Your war hammer is too fake

After pushing the door open and walking in, An Jiyue pressed the door frame. The lamps on the ceiling emitted a soft glow, illuminating the slightly messy office. The scene in front of her made Xiao Yiyue dazed for a moment. If she hadn't looked out the window, she would have thought she had traveled back in time. Whether it was the decoration, furnishings, or various supplies, this room looked almost the same as the office of a small boss of a township enterprise in her "hometown".

"The entertainment pool is amazing." The governor of Shuofang Army praised sincerely.

"Indeed. I actually won an [Office Combination Set]," the Anxi Army Jiedushi took out an electric kettle and a tea can from the cabinet. The sense of déjà vu of a "small boss's office" suddenly became stronger. "In addition to the furnishings you see, it also includes some basic electrical appliances and a diesel generator."

"? Where did you get the diesel?"

"At that time, I also won a [broken oil tanker], the kind with only the oil tank but no car." Although the two of them had just drunk happy water, An Jiyue still poured a cup of hot tea for Xiao Yiyue - in a disposable paper cup, "I moved the generator and oil tank to a separate basement. There are mainly a few electric lights, a computer and a refrigerator here. There is also an air conditioner, but I basically don't turn it on. The diesel is enough to keep me going for a long time if I use it sparingly."

"I guess this place should even have modern bathrooms."

"It's right next door. You can experience it later. Or, relive the convenience of modern life." An Jiyue turned on the computer on the desk, operated it for a few times, and then gave the boss chair to Xiao Yiyue, "Take a look."

"The first draft of the Type 52 single-mounted 75mm projectile cannon..." Xiao Yiyue read out the title of the document, "What does 52 mean?"

"According to the setting I wrote, the First Emperor unified the world in 2750 BC, which was also the year he summoned a meteorite to smash the ogre's hometown, and established the first unified dynasty in the history of the An Dynasty," An Jiuyue explained. "52 is '5252 in the Zulong calendar', which is exactly 2502 in the Imperial calendar. Oh, the Zulong calendar is..."

"As for the calendar used by the spirit foxes, I know this," Xiao Yiyue, like other group members, had false memories granted by the Holy Book of War. "Let me take a look. Hmm? Using multiple generators to continuously push projectiles? Interesting."

Projectile weapons, after kinetic beam weapons, are another long-range weapon based on psychic technology invented by the great Jiba An Jiyue. Its principle is very simple, that is, to use telekinesis to push the projectile forward. Considering that the power of a single generator is limited and it is impossible to accelerate the projectile fast enough, An Jiyue set up multiple circular generators in series in the barrel, which will perform multi-stage acceleration on the projectile in the barrel in turn.

From a macroscopic perspective, the structure of projectile weapons is very similar to that of electromagnetic coil guns. The projectiles are suspended in the barrel and do not directly contact the inner wall of the barrel. In addition, they are given sufficient kinetic energy through continuous acceleration. However, electromagnetic coil guns push projectiles by Ampere force, while projectile weapons rely on telekinesis.

"Even if I just observe the normal working state of the Mind Engine, it is enough for me to understand how many technologies of the Faceless Ones are realized," An Jiyue stood beside Xiao Yiyue with his arms folded. "The memory matrix left by Dorzer records the history of the Faceless Empire in detail, and also contains a lot of basic principles of some psychic technologies of a popular science nature. We all know that the principle is still very far from the actual object, but if there are ready-made products for reference, combined with some of Mr. William's research records, I have successfully reproduced the genius invention of artificial neural circuits."

"I still don't know how the Faceless Men created artificial souls. All the information I could find was vague about it, or simply avoided the topic. But it doesn't matter. The Faceless Men invented artificial souls to replace natural souls. I'm just taking a step back."

Xiao Yiyue raised his head and looked over: "Won't this bring new troubles?"

