I think you can't even imagine the happiness of a warlock.

Chapter 207

Not long after the policy of greening the plane was formulated, the grassland, Gajelan, Kalos and the dwarf kingdoms reached negotiations with the River Lords and agreed to join the industrial empire they envisioned.

Especially those stubborn dwarves, even though they repeatedly said that the assembly line products had no soul, they still felt really good after seeing the high-precision components.

Unlike elves who pursue beauty, art and personal emotional expression.

The practical dwarf blacksmith soon realized the meaning behind the uniform parts with minimal gaps.

In just one winter, the dwarves of the Bawang Mountains have completed the transformation from scorning the assembly line to feeling and admiring its beauty.

※In Golarion, dwarves often have a close relationship with humans due to their industrial nature. By the way, the Canis family of Eberron also used the dragon mark to develop an assembly line industry to manufacture legendary magic items on a large scale.

A large number of dwarf blacksmiths began to dabble in the concept of "industrialization" and discussed with humans from Blue Star how to develop modern industry in this world, using large and beautiful industries to make up for the achievements and wonders that ordinary forging skills could not achieve.

The industrial priests also received guidance from the dwarf priests and began to quickly master Ashtar's traditional forging skills.

Unknowingly, Chen Zhou vaguely felt that his ability in the forging field was slowly strengthening, and the transformations he could complete through the "Blacksmith's Blessing" began to exceed the original restrictions.

Although it is a 4th level spell for the mage/warlock, "Weak Creation" was added to his priest spell list.

At the same time, the 5th-level "Dark Ax Magic" was also added to the priest spell table like the level 4 ability of the same name (the PLH version of "Dark Ax Magic" is a level 4 and 6 ability respectively).

Everything started to flourish again.

However, as always, questions soon followed - whether Chen Zhou's position as baron was justified or not.

Half a month later, the owl envoy from the grassland Einhardt Empire arrived in the Great River Territory.

After learning that there was an envoy asking for a meeting, Chen Zhou initially thought he had not woken up.

"I almost forgot about the Einhard Empire."

It has always been said that the Lion Lord of the Grassland Empire (for a warrior, he is about to die at the age of fifty) is dying due to the injuries he suffered in the war earlier, and that the huge empire is about to be divided, but everything seems to be fine until now. of.

This also made Chen subconsciously forget about the issue of his improper status as a baron. In theory, the earl did not have the right to confer a baron on his own.

Of course, those are the rules of the humans, and they don’t take them very seriously on the grassland.

"Don't worry, Einhardt's envoys will not hold on to this." Manager Kyle is fully confident in this. "Anyone with a discerning eye can see who has the final say on this grassland now."

To be honest, Chen was surprised that the envoy could reach Dahe Territory alive...

As a nominal vassal of the empire, he was very curious about the situation in the empire, so he met with the owl who called himself Chai Korn normally.

As expected, the latter sensibly did not mention those unpleasant issues, but brought good news——

After carefully considering Chen Zhou's character, ability and bloodline, the emperor decided to directly canonize him as the Earl of Frostfall Land.

"Can a noble title rise as fast as a spellcaster's ability?"

Ignoring Feng Chu's complaints in his mind, Chen looked at the envoy from the imperial capital.

"I am very grateful for the emperor's recognition, but the land I actually manage is only the alluvial plain near the mouth of the Aindra River. Isn't it inappropriate to directly become an earl?"

He was not sure whether the appointment came from the emperor or his descendants, and he did not intend to get involved in power disputes among nobles.

This clearly meant that he and Earl Robert should check and balance each other.

He planned to accumulate food and slowly become king. He didn't care whether he was a baron or an earl. He wanted to avoid trouble.

"It's suitable, so suitable!"

Chaikon shook his wings excitedly: "A paladin who can continuously provide food and troops for the empire. Baron has simply buried your identity. Count or even duke are the most suitable titles!"

"After learning about the memory of the Holy Tree and the portal in the Great River Territory, His Majesty the Emperor decided to fund the Great River Territory with a large amount of money to build a portal connecting the Frostfall Land and the Imperial Capital!

"This will not only provide key supplies to the Great River Territory, but also transport more talents!"

"Pause!"

After hearing this, the general manager couldn't help it on the spot: "Building a portal directly to the imperial capital, but also transporting talents? This is probably unreasonable."

"It's a big mistake. Supporting the construction of the Northland granary is the top priority." Chai Cohen said seriously, not to be outdone, "Only when the grassland is no longer trapped by food and basic materials, can it be possible to ease the conflict with human countries. Relationships, of course, we must spare no effort to support.”

If you don't have enough food, you have to go south to the Norton Kingdom every year to plunder it.

Kyle had nothing to say. After all, the principle of the Great River Territory was to oppose war.

But as a person from the Golden Mane clan, he really didn't want to see the other party fall to the emperor...

However, Chen was obviously too lazy to intervene in the dispute between the emperor and the count: "Build a portal? Great, I will send the seeds to the imperial capital later, you can find a place to plant them yourself!"

There is an opportunity to buy a portal worth nearly 100,000 gold coins for free, and subsequent maintenance and operation will cost money. Isn't this a free prostitution or a human being?

Upon seeing this, the owl man showed a knowing smile. The situation was as expected. No one could refuse such a large gift.

Trading with the Great River Territory can deepen the imperial capital's voice in the grasslands and give the emperor's heirs the opportunity to gain support from a powerful count.

And Earl Robert, who admired the tribal life of the past, would not be able to afford such a large sum of money even until his death.

Gain voice and develop trade without having to worry about being ignored or betrayed - the paladin is so reliable!

At the same time, the immovable Tree of Life also destined that the Count's base could only be rooted in the North, making it difficult to have a critical conflict with the Grassland Empire.

No matter what, this is a sure-profit investment...

……

After bidding farewell to the envoys from the grassland and sighing at the prosperity of the great river territory, Chen Zhou began to prepare for a trip to the imperial capital.

He had to go to the Imperial Capital no matter what, to report on his duties, accept canonization, investigate intelligence, abduct people back to Dahe Territory, and most importantly, get money.

Considering the trouble behind this, the manager Kyle looked very ugly, but he couldn't object.

If he had known about Chai Cohen's arrival in advance, he would have had a chance to deal with it, but who would have thought that the envoy would actually fly over...

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in the dispute between Count Robert and the Emperor."

Seeing that the manager was in a complicated mood, Chen Zhou comforted him and said, "Even if something happens in the future, the Great River Territory will remain neutral and will not interfere with the situation."