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Chapter 655 Counting the Harvest (addition for the leader Cihuating, 5000)

The rebel mountain people's war to take back the Laian Land ended in a swift defeat.

As the last rout disappeared into the depths of the jungle, the magnetic storm armor drivers who had no intention of continuing to chase realized that they had already stood on top of the enemy's corpse, and there was no longer even a mountain left in the position. civil.

They won a complete victory - with one-fifth or even less of the number of enemies, they defeated the enemies who were well-equipped and even had three second-level sublimators.

"Long live!"

Among the crowd, a white man magnetic storm armor driver from Port Harrison was the first to let out a heartfelt cheer.

"Victory!"

"We won!" The cheers sounded one after another: "Long live!"

"Long live Ian!"

Cheers resounded throughout the hills next to the city of Laian, and they surrounded their young lord, looking at the man who brought incredible victory with inconceivable and reverent eyes.

From the beginning to the end, the magnetic storm armor unit led by Ian also lost one person. This guy was captured by the mountain people because of the failure of the power group of the armor. driving method.

But to be honest, among the people present, which soldier can understand the principle of these weapons?This is the electromagnetic weapon technology on Ian's Earth side. Ordinary alchemists don't look at the complete blueprint given by Ian. It will take a month or two to restore the idea.

The freed captive also joined the cheering crowd.

And Ian also let out a long breath, looking at the direction in which the mountain people fled, with mixed feelings in his heart.

——Finally, it's over, these mountain people are really annoying.

After defeating the mountain people army, Ian can be regarded as a real lord of Lai'an - next, whether it is the reward of Nauman City or the canonization of nobles from the imperial capital, they will all come together.

From then on, the residents of Laian City would sincerely believe that he could protect them and entrust them with their trust.

Next time, if the mountain people still want to attack, then Ian can definitely pull out a knight order and thousands of militia troops from Laian City and the twelve towns... as long as he can make Laian City run smoothly, he can afford it. money.

This is the true strength of a Barony in Terra.

Moreover, this time the battle plan is basically completely dependent on the weather and the trust of the core troops in Ian.

If there were no rain clouds, it would be an impossible task to use artificial rainfall to induce thunderstorms to bombard the mountain troops. Ian could only lead Qing Chao and the magnetic storm team to go around and make a surprise attack, while Scott and Lan Dian in the front It is necessary to withstand the pressure and rely on Ian's personal strength to pull.

However, if there is no rain, Cyclops' light prism system and city defense's charging rifle can also be used, and the battle will become another way.

In short, Qing Chao cut off the supplies, and Ian led the raid in armor, all based on these loyal White People guards and Harrison Port mercenaries.

If they are afraid of the number of mountain people troops, then it is absolutely impossible to achieve the current results with just two sublimators, Ian and Qingchao.

After all, Ian couldn't expose his rock-forged knight's ability in front of so many people. He had to have other people accompany him to destroy the formation of the mountain people's team, so that he could induce the enemy's ascensionists to chase him alone.

But all the bad things can be avoided. In the eyes of everyone in Lai'an City and even the mountain people, Ian is simply the "prophet of thunder".

Although he is actually a prophet.

"Everyone!"

At this moment, Ian raised his hand, and the entire camp fell silent—everyone was waiting for the lord's speech: "The battle is over, but it's not time to rest yet!"

"Let's pack up our spoils—the armor and weapons, as well as the logistics the enemy left behind at the river!"

Another cheer.

Ten minutes later, Laian City's recovery troops set off.

This time, Ian's harvest was unusually large.

The weapons and equipment of the mountain people are all high-quality goods from Feiyan Land. Although they have their own advantages and disadvantages compared with the equipment of the empire, they are things that come for nothing after all.

Because of fleeing for their lives, most of the fleeing mountain people threw away their armor and weapons. The number of seized is not easy to calculate, but it exceeds 500 people. Take a little rest. In the future, all the soldiers led by Lai'an will be able to use the flying flames full set of equipment.

The alien version of Art Mechanic belongs to yes.

The number of heavy weapons is small, and some were destroyed by the mountain people before leaving, but most of them are intact.

Among them, there are five alchemy cannons and twelve ordinary field cannons, all of which are solid siege firepower.

If they came here this time to face an ordinary Terra city, and the opponent they faced was also a normal baron, they could win no matter what they fought. Among other things, this artillery could directly smash the city's defenses.

Viscount Grant, a front-line viscount who has been fighting with the natives for decades, only has more than 20 standing alchemy cannons for so long. Only Elder Pudd will assemble them during the war, otherwise the maintenance consumption will be too high.

Once Ian seized it, he had one-fifth of the other party's family fortune for many years. I don't know how envious and jealous the old boss would be when he heard about it.

But this is war.

In addition, there is the armor of iron dust.

Although part of the arm is incomplete and the cockpit is crushed, the overall skeleton is intact, and it is a good armor after repairing it.

But if it is really necessary to maintain the two armors, Ian is a little worried about the crystallization of the elements - he can't use this thing himself, so where can he get the fuel for the second armor?

