Quietly leaving the world of the grotesque, Aldrich Terris returns to his exclusive seat on the holiday island, and the ferryman sees that he is the only one who appears, not unexpectedly.

"Solved?"

The Knight of Virtue nodded slightly: "Solve it smoothly!" Actually, I can use the thunder hammer to suppress her and immobilize, but this will seriously offend a demigod, no matter how strong the physical shackles and cages are, they will decay and collapse, and put pressure and inducement on the spiritual level, so that Helena Sériès will stay in the town of the Grotesque, which is not as difficult as I imagined. ”

The reindeer king smiled and said nothing, and Aldrich Triss greeted him with a slight forehead: "The four worlds are merging, fragments from the kingdom of God, and the laws of the very different ones are festering, and there are inevitably fierce collisions and hidden influences. ”

"Due to the peculiarities of the grotesque town, it has been the most affected, not only the zombie siege from the world of All Souls' Day, but also the roaming of Friends of the Wild, and the fairy tale invasion. If the two Highnesses have no opinion, the forgotten immortal realm will be reorganized and merged with the grotesque town as the core. ”

The ferrymen were a little unhappy about this, but Aldrich Tris was willing to take the responsibility, and they were willing to continue to support and act as shareholders who shared the dividends behind the scenes.

The human legend with Thor's hammer and the Great Knight of the Eight Virtues are completely two levels, the former is qualified to talk to the demigods, and the latter is still honestly guarding his duty.

Breaking away from the secret realm in the woods, Aldrich Triss awoke on the carpet of the bow of the armored afloat ship Agni, and the sky outside had turned from pitch black to gloomy gray, and a faint light shone through the distant eastern sky, and he stood up and stretched, looking sideways at the commander's seat, and the Virtue Knight was greatly pleased to find that there was no one.

His own exclusive territory, the grotesque town has just been promoted from the countryside to the town, and the negative effects of rapid expansion have appeared, and now the confidence is a little weak, although the soul of the "winter wolf" Moando enters through his own channels and is reincarnated into an ordinary farmer, which is more or less a supplement to the townspeople.

Turning him into a warrior and giving the warlock bloodline further deepened the bond between them, and with the demigod Lori in charge, he should be able to survive the current period of weakness.

Putting aside these matters for the sake of his future position, Aldrich Triss turned his attention again to the abolition of serfdom.

The emancipation of serfs in Iron Boots had just taken off, and the local lords did not feel the benefits of this, and intuitively appreciated the convenience of abolishing serfdom, although they succumbed to the majesty of the royal family, their extraordinary strength, and the prestige of the Customs Union's integrated naval and air combat cluster, they must have been dissatisfied and even resentful that the tradition of maintaining the structure of the three kingdoms of the North Sea had been trampled on.

"How much money can be made in a field for food? The tradition of the Harolds is to be pirates, to take risks, to plunder the land, to plough with the sword, like the harvest reaping the heads of the cowardly. As soon as the war of low intensity but pervasiveness is stopped, they will desperately squeeze it internally. ”

Aldrich Triss's fingers flicked in turn on the armrests of the seat, and the dull sound was like a wooden hammer beating a war drum, stirring people's hearts in waves.

"Come to think of it, only by industrialization can the three countries of Beihai embark on the road of prosperity and strength. Of course, the current situation will inevitably become a dumping ground for industrial products of the Spanish-Turkish Customs Union, as well as a source of raw materials and semi-finished products. ”

"After plundering the northern countries for hundreds of years, and even entering the countries of Middle-earth for a time, the accumulated wealth should be very rich, and it would be too wasteful for the luxury merchants to make money, and this wealth should be transferred to the treasury of the Customs Union, and of course a small part of it will inevitably go into my pocket......"

"In this way, the construction of the armored floating fleet, which belongs entirely to me, can also begin, and with the good relationship and personal friendship I have established with the members during my tenure as Grand Master of the Knights of the Lucky Fortune Coin, how can I limit my eyes to a remote corner of the western lands. ”

After the abolition of serfdom, the law protected the private property of every self-employed citizen, and although the money for the redemption of the land was small, it could not resist the change in the amount of water impounded by the dikes into lakes, and became the first pot of gold for some enlightened lords to develop industrialization.

