Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 208 The Empire’s Good Appetite

"Collenth's daughter? Is she a little girl named Keira?" Owen said slowly while controlling the quill that cast the spell to write something on the document, while listening to Maya's report.

"That little girl came to me today and wanted to participate in military camp activities." Maya said with a sigh, which reminded her of her youth, when she was just a maid, and she was also full of desire.

"Didn't you tell her what the military camp was about?" Owen said a little strangely. After all, it was not a serious military camp.

"I told you, but she still insisted." Maya frowned and replied. After all, she was the one who perfected most of the military camp plan. She knew exactly what it was about. This was not something a little girl was suitable to participate in.

"Forget it, sixteen is already an adult. Now that I have made my choice, I will agree to her, but I will send a letter to Corens privately so that he can dismiss Kayla from her position at any time in case something goes wrong." It is not good for a girl to participate in this kind of thing, but Owen doesn't care. After all, this world is not the previous life. Even in the previous life, not all young generations in all countries can fully enjoy peace and education.

"If you perform well, you can try to train him." After thinking about it, Irving continued.

Maya nodded after hearing this. She had a good impression of Keira. Not every girl can insist on practicing swordsmanship all year round, and not every girl will not hesitate when faced with dangerous choices.

So if the performance satisfies her, it would be a good idea to focus on training her.

"Then in your name, I will give you a set of silver scale breastplates and fine muskets." Owen said casually, and then concentrated on processing the documents Maya brought.

Maya was very efficient. Before dinner, the temporary identity card and things were delivered to Kayla's home.

Keira was very excited to get the identity card representing the temporary position. Even if she was only a third-level knight, it was already a good start for her.

And the silver scale breastplate is also good. It is made of mithril steel. It is light weight, very flexible, and not only bulletproof, but also can disperse the impact throughout the body. It is very suitable for women.

The fine musket Silver Thorn is a breech-loading rifle made of all metal, equipped with a scope, with an effective range of up to 500 meters and a length of four feet. If the folding bayonet under the barrel is popped out, it can be used as a spear.

Keira didn't eat any more, so she put on the silver scale breastplate, carried the musket and went to the backyard to practice.

Compared to Kayla's excitement, Katie, as a mother, is more worried, but she also knows that her daughter has been very independent since she was a child, and this has always been her dream, so after hesitating for a moment, she finally chose to help her pack her luggage. , and then wrote a letter to her husband, which was the only thing she could do.

Curranth, who knew nothing about the incident at this time, was busy reinforcing the town's walls because the situation was getting worse.

As one of the transfer stations between the north and the south, Mara Town has always been well-informed. Currens was keenly aware that the current situation was about to worsen, so he not only reported the matter, but also actively responded.

The main reason for the deterioration of the situation is that the imperial frontier troops have not closed the gap they had opened before, resulting in tens of thousands of rioters pouring into the Northland every day, becoming a source of chaos.

The total population of Northland is only a small amount. At this rate, the number of influxes of rioters will exceed the local immigrant population in less than a month, and order will be gone by then.

Under tremendous pressure, those little nobles in the North who were always taking chances and were neither willing to surrender nor able to fight alone could only choose to stay together to stay warm.

As a result, some loose alliances of small nobles gradually emerged from the central part of the Northland. They were unwilling to lose the rights they had. Even though this so-called right was so ridiculous in the eyes of the real nobles, it was like poison that made them distrust the upcoming Turning a blind eye to the coming danger, they instead take chances and try to scare off the enemy by relying on the so-called alliance they declare to the outside world.

It's a pity that their fate is already doomed. A group of people with ulterior motives huddle together for warmth, and it would be good if they don't stab them in the back.

Sure enough, as the chaos gradually spread in the North, these so-called alliances were of no use. There was a person who foolishly and kindly took the initiative to help his allies, but they were the first to die.

As the news spread, everyone now knew that sticking together for warmth was a dead end, so they started fighting first, because annexation was the fastest way to become stronger.

Now the whole Northland is in chaos, and there is no hope of calming down in the short term.

And chaos always breeds evil. The evil organizations that had been operating secretly in the North gradually let go. Anyway, this is not the empire, so there is no need to worry about being blocked by the empire to check the water meter, so it is called a chaotic dance of demons.

After receiving this news, Owen couldn't figure out what the empire was thinking, because it would only turn the Northland into a chaotic and sinful place, or even a hidden danger that threatened the empire, rather than a place that could generate benefits.

But Maya understood it after thinking about it for a while, sighed and explained it to Owen.

In their previous assumptions, the empire would release some of the rebels to the North, and then close the door and wait for the North to digest it. In this way, it would only take five to ten years for the North to be initially mature enough to generate benefits, and the Hydera family could also take advantage of it. This develops and grows.

But they underestimated the appetite of the empire. Instead of slowly cultivating it step by step, the upper echelons of the empire planned to eat all they could in one go.

The process is very simple. Drive the chaos in the empire to the North as much as possible. In this way, there will probably be hundreds of thousands of people who can survive to the North, which will greatly supplement the lack of population in the North.

Although this will break the original order in the North, it is not difficult to calm everything down as long as the empire intervenes. It even only requires the dispatch of the imperial frontier troops. Everything will be calm in a short time. By then, the population of the North will at least increase several times. times, you can pick up the knife and fork to divide the cake.

To put it bluntly, the title of Northern Nobles promised by the empire is a joke, and the pioneering group is the bait, all lies, and there is no need to worry about reputation issues, because the influx of hundreds of thousands of rioters will destroy everything and no one will remember it.

Irving talked about fresh things, greeted the empire's top officials cordially, and even prepared to ask his former devil shikigami to go to hell to book super packages for these bastards.

Originally, Owen was only worried about the impact of the arrival of the Second Northland Development Group on the territory. Later, as his strength became stronger and he had sufficient confidence to deal with it, he no longer worried about it. But now it is directly replaced by the empire, which has confidence and so on. Nature no longer existed, so he began to feel anxious again, and half of the pot of coffee was gone.

Maya, who saw something was wrong with Owen's mood, began to help him analyze it further, because the situation was not as bad as she thought.

If the only ones who plan to intervene in the North are the Empire, then they can go to sleep, or Owen can take the initiative to find a noble family to become his son-in-law.

The problem is that the empire is not one family, but a huge mixture composed of royal family, nobles, supernatural beings, religions, etc. Therefore, with mutual entanglements and checks and balances, they would rather the North Land completely rots than allow one family to eat alone.

In this way, the opportunity will come. Irving can fish in troubled waters and quietly develop himself while selecting one of them as an ally to complete his original plan of developing himself inside and looking for allies outside. He must seize both hands and be strong. , completely established a foothold in the empire.

It's quite simple to say, but it's very difficult to implement, and the territory must develop strong enough in a short period of time, otherwise no one will listen to the conditions.