If Alfred wants to develop and complete his eventual rise, he undoubtedly needs a stable and positive environment, which can only be an abandoned wasteland, and if the wasteland wants to stabilize and become the fertile soil of Alfred's ideals, it also needs to have two factors: first, there must be no turmoil, at least no large-scale war, and second, the great migration that has been staged almost every year for hundreds of years must be stopped, otherwise he will face a new start from scratch every year, not to mention Augustus's rich experience in his previous life, even if he has more experience in his previous life, it will not be enough to support him to build the Alfred he wantsTherefore, considering that the premise of the second condition is itself the first, it is only natural that Augustus chose the position of Artelas. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is no such thing as friendship or hatred, there is only cold and realistic interests.

The old earl quietly picked up the teacup in front of him, it was already spring, but he still seemed to be afraid of the cold, he held the hot tea and did not move, closed his cloudy old eyes slightly, and said slowly: "I can roughly guess what you want to do, but Augustus, even if Francis is completely destroyed, how should you carry out your layout in the wasteland?" Don't forget the winter lich tide, if there is no way to keep the lich's footsteps in the area north of the taiga forever, no matter how much you do in vain, I believe you can see this before I do, then how are you going to fight the lich? You alone, or our strength, not even God can do it - of course, unless the new diocese of the wasteland is true, and the Knights Cathar stationed in the wasteland really won't leave. ”

In the end, it was the old fox, not only did he instantly smell Augustus's ambition from Augustus's simple words, but he also asked directly about the most critical part.

And this question was also asked by Sophia at the beginning.

Augustus smiled, ignoring the old fox's last temptation, and kept fiddling with the blonde hair of the little Lori beside him, and didn't know what was written in Arthras and Francis's letter, Terina actually watched it with relish, and didn't even pay attention to his small movements.

"Of course we can't, but what if it's the whole wasteland?"

The old earl was stunned, and quickly thought that the next wasteland could be said to have to obey the young man in front of him, and he did have the foundation to unite the entire wasteland to resist the lich, especially after the cold winter, he still had a short period of time to gradually integrate the power of the wasteland, and it was really not impossible to do something that no one in the wasteland had done in the past hundred years, or even dared to think about it.

Only then did he understand why the miserly Augustus was so generous to Constance's second-rate families.

However, Augustus's surprise was clearly yet to come.

He didn't wait for the old earl to speak, and then he said calmly again, "Even if the power of the entire wasteland is not enough to resist the lich, what about the empire?"

Imperial?

Although Augustus never denied the news of the new diocese of the wasteland, the old fox knew very well that this was a completely ambiguous thing, and under the premise that the return of the wasteland to the arms of the Lord was uncertain, he actually wanted the Holy Empire to defend the wasteland against the lich?

Is this possible?

The old earl's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and although he tried to suppress his excitement, his hoarse tone still changed significantly, and he asked urgently, "But why did the empire do this?"

"So what we need to do now is a reason for the Empire to do so. ”

Obviously not wanting to reveal his plans, Augustus casually gave the old earl an explanation that was equivalent to not saying.

Then he leaned back on the sofa, as if he suddenly remembered something, squinted his eyes and sighed: "In the past hundred years, in order to return to the arms of the Lord and let the empire re-accept the wasteland, it can be said that every family has spared no effort to make all kinds of efforts, but the effect? Almost no - where is the problem? In fact, it is very simple, I am curious that no one in the wasteland has been able to realize this in the past hundred years, we want to return to the empire, but why should the empire accept us poor bastards? If we return to the Empire, in addition to adding a burden to the Empire's finances, what benefits can we create for the Empire? No, not at all, so of course the Empire will not accept us, and what I have to do next is to make the entire wasteland strong and rich, and only by making the Empire realize that the return of the wasteland can create wealth for the Empire, can we have the conditions to negotiate with the Empire, otherwise everything can only be empty talk. ”

"Of course, I know what you want to say, you want to say why the wasteland is rich, it has to face the invasion of the lich every year, and the empire will not lend a helping hand to the wasteland, how can it be strong. But here's the question, why are all the families trying to return to the Empire in the past hundred years, instead of trying to find a way to get the Empire to send even a few troops to help the wasteland resist the Lich?

"Speaking of which, I even doubt that the Lich will actually invade the Wasteland on a large scale, Old Earl, I don't know if you believe it or not, it is likely that after the Wasteland puts on a decisive posture with the Lich next year, the Lich will retreat, which is not necessarily impossible, because the Lich is driven by the Empire in the cold north after all, and they also have a natural fear of the Empire - unfortunately, for the past hundred years, the Wasteland has been thinking about using the Lich as a knife to eliminate dissidents and divide resources, but no one has really considered this direction. ”

"I want to try. ”

......

The old earl was suddenly moved.

Is it time to say that he is great?

No, he's still selfish, and he's all about his Alfred.