"Guess why the mind engine has poor control over psychic energy, and it relies on great force to create miracles?" An Jiyue chuckled and said, "Artificial neural circuits can allow ordinary people to use psychic energy, but ordinary people are not sensitive to psychic energy, so their control is particularly poor. Although the technology of the Faceless Men is amazing, they have not yet reached the point where they can artificially create people with psychic powers. To put it bluntly, the reason why the Faceless Men use artificial souls is that they don't want slaves to get involved in psychic energy, and the population of their race is too small."

“We don’t have that problem.”

For projectile weapons to function properly, they require at least one intelligent biological operator. The operator's natural soul can produce psychic reactions after being amplified by artificial neural circuits. In this process, the spiritual energy provided by the operator is equivalent to a very small but essential catalyst. As for the energy consumed in generating psychic energy, it depends on another energy source.

Xiao Yiyue looked at the schematic diagram on the computer: "What is the 'other energy source'?"

"A psychic reactor," An Jiyue replied, "also the technology of the Faceless Men."

"Wow," the governor of the Shuofang Army exclaimed, "How big is the Kingfisher class you designed? It's just a little bigger than the 037, with a psychic reactor to power the main gun, a celestial furnace to power the anti-gravity engine, and a dwarven high-tech steam engine that burns alcohol... Are you opening a museum here?"

"Well, these are all necessary steps on the road to technological development," An Jiyue said rather awkwardly, "The dwarven technology is only used for a transitional period, and the entire system will definitely have to be simplified in the future. I'm already researching new propulsion technology as an alternative..."

"You mean this, right, the 'new propulsion technology'?" Xiao Yiyue controlled the mouse and moved it over a file on the computer desktop. Before An Jiyue could stop him, Xiao Yiyue double-clicked the left button to open it.

"It's totally not unexpected," Xiao Yiyue said, "Just like the belly of the Xiyuan Temple world, there's nothing inside."

"Why do you have to use such a ridiculous metaphor?!" An Jiyue frantically snatched the mouse back. "Besides, is it easy for me? I have to command the army, manage internal affairs, make strategic plans, and pay attention to specific details. Some time ago, I was playing a business war with a bunch of profiteers in Marienburg. Doing scientific research is a rare relaxing time for me!"

"Well, be good, be good~" Xiao Yiyue reached out to touch An Jiyue's head, but the latter dodged with a look of disgust. "But speaking of Marienburg," the governor of the Shuofang Army thought for a moment and said, "You were too brief in the group. How did you do it specifically at that time?"

"That," An Jiyue suddenly fell into memories, "At that time..."

Chapter 214 Taking Office in Goose City (Part 1)

Let's go back to the evening of October 10th.

Marienburg is the largest port in the Old World and also the largest city. This commercial city is located at the mouth of the Reik River. To the west is the Claw Sea. Its urban area is composed of rocky islands connected by bridges and ships. In addition to humans, other races such as high elves, dwarves and halflings also live here.

In fact, the largest community of Imperial Dwarves in the entire Old World is in Marienburg. There are 4500 Elfs living here, more than the dwarves living in the four largest cities of the Empire combined. In addition to the dwarves, Marienburg also has a city within a city called "Elventown", which is located northwest of the city and is essentially an overseas enclave of Ulthuan.

Elventown is not a concession, it is the territory of the high elves. Concessions are leased, at least in theory. It is worth mentioning that a similar enclave also exists in Le'Anguran in Bretonnia.

Looking around the world, it is difficult to find a place more international than Marienburg. This can be seen very intuitively from the names of Marienburg's communities: Elf Town, Little Mutter, North Miragliano, Northtown, Arabi Town, Limas Avenue, Nibon District, Inda District (Note 1)... Just by hearing the name, you know who the main residents of this community are.

After taking down Paraon, Aiwen stayed there to handle the final work and began to send troops to clean up the surrounding Bretonnian strongholds. An Jiyue took Jin Zhishi to Marienburg overnight. Similar to the process in Paraon, the first stop of the Jiedushi in Marienburg also started from the dwarf community.

