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Chapter 682 You have an intelligence network, but I have prophetic powers! (6600)

Xiahui Lake, one of the three holy places of the mountain people, although it cannot be compared with the sacred majesty of Qigang Mountain, nor can it be compared with the steel dragon nest where the dragon god rests, but its value is so great that it can be said that the entire mountain people sublimated core of the system.

The Xiahui grass produced in the former Xiahui Lake is an important part of many magical medicines inherited by the mountain people. The spiritual energy nourishing extract extracted from it can effectively promote the development of many spiritual energy and spiritual organs. It is also the reason why the mountain people in the past had very low alchemy skills, but there were still many high-level sublimators-materials are a very important part.

As the most critical step in the policy of restricting the inheritance of the mountain people 200 years ago, Xiahui Lake and the surrounding area were completely cut off and handed over to the Lai'an family, who was born in the Xuanfeng Department and intermarried with the imperial nobles.With the new planting technology being used, the resources and fertile land of Xiahui Lake have been effectively utilized, and a steady stream of spiritual energy nourishing extracts have been transported to the entire Nanling and even all parts of the empire.

Only the mountain people seem to be forgotten.As the former owners of this place, many mountain tribes did not get the slightest benefit. Only a small number of "privileged mountain people" such as the Lai'an family and the Xuanfeng tribe were secretly reviled by most of the mountain people as "imperial compradors" The tribe can gain wealth from it.

But now, everything has changed.

As Ian Yinfeng led his steel armor to crush the rebellious mountain people's troops, and successfully took over the military, government and financial power in Xiahui City, the ancient mountain people's holy land once again ushered in a new owner.

But this time... this young, handsome, but ruthless lord of Bai Zhimin actually claimed to have the blood of the mountain people.

This matter itself is already outrageous, although the Yinfeng family is indeed the "mountain people" in the Yinfeng mountain range at the back of the empire, but this is not the same thing as the mountain people of the Dragon God's people.

And he even claimed to be the envoy of the Dragon God!
— What a joke.

Most of the mountain people who knew the news had this idea in their minds at first. Do you really think they don't know the history of the Ciehalorvo family's exile?Changing the name does not mean changing the origin!

But what's even more incredible is that he really is!

Not just dragon blood.The revival of the sacrificial fire on the holy mountain, and the fact that the holy land of Qigang Mountain is once again in full bloom, made all the mountain people have to believe that this white man who claims to be the messenger of the dragon god...may really represent a certain trend of fate.

If he is not Feiyan's spy, Gamma promises that he will definitely do his best to serve this lord who has brought many miracles and changes. Among other things, Ian easily suppressed all the middle-level people in Xiahui City The smooth operation of class, reorganization of the power structure of the alchemy workshop, and recovery of tax rights and military power of the Self-Defense Forces is enough to prove that he is a man of great skill.

Following such a lord, the sooner the better, his future is bound to be brilliant, and the future is also great.

Gamma really wants to send her grandson to the "advanced professional training class" that the city hall said. This class accepts students from the age of eight to 22. No matter how old they are, they will go to the "adult professional school" ' up.

"But who told my stupid son to marry a stupid woman..."

The man with the chubby round face let out a long sigh. He now knows what is meant by 'one wrong step, one wrong step'.

His daughter-in-law was indeed the daughter of a scholar in Nauman City back then, but the scholar died because of his involvement in the political struggle in the city. The surviving daughter kept her anonymity, hated the empire that took her father's life, and wanted revenge wholeheartedly. to absorb.

She originally wanted to marry someone with a higher status, not the son of a village official like her own son, but because the geographical location of Xiahui Territory is too important, and it is one of the holy places, for the goal of Feiyan Land, The woman married anyway and even had a baby.

Then... what else can I do?
Over the years, Gamma has leaked most of the building distribution and street maps of the former Leian City and Nauman City to Flameland, and because he was in charge of municipal construction at the beginning, and he was able to connect with many caravans, so he also One of the keepers of Flameland's dark supply line at South Ridge.

