In addition to the super high salary, the Scourge Knights directly under the Empire also have a variety of transcendent privileges, even the most crappy knights can participate in the supervision of the local administrative and judicial systems, have a transcendent social status, and have invisible benefits that are not immortal.

Of course, the Celtic Governor's Palace is also part of the empire, and as long as you become a Plague Knight, you also have the privileges of an ordinary high-ranking knight, but after all, the autonomy is too high, and it will have a great impact on promotion and election.

To counteract this attraction, they can only afford to spend more money than the Imperial Government, which pays them a million soles a year, and the Governor's Palace at least two million to keep them.

The Plague Knights' strong endurance, destructive power, defense, and resistance determine that they can adapt to combat in any environment, and with most tactics, they are strategic resources wherever they go. It belongs to the high-level class of high-level troops, and it basically has the upper hand on the battlefield against the magic knights and holy cult troops of the same level, and it can even be exchanged for one for two in special circumstances.

In the face of these big treasures that are more precious than gold, Yalei will certainly not be ambiguous, and set them a stipend of three million per year, and promise more benefits in the future. Twenty-one newly advanced Plague Knights were naturally overjoyed, and felt that it was really a wise choice to follow such a generous Governor.

After the large sum of gold was spilled, their hearts were steady, but the black-haired knight's wallet was also deflated.

Now each person who raises a natural disaster knight has to spend three million a year, and twenty-one people is sixty-three million, and he can survive by selling resources and collecting business taxes, but what if it becomes two hundred and ten people in the future, what if it becomes two thousand one hundred and one hundred people?

You have to find a way to make money, make more and more money.

In fact, Yalei is not poor now, and the Governor's Mansion can earn almost one billion yuan every year by selling resources and collecting business taxes. The sound nest has developed rapidly, and the sales of sedatives are so good that they explode, and the net profit in the first quarter has reached two billion soles. Gramorgan can also draw tens of millions of taxes from the mercenaries every year, plus the monster tribute and miscellaneous taxes, and can have a total income of nearly five billion per year.

In the case of vast land and sparsely populated population, and the price of grain is high, the army of the Yangwei Institute is very economical, they have their own mining estates, and they only need to give nutrition, injury medicine, and holiday subsidies every year, and the cost is only more than 200 million.

The Demon Raising Auxiliary Army doesn't need much expenditure, just give a place to manage and win over their leaders. The bulk of military spending is the new army, but the 30,000 new army consumes about 800 million yuan in military spending every year.

Compared with Yalei's annual private income of 5 billion, the military expenditure of more than 1 billion seems to be nothing, but his private income does not represent the financial income of the Governor's Palace.

The current situation that military spending is equal to fiscal revenue is really too frenzied, and now it is almost the black-haired knight who is relying on his own private property to support the entire Celtic Governor's Palace, and the economic structure is too deformed.

And the bulk of Yalei's private property is the sound nest, relying on a consortium to feed a region, and it seems that it is no problem in the short term. But this highly unitary economic model is too flawed, and if something goes wrong with the sound nest, the order of the entire Governor's Palace will collapse.

As a high-ranking person, he always has to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and the black-haired knight discussed with Pompey and several economic advisers for a long time, and they all felt that it was not a matter to go on like this, and the development of the Doge's Palace must be supported by multiple economic engines to be safe.

Pompey and several economic advisers pointed out that there are two kinds of fist products of the sound nest, sedatives and enhancers, both of which are a profitable pharmacy industry. If the Doge's Office wants to get rid of its dependence on it in a short time, it must find the same profitable fist product, which can only be arms!

The Celtic Governor's Palace, which was poor and white, had a military industry that many provinces would envy. However, the product is to be sold, no matter how good your things are, there is no market and no one buys them, and the bigger you do, the faster you will die.

The reason why the military industry of the Celtic Governor's Mansion can be maintained is all due to the procurement of the Highland Kingdom, if it were not for the overthrow of the Highland Kingdom in a short period of time and the continuation of their life by their money, the military factory of the Governor's Mansion would have died long ago.

Even so, it is a huge loss every year, and it can only be maintained by the black-haired knight by posting money backwards.

