Lord Harland

After killing the legendary undead and obtaining the legendary soul crystal, Sophia once again refined the legendary Styx potion. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ

Since Sophia was promoted to the ninth ring, her mental power has increased by four points, and her level of refining potions has also improved. Although the legendary Styx potion is difficult to refine, Sophia has successful experience in refining this potion. The refining process was relatively smooth and no materials were wasted.

After the potion was successfully refined, Richard personally found the Kingdom of Roger, used the legendary Styx potion, and exchanged a large amount of super magic metal and a legendary magic core with the royal family, preparing to build a second large magic ship.

To build a large Harland magic ship, not counting the investment of the legendary magic core, the materials required are about 300,000 gold coins. Including the labor investment of magicians, shipyards, metallurgical departments, etc., not counting technical expenses, the actual cost is about 378,000 yuan.

After all, building a large magic ship requires thousands of workers and dozens of magicians to work for more than ten months.

After a lot of consumption in the past few years, Harland's reserves of super magic metal are no longer enough.

This time the two exchanged. Pansy Grant, the president of the Grant Mage Association, used the legendary Styx potion, which raised his mental power to 42 points. With the opportunity to break through the legendary bottleneck, Harland also got the opportunity to build a second legendary ship. The resources and military power of the magic ship have become stronger.

Not long after the two parties reached a deal, the goddess's birthday came again, and time flew by, entering the dawn calendar year 3276.

At this moment, it has been thirty years since Richard traveled through time.

After the birthday of the goddess, Richard took the time to read the reports sent by various departments. Last year, the Duchy of Harland had a population of more than 10 million. All in all, the cash income was as high as 5.23 million gold coins, which was slightly more than the financial income of the Grant royal family.

However, due to the large-scale expansion of magic airships and the Black River Fleet, last year's military expenditure exceeded three million gold coins. After one year, there is basically no financial balance.

The accumulated gold coins in the treasury are roughly seven to eight hundred thousand. For the huge Haaland territory, it can only last for two or three months at most.

Because the market scale was expanding and the number of coins was insufficient, Harland printed more than 300,000 vouchers at one time, barely closing the gap in money shortage. After so many years of accumulation, Harland has received more than 600,000 gold coins in circulation.

These vouchers are basically in the hands of the upper class of society such as the military, bureaucrats, businessmen, etc., and are relatively rare in the people's livelihood market.

According to estimates from the territorial economic department, the currency in circulation in Harland Territory is about 60 million gold coins, and the number of vouchers is only equivalent to one percent of the currency in circulation. It may take many years to replace metal currency with paper currency.

After the birthday of the Goddess, the education department of Harland Leadership became busy again. After more than 20 years of development, more than 100,000 students graduated from primary school, and the total number of middle school students entering the society was 10,000. This is huge. Alleviating Harland's talent shortage.

Although compared with a population of more than 10 million, the literacy rate in Haaland is still very low and the quality of the population is not high. However, the number of schools is still increasing rapidly, with more than 30,000 new students every year. Now Haaland High School The total number of primary school students exceeds 130,000, and the number of middle school students is as high as 20,000, which is almost as large as the army.

At the beginning of this year, the Magic Academy has recruited more than 300 new students, and the number of Harland Mage Association has increased to 1,600, far exceeding the Grant Mage Association.

Throughout last year, a total of fifty-six apprentices of the Harland Master Mage Association were promoted to magicians. Fourteen of them were killed in the war. There are now a total of 389 magicians. Although the number of magicians is far less than that of the East Coast United Kingdom, but it is beyond the Grand Duchy of Delon and the Grand Duchy of Stanik.

In terms of magical power, even the Grant royal family is no match for Harland. Today's Harland Territory can no longer be called a magical desert. Although the number of magicians is relatively small, the level of magical civilization is probably higher than that of the Holy Radiant Empire.

Soon after the new students enter the school, Philip from Northern Xinjiang is about to face his first life and death test.

After the birthday of the goddess, Philip was already fifteen years old. Because various training resources were abundant, Philip had been successfully promoted to a professional. Compared with Richard and William when they were teenagers, Philip was already far ahead.

But in the long run, Philip is actually far less talented than his father. The reason why he was ahead of Richard and William when he was young was just because he got more extraordinary resources.

As an extraordinary person rises up, his own talent, character, and perseverance will play a greater role, and the accumulation of external resources will play a smaller role. Although he has enough extraordinary resources, at the age of forty, Philip may not be as good as Richard. , William, was promoted to a high level.

