Tauren Overlord

Even Valentine, the "projector" who was first sent out to ask Lu Heng to join him westward, had no news.

This made an idea come directly into Edrick's mind:

Could they... really have rebelled?

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186. Record educational materials as much as possible

Gailtule even wanted to go to Artemisia Town in person to see the situation, but he became nervous when he thought that the young deputy commander he had promoted might have actually rebelled.

However, under the disguise of his diamond face, all his joy was not shown on his face, and he still looked so deep and elegant.

He held the raised buttocks without too much force, enjoying the pleasure while choosing his words:

"Ser, no matter what, our interests as leaders are the same."

"Although there are scum among us Taimenians, we must convince the Empire that those of us who are willing to build a province peacefully are the mainstream of Taimenians."

"To show my sincerity, I will provide 300 military maids for your troops."

"You can also pick a few of the magic props I showed you before that you like."

Searle knew very well that these 300 military maids were very useful, whether for rewarding subordinates or boosting the morale of the troops.

In the Holy Blessing Empire, a military maid can serve 50... or even more imperial soldiers in a day.

The number of Ser's reinforcements is about 15000. Theoretically, these 300 maids accompanying the army are enough to reward them once a day...

Of course, in actual practice, Ser would probably leave two-thirds of the military maids to the affairs officers and nobles.

It would be good if one third of the military maids could be distributed to ordinary soldiers.

As for the problem of being fucked too much and becoming pregnant and unable to continue doing "sex work", this does not happen in most cases.

Anyway, they can't live for more than 9 months. In essence, they are Edric's consumables, just like the male "commune bandits".

If there is any difference between them, it is that the men who play the role of "commune bandits" die faster, while the women who play the role of "commune bandits" die slower.

But the empire's army needed these women to stay alive. Even if they didn't do "sex work", they had to do a lot of chores like washing clothes.

Therefore, of course, Serl has a great demand for consumables such as military maids of the imperial army.

The help provided by Edrick was indeed timely.

But compared to these 300 military maids, the freedom to choose magic props is where Edric really gives away the advantage.

Even if the abilities of certain magic items are not practical, they can be melted into psychic liquids through certain special processing methods.

These liquids will become the "blood" of large-scale war machines and even urban defense systems.

For example, the magic barrier of the city of Thessaloniki is based on psychic liquid mixed from the melting of hundreds of magic props.

However, it is very difficult to obtain magic items. After all, spellcasters are few in number. More importantly, these powerful ones are not so easy to kill.

It is even more difficult to capture spellcasters on a large scale and then train them into magic items, or turn spellcasters into psychic liquids.

This scarcity meant that only cities with a certain economic foundation, like Thessaloniki, could afford such magical defense barriers.

A small town like Ai Cao Town simply can't afford such things.

So it was not difficult for Searle to see that Edric had really spent a lot of money to win him over.

But the more the governor said this, the more Serl felt that the war situation in the Beast Suppression Province... might be worse than he imagined.

The lost territories may not be just seven or eight, it is possible that half of them have been lost.

Perhaps by then he will not be far from the city of Thessaloniki and will reach the front line directly.

But no matter how the situation deteriorates, Edric is very sincere this time and really acts like one of our own.

And Edric also knew that Thrall's reinforcements also included Pegasus cavalry, and they were only responsible to Thrall, so he, as the governor, had no right to interfere.

Therefore, Ser would definitely conduct some reconnaissance of the battlefield before the official battle, and he would naturally know by then… He would have already been at the front line in person.

Since it is impossible to conceal the truth, for someone like Ser, he must be bribed with actual benefits.

No, it is not enough to just provide enough benefits. I also need to bring out the identity of a fellow leader, so that he can advance and retreat with me...

While the two imperial masters were enjoying themselves and dividing the spoils passionately, Lu Heng also worked hard to record more educational materials.

It is said that knowledge changes destiny. If the other old farmers in the empire knew that they had been loyal to the empire and ended up like this, what would they think?

I'm afraid any normal old farmer would be aroused to resist, right?

No, it wasn't just the old farmer. In fact, even Lu Heng couldn't have imagined that Edric would actually kill the nobles under his command.

Lu Heng hopes to fight for these unfortunate victims, who can even be considered enemies, if he can.

He did not believe that the Taimenians were a natural slave race. That view was just a rhetoric used by the Empire to justify their enslavement.

No one is born to be tortured in public, and no one is born to open his legs and serve as lubricant for the invaders' war.

Even from the most selfish perspective, Lu Heng needs to make them producers and consumers so that they can work together to create a better life.

To achieve this goal, Lu Heng not only had to withdraw the empire's beast-suppression province, but also had to crush the reinforcements led by Ser.

If the entire empire is blocking his way, he will overthrow the entire empire.

……

Meanwhile, Jules and his officers finally arrived outside the city of Thessaloniki.

Initially, Jules really wanted to take his wife and daughter away from his territory.

As for whether to continue to follow Lu Heng in rebellion or remain loyal to the empire, he has no clear plan yet.

Rebellion, rather than a life-or-death situation, is more likely to be a death-or-nothing situation...

But should I continue to follow Edrick?

