After Richard refined the soul crystal, the time had reached August 3282 in the Dawn calendar.

After two years of occupation, the situation in Rex Province has gradually stabilized.

In more than two years, the wounds of the war have been healed, production has been fully restored, and some of the industries of the Harland Kingdom have been transferred to the province of Rex.

In the last two years, taking advantage of the war, Richard has easily migrated about two million people from the province of Rex to the mainland. Although the majority of the migrating population were indentured slaves, there were also some freedmen. Although these people are reluctant to leave their hometowns, they can only pack their bags and migrate to the barren mountains and mountains under the pressure of the powerful.

Due to the large number of immigrants in the province of Ricks, the development of the two major provinces of East Bank and Prilland has accelerated rapidly, and hundreds of new settlements have been built in just two years. Settlements along the railway, in particular, have been filled with quite a few people.

In the last two years, the railway line has continued to extend southward. Last month, it was repaired from Starlight Castle to Xiaguang Castle.

Today, Haaland has three main railways in operation.

The first is the Xingpa Railway, which runs through the east and west of the territory, which runs from the coastal port of Starlight Castle in the east to the Patin Castle in the border area of the Grand Duchy of Starnik in the west, with a total mileage of 1,200 kilometers, passing through the five major provinces of the east coast, Annis, Grotta, Central and Vila.

The second is the Eagle Mountain Ring Railway, which is staggered vertically and horizontally, not counting the branch lines of two horizontal and three vertical, passing through the four major provinces of Grotta, Central, Eagle and Priland, with a total mileage of more than 1,400 kilometers, which can easily send the materials of the two major provinces of Central and Heihe to the northern border.

The last one is the Eastern Coastal Railway, which runs from the mouth of the Samba River to the south, passing through the Xinghui Castle, and has been repaired to the Xiaguang Castle, with a total mileage of 800 kilometers. The opening of the railway will allow a large number of steamers to free up space for much-needed cargo to the province of Rex.

In addition to the three major railways, Haaland also has some branch railways, such as the Heisheng Railway that runs through the Dragon Canyon, the Anshuang Railway at the southern foot of the Annis Mountains, etc., adding up to about 400 kilometers.

The Arlo Railway in the province of Rex has just completed exploration and is also in the planning of the railway department.

According to Richard's idea, the coastal railway should continue south, along the castle of glow, all the way south, through the three provinces of Allen, Guevara, and Creon in the kingdom of Grant, through the county of Charlotte, over the Andorra mountains, and into the dukedom of William. It then continued south, crossing the Duchy of Nelson and entering the province of Rex.

But negotiations with the Kingdom of Grant were not negotiated at all.

Although the relationship between the two countries is not bad, and there is still a marriage between the royal family, King Roger still has a deep fear and even fear of Richard in his heart.

As the saying goes, it is not allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch, and with the powerful country of the Kingdom of Haaland by his side, the neighboring country of the Kingdom of Grant naturally has to be cautious. Now the relationship between the two parties is good, and the royal family still has a marriage. But no one can guarantee how long this intimate relationship will last.

Once the railway is completed, it can be said that life and death are in the hands of man. Even if the Roger Kingdom nodded, it would be impossible for the nobles of the Grant Kingdom to agree.

Even if Richard was willing to sign a long-term peace pact, it would be difficult for the two countries to trust each other when it came to the future of the country.

Due to the opposition of the Kingdom of Grant, the coastal railway could only be built to the southern border of the eastern provinces.

The Kingdom of Grant was opposed to the entry of the railway, and the Grand Duchy of Starnik was even weaker, and it was even more afraid to agree to the request of the Kingdom of Harland to let the railway cross the border and build it to the county of Philip.

Since the railroad could not be built to Earldom Philip, Richard weighed the pros and cons and began to reduce the garrison in Earldom Philip in 3282 A.D.

By August, Wilde had withdrawn with the Fourth Corps, and more than 12,000 of the 20,000 auxiliaries had withdrawn. Now there were only 8,000 auxiliaries left in the county of Philip.

According to Richard's plan, some of these auxiliaries would be withdrawn, and only about 5,000 garrisons would be left in the end. Then recruit a number of new recruits from the county of Philip, and expand it to 10,000 people into local garrisons.

With a local garrison of 10,000 men, the finances of Count Philip were sufficient to support it.

Although Grant and Starnik prohibit the construction of railways, the magic airships of the Kingdom of Harland can fly freely over the two countries.

Although the Grand Duchy of Starnik imported some of the magical hot air balloons from the Harland Territory, most of them had been depleted in the war with the Kingdom of Lane.

