Chapter 396: What's wrong with being a dog for a legend?
Chapter 396: What's wrong with being a dog for a legend?
There is a fully awakened witch in the Border Kingdom.
Not only did she repel the witch transport team of the Border Kingdom, she also directly seized a piece of territory from the Border Kingdom and even occupied the local lord.
Within a month, the news spread throughout Faerun.
From the endless wilderness at the easternmost end of the continent to the city of Waterdeep at the westernmost end of the continent.
No one knows.
There is no doubt that in this world where information dissemination is backward, such a speed of transmission can be said to be astonishing.
As for the reason, it is also very simple.
A fully awakened witch whose power is comparable to that of a legend.
And any legend is at the top level in the world of Faerun.
There are strong and weak legends, there is no problem with that.
But the price of killing a legend is too high, so high that no force would want to do such a thing unless they are forced into a desperate situation.
Of course, there was also the matter of this witch forcefully occupying the local lord.
It also adds a bit of fun to the story.
Many nobles even beat their chests and stamped their feet.
Damn it, what's wrong with being a dog for a legend?
Also, it can truly disrupt the world's interest chain.
It is this witch's ability to burn ordinary substances and transform them into extraordinary materials.
This is the core of the core.
After all, the order structure of this world is built on the extraordinary system, and extraordinary materials can improve extraordinary people in every aspect.
So, for a while, many traveling merchants planned to go to Iris City, a small town in the mountains, to take a look.
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Early in the morning, after breakfast, Li Zhongren came to the top floor of the castle.
This is where he and Anna live.
Of course, on weekdays, Anna is the only one living here, in order to maintain her aloof personality.
At the same time, here, it will give people a feeling of plainness.
This legendary witch is on the top floor of the castle, overlooking the entire Iris City.
In other words, this is not a feeling or an illusion, but a fact.
Ever since the witch announced the occupation of Iris City.
The city's dungeons are already operating at full capacity.
Anyone who dares to commit crimes in Iris City will be captured directly by the Void.
Then, judge when necessary and kill when necessary.
For a while, the entire Iris City could be said to be politically clear and people did not lock their doors at night.
After that, there will be drastic construction and upgrading.
After all, Li Zhongren's ability is to expand by occupying more territories and reproducing more people.
So, after clearing up the internal problems and packing up the tax collectors and their entourage and sending them out of the territory.
Li Zhongren started the construction work.
With God's hand, this is not that difficult.
Like clearing the ground, compacting the ground, digging the foundation, clearing the rocks, and sprinkling water in front of the Hand of God.
Even with Li Zhongren's control ability.
He could do this all by himself, and do it all at lightning speed.
But he still completed the most difficult and basic work, and the rest was handed over to the Iris City Construction Department.
The reason is also very simple.
On the one hand, he doesn't want to give the outside world the impression that he is in a hurry to expand. He is still worried about what people with ulterior motives might come up with. This slow and steady progress will not arouse suspicion.
Furthermore, to make his people feel involved.
You have to know that his power does not come out of thin air, it consumes prestige points.
He currently has four grains of wheat and four minutes and thirty seconds left.
This is his last trump card.
Yes, he has figured out how to gain prestige.
Just like growing wheat, one crop per year.
Therefore, for the expansion work, he would only spend a few seconds to expand an outer city.
In the future, as time goes by, you can expand it slowly and gain a lot of prestige points.
Anyway, the woodlands on both sides are restless, and he will gradually clean them up in the future, cut down these forests, and turn them into his own territory. As for greening and the like.
In this world, there is no need to worry about this at all.
Rather than worrying about the greening work, he should worry about the druids causing trouble for him.
Although he is not afraid.
"Are you used to your life recently?"
"pretty good."
Anna nodded, blushing a little.
Last night, she slept with this man, and now they are real husband and wife.
"How is your control of your power?"
"It's pretty good. Although it's not fully awakened, I feel that I can now easily create a lot of extraordinary materials."
"That's good."
