Wolf King

"Without your teaching, I would not be in the situation I am in today anyway." Isaac did not read the letter in a hurry. After the excitement, he first expressed his thanks to Viscount Pope devoutly.

Viscount Pope smiled as if he was indeed Isaac's elder, proudly and gratified: "You are the best (and most witty) young man I have ever met, Isaac. The gold hidden in the gravel must be It will shine, I firmly believed that when I first saw you, and you really did not let me down."

It was the first time for this traditional conservative gentleman to praise someone so directly. Isaac made a shy smile at the right time, and expressed more humbly that there is nothing wrong with it. In fact, I am just a piece of rotten wood...

Viscount Pope said that you are indeed a piece of rough jade...

Isaac knew very well that without the resource support of Mr. Ayun, it would be impossible for him to appear in front of the Viscount of the big family. The beautiful words in the mouth are beautiful words, but in reality, both he and Viscount Pope knew that there was no relationship between them. The pure relationship between the Patriarch and the Knights is purely a cooperation of interests... But it is good for both parties to keep this kind of thing in their hearts. On the surface, everyone might as well talk more about it.

The two chattered for a long time, and Isaac euphemistically stated that he would always be Viscount Pope's family knight, and Viscount Pope implicitly stated that he would use the resources of the Pope family to make him stand out in the royal city and achieve After the consensus, Isaac carefully removed the beeswax from the envelope.

King Cronin is quite a powerful monarch, at least on the surface.

This letter to a knight of the Viscount family in the kingdom has a strong personal style of King Cronin - he asked this little knight, who studied under the sage of the prairie country, to trade with the prairie people. and contact channels "handed over to the state".

Of course, the majestic King Cronin will not take advantage of a little knight. The second half of the letter is to invite Isaac to enter the capital, a baron and a small piece of baron territory in the northwest of the kingdom (actually It's a poor town).

In other words, King Cronin wants to exchange a baronial title and a poor town for Isaac's knighthood, as well as the endless wealth he will get from trading with the prairie people in the future...

While Isaac was reading the letter, Viscount Pope waited aside with a smile, observing Isaac's reaction without any trace.

It is of course very unreasonable to exchange the title of baron and a small piece of backcountry land for the Knights of Robbins who have been managed out of the size of a small town and the foreseeable and steady flow of money.

So the question is, as the master of Isaac Robbins and the Viscount of the Pope family, how could he be willing to give up the wealth created by the loyal family knights?

The reason is very simple. There is also an exchange of interests between King Cronin and Viscount Pope... Otherwise, why does Mao want him, the Patriarch, to submit this letter for his own knight?

Isaac, who was reading the letter word by word, was devout on the surface, but also calm in his heart.

If it were someone else, and the basic disk that had been painstakingly worked out was robbed by such a fluffy piece of paper, it must be to greet all the immediate family members of King Cronin in his heart—King Cronin kicked him cautiously to the inland Go deep, for fear that he will continue to divide the trade channels of the prairie people in the coastal area!

But Isaac's hard work was not for promotion and fortune in the Kingdom of Cronin... After reading the letter, Isaac showed surprise at the right time, and tried to keep reserved as much as possible, happily raised his head and asked : "Your Excellency, if I remember correctly, Newing Town is not that beautiful town next to Bolton Territory?"

"Yes, the scenery there is quite charming, and many nobles have built summer estates near it." Viscount Pope was afraid that he would be dissatisfied and make trouble on the spot, so he secretly heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

Isaac nodded happily, pretending that he couldn't help being excited, and shook his fist vigorously: "This is really... great!" He stood up abruptly, and walked in the room Several parts eased the mood, water splashed in the eye sockets, and excitedly said, "Baron... Territory! Your Excellency, Viscount, to tell you the truth, my father was just a little nobleman without a fief all his life, and I, I have already talked to him now. Same, no, I've surpassed him!"

Viscount Pope, who was still a little puzzled at first, suddenly looked surprised when he heard the words.

In order to brush up his favorability, Isaac once complained in private about his parents' injustice to him, and kicked him out of the house after giving him a thousand gold coins when he became an adult.