Pompey and his advisers bluntly pointed out that the main reason why the Doge's palace could not sell arms was because the domestic market was saturated and the foreign market was closed. As long as the foreign arms market can be opened, it is by no means a problem to make a large profit with the performance and popularity of Rosevia's weapons.

However, now that the two poles of the world are facing each other, it is almost impossible to open up the arms market between the East and the West, so ...... There is only another way. Speaking of which, can Yalei still not understand, they have said so much, isn't it just to encourage themselves to smuggle arms.

But arms smuggling doesn't last long......

Pompey and his advisers reluctantly said that there was really no way to smuggle arms, and that the Governor's Palace had no population, labor force, or market, and its development potential was very limited. In the future, it can slowly make up for the shortcomings through immigration development, but if you want to achieve quick results, you can only rely on smuggling arms.

Shortly after the scholars left, the black-haired knight pulled down the world map in his office, and his eyes moved from Glamorgan, Dunlun, and Edinburgh in the Highland kingdom to the east of the North Sea, the Baltic states.

As time passed, he began to find these three countries more and more eyesore, because they were like three lumps of feces next to each other, blocking the eastern part of Celtic, cutting off the Doge's Palace from the eastern steppes.

These three countries were rich because they controlled the Baltic Sea, were able to trade with the steppe empires of the East, and through the Atlantic-North Sea-Baltic trading routes, they were able to trade between the New World and the World Island.

The most hateful thing is that they joined the Freedom Alliance and don't do business with themselves, which is really stingy.

Thinking about it, the evil warlord leader was a little eager to try it - if the markets of the three countries could be opened up by violent means, and the empire could trade with them, and the governor's palace could use Dunlun as a distribution center for goods, perhaps the financial problems would be alleviated.

No, it will definitely be relieved!

If these three countries are dealt with, the trade network of the empire, the north and the south, the Celts, the Frankish kingdom, the three Baltic states, and the eastern steppe will be opened, and Dunlun, which is in the heart position, will definitely have a lot of money!

Yare laughed at himself for a while, gradually calmed down, and once again turned his gaze to the three Baltic states, and began to realize that this was an extremely difficult thing.

These three countries are built on the ruins of the World Tree, have natural secondary world barriers, and have officially joined the Freedom Alliance, and the two giants of the Iberian Federation and the Papal State have joined the offensive and defensive alliance. Once attacking them, it is equivalent to a decisive battle with the Free Alliance, and the strength of the three countries is not weak, at least not comparable to that of the Highland Kingdom.

The three Baltic states, three countries in one, military, economic and political unity are highly unified, and the political system belongs to the aristocratic republic. The three countries are inferior to women, and the will of the country is controlled and controlled by the special class of Valkyrie, the Valkyrie, and the strength is strong.

Women in all three countries have the potential to awaken to become Valkyries, and once awakened, they will possess incredible powers and physique capable of harnessing Pegasi, controlling nature, and calling and driving Heroic Spirits.

Men do not have such power, so only the most powerful have social status and can be used as a breeding object by the Valkyries. Weak men have no qualifications for childbearing, let alone social status, and can only become low-level coolies or cannon fodder in war.

In addition to the Valkyries, there are many supernatural beings in the country, such as black elves, white elves, giants, and dwarves.

Although they are somewhat similar in appearance to humans, they are essentially supernatural creatures that are completely different from humans, born in the World Tree, and will be reborn in the World Tree at the end of their lifespan. The total number is not much, so happily exploiting human males with the Valkyrie, it belongs to the backbone of the Three Kingdoms, and has a high degree of autonomous region.

It's not that Rosevia hasn't fought against this country, but under the shelter of the remains of the World Tree, he hasn't taken advantage of anything. In the two naval and land attacks, the fleet was completely buried under their so-called kamikaze, and without the navy to transport supplies, the army could naturally not fight for a long time, so it could only end up with unconditional peace.

The black-haired knight looked at the map and thought for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was necessary to subdue these three countries, but he didn't have a clue for the time being, so he could only put this evil idea on hold for the time being.

......

On the original site of Dunlun City, the crisp autumn wind in the early morning hit the continuous city wall and whined, and under the bright and warm early autumn sun, one building after another was under construction.

Yalei, who was in the morning exercise, walked alone through the tinkling construction site, looking at the new city that had seen the prototype in front of him, and a subtle smile appeared on his face.

