Chapter 674: Territory Acquisition
"Who is the developer of this bloodline suppression circle, alone or within the Elemental Tower?"
Back at the residence, Kylot was still discussing the matter with Femia, and did not choose to live outside, his previous villa in Oshelin had been specially taken care of and cleaned by Qingshu.
The Elemental Tower is an ivory tower that belongs to the mages, similar to the existence of the research institute, which is registered with many mages who are obsessed with research, and some cutting-edge mages can also apply for financial support from it if they have any good projects.
"Team, I have sent someone to contact them, the plan is to try the effect first, what we need is to suppress the bloodline of the giant, and there must be the effect of suppressing the bloodline riot, in case there is only the ability to suppress the bloodline, when the time comes, it will not be much use. ”
"Is it possible to recruit them to sponsor their research in the name of the Aoki Foundation, and I think that since they mentioned this information in the newspapers, they actually hoped that the foundation would provide them with financial assistance, right? So far, this team should be the most in line with our requirements, the teams funded before have not achieved results until now, so much money is thrown down every month, not even a splash, it is really a waste of resources, it is better to give this team, at least they have preliminary results, even if we can't do what we want for the time being, we can guide them, let them rely on suppressing the bloodline riot, it is best to have progress in this area before we get the territory, and then we can bury the magic circle in the ground when the city is built, and no one will know our secrets。 ”
At present, there are no experts in bloodline research on the Qingshu Islands, and Dryden's research is more in the space circle, and Kailot will not force him to do this research, which is a stupid idea, so after knowing that such a team exists, he started the idea of these people.
"You can try, the current reputation of the Aoki Consortium is not small in Sambia, we have sufficient funds, I think they have no reason to say no to money, and one more thing, about Cthulhu, you should know about the battle a week ago, their base camp was found by the government, and the moral-level powerhouse was dispatched, and I was in the vicinity of that battle, it was very fierce, and the leader of Cthulhu fought hard with the moral-level powerhouse and directly destroyed a street...... The focus is on the follow-up, the Molar Strongman can kill all the people of Cthulhu but suddenly gives up the pursuit, but leaves after killing a large number of Cthulhu members, and then this week the government announced that it has eliminated a certain underground organization and lifted martial law in a specific area of the city, in short...... The government didn't know why and chose to stop at the last minute. ”
"The people of Cthulhu approached me this morning, and they couldn't wait to sell their peripheral properties in the Sambia region, and then ship the overseas treasures back to Sambia by merchant ships, so it seems that they should have reached some kind of agreement with the government, but it is also in our interest that Cthulhu is destroyed too quickly, and the green tree has not squeezed enough out of them...... It doesn't matter whether it's going to be a landing plan, and now it's imperative that we get the title of pioneer nobleman. ”
There is an essential difference between the pioneer nobility and the ordinary feudal nobles, the pioneer nobility, as the name suggests, focuses on the development, and the nobleman who obtains this title will not receive the territory given by the empire, but will receive a privilege, he will have the right to occupy the territory that is not currently ownerless.
The ownerless here does not refer to a territory that has not been divided, but rather to a territory that even the Lorraine Empire does not have the right to rule, which is roughly divided into three types of lands:
First: the territory of hostile countries, but it is not realistic at present, because the remaining three empires on the continent and their affiliated principalities have had little contact with each other after the dark ages, and everyone is bordering, and they can fight each other when they have time or not, grab a territory or something, but who made the giant tide suddenly appear, there were many buffer zones in the border area because of the war, and once the giant tide passed, it became the territory of the giants.
Second: the places where the environment is extremely harsh or there are unstable factors that cause the empire to give up, the most representative of which is the place where Kailot was a month ago, the Salaha Desert, Kailote has been to that place, and naturally has some understanding, the government's management area is actually only to that Salah City, and the rest of it does not matter whether it is the Salaha Desert or the small town government outside him, similar places There are also the swamps in the west and the foggy forests in the north, these places Qingshu are not interested at all, and there is no capital to build a city in this kind of place...... Even if it is built, no one will want to live there.
Third, the area occupied by the giants, that is, the areas occupied by the giants during the Dark Ages mentioned above, this is the goal of the green tree! These areas have lost their management because of the fall, and the Lorraine Empire has long stated that no matter which nobles in the empire, as long as these areas can be recovered, then the recovering people will control these places, and the empire is even willing to waive taxes for a few years to encourage some powerful nobles to carry out this behavior.
There are also several reasons why the Giant Capture Zone was chosen.
First of all, population, although these areas have fallen, it does not mean that no one has survived in them, just like the current Duchy of Flanders, the country has fallen, but there are many people left, and the number of giants is indeed quite a lot, but it is not enough to find all these people out of the ruins to eat, as long as someone goes to recover these areas and rebuild the town, the people who are scattered in the ruins will naturally flock to it, which solves the key population problem of the territory.
Secondly, urban construction, these areas have been destroyed on a large scale, yes, but most of the giants have destroyed only the superficial urban buildings, the roads and the infrastructure of the city have actually survived in the attack of the giants and the damage is not high, as well as the cultivated farmland outside the city, as long as the giants are driven away, it will take a little one to two years to restore to the normal level, which is not much better than occupying those places where birds don't.
Finally, the issue of people's hearts, most of the members of the Qingshu are pirates and half-giants, if they become lords, Kailot will definitely announce these things to the people, in exchange for some normal territories in the empire, the resistance of those ordinary people will definitely not be weak, and maybe there will be a large-scale rebellion, but this problem will definitely not exist in the area occupied by the giants, because the recovery of those places by the Qingshu means saving these people from hell and giving them a new home, if there is data to quantify, the people's will will undoubtedly be in a state of explosion。
Pirates, fierce, are there giants who don't want anything?
