Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 186 Chapter 184: Mess (Please subscribe, please vote)

Luo Yi was very excited to get the recognition from three fourth-level natural disaster masters.

With them, the Raymond family has a master who can keep the family in check and maintain the status of the Earl's family.

In fact, Grand Duchess Aphra had not originally planned to let them meet before Loy inherited the title.

The reason is simple. Which powerful person among the natural disasters is not arrogant?

Who doesn’t have a gap in his heart?

She was afraid that Luo Yi would not be able to convince these three people and would instead leave a bad impression.

It would be better to wait until Loy inherits the title and then sign a new tribute contract with the three of them in the name of Earl Raymond.

Chloe is amazing!
He was so outstanding that even Grand Duchess Aphra was amazed. She discussed this matter with the three powerful men many times before having this meeting.

It wasn't that she didn't want to talk to Luo Yi, but even she couldn't guarantee that she could make this meeting happen in advance.

Of course, in the subsequent chat, Luo Yi discovered that these three powerful natural disasters were actually more excited than him.

He did have some guesses by hinting at it.

The most important thing is the training of a fourth-order strongman. The resources required are really a lot and very expensive.

Without adequate supplies, their progress would be as slow as a turtle.

Therefore, almost all the powerful natural disasters are either of noble birth or have deep ties with the nobles.

Coupled with the nobles' monopoly on knowledge, it can almost be said that 99% of the powerful natural disasters grew up in aristocratic families.

If I lose the support of the nobles, like now...

If the Raymond family fell, although they would be free and live a good life, it would not be easy to get such good conditions again.

They can register on some platforms and make money as mercenaries, but that kind of life of running around is not as easy as it is now.

They can also be listed in some noble families, but the minor noble families cannot provide their needs;
The great nobles all have their own fourth-order strongmen, and most of them do not welcome them to share a piece of the pie.

What's more, there is a trust issue involved here, and it is difficult to get in touch with the core of the family.

Therefore, the three of them actually did not want the Raymond family to fall like that.

Of course, this is an objective reason, but subjective feelings cannot be ignored.

Like the Flame Swordsman and the Iron Knight, these two have deep feelings for the Raymond family.

Both the words and the implication indicate that the revenge can be slowed down, but it must be taken.

Ms. Palacios, on the other hand, was more indifferent. In fact, a magician cares more about a stable training environment and sufficient magical resources.

She is a great wizard who specializes in water magic. She has incredible combat power at sea and is the greatest guarantee for the Raymond family's fleet on the ocean.

It was also because of his emotions that the Flame Swordsman Otto took action in time and helped to block Hurricane Higgins.
And later on, he escorted everyone to the city of Auxerre.

He even suffered some injuries as a result.

It was also from them that Loyi learned that the strength of Grand Duchess Aphra was unquestionable.

Luo Yi, the illegitimate son, is the closest in bloodline, so, in the previous fourth-level battle on the road, as many as seven or eight powerful natural disasters were involved.

In the entire Duchy of Normandy, only the four marquises are qualified to support a fourth-order natural disaster.

Each family has at least two or three people, and at most three or four people.

Although the Raymond family is an earl family, before they encountered human disasters, they had five fourth-level people, which was the most.

In other words, there are only more than twenty powerful natural disasters in the entire Norman Duchy.

Don’t think it’s a lot. The lifespan of a fourth-level warrior is at least two hundred years, which is much longer than that of ordinary mortals. This number is naturally accumulated over the years.

This time, there were nearly ten people, which shows how fierce the battle was.

Of course, the past is the past. What Luo Yi most wants to know from them is some of the circumstances before and after the family incident.

In this regard, the three of them were actually responsible for a piece of business each. Before the "man-made disaster", they all did their own job and didn't feel anything.

After the incident, they received the news and immediately rushed to the Raymond family castle.

Iron Knight Phil Zeke was the luckiest one, as he intercepted some people with strange behavior.

However, some fourth-level warriors rushed out to fight with him, but he was not good at speed and let those people escape.

However, he was sure that the powerful natural disaster was not from the Norman Duchy.

The Norman Duchy only has those fourth-level ones. Even if they have never dealt with them, they have heard of them. These people are not like them.

As for the flaming swordsman Otto, when the incident happened, he was actually accompanied by Joffrey, the second son of Earl Raymond.

At that time, Joffrey was learning swordsmanship from him, but he was killed by a nightmare right under Otto's nose.

The Witch of Mercy's methods are hard to guard against. If she dares to target Otto, even in a dream, she would be courting death.

The poor witch targeted Joffrey, and Otto only reacted after Joffrey's death. Although he killed the witch, it was too late.

All in all, they didn't provide much useful information.

