Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Through this accurate grasp of the future events on the continent, Lonely Mountain Castle earned a huge fortune in the process.

With millions of gold coins as operating capital, it brought more than tens of millions of multi-faceted benefits, material collection, and financial enrichment. Many people thought that the Hart family of Lonely Mountain Castle would guard this huge wealth and enjoy hundreds of years of luxury from generation to generation.

However, in fact, Duke Rodhart's performance was as if he had a grudge against those golden and lovely gold coins. A large number of people were introduced and numerous large-scale territory projects were carried out.

The entire Lonely Mountain Castle almost became a large construction site. Territory expansion, city wall repair, stone purchase, and multi-faceted construction never stopped for a day.

The most painful person in this process was Moken, who watched the gold coins pour in like a flood and then turn around and flow out. Although there were still a lot left, the feeling of spending money like water still made him feel very uncomfortable.

The most excited and happy person in this process was the great engineer Atiman. In his eyes, the crazy expansion of the Lonely Mountain Castle was a masterpiece of art across the ages: "I want to build a majestic city that will not fall for a thousand years!"

In order to achieve this goal, Atiman even found his former disciple Yamila, who now had a hostile relationship with him, just to make the design of this mountaintop city perfect and flawless.

After all, the life of a mortal is short, and artists naturally hope to live forever through their works. A thousand years is close to immortality for mortals, right?

In addition to town construction, Rhodes also asked Atiman to design a giant magic cannon. In fact, this request was made two years ago. For this, Rhodes also contributed the formula of black gunpowder. As a result, Atiman tried for half a year and found that he could not configure what Rhodes described. He privately scolded Rhodes for pretending to know and wasting his precious time.

Rhode himself also tried to mix it privately, but found that although there was no problem with the materials and steps, he just couldn't mix the black gunpowder. At that moment, Rhode suddenly realized that due to the difference in the world, some underlying rules were also different. Some things could be converted, but some could not.

Whether it was a change in a rule in physics or chemistry, the two universes were completely different.

Black gunpowder could not be mixed, but the Lonely Mountain Cannon could still be built, but this giant magic cannon was very expensive and could only be used as a fixed defensive weapon. In fact, the cost-effectiveness of construction was not very high.

Atiman originally thought that it would be better to build more arrow towers, heavy ballista towers and other defensive constructions with the money to make such things, but after Rhode returned a large amount of funds through the grain purchase campaign, Atiman no longer had this idea: Build, build them all for me, my lifelong masterpiece, the unconquerable city, how can there be no wasteful cannons?

Even if it is placed in the city to scare people, it is worth it, build!

Lonely Mountain Castle, Cathedral

Celebrities gathered, officials in exquisite dresses, and even many nobles from the northern provinces attended in their best attire.

After the grain purchase campaign and commercial operations, Lonely Mountain Castle should have been isolated and resisted by the nobles of the northern provinces for a long time. However, in fact, it was the opposite. It was during this period that a large number of nobles from the northern provinces established diplomatic relations with Lonely Mountain Castle.

The reason is simple. A large number of noble second sons, relatives, and illegitimate children came to Lonely Mountain Castle to seek employment.

According to the rules of this continent, the only heir of a noble family is the eldest son, and the family's land and property are an indivisible whole. As the second son of a noble family, in fact, there is no inheritance right to this family. Although the second son can continue to live in this family when his father is alive, he has no right to marry in this family. If there is no accident, these second sons must be sent out for education after the age of 12, or become church clergy, or join the army, or become someone else's housekeeper.

However, people are all made of flesh and blood.

Even the most harsh father will gradually love his youngest son after he grows old. If possible, he still hopes that his youngest son can have a good future, even for his own face.

The Karasa family in the northern province is indeed old and has deep roots, but this also means that there are very few vacancies within its power. On the other hand, the Hart family in Lonely Mountain Castle has laid the foundation for its prosperity for hundreds of years after the grain purchase campaign. As an emerging power, there are a large number of vacancies in Lonely Mountain Castle, which is a condition that the Karasa family cannot provide.

Emerging forces have the advantages of emerging forces, and old families have the difficulties of old families.

For Lonely Mountain Castle, these second sons, relatives, and illegitimate children from aristocratic families are also extremely valuable.

At least in terms of the standards of this era, in the eyes of many people, a person from an aristocratic family is undoubtedly nobler, more moral, and more knowledgeable than ordinary people, because people from aristocratic families will be educated, and education is extremely luxurious and scarce in this era.

"Ankar, I ask you in the name of God, are you willing to be loyal to the Hart family and to be loyal to Grand Duke Hart for generations?"

The person standing in the center of the cathedral, under the silver holy chalice, with the sword in his hand on the shoulder of the half-kneeling man in front of him was not Rhodes, but Moken in gorgeous clothes.

Rhodes also attended the ceremony, but he was just a spectator and did not participate in it.

This time, the knighthood was granted to a few people who joined the army the earliest, had the largest family power, and worked the hardest.

They were given manors, land, households, and official positions. However, the enfeoffment of Lonely Mountain Castle only gave economic power but not administrative power, which means that it was centralized, not "my vassal's vassal is not my vassal".

Now no one can feel anything, because Rhode cuts the sausage bit by bit.

In the future, if necessary, he will also implement policies such as the Enfeoffment Order, and will never allow people with both real power and a large territory to appear in his territory.

Even if he cannot be deified in the future, the foundation of this power will not go astray from the beginning.

As for now, everyone in the hall just thinks that the Duke of Lonely Mountain is just being sentimental.

There are both good and bad sides to following a lord of this temperament. The bad side is that it is not easy for the latecomers to surpass the people who were loyal to the past and get a high position. The good side is that following a lord who is sentimental, the latecomers behind him will not easily surpass themselves.