As a ruler, Princess Victoria is sensitive to any mountain, and even a small new power must be beaten.

Fortunately, Luo Ming is not a hero who really divides one side now, otherwise it is estimated that what he has to face is not this kind of small trick, but open guns and hidden arrows, suppressing and weakening.

Luo Ming is a native of the Celestial Empire, so he naturally understands the power of centralized power, and also knows that the fewer and smaller the mountains in the country, the greater the power that the country can exert - this is the so-called method of strong cadres and weak branches.

Local mountains are really similar to tumors, at most the difference between benign tumors and malignant tumors.

Most of the countries that are centralized but weakened by concentration are going too far, and when the main trunk is not much strengthened, they cut down all the branches indiscriminately, and they are almost gone.

Or they have angered the interests of the huge mountains in the country, and not only have they not succeeded in weakening them, but they have secretly dragged the central government back, causing the country to look weak.

In addition, centralization does bring many benefits – especially in times of war.

However, this is not far from the current situation.

Luo Ming certainly knows the benefits of centralization, and when his territory becomes larger in the future, he will definitely do the same in his own territory.

But now, as a "hill" itself that could be cut, Luo Ming will certainly not support such an approach.

It's called the butt deciding the head.

In any case, the princess undoubtedly gave me a great gift, or a piece of bait.

The lord of the Three Hundred Miles of Kalo Gorge, Viscount Schönbrunn, is in charge of the security of the neighborhood, as well as some powers to act cheaply...... Luo Ming asked himself how hard it was to resist such a temptation.

But he didn't want to be dragged down by this gift in turn, so he had to find a way to reduce the disadvantages that came with the benefits.

"Hmm...... Or do they trap them? Do they build guard towers, pillboxes, beacons, and form a complete set of early warning measures? Or do they simply lead a canal here? They probably don't know how to build ships......

Luo Ming was thinking about how to defend against the barbarian invasion when Granty raised his hand and poked him in the face.

"How?"

"You've got yourself in there!" said Granty, smiling, "have you forgotten what you told me?

With gunpowder, what seemed to be a fortified castle could be pushed down, and it could even be used to dig canals and build tunnels across the mountains...... That's what you said at the time, right?"

Luo Ming laughed a little ashamedly: "Now the gunpowder performance I can make is not enough, it is okay to blow up the castle, and the tunnel through the mountain or something, it is estimated that it will be just a wild idea in ten years......

However, you have reminded me that you can try to blow up a few key obstacles! When the time comes, you can open a way, and go directly into the mountains with a large army, and attack instead of defending!"

As a swordsman, Luo Ming is actually very familiar with the idea of replacing defense with offense, and the idea of martial arts can actually be used to learn from each other with the art of war.

Just do it, Luo Ming doesn't have any official business to do anyway, so he immediately called Dakang to entrust the official business, and then packed up and prepared to go out.

The difference between a scenario and a plan is that it is a site visit, calculation, and verification.

Rollin, Granty, and ten soldiers, as well as the priest Hills, a group of thirteen men, drove three wagons to the nearest crossing into the mountain.

As for Ariana, she can only stay - after all, at the critical moment, Luo Ming can rely on her connection with the ontological Aya to pass on information, which is also one of the guarantees that he dares to leave the territory casually.

Once at the foot of the mountain, the soldiers began to dig and set up camp.

Although none of them are ordinary soldiers, and the lowest is actually a captain, Luo Ming does not plan to turn them into pampered masters, Luo Ming hopes that they will master the best skills, and in the future, they can act as instructors to teach recruits to dig pits - of course, not only digging pits, but also tactics and personal skills, it would be good to do this.

At this point, Sears decided to show off her magic a little bit and show more use in front of Luo Ming.

Most people simply say that the strength level of a priest is apprentice, beginner, intermediate, and advanced, which can almost correspond to ordinary swordsmen, senior swordsmen, swordsmen, and great swordsmen. There is another set of names in the internal system of the church, but it is generally not remembered by outsiders.

In the past six months, although Hills has been completely suppressed by Ariana, she has gained more than 160 more believers - although it is far from the 1,537 people that Ariana reported to Luo Ming in private, it is definitely not a small number.

In a normal year, this amount would take several years to accumulate, but in the midst of war, a priest who can strike at the enemy and appease people's hearts will make many frightened people immediately surrender - of course, being able to fight the enemy is actually just a fox and a fake tiger to borrow the prestige of Luo Ming.

In short, with the help of Luo Ming, a small temple was built, and hundreds of followers were gained, and these exploits allowed Hills to successfully rise to the next level, from the initial apprentice level to the junior level.

After all, she is the priest of the goddess of agriculture, and her combat effectiveness is average, even if she is promoted, the odds of winning one-on-one with a high-level swordsman are only three or four percent.

But the magic she has can help a lot.

Hills asked a soldier to fetch a bucket of water from a nearby creek, held up a small shovel he had with him, silently picked up the words of blessing, and then drew a small ditch in the ground.

She lifted the bucket and poured the water into the ditch, and in an instant it disappeared as if it had been completely absorbed by the earth.

"This stretch of land, which is five meters long and one meter five meters wide, has been softened by me, and it is as easy to dig as flour and it will be restored in an hour. ”

She stroked her broken hair, gasped and smiled, "Whew, I can cast this spell again in half a day, it should greatly improve my progress, right?"

"Well, you've done a great job. Luo Ming also showed a satisfied smile.

With Aya's help, he also has some basic understanding of the priest's divine arts.

The priests of the goddess of agriculture did have the magic of softening the land, but that was used to soften the fields. Fine-tuning this magic technique to adapt it to the current situation of Luo Ming's army digging trenches and piling earth walls requires a lot of effort, and ordinary priests may not be able to do it.

It can be said that in this regard, Hills has shown his enthusiasm to move closer to the Lockin forces, as well as her good talent.