Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

As soon as Marquis Thunder left the capital, the Principality of Lanji immediately withdrew its troops.

Being laughed at by others?

At this time, withdrawing troops is the most sensible move. If you fight hard, you will be laughed to death by other principalities.

Unless the Principality of Lanji now has the strength to win the entire Tonglei Kingdom, then he can confront the Marquis of Thunder, but does he have it?

Lanji fought with Luma before, it can be said that it was a personal grievance between the two dukes, and then gave gifts to the king, saying that after the war, the winning side will definitely give the king a lot of benefits, and the two duchies consume each other, and they also agree with the king This is the only way to win His Majesty's eyes and eyes.

But if Lanji didn't withdraw his army now, it would be clear that he wanted to go to war with the king. The nature of this was different. The king could completely regard Lanji as a traitor and order the other two duchies to send troops to attack Lanji as well.

At that time, Lanji will be attacked from three sides. Unless Lanji colludes with the surrounding countries of Tonglei Kingdom to fight Tonglei together, Lanji will surely die.

As soon as Lanji withdrew its troops, the people of Luma City wept with joy and rushed to tell each other.As soon as the Marquis of Thunder arrived, the mercenary guild, which had originally ensured public security, immediately canceled all patrols and temporary sentry boxes, leaving only one guild sub-site in the city.

Marquis Thunder was very satisfied with the understanding of the mercenary guild, so he even summoned the guild president to chat with him.

Gu Ding passed away with a lot of gifts.

Marquis Lei Ting had never seen Gu Ding before, so naturally he didn't know that he was the leader of Bailu. The soldiers will take it back for their own use.

Such a large organization has not only formed a scale, but is also running well. Who wouldn't be envious?

Gu Ding didn't say that he refused or accepted, he only said that he and the mercenary guild could submit to him, he only obeyed the strong, as long as he could defeat him, he would offer the position of mercenary president with both hands.

What happened between Marquis Thunder and Gu Ding that day, only a few people knew.

But that night, the Marquis of Thunder hosted a banquet for Gu Ding, and at the banquet, each guild leader was mentioned, and he never mentioned the idea of ​​recruiting the mercenary guild.

Gu Ding did not stay in Luma City after the banquet, but returned to Tang Bo after a space shuttle.

"You won?" Tang Bo just finished taking a shower, lying on the bed leisurely.

Gu Ding smiled triumphantly: "That's right. He thought I was a very fast god-favored man, and neither he nor his subordinates could escape my attack. The power of the Marquis of Thunder is to inspire combat power and make himself and his subordinates The hard skin of his body can make his subordinates more brave and less afraid of death, and his combat effectiveness can also be improved, but that's all. He will have nothing to do when he meets me. My space slash can ignore his skin hardness, Even my magic plant can pierce their skin."

Tang Bo became a little interested: "Oh? Do double groups add buffs? His ability is very suitable for being a general. Don't underestimate him. Most of the gods here don't know how to upgrade their abilities. That one The Marquis of Thunder's ability is probably only at the elementary level, if he can be promoted to an advanced level, you may not be able to break his defense."

Gu Ding shrugged, sat down on the bed and stretched out his hands to hug his big baby: "If he progresses, I will also improve. He is now at the elementary level, and I am now at the intermediate level. When he reaches the advanced level, I will already be super super advanced. He is not mine either. opponent."

Tang Bo pushed away the young man who was pushing over, "It smells all over, go wash it off."

"You are so troublesome, okay, okay, I got it, I'm going to take a shower now!" Gu Ding jumped up and ran to the bathroom.

Tang Bo raised his voice: "The Marquis of Thunder is not the kind of person who loses once and retreats. You have to be careful. Since he has noticed the mercenary guild, he will either find a way to suppress it in the future, or find a way to infiltrate it."

"I understand. He just calmed down temporarily, because the green hemp can't be messed up now, and he doesn't dare to force me too much, for fear that I will be thrown to Lanji's side." Gu Ding took off his clothes, and the bathroom door was left open, that's all Talk to Tang Bo while taking a shower.

Tang Bo shut up when he heard the sound of splashing water.Talking at the top of my throat is too tiring!

As for the fact that the mercenary guild was noticed, they had already expected it and prepared ways to deal with it.

It's very simple, just let the Marquis of Thunder and the king focus on Lanji and Tumojiao.

