The chief guard squinted his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him. The feeling in his heart was like the storage in the snowy night forest, which had countless and indescribable changes—a myriad of emotions.
Xue Ye is definitely not a suitable place to live in. If he has the means and ability, he will definitely move out of here.
This has been the case since the first Grand Duke Xue Ye appeared, who has not changed at all, but who has the means and ability but has no choice to leave
Except for Grand Duke Xue Ye, only they are the descendants of the attendants and bodyguards who followed the first Grand Duke back then.
It's not that I don't want to leave, but that I can't give up this honor.
After all, from the time they got the 'Development Certificate' to the establishment of Snow Night Fort, they have devoted nearly two generations of hard work—the first Grand Duke Xue Ye with the power of a great wizard passed away within five years of his reign , while those who followed him died earlier.
And the second Grand Duke Xue Ye was obviously not as powerful as his father, and he was already very old when he came to power. Even if he tried his best to serve Xue Ye Castle, he still had more than enough energy, and he had been in office for less than three years. , passed the throne to the third Grand Duke Xue Ye; and passed away in the same year.
In less than ten years, three Grand Dukes were changed.
For other places, this is simply unbelievable, but it is regarded as common sense in Xueye—after all, when the first Grand Duke Xueye applied for the "Opening Permit", everyone disliked him, and his Picked places; indeed, proved to be so.
However, in the same way, if it is really a good territory, where is the first generation of Grand Duke Xue Ye
You know, it has been a hundred years since the founding of the wizarding dynasty. One-half of the land in Lorant has its own owners.
As for the rest
Either the climate and environment are harsh like snowy nights, or because there are too many fierce beasts, it is not suitable for living at all.
Therefore, for anyone to leave, every Grand Duke Xue Ye is heartbroken. But there is no reason to stop it—as a lord, if you cannot provide a comfortable and safe living environment for the leader, then you cannot let the leader contribute their obligations.
Rights and obligations are always mutual!
Even though some wizard nobles and lords don't care about it in their hearts, they still follow it on the surface—because this is the first wizard emperor. The rules set by His Majesty Hull.
In this regard, no one dared to object.
What's more, every Duke Xue Ye is known for his benevolence and kindness. It is obviously impossible for such a lord to do anything unintentionally.
but. It is precisely because of such benevolence, kindness, and following morality that every Grand Duke Xue Ye has no shortage of followers.
Just like His Excellency Ike, as the Chief Guard of Duke Xue Ye, his family has served Xue Ye for more than five generations, although it cannot be traced back to the fifth Duke Xue Ye. But from the sixth to the eleventh Duke Xue Ye, they are all served by their families.
Therefore, the chief guard definitely understands Xue Ye, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has seen the countless changes in Xue Ye—from the lonely inner castle with less than a thousand people inhabited to the present outer castle. , the villages and towns are complete, and the population has reached 50,000. Such a change. The family of the chief guard participated in it one after another.
Therefore, he understood very well how much each Grand Duke Xue Ye paid.
In fact, every Duke Xue Ye did not live long, compared to their respective strengths. It is even short-lived, and the reason for this is nothing more than fatigue-just imagine a person who does not rest frequently for several weeks, all problems are not so difficult to determine.
The tenth Grand Duke Xue Ye died at the age of forty, the golden age for a man.
And the Eleventh Duke Xue Ye succeeded to the throne when he was twelve years old, and began to take charge of the entire Xue Ye Dukedom at an unbelievably immature age—although he was considered an adult in the wizarding dynasty at the age of sixteen, But there is still a four-year gap between the age of twelve and the age of sixteen, and even... a child at all.
However, it was such a child that kept Xue Ye Principality from collapsing and disintegrating, on the contrary, it was still thriving.
Most people think that this is a genius, and it is recognized by people.
However, only a few such as the head of the guard will understand what their Grand Duke has paid for the Principality of Xue Ye—reviewing various documents all night, taking every time to learn everything that can serve Xue Ye, without any private time; if not He and Huo Xha rigidly stipulated the rest time.
I am afraid that their Grand Duke will be the shortest-lived Grand Duke Xue Ye.
They think that their Grand Duke has done well enough, no matter in terms of the Grand Duke's age or ability, it is already good enough.
However, even so, some unprovoked 'crime' always fell on their young Grand Duke.
The so-called 'King (Grand Duke) Gathering' will target their Grand Duke every time, starting to pick faults from all aspects.
The head of the guard knew very well that this was just that the grand dukes wanted to have some fun in their boring lives.
But it was precisely because of this that it made him even more angry.
Because, for the other party, this is just a fun, but for them, it is a real insult!