From the hands of merchants from the Western and Turkish Customs Unions, to the purchase of second-hand and even obsolete machines, the crystallization of highly secret industrial technologies such as the steam engine was not to be considered, and the water-powered loom and weaving machine became the first choice.

The specialties of the three countries of the North Sea, including the finest quality furs, high-alcohol spirits, and the best caviar that has stood the test of time, as well as unimaginable reserves of timber and unexplored mineral deposits buried deep beneath the permafrost, have become popular investment projects for Western merchants who have seen the world.

Due to climate change, the migration route of the sturgeon has changed, resulting in the decline of the power of the three North Sea countries, and the fishery resources have not yet been fully exploited.

Instruct the Triss family to make proper use of the reputation they have accumulated so hard, to cut into this blank area that has not yet been taken seriously by business competitors, to establish a simple industrial chain, and to take the lead in occupying the right to speak in the industry.

In order to obtain funds for the development of industrialization, the royal family's agents increased production and competed to raise prices, speculating them to the point that they were comparable to gold, and as a result, buyers were more active than ever after putting them on the international market.

The seafood processing factory established by the Triss family attracted a large number of low-level fishermen in the three North Sea countries at a suitable purchase price, and indirectly helped the ruling class led by the royal family to maintain social stability.

Fish cooked with whale fat are fried in simple grains, compacted in clay pots, sealed with paraffin wax to prevent decay, labeled as military reserves, and sold to Middle-earth countries where food pressure has increased through the channels of the Tris family.

Grain merchants and court buyers who waved gold and silver currency exchange checks in the international market tasted and affirmed the meat rations of the Triss family, and one pound of meat was enough to cover two or three pounds of flour rations, and orders continued to gather from this.

After the rumors leaked, imitators emerged one after another within the Spanish-Turkish Customs Union, but they did not have the secret recipe to suppress the smell of fish that Aldrich Triss had in their hands, and the dried fish produced was not popular, so they could only fight a price war in the international market, and almost wiped out the fledgling profiteering industry.

Within the Three North Sea Kingdoms, the enlightened lords who were staggering on the road to industrialization also had criticism and dissatisfaction with this, and because of the rules of the noble tribe, they could not ask Aldrich Triss directly, but began to reach out to the source of the processing plant.

The poor fishermen had just lived a good life for a few days, and they were ordered to stop providing fish to the Triss family, and they had to reduce their own prices or even provide various seafood and aquatic products for the lord for free, which naturally triggered a backlash and resistance.

When the lords decided to teach the fishermen a hard lesson, and sent their private soldiers out, they were tortured by the dense barrage of crossbow arrows and fled in disarray.

The people who provided the fishermen living in dire straits, such as bows and crossbows, leather armor, and other weapons and equipment, were naturally the dead merchants who followed the breath of war and chased huge profits.

Needless to say, the backs of these arms suppliers are certainly closely related to the Customs Union of Spain and Turkey, but it has only been a month since the signing of the "North Sea Peace Treaty" negotiated by the three parties, and the handwriting and ink have not yet dried out.

Buying crossbow arrows and other weapons and equipment not only gained the power to protect themselves, but also had the ability to protect their own property, not only the fishermen who dared to say no to the former lords, but also the serfs who obtained the status of self-servants, but also gradually woke up in the endless conflicts caused by fierce social changes.

The seeds have been successfully planted, and sparks of revolt have appeared one after another, especially in the territories where serfdom has not yet been abolished and traditional conservative strength has been adhered to, and the stubborn fortresses have been shattered by the burning flames.

Without the intervention of Aldrich Triss, a moderate abolitionist, the royal family easily uprooted the severely weakened blockers with a gentle push of his hand, and the rebellious civilians who survived the war were absorbed into the new army of the direct king, becoming new blood to replenish the blood.