Three days later, an unbelievable anecdote broke out in Luma City.

A servant uses a golem to kill his master in an attempt to seize his family's property.

The most frightening thing is that the master who was killed by the curse actually became obsessed and believed that this servant was his son. Not only did he love him very much, but he also killed his real son and all his daughters in order to protect this servant. married out.

The wife of this family did not escape the catastrophe, and she died a very miserable death. The reason is that the lady beat the servant several times, because the servant was lazy and slippery.

When the master died, he left a suicide note expressing that he would give all the family property to his illegitimate servant.

As soon as this case came out, there was a huge wave in Luma City, and almost everyone was talking about it.

There is no other, just because the servant was killed by a noble blood, the family name is Ma, and he is the brother of the Earl of Ma Lin.

Not only the Earl of Ma Lin's family paid great attention to this matter, but other nobles were also terrified, fearing that this kind of thing would happen in their own homes.

And this matter will be exposed, thanks to the married woman of this family.

The daughter who was married off felt that the death of her parents was too strange, and she remembered that the servant's parents were both there. The mother was ugly, and she was just a low-level maid who poured Yexiang in the family. No matter how blind her father was, it was impossible for her father to like such a maid. .

What puzzled this married woman the most was that her father lost his mind and insisted on recognizing this servant as his illegitimate son, and loved him so much that he killed his own son, married his daughter, and then It took only a year for both husband and wife to die.

With the support of her husband, the married woman who couldn't figure it out sued the Marquis of Thunder, demanding a thorough investigation of the servant.

As a result, after this investigation, it was found that the servant was able to do all this only with the help of a golem. When the city guards went to arrest the servant, the servant took out the golem and yelled frantically, saying that he was Demon Slayer Cult members are protected by the Slaughter Demon Sect, whoever dares to touch him is against the Slaughter Demon Sect.

The servant also fed the puppet with his own blood, held up the puppet and said that anyone who dared to touch him would be cursed by the puppet.

Ever since he was cursed and suffered for so many years, the Marquis of Thunder hated everything about curses.

He immediately ordered that the servant be arrested at any cost.

Who would dare to disobey the order of the Marquis?

Although some people were worried about being cursed by the puppet, under the heavy reward, there was still a bold and unbelieving person who shot an arrow at the servant's head.

The servant died on the spot, and the puppet fell to the ground.

The archer also screamed, fell from the roof inexplicably, and broke a leg.

But that's it.

The Marquis of Thunder knew that everyone was afraid of the puppet, so he asked people not to get close to the puppet and the servant, but threw a torch from a distance, and burned the servant and the puppet.

The married woman didn't stop because of this, she wanted to find out who gave the servant puppet.

The Marquis of Thunder was also worried about the spread of curses in Luma City, and he was even more afraid that the curse would fall on him, so he sent a large number of people to track down the demon-killing cultists.

It was hard to find out, and people discovered that there were many more followers of Demon Slaughter Sect around them.

Without exception, these believers will invite one or a few golems to keep at home. Generally, these golems will have the function of protecting the home, but there are a few that are very strange.

Following the in-depth investigation by the Marquis of Thunder, it was found that these families were relatively wealthy families in Luma City.During the war, these families tried to run out of Luma City to seek refuge with relatives living in other principalities, but their property was not taken away, and all of them were taken over by some strangers.

The Marquis of Thunder also sent people to check on the relatives of these families, but it turned out that none of these families reached their relatives' homes, and all of them disappeared.

By the time the Thunder Marquis received the news, three full months had passed.

In the past three months, traces of the Tumojiao have been found in Luma City and even several large and medium-sized territories nearby.

Including the tragedy of Yunmei, the lord's lady, who was led by the Golden Axe in Wu Yunling, it was also placed on the desk of the Marquis of Thunder.

In just a few months, almost all the forces of the Demon Slayer Sect ambush in the Duke of Luma were revealed. Will the people sent by the Marquis of Thunder be so efficient?

Of course not.

Tang Bo had been collecting relevant news about the Demon Slayer Sect for a long time, and he also had some evidence of the Slaughter Demon Sect's troubles. Some of them, in order not to startle the snake, he just sent people to watch.At this time, the Marquis of Thunder sent someone to investigate, and he asked the spies to deliberately leak some clues to the investigators, and even directly asked the sufferer to bring evidence to them.