It has been almost three years since Philip started exercising.

In the past three years, Philip has worked in factories, worked as a serf, been away from his family, and has been in the northern Xinjiang military camp for two years.

After three years of hard training, Philip's body gradually grew up and his personality began to mature.

After the birthday of the goddess, Richard planned to transfer him back to Fort William to serve as a grassroots civil servant for two or three years. Unexpectedly, before the transfer order was issued, Philip experienced the first difficult battle in his life.

After entering the Third Army, under the care of elders such as Jennings and Morgan, Philip experienced several battles in the past two years. However, the previous battles were secretly protected by the senior leaders of the Army, so there was actually no risk. But the previous battles had also tempered Philip's courage. Soldiers who had seen blood were ultimately better than new recruits.

This battle was entirely due to an accident. Jennings led the guard squadron to leave Pryland Castle and went to inspect the frontline stronghold in eastern Pryland. He happened to encounter the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Squadron who was out for reconnaissance.

Although the orc army withdrew from the Puliland area, and the eastern front army of the Prairie Governor's Region basically retreated to the east of the Silver Wolf Mountains, the orcs still left a containment team in the Puliland area.

The orcs responsible for containing the army led by Harland, although they were small in number, were all professional troops such as silver moon wolf cavalry, orc archers, and harpy scouts. They were actually very difficult to deal with.

In the past two years, humans and orcs in the Puliland area have actually fought a lot of battles. Because of their superior air power, the elite orc soldiers suffered some hardships and gradually did not dare to show their faces in the Puliland area.

Unexpectedly, after the beginning of spring this year, the orcs would take such risks, and the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry would dare to go deep behind enemy lines.

The Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry among the orcs is an all-professional army, and ordinary human elites are no match for them. Generally speaking, the combat capability of this kind of troops is superior to that of the same number of Warcraft Cavalry Brigades.

Although the guard squadron of the Third Legion under Jennings is of good quality, it cannot withstand the orc Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry in the wild. If it weren't for the fact that there were several powerful masters in the legion department, they would not be a match for the orc professionals.

Last winter, Jennings took a step further in his career and became a ninth-level warrior. At the age of less than 40, he was promoted to the ninth ring, which shows Jennings' talent.

It was relying on several masters such as Zhan Nings and the equipped alchemy bombs that the guard squadron blocked the offensive of the Orc Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry.

Seeing that Jennings was so fierce, wearing gorgeous enchanted armor, and the combat effectiveness of the guards around him was also very good, the captain of the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Squadron who led the team knew that this battle would definitely capture the big shot of the Duke of Harland.

With bloodthirsty and excited eyes, the fourth-level werewolf squadron leader asked feverishly to the guards around him: "Carefully identify this person, is he a big shot in the Duchy of Harland?"

The orc guard took out an atlas, looked through it carefully, and said with a slight hesitation: "It looks like it should be the commander of the Third Army, Jennings."

"What is the relationship between this person and Duke Harland?"

"Jennings is Duke Harland's cousin-in-law and Duke Harland's right-hand man. He is considered a top heavyweight officer in Harland's leadership and is a real big shot."

The captain of the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry suppressed the joy in his heart and said: "Inform Ralph immediately and ask him to join us quickly. We must kill Jennings before the enemy reinforcements arrive, and let Duke Harland also Taste the pain of losing a loved one.”

Although the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry had stronger combat effectiveness, the Jennings Guard Squadron was equipped with a large number of alchemy bombs. The Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry tried to launch a charge, but it did not defeat the guard squadron line. Instead, more than ten soldiers were killed. Four of the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry died at the hands of Jennings.

Although Zhan Nings individual combat ability is very strong, after all, it is far inferior to Sylph.

If it were Sylph, she could easily break the enemy's siege and defeat her opponent when she met the Orc Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Squadron alone. Even though Zhan Nings was promoted to a ninth-level warrior and fought against all professional armies, he was still no match for the Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry Squadron. If it were not for the protection of the guard squadron, he would have died at the hands of the enemy.

In fact, fighting head-on with more than a hundred fully-armed all-professional troops, even legendary warriors, may not be their opponents. Only the legendary knight, who has mastered the power of magic, can easily defeat an army of more than a hundred full-time professionals.