The dwarf community of Marienburg is called "Dwarf'Hold". As a typical dwarf settlement in the Empire, there is no lord or similar role here. Instead, the elders with the longest beards form a council to decide the affairs of the community through meetings. That being said, there are still some dwarves who have greater influence and prestige.

Since the last elect of Westland died in Kislev during the Great Holy War two hundred years ago, Marienburg has been governed by the Council, a body composed of the high-ranking clergy of Mannan, the Goddess of Justice Verena, the Goddess of Mercy Thalia, the Goddess of Commerce Hendrik, the president of the university, and the patriarchs of the ten richest families. It is also the true ruling center of Marienburg.

Marienburg has a city council, but the upper house has no presence at all. Its only function is to shelter those poor people who have nice-sounding titles but are actually useless. The lower house, on the other hand, has too much presence. Every meeting is accompanied by flying spit and harsh curses. Sometimes, the members of parliament who are too angry with each other will even fight with each other, like a group of thugs.

The main job of the lower house is to act as a rubber stamp, approving what the council has already decided and, incidentally, to reassure the overly proud citizens of Marienburg that their democratic rights are fully protected.

In any case, every citizen of Marienburg knows that the patriarchs of the ten major families are the most powerful people here. Due to the highly international atmosphere of Marienburg, not all of the ten major families are human. The Fogg family is a dwarf family, and the current patriarch is called Akar Fogg.

At the Fogg family mansion in the Dwarf House, An Jiyue met this extremely successful dwarf businessman. Akat was not in a good condition. Recently, the insurance business of the Fogg family suffered a severe test. Several merchant ships insured by the Fogg family disappeared at sea. The large amount of cargo loss forced the Fogg family to use the reserve fund to deal with the claims. This put Akat under great pressure. Now the dwarf has to rely on drugs to fall asleep every day.

In Akat's private study, the two had a secret meeting. The dwarf merchant, whose name had been humanized, was not as excited as his cousin in the mountains just to see An Jiyue, and pestered the girl to listen to her story. An Jiyue didn't care about it. It would be better to say that a dwarf who tends to think like a human would be more convenient for her to do what she wants to do next.

An Jiyue promised to help solve the troubles faced by Acate in exchange for the full cooperation of the Fogg family in the coming days. The girl rested for a day in the Fogg family's mansion, which was more like a fortress than a residence. On the second night, An Jiyue led Jin Zhishi out to start the action.

The governor first used magic to change her appearance. She disguised herself as a knight, and then contacted Egwene, who was far away in Paraon, through the chat group. Then, Egwene recruited 20,000 system troops in one go and deployed them remotely at several designated locations in the city of Marienburg.

On the night of October 10, the sound of cannons, explosions, and fighting rang out throughout the night in Marienburg. Compared with Paraon, which was flattened by a wave of attacks, Marienburg put up a much more intense resistance. Under the cover of night, ten regiments of system infantry appeared out of nowhere on the city wall. They quickly wiped out the few guarding troops and occupied the city wall. At the same time, two regiments appeared out of nowhere on the tower island in the center of Marienburg, cutting off the only bridge between the north and south districts of Marienburg. Subsequently, new system units continued to appear on the tower island.

An Jiyue communicated with Aiwen through the chat group while deploying troops in batches in an orderly manner. In the chaotic night, the urgently mobilized dwarf militia blocked the dwarf home and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the community. These imperial dwarves silently watched the familiar city being set on fire by the war. Groups of mercenaries hired by the Council or a wealthy family were efficiently divided and surrounded by the imperial army in a daze, and then eliminated.

In most neighborhoods, the fighting was uneventful, with only a few areas seeing more intense fighting. The Palace District was, as expected, the focus of the battle, with three infantry regiments of pikemen and musketeers marching north from Tower Island along the Haugburg Bridge to attack the Palace District. The bridge was a magnificent architectural wonder, connecting Tower Island to the Palace District in the heart of the northern city, with an arch under the bridge that could allow large sailing ships to pass under full mast.

