The "Diocese of Bodog" is in the west-central part of the kingdom, next to Evta, and far from the area where the royal family is located.

In Roddy's memory, this diocese was the place where the "rebels" made their fortunes after the orc invasion - because it was surrounded by mountains and two rivers as a barrier, the core territory of the entire diocese was easily defended due to the natural environment. It was here that Sodrol "rose up" and led the civilians who had no way back to fight the orcs.

In the event of war, Bishop Benjamin must have been the main backing of Roddy in the "Rosicrucius"... In this way, the "Diocese of Bodog" can be connected to Everta and effectively expand the "strategic depth"!

Roddy never thought that he could win every battle, and he knew very well the meaning of "strategic depth" for war: in the "blitzkrieg" of World War II, Poland did not have enough strategic depth, and it only lasted 9 days before the German army attacked the city of Warsaw, and the whole country was directly destroyed by the overwhelming enemy, and had to sign a surrender agreement after 28 days - Roddy did not want the Karen Kingdom to suffer the same fate.

"The diocese of Bodoge is a nice place. ”

Roddy and the bishop continued to talk, and Benjamin knew it was time to leave, so he politely said goodbye.

With only Roddy and Angmar left in the study, the old and the young naturally started talking about orcs.

"I've seen news from the Sentry of Sora, the reason why the orcs are there is strange, and I need more information to judge. ”

Duke Angmar raised his hand and pointed to the desk, and said in a weak voice: "Deploy on the map in advance, and that's pretty much what I can do." ”

Roddy picked up the map and found that the sentry posts, forts, and defensive lines marked in the direction of the line proved that the duke had devoted almost all of his resources to the prevention of war...

This somewhat touched Roddy, after all, it meant that the duke had "complete trust" in himself: he could imagine that any other nobleman, even if he believed that the orcs would invade, would not be able to really put so much effort into preventing it.

This is the real employment of people.

Luo Di took a slow breath, and quickly broke away from this emotion - trust represents recognition of strength, he understood that he was not here to eat rice, looked at the map carefully, he narrowed his eyes and said: "I don't know if it's my delusion, the orcs appeared at the Sola sentry post, it seems that it is for a few key defense areas." ”

"The Nehemian steppes are a natural barrier, and Emperor Conn drove them there to give the kingdom the initiative... Speaking of which, as the Duke of the Frontier, my duty is to defend against foreign enemies, but now I realize that I have failed to do too much over the years—ahem-. ”

Duke Angmar was quite remorseful in his words, his face was old because of the disease, but his eyes were still sharp, his fingertips lightly crossed several areas, he sighed: "These places have defensive holes, and the flaws are also very big, but I have been trying to fill them recently, and the Sola Sentry is the most flawed place, because its area is really special." ”

"Regardless of the zone, it often means chaos and trouble. ”

Roddy looked at the place where the lines on the map intersected, and the "Sola Sentry" could be said to have been built on the border of the Karen Kingdom. Standing there and looking northwest, the Tasman Gondola Mountains on the left, the Nehemian grasslands on the right, and the Karen Kingdom in the background, there is no village or shop in front of it, and the nearest supply station is more than a hundred kilometers away, which is a desolate area like an isolated island.

"The Sola guard is where I have invested the most resources, but it hasn't worked very well, and lately there has been news of soldiers being killed... Apparently the exploration there did not go well. The Duke's tone was faintly worried, "There is too little useful information that can be sent back, the terrain there is complicated, and there are more magical beasts than any forest, which is really a headache." ”

Roddy understands the problem, but he has no desire to make a trip by himself: he has too many things to do, and now he is doing what the big soldiers do, but he has the strength to make the wrong place.

"Then we can only wait for new news, this is not in a hurry, the important thing is... Can the logistics keep up?"

"It's a bit struggling, and the fiscal revenue of the territory is not very optimistic. ”

Angmar didn't say a specific number, but it was honest with her.

But Roddy clearly has a lot to say about this problem: "Financially, I may have a suitable solution..."

Fighting a war costs money, and it costs more than anything else, and the territory has not made much profit in the past few years, and suddenly starting this plan is inevitable that the financial constraints will be inevitable - Angmar has thought of many ways, and is even ready to raise the tax rate, but this is a drink to quench his thirst, and he has never found a real solution.

So after hearing Roddy's words... Angmar raised her gaze and asked incredulously, "Do you really have a way?"

At this moment, Luo Di involuntarily turned on the "flickering form", thinking back to the guys who sold Amway products in his memory, he coughed lightly twice, and said loudly: "Lord Duke, have you heard of wood elves?"

While Roddy and Angmar were discussing the business of Elsa Village, Suren and Nata had been placed in the luxurious rooms of the Duke's mansion.

