The Origin of Arcane

Fortunately, the Kingsley family’s lack of food is not something that happens in a day or two. They have always had a strong sense of urgency in this regard. Therefore, all lords and nobles have a good habit of stockpiling food, especially after realizing the change in the Swamp of Despair. Eat as much food as possible.

Even from now on, if you can't buy a grain of grain, it won't be a problem to support it for two or three years. After all, the Karth army leader still has some output, but the consumption is greater than the supply.

The only good news is that the Blake family in Huayu Plateau did not set prices on the ground. It is still the old rule. You can have as much food as you want, but you can find a way to transport it out.

It is not difficult to guess what the Black family is thinking. For them, the unique geographical environment is both a natural danger and a prison.

The biggest pursuit of the Kingsley family at present is to obtain a piece of grain production land.

The pursuit of the Black family is to transport their grain out and convert it into real value and political influence on the Byron Union.

The purposes of the two parties not only do not conflict, but even complement each other, and naturally hit it off.

But the road is still the same road, it will not change according to their wishes, and transportation is still a big problem.

Fortunately, they found another transport route.

The Flower Language Plateau, Carth Army Commander and Desperate Swamp form a triangle.

The junction of the Huayu Plateau and the Karth Army Command was directly blocked by the rolling mountains of the Huayu Plateau, making it very difficult for people to pass through, let alone transport large quantities of food.

The only channel that can transport a large amount of food is in the southeast of the Huayu Plateau. After coming down from the plateau, walk along the Desperate Swamp for a while before turning into the Carter Army.

Now most of the west of the Danube River in the Swamp of Despair, including this grain transportation line, they can directly mobilize the army to go to the Huayu Plateau to go out of the mountain to carry out food, which will save nearly half of the journey and reduce food loss. .

Not long ago, Grand Duke Buck had just received news that the first batch of grain had been handed over smoothly. Although the quantity was not large, it was a good start.

It won't be long before it's not just as simple as a steady stream of low-priced food being delivered to the Kingsley family.

At the same time, it also interrupted the grain monopoly of the Kingsley family in the past in the Asia Minor Plain. There was no way to ask for prices like before. Without the Kingsley family's large amount of food, the grain in their hands would just wait to rot in their hands.

At that time, when the supply and demand reversed, it would not be them exchanging gold for food, but those greedy lords and nobles begging the Kingsley family to buy food.

A group of greedy people. Grand Duke Buck threw a letter heavily on the ground.

What made His Majesty so angry? asked the Kingsley Family's Chief Counselor, Grand Master Channing.

Who else can there be? Those damned pirates clearly negotiated the price at the beginning and paid the deposit. Now they write to me and tell me that the raw materials for shipbuilding are scarce, and the price needs to be increased by 30% compared to the original price. They are pirates who have grown up, and don't even want the most basic face. It's okay not to mention it, but when it was mentioned, Grand Duke Buck's anger blew up.

To win the Swamp of Despair, ships are indispensable.

Before Axmesser's army marched into the Swamp of Despair, Duke Buck had already started preparations.

When it comes to shipbuilding in the world, it should belong to the witch conclave and exiled family Commons sitting on the Twin Peninsula.

The former is because of the unique geography that ships are easier to use than horses, so it is natural to vigorously develop ships.

The latter was left alone because of the miracle peninsula where he started, and was broken by the army led by the white tiger Chaganbari of the Odin Empire, which became the fuse of the split of the Odin Empire. After being exiled at sea, he had to vigorously develop shipbuilding.

When choosing to buy a ship, Duke Buck hesitated for a long time between the two.

The secret witches are notoriously difficult to deal with. They are a group of beautiful snakes. Once you get involved with them, it is difficult to get rid of them.

Grand Duke Buck is not worried about the further deterioration of the relationship with the Holy See of Ether, anyway, the relationship between the two parties has never been better.

After all, their military leaders practice out-and-out slavery, and they don't like the idea that all living beings are equal in front of the gods promoted by the Holy See of Ether. This kind of dangerous thinking will make those miners more difficult to manage.

The brainwashing of the Witches' Secret Society is no worse than that of the Holy See of Saint Ether.

Grand Duke Buck didn't want an uncontrollable force to arise in his territory.

The reputation of the Commons family has been deteriorating in the past few years. Perhaps because they have been in exile for too long, they have a sense of insecurity in their bones.

Grand Duke Buck hesitated for a while, and finally chose the Commons family. There are benefits to being mercenary, that is, as long as you give enough money, you can buy anything you want from them, and the Kingsley family is the most The only thing missing is money.