There is also the armor of Chief Zhenzhou at the river. That thing was just cut into two pieces by Ian, and it can be repaired if you find a chance to recycle it in the future... Not to mention, Ian’s own Cyclops was also damaged this time. Seriously, it is really impossible to recycle it as a repair material, which can save a lot of money.

But mainly there is no fuel.

This is the way the imperial capital restricts the strength of local nobles... The production lifeline of elemental crystallization is generally only given to those trustworthy big nobles, and then the big nobles are the core to control other small nobles. This is only opened during wartime supply of strategic resources.

But this problem was solved when Qingchao returned with a large number of seized supplies from the mountain people.

"So many elements crystallized?!"

Ian opened his eyes wide and watched the blue-haired swordsman proudly carry two boxes over. When he opened it, he found that the inside was densely packed with prismatic elemental crystals, all of which were standard armored fuel specifications.

"I saw that after the mountain people were defeated, I took the team to the place where the logistics troops were attacked before, picked up two boxes and watched the most expensive things come over!"

Qing Chao patted his chest and boasted, he did have the capital to be proud this time: "How about it, boss? Is this considered a great achievement?"

"Forget it, of course it does. Your success in attacking the logistics force is already a great achievement, and now it is even more meritorious!"

Ian looked at the crystallization of these elements, and he was full of admiration: "I can't think of anything to reward you."

"Then don't, just give me some bonus." Hearing this sentence, Qing Chao became vigilant instead: "The general with the greater merit will be feared by the emperor——I don't want that!"

"How should I say it? I still can't control you?" Ian raised his head, he was a little angry and a little funny: "Stop talking nonsense here, go and rest."

As far as these two boxes of elemental crystals are concerned, they are worth twice as much as the supplies from Nauman City, and the elemental crystallization supplies sent by Lan Dian last time are already worth a thousand talers. This is the official internal price, and it is at least three times the price on the black market. God knows how rare these fuels are.

If the crystallization of these two boxes of elements is sold, the Thaler obtained will cover most of Ian's expenditure in Laian City.

If the alchemy cannon and armor are counted, it can be regarded as a big profit.

In addition, there are some bits and pieces of sublimation weapons harvested... Chief Tiechen's battle ax is also an earth-type source material, and there are many similar things, which is another sum of money.

But after being happy, Ian frowned instead.

This is not normal.

Where did the mountain people crystallize so many elements?No matter how much Feiyandi's support was taken advantage of, it's impossible for the local tyrants to become like this-won't it be possible to spend so much money just to arm the mountain people?

Behind the crystallization of these abundant elements, there is definitely a secret!
"Check! You have to check! Don't say anything else, just grab two more rounds, and the territory's alchemy furnace fuel for the next year will be available!"

Ian made up his mind to investigate to the end, and he must figure out why the mountain people have so many elements crystallized.

But now, he hid his doubts in his heart, and led the team back to Lai'an City with a full load.

As soon as they returned to the city, there was another round of cheers, and the residents in the city spontaneously rushed to the streets to celebrate the victory of the battle - most of the residents understood that after this victory, at least until the next spring, they could have a peaceful life.

"Long live the lord!"

"Ian! Ian! Ian!"

"We love you, Lord!"

This time, Ian didn't use any potion—all the soldiers and citizens praised him sincerely from the heart.

Surrounded by soldiers and citizens, Ian stood on the back of the camel carrying the spoils, waved to everyone in the city, and the cheers became louder in an instant.

This is most likely due to appearance - a good personal image is easy to be popular.

Ian smiled and walked towards the castle on the top of the cliff.

Speaking of which, it's time to formulate a real development plan for Lai'an City.

Recently, Ian has been preparing for war technology, whether it is the magnetic storm armor or the charging rifle. Although it is easy to use, it cannot be used for people's livelihood.

However, after knowing the truth about the Nether Crystal Engine, Ian has a brand new "new planting production plan" around the rich source area of ​​Lai'an, which requires a lot of construction materials and workers. Used to restore the post-war economy of the Rhianland.

In addition, the new planting industry also requires a lot of energy, and the development of a new alchemy furnace or a "divine furnace" can be put on the agenda.

Immediately afterwards, there is the regulation of 'artificial intelligence'.The Lord of the Dead and the silver chip joined forces, and this time brought three computing units to Ian. The computing power of the computing units is fully enough to support the "artificial intelligence for combat" copied by Ian.

In this way, he can use artificial intelligence to assist in the management of the territory, at least to help calculate taxes and resource allocation.

At least the AI ​​won't be pocketing its own pockets.

For artificial intelligence-related technologies, Ian wants to discuss the details with Adalbert. He is a master alchemist in psychic energy, and he will definitely have some excellent suggestions.

But then again, Ian now realizes that the noble lords of Terra don’t seem to have too many skills related to development—for someone like him who is an alchemist and can write inscriptions, he was still an alchemist in his previous life. Engineers are really a minority.

Many nobles want to build an alchemy workshop to strengthen the production of the territory, so they can only hire other alchemists to take advantage of the money, but Ian doesn't have to.

