The Kingdom of Goddess of Truth Thunder was rejoiced because of the divine crystal, and Feichi's magic empire also ushered in several good news one after another.
First of all, there was a bumper harvest. Since Feiqi "provided" to the Goddess Kingdom, the weather in the entire magic empire has become good weather. The crops that were already performing well have made up for the growth trend, and each working group has received good news for the bumper harvest. In order to ensure better harvesting and preservation of these grains, Feiqi ordered all departments to take autumn harvest as the most important task, and even the Knights of Hell have to help as time allows. The magic school is rarely suspended. Under the leadership of the Thunder White Magic Research Society, they concentrated their efforts to build several extra-large rune granaries that are anti-insect, rat, moisture and fire.
The entire empire was busy, including the Royal Magic Workshop. With the signing and implementation of the new agreement, the Royal Magic Workshop changed from a technical worker to a technical shareholder, freeing up a large amount of labor to create rune boards that the empire was urgently needed. Half of the magic tower used up, and the rest were all used to provide it to the Empire's magic granary. The huge workload has caused many hell fallen workers to die, and their souls were recycled by Feiqi's territory, becoming new prayers, and continued to exert their remaining energy.
The little devil hidden in the magic workshop took over the work of training new slave workers, and the devil lord still showed no mercy in this matter. Thunder Bai was so busy with the rune granary recently that he did not notice that Feiqi had quietly replaced a group of slave workers. However, the serious apprentice who received complete and safe training is expected to gradually replace the slave workers in the late winter. The apprentice's training cycle can be suppressed so short, which is also an important contribution she has made.
The harvest has touched the nerves of the whole country, but there is more than one good news. The news was sent back from the Holy Trinity Castle that the "flow" students of the nobles who had recently gathered wanted to train them into judges, paladins or priests. After this period of hard work, they had to declare failure. Except for three or four students who were originally very pious and had a certain foundation, all the other nobles surrendered without a divine reaction.
This news does not require the use of Mathers' spies at all. It is completely public information. The entire model leader has long been spread. "For the money and status of the family, for their own safety and privilege, these people who came to the church are impure in motives, lack the spirit of sacrifice and piety. If they could easily obtain divine art, wouldn't it be an insult to other priests, paladins and judges?"
Since Archbishop Donde Mipp took over the church, the structure of the entire church has been more inclined toward regime organizations than before, so there are more chronic diseases of political organizations, such as internal friction caused by power distribution. It turns out that the Holy Trinity Castle management spirit, model leaders manage places, if there are more aristocratic users of divine arts, it will inevitably have an impact on the model leaders' divine lords. Therefore, they are not sad and sad about the failures of these "flow" students.
Those who do not show divine power will definitely not be formal members of the church and cannot obtain the position and status of the church. This is a discipline that must be strictly enforced. The Archbishop was very helpless and decided to extend their study time, but because of too much opposition, he had to give up.
Therefore, the identities of these people are embarrassing. They are neither formal personnel nor students, but only "believers who go to worship". In this way, the nobles who want to send their children to the church and strengthen their ties and even bind them to the church will be shattered. Although the pressure on them by the magic empire did not increase, after losing some of their confidence, the "balance of power" in their hearts no longer exists.
So, some noble children who went to Holy Trinity Castle, whether they were "voluntarily" or "spoofed" to go back one after another. Those who should go home and those who should come to Tawugang City finally arrived. Feiqi could not give special treatment to these people, and they were all thrown into the training camp that had been starting for a long time, allowing them to find ways to keep up with the progress themselves while receiving strict and cruel training. It doesn't matter if they can't keep up with the progress, the worst result is to die in the second world.
Feiqi was very clear. Whether it was a sudden good weather or the failure of the students, these were not accidents, but the rewards of the Goddess' Kingdom to himself. Of course, it was not ruled out that the good intention of a good harvest and the strictness of the qualifications of the clergy were ruled out, but the divine crystal must have a significant impact on it. With these two good news, coupled with the efforts of the intelligence director Mathers, the "anti-imperial alliance" that was still in its infancy also collapsed. The nobles never gathered enough confidence to reach an agreement on their attitude towards Feiqi.
In essence, no one wants to repeat the mistakes of the "noble coalition", so a little wind outside can make the fence-bearing begin to sway. Feich's younger brother and sister are negotiating with the nobles near the border of the empire. There were still many problems, but suddenly the deadlock was resolved, and the strict requirements for the empire can be "tightened the belt" to satisfy it.
