Chapter 393: 1 city and 13 villages are on my shoulders!

Chapter 393: 1 city and 13 villages are on my shoulders!

Chapter 393: One city and thirteen villages are on my shoulders!

As the saying goes, men remain young until they die.

Now that he had the toy, Li Zhongren wanted to test it.

At this moment, he was standing on the soft wool carpet in the study, half of his body crawling on the window, looking outside.

In fact, he was looking at everything in the Iris City that was floating in front of him and only he could see.

Scene after scene, it seems like the Qingming Festival Along the River.

People are trying their best to live.

This is also the reason why he advocated the policy of inaction.

To be honest, he didn't have much sense of belonging to this world. After all, this was not his hometown.

But then again, humans are all made of flesh and blood, and the biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans can empathize.

Especially when you find out that your every word and action will determine the life and death of tens of thousands of people.

As a person who has received a good Chinese education.

He could feel the burden on himself.

How did you say that?
One city and thirteen villages are the responsibility of my shoulders!

After yawning and stretching, Li Zhongren moved his mind and the huge Hand of God condensed. Within five minutes, no matter what his Hand of God did, it would not consume the time in advance. At the same time, as long as his Hand of God did not do any work outside, the countdown would not start, but would remain paused.

His eyes scanned the three-dimensional map.

Li Zhongren saw an old man struggling with a tilted cart on the cobblestone road of a street.

The wheel of the car got stuck on the edge of the gutter and the pottery jar seemed to be rolling down with the bumps.

Li Zhongren moved his mind, and a huge hand came there at a speed almost like teleportation. With a light push with his fingertips, the wheel was pushed out from the gap.

"This is weird!"

The old man scratched his bald head. At that moment, he felt the cart seemed to lighten, but it seemed to be an illusion. He was relieved that the cart of goat cheese was saved. The new lord had been very good to them over the years. He had never seen such a kind lord. Therefore, he was full of enthusiasm for life. This cart of cheese was all his property. He had made it for several years. After selling it, his grandson would be able to buy a house in the inner city.

"How powerful is this hand?"

With that push just now, Li Zhongren couldn't even feel the feedback of the force.

It was obvious that the power of God's Hand was far greater than he had imagined.

As Li Zhongren's attention shifted, the huge hand seemed like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, running around the town.

Li Zhongren felt as if he had turned into that hand and was flying in the town.

On the red-tiled roof on the east side of the bell tower, the boy who was stealing apples slipped, the clothesline trembled in the morning breeze, and the linen sheets hanging to dry suddenly swelled up like a parachute. The hand of God turned into hundreds of spider webs and entangled the sheets, and then the sheets became a trampoline.

The boy fell on the bed sheet, bounced a few times, and fell to the ground again. He got up and ran away in shame. Behind him, a woman raised a broom in her hand and yelled at the boy.
Then she snored and turned around, only to find a feather spiraling upward in a gravity-defying manner.

She didn't understand physics, so she just thought it was the wind. In fact, it was a prank by Li Zhongren, who was imitating the scene in Forrest Gump.
Then, the Hand of God rushed out of the town and flew towards the Steam Lake in the distance.

This is also part of the test.

Test the extension limit of your hands.

After a few breaths, the big hand had arrived at the port.

Yes, Li Zhongren said before that the range of the hand is the range that Li Zhongren actually controls.

The actual control is whether there are people of the country around that place.

Therefore, even though the Steam Lake is at least five kilometers away from his territory, his hand can still reach here.

Standing high above, Li Zhongren looked down at the lake of steam.

All I can say is that the lake lives up to its name.

The entire lake looks like a huge hot spring, except that the hot spring is full of huge fish monsters.

This is also the reason why Iris City is next to the lake but has no fishermen.

Only large ships with extraordinary escorts can sail through this port, which is used as a stopover to replenish fresh water resources.

Yes, the Lake of Steam is big. Very big.

Although it is called a lake, in Li Zhongren's opinion, it is more like an inland sea.

