Chapter 375 The Only Way
Twenty castles or manors to be accepted represent twenty noble families. The number of core personnel that can affect a family is about twenty to fifty. If left-behind guards and officials can gather a team of seventy to one hundred people. A team of such a size can be regarded as a threat to a working group of less than fifty people.
Feiqi did not want to die, so he had to let the threat die first. He found that less than half of the nobles knew and abide by the character of betting and accepting defeat, and would choose to surrender according to the agreement between Feiqi and the noble alliance before the battle, and the rest wanted to cheat in various ways. Those who surrendered, Feiqi ordered them to put down their weapons, put all their armor out and put them in front of the castle, and then allowed them to pack up their things. Each person could take away the necessities of life that they could move, plus less than fifty gold coins. They would be taken away from their original territory and go to other areas to start living as ordinary civilians. This means that they would also be distributed to farmland, receive farm tools, or they could also take some business with this money.
If you don't surrender, the result will be completely different. Feiqi always surrenders himself. He will fly over the castle and use magic to strengthen his volume, ensuring that both the results of surrender and not surrender are clearly stated. Such a shout will be repeated three times. Then he will cast a white flag inside the castle. The radius of the flag is a safe area for surrender. Anyone without weapons and armor will not be regarded as an enemy as soon as he enters it. He will wait for five minutes and count down, and then start the attack.
People in the castle always try to attack Fitch, using their longbows, crossbows and javelins. However, the air-to-air abilities of these weapons are very worrying, and they do not have the bow skills of the Elven Ghost Forest Shooter, so in general, the troubles caused are not as good as shouting loudly. The chaotic or crazy shouting can at least affect Fitch's shouting action, which makes him a little upset...
"Don't cry, I've given a chance before." Feichi often had to repeat this sentence, and later said it made him numb himself. Especially some non-combatants, such as the elderly, children, women and servants, who could neither take up weapons to resist nor evacuate at the beginning of the battle. Fitch could understand these two points. But after the battle began, he knew that his side could not resist Feichi's powerful offensive, but he still did not go to the surrender place under the white flag. He only knew to keep praying and "requesting" the goddess to send forces to save them. If they muster up the courage to resist, then Feichi would admire him; if they were disabled and could not move, Feichi would let them go. But they did not belong to these two, but could walk on the third road that they thought was useful.
"The great goddess waved the long whip made of thunder, burning the terrible devils and demons to ashes, thus bringing light back to the suffering village..." Feiqi held the cat-knitting staff in one hand and the flames that could shoot out heat rays in the other hand, facing the three old and middle-aged women who were focused on praying. "I am also familiar with this prayer. It does not have the effect of summoning magic power and cannot stop me. Don't you stop quickly and then go to the white flag in the courtyard?"
"You, the devil who kills without blinking, will let you go to hell!" The old man held the holy emblem and shouted at Fitch. She tried so hard that her body was staggering, but she could not summon any power from the holy emblem.
The middle-aged woman showed the same anger and excitement. The failure of the castle resistance did not awaken them, but aroused some kind of chaotic fanaticism: "Yes! Don't want to bewitch us, we don't accept your humiliation! Everything is caused by you! You robber! murderer! Sooner or later..."
Feiqi's hand trembled, and two heat rays pierced their hearts. He looked at the youngest woman with a serious expression. She looked like she was fifteen or sixteen years old. Feiqi hoped that she would have normal judgment and could understand the situation in front of her. But she was very sad at first, then picked up the two holy emblems of the deceased, and then grabbed the three holy emblems of the total, blocking her and Feiqi with both hands.
"The door is right next to you, and you won't die if you run under the white flag." Feiqi said.
"Put your deceitful face, you murderer, rapist, robber!"
Feiqi didn't understand why he suddenly had another charge. Even the owner of this body had never done rape in his most unrestrained years? He looked at the young man in front of him. A person who could neither fight nor judge, was left with only numbness and throwing all his mistakes to others. Can he still be called a human?
It always feels even more empty than the empty shell of the soul wandering in hell, and even worse than the inferior demon. Feiqi insisted on his promise and did not leave a single living person for those who did not surrender under the White House.
Under the influence of the Eye of Koktal's reconnaissance and powerful spell attack ability, no one could escape the fire storm called Feich. Feich discovered an interesting phenomenon: those who were willing to escape and surrender actually left before the battle began. These were often servants of the castle and mercenaries from nearby villages. Most of them gathered near the castle after hearing Feich's shouting and saw with their eyes how their choices were. People in the castle either believed that they could defeat Feich's judgment, or hoped for Feich's "mercy", and would rather believe that the goddess would save them and punish Feich than believe in their legs once.
Time and again, one castle after another, and one killing followed by another. Feich's clothes were covered with blood, but the blood of the previous people did not make much change for the people afterwards. When the day ended, Feich saw Eddie in front of the door of the last manor, and she personally led the last working group.
Feich did not teleport away as planned, but stood beside her with her hands behind her back. Seeing this, Eddie handed over the work to someone else and quickly came to Feich. Feich glanced at her, nodded slightly, let Eddie follow her, and then slowly walked in front of her.
"Twenty, seven surrendered, and there were no thirteen left. I had fought thirteen battles today, and I didn't count how many people I killed, but I counted how many people surrendered under the white flag after the battle began. Guess how many would there be?"
"Twenty at most," Eddie said.
"Sixteen, three of them were not flexible but did not surrender. They were forcibly thrown under the banner by me." Feiqi sighed and said, "I don't like this. This kind of killing is meaningless."