He is an expert himself, and in the future, when the business roads are clear, he can move his alchemy laboratory in the imperial capital here.

However, that should be a very later thing.Baron Ryan's laboratory is actually very complete. After all, it is a place for resurrection experiments. Now I will use it temporarily, and the alchemy equipment sent by Isengard is enough to support Ian's research.

"The most important thing to do next... should be to quickly take back the mouth of the Guyan Peak gorge and build a tower camp there, so as to avoid the rebellion of the mountain people."

When he arrived at the gate of the ancient castle, Ian's thoughts could barely be withdrawn. He suddenly felt that there were too many things that needed to be managed in a territory. Apart from these general plans, the most recent things to do were conscription, resume production, try to Popularize some alchemy expertise.

In Ian's plan, when the brand new planting industry is rolled out, Leannell does not need so many planters, or rather, does not need so many ordinary planters, what he needs is a group of skilled sublimation plants Related lore and alchemist's 'craftsman'.

But there is no rush yet... There is still time to think slowly.

Inside the castle, Scott, Qing Chao, and Adalbert are all waiting for him here.

"Boss, you brought a perfect victory."

Qing Chao spoke first, and he bowed seriously to Ian: "I originally thought that it would take a few more years for me to really serve you, but I never thought it would be so soon."

The blue-haired swordsman has always been a bit of a mercenary in front of outsiders, but Ian knows that the other party is a serious and serious young man who even has a bit of a literary atmosphere in his spare time, and this time he led the sneak attack team to complete the perfect Own task, very reliable.

He took refuge in Ian. As a 'retainer', he valued Ian's future, and made plans for long-term investment and contribution for more than ten years.

Who knows, it's only been less than a year, and it seems that the harvest is about to start?

Is Allegiance Investment so good?

"I didn't do anything." Scott shook his head slightly: "It all depends on your new technology and raids, my lord."

He even looked a little ashamed, and Yadbert stood behind, not daring to speak.

"It's not just me." Ian looked around at these friends, and he nodded slightly: "It's our victory. Needless to say, Qing Chao, Scott, if I don't have you as an adjutant, where would I have the time to develop new technologies? Don't Belittle yourself, think about it, without you, would other people have made the right decision to stand against the mountain army led by Tie Chen for so long?"

"In the future, there will be times when you are busy. At that time, I may not see anyone for a week when I do an experiment. Who do you think can help me with government affairs?"

After finishing speaking, Ian turned his head: "Guying, don't stand aside, just smile when you should."

"And now, it is indeed time to start to establish a standard government affairs team—Scott will be my supervisor in the future, and Guying will be in charge of the alchemy workshop. Qingchao, you have to think about it too. For a moment, are you going to be the captain of my personal guard, or the future leader of the Territory Defense Force?"

"Huh?" Qing Chao was stunned for a moment, he didn't want to understand: "Is there a difference?"

"And, can't you have both?"

"Only children would want to have both." Ian shook his head: "Adults know that one job is enough, are you sure you want to have both? Let me tell you in advance, the workload is not small..."

"Guardians!"

Hearing the faint warning in Ian's tone, Qing Chao raised his hand to express his surrender.

He used to be a mercenary, so of course he knows how annoying it is for Party A to temporarily add missions, so how could he ask for two jobs to find hardship: "I'm actually not good at leading soldiers—to be honest, I feel that the mission of this beheading raid It suits me very well, but when there are too many people, I can't do it anymore, I can't even remember the names of those soldiers!"

"Ah."

Ian nodded slightly, and after hearing Qing Chao's own personal thoughts, he was ready to arrange work.

"Wait, Ian."

After confirming the plan, Ian seemed to be planning to go upstairs to continue working, but it was Yadbert who spoke.

The white-haired dead king said to Ian very seriously: "Tonight... don't work? Everyone... is very happy outside, and everyone wants to see you."

"Besides, you are actually very tired. Since you won, you should be happy. It would be better to relax?"

He can directly see the state of a person's soul, so his opinions are sincere and reasonable.

"Ah."

Ian thought about it and thought it was the same, so he nodded and smiled: "Okay. Then I'll go outside and announce that today's bacon and wine... Oh, it seems that there is no wine, so the food is free-the Lord's Mansion is responsible for today's victory celebration. All the expenses of celebrating."

"All those whose family members are militiamen who participated in the war against the mountain people will receive two boxes of food, and after the financial statistics of the territory are completed, there will be additional military pay."

There are too many gains today. Ian said this with great confidence-this is also a preparation for the future recruitment work. He will need military support for many things in the future. People in the territory must think that participating in city defense The army or the guard is a very beneficial thing.

"As for us... Well, we will take a day off today and start working again tomorrow."

After speaking, Ian's expression relaxed. Since leaving the imperial capital and returning to Nanling, the young man who has been tense all the time can be regarded as showing a relaxed expression from the heart.

Obtaining territory, developing power... This first step can be regarded as a successful completion.

It's also time... to be happy with everyone for a little bit.

Lai'an city is full of joy tonight.

But some are happy and some are sad.

The two ends of the conversation, Fei Yandi's side is not happy.

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