There were towers at both ends of the Haugburg Bridge. When the Imperial Army approached, the mercenaries stationed in the towers immediately opened fire as a warning. As soon as the gunshots rang out, the Imperial infantry stopped in place in unison, and then the mortars that had just been deployed on the tower island opened fire, with explosive shells hitting the towers occupied by the mercenaries with a high trajectory, and one shell hit directly in the first round.

An Jiyue was not in a hurry to capture the palace area. It was better to say that she deliberately gave the other side time to gather troops. As long as Aiwen wanted, she could deploy the system units at any location in the city of Marienburg at any time, such as the bedroom of a certain director. The reason why they did not do so was that Aiwen and An Jiyue needed a proper reason to deal with these capitalists: if the other side immediately chose to surrender when they saw that the situation was not right, An Jiyue could not kill the surrendered, right? County Magistrate Ai was going to rule this place for a long time in the future.

The mercenaries working in Marienburg were of varying quality, but those who could guard the palace area were definitely the elite of the elite. They held their ground against the heavy bombardment of the imperial artillery until one of the towers collapsed under direct fire from a cannon, and another became a dangerous building after being hit by multiple shells in succession. Only then did these stubborn mercenaries leave some of their men behind to cover their retreat, while the rest retreated in an orderly manner, preparing to join the friendly forces that were deploying defenses in the palace area.

Then, the Imperial infantry began to advance under the cover of artillery fire. When both sides were within the range of each other's muskets, the Imperial soldiers suddenly separated to the left and right, revealing three cannons behind them that were already loaded with buckshot, and the mercenaries on the opposite side did exactly the same thing at the same time... The cannons of both sides fired almost at the same time, and the dense buckshot indiscriminately tore the soft human body apart. Some of the buckshot hit the cannon, striking the barrel with sparks.

Limited by the width of the street, the Imperial infantry's numerical advantage was difficult to play, but fortunately it was not just the infantry that was responsible for attacking the palace area. When the mercenaries pushed aside their dead comrades and tried to reload the blood-spattered cannons, accompanied by a sharp and high-pitched scream, a team of Demi-Griffin Knights rushed out through the passage made clear by the infantry, and the mercenaries' cannons had just fired once.

If they were normal mercenaries, even the most prestigious legendary mercenary groups in the Southern Kingdom, they would have run away with their employers. However, the mercenaries standing in front of the imperial army did not do so. They continued to fight even when their formation had been broken by the half-griffin knights. Even though the sharp beaks, sharp claws, and cavalry halberds in the hands of the inner circle knights slaughtered the mercenaries in their ranks, they still did not give up their mission.

Something is wrong. An Jiyue felt that something was wrong. There are indeed war dogs in this world who will fight to the death, but fighting to the death does not mean that they will choose to fight to the death when there is no way out.

Moreover, even if winter was not far away, was it necessary to wrap up so tightly? Guided by some intuition, An Jiyue ordered the soldiers to strip off the armor and clothes of a mercenary's body. Then she saw a pale, hairless, strong body with traces of sutures in many places on the body.

"So you immediately changed your strategy and started an all-out attack?" Xiao Yiyue asked while chewing on a pear he took out of the refrigerator.

"After all, Paradis, who can use psychic energy, is too 'special'," An Jiyue nodded, "It's a pity that they still slipped away."

……

Note 1: Yes, Marienburg has its own small-time community and Indian community.

The author says:

Author's words: PS: Answer to the reader "Da Miao Command Type":

All camps that give points, including Rat, are not selectable.

Answering the reader "Palette":

Of course there will be, the establishment of two armies is not enough.

Answer to the reader "Hyperion Guard":

Originally, he had a group of lizard friends, but later their roles were cut entirely.

