Throne of the North.

Chapter 306 Strategic Planning for the Andara Kingdom (Subscription Request) (Part )

The Feast of Divine Grace has arrived.

In the imperial capital, the emperor spoke passionately about the greatness of the empire and the bright faith. The emperor's robe and the pope's robe were draped on him at the same time. On this day, the emperor's authority reached its peak.

The audience with the nobles and the combination of royal power and divine authority made the majesty of the Columbus royal family deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But after the Marquis of the North Wind died of illness in the North, many people looked back and felt something.

"We need warm land. The Meyers family will become the sharpest sword in your hand to bring back the warmer light of the South."

Grand Duke Meyers knelt devoutly before the emperor and held up the sword in his hand.

"The Empire bears witness to the greatness and immortality of light. In the name of the Emperor, I grant you the Blade of Light."

Golden light descended from the sky, piercing the world and dyeing the knight's sword in Grand Duke Meyers's hand. After an hour of light, an ordinary sword became a legendary weapon.

"The divine origin is even more useful than the alchemist's philosopher's stone. No wonder there is no alchemist school in the empire."

The nobles murmured. They naturally knew that this was not a real gift from the gods, but that the royal family had somehow transformed divinity into energy to forge the knight's sword.

The empire was shaken. Grand Duke Meyers led an expedition in person again after thirty years, but the last time he went to the north, this time he went to the south.

Regardless of whether the death of the great nobles is announced or not, the empire's anger will not disappear, but it will instead take crazy revenge on the Holy See.

After the Festival of Grace, Roland also returned to the Province of North Wind.

With him was Viscount Miles.

The Boreal Province has still not escaped the majesty of winter. Snow and wind cover everything in the cold winter. However, the tense atmosphere in the North still makes Viscount Miles, who has just returned, a little uncomfortable.

"Has the impact of the Marquis's death still not passed?"

Viscount Miles was terrified. He also knew what kind of storm the death of Marquis Beifeng had caused in the imperial capital. Countless nobles were angrily clamoring to declare an all-out war against the Holy See. The dignity of the nobility must not be violated.

The Holy See set a very bad precedent, resulting in unprecedented suppression on the battlefield in the south.

"The death of the Governor is a thing of the past. No one in the North cares whether he is dead or alive. Here, he is not recognized by the nobles. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for his death."

Roland said from the side that he saw it more clearly than Viscount Miles.

"So this isn't about the Marquis's death?"

Ryan, who renovated the city of Lingdu, gave the two the answer.

"It's for the keys."

"Except for the several hundred Vatican believers we found initially, we have not found any Vatican killers."

"The key is lost."

"Hundreds of thousands of people from the Northern Wind Province have been stranded in the Mountain Forest World for two months."

After hearing this, Viscount Miles finally looked at the empty Lingdu City and his face became angry.

"Damn the Vatican! They shouldn't have given him the key in the first place."

I don't know who he was scolding.

"I went to the south. Did you deal with that matter?"

Ryan asked, and Viscount Miles became bitter.

"The price I have to pay is even greater than what we agreed upon at the beginning. The imperial nobles reacted terribly and violently to the abnormal death of a noble."

"Even the death of Marquis Beifeng this time has doubled the number of troops heading south."

Speaking of this, Viscount Miles was a little frightened. The military power that the empire could unleash was simply beyond imagination.

No wonder he looks down on the North.

"That's it..."

Ryan looked at Roland.

"So, you should have successfully completed your father's instructions."

As the Empire embarked on a more advanced war, it naturally needed more political allies, and it just so happened that Grand Duke McReynolds came forward at this time.

"But you'd better be ready. Your brother's hammer has been forged. Go back and get it. Once you get it, return quickly."

"The Empire is not so kind. I think your king has probably received a letter from the Emperor and learned of Grand Duke McReynolds's choice."

"I guess the emperor's letter told your king to disperse the Holy See's Feathered Dragon Legion and all the churches in the Andara Kingdom."

Roland's face changed, he bowed to Ryan and said goodbye, then quickly headed for the Frozen Territory.

"It's good that he's gone."

Ryan looked at the Zero Crossing City in front of him. The major transformation of Zero Crossing City was carried out under his will. Viscount Miles did not come back, and Viscount Dragun also surrendered. His will could decide everything in Zero Crossing County.

"What you built are... arrow towers?"

Viscount Miles was a bit stupid, but he still had the vision gained from his aristocratic education. He looked at those towering things with a pale face. No wonder Ryan wanted to send Roland away.

"According to the will of the Empire, the Marquis of Beifeng will never die so easily. The wrath of the nobles will fall on the believers of Dawn. All the church personnel who entered Beifeng Province before were from the Andara Kingdom."

"At the same time, the deal between Grand Duke McReynolds and the Empire behind Roland has reached the North Wind Province even faster than you did."

"If the Andara Kingdom cannot clear out the churches and believers within the kingdom itself, then the Empire's army will help them do it."

"The consequence of the Marquis's murder was the outbreak of war."

"Not just in the south, but in the north as well."

"We are going to attack the Andara Kingdom?"

Ryan glanced at Viscount Miles. Is this guy really so untalented in politics?

"It's impossible for now. Our attack on the Andara Kingdom will only allow the Church to gain the support of the Andara Kingdom."

"What we need to do is to put enough pressure on the Andara Kingdom."

“And the first step is – building roads.”

"A road that connects the Empire to the Kingdom of Andara. For this, our emperor once again generously cancelled half of the taxes in the North Wind Province for the new year. It's really funny. A few hundred thousand gold coins are used to build a road that can support an army of 100,000 to attack the Kingdom of Andara."

"It's using Beifeng Province's own money."

"A few hundred thousand gold coins...are they not enough?"

Viscount Miles blinked his eyes. Hundreds of thousands of gold coins were already a lot. Could it be that they were not enough to build the road?

"What do you think a path is? A path that people can walk on?"

"Hundreds of thousands of gold coins have been put in, and a large amount of gold coins have fallen into the hands of the nobles themselves. Now that the North Wind Province has to pay for it, it is even more impossible. I am afraid that in the end, I don't know how many people will die before this road can be repaired."

After Ryan finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes slightly. This wouldn't work. He needed a better way, and not too many people could die, so spending money was inevitable.

We have to force the nobles of the North Wind Province to actually take out money to build roads.

……

"You want a tool that's heavy but easy to move?"

Rose also frowned as she listened to Ryan's words, and then looked at the rough outline of the steamroller drawn by Ryan.

There was only an outline, as Ryan didn't know the internal structure.

"It needs to be forged with metal, but the energy drive is a problem. This requires the use of magic array patterns. If magic array patterns are not used, then the metal must be activated to devour the magic crystal to provide energy."

"This is still very difficult, much more difficult than the pulley mechanical shovel you mentioned before."

“But if it succeeds, it will be a huge help in road construction.”

Build a road to the Kingdom of Andara. The route has been explored by the legends coming from the south. They may not be professionals, but the magical power in their hands will make their choice professional.

So during this period of time, more than a dozen powerful monsters were hunted in the mountains and forests between the North Wind Province and the Andara Kingdom, and there were no longer many powerful monsters around the path.

This road belongs to the Empire and Grand Duke McReynolds.

"Most of the manpower will be in the mountain forest world, and there won't be enough people to build roads. I have to give them some hope. If the roads are built, it will be of great benefit to everyone."

If you want to be rich, you must build roads. This is the understanding of the farmer, Mr. Ryan. Only when the roads are smooth can wealth flow in continuously.

Therefore, at his suggestion, the opening of this road was located to the east of Lingdu County.

“Does it really cost so much just to build a road?”

Rose still didn't quite understand. The amount of gold coins Ryan had spent on purchasing various materials for road construction during this period was not small.

When the Chamber of Commerce arrives after the New Year, I’m afraid there will be even more.

"The original way of building roads is to use slaves and a small number of ambitious civilians to build roads for free. People will die for every few hundred meters of road. If the environment is a little bad, countless people will die. The environment between Beifeng and Andara Kingdom will be even worse." "If we don't spend money and only rely on those slaves, many people will die."

Rose was still a little confused.

"The death of those noble slaves is fine. It can also relieve you of some pressure. Why do you care about it?"

"It's different. Only when people are alive can they create greater wealth. Dead people only waste the land instead of creating wealth."

“The wealth you create does not belong to you, but the gold coins you pay are real.”

"No, you are wrong."

Ryan laughed.

"As long as this road is built, there will be endless wealth flowing into my arms."

“Money is only money when it circulates.”

"Do you believe?"

Ryan looked at the sanctuary in front of him, who fell silent, and then said:

"According to the agreement between you and the War Bear Tribe, let's have a bet."

"If you win, I can use this to grant you a wish."

In Rose's hand, there appeared a crystal clear palm-sized jade stone with liquid flowing inside.

"Philosopher's Stone?"

Ryan was surprised. The Philosopher's Stone could not be produced by ordinary alchemy.

It is called the Philosopher's Stone, also known as the Wish Stone. Theoretically, it can serve as the material for all creations. Even if it is an extraordinary material that you imagine in your mind but does not exist in the world, it can perfectly fulfill the effect of that material.

Previously on the battlefield in the North Wind Province, the giant iron dragon was forged using the Philosopher's Stone. However, that Philosopher's Stone was probably not as pure as the one before him.

"make a deal."

"If you lose, I want one million gold coins."

"I won't lose."

Ryan laughed. If he had no identity, then the only thing he might lose would be because of the empire's policy, but now the road was here, right under the nose of Baron Ryan.

He is the policy.

Rose's alchemy is really powerful and special. She accomplished many incomprehensible things using even more incomprehensible means.

In just two days, the interior of the Alchemy Valley was rumbling continuously.

"Is this alive?"

"The shadow activated it, making it alive."