"Your Majesty, such killing is meaningful, and they live without meaning." Eddie clenched his fist and waved it hard in the air, and said angrily: "If I had half of your strength, I would have killed all of them long ago! According to me, since I don't want to surrender, don't stay, it's all trouble."
"It's all the troubles of your working groups, right?" Feiqi thought for a while and said, "Let's arrange it and arrange the three troubles to Shaqi Manor. I'll solve them without much time. Eddie, I find you're even more angry than me. Why is that?"
"I have grown potatoes, and I have seen a lot of this kind of thing! I took people to various noble territories to do work. In fact, the farmers below were moved when they heard that the yield was high and the king would guarantee purchasing. They simply calculated the money they earned. The one who really stopped them was actually the lords above, and they were also the ones who caused me all kinds of trouble!"
"I guess it's not about making trouble, but insulting you, right? Mathers has reported to me. They hurt you with many filthy words. You have cried many times and secretly. Oh, I have already trained Mathers. You are not allowed to secretly follow the officials. After stalking and investigating, I must go through my consent." Feich stopped, turned to face Eddie, and said with a hint of expectation: "Eddie, tell me why they object."
Eddie frowned slightly. She had thought about this question many times before, so she sorted it out and said: "First is for power. They thought the king was too in charge and entered their power territory, so they opposed it. Secondly, for the benefit, the processing of potatoes is unified by the kingdom, and they do not use their mills, so there is no income from the mill tax. Thirdly, I think they do not want their farmers to be saturated and rich - especially with our help."
"They understand this truth very well and often practice this method, so they are very sensitive."
"Yes! So most of the nobles I saw were about the same level as the territory. The people below were between being saturated and starved, and the income of the nobles above also fluctuated with each year. I have seen nobles complain about having no money, but I have never seen them find ways to make money - except to rob others in war."
"I pointed out that you have a mistake. You regard accruing money as making money. These two words have a very different meaning. Raiding the poor and helping others to help you, this is called accruing money. Letting everyone become rich and you become rich, this is called making money. I hope the world will become the next one."
Eddie nodded: "Your Majesty, I compared it. Our Hall family actually did better than most nobles before, and of course we must do better in the future."
"Don't make giggles. After you take over the family, you can follow me and find the real situation. The farmers and craftsmen of the Hall family are slightly better than those of other families, but isn't it all because of dealing with the Grand Duke of Aria? Only by operating at an extra level can you use extra parts of maintenance - to be precise, it is actually called purchasing - the aristocratic small circle alliance relationship. This is still just self-interest. I stopped this kind of spending money, so few nobles were willing to continue to ally with us. Those guys proved that they were not full."
"It's not about giving, it's about different, and the most inability to be an emperor is modesty."
"Haha, do you have the experience of being an emperor?"
"Of course not, no one is there now! Since the disintegration of the Central Empire of Revi, the Leighton family has been no longer emperor for three hundred years, and they have not left behind a book on how to be emperor. However, in the process of promoting potatoes, road construction, and becoming a baron, I have summarized a truth: Don't be humble when no one knows what to do. The more confident you are, the more you can show your achievements and strength, the more you can convince others, the greater the possibility of getting things done. Can you say something a little unrespectful?"
"That's right, I must listen carefully."
"Actually, there is not much difference between whether you are an emperor or a king, or controlling the country as a behind-the-scenes identity. The real difference is whether you are a role model. I work hard every day to build roads and farmland, so I can ask my subordinates to do the same, and they will gradually get used to doing this."
"This is not that it is not that it is not very respectful, but it is very useful." Feiqi nodded vigorously and said, "Now at the beginning, everyone will stare at me, and then study and learn from my behavior. I should indeed set an example. I figured it out, let's go back. Let's keep those troubles, it's just a trouble. He will deal with it after he is wrong. There is no need to do such as assassination."
"I finally become an emperor, but I still have to do it according to my own wishes and never be restrained. Your Majesty, I think you are willing to follow you with a very advanced vision!"
It’s not that I am ahead of the way, but that the world is too backward and I need to change it. Feige smiled slightly and said to Eddie: “Your work is very important next. Together with the Chancellor of the Chancellor of the Crown, manage the areas controlled by these twenty working groups well. Count the fields and population, redistribute the fields, and then the key is to do a good job in the spring plowing for the next year. This time, all the money received from the aristocratic territory is put into the treasury. If it is seeds, farm tools, oxen and anything related to spring plowing, you don’t need to report it, just ask Goode for money.”
Eddie smiled happily. Only after experiencing days when they were bound by their hands and feet, can they know how wonderful it is to get all their strength to help. However, greater support also means greater responsibility. Feiqi continued: "Food is the most important job at present, and I can only rely on you. I don't understand it very much. I will learn, I will keep paying attention, I will discuss with you and set goals, but you can only do the specific work. The next year must have a good harvest, and there is no room for bargaining. If natural disasters and weather are not good, I will find a way. The magic school will equip the working group with communication devices, and you can mobilize my strength."
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to do this." Eddie shook his head quickly.
"You may not dare, but you must not do it. This is actually to see whether you want to really do something, or to be careful to maintain your face with His Majesty. Do everything possible, mobilize all your strength, and put in all your efforts, and there is nothing you can't do!"
Feiqi said: "The next year is very important. In places where I don't have enough people to manage, there are expected to be a lot of chaos, including bandits and bandits. The second world will not stop. Whether it is the night of Blood Meteor or the destruction of the Rebirth Sect, they will not stop looking for trouble. There are a lot of things on your side, there are also a lot of magic schools and churches, and the challenges are very difficult. However, as long as you do it well, it will be the greatest opportunity, and the empire will break out and grow vigorously."
Chapter completed!