Three years have passed since the war that swept the whole of the North, and three years, although not a long time, is not too short, enough to make the old man even older, enough for a hairy young man to marry a wife and have children.

The warm sun shines on the land, and the sky occasionally floats white clouds, making the azure with a little embellishment, and countless farmers who are busy in the farmland occasionally raise their heads to look at this beautiful scene, and the corners of their mouths involuntarily bring a smile.

Three years can change a lot of things, and the brutal battle between mortals and dragons on Finnish soil has become an occasional afternoon story.

The people of the Baltic Empire are quietly enjoying such a hard-won peace, for them, the war seems to have been away from them for a long time, and even the conflicts that took place in Scandinavia seem to be distant stories that remain only in rumors.

In the past three years, the entire Baltic Empire has been twisted into a force, and according to the future planned by Alice and Semiramis, it is advancing steadily at an unfast speed.

Among them, it is not without some vested interests who have been harmed to their interests that have tried to block the advance of the empire by various means, but they have all been crushed to pieces by the wheels of the empire without hesitation.

Those people are too stupid, they underestimate the power of the empire, and also underestimate the determination of Semiramis and Alice, they do hold a certain amount of chips in their hands that can make the empire jealous, but for the sake of the empire's plan, it is not an unacceptable thing for a strong man to break his wrist or something.

A week after that meeting, a rebellion broke out in Jutland, taking advantage of the fact that the armies of Finland and Rus' had not returned, and the center of gravity of the imperial defense was on the west.

At the heart of the rebellion was a goblin who hired a large number of people to wreak havoc in the city with what little money he had left, and then sent several elite squads to attack the place where Alice and Semiramis lived from all sides.

Needless to say, less than ten minutes after the rebellion began, the goblin's head was cut off by the assassins, and then the squads that caused chaos were easily wiped out by the Harpy forces that descended from the sky, and those who entered the castle, the so-called elite, were gone.

Elite, maybe the past experience of those squads and their abilities can be called elite, but they are facing the most elite guards of the Baltic Empire before the two strong men, Semiramis and Alice.

It's just a single combat, survival in the wild, squad combat, infiltrating assassination, protecting the guards, this guard is the strongest, even the so-called White Bear and Mammoth army of Atira, compared to this one, there is a big gap.

Like a stone thrown into the sea, the elite team hired by the goblins at great expense disappeared into the castle without explosion or commotion.

The rebellion started by the goblin did not cause any damage to the city of Jutland, and not even the wounded appeared, but in response, the rebellion also gave Alice and Semiramis a structure to use to suppress the rebellion.

There was a curfew throughout the city, no one was allowed to enter or leave at will, and after nine o'clock in the evening, it was strictly forbidden to roam the city, and those who were found could be killed without warning.

Then, the empire unilaterally announced that it had obtained information from the rebellious goblin about the other people involved in the matter, and then the prepared army rushed to the various gorgeous mansions and slaughtered those who still couldn't see the situation clearly after that meeting, and still wanted to block the progress of the empire and defend their own personal interests.

The smell of blood from the slaughter lingered in Jutland for a long time, and it took about two weeks for the city's inhabitants to calm down, because this was the first time in the Baltic Empire that such a thing had happened in so many years.

It is impossible to determine whether there are innocent among the people slaughtered, and through this slaughter, or the chaos caused by the goblin, the Empire has gained a great deal of money.

A lot of wealth was harvested from those who were killed and installed in the mansions of sinners, and the mansions that were built in extraordinary magnificence were also a lot of income when sold, after all, the rich and noble did not return to their hometowns and had brocade clothes at night, which was an instinct that was difficult for mortals to control.

Most people are rich and capable, and they can't help but show off, most people like to belittle others and elevate themselves through such show-offs, and most people like and will enjoy the envy of others.

Therefore, these well-located and extraordinarily ornately built mansions will be fought over by countless people, who are willing to exchange the money in their pockets for their spiritual satisfaction.

Through this purging of rebellion, a large number of enemies hidden in the empire, who are using the resources of the empire to grow, and who are hostile to the empire and want to destroy it.

This operation has countless benefits for the empire, and the most intuitive point is that the policies of Semiramis and Alice can be implemented correctly and without hindrance.

In addition, this slaughter made other people with different hearts temporarily put away their thoughts, at least on the surface, they didn't dare to reach out to hinder the actions of the empire.

Under the influence of this, the policy of the empire was unhindered, and the adult labor force recruited from the countryside participated in the construction of schools, and within a month, brand new schools were erected all over the Baltic Empire.

At the time of the construction of the college, the enrollment work was also carried out simultaneously, but because of the problem of teachers and the lack of teacher resources, the first batch of enrollment needs to be extra cautious.

The children of slaves are still slaves, so they have no way to enjoy this policy, of course, if they do so, some of them may be buried in the gravel, but in order to maintain the stability of the empire from top to bottom, and maintain the normal operation of a system, it is also helpless.