Ryan swallowed and looked at the tall monster in front of him. It was five meters tall and shaped like a rectangular block. Its feet were two huge cylinders, its head was a huge bear head, and the middle part of its body was transparent. The magic crystal seemed to be rippling without gravity in it and was being digested bit by bit.

"All the metal, gone?"

“It’s all turned into this.”

More than thirty tons.

The huge alchemical creation used magical energy, which not only surprised Ryan, but also surprised the magicians in the Frozen Territory who came to watch curiously.

"If possible, I would rather it be a complete alchemical creation, so it is a failure."

Rose felt a little regretful, he was a magician turned alchemist, although they were both in the holy realm, they inevitably influenced each other, and the creations that seemed incomparably exquisite to outsiders were nightmares that he could not escape.

"If it is a pure alchemical creation, what is it powered by?"

Ryan narrowed his eyes and asked, "The alchemist's extraordinary path is also extraordinary in nature, but...

"How about using coal?"

"Other things could work, stone, water, even the metal itself."

“Alchemical creations don’t have to be purely extraordinary creations. Perhaps they can also be something that ordinary people can replicate.”

Ryan said, causing Rose to merely frown.

"That's impossible. Extraordinary materials are extraordinary. Even if ordinary people use them, they can't capture the energy generated by extraordinary factors."

Ryan did not refute, because this world was different from the world in his memory after all, and the extraordinary was the unfamiliar aspect to him.

But he still spoke:
"In that case, if I win in the end, you will help me build a large enough mechanical alchemical forge, but in theory, something that ordinary people can also forge."

"You can't use the Philosopher's Stone."

"That's all I ask."

An extraordinary crop, a mechanical monster that is five meters tall and weighs more than thirty tons, appeared in Lingdu City. It is lighter than expected. Given enough magic crystals as energy, this steamroller can even disappear into the shadows and move forward.

This is also why Ryan was shocked that this thing was alive.

Apart from a dragon, he had never seen anything weighing dozens of tons so light.

Of course, it can also be very heavy, heavier than its own weight, which provides great convenience for the construction of Lingdu City.

"This city, this city..."

Viscount Miles was extremely excited. Although the Lingdu City in front of him was only its outline, it was more majestic and magnificent than the previous city.

"Don't even think about it. It's mine now."

Ryan said from the side that in order to pay for the huge losses and give an explanation to the empire, the Miles family had to pay a huge amount of wealth. It was no wonder that at this time, Master Ryan extended a helping hand and helped the Miles family to get through it.

The price was that most of the land and houses in Lingdu City became Master Ryan's wealth.

"How do you have so much money? Do you really have a gold mine?"

Viscount Miles looked at Ryan. He had also heard the recent rumors among the nobles.

"Can't I afford it without a gold mine?"

Viscount Miles no longer insisted on this matter, but asked with envy:
"If it is true as you said, this city will be very rich in the future, then can I earn back double the wealth I lost?"

"Of course, maybe it will more than double."

Ryan said, and from a distance he already knew that those nobles who were originally hesitant were gradually giving in.

With just one meeting, Ryan could organize the construction of roads within the Kingdom of Andara this year.

There was no way. According to the original idea, the two earls and those viscounts were unwilling.

It was Ryan's long-term vision for development and the economic transformation of the Frozen Territory that made the nobles realize that they could not just rely on the mines and live off their resources.

"We need to build a road to the Andara Kingdom. Maybe you don't know, but you are all sure that the Andara Kingdom is much weaker than the Empire."

"With this road, the wealth of the Andara Kingdom is within our reach. Imagine that in three to five years, the wealth of the other world disappears and we become mining nobles again. At that time, can you accept an annual income of only two to three thousand gold coins?"

"Andara is an opportunity. They can either choose the Empire, in which case we will have a good reason to obtain its wealth. If they surrender to the Church, our army will make them understand that wealth belongs to powerful nobles."

Profits are attractive, or in other words, the wealth of the mountain world has made the nobles' wallets much fatter in the past year.

Road construction was pushed forward little by little, and the nobles began to pay a little money to purchase the materials needed for road construction.

"Why are magicians and alchemists included in the purchase of materials?"

Baron Enzo was shocked, and Ryan glanced at him unhappily.

"What purchase? It's an invitation, an invitation."

This road is so long. How can we build a complete road without the participation of a magician?

"Just go to the magic academy and invite them. They all owe a lot of money, so someone will be tempted."

It was exciting to think of letting a noble magician work as a road worker, so Enzo left with a lot of money.

And Ryan, not long after Enzo left, received help from another friend.

Pascal, somewhat nervously, removed himself from the death of Marquis Beifeng and acknowledged Ryan's friendship, especially since there was already a grain trade between the two of them.

"Gargoyles are able to perform some magic. Although their bodies are forbidden to use magic, their magical instincts allow them to manipulate stone."

"Plus, since they can fly, it won't be a problem to build pillars on the cliffs."

Build roads!

Ryan waved his hand and gave each of the tens of thousands of workers from the North Wind Province a gold coin, so the wild forests to the east of Lingdu City were cleared and turned into a bare expanse.

(End of this chapter)