Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Can Zhuen's body is comparable to that of a dragon. He can bathe in boiling dragon blood, and he can also live in the polar ice for three days and three nights without a drop of water or food.Some people gave him meals and cotton clothes on the way, but he never accepted them.

On the third day, the Duke came to the door of the ice cellar.

"Camp, do you know your mistake?" his brother asked him.

Kan Zhuien shook off the icicles on his body, and slowly stood up from the ground. "I am not at fault, my brother."

"It's just that you don't think you made a mistake, Cantrun." The Duke glanced at the food and cotton clothes on the ground, "Cantrun, you are already stronger than humans."

"Yes, my brother."

"You are so strong that you can kill me in front of my guard, and you can even retreat afterwards."

"Yes, my brother."

"You are so powerful that even the paladins and the Royal Iron Guard can't defeat you."

"If there are enough numbers, they may be able to repel me." Campbell used an understatement.

Anduin sighed and said: "This is your sin, Cantzuen." Anduin opened the door of the prison, which was in vain, "You are too powerful."

Campbell said, "It's not a sin to be strong, brother."

There is no trace of childhood innocence left in Anduin's eyes, only the vicissitudes of an extreme northern noble.

"Are you here to claim the throne?" he asked Camtrane.

"I don't need a throne, I just need everyone on this land to return to their rightful place."

Anduin led him out of the ice cellar, and the two said while walking in the long underground corridor: "The throne is the prerequisite for your goal."

"If that's the case, I will temporarily be king."

"In the past, everyone would be willing to regard you as king, including me." Anduin stopped in front of a huge statue of a knight, which was the guardian of honor-Hua Ke Lastol.He gazed at the majestic face of the ancient hero, and said, "Campingen, you come to claim the throne now? What were you doing when Bi's father died? What were you doing when Bakugan slaughtered our son? Yes , being strong is not a sin, your sin is failure to fulfill your duties—a knight’s duty, a citizen’s duty, a son’s duty. That’s your sin, Candine.”

Ni Linjian shook angrily, and Kan Zhuien held her down.He said: "I swear, if the little king is alive, I will never serve for the North again."

Anduin said loudly: "It's not for the north, but for your homeland! Kan Zhuen, what were you doing when your father died under the bone sword?"

Cantrane said: "The king will not leave the tower until he dies, and the knight will never break his oath."

"You swore an oath of allegiance to the North forever!"

"I am still loyal to the northern border. I am loyal to this land, ancient ancestors and distant souls. I am not loyal to a single person or a family." Kan Zhuen's face was calm, "All my actions are for this The land and the creatures on it."

"You had the ability to become the king of the extreme north, and you could lead everyone to win glory. But you can't bear to see this land being ravaged by war again, and you can't bear to see humans and animals die in disasters, so you would rather shrink in the Tongtian Tower 20 years ago, you didn't go home to take a look!" The Duke became more and more angry, he roared, "Our father gave his life for a corrupt empire like this, but no one can avenge them now The nobles who are loyal to me are peace faction, they don’t want to fight with Bagu Kahn; those who want to fight are not loyal to me, they are waiting for you to come back.”

"Then I should lead these people to avenge my father." Kan Zhuen said, "Bagu Kahn is a demon king, he will destroy the land and civilization."

"Camptrane, you could have done this 20 years ago, but what you do now is rebellion."

"Why?" Camtrane asked him.

Anduin said: "Half of the people in the extreme north support you, and half of the people support me. If you become king, they will fight for you; and I am the heir appointed by the old king. Many nobles and people stand behind me. They don't want to fight. The result is that the country will be divided, and we will even be brothers. In this way, our land will be plunged into war. Kanzun, I admit that I can't beat you in war, but if you force me, I will I will fight you to the death. You should know better than anyone else the bloodiness of the northerners."

"This is not a rebellion, and I don't want to fight. I love you, my brother, and I love my relatives as I love this land. His father's death was his own choice. He was loyal to the North. He hoped to use his own death to wake up those sleeping people..." Kan Zhuien sighed, "He did wake up some people, but the little king didn't seize the opportunity and let him down."

They came to the ground, and Anduin led him deep into the castle.There is a small quiet room there, and there is no one around here, so you can talk in peace.This time the duke gave him salt and bread as a salute.