Surrounding this huge inland sea are a number of towns, and these towns together constitute almost all the forces of the border kingdom.

"Wow~~"

Suddenly, the surface of the lake churned, and it was two six-eyed fish monsters fighting.

"I don't like fighting in my life, I just like to end fights!"

Li Zhongren inserted the Hand of God into the lake with a wicked smile.

Then, two huge fish monsters, along with a handful of sea water, were scooped up, as if a naughty child was scooping up the fish fry in the fish tank.

Still no feeling.

Li Zhongren felt the feedback from God's hand.

It has the texture of grabbing something, but it doesn't feel heavy.

Does that mean that God's hand can lift infinite weight?
Li Zhongren let go of his hand, and the fish monster fell into the water and ran away in fear. Li Zhongren did not make things difficult for them. After all, at this stage, their existence was the best defense to protect Iris City.

Boom! !
Once again, the huge hand sank into the water, and Li Zhongren tried his best to grab as much water as possible.
Finally, he felt the weight.

"It seems that the Hand of God also has a limit."

"I think I know."

Looking at the huge "lump of water", Li Zhongren suddenly realized that it was proportional to his original body. In reality, my two hands can lift about 100 kilograms of water, so according to such a large space volume, my two hands can hold up water of equal volume.

"Interesting, haha, doesn't that mean I'm like a so-called giant?"

"Finally, it's the endurance of the hands."

The picture turned, and the huge hand crossed a distance of dozens of kilometers in almost an instant and came to the northernmost part of the town, where there was a mountain.

The mountains block the town’s communication with the outside world, but they also bring rich mineral resources.

Here, his people are also collecting ore.

Li Zhongren grabbed a huge rock and threw it out, then caught it with his other hand. His two hands kept moving back and forth, and the speed of the rock continued to accelerate.

Finally, Li Zhongren felt the pain.

"Then how do we calculate this speed?"

Li Zhongren looked at the stone he threw that seemed to have broken the sound barrier and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

He is not very good at math. Generally speaking, the power of this thing should not be much smaller than the so-called electromagnetic cannon.

"In that case."

An idea suddenly popped up in Li Zhongren's mind.

If a long enough hand channel is constructed and a cannonball is placed inside, the acceleration of the giant hand will
Maybe, he can really play an alien version of A Certain Scientific Railgun.
Of course, this is just a metaphor. He probably already understands that the maximum strength he can exert is the limit of his body's core strength.

If a cannonball were really accelerated, the greatest power would be to smash the hill in front of us with one shot.

This may be difficult to understand.

A more convenient explanation is.

Scaling the mountain down to the size of a football and hitting the rock with a golf club is enough to break it into pieces, but that's about it.

It may be a bit ridiculous to want to annihilate it into dust.
-
At noon.

Li Zhongren, led by his servant, came to the dungeon.

All criminals are detained here.

And there are quite a few.

Yes, he believed in governing by doing nothing, but his mercy was reserved for those who obeyed his will. He always severely punished criminals and troublemakers.

However, today, this place might be the only innocent person since he became the lord. Anna.

She was held in a solitary cell in the women's wing.

At this moment, her expression was full of fear and helplessness, and the tear marks at the corners of her eyes proved that she had cried repeatedly.

Of course, that’s where it ends.

The treatment of witches is actually quite complete.

That is, don't provoke them.

This is a painful lesson.

Many nobles, perhaps because they were used to bullying witches, always wanted to bully them after they met them, and then they were taken away by the witches' outbursts.

There are so many things like this.

"Anna."

Li Zhongren stood outside the cage.

The girl raised her head, her gray-red hair swayed a few times, and when she saw Li Zhongren, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Open the cage."

"Lord Lord."

"fine."

Li Zhongren waved his hand.

"Anna is a good girl. I want to stay alone with her for a while. You can go down first."

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

The guard was stunned for a moment, but still opened the door and turned to leave.

The reason is simple, trust.

Although this new lord is young, he has managed the territory in an orderly manner in the past few years. He is a wise lord, so there is a reason for everything he does, so just believe him.

"Come on, eat something first."

