Chapter 206: Anxiety (II)

Saleen rarely drank alcohol, and both the Skaudians and the Tangulas liked to drink spirits. It wasn't until Salin arrived in Bitterwater that he was able to drink wine.

For magicians, spirits affect the stability of mental power, wine does not. When he was with Rex, Saleen always had to hold the shelf and only drink tea in front of outsiders. In private, he still drinks a little once in a while.

Taking out the wine bottle from the drawer, Salin didn't pay much attention to it, and threw it directly to Aini. Two people drank a bottle each, and drank it slowly.

"It's a good wine, and it takes a glass of fine sip to taste it. It is best to leave the bottle for a while after opening. Ani took a sip and immediately recognized the characteristics of the wine.

"I know, I just love the chilling taste. Salin raised his hand and gave Aini a glimpse of the water on his palm.

Ani shook her head, using magic to change the characteristics of the wine, it was a waste of power. He didn't know that Sarin's Shui Yan consumed very little magic strings, and the main thing was spiritual power.

"Aini, I remember that the distribution of cities in the north of the empire is a little less than that in the south, but only within a hundred miles. There must be a fortress that can be used as a stronghold. Lianyun City can't hold it, but if these invaders want to go deep into Qin Yin's hinterland, it's not so easy, I'm thinking, will the people of Phoenix really join forces with them?"

"Salin, what's wrong with you? Rex didn't tell you this? If the Grand Duke of Phoenix dies and there is no heir, everything in the Duchy will have to be taken back to the Empire. Originally, the fate of the Phoenix nobles was in the hands of the Grand Duke, and if it was taken back to the Empire, it was the House of Commons that controlled them. It is difficult to canonize the nobles of the empire, how many people are staring at it. These people have no roots in Holy Rock City, and the House of Commons will divide up all of their titles. ”

"In that case, we have no way out. At least half a year, we can only wait here. If you send someone through the swamp of chaos, you will still have to face the nobles of Phoenix. If these men had elected a leader, they would not have bought Rex's account. Rex couldn't sit idly by and watch Phoenix break away from Qin Yin. ”

"I'm also worried about this, we now have the money, the materials, and the enough magicians. But we don't have any. You have to build a fleet, no workers, no sailors. There were no merchants in the cities, and no peasants in the wilderness. Now we have a city shelf, and we can't do anything. ”

"Rex will come back either in March or April, and in the current situation, she will bring the army over, and I am afraid it will be a huge trouble. Even if she didn't mean to put down the rebellion, the nobles couldn't believe it. Bitterwater County is thousands of miles away from Phoenix. You said she came with a swordsman battalion, does anyone believe she was passing by?"

"Why don't you let Phoenix join the Bitterwater Kingdom? ”

"Rex still has a foundation in Kushui County, if she does this, Holy Rock City will send troops to attack Kushui first. ”

"Will the Emperor deal with his sister?"

"Emperor, Aini, you don't know much about the affairs of Holy Rock City, and now the real power of Holy Rock City is in the hands of Prince Sephiroth. ”

"So what, what the prince wants to do, it must be in the name of the emperor, otherwise the local nobles will be completely violent*. Salin, let's not annex all of Phoenix, just a passage to Garudan. Aren't there already three nobles from Phoenix who have come to take refuge? We simply recruit more, and the empire will definitely acquiesce now that it has to face the East China Sea Alliance. ”

"I'm already doing it, the nails are planted in the deep woods, Pijak will stir up the nobles around him, and what I promise him, he will be tempted. ”

"It looks like we can only wait for the snow to melt, Salin, I'm in a hurry. Aini saw that Salin was as worried as he was. But everything that needs to be done has already been done, and I know that I can only wait.

"Yes, when spring comes, I'll set sail straight from here to Scochenia. Buy some wrecked ships in Skocchia and come back and load them directly onto hired workers. ”

"Skocian's shipbuilding ......," Aini shook her head.

"I can't go to Alchemy City, right? There is Lianyun City in the middle, and the three hundred warships of the East China Sea Alliance are still at sea, in case I encounter them, I will have nothing. ”

Salin was telling the truth, he was going to buy a ship to load the hired workers. Of course, he can handle all this in Alchemy City, but how can he come back? Of course, his Turtle Alchemy Ship can pass through the enemy's defense line without knowing it, but those ordinary sea ships, as long as they encounter the enemy's warship, they will not be spared.

Hiring a mage from Alchemy City to escort it would be too expensive, and Saleen wouldn't be able to come up with that much money now. Even if he could, he wouldn't do it. If you hire a fleet from Alchemy City to escort you, the gold you spend will allow Saleen to build a powerful fleet, including hiring soldiers from above.