Li Zhongren nodded.
He used his last chance to ask Li Harry to give him a potion that could help witches develop and control their own bloodline.
Therefore, after Anna drank it, she really touched the edge of awakening as a witch in just seven days.
Of course, it might be just this layer of paper that could hold a witch back for life.
But that doesn’t matter. For Li Zhongren, Anna’s role has never been combat. In fact, her awakened ability is also biased towards logistics.
“What is the daily output?”
"Um"
As her bloodline was developed, her thinking ability was also greatly improved. After thinking for a moment, Anna spoke.
"It's hard to say. The burning and purification of my spiritual materials is a random thing."
"The more common it is, the more it can be used. For ordinary spiritual metals, as long as there is enough ore, any amount is fine."
"But if it's the piece of metal you gave Ms. Mai Lin that day, it would be at most a few hundred kilograms a day."
"A lot."
Li Zhongren nodded.
"The low end is wholesale, and the high end is speculation, which is good. If the production is too large, it will affect the price."
"baron."
"Ok?"
"Are you a magician?"
"No, in theory, the way I obtained power is similar to that of the witch, but my way of obtaining it cannot be replicated. Apart from me, no one else can do it. Let's just call it a fortuitous encounter."
"Oh."
Anna sat there with her head bowed.
She became quiet, looking at her toes, which were covered with black stockings. She blushed a little when she saw them.
Because last night, my husband did a lot of strange things to it, but I also like it
She wanted to say something else.
But I don’t know what to say.
Then, a big warm hand hugged Anna.
Li Zhongren didn't say anything either.
What could two strangers talk about after only knowing each other for a few days? However, the attitude he showed was enough to put Anna at ease.
"Want to go out for a walk?"
"No, no need."
Anna pressed her face against Li Zhongren's chest. She could hear his strong and powerful heartbeat.
"I have to maintain my cool persona so I can help you. Besides, I don't like going out."
"That's fine."
Li Zhongren gently touched Anna's hair.
"The servants will wait on you."
"I'll come see you in the evening."
"Ah."
Anna lowered her head, her face flushed, and responded in a weak mosquito voice:
The meeting hall on the first floor of the castle.
In the middle of the hall is a sand table sized like a small town.
Everyone can see the town from a bird's-eye view.
"My wife, the great witch Anna, will be producing extraordinary materials on a regular basis."
Li Zhongren sat in the main seat and spoke lightly.
"You all know that."
“So, in the future, it will become the main source of economic income for the city.”
"However, a single industrial structure is not conducive to the development of the city."
"Today, I asked you all to come here to discuss, in addition to this business, as more and more people will come to our Iris City, what else can we trade with the outside world?"
The people below are all the wealthy class of Iris City. They control all walks of life in Iris City. Of course, they are not aristocrats. In the whole Iris City, there is only one aristocrat, Li Zhongren. These people can only be regarded as small families. They have knowledge and master technology. To put it bluntly, they are the working class, but their unit is a family.
Stay here and serve him while you gain wealth.
However, Iris City was not well developed before this, so there were only three people who went to open Li Zhongren's shop and sat around the sand table.
"Wood, copper ore, and medicinal herbs. These are the most abundant commodities here, and they are also the only commodities that we can produce ourselves, apart from the witch."
The patriarch of one of the families raised his hand. He specialized in the medicinal herb business, picking, processing, and then selling them. The other two families were involved in logging and mining.
These three companies all have their own technologies, especially mining, which is definitely a technical job. For an outsider, the best outcome is the collapse of the mine. More often than not, you can’t even dig it out if you want to.
"Yes, Lord, we want to expand new industries, but we don't have the relevant raw materials. If we import them from outside, then you may have to find a new technology."
"You are right."
Li Zhongren nodded.
In the past, he was just a keyboard warrior who talked big but did not know how to do it on paper. But after he really became a lord, he realized that there were really a lot of things to do every day. Fortunately, he now has a God's perspective and does not need to consider loyalty. He can just do whatever he wants. If he fails, he will be punished. If he makes trouble, he will die.
