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The news that the Rima Shrine provided personnel and weapons to the Evil Witch Organization and conducted underground transactions with them soon spread to the ears of the forces around Liangyue City, and continued to spread outward at an extremely rapid speed. Many people who heard this big news didn't know what the Evil Witch Organization was, but it didn't matter, the fact that a regular force secretly supported the illegal forces and engaged in underground transactions with them was enough to discredit the Rima Shrine.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kamijin Prefecture took over all the villages in the territory of Riya Shrine and occupied the three garrison fortresses that had been emptied. Since the locals were already disappointed with the shrine, there was no obstacle to the process of consolidating the land, and there were even villages that greeted the officials sent by Kamijin Prefecture.

"Your Excellency, the defeated soldiers who stayed outside Liangyue City were completely dispersed yesterday. The specifics are still investigating, but what is certain is that there was a large-scale armed clash in the camp the night before. The two sides of the battle appear to be the regular forces of Riya Shrine and the shrine maiden troops, and the spies found many corpses in the camp, most of which were those of the regular troops. ”

"Well, got it, let's go down."

Wei Xu raised his hand in disapproval, and the cronies who had made the routine report left his tent. But as soon as his cronies left, he smiled happily.

Ordinary people actually dare to attack the shrine maiden...... Whoever made the first move, this is not normal.

It seems that the reputation and majesty of Ira shrine maidens have been almost ruined by Riya Shrine.

In the Ira civilization, which emphasized the divine authority of kings, the divine right represented by priests and shrine maidens had a much higher status in the hearts of the people than the human rights of the rulers. This meant that the rulers of the Ira forces had to rely on priests and shrine maidens to rule over the people, and they were greatly constrained politically by both.

For example, if the prefectural Cheng Weilin wants to launch a war of invasion for no reason, then he must go to the shrine to ask the Great Shrine, and after getting the approval of the Great Shrine, the people will accept the mobilization. If Wei Lin didn't do this, he would have to rely on the Wei family's private soldiers and mercenaries to fight this war.

Economically, all Iraa forces must unconditionally support the local shrine. All the expenses of Ira Shrine are borne by the local ruling class, and if Ira Shrine wants to hold any large-scale events, the cost will also be borne by the local ruling class.

Kamijin Shrine is an Iraa Shrine that likes to hold large-scale events. Prior to the cataclysm, Kamijin Shrine held seven major events a year, as the world of Ira was only fifty days a month for six months. In addition, there is a "year and month" in the Ira world, and the year and month are fifteen days. Each shrine holds a large festival called a "New Year's Festival" during the month of the year. The scale of the celebration must be the largest of the year. This is not a rule set by the first shrine maidens, but a custom established by each shrine.

After the formation of the new world, a new set of seasonal laws appeared in everyone's mind. The New World is a thirteen-month, thirty-day year, and a year is 360 days. The day the cataclysm ended was January 1 of the first year of the new calendar. Jojin Shrine, which is customary to hold large events once a month, has increased the number of large-scale events to 12 per year, including a "New Year's celebration" - not counting the small and medium-sized events held on an ad hoc basis.

The excitement and cheerfulness of the celebration is a good thing for the people, but it is a very big burden for the ruling class. During the months when Kamijin Prefecture was fighting against the Bujin people, Kamijin Shrine still held a celebration every month, and he hated Wei Lin's teeth.

Now that Kamijin Prefecture is saddled with huge debts, the economic situation is very serious, and the allocation to Kamijin Shrine is destined to shrink. If it was before, Wei Lin would probably have to go to Kamijin Shrine and cry for a day and a half, and only dare to return to Kamijin County after the Great Witch agreed to reduce the amount of appropriation.

But now it's different. The actions of the shrine have seriously damaged the image of the Ira's shrine maiden, and in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, the major shrines have relented to the local ruling class, and they no longer dare to call on them as before. Now if Wei Lin wants to reduce the amount of the appropriation, he can simply send someone to inform the shrine, who does not dare to have any opinion.

