The mountainous and forested province of Valyria, where traditional forces are deeply entrenched, and the influence of technology on these regions is limited to cheaper metal farm tools, oil lamps and other household items.

Compared with the Middle Ages, housing has improved significantly, even the most depressed households are no longer in dilapidated houses with wooden planks and mud thatched roofs with livestock, brick and wood structures are widely used, and tiles have entered thousands of households, at least they no longer seem to have that airy and low-low and cramped feeling.

The villagers' physique is okay, but their looks and temperament are still not very good, and they always unconsciously bend their bodies, their eyes dodge, revealing a kind of humble shrinkage.

The power of status and power is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even if it is a hunter, seeing him such a well-dressed and full of energy, he is also three points shorter and cautious.

Since the snow stopped, there has not been a day when the temperature has been above zero for more than ten days, and large areas are still covered with low white snow. Even the mud on the main road, which is often frequented by cars and pedestrians, is frozen and not muddy.

Dripping water into ice, the air is cold and moist, the cold wind is howling, the special breath from the ominous wilderness, revealing decay and forest, Xu Changqing, who is pedaling calfskin soft boots and holding a cane, strolls on the main road.

This road not only leads to the 3rd Battalion garrison to the east, but is also the main road connecting other villages and towns.

Xu Changqing's current clothing has been completely integrated into this era, the Grim Reaper's smock has been transformed into a black midcoat with a multi-button small stand-up collar, and the Grim Reaper's flag has been transformed into a gray tweed coat (similar to a cloak, but with sleeves). And around the neck is the collar of the silver fox.

The silver fox does not have a silver mane, but a black mane with silver hair, which is very valuable, and is a gift from the Sablan family.

Not all families faced him with a confrontational attitude towards the slaughter of the Toin family and the occupation of Emerald Hills. Some families are wait-and-see, and some families are not guilty of both offenses, and the wind makes the rudder.

There are also some so-called admirers who come to vote. This kind of family is basically insignificant in itself and wants to make a fortune with its strength. They have nothing to lose, but the desire to return to the aristocratic circle is so strong that it seems to be a little more utilitarian.

Xu Changqing did not have any contempt for this.

He is also reasonable, and his humble background allows him to think from the perspective of others.

Pushing himself and others, changing him to that kind of position, it is also a good choice for the newly rising powerhouse.

However, the two ends of the first rat made him very disdainful.

Therefore, the Sablan family, who offered their name and firmly tied themselves to him, the new heroic chariot, is quite pleasing to the eye against the backdrop of a group of families who only want to reap benefits and do not want to cause uproar.

In particular, the head of the family has just died young, and it is a big girl who has barely reached adulthood who is responsible for the door, which makes it even more and more bad for the rest.

In his words when he met with the representatives of the Sablan family: "Take sides, fight, easy to understand, difficult to do." Many people think they are smart, but they lack courage and determination, and their desire to revive the lintel can only be realized in a dream. ”

Among the people he is now following is Vanessa, the acting head of the House of Sablan? Sablan.

This big girl, who is not pretty, but quite handsome, is three months away from her eighteenth birthday this year. She is now Xu Changqing's foreign affairs officer, handling all the affairs on the scene.

The stall is big, and I don't want to do it myself, so the demand for talents comes.

He and his personal servant Lucien had not thought of this earlier.

But it's hard to find a good housekeeper who can manage the hall and manage government affairs.

In this era of restlessness, the magnates large and small shifted their attention from land to new industries such as factories, and some made money and some lost money. There are also a lot of dilapidated nobles, and theoretically there is no shortage of housekeepers.

But in fact, a good housekeeper also picks the master, like Xu Changqing, a game that comes out of thin air, and the gold medal housekeeper disdains.

Of course, it can still be tied up with the whole person, but Xu Changqing is not so tasteless, or he is also arrogant, looking at the thatched house, burning the qin and cooking the crane, no matter which one, he will not do it.

As a result, Lucien was a housekeeper hired by the way when he went to Karen City to buy clothes, shoes and hats, and he was a good hand at managing the mansion, managing servants, cooks, grooms, gardeners, etc., and he couldn't do government affairs or anything.

And Vanessa Mao recommended herself, and Xu Changqing did not despise the other party because she was young, so she became a foreign affairs officer. Not over the probationary period yet.

Xu Changqing also wanted to see the true color of the other party. Although he does not have a territory or a farm to take care of now, more than 200 soldiers will join him immediately, and he will go south in the near future.

What's more, he has a lot of disagreements with local interest groups, and this is all about it. It's also very striking.

If you don't know how to deal with it yourself, you have to worry about his master in everything, and you will fail.

In fact, Xu Changqing's worries are unnecessary.

What he didn't know was that Monica, the powerhouse of the Sanctuary? After saying goodbye to him, Buryat made a point of chatting with Vanessa in a rather intimate way.

Without him, Monica will look into the history of the Seventh Solar Calendar in the next few decades of 1783, and the history books repeatedly mention one person, the Archduchess of Sablan, whose influence even lasted for hundreds or thousands of years. He is one of the 100 people who had the most profound influence on civilization in the history of mankind in the Seventh Age.

Such an existence, even if it is a powerhouse in the Holy Domain, it is necessary to make friends while it is not yet developed, because even if there is the support of a demigod bull like Xu Changqing, it is only for a while, and if Vanessa herself does not have extraordinary ability, it is impossible to have great achievements.

This is a figure who is bound to rise, but Xu Changqing's indiscriminate entry has given her a better stage to show her talents, so that she has more time to climb the peak of her achievements, instead of stumbling too long at the initial stage.