And that woman was diligent and thrifty in managing the family, not to mention her hatred for the empire. She was a good daughter-in-law, but because of excessive depression, she died of illness during her second pregnancy.

It's too late.

Things have come to this point, he no longer expects to be forgiven, and he will not naively think that turning himself in will get a good result... I can only pray that nothing will happen, as long as those rebellious mountain people are all dead After falling, Nanling once again restored peace.

Even if it is Feiyandi, it can only be lurking.

Your own life can return to peace.

perhaps.

But, just this night.

Gamma's fantasy was shattered by the iron facts.

In the beginning, everything was as usual.

After work, Gamma returned home to make dinner for her well-behaved and sensible grandson.

The elven grain fruit sold at the city hall tastes really good. Cracked red moon fruit can be used to stew fruity sweet porridge with fine rice. Misty pomelo can be used as an afternoon dessert for children. Stir-fried pomelo peel tastes good too.

Coupled with rice cakes steamed with bacon, even before the food disaster, this meal was quite hearty.

This is why Gamma thinks that Ian will definitely be able to do great things - he can return sufficient food to the territory under such circumstances, and he is not like some stupid lords and officials who want to take advantage of the food disaster Earn a sum of blood money and sell all food at a low price.

Being able to do this kind of thing is enough to prove Ian's ability and restraint on desire.

Some money cannot be earned, and if you earn it, you will lose your children and grandchildren. It sounds very simple, but many people don't understand it. This is why the greed of businessmen is hated by everyone.

In addition, the new lord also renovated almost the entire city with new roads, and built new roads to Jinye Town.

The slogan of the city hall is 'If you want to be rich, build roads first', this is true at all, the original Xiahui leader is indeed rich, but it is only related to the alchemy industry, and money can't buy it Any good things, many people want to buy some comfortable furniture, have to be transported from Nauman City.

In the final analysis, the traffic is still inconvenient.Most of the territories around the Onyx Plain were like this. The nobles sandwiched between Nauman City and the mountain people enjoyed the life of their local emperors, and were unwilling or even afraid to have contact with more advanced empires.

And not even just them—aren't Port Harrison and Boyarland as well?Most of the nobles in Nanling are the marginal people of the empire, who were exiled here for various reasons.

Not so with Ian.

He doesn't care about the little authority in his territory, what he wants to do is to become a member of the big stage of the empire.

Although Gamma hated his identity as a spy, it was because he was forced to deal with the Flame Land and the Empire that he could see the current situation in Nanling more clearly.

The arrival of Ian and the merging with Avod's tribe is a signal... The Nanling nobles headed by the Marquis of Barton will take advantage of the opportunity of confronting Feiyandi to integrate all the Nanling nobles and mountain people into one .

The rebellion caused great trouble, but it also exposed all the restless elements.

Sometimes, many things can be done easily only if they turn their backs on the flag.

"Little Dale, dinner is ready!"

With the work in hand, the thoughts in the head will diverge. Gamma did not withdraw her thoughts until the dinner was finished, and shouted into the room: "You like sweet porridge, and bacon pies."

"Good grandpa!" The energetic child's voice came galloping along with pattering steps, and soon, a boy with bright orange hair came behind Gamma, looking at the porridge cooker with bright eyes. Cauldron: "Wow, it smells so good!"

"Didn't go out to play today?" Gamma noticed that his grandson's clothes were clean, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, while Little Dale hummed and replied: "What's the 'underground pipeline' being built outside today...many people are digging Hole digging, we went to Paco's house to play."

"Then I have to thank you next time. God knows how messed up other people's homes are, you bunch of brats." Gamma shook her head slightly. The underground pipeline is also one of the municipal projects that the new lord will do—he wants Complete the underground pipeline system of Xiahui City, and flow all the way along the Ailei River.

This is a big project, and Xiahui City is not a big city that needs underground waterway projects, but judging by the determination of the young lord, he is obviously serious.

Putting the fruit porridge and meatloaf on the table, Gamma planned to go upstairs to see his unconscious son who was probably drunk, this trash, it would be better to die, sometimes Gamma really hates it How did I give birth to such a coward, but what can I do?Children can't choose their parents, and parents can't choose their children.

But at this moment, on the edge of the street not far away, there was a sound that made Gamma's body tremble.

It was the hum of electromagnetism, and the sound of steel weights trampling the streets.

Gamma was startled. He left his grandson with a puzzled expression, and walked quickly to the window. The chubby man with a round face cautiously opened the curtains.

He saw that several magnetic storm armors were slowly moving forward on the street, and a guard team followed closely behind.

The magnetic storm armor is also the latest weapon brought by the lord. This kind of equipment allows ordinary people to have the power to compete with the sublimated, even if it is only for a short time, and compared to the real sublimated, their destructive power But there is no doubt.

Up to now, it has become the representative of the core armed force of the Lord's Mansion, and its dispatch... definitely means that something big is about to happen.

It's winter now, the chill on the street sets off the warmth of the lights in the windows of each house, but now Gamma's heart is as cold as the water in Xiahui Lake.

Gamma felt guilty.

How could he not feel guilty?
He is a real spy, one of the important figures in the supply box of Flameland, and now the guards of the Lord's Mansion are patrolling the streets with magnetic storm armor... They knock on doors from door to door, ask, and then take away Two people……

Isn't this the process of reviewing spies? !
Gamma held his breath. He watched the guards ring the doorbells of one house after another, and then entered the house under the puzzled gaze of the owner of the house, asking questions... The lucky ones were only asked some questions, while the unlucky ones were asked questions. With a sword around his neck, he was dragged out of the house in a state of embarrassment.

Howling, screaming, crying and justifying...all can only make a short and urgent sound at the beginning, and then it is interrupted by the dull knocking sound.

The guards don't need to listen to people's justifications, tears, and insults from people's fear and hatred—they don't care about these, they are the sword and shield of the lord, and they only need to perform their tasks.

He can't escape.

"dad?"

A drunken question sounded, and Gamma heard the sound of his son Levin coming down from the bedroom on the second floor.

Turning around, a man with disheveled clothes and a beard was holding a wine bottle and asked puzzledly, "What happened outside? Why... hiccup, someone screamed?"

He burps.

"...Go back to your room."

Gamma was silent for a while, then he turned his head and looked at his son: "Go drink your wine, don't come out!"

"Take Little Dale and don't come out!"

For a while, the drunken man was also awakened by his father's stern gaze. He leaned against the wall with a bottle in his hand at a loss, looked at Little Dale who was dazed and didn't know why he didn't have dinner, and looked at eye gamma.

He suddenly understood: "Did it happen?"

Levin put down the wine bottle in his hand and stood up straight as much as possible. He showed a relieved expression, and a relief of "finally it's my turn" appeared on the man's face: "Then let me go. Dad, kid Dell still needs someone to take care of him, and I, a waste... can't do it."

"You know that you are a waste, and you still expect you to take the blame?"

Gamma yelled in a sharp tone: "It's also a good thing you're a piece of trash, and I think you can still survive—don't drink in the future, and take good care of little Dale. If it doesn't work, move to the countryside further south, it's better than dying."

"Dad..." "Grandpa..."

Gamma calmed down. He didn't have time to regret and regret. He listened to his family's instinctive persuasion. The static noise caused by the magnetic storm armor was very close, and the footsteps of the guards had already arrived at the door of the house.

Deng, Deng, Deng.

There was a knock on the door.

Gamma left the window, left the warm and sweet kitchen, and soon he will leave his home...and probably never return.

But he still walked.

"Is it Director Gamma's family?"

The voice of the guard outside the door was calm, even with a hint of kindness, but it did not give any comfort. When Gamma opened the door, he did not reveal it at the beginning, but pretended not to know: "Everyone in the guards? Excuse me, is this... "

"Gamma, let's open the skylight and speak plainly."