"So, our new raw materials are naturally extraordinary materials."
"I can sell this stuff, but selling raw materials is not a big business after all. If we want to make a lot of money, we still have to be able to produce it ourselves."
"But, Lord, we don't have the relevant technology. Even if you tell us, there is nothing we can do."
“I have the technology.”
Li Zhongren smiled and said, just like Li Zhongren in the previous world, he could obtain the inner sealing technique by splitting the sealing scroll. In this world, the magic potion that Anna took also contained specific formulas and techniques.
Of course, Anna cannot refine these technologies herself because she does not have the authority to do so, but Li Zhongren can.
With these technologies, he can definitely build an extraordinary technology company of his own.
"what?"
"The cave where the young dragon curls up is innocent until the golden light pierces the morning mist, and then the whole mountain range will hear the trill of the dragon-slaying crossbow being drawn up."
Li Zhongren uttered a common saying in the world of Furen.
"Our family had an alchemist in our ancestor, but the descendants were not good at learning the art, and they did not have enough means to protect the wealth, so they kept it hidden. Now that Ms. Anna has become my wife, I can take it out without any worries."
"I see."
The people from the three families below nodded, and at the same time wondered why the witch wanted to occupy their own lord.
the reason is simple.
The lord knows alchemy and the witch can make extraordinary materials. These two people are simply a match made in heaven.
"It's just that, Lord, what you are telling us is..."
"It's very simple. I'm here to repay your kindness."
Li Zhongren looked at his subordinates with a smile.
"Five years ago, the Iris Family suffered a great change. I was the only one left alive, the third son who was not supposed to have the right of inheritance. But you, as well as Knight Commander Sanger and the old butler, all loyally assisted me and helped my Iris Family get through the most difficult times."
"Now, I have encountered greater interests, why can't I think about you?"
"The reason I called you all here today is actually very simple. I plan to set up a supernatural goods workshop, which requires manpower. You can each select some kind and loyal children from your family and send them to me as apprentices. Is that okay?"
“No problem!!”
How could there be a problem?
Everyone present couldn't help but take a deep breath, even the Knight Commander, who usually didn't talk much and just silently maintained the order of Iris City, took a breath.
Alchemy.
That is orthodox knowledge that leads to extraordinary advancement. Even if one becomes an apprentice, it is enough to benefit the family endlessly.
For a moment, everyone present even shed tears.
To be honest, they had no other intentions at first. On the one hand, Iris City was not very big and the benefits were not that great. Stability was more important than anything else. If they had any inappropriate thoughts, the kingdom would find trouble for them.
Therefore, they had never thought about asking for any reward, but now, after this kind lord said this, they suddenly felt like they were willing to sacrifice their lives for him.
"My Lord, do we have to select the knights as well?"
Not far behind, the loyal Knight Commander who was promoted by Li Zhongren asked, the previous Knight Commander had died along with the previous family.
"As for the Knights, they don't learn alchemy, but they must learn how to use alchemical weapons."
"what??"
The first half of the sentence made the Knight Commander feel a little disappointed, but the second half made his blood boil. If he loved learning, he would not have learned sword skills.
"Although Iris City has Ms. Anna, my wife, and foreign enemies dare not invade at will, we cannot let her do everything, like what she did these days to arrest criminals in the city. She will not do it again in the future."
"clear."
Sanger pounded his chest hard.
"I will defend the interests of Iris City to the death!"
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"Iris City."
A special carriage was driving on the plain.
Although the road is not good, the wide, flat wheels allow them to move easily on the ground. However, the special horseshoes wrapped on the horseshoes look a bit wide, which makes them look cute.
In the carriage, a woman looked away from the curtain.
There used to be a mountain there, but now it is split in half.
There lies a wide road leading to the City of Iris.
The mountains on both sides are extremely smooth, as if someone had rubbed them with a knife.
(End of this chapter)