Including the first exposed case of evil servants killing masters and embezzling property in Luma City, it was Gu Ding's mercenary group who discovered the abnormality and reported it to Gu Ding. Gu Ding sent people to investigate further, and then contacted the distant married Ma Housewife, send the evidence and witnesses to her.

Whether it was to avenge her family or for the property of the Ma family, it was impossible for the daughter of the Ma family not to take action.

The Devil Slayer Sect has long been deployed in the Luma Principality. Although the White Hart Collar has intervened in the past few years, making their infiltration unsatisfactory, they still have some rich and noble family property or people in their hands.

But now it's all been revealed.

It was also the first time that the Marquis of Thunder came into contact with a powerful ability other than those who were not favored by the gods.

A puppet can curse, defend itself, kill, heal... There seems to be nothing it can't do.

And these puppets are not blown out fakes, more or less have some special abilities.

Some demon-slayer cultists even have abilities similar to those favored by the gods, and their abilities are not single. They can use golems to display various abilities with great lethality.

Well, not all Demon Slaughter Cultists are extremely lethal, and only one who can really hurt people has been found so far, and the Demon Slayer Cultist who is called a saint even ran away.The other so-called demon-slayer cultists who have the ability either rely on the power of the golem, or they can only light a fire and recite a spell to make themselves trot faster.

but!These are also enough to attract the attention of the Marquis of Thunder.

The strange ability that does not belong to the gods, the puppet that can be used by ordinary people, and the terrible cohesion and contagion of the Demon Slayer Cultists.

The Marquis of Thunder immediately sorted out the collected information of the Demon Slayer Cult, and sent it to the capital to present to the king.

At the beginning, the king didn't pay much attention to the Demon Slayer Sect. He just ordered all the duchies and kings to check whether there was such a sect. As a result of the investigation, although this sect was not conspicuous, it had already survived for a long time in the Tonglei Kingdom. For a hundred years, many remote territories and even the whole people believed in this sect and the supreme god they promoted.

In some places, it has become a tradition to wear magic puppets with you and hang them in every family.

What surprised His Majesty even more was that some nobles themselves were members of the Demon Slayer Cult. They firmly believed in the existence of the Supreme God and were deeply fascinated by the "magic" of the Demon Slayer Sect. member.

Among them, the entire principality of the Lanji Principality actually believes in the Demon Slayer Sect, and there are rumors that the Grand Duke of Lanji is the leader of the Demon Slayer Sect himself!

At this time, neither the king nor the Marquis of Thunder could care about the mercenary guild anymore.

In the final analysis, the mercenary guild is just a loose organization composed of ordinary people (if you don't consider their president), the mercenary regiments inside are all independent, and the mercenary guild is just a platform for receiving and dispatching missions.

But the Devil Slayer Sect is different. Some things it leaks make any head of state with a little bit of political savvy be wary of its development.

Even Tang Bo thinks so. In his opinion, Tumojiao is currently in the early stages of formation. Although it has existed for many years, the entire organizational structure is still very rough, and its teachings are too simple.

If someone changed the name of Tumojiao to a more acceptable name, prepared a book of teachings that is rich in content and close to the people, and finally improved the organizational structure of the church, then this sect would definitely develop at the speed of light. In less than 30 years, it will become a behemoth that cannot be easily shaken by a country.

To be honest, if Tang Bo was not lazy, he would be tempted to start a sect by himself.

He is very confident that if he is allowed to form a sect, it will definitely develop much faster than the mercenary guild.

Magical magic is easier to move people's hearts and more intuitive than the invisible and intangible legends of gods and spirits.As long as people are exposed to the power of magic and let them believe in a certain god, it's really not easy.

If this sect finds some talented believers, teach them how to learn and perform magic, and let ordinary people feel the benefits of magic, then needless to say, this sect will definitely attract more than [-]% of the people in the world.

Who doesn't want to be the most special one?

Even if it is not the most special, it is good to be one of the special ones.

Grand Duke Lanji's face was extremely gloomy, he didn't want Tumojiao to be exposed so soon at all, let alone in this way.

But it was so unfortunate that for some reason, the Marquis of Thunder kept an eye on the Devil Slayer Sect, and he didn't know what kind of elite he had sent out to find all the forces of the Slaughter Devil Sect in the Duke of Luma in just half a year. After coming out, he also extended his tentacles into the Principality of Lanji, and discovered that Tumojiao had become the state religion of the Principality of Lanji.