Today, Starnik has only a small number of flying arms, and although people of insight in the country have realized the importance of air supremacy, the national strength is weak and cannot protect its own airspace.

Although Archduke Jonathan sent people into Fort William several times to ask for the purchase of a part of the magic airship, the arms sales of the Harland Kingdom came with political conditions, and only if the railroad was promised to be built, the sale of the magic airship would be considered.

The requirement of building a railroad is reluctant to agree, but it is in urgent need of flying troops, and there is no way to build Starnik's mage department, so it can only find a way to copy the magic airship of the Harland Kingdom.

The magic airship is very technical, first of all, the manufacture of rare gas (helium), which requires a relatively high industrial level. Starnik didn't have any industry, and even if they sent the technology in its original form, they wouldn't understand it at all. Without systematic training, they don't even know chemical symbols, and chemical equations can't be understood.

The second is the magic energy engine, which also requires a high technical threshold, and even the super magic metal formula used in the engine is not clear to the Grand Duchy of Starnik, let alone the more esoteric magic energy conversion technology. To conquer this technology, it is not only necessary to invest a lot of gold, but also to have enough technical researchers, and it will take a long time to succeed.

In addition, the calculation of fluid mechanics is also a difficult task, requiring a large number of people who are proficient in mathematics, and the Grand Duchy of Starnik can undertake this kind of task, maybe only three or five people.

On the contrary, the attack and defense circles arranged on the magic airship are still within the understanding of the magicians of the Grand Duchy of Starnik, and they are sure that the copycat will succeed.

Not to mention high-end weapons such as magic airships, even relatively simple magic hot air balloons, the Grand Duchy of Starnik has no way to succeed.

The first is the Magic Flamethrower, which contains the sound control conversion rune technology, the magic energy conversion flame rune technology, which may feel that the technical level is average in the Harland Territory, but in the Grand Duchy of Starnik, it is really high-tech.

In particular, Richard also developed anti-disassembly runes in the event of violent disassembly. will destroy the runic core inside. There was a quality problem with the magic flamethrower, and the Grand Duchy of Starnik couldn't even repair it, so it had to be sent to the Harland Territory.

The second is the large binoculars, although the Grand Duchy of Starnik has glass kilns, but the fired glass is of low quality and cannot be used to make telescopes at all. Even if the natural transparent crystal is mined, there is no good lens polishing craftsman, and even a small telescope, the Grand Duchy of Starnik will not be able to succeed in copycating.

Even the simplest silk balloon, because the weaving technology is not up to par, without a suitable silkworm seed, Starnik can't make it. Not to mention the rubber coating brushed on the silk balloons.

If you want to copy a magic hot air balloon and a magic airship, you need your own magic civilization, and the industrial civilization has developed to a certain level, and the implied threshold is very high.

If the Grand Duchy of Starnick wants to follow the example of the Harland Kingdom to carry out the industrial revolution, it must learn from the Haaland Kingdom, improve and innovate the political system, and issue a series of decrees suitable for the industrial revolution, so as to give birth to the soil of the industrial revolution.

Even if you pass the threshold, without the special soul guidance of Richard, it will take more than twice as long to catch up with the level of the Haaland Kingdom.

Internal change needs to be forced by the external situation.

In recent years, the Grand Duchy of Starnik has been an ally of the Kingdom of Haaland, and has also had the upper hand in the war with the Kingdom of Lane. The territory has expanded by 70,000 or 80,000 square kilometers, and now it has signed a long-term peace contract with the Kingdom of Lane, and there is no strong foreign enemy to persecute it, and there is naturally no internal motivation for reform.

Any reform will touch vested interest groups, and the pain of touching interests is more than touching the soul.

Although Duke Jonathan also had the intention of reforming, a decree amnestying serfs alone could not be implemented at all. Even a serf cannot be pardoned, so naturally it is impossible to quickly expand the market, and if there is no market, there is naturally no way to carry out the industrial revolution.

The same problem is with the Kingdom of Grant.

In traditional kingdoms, interest groups have been formed. Compared with the powerful interests of the aristocracy, the power of the Grant royal family did not prevail, and the Grant royal family did not support King Roger's industrial revolution.

Although people of insight in China are worried about the rapid development of their neighbors, the rigid feudal slavery system and the conservative ruling class have seriously restricted the development of the country, making the power gap between the two sides wider and wider, and seriously unbalanced.

On the contrary, even after the defeat of the Delong Kingdom, the reform of the political system is still ongoing.

The kingdom of Delong was originally an unusually decaying kingdom.

The previous king, Henry, was old and deaf, and had a very serious suspicion. Under his rule, the kingdom of Delong was extremely corrupt.

