.
A few days ago, there was a sudden riot in the Silver Castle. Some dead men set fire to the study of Francis II and Prince Edmund's bedroom. This chaos was soon joined by the extraordinary powerful men in the castle. Suppressed, but the dead soldiers' final counterattack left those dazzling marks in the atrium.
Outside the castle, in various places in Saint-Sunil City, more than a dozen acts of sabotage, large and small, have occurred in the past few days. The saboteurs seemed to only want to disrupt the order of the royal capital. , doing everything from arson to poisoning. Although the suspects in each sabotage operation were quickly caught and executed, the destruction itself made Duke Baldwin upset and he was vaguely aware of the huge consequences. Dark clouds are gathering over the kingdom.
Now, Victoria is here, in such a hurry - the duchess may have brought worse news.
The rumor that spread to Silver Castle two days ago is probably true.
"It has been confirmed, the news is true," sure enough, the duchess of the North said quickly, "Francis II died in Changfeng Fortress, Silas Lauren and Ella Demeng claimed that the king died at the hands of assassins sent by the royal capital. They incited almost all the nobles in the Eastern Territory and had launched an army to attack the Holy Spirit Plain. Several small-scale attacks had occurred at the junction of the Holy Spirit Plain and the Eastern Territory. "The trial battle."
Then she added: "Originally, the news should have come earlier, but all the informants I set up in the eastern region were removed, and the magic transmission was also interfered with. ...Silas Lauren and Edmund seemed to have been preparing for this day for a long time."
Baldwin Franklin closed his eyes and couldn't help but sway slightly.
It was not until two minutes later that the Duke of the Western Region finally opened his eyes. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "Just as we expected, the little commotion in the royal capital has turned into a disaster. It's just the prelude to a sensational conspiracy that is actually happening to us.It happened right under my nose. ”
“The news will spread soon. I am afraid that Edmund Morn is not just preparing those inconspicuous sabotage actions... I suspect that there are still people from him among the nobles of the royal capital who will be informed of the news.” After reaching the royal capital, it started to act, inciting and inducing the emotions of the nobles, making them believe the malicious and slanderous words coming from the East." Victoria Wild continued, she was incredibly calm at the moment, "We want to do this here before taking action. "
"We can't catch those people before they start acting, and if we attack those people after the news starts circulating, it will make the situation worse," Baldwin Franklin Frowning, "The only way is for us to send the message first..."
The Duchess of the North and the Duke of the West fell silent for a while. After half a minute of silence, Victoria Wild gave a rare sigh.
"Publish it," she said, "Publish it...Prince Edmund Morne killed his father and killed his king, and Silas Laurent rebelled. ...In the name of maintaining order in the kingdom and avenging the king, we are going to war with the Eastern Territory. "
Badwin Franklin nodded silently. After a few seconds, he let out a long sigh: "Our king said he would bring peace back - he didn't come back, and there was no peace either. return. ”
This is the last day of the second week of the Fire Moon in the year 736 of Ansu.
On this day, the second civil war in Ansu officially broke out.