However, such insults will definitely not last long, because... they have an opportunity that other duchies cannot imagine, or 'genius'!
As the Grand Duke's chief bodyguard, he has always been cautious in his words and deeds, but for that 'Master Qiao', he is highly respected; he has praised this 'genius' in public more than once, and anyone who hears it , the same no one objected, and they all praised in unison.
Because, this 'Master Qiao' not only selflessly took out his own improved potion as a bargaining chip to open up Xue Ye's business route, but also let the initiative of this business route be in Xue Ye's hands forever—thinking of previous years Before winter came, when I went to buy food, the ugly faces of those businessmen who were arrogant, and the humble and flattering appearance now.
The chief guard couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, but. Everything that should be there is nothing less!
Although as a man, he shouldn't hold grudges, but in the face of those nasty businessmen, the head of the guard has a very good memory - it only costs half of their cost to buy food in other places. Even less would do, and not only would they need to pay more, they would even need to be scorned of all kinds.
'Oh, it's the poor ghosts of the snowy night again! '
'Damn it, they always show up on time every winter! '
'I heard that their Grand Duchess doesn't even have a skirt! '
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Such words are recalled every time. The head of the guard was even more angry.
Therefore, when 'Master Qiao' proposed that he must obtain a 'qualification' if he wanted to buy potions from him, and defined this 'qualification' as food, medicinal materials, etc., the chief guard gave an answer without hesitation. Quite accurate quantity - as a snowy night person, the chief guard of course knows everything around him better than 'Master Qiao'.
Of course. The discussion on that day was not limited to this, but also extended from here—for example: how to use a better environment to attract more people.
Whether it is Xue Ye or other duchies, population is always the most important.
Therefore, the "welfare" of the porters was brought up in this way - only for outsiders to see a different side of Xue Ye. It is possible to gain more recognition.
And this recognition will undoubtedly be a good start.
All the people involved in the discussion are very aware of this, but what no one expected was that it would take a long time before they had expected a successful plan, and unexpectedly, it appeared so early—
"What did you say?"
Even after countless battles, at this moment, the head guard still took a deep breath. Moderating the excitement in his heart, he asked as calmly as possible.
"Master, sir, do you accept free people here?"
The newcomer to the caravan looked at the big man in front of him and asked again; however, compared to the previous impulsive blurt. This time he came back to his senses, but he became a little trembling - he already regretted his impulse, you know, every elder is very busy, how could he take care of a poor boy like him.
A whip, perhaps
The newcomer to the caravan thought in frustration.
"What do you know? If you know any one of blacksmithing, weaving, medicine, brewing, etc., you can become a free citizen of the snowy night after the review... But if you don't know anything, you have to be in the snow Six months of unpaid service in the Night Militia, and participation in the expansion of Snow Night Castle in the next two summers and the next two summers - the latter can be paid."
After calming down the excitement in his heart, the chief guard returned to normal, and immediately asked according to the results of the day's discussion.
This is the result of discussions between that 'Master Joe' and their Grand Duke. He and Hoxha watched the whole process, and they have no objection to this. , brewing and other talents are very few, or even almost extinct.
And buying ironware, cloth, drinks, etc. from outside is also a big expense for Xue Ye.
Therefore, if such talents can be recruited, then Xue Ye's finances will definitely be much better.
As for the expansion of Snow Night Fort
It is understandable that a larger population will inevitably require a larger place.
"I, I can brew!"
The unexpected whip was actually a series of conditions for moving in. The newcomer in the caravan immediately said happily after being slightly taken aback, and even his words became stammered.
"Well, brewing? Go to the third house on your left, if you pass the test, then you are a Snowy Night person!"
The chief guard glanced at the young man in front of him, then pointed to the house in the distance and said, with a bit of expectation in his tone—in the icy and snowy climate, alcoholic beverages are always available on snowy nights, even for bowmen and sharpshooters. Even if it is clearly prohibited, I will drink a little bit.
"Yes, sir!"
The young people in the caravan saluted, and then quickly ran towards the house.
And about ten minutes later, there was a burst of applause in that house—applause of congratulations.
Hearing such applause, the chief guard couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth—the immigrant population exceeded the expected time, and he was still a young man who could brew.
All this is really wonderful!
The chief guard let out a long breath. Then, I couldn't help shouting loudly from the bottom of my heart: "Praise our great Master Qiao!"
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[Power of Faith +1]
Just when the head guard sincerely praised Ye Qi's alias, there was a jump in Ye Qi's system bar, which made Ye Qi, who had just finished making a potion, squint his eyes uncontrollably.
Expand your reputation with potions. And seeking corresponding benefits for Xue Ye, this was originally Ye Qi's plan.