Based on Jules' understanding of him, he thought this might not be a better choice.

However... just when he was about to pick up his wife and daughter from the territory, his affairs officer told him that the lord's wife and her daughter had already run away!

They just ignored Jules and fled to Thessaloniki with their guards!

This made Jules angry and annoyed, but he was unwilling to part with them, so he took the remaining officers and ran towards the city of Thessaloniki.

What he didn't expect was that when the patrolmen outside the city saw him, they shouted:

"Why did you come just now? The celebration ceremony has already started!"

These seemingly ordinary words sent a chill down Jules' spine.

He pretended to be calm and asked the patrolman tentatively:

"Which victory are you celebrating this time? Over the Commune Brigands or over the Beastmen?"

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187. It’s time to work on the fields again!

"No matter which side we go on, we win, right?"

The patrolman's answer gave Jules an eerie feeling that "even though we've been defeated, we still want to dance on the graves."

His officers also looked at each other in bewilderment, but after a few seconds, they quickly guessed that the Governor was marrying a funeral into a wedding.

This practice is not new, it is an old tradition of leaders.

Even in the Western Continent, many rulers used imperial peasants from neighboring provinces to play the role of communal peasants in their own province in order to exaggerate their military achievements.

It was just that when there were no results at all, Edric would borrow the heads of the old peasants from the empire...

This is not even a behavior exclusive to Edric. Some rulers of other provinces would also do similar things. The only difference is who goes more excessive.

Anyway, no one stands on the old farmer's side and firmly opposes such things, so over time, such things will naturally happen from time to time.

But what puzzled Jules was where Edric would find the scapegoat this time?

This is the Eastern Continent where the old farmer Taimenia has a very limited territory. There is only one province, the Beast Suppression Province, which is mainly populated by Taimenia people.

The old farmers under the command of the lords have already suffered heavy losses, and it is unlikely that they will "borrow" old farmers for Edric to kill.

It is even more impossible to ask Grand Duke Edric to selflessly release the old farmers under his command and kill them.

Moreover, if we really wanted to kill the old farmer in the city, it would be easy for the people in the city to find out that there was something wrong.

After ruling out the impossible options, Jules' biggest question was how the Governor could convince other lords to "lend" their already limited number of old farmers.

At this moment, a dangerous thought flashed through Jules' mind:

If we locked up all the other lords and nobles and directly occupied their old peasants, wouldn't we not have to worry about the issue of "borrowing" or not?

But Jules quickly dismissed the idea.

He himself was well aware that when nobles like him treated other nobles, it was as warm as spring;

Only when they treat old farmers are they as ruthless as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

As the saying goes, whether you are related or not, your blood is yours. The governor killed the old farmer if he wanted to.

But no matter how much he conflicts with other nobles, he will not resort to the most severe means.

It was precisely because Jules, his wife and daughter believed in this friendship among fellow superiors that they ran towards the city of Thessaloniki.

For Temenia nobles like Jules, their roots are in the Western Continent after all.

Even if he returned to the Orvax family as a failed knight, he could still be a small manor owner.

If we have to say there is any major loss, it is that he will definitely not have a chance to be the next head of the family.

But the aristocratic tradition of Timenia has always been to share the wealth equally among brothers, rather than concentrating the entire family's wealth and power in one heir.

Even if he is the loser in the competition for the position of family head, in most cases he will become the right-hand man of the new family head instead of being killed by the new family head.

So in Jules's opinion, even if he failed to bring back his troops and subjects, as long as he could reach the city of Thessaloniki, he could at least survive.

It would be even better if I could reunite with my wife and daughter who fled earlier.

But Jules still felt like something was wrong... It was at this moment that the leading patrolman asked them:

"Which unit are you from? Didn't the governor inform you that he was going to celebrate the victory?"

Obviously, these patrolmen did not recognize Jules as a lord. This might be related to the fact that his original armor exploded not long ago and he was now wearing a cheap outfit.

Moreover, against the backdrop of the governor's huge victory, it was indeed something that an ordinary patrolman could not have imagined that a lord without any troops would suddenly run back to the provincial capital.

This inadvertently reminded Jules that even if he was pretending to celebrate a victory, Edric would let his people know the general situation in advance.

Although there is still some distance between Thessaloniki and Wormwood Town, it will only take a few hours to get there at the speed of Pegasus.

In other words, the Governor no longer considered him one of his own, and judging from the time, this change should have occurred before William's rebellion...

Could it be that the news of his rebellion was leaked in advance?

If this is true, once I enter the city of Thessaloniki, I may not be able to get out.

So the current situation is... Is it really a dead end if we don't rebel?

For a moment, the image of his wife and daughter flashed through his mind again. If he didn't go to Thessaloniki now, he might never see them again...

No… The sudden sense of crisis made Jules wonder if he would have to face jail or even death even if he returned to Thessaloniki.

What Edric needs most right now is a scapegoat.

Although nobles generally do not kill nobles, there are some exceptions, but they are a bit rare.

So Jules put his wife and daughter aside and changed his words:

"Since the celebration has begun, let's return to our original defense line!"

Jules's stewards looked at each other again, but calmly carried out the lord's orders.

This also made the patrolmen serious: