Wizard Lords: Building an Empire starts from the panel

Li Wei expressed his understanding of the dirty and dirty things inside the Fontaine Kingdom. Although this kingdom, which has been born for more than a thousand years, is still in its prime in the Xisuo plane, its internal conflicts are almost on paper.

Conflicts between major aristocratic groups, conflicts between aristocratic groups and the royal family, conflicts between the Fontaine Kingdom Wizards Association and the two major churches of the Lord of Glory and the Mother of the Earth

These contradictions have accumulated for thousands of years and have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It's just because of the ingenious institutional design of the Fontaine Kingdom and the good external factors. The Kingdom of Fontaine has been on a slow and orderly path of expansion.

Many times, as long as the cake is made big enough, some of the conflicts that arise when dividing the cake can be temporarily covered up.

Over the past more than a thousand years, various interest groups within the kingdom have actively participated in the development of the kingdom and received generous benefits from it.

I saw Marquis Ashan continue to say: "Originally, the internal conflicts in the kingdom were limited and controllable. However, in the past two hundred years or so, the structure of the kingdom has undergone irreversible changes, and the conflicts among the noble groups in the four realms have begun to intensify. .”

"Lord Marquis, is it because of military merit and fiefdom?"

“You’re right, in a sense it can indeed be attributed to military merit and fiefdom.

About two to three hundred years ago, there was almost no possibility of large-scale development in the western and southern territories.

Further west from the Western Border is the vast Gobi Desert, commonly known as the blood-stained wasteland.

The environment in the blood-stained wasteland is extremely harsh, with snakemen, barbarians, exiles, and bandits entrenched in the dotted oases.

Each oases are far apart, making it difficult to implement effective governance and joint defense.

Since the Kingdom made its last large-scale development attempt there more than a hundred years ago, the Bloody Wasteland has been completely abandoned by the Kingdom.

The situation in the southern border is similar, and the southern border has basically reached the limit of development. To the south is a continuous swamp forest, which is very difficult to cultivate into cultivated land.

Moreover, there are a large number of monsters and swamp frogmen entrenched in the swamp forest. From time to time, the southern border is attacked by a tide of beasts, and frogmen often use the dense river network to raid the border and loot supplies.

Of course, the situation in the south is slightly better than in the north, but not much better.

In short, due to geographical factors, there are very few border counties in the west and south, only three and four border counties respectively.

The power in the eastern border is not weak, with six border counties, and our northern border has an exaggerated nine border counties. "

"Then our northern territory accounts for a small half of the entire Four Realms noble group!" Li Wei couldn't help but exclaimed.

“Well, almost a little over a third.

Thirty years ago, our northern and eastern borders were similar, with six border counties.

However, in the last pioneering war against the orcs, five new counties were expanded in the north, and two mature border counties were moved and transformed into hinterland counties.

As a result, we have three more border counties in the north, leaving the east border behind in terms of area.

Of course, despite the fact that we now have nine counties, we are not much better than before.

After all, the two old border counties that had been in business for many years were converted into hinterland counties. The foundation of the nobles was seriously damaged after the transfer.

The five newly opened counties are vast and sparsely populated, and have not yet been truly developed.

Taken together, our overall strength is only slightly stronger than that of the Eastern Border Noble Group, but the strength is limited.

Therefore, the royal family and the other nobles of the three realms do not want us to successfully digest the five newly expanded counties. "

"Lord Marquis, I have a question. If the nobles of the other three realms have made military exploits in the Northern Territory and obtained fiefdoms in the Northern Territory, where does he belong?"

"Hahaha, stance is not as absolute as you think.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the bottom determines the head. If his interests in the north are greater than his original hometown, then he is likely to go directly to the north. "

"I understand, then, Lord Marquis, do you still have that kind of family that hedges its bets from time to time?"

"Not only, but there are many. So although there are many conflicts between the four realms, they will not fight to the death. After all, everyone has broken bones and connected tendons."

Hearing these words, Levi not only thought of his good uncle, Viscount Dohit.

He had some doubts about whether the rumor that went viral before that "Baron Monterey obtained a legacy from a legendary wizard" was spread by him.

After all, Li Wei's good uncle was looking forward to Li Wei's death.

"My Lord Marquis, my only aunt married far away to the west, and my uncle, Viscount Dohit, wanted to murder me so that his son could inherit the Monterey family's legacy.

The time I broke through to the third-level wizard, my good uncle had already secretly attacked me once, but I was lucky enough to survive.

I wonder if the rumors about me that went viral some time ago were deliberately spread by him. "

After hesitating for a while, Li Wei finally told Marquis Ashan his guess.

"Huh? What you said is really possible. I also asked the following people to investigate the source of this rumor before.

This rumor should have been started by some provocateurs. One party was from the nobles of the Western Region. This rumor should have come from them in the first place.

The other groups of people are more complicated. It should be that you came up with the improved Roja potion and tampered with their cake? "

"what?"

"You see, originally a large amount of grain had to be transported from the hinterland counties to our side, and there would be countless checkpoints in the process. I don't know how many people took advantage of it.

Now that the improved Roja medicine has been released, the amount of grain transported from the rear has been greatly reduced.

Those hinterland counties in the south don't even need to sell a single grain of food. The duck that originally reached its beak ended up flying away. Do you think they can not hate you? "

"It seems to be true."

"Not only that, many middle and low-level alchemists have serious opinions about you."

"Is it because I have shaken their position?"

"Yes, it seems you guessed it right away.

The new alchemy skills you create are common in many places, which allows the work of middle and low-level alchemists to be replaced by a large number of lower-level spellcasters.

For example, second-level spellcasters who were previously unable to appear on the stage can also participate in the alchemy process to a limited extent. "

"I can't help it. After all, I can't make everyone like me. While I make innovations and benefit many people, I will definitely harm the interests of others."

"Let's not talk about anything else. Your main mission last time was to go to the Evernight Forest to check the terrain there. Do you think it is feasible to harass the orcs' food routes there?"

"Lord Marquis, I met many local hunters there this time. I believe that next time I go there, I will definitely have a huge advantage over the orcs in terms of familiarity with the terrain.

In addition, the terrain there is really suitable for guerrilla warfare. The Evernight Forest is lush with trees, but the trees in it are all tall spruce and giant pine trees. The space in the forest is actually quite wide, and the cavalry can pass through the forest smoothly.

In addition, under the guidance of local hunters, I found several natural caves that are particularly suitable for hoarding food and grass, as well as several valleys that are suitable for intercepting pursuing soldiers.

I want to transport the logistics supplies to the hidden natural caves in the Evernight Forest in advance. After the orcs completely advance the front to the Snow Dragon Fortress, I can also operate behind them for a long time. "