Low-level civilians will never earn such a huge sum of money, but for a young man of noble origin, such a small amount of money can at least last for a few years. In terms of people’s level - the annual rent of a slightly better house in Valentine’s city starts at [-] gold coins, and only hires a maid (all chores, washing and cleaning) and a housekeeper (account management, responsible for cooking and purchasing) ), a coachman (doing all the menial work), only ordered two decent suits to rotate back and forth, only participated in the minimum social entertainment every month, did not join any clubs, kept no horses or hounds, and had no To buy a manor villa, two or three hundred gold coins a year is indispensable...

Well, of course, if any nobleman lives so hard, he will basically be "socially obliterated"... If Isaac hadn't made up his mind to leave home with money, but would have stayed in his hometown of Austria As far as the Kingdom of Simeng is concerned, it is not yet known how poor it is.

"Of course you have surpassed your father, my little boy." Viscount Pope was completely relieved, and smiled kindly, "Your father is just a country nobleman from Osmond, and you are Baron Cronin " After a pause, Viscount Pope said meaningfully, "It's a knight of the Pope family."

Smart people don't need to be too direct. Isaac saluted Viscount Pope again when he heard Viscount Pope's last sentence deliberately added.

It meant that the Baron would not be a country nobleman, and if he didn't go to live in Newing Town, Viscount Pope would leave him in the royal city!

Viscount Pop accepted Isaac's thanks with a smile, and threw out another sentence: "Next month, bring your people and enter the capital with my convoy."

Isaac knew it in his heart, and it seemed that this was the benefit that Viscount Pope himself had exchanged from King Cronin—he, who had completed his qualifications in Valentine City, was going to return to the political center of the kingdom!

On the surface, Isaac gave a surprised and relieved expression, congratulating Viscount Pope on being able to live with his family, and looking forward to getting to know the Viscount's family...

Next, Viscount Pope asked if living in the capital would cause inconvenience to Isaac and his teacher. Isaac quickly said respectfully that it would not be the case. It is very convenient to pass by the capital once...

Well, the meaning of the conversation between these two people is that the context is: Viscount Pope thinks that Isaac is worth investing even if he does not have a trade channel with the prairie people, and he will continue to support Isaac in the political environment of Cronin neutral foothold.

And Isaac's response was: That's right, my teacher is a sage of the prairie people, and there are people behind me!If you and your family need it, I can definitely bring you a lot of grassland mercenaries!

The prairie people once helped Countess Philip sweep away the opposition forces in Bolton Territory, and even wiped out the expeditionary force of the Far East Empire. No one would doubt the fighting power of the prairie people. I am very satisfied with the exchange of interests...

After completing the transaction, Viscount Pop returned to the city to pack his bags with satisfaction. He also has a lot of belongings to bring back~

Twenty days later, when Viscount Pope took his family knight Isaac Robbins to the capital together, the huge convoy was full of the wealth accumulated by the two of them over the years—they put their business Handing over the city/knight leader to someone sent by the noble council does not mean that your own property will also be handed over!

Isaac even packed up and took away all the technicians he had cultivated over the years - pig raising, farming, and engineering, none of them were left behind!

Not to mention the Robbins troupe, all the actors, including the handyman in the backstage, did not stay... His trade with the prairie people was cut off, and the troupe's performances can still continue!

As for how uninformed local audiences worked so hard to go to the Knights to watch the play and face the empty theater, that is not what Isaac cares about...it will give the new lord a headache!

A week later, Xiao Yun received a letter from Isaac. Seeing the confident and uplifting words in the letter from the fourth apprentice who received it last, this guy couldn't help showing his auntie smile...

"It can be regarded as breaking into the enemy's core!"

Xiao Yun put away the letter and happily went to Mr. Xiao En to share the good news.

"King Cronin personally took action? This guy still hasn't changed." Mr. Xiao En shook his head with disgust when he heard this. Why did he think that King Cronin was a wise king worthy of assistance?I really want to go back 40 years ago and give my stupid self a punch...

