Su Yun walked quietly through the streets of Presidium.

When I revisit the old place, I always have some apprehension in my heart.

Presidon had changed dramatically from the last time he had seen it, the surrounding buildings were taller, the cityscape was more beautiful, and even the Chao Seminary, which was surrounded by a white stone wall in the distance, had been renovated.

In the war brought by Noxus, Presidium does not seem to be dilapidated, but more prosperous.

This was very unexpected by Su Yun.

In anticipation, Presidium should be in chaos at this moment, because the army of Noxus may be in the city at any moment, where is it possible to see the present prosperity, the shops on the streets are open as usual, and the people and horses are walking briskly.

Su Yun found a vendor on the street, took out a silver coin and bought a delicate talisman engraved with the mark of the First Birth Festival, and then asked the vendor:

"Hello, I'm an outsider who has just arrived in Ionia, and I have a few questions for you."

Su Yun put the two silver coins on the seller's table and slowly pushed them over with two fingers.

Naturally, the dealer did not refuse, and his eyes straightened to accept the two silver coins, and then said with a flattering face: "What do you want to ask about this honorable gentleman?" ”

Su Yun looked around and asked, "I listen, well, the army of Noxus should have arrived in Ionia and occupied the three southern provinces, but why can't there be a trace of tension here in Presidium, like this is not at war at all." ”

The peddler smiled quite comfortably and said, "This gentleman, your news is a bit outdated, who doesn't know now that I'm Master Elanie of the Ionian Super Divine Academy!" ”

A smile also appeared on Su Yun's face, and he continued: "This is my loneliness, I have been drifting on the sea for a while now, traveling through various places, and I haven't asked too much about the news here in Ionia, why don't you tell me about it?" ”

The seller patted his chest and said: "You asked this, you really asked the right person, don't dare to do anything else, I am an admirer of Master Elani, and I know her deeds well!" ”

This was where he began to babble on.

The peddler's ability to speak is limited, and his perspective is also limited, so he can only look at all kinds of things from the perspective of the people at the bottom.

Su Yun could only barely deduce from his account that there were various things that happened in Ionia and that Ilani was driving and leading.

During his absence, Noxus launched a full-scale invasion of Ionia.

First of all, the elite troops who sent the garrison of Lesser occupied the three southern provinces, and in Ionia, where there was no permanent army, the Noxian invaders encountered no resistance along the way.

It wasn't long before Noxus' army invaded the city of Presidium, and the city was in a state of distress

However, at this time, she thought that the hero appeared, she was Irani, she was originally an ordinary student in the inner courtyard of the Super Seminary, but when the Noxian soldiers invaded, she commanded her companions and her classmates to use all kinds of wonderful tricks to play the Noxian invaders into applause.

With this battle, Elani successfully made a name for herself and became the commander of Ionia's subsequent convoy.

The face of the vendor in front of Su Yun was filled with admiration, and he recounted in a fascinating voice: "That one, I witnessed the demeanor of Master Elani here, she stood on the city wall, she was so beautiful, so calm and calm, she could always anticipate the other party's movements before the group of miscellaneous people in Noxus attacked, and give them a head-on blow!" ”

Su Yun nodded expressionlessly and motioned for the vendor to continue.

"I don't really understand the rest of the story, after Master Elani commanded the escort team to repel the vanguard of Noxus, the Super Divine Academy also directly granted her the status of Inner Court Mentor based on the role she played in the war. ”

"Later, Master Elani seems to have done a lot of things, and I was able to read about her in the newspapers, and she seemed to have pushed Ionia to make a lot of changes, and there was some friction with some old families, but in the end they were all handled well."

"Later, she summoned the envoys of Marcya, Piltover, and Bandel City, and established an economic mutual assistance agreement with them, which I don't really understand, except that from that beginning, our lives became richer and richer, and the army of Noxus had not fought against us for a long time."