In addition to Vanessa, Xu Changqing was followed by four guards and two servants.

There is a saying called shouting three and drinking four, Xu Changqing now has this score, the third is the adjutant and the close attendant, and the fourth is the guard. If you don't have such a personal configuration, not only lose face but also delay things, imagine that you have a part-time secretary and correspondent and other positions, it is really too LO.

Interestingly, although Xu Changqing is a veritable lord, and in terms of the preciousness of the honorific title, he is not weaker than the king Du Zhi, after all, he, the death baron, is recognized by the world of the multiverse as long as there is a death system. But in fact, he has the common disease of most upstarts or nouveau riche, with a shallow foundation and lack of precipitation.

You can see it from the personnel side.

In terms of guards, the White Bone Samurai is qualified, but unfortunately the evil spirit is too good, and the appearance and demeanor are too cult, which can not only frighten children, but also adults are easily frightened.

As for the servants, the people who occupy the Emerald Villa and combine with the soul of nature by the way, and now the people who are receiving the materials by the housekeeper belong to the rough level, and they don't have anything to do with understanding at all, and they can't tell who will serve whom when they are clumsy.

Therefore, from the guards to the attendants, they are actually all members of the Sablan family. This is equivalent to the master and servant of the Sabran family serving him as an uncle.

Originally, the people of the Sablan family had opinions, and they felt that their master was too much, and such a sticker made themselves ungrade and worthless.

But at least for now, the few who were with Sablan were fine.

Because this bald guy who doesn't know where to hit is a real tyrant.

The real tyrant is not rich, but has something more versatile than being rich, power! and the ability to give strength.

It's only been a few days since they served, and they've gone from being very good at fighting in the past to now I'm going to fight a hundred! And this is just a random leak from the fingers of real tyrants.

In the words of others: "Do the preparation work first, choose a suitable day, and officially improve." ”

The preparation work is already a hundred, if you really want to be officially promoted, what does it have to be strong?

And they are also strong, the more they can feel the terrifying strength of Lucien and the four cloaked men, as for how strong the stronger Xu Changqing is, it can only be guessed.

And the upper limit of this guess has been raised infinitely after the land swap incident. They couldn't think of anyone other than God who could play such a big game.

Similarly, Toin County and even the province of Valyria, as well as those who are concerned about the situation here, are also a little dumbfounded. They admit that they are dirt buns, they have never seen such a ruthless wild father, and they have never heard of it.

Some of them have close contacts with the supernatural beings of the Holy Realm, and even have this kind of combat power in their hands. They are by no means ignorant of the abilities of supernatural figures.

Even if you know it, you are afraid, and the joint forbidden spell can't achieve such an effect.

Imagine a 400-square-kilometer land swap that happens to be the camp of a million-strong army. Or maybe it's not the Toin Valley or the Sleepy Forest, but the royal capital and the surrounding satellite towns.

Walk you! Swish! Gone! What should I do next?

A large basin of cold water washed away all these people's rights and desires, leaving only a cold bone.

For a time, the political situation in the region was frozen like the weather now, and many plans and actions were forcibly terminated.

As a clerk, the fat man Watson thought that his work would be difficult. As a result, General Cologne, who had always been known for his artillery battles, would blow up at the slightest point, and dared to fight, completely ignored his behavior of contacting the families of the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, issuing pensions, asking for documentary proofs, or oral letter certificates, and later even took the initiative to cooperate and provide information so that his work could be successfully completed.

He thought about it privately and understood. The magnates realized that tying up the power they could not move to the hands of their new boss, so they chose to send the plague god. Sure enough, it was a father who came from a very wild way, and he was so sharp that he could only provide for it.

Of course, there will always be discordant sounds. For example, the righteous Xiaoqiang, who swore to challenge all demons and tossed his life for many years, and the famous witcher superstar team - the light of justice.

Another example is a secretive, but good, self-conscious druid organization called the Ring of Thorns. In recent years, the organization has mainly fought against the emerging capitalists who have cut down forests on a large scale, and when they learned that the sleeping forest disappeared overnight, they thought that it was a typical example and must be caught, and not killing it was not enough to calm the people's anger and comfort the heavens.

But before the IQ could be drunk, Balthaza's Disaster Eradication Team arrived first. Just when Xu Changqing went out for a walk, with a strong interest, he was ready to observe the modern temporary barracks in detail.

He was already in the barracks and had finished looking at the perimeter.

Being devoured and robbed, and bathed in the power of the natural altar, the officers and soldiers need a lot of exercise to cooperate with the strengthening, this point is being trained outside, and there are only guards on duty in the camp, which seems a little empty.

Log barracks walls, watchtowers, checkpoints...... These may not seem to be much different from the wooden villages of the Middle Ages, but there are many differences in details, such as the use of a large number of iron fasteners.

Moreover, as a modern creation, it no longer has that primitive and rough beauty, but the beauty of uniform and strict order.

Such a camp truly reflects the style and technical level of this era, from the eagle house to the stable, from the barracks to the washbasin, there is learning everywhere.

The telegraph has been invented, but eagle dogs are still the norm in the army, and there are animal mascots, and so on, which are more interesting to Xu Changqing, and there are still some details waiting for him to discover.

Stepping on the wooden stairs that had been cut out vertically, he returned to the ground from the wooden passage inside the camp wall, and was about to enter the barracks with the same log wall to take a look, when he suddenly had a sense.

(End of chapter)