Xiao Yun ignored Mr. Xiao En's resentment, and beamed: "Viscount Pope has taken a fancy to the military power of our prairie people. I think I can give him a reassurance. When I reply to Isaac later, I will greet him by the way. But He is just a junior in the Pope family, and there are not many family resources that can be used, so the help to Isaac may not be as great as we expected. Mr. Sean, what do you think?"

Mr. Xiao En gave him a blank look: "According to my life expectancy, I should have been dead for two or three years now, and my body is so rotten that nothing but skeletons are left. You want me, the undead, to write letters back to greet those old men?" Friends, do you want to scare them to death by the way?"

Before Xiao Yun could find a reason to convince him, Mr. Xiao En took the lead and continued: "Smart people are stupid sometimes, Ah Yun, you thought of using my contacts, why didn't you think of using your third disciple? When Philip was alive, he pursued what you called 'isolationism', and his relationship with the noble council was not good. However, Philip's family was not completely without friends. Laura Philip, who was alive and managed the Bolton Land with an iron fist, not only Only the old friends of Philip's family will take the initiative to keep in touch, and the noble council will extend an olive branch..."

After a pause, Mr. Xiao En added a little uncomfortably: "After all, she is a single countess in her prime."

Xiao Yun said "Oh"—regardless of whether Laura herself wants to marry or not, people who want to marry her will definitely be able to line up!

"During the social season, let Lola go back to the capital for a few days, and bring Isaac to a few social occasions. People who take the initiative to get close to Isaac will come one after another, right?" Xiao Yun said happily, " I didn't even think of this method, Sean, it's still your wit!"

Mr. Xiao En's expression was particularly embarrassing... Mr. Xiao En, who is not thick-skinned enough to take advantage of his old friend's widow, is definitely not as careless as Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun didn't know what Mr. Xiao En was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't feel sorry, I won't let Laura be busy. How about it, I wrote a letter to suggest that our female countess rent out a piece of land to the Tiger Clan Yale Tent, let the Tiger Clan move out from the Endless Mountain Range. No matter how poor the Bolton Territory is, it is more fertile than the Endless Mountain Range. With the Tiger Clan as tenants, no nobleman, no matter how brainless, would easily take the Bolton Clan’s idea.”

The reproductive ability of the orcs is scum compared to that of humans. The tigers live in the territory lent by humans, and it is absolutely impossible to use uterine weapons to overwhelm the host.Moreover, the "hostages" from the Tiger Clan and the Ted Middle Tent were held by the prairie people. Xiao Yun was not worried at all that the Yale Tent would dare to jump...

Only then did Mr. Xiao En's expression soften, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The technology of the [-]-ton ship is in the hands of the royal family, Grand Duke Pope, and another Grand Duke, and the shipyards owned by other people can only manufacture thousands of tons. Fishing boat. With Laura's identity, the children of the Grand Duke's family and members of the royal family may be tempted. I know these few people who may have access to secrets, please ask Laura and Isaac to pay more attention..."

Xiao Yun quickly took out his notebook and wrote down the information dictated by Mr. Xiao En.

The Qiuling New District now has barely-introduced industrial technology, but it is still unrealistic to rely on its own to develop large-scale ships with a displacement of more than tens of thousands of tons.There is a saying of "a century-old navy" on the earth. What does it mean, that is, only a country with a "century-old" industrial accumulation and a relatively complete industrial chain can be able to build a large ship that can be launched into the water (such as India is not counted)... …

And to incubate a relatively complete industrial chain (all components can be developed and manufactured by itself), at least a million-level industrial population is required-it is ridiculous to be able to make a big steel ship in ancient times after ten years of travel. It took the Japanese 30 years to build a 35-ton ship from the Meiji Restoration!

Xiao Yun is very familiar with the reproductive ability of the orc race and the efficiency of the grassland encroaching on the population of the orcs in the Far East. He knows that if he is given another 35 years, he will not be able to produce so many industrial populations.

Well, since I really can't wait that long at home, and there are ready-made ones elsewhere, of course I will try my best to "borrow" them~!

Giant ships with a displacement of hundreds of thousands of tons or even millions of tons used to swim on the seas of this world.The major forces, the royal family of the human race, and even the inheritance of various ethnic groups all have realistic or poetic records of this, and the inheritance of the Snow Wolf clan also has similar information.