Generally speaking, the combat power of one legendary knight is often equivalent to three to five legendary warriors. There are some legendary warriors with weak combat effectiveness who may not be the opponents of the ninth-level knights.

If Phillip is not around, Jennings can still fight with the orcs freely, but with Phillip by his side, Jennings can only try to avoid getting entangled and fighting with the orcs in unfavorable situations. Once something happens to Philip, Leader Harland may not be able to bear the consequences.

The two armies fought and fought in the wild for more than three days and fought four or five small-scale battles.

After three days of arduous fighting, Jennings's guard squadron was reduced by more than half, with more than 60 people killed. The Orc Silver Moon Wolf Cavalry also lost more than 40 soldiers, reducing its strength by about one-third. In the end, it was defeated. Rand's army had an inside advantage and rushed in reinforcements before the orcs, driving away this difficult opponent.

In this battle, despite being protected by two mid-level magicians, Bella and Harrison, and Philip wearing precious enchanted armor, and Bella and the two carrying precious magic scrolls, there were no swords and guns on the battlefield, and Philip was still affected. He was injured. The enchanted armor on his chest was smashed by the orcs, and he was slashed on the thigh. The wound was so deep that the bones were visible.

After experiencing this battle and feeling the threat of death personally, Philip understood for the first time the cruelty of the war in northern Xinjiang.

After Philip was injured, Richard immediately transferred him back to Fort William.

Philip's injury was not particularly serious. After treatment with spells, he was soon able to walk with crutches. After he walked out of the hospital, Richard transferred Phillip to the civil service team.

If Philip wants to manage the territory, he must be both civil and military. Not only does he need to receive training in northern Xinjiang and experience the life of a soldier, he also needs to be proficient in local management rules and learn to master the civil service.

The Harland leader has a special physique, and military generals can easily transform into civilian officials, but it is basically impossible for civilian officials to lead troops in combat.

Because of their extraordinary strength, individual combat effectiveness in the Dawn Plane is very outstanding. To a certain extent, high-level professionals can determine the outcome of a battle.

With this social status quo, it is simply impossible to establish a so-called civilian government. It is impossible for high-ranking officers to accept the command of laymen, and it is impossible for the overall will of the army to accept a weak lord.

From the perspective of social status, the status of military commanders is far higher than that of civilian officials. Especially high-ranking officers, many of whom are hereditary nobles.

Hereditary nobles and ordinary people are almost two different creatures in terms of legal and political status.

This social status quo has led to fierce competition within the nobility. Every succession of a title is usually accompanied by conspiracy and killing.

After two years of accumulation, the defense line in the Puliland area has gradually stabilized. There are now nine barons and nobles on this defense line. In addition to seven of them being mercenary leaders, the remaining Odaye and Immortun are Haaland leads the capitalists, who seize the opportunity and advance further in their social status.

Because the Harland Territory has only been established for a short period of time and there is not enough time to accumulate it, rich people with assets of more than 100,000 gold coins are very rare. In the entire territory, only Odaye and Immortun can provide a large amount of property. Through the power of gold coins, you can obtain enough soul crystals and be promoted to a hereditary noble.

In fact, in other territories, businessmen with assets of more than 100,000 are very rare.

In the major kingdoms of the Dawn Plane, the status of merchants is not high. Big businessmen are smart people. When they develop to a certain extent, they will control the scale of business, and then marry into the hereditary nobles and infiltrate the aristocratic class.

Basically, wealthy businessmen would not let their capital exceed 100,000 gold coins and become the meat of the nobles.

After the Harland Territory enacted a decree to encourage commercial development, a large number of wealthy businessmen from the Grant Kingdom entered the Harland Territory, including merchants from Nolan, and many of them shifted their business focus to the Harland Territory. Together, these people brought millions of gold coins to Harland's collar, which greatly alleviated Harland's money shortage.

Even if the merchants of the Grant Kingdom were added together, their assets exceeded Odaye's, and Immorton's was still very rare.

After all, Odaye and Immortun are factory owners, factory owners after the Industrial Revolution, and their industrial scale is inferior to traditional businessmen. Their development in one year can be equivalent to the accumulation of traditional businessmen in ten or a hundred years. The scale of assets is comparable to that of Odaye, and the merchants of Immorton are basically white-glove nobles, and they cannot operate independently.

After Odaye and Immortun were promoted to hereditary nobility, they also opened a new path for those who came after them. Hayden and Rogge under Harland are preparing to be promoted to hereditary nobility through this method.

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