However, the appearance of the power of faith surprised Ye Qi.
This power of faith, which is very similar to the power of faith in kingship, appeared at the celebration banquet two weeks ago, and it appeared like this. Ye Qi was really startled.
Because once fluctuations in the power of faith appear, he will definitely be targeted in this age of gods and demons dancing together.
However, there was no movement at all after that.
The guessed scenario did not appear, so Ye Qi experimented several times. The original guess was denied, and more and new guesses appeared.
The gods have no way of discovering the power of faith related to kingship
Or to put it another way... It is impossible to discover the very subtle power of faith in kingship!
The appearance of the first guess, when it was associated with the original 'Emperor' Delpa, was quickly added to the second by Ye Qi.
And everything after that seemed to show that his guess was correct.
However, even so, Ye Qi was carefully 'detecting' all the changes around him—since such an irreversible thing had happened. So worrying and being afraid is not Ye Qi's approach. What he needs is a more proactive approach, and the detection of the surrounding magic eyes is the most important thing to arrange.
After all, as a participant, he cannot change history.
But... the fall of the gods is the real history!
And he doesn't mind repeating this history; however, correspondingly, it is absolutely impossible to start a battle on Xue Ye and Lolante. The spread of immortal level battles is enough to destroy the country.
Since Ye Qi is unwilling to change history. Then he needs to choose a battlefield.
Under the premise of being unable to enter the land where the gods fought, Ye Qi undoubtedly had only one choice—the endless sea!
The vast and boundless sea is undoubtedly a very ideal place to fight.
Once the magic eyes find something is wrong, Ye Qi will immediately attract the gods who may appear there.
but. From now on, everything is calm.
And after putting aside these worries, the power of faith is still very good—from the tenth day, Ye Qi has nearly 500 power of faith increased almost every day.
Considering Xue Ye's population, this was pretty good.
The belief in ordinary theocracy is one out of a hundred.
The belief in kingship is one out of ten.
And Ye Qi is undoubtedly quite special, in most cases he conforms to the rules of the kingship belief - for all of this, Ye Qi sums it up in the special specialty [King's Potential].
However, sometimes, [King's Potential] cannot explain it.
Because, for the ratio of one to one for the power of faith, he has never heard of it anywhere.
It was as if when he was in Qianmao District, such an exaggerated proportion happened by accident, which was enough to make Ye Qi tremble with fear—so, he couldn't even ask for more advice from his contract companions.
Such a secret is almost the same as the existence of the system.
They all need to be buried in Ye Qi's heart by himself, and cannot be known by others.
"We must enter the land of the gods' battle as soon as possible!"
Seeing the power of faith increasing day by day, Ye Qi became more and more eager to enter the place where the gods fought; after all, only when the gods appeared all the time and participated in the war, he used The power of faith is transformed into existing combat power, so that it will not attract attention.
After all, the best place to hide a leaf must be the forest.
However, Ye Qi is very clear that he still needs time to brew; at least, it will only be possible when his potion spreads around and everything in Xue Ye Dukedom is effectively constructed.
As for now
Naturally, we need to wait.
Not only waiting for the announcement to be broadcast far and wide, but also waiting for the reward from the top wizard dynasty.
With the strength he showed, he killed the strong Sea Clan. Ye Qi believed that the wizard dynasty would show something - some tricks like those in the highest government would never appear in the wizard dynasty.
After all, powerful wizards really have too many ways to find the truth.
Therefore, as long as you are a clear-headed person, you will never do such a stupid thing.
And just when Ye Qi was lost in thought, bursts of calls sounded——
"Master Qiao, Master Qiao..."
Grand Duke Xue Ye looked helplessly at his consultant who was lost in thought.
After two weeks of getting along, the Grand Duchess accepted the young master wizard more and more, not only because of his strength and outstanding ability, but also because the other party took out her potion without hesitation and used it as Xue Ye. The cornerstone of development - for some wizards, it's a treasure, or... a tradition.
The Grand Duchess is well aware.
Therefore, the gratitude to Ye Qi was obvious.
It's just that, for this consultant with the title of 'genius', the Grand Duchess also has a lot of helplessness, for example: this kind of ecstasy from time to time.
You know, they are in class now!
It is absolutely unforgivable for the teacher to be in a trance, if it is placed elsewhere; at least the statement will be damaged, and at the worst it will be questioned and ruined.
However, the Grand Duchess will never embarrass a consultant who is worthy of her gratitude.
"Master Qiao, we are in class!"
Although it will not be difficult, but out of good intentions, the Grand Duchess' reminder is still necessary.
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