At the beginning, the contact with the Commons family went smoothly. Not to mention the purchase of a ship, even the purchase of a shipbuilder, they all agreed to it without hesitation.

But when the transaction officially started, Grand Duke Buck slowly realized that this was not the case.

Not to mention that the Commons family paid money from the Kingsley family for various reasons, and the construction period was delayed again and again. Half a year later, Duke Buck has not seen a sampan.

The Commons family tried their best to deal with Duke Buck's urging. This time he sent a tough envoy. If they didn't hand over the first batch of ships as soon as possible, the Kingsley family would withdraw their deposit.

As a result, the robbers of the Commons family showed no intentions. Not only did they not intend to return the money paid by the Kingsley family, but they also raised the price on the ground. It is no wonder that Buck directly slapped the table with a straight face. The deposit in the early stage was small, which delayed the overall plan of the Kingsley family. is big.

I'm afraid the other party doesn't want more gold coins. Senior Maester Chan Ning said meaningfully.

Didn't you want more gold coins? Grand Duke Buck's heart skipped a beat, with an ominous premonition welling up.

It has been more than a hundred years since the Commons family lost the Miracle Peninsula, but in terms of wealth, the coastal trade that has shared the west coastline with the Witches' Secret Society for so many years is much less than our Kingsley. What they really desire is a new territory that can A territory for their family to re-establish. Grand Maester Channing didn't hold back, and threw out his speculation straightforwardly, They are planning to use this to blackmail us, wanting to get a share of the Swamp of Despair...

Before Grand Maester Chan Ning could finish speaking, Grand Duke Buck smashed the crystal wine glass he had just acquired into pieces, and roared angrily, Thinking of wishful thinking, they want to set foot in the Swamp of Despair!

However, Grand Duke Buck is very clear that there is nothing wrong with Grand Master Channing's speculation. It is because he has ignored the real interest demands of the Commons family. Their demand for a new territory is no more than the Kingsley family's demand for a grain-producing land. Small.

But looking at the entire Arshan, unless the Byron Alliance reshuffles its forces, the Commons family will have no chance at all.

However, under the pressure of the common enemy of the Odin orcs, the Byron Alliance has been experiencing minor disturbances over the years, but no major disturbances.

There are no eggs under the nest.

This truth, those grand duke families all understand.

Once serious turmoil occurs within them and the Odin orcs are given a chance to go south, the entire human race will become their flock.

Once the Swamp of Despair is involved, Duke Buck's emotions tend to get out of control, perhaps because he cares too much about it.

Although he has realized this for a long time and is trying to control it, but when things come to an end, he will always be unable to hold back.

Taking a deep breath and calming himself down, Grand Duke Buck said with a cold face: It is absolutely impossible for those bandits to get a piece of the action. It seems that they have lost hope, so find a way to contact them. Witch secret meeting, let's see what price they offer, but for this kind of thing, you can't rely on outsiders, you have to rely on yourself, we have our own shipyard, how is the preparation going?

Bachelor Channing's eyebrows were twitched, and he sighed: Every industry, no matter high or low, has its own strengths. We really don't have much research on shipbuilding. There are quite a few carpenters gathered in the territory, but they know There are less than a hundred shipbuilders, most of which used to be small fishing boats. Real shipbuilders cannot be bought even if they have money, and they are all controlled by those big families. Although the Commons family previously agreed to hire shipbuilders For us, we haven’t seen a single person until now.”

Furthermore, among our military leaders, there are very few tall and strong trees suitable for building large ships. Therefore, shipyards have opened up, but most of the ships produced are fishing boats.

Now the leader of the Calth Army is following the same path as the leader of the Yongye Army, trying to poach craftsmen from other families to start their own shipyard.

It's a pity that they were cramming. The Commons family and the Witches' Secret Society had already prepared to guard against death and never give them a chance to poach someone.

If you start from scratch, you can imagine the manpower and material resources spent, and the effect is not ideal.

It's better than nothing. Grand Duke Buck didn't know the difficulty, and comforted himself, According to the news from Acmesser, the warships of the Crocodiles are not big, so it's not a disadvantage, let alone, We want warships mainly as a means of transportation, and infantry combat is what we are best at, so it is possible that we have to give up what we are best at and compete with them in water warfare.

‘I’m afraid I’ll be involuntary when the time comes! '

Grand Master Chan Ning murmured something in his heart, but he didn't say it out. It's not that Grand Duke Buck doesn't understand this truth, but there is no better way at the moment, and it would only cause trouble if he said it. He comforted: Let's take a multi-pronged approach, Common What the Si family can fight for is still to fight for it. Are they really ready to lose some face? The witch secret meeting, we can contact, we should contact as much as we can, and see if we can gain something. Our own shipyard, We will also step up production expansion and strive for further progress.”

