"The first battle was won, and there were no casualties?"

Murphy, who was also eating, also received a report from the front.

The first battle was victorious, with more than 13,000 enemy soldiers killed and wounded, and more than 10,000 captured.

When the time comes, suitable people can be selected from among the captives and recruited into all walks of life.

Of course, you have to test Carolen's heart stone in advance to see if they have done anything too harmful.

If they had, they would be thrown into coal kilns, steel mills, parts factories, and large warehouses to be used as free coolies to atone for what they had done.

Although there are a lot of people in the city now, there are more jobs, and these more than 10,000 captives are really a godsend!

The current situation is that there is a shortage of manpower for spring ploughing, there is an urgent shortage of 1,000 workers after the expansion of the steel plant, and there is a shortage of a large number of workers for in-depth mining in coal kilns...... In short, there is a shortage of people everywhere.

"You don't have to think so much! everything will be solved, just wait with peace of mind, young people don't always be so impetuous. ”

Carolen's voice rang in Murphy's head.

During this time, Carolon has been monitoring the minds of the people in the city, which is also a burden on his mental power, and even this eternally energetic lich has become Buddhist in the past few days.

"I know, you just need to study our new gun! I have to coordinate the future development direction of our territory!"

Murphy complained bitterly.

"Eh, Murphy boy, I'm a little curious, don't you really have any plans to compete with your two brothers for the throne?"

Carolen's tone suddenly rose, and there was a hint of seduction in her words.

"When did you start stealing the devil's job, is it too boring because you don't die?" Murphy twitched.

"Don't interrupt, get down to business! Do you have that idea, just a matter of one sentence. Carolon rolled her eyes, representing the white of her eyes.

"How can I say it? It's impossible not to aspire to that power, but I can't fight them in a short period of time, not to mention that my father is still alive, it's too early to say the throne!" Murphy combed his thoughts and responded to him in his mind.

"These are not problems, since our cannons were built, you have no problem running rampant in the north, although the central and southern borders are strong and strong, and the masters are like clouds, we still have the strength to fight. Besides, isn't there still a great nobleman in the court who may support you?

"Duke Nordre Grammer, the Grammer family, one of the Nine Families of Lorraine. ”

"Yes, it's him, can't he help you? Even if his daughter can't convince him, as long as you show our military strength and our development potential, if he is smart, he will stand on his side. "Carolon is confident.

"Please, Lord Carolon, if I win that bet, otherwise everything is empty talk, and I shouldn't have agreed to that agreement in the first place, and it would be too extravagant to build a potions table with metacrystals. Murphy rubbed his head, feeling a little headache.

"If you want me to say, it's not that you were too unconfident at the beginning, so you thought about finding a way back for yourself, although Duke Grammer can keep you alive, but your future is also firmly in his hands, becoming his tool, maybe he will be used, just like the 'Blood Moon Coup' 1,600 years ago, the king has become a puppet of the real nobles.

"The word politics, which has been inseparable from intrigue and hypocrisy since its birth, was forced to be involved when I was still alive, and now that I have been dead for more than a thousand years, I still instinctively hate these things. Okay! Without further ado, a friend of mine has developed a strong interest after learning all the industrial knowledge, and he may want to visit during this time. ”

Carolon shifted his words as she spoke, and then moved on to something else.

"Friend, is it another lich?"

"Who said a lich can only have lich friends? He's a dark elf druid, a little younger, only over seven hundred years old, and I guess he'll come after this big battle. ”

Nima, more than 700 years old, you tell me that you are young, you can be my ancestor at this age!

"Elves, how can they also be an immortal race, although they will not be immortal like us, but they can live for thousands of years, and some of them can live for 10,000 years! And the longest-lived sage of your human race can only live for more than 2,000 years at most, and the royal family is inexplicably short-lived, in the case of your Sellers royal family, the rulers who are over sixty years old are long-lived, which is estimated to be the price of a strong royal bloodline. Carolen's voice was inexplicably soft, popularizing knowledge on the continent for Murphy.

Although much of this knowledge Murphy had heard, he listened to it carefully.

Wait! Don't live to be sixty?

"You mean, I'll die before I live to be sixty?" asked Murphy, confused.

"No, no, no, if the royal family doesn't ascend to the throne, they will still live to be more than a hundred years old like normal people. But even if the life span is reduced by a few decades, there will still be so many people vying for the throne one after another, this is the temptation of power!"

It's really strange, it's better to live than to take this throne. Murphy thought to himself.

"It's best if you have this idea, let's not talk about it, I'll continue to monitor, my friend will be here in about two weeks, and I'll let you know when the time comes, the two of us have a new idea. ”

"Got it, go get busy!"

Murphy also replied in his heart.

"Alas!"

With a long sigh, Murphy lowered his head and began to work again.

............

Jackdaw Fortress, Lord's Castle.

The Grand Duchess of Morina sat dignified on the main seat, with a pair of long legs overlapped, holding a goblet containing red wine from the Imorim Manor in the West, her slender fingers constantly shaking the glass, and her beautiful face was as cold as frost.

"Urgent!

A herald stumbled into the castle, herald in his hand.

"Greetings, the rebel mob has conquered Crescent City and is advancing towards Remlos Castle, and the state of Vicondisai is about to fall. ”

As soon as he entered, the herald fell to his knees and reported to the Grand Duke of Morina.

Hearing the herald's message, her hands froze.

She spoke, her voice as beautiful as a yellow warbler, but her tone as cold as the northern ice of December.

"The fourth prince Murphy...... Did you pull out?"

"Tell the Grand Duke, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince announced that he would mobilize all the people to actively participate in the war and would never retreat, but with the manpower and number of troops in Remlos Castle, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince will be more auspicious this time. The herald reported truthfully.

"Nonsense! He is the fourth prince of the royal family! How can he be so reckless? Send the order to send the Third Knights of the Jackdaw with 10,000 light cavalry to break through the encirclement as quickly as possible to rescue the four princes, and remember to fight quickly!"

After the transfer of these 10,000 cavalry, our army will be three layers weaker than the Thebans in terms of military strength, and if the Thebans attack, we will probably suffer heavy losses!"

A white-bearded old man in Grand Duke Molina's think tank suddenly walked out and spoke hard.

"I have made up my mind, and I will not mention it again! If the enemy army comes to attack, I will take action myself!"

Archduchess Morina is strong-willed, her decisions are unquestionable to others, and the think tank can only shut up.

"Sorens, you owe me a favor again. ”

After everyone retreated, Archduchess Morina sat alone on the throne and whispered.