Chapter 215 Taking Office in Goose City (Part 2)

The attempt to capture Jan van der Kuipers failed.

As the richest and most powerful of the ten great families, the current patriarch of the Coopers family, Jahn, is the uncrowned king of Marienburg and the richest human in the entire Old World. While the imperial soldiers were fighting fiercely with the enhanced soldiers of Paradis in the palace area, a detachment raided the Coopers family's mansion.

The raid itself was very successful. After all, no matter how powerful the mercenaries were, they could not withstand the enemy that appeared directly behind them. An Jiyue deployed three teams of sword and shield soldiers and one team of musketeers, as well as an imperial captain and a battle mage. They quickly eliminated the resistance and successfully captured most of the members of the Coopers family, but they did not find any trace of Yann.

The detachment immediately reported the matter to the higher authorities. An Jiyue asked Aiwen to deploy a witch hunter there, who pried open the captive's mouth without much effort (Note 1). The governor then learned that Yan En had to go out for something today, and it was said that a man named "William" had invited their clan leader to discuss something.

William, this was not the first time An Jiyue had heard this name. There was no doubt that the Paradis Order, which had disappeared since the end of the Altdorf chaos, had been hiding in Marienburg and receiving protection from Yann.

"Yan should be an ally or collaborator of the cult," An Jiyue told Xiao Yiyue her guess, "A person like him is unlikely to be a member of the cult, unless Paradis is willing to give him a very key position."

Realizing that Paradis was in Marienburg, An Jiyue's first reaction was to increase the intensity of the attack. In the face of this sudden news, the original plan to control the rhythm of the attack, force the directors to mobilize more troops to fight, make the scene as big as possible, and then use this as an excuse to settle accounts with them after the war was no longer appropriate. At the request of the Jiedushi, the Knight Princess invested all her reserve forces at once, and the provincial infantry (Note 2) and the imperial knights in red uniforms began to attack all targets.

As the focus of the attack, the enhanced soldiers in the palace area were strong, but they were too few in number and were quickly suppressed by the imperial army. When the Richelieu family's emblem slowly rose from the highest point of the palace area, most of the mercenaries who were still resisting in the northern city lost their fighting spirit, leaving only a few famous mercenary groups and some strange guys still resisting.

"Strange guy?" After eating the pear, Xiao Yiyue took out an orange from the refrigerator.

"Because there were too many things going on, I omitted a lot of details when I was talking about the Battle of Marienburg in the group," An Jiyue glanced at the man, "Don't look for it, the fruit knife is on the refrigerator. At that time, I actually saw a group of Nebon warriors..."

There are not only Nibon people in Marienburg, but also quite a few of them. Among the ten major families in the council, the Den Yui family is known for its enthusiasm for Far Eastern culture. They like everything from the Far East so much that the current patriarch of the family, Carl Den Yui, married a Nibon woman.

The couple was captured at the beginning of the battle. Except for the Fogg family, the remaining nine families were all attacked in a targeted manner. An Jiyue thought that the matter was over after they were captured, but unexpectedly, the resistance of the Yui family was indeed collapsed. However, when the people of Nipeng saw that the "old friend of the Nipeng people" was captured by outsiders, these spirited guys immediately organized themselves and crossed the bridge in a large number to try to rescue the couple.

Well, the Yui family's mansion is right next to the Nibon district.

When An Jiyue saw through the system unit's field of vision the group of warriors carrying flags with family crests on their backs, wearing Japanese-style armor, wearing all kinds of strange helmets on their heads, holding large spears and heavy rattan bows, and rushing over while shouting "Tusi Ge Ge!", his whole body became Spartan.

"To be honest, the fighting power of these warriors is indeed good, and their teamwork is also very good," the Jiedushi spread his hands, "The problem is that I have cannons. Do you really think that I can win the war just by relying on my character?"