That's a good thing, but there's more important things to do.

Wei Xu narrowed his eyes and looked at the map on the table that had been poked with two holes, and locked his sharp gaze on the block where Twenty-Nine Village was located.

Early the next morning, Wei Xu dressed in military uniform, accompanied by several personal cavalry, went to Nami Castle.

Wei Xu's arrival made Nami residents uneasy. During the battle against the Bujin people, the twenty-nine villages obeyed the arrangement of the Rimi Shrine and pit Kamijin Prefecture once. Regardless of his previous suspicions, Kamijin Prefecture took the initiative to lend a helping hand after declaring war on the 29th village at the Rimi Shrine, and did not ask for anything in return.

Now that the coalition forces have won the war, if Kamijin really wants to help Twenty-nine Village for free, then after the war is over, the army of Kamijin County should withdraw to the mainland. However, the reality is that after the end of the war, the troops of Kamijin County withdrew to the 29th Village.

Now the people of the entire 29 villages are singing praises for Shangjin County, and every day there are truckloads of materials that are forcibly sent to the barracks by the people. According to reliable sources, a considerable number of the people believed that the Nami monks should merge the 29 villages into Kamijin County and accept the rule of Kamijin County.

This is the source of Nami residents' anxiety.

Yan He, who had been guarding Nanyi's side, had an indifferent expression. In her opinion, this is a very good thing, as long as Nami gives up her rule over the Twenty-Nine Village, she will immediately take Nami under her armpit and leave this ghost place as fast as possible.

Wei Xu is still the commander of the coalition forces, and the Nami monks, who have always observed the etiquette of the Ira, ignored Yan He's obstruction and ran outside the castle to greet him.

"General Wei Xu is here, I hope you will forgive me."

"Nami doesn't have to be polite."

After receiving a deep bow from Nami Jushi, Wei Xu just nodded his head right away, which was regarded as a response. His behavior made Yan He very unhappy, if it weren't for Nanyi Jushi reaching out to stop him, Wei Xu would have turned into a piece of coke by now.

"I don't know why General Wei Xu came?"

"No other, just want to see the castle."

Wei Xu looked at the city wall in front of him with interest, and then showed a disappointed expression.

"People say that Nami Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and this is mostly because of Nami Monk and Lord Yanhe."

On the surface, Wei Xu was praising the strong combat effectiveness of Nanyi Monk and Yan He, but in fact, he was belittling the weakness of Nanyi Castle's defenses. How could Nanyi and Yanhe not hear his voice? Yan He was about to make a move when he heard this, but was stopped by Nanyi Jushi.

"General Wei Xu, let's talk about it directly."

"It is worthy of being a Nami layman, and his actions are vigorous and resolute, straightforward and happy."

Wei Xu first put on a top hat for Nami Jushi, and then went straight to the point.

"I heard that the Nami residents are diligent and love the people, and you can hear the voices of the people in the Nami Castle. Now that many people in the 29 villages have the intention of voting for me to go to the county, I wonder if the Nami monks are willing to comply with the will of the people and merge the 29 villages into my Shangjin County? ”

When Nami heard this, she lowered her head, bit her lower lip hard, and did not make a sound.

"I heard that when the last war broke out, Nami gathered the people of the 29 villages and asked them to choose whether to go to war or not. I think this idea is very good, why don't Nami lay people gather the people again, and let the people choose whether to join me or not under the rule of Shangjin County. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Xu patted his head as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot. Shangjin County suffered huge losses in this war, and the people complained greatly. Lord Prefectural Cheng intends to hold a large-scale celebration to resentment the common people, but the shrine has not been able to send so many shrine maidens. If necessary, Kamijin Prefecture had to withdraw the shrine maidens stationed in Twenty-Nine Village and send them back after the celebration. ”

There is no doubt that Kamijin Prefecture is threatening the Nami monks by withdrawing the shrine maiden. As long as Wei Xu said this in front of the people of Twenty-Nine Village, they would definitely go to Nanyi to petition and force her to join the rule of Shangjin County.