"In addition, we Ionia also had a naval battle with Noxus, Noxus wanted to launch a landing attack on the back of Ionia by sea, but Master Elanie did not know the prophet, arranged the sea defense in advance, and fought a fierce naval battle with Noxus, and won the victory. After returning from the naval battle, Ilani was promoted to the status of a mentor. ”

Su Yun let out a "hmm", he was probably able to make up what Elani had done.

The first is to defeat Noxus on the frontal battlefield, which is the basis for everything that follows, and from her behavior of commanding the army to defeat Noxus, her strategic ability and leadership ability are very good.

Then, there is a series of very typical political techniques, the civilization of Runeterrae in magic and alchemy may be very high, but the forces in various places are actually relatively loose, and there is no longer a long period of great power tug-of-war. Therefore, in the Land of Runeterra, the various city-states and countries are still relatively weak in terms of political experience.

This Elanie, who is supposed to be an expert in politics and economics, has made full use of the rival relations between Piltover, Bandel, Demacia, and Noxus, besieging Wei to save Zhao, and using indirect means to relieve the situation of the war here in Ionia.

Su Yun has experienced a society in which capital controls everything, and he knows the power of capital very well.

The essence of war is actually a war of capital, and the war is fought on both sides of the economy, science and technology, and people's hearts, and all three are indispensable.

Elani and several major forces signed an agreement on economic sanctions against Noxus, which will naturally put the top management of Noxus under pressure.

After all, the army has to eat, and the supply of the army is money, and Noxus itself is not an economic power known for trade, and the perennial **** makes Noxus actually relatively fragile economically.

Compared with the technologically advanced Piltover, compared to the prosperous Demacia, and compared to the peaceful Bandel City, Noxus is actually an economically weak country.

It's just that the top management of Noxus has been covering up these weaknesses with wars of aggression, but after really meeting Irani, who has enough political skills, this weakness of Noxus is very serious, as long as some economic techniques are used and a few trade wars, Noxus's economy will collapse in an instant.

Seeing that the vendor in front of him knew a limited amount of things, Su Yun waved goodbye to him, and then came to a newspaper office on the side of the street.

After handing over the fee for the review of a silver coin, Su Yun began to check the various news and announcements of Ionia in recent years, as well as some related expert comments, which seemed to be more targeted.

There are a series of important documents signed by Ilani, which are published in the newspapers, which belong to her war plan, which is crushed by economic means in a dignified manner, not to fight a tragic head-on confrontation with you, but to fight an invisible currency war with you.

During the years that Ilani was in charge of the economy, the currency issued by the Noxian government had depreciated by nearly half, which was a clear sign of economic recession, and several major powers in the Land of Runeterras had cut off almost all supplies to Noxus, severing a series of economic ties in protest against Noxus' military invasion of Ionia.

In the midst of such a trend, Noxus' domestic economy was on the verge of collapse.

Noxus does not have its own farming foundation, and under the education of ****, every young person in Noxus can't wait to join the battlefield when they become adults, wanting to let the enemy spare blood to prove their bravery.

They didn't even think about farming, which was what slaves did.

Under this **** line of thinking, Noxus basically has no basic production capacity of its own, no agricultural foundation of its own, and most of its daily needs are supported by plunder and foreign trade.

It is understood that within three months after the economic sanctions, at least a dozen protest riots broke out in Noxus.

This process was obviously expected by Elani as well.

The repeated protest riots in Noxus caused Noxus to lose a large number of people in just a few months, and even exacerbated the internal crisis of Noxus.

During this period of internal turmoil, Noxus did not launch the next offensive against Ionia.

Su Yun finished reading the newspapers for this period of time, and found that the reports on Noxus had decreased a lot, and he began to continue to read the reports for the next period.

About two years later, Svein's Noxian cabinet passed the Basic Support Plan, which alleviated the iron-clad policy of rule and gave Noxus some respite, and Svein began to concentrate on the invasion of the Ionian front.

Only by truly digesting the fat of Ionia, incorporating this ancient continent into its own territory, and becoming its own logistical support, can Noxus become strong in the true sense.

It was at this time that Elani once again showed her magic.