The samurai masters once put the imperial infantry who were hastily responding to the battle into a difficult battle. In order to facilitate fighting in a narrow environment, the detachments that raided the lair of the directors were a combination of sword and shield soldiers + musketeers. Short weapons and long weapons are naturally at a disadvantage when stabbing each other, and the sword and shield soldiers' defense line was almost broken through.

At the critical moment, the artillery deployed on the tower island finally completed the calculation, and the explosive bombs dropped from the sky fell into the enemy's ranks at an extremely dangerous distance, and the broken limbs and arms blown away by the shock wave hit the imperial soldiers head on. In addition, the reinforcements arrived in time, which defeated these samurai masters.

In addition to the two "surprises", the enhanced soldiers of Paratis and the warrior master of Nipeng District, another expected thing is that the high elves of Elf Town chose their fate.

As early as when they decided to attack Marienburg, An Jiyue and Aiwen had discussed how to deal with the Elf Town, a city within a city. Aiwen said that if the Elf Town was willing to be demilitarized, she would accept the existence of such a special area. "But think about it, you know that the high elves will not agree to it, right?" Knight Ji said.

Compared to Aiwen, An Jiyue's attitude was much more severe. Even if Elf Town didn't get involved, she would find a way to find fault with them, not to mention that they were directly eliminated?

A team of spearmen and archers marched out of the elven town in neat rows, heading towards the area of ​​the battle. As soon as they moved, the imperial artillery, which had already calculated the shooting elements, immediately opened fire. The high elven wizards were prepared for this, but as soon as they chanted the first syllable of their spells, all the elven wizards who were casting spells fainted or died suddenly.

An Jiyue: I gave you face, right?

The individual qualities of the elves, especially the high elves, are indeed strong, but no matter how strong they are, they cannot withstand the shells with their bodies. Amid the explosion of the explosive bombs, the high elves who had just left could only take the mages who were either unconscious or dead and quickly retreated. They could not resist the cannons of the Empire Monkeys without magical support. Then, when the high elves retreated to the Elf Town and prepared to discuss countermeasures, they found that the shells of the Empire Monkeys also smashed into the Elf Town...

"These pointy-eared people even sent people to protest to me, asking me to immediately stop this act of 'blatantly invading Ulthuan', otherwise the Phoenix King's army will make me suffer," An Jiyue smiled and shook her head, "I told them, either surrender or die."

Elf Town refused to surrender, so most of them died. An Jiyue's bottom line was low, but he didn't massacre the old and the young and the captives, except for the Yankees. However, all the elves were soldiers, and the residents of the entire Elf Town spontaneously organized to resist the invasion, so the Jiedushi could only respect their choice.

It is worth mentioning that when the "newcomers" and the pointy-eared Elf Town were found fighting, the long-bearded elders in the Dwarf House, who were arguing endlessly, instantly reached a consensus. All the adult male dwarves in the community took up arms and took the initiative to join the attack on the Elf Town.

Even Akart, a capitalist, personally took to the battlefield and led the men of the Fogg family to the front.

Realizing that these outsiders would kill even "foreigners", even the most stubborn people gave up resistance. The battle in Elf Town lasted until dawn the next day, and other places in the North City had even cleared the battlefield. As for the South City, there was almost no fighting here. Only the naturalized Yankees in Northtown resisted for a while, and the rest surrendered.

The High Elves finally surrendered. They could see that if they chose to resist to the end, the Imperials and Imperial Dwarves would really kill all the resistance.

The battle is over, but another battle without smoke has just begun.

"Wait," Xiao Yiyue suddenly felt something was wrong, "Where's Paradis?"

"They ran away," An Jiyue spread her hands, "They ran away a long time ago. According to the few minions I captured, the Paradis Cult had already been transferring personnel and supplies in batches. On the night of my attack, only the last batch of cult members remained in Marienburg to handle some finishing work. By the time I realized that Paradis was also here, the big fish with a little value had all slipped away, leaving only a few small shrimps who knew nothing about this or that."

