After returning from the Nelson region, it was November.

After four years of accumulation, the commodity fair in the Harland Territory has become a grand scene in the Grant Kingdom, enjoying a great reputation in the northern Xinjiang, especially after the sale of alchemy bombs last year, the nobles of the entire Grant Kingdom have heard of it.

This year, because there were too many people, not only the northern nobles, but also the southern nobles came, there were more than 100 large and small caravans, plus the merchants in the territory of Haaland, the total number of people participating in the fair exceeded 30,000.

Because there were so many people coming, the inn in the castle couldn't accommodate so many people, and coordinating accommodation and catering was a headache for Rogge, and even the prices near Fort William had risen. In the end, some of the caravans had to live in tents.

It was already very cold in November in northern Xinjiang, and it was not easy to live in a tent in this weather, but fortunately, hundreds of tons of fuel were sent from the coal mines, so that people could barely freeze to death.

Despite the war this year, the alchemy bombs in Haaland's territory were seriously depleted, and now there were only 8,000 in stock, Richard still used his prestige to persuade the cadres in the army to take out 4,000 and prepare to put them in the market.

With the expansion of the Harland Mage Guild, the production of alchemy bombs has increased, reaching eight thousand this year. Due to the lack of gold coins due to the expansion of the army this year, Richard decided to put half of the production capacity on the market from this year to return the funds.

In recent years of war, the Alchemy Bomb of Haaland has become famous, because of its superior cost performance, it has become the most famous weapon in the Grant Kingdom, and the army equipped with this weapon has greatly improved its combat effectiveness.

The three nobles of the Duke of Haaland, the Duke of Jonathan, and the Grant royal family have mastered the technology of making alchemy bombs, and they are obviously far behind the other big nobles in terms of weapons and equipment.

York, Edward, Fox and other duke's families have sent people to Richard many times to talk in detail, hoping to trade alchemy bomb manufacturing technology, but they can't provide suitable chips, and Richard didn't agree.

Today's Haaland family, the political status is the same as that of several major duke families, although the economic strength is a little worse, the military strength has been ranked in the upper reaches of several duke families. I was not afraid of the coercion and temptation of a few dukes at all. Without the right deal, Richard would not easily spread the alchemy bomb manufacturing technology to increase the heritage of several dukedoms.

The political system of the Grant Kingdom, to the ducal level, has become equivalent to the shareholders of the board of directors.

Every shareholder is a secret competitor, although the Haaland family is a shareholder who has just entered the board of directors, and does not have a lot of influence in the company, and will not easily sell their technology to increase the stake of competitors.

Because of the massive proliferation of alchemy bombs, preventing technical leaks has become a top priority.

Since last year, the alchemy bomb made by Harland has been surgically wrapped in a layer of iron to cover up the bursting rune, and the explosives inside have also made a special lighter steel wheel, once it is disassembled, the bursting rune will be triggered immediately, and it will explode in advance, increasing the difficulty of the cottage.

In addition, the purchase of alchemy bombs also requires the signing of a special contract in advance, which stipulates that it cannot be resold, given to others, and cannot be disassembled for research, and the loss of an alchemy bomb requires not only a fine of 2,000 gold coins to be paid to Haaland. and will lose the amount of money you can continue to buy Alchemy Bombs.

The contract was drawn up quite meticulously, adding up to dozens of clauses, and the purchase of alchemy bombs became a very serious matter.

Although the threshold is very high, and buying alchemy bombs is a little more troublesome than last year, it still can't reduce the enthusiasm of the nobles in Northern Xinjiang.

With the outbreak of the Orc Invasion War this year, the nobles found the alchemy bomb very useful. After the orcs broke through the defense line, they generally divided their troops into large groups, and with hundreds of alchemy bombs in their hands, it was easy to break the attack of a large group of orcs.

The nobles who bought alchemy bombs from Haraland last year have all successfully repelled the orcs, not only keeping their territory but also making a lot of achievements. Finding that the alchemy bomb was so useful, these people took out a large amount of money one after another, wanting to continue to buy a batch to ensure the stability of the territory.

After all, the alchemy bomb is a consumable item that needs to be replenished urgently after the war.

Because of the restrictions of the royal power contract, the alchemy bombs made by the two nobles of the Grant royal family and Duke Jonathan can only be used for their own use. Now that the Haaland family has a monopoly in this market, even if the contract is very harsh, the nobles of Northern Xinjiang can only agree.

On November 3rd, the first day of the fair, 4,000 alchemy bombs were swept away by the nobles of Northern Xinjiang.

Because of Richard's covert control, the nobles who can buy alchemy bombs this year are basically people from the province of Gascoigne.