The children of citizens and freedmen were also subject to verification and had to confirm their loyalty to the empire in order to be eligible for admission, and the sons of criminals were not allowed to attend school, nor could those whose nature could not pass the test.

The empire is to obtain the output of talents, in order to transform talents into benefits and powers, to carry out such educational reforms, to promote education for all, if the educated people have no loyalty to the empire, no benefits, but use the knowledge given by the empire to bring trouble to the empire, it is more than worth the loss.

Moreover, if you look closely, the education system of the Baltic Empire is a spiral-shaped progressive system, and the further you go, the more you go through layers of tests, the number of people left will be very small.

When entering high school in elementary school, some people who have no talent and no hard work will be screened out, and when high school enters college, some people who have no potential and have problems with loyalty to the empire will be screened out.

As the saying goes, the destruction wrought by a bad man with knowledge is beyond anyone's imagination, just like the difference between a warrior with a weapon and a baby with a weapon.

Although there are all kinds of restrictions hidden under the surface, all the people of the Baltic Empire are cheering for this thing, because they are all people who live in this land and have been tortured by war, so they all know how important power is to themselves.

They can put their hopes in the Empire, because the Empire has earned the trust of the people for its perennial actions, and the people have a high tolerance for the Empire until this trust is completely consumed.

Now three years have passed, and the people of the Baltic Empire still remember three years ago, when the news first began to circulate, and most of them had an expression of disbelief.

After confirming the accuracy of the news, the officials from the empire repeatedly confirmed it, everyone reveled, whether it was peasants, herdsmen, workers, small merchants, small factory owners, they were all cheering.

Although they don't have much culture and are very weak, there are some things that they can still understand, and even if they can't understand it for a while, the officials from the empire will explain it in detail, so that they can understand how important this matter is to them, and how important it will be to their children.

Subsequently, the entire Baltic Empire rioted, and everyone from Jutland, to Rus, which had just been occupied by the Baltic Empire, from the island of Zealand, was discussing this topic.

After confirming the authenticity of this news, the first thing the people in the territory do is to return to their homes and prepare the corresponding materials to be sent to the relevant agencies for verification.

Slaves and criminals work harder to serve the empire, but there are relevant systems in the empire, if slaves and criminals can serve the empire for a certain period of time, or bring benefits to the empire, and create merits, then slaves can become free people, can become citizens, and the same is true for criminals.

At the beginning, this kind of thing is very chaotic, after all, many people are inexperienced in running schools or something, and it can even be said that there was no such education model as a school before, in the Northland, the inheritance of knowledge is the word of mouth like the teacher and the apprentice, there is no system, and there is no standardization.

Although the quality of the apprentices brought out in this way is very high because the teacher's energy can be put into it, the number of these apprentices is also limited by the teacher's energy, and the scale has not been expanded.

So, no matter how high-sounding they said before, they didn't have any experience, and at the beginning, it was really chaotic for a while, but thanks to the previous cleanup, no one dared to make trouble at this time, because they couldn't know if this was also a trap, a trap used to tempt them again, and then clean it again.

After the chaos at first, everything went straight and after three months of preparation and screening, the first batch of students began to enter the primary school, where they will receive the most basic education.

Education involved almost all of the empire's efforts, and with the exception of the sporadic wars on Rus' and the reconstruction of Karelia, Finland, all other work was put to a standstill.

For the other surrounding forces, this is a matter of good fortune, which means that they can take the inside first, and they don't have to worry about winning against a behemoth like the Baltic Empire when dealing with enemies in their territory.

The remnants of the Atila Empire, the Scandinavian Empire, and the Scandinavian Coalition were all together on the Scandinavian Peninsula, and most of the time it was the two Scandinavians attacking the remnants of the Atila Empire.

But in the secret of such an attack, they were in fierce conflict with each other, pulling each other's hind legs, and trying their best to maintain the Atila Empire from being annihilated by the other party.

Well, being able to annihilate the remnants of the Attila Empire is definitely an illusion they generated, and the reason why they are able to have an advantage now is only because the Attila Empire needs them to have an advantage.

After that defeat, the exodus of centaurs, the exodus of dragons, and a number of minor rebellions, the remnants of the Attila Empire were completely settled, and only the two remaining knights, according to Attila's orders, began to unite the forces of the entire empire.

The previous defeat made them think deeply, and they understood that a seemingly powerful empire will always only seem to be strong, and the real strength is the strength of unity, the hand condensed into a fist, not the stragglers who can only fight with the wind and cannot be maintained when they encounter headwinds.

The offensive of the two Scandinavian forces seemed to them to be an excellent opportunity to consolidate the army, especially now that the pressure on the front line was not great because of the infighting between the two forces on the other side.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they began to carry out large-scale production activities in the rear, before they had had enough of logistical problems, and the defeat made them understand that victory on the battlefield was not a real victory, and that it was only a superficial victory until these victories were transformed into a foundation.

It's not just the Baltic Empire that's developing, it's never just a few smart people.