Although Suren is a human and Nata is a wood elf, the environment in which they grew up is very different, but in this mansion that has accumulated countless wealth and has been built for more than two hundred years, their reactions are the same-

Astound.

Su Lun had no experience of entering the mansion of the great nobles before today, and when the maid led him into the warm and comfortable guest suite, he realized that his imagination of the "mansion of the nobles" in the past was simply ridiculous.

Unlike the gentry nouveau riche who were inlaid with gold and silver, and longed for the floor to be covered with gold bricks, everything in the Duke's Palace seemed to quietly hide the word "heritage" under the surface.

Su Lun raised his foot and stepped on it, the material of the carpet was soft, the craftsmanship was exquisite, and it was faintly fragrant. The furniture in the field of vision is simple and elegant, the layout is comfortable, the surface of the solid wood is extremely smooth, and after years of use and maintenance, the atmosphere of simplicity and vicissitudes is far more intoxicating than gold.

The candlesticks were silver, the armchair in front of the fireplace was estimated to be three or four times older than Suren's, and almost every piece of furniture and ornament was carved and decorated by the top masters.

Sitting here, Su Lun couldn't help but feel the majesty of the big family that lasted for hundreds of years, and there was an inexplicable pressure in his heart, even if there was a maid who provided such and such services for himself in a low voice, he couldn't really relax.

The strength shown by Roddy is so amazing at this time, so in the future... What kind of change will he bring to the table?

A huge confusion filled his mind, but after a long time, an inexplicable fighting spirit and anticipation arose - he suddenly realized... The next thing that greets you may be a "future" that you have never imagined.

From this moment on, Su Lun had no other thoughts, and completely became a member of Roddy's camp.

In the other room, Nata was standing in the antique room, looking at everything around her.

Compared to the humble village of Elsa, everything in front of you has undoubtedly gone to the other extreme.

After the maid left, the indifference on Nata's face gradually subsided, and was replaced by undisguised surprise - unlike Suren's "inferiority" because of her background, Nata's shock at this time came entirely from the "curiosity" buried deep in her heart.

Looking left and right, he raised his hand to touch it, but he remembered what Roddy had said to him, so the fingertips that were originally stretched out to the quill froze in the air, and then reluctantly took it back.

If it breaks, the teacher will definitely say mine.

Repeating this to herself a few times, Nata suppressed that little impulse. After thinking about it, she simply put her hands behind her back and walked up and down the room like this—if anyone could see her "curious baby" at this time, they would probably think that she and Nata, who had been so cold-faced, were completely two people.

Cushions embroidered with wolf heads, wooden pillars carved with character stories, genuine "sophisticated" swords on weapon racks, and anything that seems novel, Nata has to bring that delicate face closer, carefully look at it, sniff it, and then raise her head as if she didn't understand, blinking her eyes wide to find the next target...

Even she didn't realize that she had unconsciously eliminated her fear and wariness of the human world, and sometimes even forgot the reason why she was with Roddy in the first place - everyone is changing, and Nata originally thought that all her energy should be focused on studying archery, but now... It seems that studying these strange things about human beings is far more interesting than archery.

Is this what the teacher calls the "big city" of human beings?

It's spectacular... Are the walls so high that it is difficult to climb them, and the houses with pointed roofs, even taller than the tallest trees in the forest, were all built by humans?

And also... Their clothes are so beautiful!

In Nata's eyes, even if it was the maid who sent her, the kind of clothes with lace trim was a novelty that made her covet. A woman's nature to like beautiful clothes seems to be regardless of race, and Nata used to be as cold as an iceberg, but at this time, because of the drastic changes in the environment, the deeply buried thoughts in her heart finally gradually surfaced: I really don't know what I would look like in that kind of dress... Wouldn't it look good?

But in that case, the teacher will blame himself...

Thinking of Roddy's warning to herself, Nata sighed imperceptibly, looked at the large and comfortable bed, and felt that it seemed to be the best choice for her to go straight to sleep.

But Nata, who has a serious "cleanliness fetish", will definitely not go to sleep so directly, she looks at the door in the guest room to the other rooms, grits her teeth, and finally resolves to go over and push it open - and she does find what she needs.

It was a marble bathtub heated by a magic array and sprinkled with flower petals...

[Note: According to historical records, people in the Middle Ages basically didn't take a bath, even if they were nobles, and the cleaning method was "dry rubbing", I think such a disgusting setting should not be followed, after all, "Ripping Soil" is a game used to make money, if I were an operator, I wouldn't have moved this kind of history to use it directly... After careful investigation, it was found that the nuns of this period in history did not take a bath all their lives, and it is said that "the body of dirt is closer to God", and only when the monastery confesses it is a cold bath as a punishment... There are also nuns who show off to others that they haven't washed their faces for 18 years and feel that they are "holy", who can stand this Nima setting?! If I set it like this, Sally won't be alive?]