Now everyone is wary of the Demon Slayer Sect, not only the nobles of Tonglei Nation, but other countries are also investigating the Demon Slayer Sect in their own countries.

Demon-slayer cultists are widely distributed, and its birthplace is not the Tonglei country. There are some demon-slayer cultists in other countries.

But Tumojiao's development is very loose, often there is only one leader in one area.Grand Duke Lanji claimed to be the leader of the sect, and when he went to other countries, the demon-killing followers in those places would not admit it.

With the discovery, attention, and excavation of the Demon Slayer Sect, the demon magic mastered by the Slaughter Demon Sect has gradually entered the eyes of some heads of state and important figures.

This was an inevitable development, and Tang Bo didn't feel regretful about it.

They have already mastered magic and started to learn, if they can still be caught up and defeated, it can only be said that they are incompetent.

Similarly, the existence of demon magic also made Tang Bo make up his mind. He put magic knowledge into the special curriculum of the school, first tested the students' magical talent, and if they had, let him or her enter this class to learn.

Of course, all students who study magic must also learn other knowledge, especially ideology and morality.

In the future, the development of White Hart Collar will no longer be limited to industrial science, but will also combine magic to enter the era of magic industrial science, referred to as magic engineering.

Naturally, it is not appropriate to announce this course to the outside world now. Bailuling has only conducted internal selections, and the benefits must first fall on his own people.

Tang Bo used the magic array diagram to come up with a set of tools that can detect magic talent. The so-called magic talent depends on your mental power and perception of magic power, both of which are indispensable.

People who lack one of them are not unable to learn magic. As theoretical knowledge, it will be useful in the future.Just like learning computer programming, you don't need to know about hardware maintenance, but you need to know where the computer goes wrong, and vice versa.

Tang Bo was very surprised by the test results. Perhaps because the world is full of magic, people who are suitable for learning magic are much more surprised.

Like Tang Bo's hardcore, Aji, Alang, Ashu, and Bai Mingzhu all have magical talents, even the little giants Baidou and Baiyun, as well as Donglin, Niuniu, Douyu, and Zhencheng, including the original The servants Jia Dou and Fei Chong who serve Tang Bo can also learn magic.

This number is not many, but it is by no means small.

The old butler, Bafu, unexpectedly also has a talent for magic. He is very hardworking and knows that he can learn magic. Not only did he not decline, but he enthusiastically threw himself into it, and even left most of the butler's duties to Jia Dou.

It's a pity for Tian Min, he was not found to have magical talent, but Tang Bo also set a new path for these people without magical talent, that is to take the physics department and become a soldier.

Soaking the body with magic medicine can improve physical fitness, and combined with scientific training, it can greatly improve physical fitness.Coupled with magic weapons, warriors can also hang and beat magicians.

As for the systematic warrior training methods and promotion methods, Tang Bo can only take his time. This is not like magic knowledge, and the demons have ready-made ones to provide.

Just as the king, the Marquis of Thunder and other nobles were all paying attention to Tumojiao and the Principality of Lanji, the White Hart Collar developed quietly and vigorously.

It seems that the White Hart Collar has not expanded externally, but in fact the mercenary guild is spreading to neighboring countries at a frightening speed.

Wherever the mercenary guild went, the white deer led the caravan.Similarly, wherever the White Deer led the caravan, the mercenary guild would follow and try to gain a foothold there.

Mercenary, this very new profession has just appeared in other countries, and it has been favored by people.Because the threshold for becoming a mercenary is very low, and not all tasks issued by the mercenary guild are difficult. Rural mail delivery is a task that can be easily completed without any skills.

And as long as you complete the task, you will get money. Being a mercenary is really a very bright road for some people who are not too rich or have few means of living.

It was often rumored that the mercenaries helped a certain caravan deliver goods, and some of them were favored by the caravan owner as bodyguards, stewards, and even sons-in-law.There are also those who do well and get large rewards.

Some ordinary farmers just started as mercenaries themselves, and when he found that there were too many tasks to do, or when he needed help from others, he mobilized people from the same village to become mercenaries, and then formed a mercenary group.

The mercenary group can take on more missions than individuals, and their credibility is higher. Correspondingly, they get more mission rewards.