The stubborn conservative forces collapsed one after another, and the traditional military nobility groups were gradually replaced by the rising industrial and commercial nouveau riche, except for the great increase in the power of the royal family, which was like a mirror reflection replicating everything that had happened in the cities of the Western Soil.

Aldrich Triss knew the special conditions of the three North Sea countries, and although the conservative forces that adhered to tradition had been dealt a heavy blow, the soil on which they depended was still fertile and rich, and if the royal family relaxed slightly, the military nobles would make a comeback.

The battle between the old and the new groups will be a long-term tug-of-war until one side can't support it and falls, and the final winner divides the spoils and inherits all the inheritance.

The smelting furnaces captured and salvaged on the battlefield, the Customs Union indirectly obtained the elemental collapse technology, and there was no major breakthrough in the arcane musket, but the elemental cannon made great progress.

Thanks to the huge war reparations from the three North Sea countries, the Customs Union was finally able to take a breather financially after the Battle of Moon Island, which was extremely intense.

Aldrich Triss's ship, the Agni, has been modified in a split compartment, with the core of the floating device and elemental crystals added to each compartment.

The propulsion system has also been greatly improved, thanks to the stationing of the ship's steam engine, the elimination of multiple propellers, and the addition of jet steel pipes to the stern, thus giving birth to the second generation of armored floating ships - flying speedboats.

However, Aldrich Triss, who has insight into the context of the times, knows that this is only a transitional product, and the most suitable should be a fixed-wing aircraft, but unfortunately the industrial base is insufficient, and the supporting industrial chain is not extended enough, so it can be updated in just one year, and the speed can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds.

He looked up at the sky, the night capital of the undead empire wandering in the outer starry sea was nearing completion, and the flying castle that served as a ferry was simply a space shuttle in his eyes, the crystallization of the wisdom of the great arcanists of the old era, a masterpiece far beyond the era, magically incredible.

"Now that the elemental tide is rising, I wonder if the large portal across the plane can be used freely, even if there is no portal, the Scarlet Empire's flying castle cluster is far away from the front line of confrontation, and the large rear is safe, and the countries of Middle-earth may not be able to withstand this sudden blitzkrieg. ”

While Aldrich Triss was looking to the future with great ambition, the situation in the three North Sea countries was relaxed, trade and trade were lucrative for the Customs Union, and a dismissal order from the Grand Duke of Eastwood quietly arrived at the armoured floating ship Agni.

In order to avoid the rapid rise of Aldrich Triss leading to a change of power, he was dismissed from office as the common will of the inner circle of the Great Lords at the top of the Customs Union.

For this act of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, even the virtuous knight could not hold back, and the incomparably heavy "low pressure" in the bow compartment made the messenger uneasy, and dense sweat broke out on his forehead.

Slowly calming down his anger, Aldrich Triss regained his usual composure: "Since it is a joint decision of all the city lords of the Customs Union, I will naturally follow it. ”

"When the replacement arrives and the handover is complete, I will return to Eastwood City to report ......"

The messenger nodded resignedly, and then added: "Your Excellency Triss, as far as I know, the successor has boarded the merchant ship Victory and is heading for the three countries of the North Sea, and it is estimated that he will arrive the afternoon after tomorrow." ”

"It's not fast! I didn't wait to arrive with the messenger, did you give me a buffer?"

Aldrich Triss nodded slightly: "Then I will hold a grand welcome banquet! At that time, the high-ranking royal families of the three North Sea countries, the business leaders who are qualified to sit at the table, and the senior generals of the sea and air integrated combat clusters will be invited to introduce their successors to them by the way." ”

"Lord Triss, I'm sorry for you. ”

The messenger admired the virtuous knight who was about to leave his post and could still maintain a normal heart, and even if he did not belong to the same faction, he had to be heartbroken by his charisma.

The Three Kingdoms of the North Sea were a stepping stone at best, and Aldrich Triss had already set his sights on the nations of Middle-earth, the Grand Alliance of Orc Tribes, as well as the Southern Duchy and the Undead Empire.

It was there where he really came to his senses, and because of his abolitionist movements, he didn't want to be an obscure spectator.