The round-faced man heard a familiar voice, Old Fal stepped out of the guards, and Scott, the lord's deputy, stood by his side.

The old man's dark golden pupils looked at the astonished Gamma. Farr smiled calmly and nodded slightly to his old friend: "All the actions today are for you. This is your only chance to survive. "

"You have no right to refuse, unless you want your son and grandson to die before your eyes. I never hesitate to threaten, because I don't want anyone to misjudge the determination of the lord—think of Xilin, this is my last advice."

"Next, I say, you listen."

……

In the last ten days of the year 773 on Terra, the large-scale arrest of spies in the Xiahui Territory was the event that attracted the most attention from the local residents after the holy mountain sacrificial fire was rekindled.

In just one week, hundreds of 'spies', 'spies', 'criminals' and 'sympathizers of the rebellious mountain people' were arrested in Xiahui's territory. A considerable number of these people were indeed arrested by mistake, but they His daily actions are quite suspicious, and even the relatives and friends of these people have to admit that - after all, they don't go home at three o'clock in the middle of the night, but go out to fish. Except for the fisherman, even the family members will doubt him Is there some secret mission?

The list is very long, and most of them are quite decent. Some of them are former Xiahui officials, and some are family members and relatives of civil servants recruited recently. These people may not be spies, but according to past customs, Using the materials in the city hall's warehouse to fill their pockets and make ill-gotten gains, they thought it was a common practice, and it would be strange not to do it, and the lord might not care, but it turns out that what they did was all in the lord's eyes.

And the lord cares.

Most of the corrupt and bribe-taking elements were canceled as civil servants, and then sentenced to hard labor. There are a lot of hard labor waiting in the territory, and those who were punished did not even dare to refute, because their fate was good enough , After the hard labor is over, you can still stay in Xiahui collar after you promise to correct your evil ways and return to righteousness.

And the other real spies and spies... don't say they can't stay in Xiahui.

They can't even stay in this world.

"...During this difficult period, how many compatriots in Nanling can't eat enough? Both the mountain people and the imperial people are in a bad situation because of the food disaster."

"Some people say that the residents of Nauman City still have enough food supplies, but the mountain people can only suffer from hunger—this is wrong. I have walked all the way from the imperial capital, and I have seen the situation in all important cities and regions in Nanling , Whether it's Nauman City or Shuangshu Town, the prices of all food-related commodities have risen by more than [-]%. Everyone's life is very difficult. At this point, everyone is the same, suffering from the biological warfare in Flaming Land. "

"Only our Xiahui Territory—because I spent a lot of money to buy grain from the Central Great Plains and grain from Canaan Moore, the food price in the territory is relatively smooth, and the reconstruction work is also quite smooth, but this has also become a thorn in the enemy's side .”

"They use various methods to destroy our existing achievements, including poisoning the granary, polluting the well, intending to burn the warehouse and other vicious methods."

"It's them—my citizens, these people—they have infiltrated into us and even become civil servants in the territory. They used to be a group of people who lived well in the territory, but who would have thought that for them For their own glory and wealth, they want to make everyone else hungry and poison the food that all of us depend on for the sake of such a pathetic and ridiculous amount of funds provided by Fei Yandi?"

"Doing evil for their own selfish desires is absolutely unforgivable. Their only end is death."

"Right now, right now."

The young lord's announcement in the square resounded throughout the city.

Followed by bursts of fanatical cheers.

The Xiahui Territory is purifying itself, removing all crimes and discordant factors. The power of the Lord's Mansion and the City Hall has once again expanded. Many gentry and city families are peacefully silent. They swear that they will follow the policies of the Lord's Mansion and never Dare not deviate in any way.

Theoretically speaking, the execution of hundreds of people in Xiahui's territory for a short period of time will cause turmoil no matter what.

But who said that most of those people are undoubted spies, or vicious insiders who intend to keep everyone from eating?

Not to mention those hateful officials who took bribes, the lord wanted to hang them, and the ordinary residents would only welcome 1 people, and they even wished blood would splash on them to join in the fun.