Camtrane enjoyed the food symbolically, and then said to the Duke; "Anduin, my behavior of not leaving the Tower of Babel is very complicated, and it is difficult for me to explain it clearly in a few words. I can only tell you that the world is peace when I am in the tower. Yes, once I'm gone, the world will be at war."

"The world has fallen into war!" Anduin protested.

"So I'm back—at the perfect time." He also stood up and looked at his brother. "The North is too big and the people of the Far North are too few for us to swallow this giant. We just have to wait He died and rotted slowly before he could eat away at it bit by bit. Brother, I never gave up my belief, I want to clean up all the pests in this land, and let the only great knight manage this world."

"I will not be loyal to you, Kan Zhuen. My father gave me the title, and I have to fulfill my duties." He stared at Kan Zhuen, and added, "I am not you, and I will not abandon my responsibilities!"

Camtrane said: "Then you will be a duke, or a king. I will still be a knight commander."

"You will take away my power."

"The word power shouldn't exist, brother." He stared into his brother's eyes, hoping to regain some of his innocence. "Do you love this land? Brother."

"Of course I love it."

"Then you should save it with me."

Anduin asked him: "How to save it? Use you and your Grand Knights? Cantrun, the nobles are in disarray, and the knight class is already rotten."

"Then call our clansmen, brothers, invite them all, and let's create a new knight society."

"New knights? What are you doing?"

Cameron said solemnly: "The new knight order will be used to protect our land. We don't recruit nobles and corrupt knights, we only recruit former subordinates, wandering knights, mercenaries, hunters, farmers, slaves ...I will assess them and only recruit those who are willing to perform their duties as humans. This knight order is called the 'World Guards', and I will use it to restore our world."

Chapter 2: The Lone Wolf, One

Chapter 2: The Lone Wolf, One

Haven is sorting out the financial report Darrow gave him.

This year, the salt field in Mustang has been opened. In the past, selling salt was the power of Jinsha Castle, and other nobles had to pay taxes to Jinsha Castle, but now Jinsha Castle has put all its strength into the war. Bugu Kahn even brought all the officials to live in Eagle Head City, so they couldn't manage a small place like Mustang Land.

Although Wild Horse Land is a baron's territory, the land area is really not small. There is a large saline-alkali land here, and the land on it can make coarse salt.A year ago, Haven had recruited bachelors to research new methods of making salt, trying to turn this white wasteland into white gold.This matter is in charge of Myrick and the mayor of Mustang Town, Fandry. Myrick has learned the knowledge of agricultural production before, and Fandry wanders in the fields all the year round. He is a doer who combines theory with practice.After three months of experimentation, the two came up with a set of effective salt-making methods.

Haiwen personally inspected their test field, and then gave them some suggestions based on the salt field in his memory, and soon the salt field was in operation.The salt will provide him with a large sum of money.

A second source of funding came from the coal mines at Little Bear Mountain.

Although Bear Mountain is still occupied by the descendants of the Sea God, this does not affect Haven's mining of mineral veins.He asked Daluo's people to pretend to be businessmen to contract the mining rights of this mountain range.Although this mountain is the territory of Bear Mountain, it actually belongs to a baron named Spark.The baron didn't think there were any resources on the mountain, so he leased it to the people in Haven at a very low price.Haven mines coal here. Although he has no industrial equipment, coal can replace firewood.

Since last winter, he has started to popularize the use of coal in his territory.This thing has a large output and high efficiency, which further improves people's quality of life and enriches fiscal revenue.

The third funding comes from agricultural products.Haiwen has more advanced production technology and operation mode, and the productivity has been greatly improved in a short period of time.Logically speaking, last year was a disaster year, but few people died of starvation in the land of Haven.Although he didn't get much income from agriculture this year, at least he didn't lose money to ensure people's food and clothing.

Fourth, after food and clothing are guaranteed, the extra labor force can be used for the production of other commodities.He started to develop textile and forestry. Pinewood Castle has "pine forest" in its name. As the name suggests, there are many forests here.The pine wood here is a fine wood, suitable for making farm tools, buildings, and weapons.They also grew cotton on newly cleared land, which was harvested to make warm clothing.The winters have been extremely cold these past few years, so the sales of these cotton textiles are very good.

Isrit will also ship the best leathers to Haven, and these leathers will be refined and turned into gorgeous furs that nobles like.That's another big income.One of him and Yisruite provided resources, the other provided technology, and then the two shared the dividends.