And why did Mao suddenly interrupt the once glorious age of great exploration?

Because the giants are gone...

Yes, the giant race that only exists in the pile of yellowed old paper today is not a purely magical race, but a master of magic mechanical technology.

Regarding the unique painting style of the giant clan, Xiao Yun obtained the historical records kept by the Alchemist Association through Tim Humphrey, and learned about the historical records kept by the ivory tower through Mr. Sean, and combined with a few words from the heritage of the Snow Wolf clan According to the information, the conclusion is that the giants at that time should be forced to find another way to combine mechanical technology and magic. The reason is that the powerful enemy that the giants had to face at that time was the dragons...

According to public historical records, the Bloomfield Continent is not the origin of all races. When the Giant Clan was at its peak, this continent belonged to the Dragon Clan.

That's right, the era experienced by Auston's grandparents (about seven to 8000 years ago) was the era when the dragon tribe lived happily and alone in the continent of Bloomfield—of course, the word used in the records of each tribe must be "raid ", "occupation" and the like.

The giant clan supported the dragon clan and killed the overlord of this continent to the point where only the dragon's mouth remained on the dragon island, and then all the clans migrated across the sea one after another.

What happened next is the scariest memory in the inheritance of all major forces and races: the dragon god forcibly descended into the material world, turning the Giant Continent into a giant wasteland overnight.

In the inheritance of the elves, there is a record of the incident by the high elves, who were second only to the giants in strength at that time. The dragons on the two continents and even on the dragon island saw the bloodbathed giant who fell all night Sky fire meteor.

The wrath of the true god turned the entire vibrant giant continent into scorched earth overnight.

But it also led to the fall of the dragon god...

The plane where the true god has fallen cannot be born again, and it is difficult for other true gods to enter this material world, so the era of the gods has passed...

This matter is not over yet, because the leader of the races on the ground, the giant race, disappeared without a trace, and the races started a war that lasted for thousands of years in order to grab the territory-this history is the "race war" that all races share.

Numerous incidents, large and small, have occurred in this long, millennium-long ethnic war, the biggest of which are:

One: The centaur empire was completely disabled, leaving behind a commendable legacy that many races have learned the riding skills of centaur.

Two: The high elves are extinct, and the snow elves, dark elves, forest elves, and plain elves are separated.The latter even returned to Braderick, the continent of origin of the races in the middle of the race war, and the core executives never set foot in Bloomfield for thousands of years.

Three: The orcs understand the importance of unity, and all the orcs gradually began to form a group, and established an orc empire in the Far East while the elves were splitting up.

At first glance, it seems that the orcs are slightly better in the race war, but it is not the case - in this war, there is actually no real winner!

why?Because they only cared about the war, they did not preserve the legacy of the giant race, making the giant's magical mechanical technology an absolute success!

In the later period of the race war, the Terran Empire, which adopted a shrinking strategy (isolationism), realized that after the expiration of the service life of the giant ship, all races would have no ships to use, so they held the wreckage of the giant ship and studied it hard, and they still left a little bit. Three melons and two dates - the human empire at that time was the only force that could build large ships of tens of thousands of tons.

Later, the Terran Empire also evaporated. In the northern federation that divided up the empire's heritage, the largest country, Cronin, seized the old empire's shipyards and craftsmen, but they couldn't happily eat alone. Instead, they contributed to the Lami shared by the federation. The Asian Chamber of Commerce provides large ships.

That's right, the races in this world are going back and forth. The giant race that became extinct thousands of years ago can build ships with hundreds of thousands of tons and millions of tons. Now, only Cronin can make one. A ship with a displacement of more than 4 tons (Titanic's tonnage is 6W[-]), just like this, is still the only one in the whole race... Coastal countries like Saint Bridge can only toss inland sea ships of a few thousand tons, Prince Carlyle The car held up to [-] tons.

It is self-evident how much the Cronin royal family and the top nobles who hold such a unique technology in their hands value shipbuilding technology-Isaac has "followed" Viscount Pope for several years, and he is not qualified to contact The shipyard of the Pope family.