Wizard Lords: Building an Empire starts from the panel

While Levi was still engaged in construction and development in the territory, Gary Norton and several craftsmen of the Norton family finally arrived at the Snow Dragon Fortress, the capital of Yorkshire, on a bipedal flying dragon.

In the war between the Fontaine Kingdom and the Orcs twenty years ago, the Fontaine Kingdom achieved an epic victory and opened up five counties to the north. Yorkshire was at the core of the five newly developed counties. at.

The fiefdom of the Marquis of Ashan, who made great contributions to the kingdom in that war, was the entire Yorkshire plus an earldom in the hinterland of the kingdom.

Yes, the entire Yorkshire belongs to the Marquis of Ashan. He is one of the few great nobles in the north and even in the entire Fontaine Kingdom.

The layout of the Fontaine Kingdom is like an onion. The outermost one or two layers are border counties, with a total of 22. These border counties will be entrusted to the nobles for self-governance.

Among the 26 counties in the hinterland, two hinterland counties are directly under the royal family, and four hinterland counties are additional fiefdoms for the great nobles in the kingdom. The remaining twenty hinterland counties are governed by officials appointed by the royal government, but these officials are essentially descendants of nobles or royal families.

Border counties are responsible for resisting foreign enemies and constantly encroaching on enemy forces. The hinterland counties provide support to the border counties and accumulate strength in peacetime.

In several wars in the kingdom's history, the kingdom's standing elite legion supported by the hinterland counties always played the decisive role.

As the kingdom's territory continues to expand, the country will always have new border counties. At the same time, some border counties will become hinterland counties, and their enfeoffed nobles will also be transferred to other border counties to continue to assume the obligations of the nobles.

After the nobles in the border counties accumulated merit and became count or above, they were eligible to obtain a small fief in the hinterland as a reward. This was considered a privilege of the nobles.

In the last pioneering war against the orcs launched by the Kingdom of Fontaine, Count Ashan was successfully promoted to the title of Marquis due to his outstanding military exploits. In the Kingdom of Fontaine, which has no actual duke, the marquis family is already the first echelon of nobles.

Yorkshire is the core of the kingdom's five newly expanded counties. Snow Dragon Fortress, the capital of Yorkshire, is the former enemy headquarters for the entire northern border. Against the background of the massive invasion of orcs, countless people and materials are circulated here, and the entire Snow Dragon Fortress is Dragon Fortress seemed extremely busy.

At this time, Marquis Ashan, who had been buried among a pile of official documents, finally had a moment of free time. He took a sip of coffee and asked:

"Garry Norton, right? What's the reason why Earl Norton sent you here? I'm quite busy now, so you'd better seize the time to get down to business."

"Your Majesty the Marquis, my father sent me here only for one major matter related to the safety of the defense line. Please take a look at this document."

With that said, Gallie stepped forward and handed over a stack of documents.

Marquis Ashan took the document and looked through it, his expression becoming more serious the more he looked at it. Finally, Marquis Ashan frowned and asked:

"I took a look, and the principle is correct, but is the data real? If the performance of this new trebuchet is as you described, then this thing will be of great use to the current situation."

"Lord Marquis, we don't dare to mess around in such a big matter. The test data is absolutely true! Moreover, we have also applied it on a small scale on a battlefield, and the effect is very good!" Gallieu hurriedly assured the Marquis of Ashan. , and then continued:

"My father believes that this new type of trebuchet should be deployed as soon as possible before the orcs react, so as to catch them by surprise."

"Well, I will consider this matter carefully. You will go down and take a quick rest. Maybe I will come back to you later."

After sending Gallie away, Marquis Ashan thought quietly for a while, and then summoned his personal guards to give a few instructions.

Half an hour later, in a hidden conference room, several powerful figures from Snow Dragon Fortress gathered together.

Marquis Ashan pushed out the stack of documents that Gallie gave him and said:

"Everyone, take a look. This is a very interesting set of things provided by Earl Norton. I want to apply this thing to the battlefield as soon as possible."

Immediately, several people began to circulate it.

After the stack of documents was circulated, Marquis Ashan looked at an old lady dressed as a wizard.

"Master Yelena, I want to hear your opinion."

Several people around him couldn't help but become serious when they heard this. This seemingly inconspicuous old witch is recognized as the number one alchemist in the North and the top three alchemist in the kingdom. Many of the epic equipment circulated in the kingdom were crafted by her.

At the same time, in terms of personal strength, as a sixth-order sun-level wizard, Yelena is almost at the top of the Fontaine Wizard Association.

"My Lord Marquis, I can only say that the person who designed this new trebuchet is really a genius.

For a long time, many alchemists, including myself, have fixed their sights on the extraordinary realm. No one could have imagined that realms other than the extraordinary can also be vast.

My evaluation is that as long as the material strength is high enough and the quantity is sufficient, the upper limit of the power of this counterweighted trebuchet will be terrifyingly high. "

"What about practical applications?"

"I remember that there should be more than a hundred giant golden-grained yew trees in the fortress warehouse. I can use some alchemical methods to process these woods and then use them as the main beams of the new trebuchet.

The bearing part of the new trebuchet can be made of materials such as raffia. As long as you allocate enough manpower to me, I can build 100 50-meter-tall giant counterweight trebuchets within half a month.

As for the power, if it covers an area intensively, I feel that the possibility of being killed by the sixth-level sun is not low. If you are lucky, the seventh-level holy area will also have the opportunity to severely damage or even kill you. "

After hearing this, Marquis Ashan nodded, "Well, then I would also like to hear the opinions of everyone here."

At this time, a general who was always eager to stand up directly.

"Lord Marquis, the situation ahead is tense. The Kingdom Council is still arguing about whether to dispatch the standing army. I think we should fully roll out this new trebuchet and put it into use as soon as possible!"

"Inappropriate! The structure of this trebuchet is too simple. We can build it, and the orcs can easily imitate it! This thing may be more powerful for attacking a city than for defending it!" Another general immediately retorted.

"It's urgent now, why do you care about this! There are only one Bauhinia Pass and one Ice Peak Fortress between the orc army and the Snow Dragon Fortress!

Now roll out the new trebuchets to reduce the defensive pressure in various parts of the northern border, so as to draw reinforcements from them! "

"I don't agree with your statement! Even if this can temporarily relieve the pressure on other defenses, how many reinforcements can be mobilized?

And if the orcs learn the new trebuchet, what will those who have been transferred from the garrison do to defend the city? Aren't you afraid that it will cause a complete collapse? "

"All right."

A powerful wave emanated from the Marquis and enveloped the entire conference room, causing the entire room to become silent instantly.

"Speak calmly if you have something to do, don't get excited."

Marquis Ashan leaned on his seat, put his right hand on the table, and slowly clasped the conference table with his index finger, seeming to be thinking about something.

"Go and fetch Gary Norton."

The adjutant of the Marquis of Ashan came out as promised.

"Please wait a moment, everyone, I have an idea, but there are some things that need to be confirmed."