Haiwen asked Little Hammer to take charge of technical improvement, and then let Manager Nader take care of it.Some of the wood products and textiles produced are used for their own use, and the other part is sold for money.

Fifth, Odd Jones of the White Clothes Club continued to start the blacksmith business. At the request of Haven, he recruited former subordinate members of the White Clothes Club and began to resume his old business.Haven gave him sufficient raw materials, labor and sales channels, and Odd was responsible for full production.After selling the money, the two are sharing dividends.

Sixth, Haiwen, as the new chairman of the White Clothes Club, began to use this golden signboard.There is a huge amount of herbs in the great swamp of Estherite, and Estherite and her people have been developing various medicines.Haiwen brought the medicines and learned these techniques, and then sold them in the name of the White Clothes Club.Laya used to be the best and most reputable drug dealer in the Gulf, and Hai Wen inherited her legacy and continued the business.

Seventh, Haiwen also has an identity as the heir of Chauvin III.Although the big nobles did not recognize him, there were still some small nobles and small landlords who came to join him.Haiwen treated these nobles and landlords who surrendered voluntarily and rationally. He would not take away their lands, because everything needed a gradual process.

Haven made a rules and regulations for them.The regulations are divided into two categories: the first category includes guaranteeing the human rights of slaves, reasonable management of labor, wages, insurance, labor relations, etc.; Try to unify the dialect and so on.

As long as they abide by the above regulations, Haven will provide them with advanced production technology, management methods, military protection, commercial convenience and other public services.Haiwen's actions were much better than those of the great nobles in the past. Those who came to take refuge in him were all overjoyed and obeyed him willingly.

And relying on this relatively mild method, Haiwen can gradually absorb these people, and eventually the private land will be merged into public ownership.

Eighth and final income.

A series of commodities such as salt, coal, agricultural products, handmade woodware, textiles, medicines, etc. will be transported to all parts of the world through well-developed waterways and commercial roads.Dreyer's caravan grew stronger and stronger. His fleet and porters traveled back and forth in Rotten Meat Beach, Shrimp Bay, and the swamp. He even bought a sea merchant ship and wanted to transport the goods to Evernight City in the extreme north. Dragon Island in the South.

Ramon already has real power in Shrimp Bay, and the Haiwen and Delair fleets are almost visa-free in Shrimp Bay, and the tax is also very low, which greatly improves the transportation efficiency.

Moreover, Haiwen has decided to build roads and dig canals. He wants to open up the most difficult roads. These projects will not only serve him, but also benefit all generations.

Haiwen reviewed the financial report and wrote down his thoughts and suggestions.Except for some key, principled places, he did not write down any mandatory requirements.He thinks that his talents are not necessarily higher than those of his subordinates, and his experience is not as strong as those who operate on the front line, so he just writes down suggestions and lets those people think for themselves.

More and more people turned to him, and Haiwen had no shortage of people for the time being.And he will have more talents in the future.

He founded schools in both Mustangtown and Fort Pinewood.His first students have graduated.Although these people have only attended school for one year, those who have attended school are better than those who have not.These people can read and write, and their thinking is more advanced.They will gradually become the backbone of Haven in the future.

That night he was to arrange everything, for he would be away from the castle for the next few days.

He has an appointment tomorrow.A few days ago, the nobles of the Reach asked him to help put down the rebellion.The nobles asked Haiwen to invite the leader of the rebel army in the Reach to come out to negotiate. Haiwen was popular and reputable. If he came forward, the leader of the rebel army would definitely come.

When the leader of the rebel army comes to the meeting, the nobles will send troops to encircle and suppress him.

But actually, Haven didn't intend to cooperate with these nobles.Not only did he want to suppress the rebellion, he also wanted to deal with these nobles by the way.He now has the support of Islet, Delaire, and the White Clothes Society, and the gold in his hands is enough for him to start a war; moreover, he has sufficient sources of troops and absolute support.

Haven has assembled his elite troops at Pinewood Castle.This army included the original army of Pinewood Castle, a veteran from Mustang, trained militiamen from all walks of life, and the elite orcs that Isrit gave him.These men were equipped with hard leather armor, chain mail, shields, machetes, maces, spears and other weapons.The fighting power is comparable to the regular army of nobles.This time, Haiwen gathered a total of 5000 people, which is already a large number for the noble civil war.