"Do you know where they went?" Xiao Yiyue asked again.

An Jiyue shook her head.

"Is that so... Then you fought a business war with those profiteers and successfully helped a large group of capitalists to look decent?"

"Among the people I tricked into falling in," the governor said quietly, "there are more than just profiteers..."

……

Note 1: According to the background setting, every witch hunter is a master of torture, who can make Chaos believers speak.

Note 2: The provincial infantry of the ten electoral territories and the four major cities have different uniform colors, and some legendary troops even have exclusive colors and patterns.

Chapter 216 Business War

As the saying goes, there are three things a new official needs to do when taking office.

Although the way in which the Ai County Magistrate disguised by An Jiyue took office was rather "unique", he was still a new official after all. While the real Aiwen was busy reinforcing the city defenses, sweeping the surrounding areas, and preparing to fight against the returning Parawong people, the fake Ai County Magistrate also started his first move: administrative reform.

By the standards of the Old World, Marienburg is an incredibly large city. It has a population of 25, more than Altdorf and Middenheim combined, and Altdorf and Middenheim are the only two cities in the Empire with a population of . With such a large population, convenient transportation from the Old World's largest port, and almost non-existent control over the grassroots, it can be said that Marienburg is a natural place for filth and dirt.

White rulers generally prefer a low-cost, high-income ruling model. They are unwilling to pay administrative costs, but are extremely greedy for more benefits in the process of ruling. The result of this mode of thinking when it matures is a deterrent regime and a repressive army: the so-called deterrent regime means that the rulers rely on various means to establish deterrence, and then use deterrence to maintain their rule, and the army is the core of deterrence.

The ruler must make those he rules believe that he is powerful and that he dares to take any possible means to maintain his rule. Once deterrence fails, this kind of rule will collapse in an instant without the possibility of struggle. The most common way for deterrence to fail is when the army that the ruler relies on to maintain deterrence suffers a decisive defeat - the other side of the deterrent regime is precisely this repressive army.

In a nutshell, the rule of white-skinned rulers is naturally weak against turbulence. The advantage of this system is that the ruler does not need to pay much administrative cost, and can grab the biggest piece of the pie as the person in charge; the disadvantage is that because his rule must indirectly influence the people, the ruled entity, through certain specific groups of people, once the middle group no longer obeys the ruler for some reason - this happens frequently - the ruler has no room to struggle, and he will lose power in an instant.

Neither the Jiedushi nor the Knights could tolerate the fact that Marienburg was still in the mess of medieval Gotham after falling into the control of the Lord of the Holy Scripture. They sneered at the white people's ruling logic, and were not reluctant to pay the administrative costs.

On the second day after the night attack on Marienburg, some trembling city hall clerks posted notices everywhere under the indifferent gaze of the system soldiers, announcing the recruitment of any literate adult human with no bad record to join the provincial government, regardless of gender. While the citizens were still discussing, the newly recruited pioneer riders galloped in the city, loudly announcing a series of decrees issued by the new owner of Marienburg, including but not limited to the abolition of the city council and the council, and the reorganization of the entire administrative system.

The citizens were furious. How dare someone defy our democratic system?! Someone on the street immediately started to incite the citizens to attack the palace area, and then… then the citizens who were still indignant a second ago suddenly lost their temper.

Are you kidding? The Elven Town is almost flattened by artillery and magic. Would Lady Egwene not dare to kill a few unruly people? The shrewd citizens looked at the cannons deployed at various important roads and the imperial artillerymen watching closely, and very rationally chose to follow their hearts.

While announcing the abolition of the city council and the board of directors, An Jiyue, who had transformed into Egwene with magic, sent people to all guilds, asking the leaders of the guilds to come to the palace area to meet her before 12 noon. Of course, even if there was enough martial virtue to take over the entire city overnight, there were still many people who dared not to give her face.