Is the half-giant, cannibalistic, and appetite as big as a giant?
To sum up, when the current three leaders of Qingshu mentioned and confirmed this plan in the meeting two months ago, Qingshu has actually begun to slowly make preparations in this regard, and even now, two months later, Qingshu even the first place to be recovered, the past route, and what needs to be carried in the past have been planned, just a few kilometers outside the mountain pass where Tieliu Fort is located in the Sambia region, the land that originally belonged to the Principality of Lorraine, the Principality of Lorina, is now Borderland!
Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, but the title of this pioneering nobleman is not so good, because the conditions for becoming a nobleman are very harsh, and it has nothing to do with how much money you have, this thing depends on the bloodline and fame!
The bloodline between Kailot and Femia is definitely not good, but people pay attention to dignity, you have to have a little blood relationship with a big nobleman in the Lorraine Empire, such as a distant cousin, the nephew of the second uncle of the seventh aunt, etc., in short, you have to get together.
Either fame, here fame refers to making a great contribution to society, such as coming up with some kind of initiative that is universally loved by the people, inventing something for the benefit of society, and the empire does not mind issuing the Order of Nobility.
"Wait...... Aren't you a noble......man, Kylot? The Affleck family!"
Femiaya suddenly thought of Kailot's former identity in Oshelin, isn't this a ready-made title of nobility?
"That name is long gone, no one inherits the noble name, and the empire can forcibly take it back, but what you said reminded me that since the Affleck family was a nobleman before, then there must be relatives and the like, where did you arrange for her to go, Beatrice, let her come over and ask her, if the Affleck family has any relatives who are still nobles, all we need is someone who can prove that I have noble blood, and things will be much easier after that." ”
It turned out that Kailot's thinking was correct, Petrice is currently in Oushelin, although she was a little unhappy after coming over, but she still said that Affleck had relatives in Oushelin, and she didn't even need relatives to prove it, if Kailot was willing to take the position of head of Affleck's family, they could completely submit a sum of money to show that the family had been revitalized, and then regain nobility.
"But there's a problem, you left Oshelin because you killed the heir of the Herman family, and you went out to identify yourself...... It is very likely to arouse the doubts of other nobles, after all, you have killed a nobleman, even if the Herman family has been wiped out at this time, it cannot erase the influence of this matter, and you need a big nobleman to vouch for you. ”
Beatrice was not in a good mood, and there was always a hint of anger in her eyes when she glanced at Kellot, which brother had finally reunited with his sister and not seen anyone for half a year?
"Guarantee...... Is it okay for the Abrahams?"
"Of course the earl level can, our family was the lowest baron before, and with a marquis to vouch for us, we can completely restore our name. ”
It's enough to have this sentence, the Abraham family is still alone in Oushelin, although the strength is not weak, but under the fence, it is firmly suppressed by the Duke and Marquis families of the Sambia region, it is when a partner is needed, Qingshu can take Mina's path to catch up with them, plus Kylot has cooperated with them once, I think it shouldn't be a big problem.
After talking about this, all that remains is to carry out the plan, Fimia takes Scarlett back to contact Mina, and Kylot and Beatrice stay in their villa, and the atmosphere suddenly becomes awkward.
For Petrice, Kylot is actually a little scared, she is her own sister in name and blood, but what he did before was obviously not enough, until just now when someone called Beatrice, Kellot knew from the mouth of Femia that this sister of mine has been exercising by her side except for the Qingshu naval battle some time ago, if he follows his previous arrangement, people should be an ordinary Qingshu member in Dokat now......
"I know that my brother has a lot of things to do before, the war on the sea of Starfall, I know, I also heard from the leader of Femia about going to the desert immediately after the battle...... Your business is important, and I know that you have a lot of pressure on your shoulders for the sake of the future of the half-giants...... But...... I'm your sister!We're brothers and sisters!You shouldn't avoid me because you want to protect me, I want to stand by your side and be with you, I'm ...... You're the only one who has a loved one!"
Petrice's eyes were red, crystal tears swirled in her eyes, and Kylot, who was sitting opposite, suddenly wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, people are so reasonable, but they still want their identities to be exposed, so they keep running away, which is really unkind.
"I ...... Understood! Even if you want to leave for the next period of time, we will rebuild the Affleck family, not only in this Oushelin, but also in the entire Lorraine Empire!"
Since you call me brother, I won't wronged you in this life, and now, I am Kylot Affleck, the head of the Affleck family, and the honor of this family is defended by me, as my compensation for you and the original owner of this body!
Holding Beatrice who threw herself into his arms, Kylot secretly made up his mind in his heart, he had been choosing to escape because of his own reasons, to escape from the Affleck family, to escape from Beatrice, to escape this responsibility, to rub Beatrice's hair, at this moment, the years are accessible, when he is ready to shoulder this responsibility, I don't know if it is an illusion, I feel a lot more comfortable, like eating a piece of ice watermelon in dog days, even the soul seems to be moaning comfortably!
At this time, Kailot didn't know that because of his sense of responsibility and Petrice's reasonableness, the moment his soul decided to take on the responsibility that originally belonged to the owner of this body, the soul could be regarded as a truly perfect fit into this body, and now he didn't know how important this was, because his strength level had not yet reached that point, and if he wanted to become a peak powerhouse, he could not have defects, especially the defects in the soul, even if there was even the slightest bit, it would become an insurmountable barrier on the road to promotion in the future!