Wei Xu had already investigated the situation in the Twenty-Nine Village in advance, and he knew that the big clans in the Twenty-Nine Village except for the Yu family had been completely wiped out, and the Yu family had killed too many rebels during the suppression of the rebellion, so that they were hated by the people in the Twenty-Nine Village, and they had almost no right to speak among the people.

In other words, as long as Wei Xu gets rid of Nanyi Jushi and Yanhe, the twenty-nine villages will be in the pocket of Shangjin County.

But that wasn't what Welling wanted. As an Ira, Wei Lin distrusts Ira's yokai and even wants to eradicate them from the world completely. What he wants is in the Twenty-Nine Village, not Nami and Yanhe. So the task he gave Wei Xu was: to drive these two Iraa monsters out of the twenty-nine villages at all costs.

That's why Wei Xu came to Nami Castle and wanted to use negotiation to force Nami Monk and Yanhe to leave.

In fact, if Nami Jushi didn't leave, Wei Lin and Wei Xu couldn't do anything about her. But what the Ira people have done has already broken the hearts of the Nami monks. What saddened her the most was the attack on Nami Castle, for her, Nami Castle was a promise that from the moment the Ira people attacked Nami Castle, the Nami monks had enough reason to leave.

But she didn't leave immediately. She also had a hint of illusion about these Ira, thinking that they were just being blinded by the bad guys. As long as she works hard to improve the situation and restore prosperity to the twenty-nine village as soon as possible, these Ira people will respect themselves as much as before.

But Wei Xu's words completely cut off this illusion like a sharp sword. The cold reality was right in front of him, and the rumors that had already reached his ears were still echoing in his head, and Nami Lay could no longer continue to deceive himself. When that unrealistic fantasy was cut off, Nami saw a village of twenty-nine that didn't need him.

"I see what you mean."

Nami looked up, tears glistening in her eyes. She sniffed and raised her face to Wei Xu.

"I'll go."

Yan He on the side breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and the killing intent on Wei Xu on his body also dissipated like the dew of the sun. Wei Xu didn't expect things to go so smoothly, he was stunned for a moment, and then praised Nami Jushi Gaoyi again and again.

On September 1, 133 years of the new calendar, Nami monks and Yan He left Nami Castle, accompanied by the Yu family. On the same day, Wei Xu led his troops to Nami Castle and took over the castle's defense and territorial household registration.

At this point, Kamijin Prefecture Cheng Wei Lin fulfilled his goal in this war, killing two birds with one stone, and annexed the land of Riya Shrine and Twenty-nine Village. On 4 September, Willing sent an emissary to issue a diplomatic proclamation of the end of the war.

By the time the diplomatic announcement was sent to Liangyue City, Maier had already taken Xiaoxiao, Yishan, Ulis, Lingyu and their subordinates, Nanyi Jushi, Yanhe, and the Yu family on the way back to Byronsburg.

On September 10, Xiaohu Tengyan sent an envoy to issue a diplomatic proclamation to the surrounding forces, openly recognizing the legal status of Byronsburg. The Xiaohu family, the Eris kingdom, and their allies later issued similar diplomatic proclamations, recognizing Byrensburg's ownership of the surrounding lands and their legitimate international status.

The hand of the Xiaohu family and the Eris Kingdom caught Wei Lin off guard. Welling couldn't figure out where this Byronsburg suddenly came from. But the surname "Byrons" gave Welling a little clue, and he felt that this castle that suddenly appeared should have something to do with the great theologian Gray? Byron related.

"Killing two birds with one stone......"

Wei Lin couldn't help but smile wryly as he looked at the nails that had been forcibly inserted into the territory of Shangjin County by the Tairong people and the Dugu people.

"It seems that I'm not the only one who wants to kill two birds with one stone."