The rebellion of a few years ago had resulted in heavy losses for the nobles of the province of Gascoine.

At that time, several powerful nobles in Gascoin Province were infiltrated by the Venus family and deeply involved in the rebellion, and were finally liquidated by the Grant royal family, which was basically swept away.

With the loss of several viscount families, the aristocratic power of the province of Gascoin has not been relieved until now. Without the help of the aristocratic coalition, every time the orcs invaded, the mad lion army was left and right, and it was very embarrassing.

In recent years, orcs have often come in from the province of Gascoigne, which is also an important reason.

Through the sale of arms and materials, it can help the alliance of the nobles of Gascoigne Province to strengthen their strength. With the military strength of Gascoigne province strengthened, the defensive pressure on the hinterland of Haaland's territory will be reduced.

In fact, selling the alchemy bomb to the neighboring northern nobles is a win-win situation.

As soon as the four thousand alchemy bombs were sold, Sanders, the pastor of the Dawn Church in Haraland's territory, came to the door.

After more than ten years of development, the power of the church in the Harland territory has increased very rapidly.

Up to now, the Dawn Church has established fifteen churches and trained nearly sixty warriors, with more than ten formal priests and magicians and nearly thirty apprentices. Melee professionals are basically trained locally, and a large part of the magic professionals are transferred from headquarters.

Sanders was also promoted from a fourth-order priest to a sixth-order priest, just one step away from entering the upper echelons of the Grant Area Church.

Originally, according to the specifications of the Duke of Haaland, the bishop should choose a high-level professional, but considering Sanders's hard work, the development of the Diocese of Haaland has made great contributions, and the relationship with Richard is very close, Nolan's headquarters did not choose to change people, temporarily let him act as bishop, and become a regular after breaking through the seventh order.

Hearing that Acting Bishop Sanders had arrived, Richard immediately invited him into the living room.

"Mr. Sanders came to me tonight for the alchemy bomb?"

Richard and Sanders have known each other for many years, and the Dawn Church is also very cooperative with the policy of Haraland, and the two have participated in several battles together, and they can be regarded as some comrades-in-arms and have a deep friendship. So Richard was not polite and went straight to the point.

Sanders nodded, "That's true." Duke Richard was as sharp as ever. ”

"Mr. Sanders, could it be that the Church is in trouble and needs to be strengthened in battle?"

"I'm not going to hide it from you, the Holy Radiant Empire has indeed broken out this winter. Although our Dawn Church has stayed out of the matter, the Truth Church has suffered serious losses under the blows of the Church of Kingship and the Church of Radiance. The technology for making the alchemy bomb is actually to be traded to the Church of Truth. ”

Although Richard became the duke of the Grant Kingdom, the Harland family has a shallow background, and the inside story of the upper echelons of the Dawn Plane is almost black, and the situation of the Divine Radiance Empire is even more confused, and he can't figure it out at all.

Perhaps it was because Richard became a duke that Sanders gave him some details about the Holy Spirit Radiant Empire.

This plane is named after Dawn, which is naturally the most powerful goddess of Dawn, but in the battle with the ancient wizard and the undead lord back then, the goddess of Dawn was also the most seriously injured, and she slept for the longest time, barely waking up about a thousand years ago.

The God of Radiance was the second most powerful deity after the Goddess of Dawn, and his injuries were relatively minor, and he successfully awakened more than two thousand years ago.

The God of Radiance awakened more than a thousand years in advance, and although it could not interfere with the real world too much, under the cultivation of the gods, the strength of the Church of Radiance surpassed that of the other six gods. When the Divine Radiant Empire was established, the Church of the Radiant God contributed the most and its influence also surpassed that of the other six gods.

More than a thousand years ago, the Church of the Seven Gods, with the support of secular nobles, quickly defeated the orcs and occupied the most fertile land in the Dawn Continent.

But after the victory, deep contradictions accumulated inside.

Less than a hundred years after the orcs were driven to the north, the first religious wars broke out in the Divine Radiance Empire.

The two sides of the war are the Church of God of Truth and the Church of God of Light.

Because the God of Truth awakened earlier, the power of the church is second only to the God of Radiance, ranking second in the Church of the Seven.

Because of the rapid development of magical civilization after the war, the power controlled by the Church of the God of Truth has increased greatly, and in just over a hundred years, the power of the Church of the God of Truth has caught up with the Church of the God of Light.

With the support of secular believers, the two sides fought a brutal religious war that, according to books that have survived, is said to have killed hundreds of millions of people and wiped out almost half of the population of the Divine Radiance Empire.