If everything goes well, then before winter begins, Fitch can expand the area of ​​the empire by half without a single soldier. Therefore, Langdon Hall and Sheila Hall become people with great influence in the empire circle. To be honest, if Langdon is not an adopted son, but Feich's younger brother. If Sheila is not a girl, but another brother of Feich, then they will definitely leap into the core circle of power in the empire.
Their success was completely opposite to Feichi's expectations, but still within his plan, their actions were about to begin.
Being an intelligence manager means that he cannot relax at all times and there will be no holidays throughout the year. Mathers is just a physical body and will feel tired, but out of his love for this cause, he made a choice.
The extremely simple, even negligible personal life is the answer he gave. As long as the physical needs can be solved, it does not occupy even a slight extra energy. He constantly allows himself to seek happiness by analyzing information, assigning tasks, manipulating public opinion, and frustrating conspiracy. Even though there was a component of self-deception at the beginning, he is now used to it.
A thick lamb chop that I never tire of eating, a cup of rich ale, and a comfortable massage. Mathers gave himself a half-day vacation on the harvest day and adjusted his sore shoulders. The hazy and warm water vapor and the sound of the piano coming through the wall, waiting for the massage master to arrive. It was supposed to be completely relaxing, but Mathers saw something strange.
Accompanied by a harsh friction, the words appeared on the wooden wall panel in front of him as if they were scraping out of nails: "Come to the strategic room on the side of the palace to see me, use the teleportation array, secret words 682." These three lines of words only stayed for five seconds, and were completely destroyed by a strong scratch. Mathers' scalp was numb, and he immediately lost the feeling of holiday. He came to the wall, confirmed that the handwriting was left at all, and then left the room without saying a word, put on his coat, and headed to the Knights of Hell as fast as possible.
The teleportation array of the Hell Knights is always on duty to take care of it, so that it can be activated immediately when needed and send the warriors to the places they need. Mathers found the magician on duty, spoke secret words, and then stood on the teleportation array. With a huge stun, he found himself coming to the palace.
There is no one else except the emperor who can pass messages and mobilize the teleportation array in Tawugang City. The emperor is a master of space magic. This time, he did not tear open the space and "catch" him into the palace, but asked him to use the teleportation array. This seemed a bit strange. But whether it was strange or not, as long as the emperor did not send someone to summon him, it would be an ulterior motive. Mathers saw his location clearly, not far from the agreed location, but for the sake of safety, he still covered his face and sneaked against the shadows to avoid being seen by anyone.
When he walked to the door of the strategic room of the side tower, the door opened by itself, and His Majesty the Emperor sat inside. Mathers flashed in, pulled down the cover, and quickly closed the door. "Your Majesty, I'm here, please instruct..." he said.
Feiqi closed his eyes and rested. His slightly frown made Mathers a little confused and curious. Due to the emperor's majesty, when His Majesty did not speak, he did not dare to ask, nor could he urge, and could only wait honestly.
The strategic room of this side tower is often used. First of all, it is relatively independent, protruding from a corner of the main castle. The original defense tower stores asphalt and is equipped with a large heated stove for downward control of mountain roads. Feiqi does not need such backward city defense facilities, and he also thinks that there is only one staircase up and down here and is easy to guard. After the warehouse is empty, it leaves a relatively large empty room, so he uses it as a strategic room.
A Yongli continental sand plate made by "The Great Prophecy" and Feiqi in the War Knights' Storage Room was placed in the room. The original stove was changed to a brazier, surrounded by a circle of comfortable chairs with backrests. In the winter when he was the emperor, Feiqi once discussed things with Eddie and Mathers here. Now, the brazier is barely burning, with almost no light or heat, let alone barbecue. His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting next to the brazier, seemed a little depressed, and seemed to be troubled by some thought.
"Wait a little longer and let me think again." Feiqi did not raise his eyelids and pointed his finger at the brazier: "There is wood in the corner of the wall, burn it more vigorously. You wear a little less, don't freeze."
Mathers wore very little, with only a robe outside his underwear, and ran out of the city from the warm bathroom, and was blown all the way by the wind. He stood on tiptoe and tidied up the brazier as light as possible, allowing the brighter flames to warm the room.
"I want to have complete control over the city of Bridge, which can only be occupied by my working group and soldiers, and the Marce family cannot leave any residual influence."