After a few years, the ordinary peasants looked back and said: Wow, I actually became the head of a little-known mercenary regiment?

All kinds of benefits, coupled with the high degree of freedom of mercenaries, allowed the mercenary guild to develop into a behemoth that even Duke Lanji dreamed of becoming in just a few years.

Once the mercenary guild has a firm foothold, it will be able to feed back the white deer collar in turn.

When some people find that the mercenary guild is inextricably linked with the Lord of the White Hart, if they want to touch the White Hart, there are too many things to consider.

No one wanted to fight with the White Hart Collar and the Mercenary Guild. In the end, they would be hurt. The benefits were not reaped, but the surrounding enemies would take advantage of it.

Since it is not easy to start a war, we have to make friends.

Fortunately, Bailuling seems to have no ambitions. Over the years, they have only bought some nearby land, and have not expanded rapidly.

The white deer collar seems to be focused on developing business. Their caravan not only traveled the entire Tonglei country, but also went to other countries, and then went to the legendary four great kingdoms.

It's not that no one doesn't want to show some color to Bailuling. The Bailuling caravan has been robbed many times, but none of the robberies can be successful.

Not once!

Slowly, a rumor spread that the White Hart Collar caravan possessed terrifying magic weapons.

Wherever the White Deer Collar caravan went, as long as the road robbers and water bandits saw the White Deer Collar flag, it would be as if they hadn't seen it, and let them go.

Because of this, many caravans even forged the White Deer collar flag and pretended to be the White Deer Caravan.Later, some caravans and the White Hart Collar Caravan bought their flags, and the White Hart Collar Caravan recommended these merchants to the Mercenary Guild, saying that their weapons were also owned by some mercenary groups.

Needless to say, the mercenary guild expanded even more because of this.

King Tonglei liked the country of White Deer Territory China very much at first, but it became more and more disliked later on.

But seeing that Bailuling can pay him a lot of business tax every year, and the Marquis of Thunder can also get a lot of benefits, they also treat Bailuling as a duchy. At least the benefits Tang Bo gave them are considerable. It is much more beneficial than other duchies paying tribute to them.

Four years later, Tang Bo was named Grand Duke of Bailu by King Tonglei, and all the land of the original Luma Dukedom was granted to him.

It can't be done without seal, Bailuling, which was originally expanding slowly, suddenly went uncharacteristically, and bought two-thirds of the original land of the Luma Principality in just one year.The lords and nobles on these lands would rather sell the land to Tang Bo than move to White Deer City. Even if they couldn't live in White Deer City, they would still live in White Deer Collar.

What can the king do?

He also discussed with the Marquis of Thunder whether to wear the White Hart Collar.

The Marquis of Thunder did not answer him directly, but quietly took him to the White Hart Collar, and played around in the White Hart Collar like an ordinary merchant.

Tang Bo pretended to meet the king by chance, and even pretended not to know their identities, invited them to a meal, and told them about Bailuling and his future plans.

Tang Bo intends to develop in the direction of Shiwan Dashan, including Shiwan Dashan, and the opposite side of Shiwan Dashan is not the territory of Tonglei Kingdom.

The worried and jealous King Tonglei was happy again, no matter what Tang Bo said was true or not, as long as he didn't destroy the Tonglei Kingdom while he was alive.

Moreover, Tang Bo is nominally the Grand Duke of the Tonglei Nation. Although he expanded the territory and expanded the White Deer Territory, those territories can also be regarded as the territory of the Tonglei Nation.

Of course, Tang Bo didn't want the royal family of the Tonglei Kingdom to be taken advantage of by the land he conquered. After he settled in Shiwanda Mountain, he established the White Deer Kingdom as the son of the God of the White Deer Mountain.

Because the Bailu Kingdom is in Shiwanda Mountain, a place that no one can control, and Tang Bo is not a person who likes to yell everywhere, Bailu Kingdom has quietly developed in Shiwanda Mountain.

When the world mentioned Bailuling later, they would always confuse Bailuling with Bailu Kingdom. At the beginning, some people still distinguished it. As the strength and influence of Bailu Kingdom grew and its territory became wider and wider, no one mentioned it anymore.

The Tonglei Kingdom also acquiesced that the territory of the White Deer Collar belonged to the White Deer Kingdom.