Instead, Roy finally learned some details about the current situation of the Earldom after the destruction of the ancient castle.

According to their story, the Earldom was already somewhat unstable before that "man-made disaster".

The main reason was that Earl Raymond's strong promotion of the development and popularization of magical machinery really infringed the interests of too many people.

To put it bluntly, the economy of the earldom is still a self-sufficient small peasant economy, and the farmers are trapped on the land. If you want to develop industry, you have to "liberate" these farmers.

The ruling model of the earldom is still that the vassal nobles and knights each get a piece of land, manage it on behalf of others and pay taxes.

If we develop magical machinery, we will have to occupy land, this piece and that piece, and the land we will occupy will be the land of these vassals.

That’s not all!
The factory is built and the magic machinery is installed to produce various products, but what is the result?

If these products were sold domestically, there wouldn't be such a big market in Flower Territory. The workers who had just changed jobs had no money, and the knights and nobles couldn't absorb so many, so they could only be exported!

Then, a large number of cheap goods appeared in the major cities of the Norman Duchy, and the fragile peasant economy collapsed at the first blow.

As a result, the nobles suddenly discovered that the free people under them were bankrupt and the taxes they could collect were getting less and less.

So they also had to point the finger at Count Raymond.

To be honest, when Luo Yi heard this, he was stunned.

He always thought that Count Raymond's promotion of industrial development was carried out in a planned and conditional manner.

But I didn't expect it to be a 'hard push'!

Doing this would offend almost everyone from inside to outside, and would inevitably lead to many conflicts.

That is to say, Count Carl Raymond has great prestige and his words are his final words. Otherwise, I am afraid that he would not be able to take even the first step.

But then again, he suddenly understood something.

The destruction of the Raymond family was not unfair at all!

It can be said that in the territories and cities adjacent to the Flower Territory, there is not a single noble who is not gritting his teeth in hatred.

The reason why these marquis families want to dismantle the earldom is probably because they are worried about the continued promotion of magic machinery!

Of course, the goal has been achieved.

After the castle was destroyed and all direct descendants of Raymond's family were wiped out, the entire territory was in chaos.

Not to mention the various plans that have not yet been completed, even the territory itself is a mess.

In other words, the people sent by the Habsburg Empire are all magic apprentices, and they are protected by real strong men and have the empire's endorsement...

Otherwise, they would have been beaten to death long ago.

But even so, they were detained. The reason was simple: many people believed that they had killed Count Raymond and his family.

Although anyone with a clear mind knows that this cannot be true, who can blame the fact that there are not many people with brains?
It should be said that the powerful natural disasters still stood too high, and in the later period they were also traveling outside, and they did not know much about the specific situation of the territory.

But even with what they knew, Luo Yi already understood what kind of mess he was about to face? !
Thinking about the messy situation, Luo Yi felt a little depressed.

He even felt that if the noble meeting was postponed any further, then there would be no need to carry out any plan.

As soon as he showed the Proverbs Ring and got the inheritance rights, he immediately rushed to his fiefdom. How could he have the heart to pretend to be nice to them here?
Well, two days, only two days left!
Two days later, it was all over.

This conversation lasted for several hours, and by the time Luo Yi understood everything he wanted to know, it was almost dawn.

When Luo Yi left the manor again, he was already walking in the morning mist.

He changed to a different carriage. Eva was no longer inside, but Ms. Palacios and the Iron Knight Phil Zek were there.

Oliveira drove off, while the Flame Swordsman Otto disappeared into the surroundings.

Now that their allegiance had been clearly defined, the three naturally had to look out for Loy's safety and were unwilling to stay in the manor arranged by Grand Duchess Aphra for too long.

So, they just followed Luo Yi and went back to the hotel.

As for Eva, she drove the carriage back to White Castle early to report.

……

White Castle,

study.

Archduchess Aphra stayed up all night and finally waited for Eva.

"You said Luo Yi has become the [Lion King]?"

"See what the Iron Knight means, that's it!"

"So, Luo Yi has already mastered two sacred skills?"

"Yes!"

Grand Duchess Aphra suddenly laughed, her laugh somewhat helplessly: "Should I say that Carl is lucky? Or is he unlucky?
He encountered such a monster, but he couldn't see the prosperity of the Raymond family. Isn't it a pity?"

But she shook her head again and said, "If Karl doesn't die, how can Luo Yi have the chance to inherit the earldom, let alone other things?"

"So, this is probably fate's arrangement!"

Anyway, time flies, and it’s already two days later.

On July 312, 7 of the New God Calendar, countless people poured into the Council of Nobles and the curtain officially opened!

PS: Today’s third update has been coded and is being revised!

　The first update is here!

　　
　
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