"I thought my bad luck was over, but I didn't expect it to continue. Salin threw himself back and took a long sip of wine, letting himself relax completely, and leaned back in his chair, which had a shield of water patterns that he had arranged, forming a deformable cushion on which Salin was almost lying. The water element, which is good for his body, enveloped him, and the wine he drank did not stimulate his nerves.

"It's not all bad luck, I think with the invaders making trouble in the north, Holy Rock City will definitely consider supporting Rex. If Rex can get the nobles of Phoenix in the north. It is possible that Holy Rock City will make concessions and further strengthen Rex's position. ”

"Further, she's already the prince of the county, and then she's the prince, just like Sephiroth. ”

"It's not all about the Grükos family, there are many branches of the Grükos family, but there are very few of them with territories. If Rex could back down, it would be better for everyone to divide Phoenix up than to make it a food base for the enemy. ”

Saleen was a little confused, and Eni explained to him: "Make the land of Phoenix into the Grucus family, and then the royal family can justifiably drive out all the local nobles." What is the House of Lords? The House of Commons wanted to intervene in Phoenix and send troops directly, but as a result, the local aristocracy became violent. So the House of Commons will inevitably compromise with the House of Lords, otherwise their responsibility is too great. Although Sephiroth represents the House of Commons, he is also a descendant of the Grykos family. If both the Emperor and Rex are dead, he can be the Emperor. ”

This is easy to understand, no matter how big the contradiction between Sephiroth and Rex is, it is also a family matter, if Rex is willing to give in and let the House of Lords intervene in the partition of Phoenix, Sephiroth will also acquiesce. Sephiroth refused to let his sons hold important positions because his two sons were not of great use. But what if you can get a huge territory in the north? Sephiroth would surely like to. It was his own son, after all.

Phoenix and Saleen are now in different geographical locations, and Phoenix is ideally suited for growing crops, with only one crop per year. That's the equivalent of two seasons of income in the South. Being a nobleman in such a place, even if you don't have the ability to operate, as long as you treat the peasants well, you will definitely not lose money.

Salin recalled the way Saphiroth and Chanak the Great had argued, and felt that this man might not be as Aini had said. But the situation in the north had to be calmed down quickly, because there was still war going on on the side of Garuda. If the war in the north could not be resolved, the noble legions in Garulan who fought for the empire immediately retreated to protect their territory.

"Ani, will you blame me for bringing you here? If you stay in the family, you don't need to work so hard at all, you just need to practice magic in peace. ”

"Cultivating magic in peace?" Ani gulped down the bottle. As if it were a flaming spirit from Tangulas. His chest heaved heavily, and he continued after a while, "You saw my parents in Holy Rock City, do you think they are practicing magic with peace of mind?"

"No, they seem to have a lot to do. ”

"Yes, when I reach a certain level of cultivation, I will have to rely on my family to continue cultivating, and I need money. Once I accept the support of the family, I have to do a lot for the family. My parents' talent is not worse than mine, look at them, do they have any hope of becoming a ninth-level magician in this life?"

There was resentment hidden in Ani's tone, but he also knew that since you wanted it, it was impossible for you to ask the family to give unconditionally.

"However, my real enemy is the Holy See, have you ever thought that even if we are all magicians, we may die in this battle. ”

"Holy See?" said Ani with a disdainful smile, "That's a bunch of things that aren't even as good as pigs." You know what? Those people can't live without God's guidance. How sad it is that as a human being, a race that could challenge the gods back then, but had to believe in the gods. Let them believe in it for tens of thousands of years, and when the gods are gone, it is estimated that they will begin to believe in Warcraft. ”

"If you dare to say this in front of the Pope, I admire you. ”

"When I can beat him, I will tell him myself. ”

What Aini said was nonsense, it was impossible for him to beat the Pope, the Pope himself had the strength of a ninth-level magician, and he had the three artifacts of the Holy See in his hands. Of course, one of them was now in Salin's hands, but even without the three artifacts in his hands, the Pope's power was not comparable to that of a mage like them.

The Pope is more than one person, and behind him is the entire Holy See. Salin had judged in his heart that the strength of Chanak the Great might be about the same as that of Joey, and such a powerful person was also calculated by the Holy See. Salin said that he would not go to the Tangulas Empire to find death, and Aini naturally would not have such courage.

The two of them drank like this. While babbling about the current dilemma, the direction of studying the solution. Before I knew it, the table was full of wine bottles, and Saleen fell asleep directly in his chair.

Ani didn't sleep, he took the drawings on the table, and saw that on the back of the drawings were lines of magic formulas, alchemical terms. Aini wiped her brow with her hand, took a pen, and revised it on the blueprint.