Li Zhongren sat on the ground, opposite Anna.

I placed the snacks and a bag of goat milk I brought in front of Anna.

"Too many people have seen what happened to you."

Looking at Anna eating snacks with big mouthfuls, Li Zhongren spoke.

"I can't hide it. After all, you know that I am the lord here, but the people on the tax collector's line all come from Viscount Farol. He cannot interfere with my governance of the territory. Similarly, I cannot interfere with him. Otherwise, it would be tantamount to betraying the Viscount."

"In theory, you should be sent to the Viscount, and then all the way to the capital."

"Tick tock."

Anna's tears fell again, but she continued to eat snacks in big mouthfuls.

"As for your fate."

"Based on the information I currently have."

"There are generally two ways to deal with witches."

"The first is execution by the kingdom, by burning."

"The second option is to imprison him in the mysterious underground palace in the capital. As for what he will be doing, I have no idea."

“So, for you, you have three paths.”

"Sanjo??"

Anna couldn't help but stop chewing her food. Her puffed-up cheeks made her look like a hamster. Combined with her two slightly 'Hermione'-like front teeth, she looked quite cute.

"The first one is to be taken to the imperial capital and burned to death, or imprisoned."

"The second one was rescued by the seven sisters."

"Who are the Seven Sisters?"

“Well, it’s a long story.”

Li Zhongren gently supported himself on the ground with one hand and told Anna the story of the seven witch sisters. Anna then suddenly understood and her eyes were filled with desire.

"I have had people spread the word about this. You will take the water route, heading west along the northern shore of the Steam Lake, and eventually reach the Storm Strait, which connects the Steam Lake to the Sea of ​​​​Gloriousness. The capital of the kingdom, Zemas, is there."

"Normally, if everything goes well, you will be rescued by the Seven Sisters and receive education from them. The only drawback is that you may not be able to meet your parents again in the future."

"I can't see my parents again?"

Anna's joy rose for a moment, then sank again. She was a filial child, otherwise she would not want to help her father.
"So, what about the third way?"

"Stay in Iris City."

"Leave??"

Anna blinked, she was completely confused.
-
The morning mist in Iris City has not yet dissipated.

The city is located by the lake, with forests on both sides. Therefore, Iris City is similar to London, always foggy. Of course, unlike the smog, the fog in Iris City is natural and clean.

Early in the morning, the city gates opened.

Three figures in grey cloaks quietly walked into the city.

A freckled face appeared from under one of the cloaks. She stood on tiptoe and sniffed the scent of toast in the air, her eyes shining like a squirrel that had found a nut.

This is the aroma coming from a bakery on the side of the road.

"Sister, this smells so good. I bet a coin that there must be butter in this bread."

"Ah."

The tallest woman shook her head slightly and handed the girl a silver coin.

"Go ahead, little greedy cat."

Then, she withdrew her gaze and looked at the small town in front of her.

It's better than I thought. Emotions are what witches are best at.

So, she could sense that the people living here might not be very wealthy, but at least they were stable.

It's a pity that this peace has nothing to do with witches
"Sister, intelligence shows that the poor girl is imprisoned in the dungeon in the northwest corner of the town."

The other girl guided with her eyes.

"Should we just get her out?"

"Do not."

The woman addressed as elder sister shook her head.

"Let's first find out the situation here, and then wait until the girl is transferred to the kingdom's black ship before snatching her away."

“But that will make it more difficult.”

"This is a tacit understanding between us and the nobles."

The woman spoke.

"Why do you think the lord here is making such a big fuss about moving the witch away?"

"In fact, the lords are unwilling to get involved in the feud between our Seven Sisters Association and the kingdom."

"In fact, all lords are like this, even this baron's superior, Viscount Farol. That's why the kingdom built a black ship specifically for detaining witches. The black ship is replenished along the way and eventually transports the witches to Zemas."

"What we have to do is to kidnap the witch before that happens."

"This way, all problems will be attributed to the feud between the kingdom and us, and no one else will be involved."

(End of this chapter)