These troops will then move to the Reach, the flat rock hills south of the Reach, where they will ambush and turn around to encircle the enemy.Haiwen went to the meeting alone with Smiley Cat and several orc warriors.

This morning, Haven set off.It was only half a day away from the meeting place, and there was a village of mountain people in the wilderness on the north side of the Ersi Fork Road, and they decided to negotiate here.The reason is that the terrain here is relatively easy to set up an ambush.

Haven had a map of Odd Jones, and the old man had told him of a hidden location.This is a narrow path in the valley, covered by coniferous forest all year round, and generally no one knows about it.However, if there is an experienced hunter leading the way, the situation will be different.Ord said to Haven: "Your army can take this path and outflank the enemy. I learned about this secret valley from an old hunter who walked this path for decades and brought Let me walk by it a few times, absolutely no problem."

In this way, Haiwen will have no worries.In the afternoon, he took the escort to the negotiation site.There were ten elite orcs accompanying them. These guys were generally more than two meters tall, some had strong muscles, some had strong waists and legs, and some had big arms and round waists.Some of them were wearing leather armor, some were bare-chested, carrying all kinds of terrifying weapons in their hands: barbed mace, double-sided giant axe, broadsword and heavy shield...

These orcs are powerful in combat and have firm beliefs. They worship the spirit of the Earth Mother once a week, and strictly abide by the commandments set by the Spirit of the Earth Mother, including: no looting, no stealing, no adultery, no deception. People, don't be lazy in training and so on.Moreover, Yisrit told the orcs that Haiwen is the incarnation of the spirit of the heavenly father, so the orcs also worship Haiwen as a god.

At first, Haven didn't want to do this, he didn't like being worshiped as a god, but Estherite wrote to him and said: "My lord, different environments have different laws, and different ways of dealing with different civilizations. Now For the orcs, 'Worship of Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother' is the best belief system. Heavenly Father is just a code name. After all, you will not use this name to bluff, as long as you convince others with virtue, then you are well-deserved Spirit of the Father."

"Also," Isrit reminded him, "You'd better show the orcs your magical powers, whether it's real or not."

Haiwen really has some bluffing tricks.The three artifacts that Laya gave him were fused into a saint's battle suit by him, and these artifacts were equipped with sacred magic power.

He hasn't fully understood this set of equipment, what he knows now is: the scepter can create light and heat, and this power increases and decreases with his spiritual power - or faith; the cloak can make him resist various curses , evil objects and stains, permanently wash-free; the helmet can amplify his voice, not the amplification of the speaker, but spread his voice wider and more shocking.He has done enough experiments with Smiley Cat. After putting on the helmet, Smiley Cat can hear Haiwen's normal voice clearly from a mile away.

"Don't underestimate the loud voice, my lord." The Smiley Cat told him, "It is said that Bagu Kahn is invincible, half of the reason is because of his loud voice. If you roar on the battlefield, the enemy will be frightened to death."

So Haven brought the three artifacts to preach to the orcs—actually to promote his ideas, such as freedom, equality, liberation, justice, and so on.The three artifacts gave Hai Wen a halo of divinity, and the helmet allowed him to make a majestic voice like a heavenly father.To the orcs, this was the teaching of God. After listening to a lesson, the orcs believed that he was the real incarnation of the heavenly father.

In this way, the orc convinced him.

With these powerful bodyguards, Haiwen can somewhat relax.Although he has already arranged an ambush, but in a real fight, the sword has no eyes, and he is likely to suffer.

At noon, he came to the negotiation place.The nobles of the Reach came earlier than him, so it was difficult to make this arrogant guy punctual, let alone come early?They must have attached great importance to countering the rebellion.

The nobles have arranged an open-air banquet in advance, and now is the time when spring and summer are handed over, which is the best season.The sun is shining here, everything is growing, and the fresh air is fragrant with earth. It is a good place for a picnic.

At Haiwen's request, both the Duralia and Satria families sent their own representatives, and Earl Harlan Satria personally dispatched the Migratory Bird City. He brought fifty armored elite warriors with him. He was also armed like an iron bucket; Red Harbor sent the second son of the Dulalia family, that is, the Ivan Dulalia who negotiated with Haven last time. Dressed up clothes, with a raised mustache, very flamboyant.