That's the only way to do it, and then it will be planned by Master Lao. Grand Duke Buck said helplessly.

By the way, there is one more thing that needs to be reconsidered by Your Majesty. Grand Maester Chan Ning hesitated for a moment, and said.

What is it that makes the grand maester so difficult? Duke Buck asked suspiciously.

Grand Master Channing can be regarded as an old man who has served the Kingsley family for many years, and it was the first time he had seen such a embarrassed expression on the other side.

About Viscount Philip's emissary. Grand Maester Channing said truthfully,

That guy didn't give up, and found a way to find the Grand Master? Grand Duke Buck frowned, and a trace of displeasure flashed across his face.

A week ago, the emissary of Viscount Philip made repeated requests to see him, but was rejected by Duke Buck.

Grand Duke Buck is also an old fox who has practiced for many years, and he knows what the opponent's purpose is with his knees.

It was nothing more than the fact that the Man Yu army was in a stalemate, and the Viscount Philip wanted to find foreign aid to break the situation.

Commander Man Yu was his neighbor, even if it wasn't the focus of their strategy, Grand Duke Buck still knew a thing or two about the situation there.

In particular, the four-way meeting held by the Princess Regent is the biggest joke of the Byron Alliance.

Find out who this so-called quartet is.

A viscount who was the first heir to the Man Yu army, but did not sit on the succession position.

One was a wild countess who was conferred by the wild grand duke who was not in the right position and did not even hold the canonization ceremony.

One is a wild force in a remote mountain range. Before this, many people have never even heard of their names. It is said that they were canonized as guardian knights and barons of the kingdom by the princess regent. After the news was sent back to the capital Valesta , There was a big disturbance.

It took a lot of effort for Princess Regent Sophilia to suppress it, but there was still a small trick in the hands of those old royals. The reason why those cunning old foxes didn't get angry was because of this trick. It is not enough to shake the position of the princess regent. Once the time is right, this will become a weapon for them to attack the princess regent.

Anyway, the princess regent is going back more and more, which really embarrasses the royal family.

What's even more ridiculous is that the meeting of the four parties ended up in vain, and Viscount Philip completely became a mouse in the cracks, with both ends being pissed off.

Most likely, the agreement was not reached, and Viscount Philip became a victim of the other three parties.

The situation of Viscount Philip is extremely bad. If he wants to break the situation, he must rely on external force, but looking around, there are really few who can be his help.

The Holy See of Saint Ether and the Secret Council of Witches, who like to do things in other people's territories, have already stood in line, and they have already broken up with the regent princess Sophilia.

The Strachey family of Broken Blood Castle is even more impossible.

Leaving aside their centuries-old tradition of not participating in the power struggles of other duke families in the Byron Alliance, let’s just talk about their political stance. They have always worn the same trousers with the Lancelot royal family, especially with the Princess Regent Not to mention, the current ruler of the Strachey family is her grandfather.

The only person who could become Viscount Philip's foreign aid is the current ruler of the Kingsley family, Duke Buck.

If there is no such big cake as the Swamp of Despair, Duke Buck would be more than happy to join in. After all, the current leader of Manyu is no longer the former leader of Manyu.

With the injection of the Jacob River, the climate here is gradually becoming more suitable for farming. A large number of deserts and Gobi are gradually being restored to fertile land. It is completely predictable that this place will become fertile again.

If I support an agent here, it is definitely what the Kingsley family dreamed of before.

But the problem is that they now have better options. Compared with the rotten swamp-like Manyu Army Leader, the Swamp of Despair has fewer competitors.

Therefore, when Viscount Philip's waiter came to the door, Grand Duke Buck simply came and closed the door.

The attitude he expressed was obvious enough, but the other party was stalking him so hard that he found his chief counselor to intercede, which naturally made him a little unhappy.

Not only for the envoy's ignorance, but also because Grand Master Qian Ning chose to intercede for the other party, how much did he benefit from the other party? Have you put him, the Grand Duke, in your eyes?

Your Majesty, calm down. If the other party is only for the matter of Viscount Philip, I will never nod and intercede. Grand Maester Chan Ning has followed Duke Buck for many years. How could he not know the other party's nature? Before the other party completely exploded, he said quickly, But He also brought news about the Swamp of Despair, but we have to pay attention to it, otherwise we won’t know what to eat if we suffer a terrible loss.”