I burned a city made of wood, and now I'm giving you a city made of steel and concrete—the feeling of pride makes him proud.

Walking all the way to the beach, the black-haired knight looked at the white skyline, and his mind slowly sank into his body with the ripples of the waves.

Before withdrawing from the Highland Kingdom, he had already converted the crimson fighting qi that he had honed into soul power, and the soul strength had reached the level of thirty-five.

Now, Yalei is learning the fifth type of fighting energy, the Sword of Summoning Water.

The Sword of Summoning Water can be said to be the most long-lasting and gentle of all the various fighting qi he has used so far, and it has no damage to the body, and even has a nourishing and calming effect.

As we all know, Dou Qi has never been a technology developed for the purpose of prolonging life, but a flame that pursues complete destructive power and sublimates life to the limit.

The Sword of Calling Water is slightly different, adhering to the long and continuous nature of the power of water, it pays great attention to the adjustment and nourishment of the body, and is known for its huge reserves of fighting energy and explosive power.

In the initial stage, three water sources are condensed between the heart and the kidneys to accumulate strength to warm and nourish the internal organs. After accumulating to a certain extent, if you can integrate into one, you can be inexhaustible and endless. It is said that at this stage, the sword of water summoning has the miraculous effect of nourishing and stopping bleeding and removing decaying muscles.

For a long time, the black-haired knight has relied on his immortal body to focus on the improvement of destructive power, so now he wants to rely on this water-summoning sword to experience the nourishing characteristics of the fire of life.

After accumulating the water fighting qi into his heart and two kidneys, Ya Lei buzzed loudly in his head, only to feel two flames rushing up from the kidneys, surging up along the limbs and bones, and directly pouring into the skull.

In an instant, the desire skyrocketed, and immediately there was an urge to push the woman and pop on the spot.

“......”

The black-haired knight hurriedly pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth, emptying his mind with all his might, and maintaining a calm mind as described in the general outline of the Sword of Summoning Water, not caring about the flames that poured over his body.

I don't know how long it took, Yalei calmed down, although his whole body was still hot and dry, but his kidneys and heart gradually cooled down, and the accumulated water slowly swirled, releasing a trace of cool and comfortable feeling.

A strange feeling crept up from his heart, echoing in his ears like an auditory hallucination, like the sound of a spring slowly accumulating along the stalactites, emitting a cool chill, and dripping into the pool.

Soon, the black-haired knight found that his whole body was indescribably comfortable, as if he was soaking in spring water, and it seemed like floating in the clouds, and the wisps of fighting energy that were circulating endlessly had been connected and flowed back.

“......”

Yalei opened his eyes violently, and from the dark eyes, an extremely strong infernal breath of fire, sulfur, and lava came out.

Under the subtle control of the deification state, the speed of the operation and accumulation of the fighting qi in the body suddenly increased tenfold, and the sword of water summoning that slowly accumulated began to increase rapidly in the most optimized way. At the same time, there is still enough energy to nourish the internal organs and bones, laying a solid foundation for him.

From six o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock, the black-haired knight practiced the sword of summoning water to the second order in one breath, and then slowly stopped running, not because of physical strength, but because his spirit began to fatigue. With the strength of his soul, a small use of the apotheosis state can only last for such a long time.

"Then try it. ”

Yalei felt the power of the long and peaceful water in his body, straightened his body suddenly, opened the five fingers of his right hand, slowly rotated his wrist, and there was a faint sound of water flowing in his palm.

Whoa......

The black-haired knight turned his fighting spirit and slowly raised his right hand in front of him, and drops of crystal clear "water droplets" were spinning at extreme speed in his palm like a whirlpool, and finally condensed into a liquid sphere that was constantly deforming and twisting.

After the fighting qi on the palm of his hand was condensed and formed, he threw it upwards violently!

Whew!

In the morning light, the liquid sphere that refracted the golden sunlight rose rapidly, until it climbed to a height of nearly a hundred yards, before Huo Ran's sword exploded, and a burst of water rippled in the sky.

In the snorting explosion, the water fighting qi exploded like water vapor, making a sound like water droplets falling into a hot oil pot, and it shook in the sky for a few seconds before slowly disappearing. (To be continued.) )