Haiwen greeted the two nobles, sat down in their seats, and immediately began to exchange pleasantries.In the beginning, they were all unnutritious topics. This is a common practice among nobles. They must first brag about each other. The content of the bragging includes: their wealth, family history, previous honors, and even how many sons they have given birth to. It can be blown out.

It's boring, but Haven still has to play with them, because the leader of the rebel army hasn't arrived yet.

At the beginning, the two nobles were bragging to each other, and Haiwen watched from the side, occasionally responding.Later they started talking about Haiwen, and the young Ivan Dulalia asked Haiwen: "Master Haiwen, where did you get rich this year?"

Haiwen waved his hand and said, "I didn't get rich, I just ran my own land."

"Oh, that's right, you don't have much money to make in your place, it's nothing more than planting and digging the soil." Ivan laughed, "But you can't just hire orcs for cheap! These are uncivilized beasts , it’s useless.”

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Haiwen didn't want to argue with these people, because soon the other party would be able to see Haiwen's true strength.But when the other party insulted his orc guard, Hai Wen couldn't pretend he didn't hear it.

"You say the orcs are uncivilized? Are they fancy or not?" Haiwen asked him.

Ivan said: "Isn't it?"

Haven said: "You call your best fighter out to fight my orc friends, and I'll see which one doesn't work."

Ivan sneered and said, "How can a nobleman compete with beasts? Only slaves will fight with beasts."

Another hypocritical reason, Hai Wen thought to himself.

"You two," another Earl Harlan Satria said, "please put aside the controversy for now, we have more important things to do now. That guy will come soon, and we will meet him face to face, You have to be prepared. Lord Haiwen, Your Excellency Ivan, I don’t think your armor is thick enough.”

Ivan smiled and said, "I have the best guards, bandits can't hurt me."

Haiwen asked; "Is the leader of the rebel army very powerful?"

Earl Harlan folded his arms, and the metal gauntlet made a "crash" sound, and he said, "Master Haven, haven't you heard the name of the lone wolf?"

Haiwen has been busy with matters in his territory these days, or he is doing business, so he really has no time to investigate the rebels.He just remembered that Myrick mentioned to him, saying: "The leader of the Rebel Army in the River Bend is a man who is good at fighting."

"I just know he can play well," Haven said.

Ivan shook his head disdainfully, while Harlan was silent for a while.He took a sip of the wine, and after swallowing the liquid, his face became very serious, as if he had taken a sip of poison.

The count said: "Master Haven, before I introduce Harvey the Lone Wolf to you, let me tell you what happened this year."

"I'm all ears," said Haven.

The count pondered for a while, and began to say: "At first, we thought it was just an ordinary riot. My lord, you are a nobleman, and you must know how rebellious these unruly people are. Rebellion, if the tax is slightly higher, rebellion will be rebelled, and the conscription will be rebelled! These greedy and stupid people don’t know how to sympathize with us nobles. They just want to suck our blood and drain every penny of our wealth. Haha Why? Is it a crime if we have money? My land, wealth and power come from my father, and my father's land, wealth and power come from my grandfather. We got all of this. This is what our family deserves, and we bought it with wisdom and blood and sweat. But those unscrupulous people, they have no skills at all, they can only sneak, play tricks, and pretend to be crazy." The earl said here again Take a sip of wine.

Haiwen has seen this kind of shameless, hypocritical and selfish aristocrat a lot, so he is not surprised. "Please tell us about Harvey the Lone Wolf, Earl," said Haven.

The count changed his posture, obviously the fully enclosed armor made him very uncomfortable, "Well, I said far away. Harvey the Lone Wolf, he was the fuse of the riots in the Reach. This person was just a hunter in the beginning , can use bows and arrows, can use knives, but he is just a pariah after all, no one cares about him. It is said that the reason for his rebellion is that a nobleman wanted to buy his prey at a low price. The two had an affair during the bargaining process After arguing, this guy actually killed the baron's son. This is terrible. After he killed him, he fled in fear of crime. Soon, the baron came to him. Unexpectedly, this shameless villain actually left his wife The baron ran away alone, and the baron arrested his wife. You know, my lord, since a man cannot pay for his sins, he can only let his wife pay the debt. It is really irresponsible for a man to leave his wife and son behind."

Haven believed that the Earl must have avoided the important things when telling this story, and mixed most of his subjective wishes.Later, he saw the man named Lone Wolf, and he wanted to ask about these things himself.