At the end of the war, the orcs invaded from the north again, the elves of the eastern continent and the dwarves of the western continent were also ready to move, and even the dragons rushed out of the second-dimensional dragon valley to pick up the bargain.

At such a critical moment, the two warring churches have already fought as deep as the sea, and they are still desperate.

Fortunately, the other five churches joined forces, the Church of Dawn and the Church of Kingship did their best to defeat the orcs, the Church of the God of Justice suppressed the elves, the Church of the God of Wealth defeated the dwarves, and the Church of the God of Nature defeated the dragons, so that the human race maintained its supremacy.

After the war, the God of Truth placed its main forces in the southwestern region of the Central Continent and formed an alliance with the magical aristocracy.

The Dawn Church did not participate in the religious wars because of its weak strength, and put its main forces in the northeastern region of the Central Continent to preach, and in recent years, its strength has ranked third in the Church of the Seven Gods.

In recent centuries, as the situation has evolved, the Church of Dawn has become closer to the Church of Truth, the Church of Kingship has formed an alliance with the Church of Radiance, and the three major churches of wealth, nature, and fairness, which are the weakest, are also faintly close.

Because the First Religious War was fought so fiercely, the Church of the Seven learned its lesson and formulated the Treaty of the Seven Gods, which forbade the mobilization of secular forces to participate in the religious war. It also forbade the power of the Church of the Seven to participate in secular warfare. Although everyone has taken advantage of a little loophole, they have not openly torn up the treaty yet, and the balance is generally maintained.

After listening to Sanders's explanation, Richard instantly grasped the main contradiction in the Dawn plane, which was the war between the gods.

In fact, behind the main forces of this plane, there are gods and spirits.

There are seven gods behind the human race, and although these gods are seriously injured, they are still recovering, and their strength is also ranked first. Human beings can become the overlord of the plane, in addition to their own struggle, the support of the gods is also an important reason.

Behind the Orc Empire, there are two orc gods, these two orc gods are also outsiders, but they failed to master the core power, and their strength was suppressed after the clone descended on the Dawn plane, which was only equivalent to a fourth-order legend, and did not overwhelm the power of the Church of the Seven Gods.

Elves, dwarves, and orcs are in much the same situation, except that they are less aggressive.

Although there is no god behind the dragon, there is a demigod dragon whose strength in the Dawn plane is a few points stronger than that of the god clone.

Even behind the skeleton of the undead, there is a faint figure of the undead king. And the Lord of the Dead is the lord of the plane, and his power is more powerful than that of the gods.

The Haaland family has been able to develop to the present, and the protection of the church power is also a very important reason, after the first battle to block the plane passage, the Dawn church power has attached great importance to Richard, and has been vaguely supporting the Harland Leader all these years.

Moreover, the Haaland family has been believers in the goddess of the dawn for generations, and of course it is impossible to support other gods. Even if Richard didn't have a deep belief in the goddess of dawn and was ready to jump back to other churches, there would be no upper connections available.

Hearing Sanders' request, Richard said happily: "With our relationship, I will not put obstacles in the way of trading alchemy bomb manufacturing technology.

It's just that I have a question in my heart, the Church of the God of Truth has a lot of influence in the Southwest Magic Kingdom, so it should be able to get the technology to make alchemy bombs from the Elemental Heart, right? Why go the extra mile? You must know that the alchemy bomb made by the Elemental Heart is twice as powerful as the alchemy bomb made in our territory, could it be that the religious war between the two families is fierce, and it is necessary to reduce costs? ”

Sanders nodded and said: "This religious conflict is indeed very fierce, in just two months, the Church of Truth is said to have mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and consumed tens of thousands of alchemy bombs, even if the Church of Truth has a great cause, the pressure is also more serious." We cannot allow the Cult of Truth to fail, we must give them some support in secret. If the Church of Truth fails, the pressure will fall on our heads.

The Harland Territory is deeply involved with the Dawn Church, and the Divine Radiance Empire is not only domineering, but also very conservative and closed, and does not trust outsiders at all. If the Church of Radiance wins, the Haraland family may not survive.

As for the chips exchanged, the church can provide a batch of magic potion recipes, which add up to a total of twelve, such as morning light potion, starry sky potion, frost potion, arcane potion, and eight elemental affinity potions.

In addition, the Church of Dawn can provide twelve copies of each potion, and another Elixir of Holy Light will provide you with one Elixir to help you advance to the rank of Seven-Ring Mage a year or two in advance.

Compared to the Grant royal family and Archduke Jonathan, the trading conditions of the church were far more lenient than theirs. ”

(End of chapter)