In the final analysis, compared to being taken away by those who are not very familiar and unknown...

The people still prefer to watch the execution of corrupt officials.

Ian's approval rating skyrocketed all the way.

Gamma stood under the stage with a dazed expression on his face. He watched a few "old acquaintances" whom he knew to be Flame's spies being hanged on the gallows. While feeling his neck tense, he also I couldn't help but feel a burst of gratitude, and a heartfelt gratitude for the magnanimity of the young lord.

—he survived.The price was another betrayal.

Or in other words... Abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

"That's it, Gamma. Continue to send news to Fei Yandi, telling them that the most critical new alchemy workshop in the territory is located in the new camp outside the west square of the city."

The voice of his old friend Farr echoed in his ears: "As long as you can do this, let Flameland send their elite to raid the west of the city...then, your crimes can be written off."

"Don't worry about the future of your son and grandson. The lord is not interested in these things. He doesn't care about your loyalty in the past. As long as you will always be loyal to him...he will show mercy and keep you This little life."

"But remember—never betray again."

--certainly.certainly.

Gamma thought so.

Of course he will be loyal - he has easily caught so many spies in the short time since he came to Xiahui, and this rumored lord with the ability to observe psychics may easily see through anyone who thinks he will not be discovered. The 'spy' bar.

What's more, since my grandson has already been taken to "professional education", I don't have any choice.

So, a few days later.

The Nanling Base of the Feiyan Special Operations Brigade.

Captain Naimo, who had been in a bad mood after knowing that Xiahui led a large-scale cleaning operation, finally received information that made him a little happier.

Most of the shallow spies and bribers in Xiahui's territory were wiped out, leaving only a few spies with the deepest hiding and the most shallow connections.The latter is irrelevant, and the former is also afraid to report information due to the recent bad situation, making it impossible for the entire special forces to obtain relevant information about the Xiahui collar.

You must know that the rebellious mountain people are about to fight the mountain people supported by the empire in the Frodo Autonomous Region. Naimer can't interfere with this "internal" struggle of the mountain people. The trend is also one of them.

And now, he finally got it.

Get the news he wants.

"Suppression of bandits... Purification... Territory reconstruction, underground waterway and new alchemy workshop - this guy really treats Xiahui Territory as his hometown to run, the Ciehalorvo family back then, and now the Yinfeng family, It seems that they want to take root in Nanling and don't plan to return to the imperial capital."

Captain Naimo browsed through the vague information sent by Gamma, and deduced the situation of the Xiahui leader. He knew very well that Gamma could not do better. Road to the dark, there is no way to turn back the reason.

Naimo knew clearly at this moment that Leader Xiahui had neither the will nor the energy to participate in the decisive battle among the mountain people.Yes, according to Gamma's information, Xiahui understands that supporting a batch of magnetic storm armor to Avod's department is indeed a powerful support, but there are also people from their Flying Flame Land in Avod's department, and this group of powerful armed forces is destined to be useless way to the battlefield.

Even, they will be transferred by them halfway!
"When it comes to intelligence warfare, people like Nanling are all laymen!"

When it came to the professional field, Naimo was extremely confident. He carefully read the information sent by Gamma, and then nodded: "Sure enough, Nauman City wants to use the Xiahui collar as the strongest supply point on the edge of the Baisen Mountains , Even if the mountain people become independent again, the Xiahui leader who controls the mouth of Guyan Peak also has the right to take the initiative."

"When these new alchemy workshops are built, a steady stream of magnetic storm armors and even armored parts will be assembled here-by then, things will become troublesome."

"There has to be time to stall this trend, or even destroy it altogether."

After thinking for a while, he picked up another communication device: "After the king of the mountain left, the dragons have been idle for so long, it's time to do something serious."

Just when Feiyan's special operations brigade finally grasped the 'correct' information and was about to call the dragons to launch a surprise attack.

Ian, who has finished rectifying the territory, will also start his long-prepared 'raid operation'.

(End of this chapter)