His Majesty the Emperor's words seemed like thunder, and suddenly exploded, which made Mathers shudder. Just now, Mathers's gaze only stayed on the fire for two more seconds. Without looking at His Majesty with his own light, he found that His Majesty had left the chair and stood suddenly in front of the sand table. The intelligence chief hurriedly threw down the fire stick in his hand, and came to the emperor in two steps, looking at Qiaodu City.
Starting from the current border of the empire, Shita Town is not far away. Earl Halwin has surrendered, and his sons have ended their lost state and all joined the training camp of the Hell Knights. With the entry of the working group, Shita Town should be able to be taken safely. From here, we go westward, and pass by a relatively rich plain, two rivers meet and merge in Qiaodu City. The rolling torrents separate the two banks. Only the two upstream bridges controlled by Qiaodu City are wide enough to meet the interlacing operation of four-wheeled carriages.
"Next year I will build an imperial magic tower in Tawugang City. There will be no teleportation array shops, so this bridge is very important for continuing to go west. I made a mistake before and should not accept surrender, and I will take this strategic point first at any cost. Can you think of the Marce family, which is tough and always neutral, surrender in the first batch?"
Mathers shook his head and said, "I did not expect it, but it just means that your younger brother and sister have done a very outstanding job so that the Marce family can see the reality clearly and give up resistance."
"But the agreed conditions were too good, leaving a lot of things for the Marce family, especially the castle, so that their family influence could not be eliminated immediately - at least next year," Fitch stared at the sand table map and said, "I can use teleportation arrays to fight, but my people need roads for daily transportation. The control of the empire can only and must radiate outward from the roads that can be controlled. The key areas between my current empire and the future empire must be pure."
"Your Majesty, why don't you find a noble who can be used to attack Marceh?"
Feiqi's face showed a sneer and said, "The Marce family controls the bridge and has a good location. No one will be stupid enough to attack him, and ordinary nobles will not succeed. Your method is to finally make me take action by using the cover of that family and then destroy the cannon fodder family on the backhand. But other nobles will always figure it out, so this method has too great hidden dangers."
"Your Majesty, can you summon a monster with magic and then push this to the second world?"
"Nonsense! Monsters are the worst!" Feige poked Mathers' forehead with his finger, and then said, "You can try to ruin the surrender of their case, make sure that the responsibility is with Langdon and Sheila, or both, and it is best to happen in full view. I don't mind you're arranging them to assassinate me, or anything else. In short, the result must be that I have enough reason to directly attack Bridge and Sheila, and at the same time, let Langdon and Sheila be punished."
Mathers was sweating all over his head, more quickly than ever before he had sweated in the steam room, but he felt his hands and feet were cold. "Your Majesty, this... is hard to deal with."
"Go and do it, I don't care what method you use," said Feiqi. "This thing needs to be done very well, and it is also a guarantee that you can continue to do it properly. If you want to understand what to do, but lack very necessary measures, you can come to me again. You have a winter time to plan this and take action."
Mathers swallowed, and while agreeing, he secretly wondered if he had done something bad recently, which made His Majesty the Emperor want to punish him? When he left the strategy room, Mathers was a little confused, his mind was still on the sand table, and his thoughts were still in the bridge city thousands of miles away. Mathers had no impression of how to walk along the steps, but just a scream brought him back to reality.
"Ahhhh! Why are you dressing up like this? Tie the robe!" Lei Tingbai held lightning in his hand. If the seven or eight scrolls in his arms were about to fall off while shaking, she would have blown Mathers out with a wave of her hand. "Ah... Your Majesty didn't say to you in this image? Forget it, let him go quickly. He hurriedly called me over, but he didn't know what was going on!"
"Ah, then you go quickly, I'll go to the guards to change my clothes first..." Mathers smiled embarrassedly, wrapped his robe and walked away quickly.
Thunder Bai extinguished the lightning, hugged the scroll again, and stepped onto the steps to the strategy room. "Why not in the study but here, it's really troublesome. But what was Mathers muttering just now? What does Bridge Ferry mean?"
As the intelligence chief, Mathers gave up a lot and got a lot, including the ability to never mutter or talk in a sleep. His mouth is always controlled and never reveals what he shouldn't say. However, it is not difficult to imitate his voice through spells, and it can only sound in Thunder White ears, like a devil's whisper.
Chapter completed!