But the current Alfred becoming the king of the wasteland is already a fact, why is he still so crazy?

Where exactly does he want to take his Alfred?

The old earl didn't know, and he soon realized that he couldn't know much, at least at this moment.

What a paranoid madman.

Did he already have this vast ambition before he subverted Christopher?

Was Christopher just the first step in his entire wasteland layout?

Donald quickly adjusted his shock and quickly shifted to the role of the old fox at the helm of Donald, and he immediately began to consider whether it was necessary for him to take his Donald out of the way with this madman - he was long past the age of so-called blood, and of course he would not be excited by the prospect outlined by Augustus.

"Last question, I wonder how you can turn a barren and resource-poor wasteland into a strong and rich wasteland, even if the lich no longer invades?"

This is also a particularly important part of Augustus' overall layout.

However, Augustus just shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Not yet, but there will always be a way, won't it?"

His expression was unpredictable, and the old fox had no idea whether he should trust the young man he thought he knew enough.

......

Next, because it was difficult for the old earl to get out of the shock brought to him by Augustus, and Augustus needed to reply to the two letters in Terina's hand after all, he did not continue to stay in the living room and talk too much to the old earl, but simply told the old earl about the situation on Christopher's side, and he instructed the servant to arrange for the old earl to rest first, and then led Terina back to his study.

It's been a while since I've personally handled Alfred's work, and although Donald is in control of this time, after all, many things can only be decided in his hands.

On the way back to the study, Terina, who had heard a series of conversations between him and Donald, turned on the queen's taunt again: "Little Augustus, I know that if Alfred wants to be strong, then the whole wasteland also needs to be strong, but in order to make Alfred strong, you even hesitate to be great enough to make the entire abandoned wasteland equally strong, I wonder, what kind of ambition do you have? How strong do you want your Alfred to be? Why do you want to be so busy and tired, is it necessary?"

Augustus stopped at the door of the study, looked down at the mocking Terina, and said seriously, "Of course it is necessary. ”

"If Alfred is not strong enough to be unbreakable, then how am I going to face my next enemy, the Hermit as you call it?"

Queen Terina was stunned at the door, so much so that Augustus was the first to enter the study, but she still stayed at the door.

It turns out that this guy has guessed the horror of the hermitage.

But now that he knows, what's the point of him doing this?

Oh my God, did he really want to directly confront the Hermitage? It was a behemoth that even the Holy See of Light could not shake.

Stunned, Terina didn't keep up with Augustus, and it was impossible to hear Augustus talk to himself.

Augustus, who had entered the study, subconsciously looked at the place where there used to be a young girl who often sat and handled Alfred's affairs for him.

His eyes are gentle and extraordinarily intoxicating.

"If Alfred can't be so strong that he can't be broken, even if he becomes the king of the wasteland, I'm afraid it won't be enough to support my ambition to try to shake Constantine, one of the five giants of the Holy Empire, right?"

......

Sit at your desk.

Augustus finally began to look through the letters from Francis and Arthras, the content was nothing new, and it was basically the same as his initial guess, nothing more than Francis tried to completely dissolve the hatred between him and Alfred, by the way, he vaguely showed his attitude, lowered his posture, and wanted Alfred's assistance, while Arthras greeted Augustus very kindly, and said a bunch of good memories of fighting side by side with Augustus at Alfred Castle, and finally piggybacking on mentioning that he hadn't seen Augustus for a long time, and wanted to communicate with Augustus about something, asking Augustus if he had enough time。

Augustus thought for a moment and wrote back to them separately.

It's a very simple letter, and it's just so lazy that it's outrageous, and even the content is exactly the same, only 5 words.

"Busy, no time. ”

......

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Ps: The recent update is not powerful, I know very well, and I feel guilty, but there is really no way - I believe you should all see it, after entering V, the quality has declined.

Yes, no matter how much I deny it, I can't deny it, the subscription has affected my state, and I don't even dare to write more now, I'm really worried that I can't write well, so I can only adjust my state as soon as possible.

It's ridiculous to say, that episode of the Christopher family, it was supposed to be a climax, but now that I look back, what did it be? Hehe, it's not too much to say that it's miserable, at least I can't agree that it was something I wrote.

Not much to say, the key is that there are still 3 or 5 chapters to go to the empire and arrive at the imperial capital, that is the climax that I am most important and looking forward to, if this part is not written well, I will collapse, so I have slowed down a little in the past few days, I am looking for rhythm and confidence, and I must write that climax and the turning point towards the core of this continent.

PS: To sum up, I currently owe 1 chapter yesterday, 2 chapters the day before yesterday, 1 chapter of today's ZDC classmate's 2 monthly passes, and 1 chapter of Sky's 10000 tip, a total of 5 chapters, the state is slightly better, I have to make it all up, I won't forget.

PS: Again, as long as there is a student who is willing to read it, I will stick to it, finish it, and write this story well. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. (To be continued.) )