Master of Thermodynamics

"What decree?" Renault asked, taking a look at the steward of the Royce Chamber of Commerce.

The steward named "Trafat" said respectfully:

"Your Excellency, it is said that the nobles in the southern part of the kingdom have united and wanted to have the Kingdom Senate promulgate a'land-keeping decree'. In the upcoming war, all nobles who voluntarily abandon their territories and flee will be permanently deprived. Knighthood."

"Unless the lord tries his best to resist the black orcs frontally, he won't be deprived of his title by the kingdom..."

Renault interrupted Trafat and interjected somewhat curiously:

"What is'positive resistance'? How can the lord prove that he has resisted directly?"

With a weird look on Trafat's face, he replied:

"I heard that the conditions are like this. The lord must hold on until the castle is broken by the black **** and lose at least 50% of his armed forces before he is allowed to evacuate the territory..."

Renault couldn't help but smashed his mouth.

This is too cruel, this Nima is simply forcing the lord of the northern border to die. At the moment the castle is breached, can the lord defending the castle run away?

It's a **** to escape!

According to Renault's understanding, the black **** has always killed the humans who resolutely resisted, and eaten it on the spot, without even having the opportunity to "become a slave and live for a while".

Even if they could escape successfully, it would be a lifetime of nine deaths. Very few people can do this.

What kind of hatred is there between these nobles, and they actually put forward such a decree that can be called "vicious"?

He sighed lightly, with a speechless expression on his face.

At present, the nobles don't think about how to resist the black orcs, and instead engage in internal fighting. This is really what the human nobles do best. It's no wonder that the humans were beaten to the ground by the black orcs.

At this time, Trafat said again:

"Later, considering that the law was too controversial, a new clause was added later, that is, the lord himself is not allowed to leave the territory, but the relatives of the family can leave early..."

"If the lord dies in battle, the title will be inherited by the heir, and there is no need to pay the king's inheritance tax to the king..."

Renault couldn't help but shook his head slightly. Fortunately, he didn't rush to kill him. It was a way of keeping people alive. But what is the meaning of such a "post-attack"?

Regardless of whether the decree is passed, the nobles of the Thousand Lake Kingdom have actually split into two factions, and it is difficult for the two parties to work together to resist the black orc army.

After thinking about it, Renault asked:

"Why did those southern aristocrats propose the law of observing the soil?"

Trafat replied:

"It is said that it is because the Duke of Mindick in the south believed that when the Black Orcs invaded the Kingdom of Fox and the Kingdom of Dusk, there were too many nobles in these two kingdoms who gave up their territories and fled, and the Black Orcs hardly encountered institutional resistance. I easily occupied the two kingdoms..."

"Duke Mindik feels that if the law of observance of the soil is not issued, such a scene is likely to repeat itself in the Kingdom of Thousand Lakes..."

Renault nodded. When he fled for thousands of miles, what he saw and heard on the way fully proved this point. Where everyone passed by, almost all the nobles received the news in advance and the family fled.

If the law of observing the soil can be passed, it will undoubtedly be extremely deterrent for the fleeing nobles, because once the title is deprived, the lord will be reduced to civilians, which is a shame for the nobles who have always paid attention to status.

To make matters worse, even if you exile to the Xinghai Continent in the south in the future, you will not be able to enjoy the privileges of certain aristocrats under the title of "exile aristocrat".

The original intention of the Duke Mindik was good, but unfortunately it was too ugly to eat. He forced the border nobles to resist desperately, but he sat in the back to enjoy his success.

"Is there any more important information recently?" After clarifying the law, Renault turned to ask about other aspects.

"Your Excellency, there is one more thing. I think you may be more interested. I heard that the Duke of Byron intends to expand the scale of the duchy’s knights by 50%, that is, from 2,000 to 3,000..." Fatt replied.

Renault and Goode looked at each other.

Both of them saw the same idea in each other's eyes-business opportunities!

There are 1,000 more people in the Knights, which means that at least 1,000 sets of armors and weapons are needed. These are all glamorous Kinnars.

If the Haichao Chamber of Commerce can win this order, at least 10,000 Kinnars can be credited.

Renault said without hesitation:

"Goode, immediately start gathering intelligence on competitors and purchase their weapons and armors."

The subtext of this sentence is obvious-just like what was done on Haixing Island, use the most vicious way to explode all the faces of your competitors and swallow this cake!

In peaceful times, the Haichao Chamber of Commerce may not be able to get this order, but under the huge threat of the Black Orcs, no one won the Haichao Chamber of Commerce.

Because in the absence of war, what does the quality of the weapon armor have to do with it? Anyway, the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual use meaning, it is enough!

But when the war is about to break out, the poor quality of equipment often means the difference between life and death. Who dares to mess around?

Renault looked at Trafat again:

"Mr. Trafat, please help Goode..."

Trafat immediately bent down deeply and said respectfully:

"Your Excellency, it is my greatest honor to serve you. Mr. Bentley has already told me in the letter that your will is my will..."

Early the next morning, shortly after the morning light drove the dark night, the city of Copernicus was fully awakened, and the streets and alleys quickly recovered.

Swirls of smoke rose from houses; shops along the street opened their doors and opened for business; the market became very turbulent, and housewives gathered around the vendors to bargain; a large number of civilians in shabby clothes hurriedly rushed. Going to the pier of the port, I hope to find a job as a porter to support my family.

This is the most common and vivid daily life in a harbor city.

In an open space in the manor leased by the Haichao Chamber of Commerce, more than a dozen Chamber of Commerce employees are busy unfolding a large ball made of yellow oil cloth. This oil cloth is actually linen cloth, but it has a layer of frying on it. Egg butter of jellyfish.

After the tarp was fully unfolded, it was spread directly on the ground into a large ball, covering an area of ​​more than 100 square meters.

"Ready to inflate..."

"Ackert, pull the inflator tube over, Ainault, start the magic inflator..."

Amidst Goode's roar, an employee hurriedly ran over with a Nima hose, and another employee began to operate a one-meter-high machine, which is exactly the magic inflator.

The inflator is not a new thing, it is actually an enlarged version of the magic air gun inflator. The principle and structure of the two are basically the same.

However, this machine has an additional system, the Thermo Heating System, which is used to heat the air, so a large fuel tank is additionally installed on the machine, which is filled with diesel.

After the hose was inserted into the tarpaulin inlet, the staff in charge of operating the machine immediately activated the rune square plate, and the airflow whistling sounded from the air inlet instantly.

At the other end of the hose, hot air jets out, and the tarpaulin gradually swelled.

Three minutes later, a huge hemisphere appeared in the clearing. Although it has not been inflated yet, it can already be seen roughly.

This is a hot air balloon!