The domestic Wen Tian is martial and playful, and there is no sense of worry. The upward channel of the class is seriously blocked, and the system of military merit knighthood is in vain.

The combat effectiveness of the army is extremely low and rotten, and the millions of troops cannot defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Grant Kingdom. Grant generals such as Richard, Zachary, Steven, and William, who entered the land of the Delong Kingdom as if no one were in a land, could play the demeanor of a famous general and easily take over the enemy.

Even the Edward and Fox families, who were beaten by the orcs in the north, rushed to pick up soft persimmons in the south, laid a large area of fertile land, and established a feudal state to gain a firm foothold.

In just six or seven years, the Delong Kingdom has lost almost half of its territory, and the country is also in a crisis of life and death.

In this environment of internal and external troubles, as if the country would be destroyed at any time, the Delong Kingdom burst out with powerful energy. The legendary knight Anton could not bear to kill the king, killed his elderly uncle with his own hands, and cleaned up Henry's incompetent courtiers.

In the following years, Anton made great efforts to promulgate the decree of pardoning soldiers and their families, pardoning soldiers and their families who joined the army as free men, and then followed the example of Grant, Lane and other countries to teach the royal family to teach the breathing method to soldiers on a large scale. In just a few years, the combat effectiveness of the army has increased rapidly, which has put a lot of pressure on the border duke of the Grant Kingdom.

After that, King Anton also made diplomatic efforts to unite East Coast and Lane to form the Triple Alliance. If it weren't for the Haaland family's industry and magical civilization, which already had a high level, its combat effectiveness was really vigorous, and it almost took on half of the heavy responsibility on its own. It is estimated that the Kingdom of Grant has been wiped out by the Triple Alliance.

Now that the Triple Alliance has been dissolved, and the United Kingdom of the East Coast has been annexed by Harland and Grant, the Delong Kingdom is still unwilling.

As the saying goes, born in sorrow, died in peace, in the situation of internal and external difficulties, the kingdom of Delong is bent on asking for change.

King Anton frantically collected information about the kingdom of Haaland, and devoted himself to learning from Richard, wanting to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and save the country.

The capital of the kingdom of Delon, the court of the castle of Saint-Sisse.

King Anton clenched his hands into fists and walked back and forth in the palace, unable to make up his mind for a moment. Inside the palace stood several important ministers, who were constantly arguing with each other, apparently with different opinions.

King Anton was troubled by the quarrel between the two sides, and shouted: "Shut up!

Looking at the information gathered from the kingdom of Haaland, about thirty years ago, Richard, who did not have a hereditary title, issued a decree of pardon for serfs and taught the breathing method to the soldiers.

Twenty-eight years ago, Haaland enacted a decree on the protection of private property.

Twenty-seven years ago, Richard had just become a hereditary baron and had begun to establish trade and trade regulations.

Twenty-five years ago, Haaland led the establishment of education, founded public schools, and began to train a large number of talents. The Mage Guild recruits a large number of magically qualified people from all over the country.

Twenty-four years ago, Haaland formulated the principle of compulsory examination for every entry, standardizing the selection and promotion of officials.

Twenty-two years ago, Haaland led the formulation of a system of auditing, inspection, and supervision, and began to standardize the supervision and management of officials.

Eighteen years ago, Haaland began to hold a trade fair.

Eight years ago, Haaland was reformed again, and the lowly merchants Odaye and Immorton were knighted.

It wasn't until two years ago that the Kingdom of Haaland issued a patent decree.

From the beginning of the thirty years to the present, the country is still in the process of rapid reform, and every year the Kingdom of Haaland is constantly changing, and new things are emerging one after another.

As for us, not a single decree for the pardon of serfs can be carried out. ”

After listening to the complaints of the Anton Kingdom, Prime Minister Raymond said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, the internal and external situations of each country are different, and the experience of others may not be useful to ourselves.

When King Richard ran the territory, there was not much internal and external opposition before his reforms could be implemented. And within us, there are many opponents, and once the Haaland Kingdom follows the example of the Haaland Kingdom to implement the serf pardon decree, I am afraid that the whole country will be shaken. ”

"Yes, my situation is very difficult, but it is difficult to have the Haaland family thirty years ago? At that time, they had nothing and had to face a powerful and terrifying orc invasion.

Now, thirty years later, the House of Haaland has built a powerful kingdom from a border baron, and its might has made the nearby nations tremble and dare not move. Even the mighty orcs were afraid of it, abandoning the Eagle Mountains and fleeing the northern steppes. Our country was so embarrassed by a partial division that it almost perished.

The example is here, if you don't reform and regain the lost territory, how will you survive in the future? ”

(End of chapter)