Looking at the territory of the Roland Empire, among the many provinces, the Nourin Province is undoubtedly an extremely special existence.

This particularity is also due to historical reasons.

More than a hundred years ago, the Nulin Province was the largest province in the northwest. Because of its special geographical location, the Nulin Province has always been the center of interracial transactions between the Roland Empire and the Northwest Grassland. Although there was a Dessa province to the west of the Nulin Province at that time, because the land of Dessa province was deserted, horse bandits were rampant in the territory, and the economy and public security were broken, even the Chamber of Commerce in the Roland Empire was unwilling to do business in the Dessa province, and chose the Nulin Province, which relies a little more inland as a trading place.

And more because the Roland Empire had a Northwest Army in the northwest, which was stationed in the Nulin Province. The function of that Northwest Army was to deter the alien races of the grassland and prevent the invasion of the grassland people. In order to maintain a huge army, the supply of military supplies was also a massive business opportunity every year, which led to the development of business in the Nulin Province in the past. Whether it was a merchant selling grain, a business of armed horses, or a trade with the grassland people, they would trade here.

But with the rise of the Tulip Family, the status of the Nourin Province suddenly became different.

The province of Dessa, which was closer to the border, was granted the Tulips as a territory. The great first-generation Tulip Duke brought his team to the northwest, and since then it changed the appearance of the northwest.

The first Duke of Tulip was very talented. Under his management, he was closer to the Tulip Family territory (the original Dessa Province). The horse bandits in the territory were wiped out by the Tulip Family, and then the Tulip Family monopolized the transaction with the grassland people. The original northwest trading center Nulin Province gradually became abandoned.

Then, the rebellion of the Northwest Legion occurred, which was later extinguished under the auspices of the Tulips.

Furthermore, after the rebellion of the Northwest Legion, the empire's senior officials believed that the Tulip family had been guarded in the northwest, and there was no need to rebuild a Northwest Legion to waste national treasury. The various chambers of commerce that originally relied on the military supplies of the Northwest Legion to do business also withdrew from the Nulin Province, and the prosperity of the past was no longer visible.

Originally, due to the vast land and sparse population, the land is barren, the grain production is scarce, and the border transactions have been moved to the Tulips territory, the Nulin Province has almost become the most barren area among the many provinces in the entire empire.

But then, some strange changes took place.

Due to the invasion of many alien races, the dwarf orc elves crossed the frozen forest and moved south, invaded the human world of the Roland Empire, entered this continent, and then stationed in the north. In this way, the Nulin Province once again became the "frontier" of the empire.

Although the Nulin Province lost its border geographical location to trade with the grassland, due to the invasion of alien races, there was an orc kingdom that was more powerful than the grassland people in the north.

The two sides are separated by a Kaspersky line of defense.

More than a hundred years ago, the first Duke of Tulip led the human army and the aliens to fight bloody battles, from the east to the west of the empire, along the "Kaspersky Line" that crossed the entire continent, and fought with the orcs for many years. The result of the war caused a deformed local economy, and a large amount of military supplies stimulated the development of the local economy. After the war, the north side of the Nulin Province became a border with the orc kingdom.

In this way, the Nulin Province once again has a "border" land. In recent years, as the days of peace gradually last, many chambers of commerce in the Roland Empire, openly and secretly, often choose Nulin Province, because the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is more convenient to do some shameful smuggling businesses and sell some contraband goods.

Even the Central Committee of the Empire had to admit that data obtained from some special channels showed that the annual smuggling transactions in the Nourin Province accounted for one-third of the total smuggling transaction volume of the entire Roland Empire!!

This data is enough to prove one thing: the central government has very weak control over the Nulin Province.

After all, it is a border province, and there is an "neighbor" such as the orc kingdom in the north. The empire will never let such an important place be ignored.

But the fact is that over the past hundred years, the central government of the Roland Empire and the chaos in the Nulin Province have been almost deliberately ignored. Even the garrison stationed here have been repeatedly reduced.

Appointing candidates for local officials from Nourin Province often becomes a headache for the Imperial Government Affairs Office.

The reason is simple: tulips!

It is so close to the Tulip Family! After more than a hundred years of development in the Roland Empire, the Tulip Family has become a giant now! Even the emperor is a descendant of the other family. If the first Tulip Duke wanted to be the emperor, he would become a direct person. Now, from generation to generation, the Tulip Family will definitely still arouse the fear of the royal family - no emperor would want to see such a giant exist in his country, even his own blood relatives.

After several generations of unremitting temptations and compromises, the Tulip Family and the Imperial Royal Family finally reached an unwritten tacit understanding: in exchange, the Tulip Family gave up many other areas of interests and positions.

However, the northwest is the sphere of influence of the Tulip family!

Even emperors of all generations dare not break this point easily!

In the Nurin Province, because it is close to the Tulips Territory, the situation of this place is very delicate.

Nominally, this is still a province directly under the central government, but in fact, in order to respect the authority of the Tulip Family in the northwest, the central government of the empire never set up a permanent heavy army here - this is simply incredible for a border province next to the orc kingdom!

It was just that both sides agreed that the important task of the border defense of the Nulin Province was also handed over to the Tulip family. In fact, on the border next to the Orc Kingdom, several military fortresses on the northwest defense line of the Kaspersky Line have always been guarded by the private troops of the Tulip family - although it was not the territory of the Tulip family, but the territory of the Nulin Province.

The central government almost deliberately allowed the Nulin Province to fend for itself. Whether it was the officials or the local garrison troops, they repeatedly cut it in order to avoid causing dissatisfaction and sensitivity to the Tulip family.

Let me put it this way, the Nulin Province has become a buffer zone for the Tulip Family and the Central Power of the Empire.

In this way, the position of Governor of the Nulin Province becomes very subtle.

Although the Central Committee of the Empire was willing to make the Nulin Province a buffer zone with the Tulip Family forces, it would never be willing to let a Tulip faction serve as the governor here - otherwise, wouldn't Nulin Province really become the second territory of the Tulip Family?!

The Tulip family is not willing to send powerful figures to the central government as the governor here, nor does it like the central government's power to grow too strong here.

The result of the compromise between the two sides is that the candidate for the governor of the Nourin Province cannot be a loyal member of the royal family, nor can he be a pro-tulip faction.

This is unlucky.

Anyone who is elected to serve as the governor of the Nulin Province is often the grandmother who does not love his uncle or loves him. The royal family will not send their capable generals here to suffer, and the Tulip family will not recommend people from their faction to serve as the governor of the here.

Those appointed to be governors here are often vulnerable groups in the imperial officialdom, either marginalized people or unlucky people who failed in the struggle in the officialdom.

Otherwise, it would be a fence-bearing man with no foundation faction.

Moreover, it is said that he is a governor who is a vassal of the border and is a governor who is captured by the military and political affairs. But in fact, no one is willing to come here to be the governor.

If you are the governor of another place, the military and political forces will almost be like a local emperor. How free and easy would you be when you go to the Nulin Province, you will be faced with the splinter between the central government of the empire and the Tulip Family.

Do you dare to get close to the Tulip Family? It will definitely cause dissatisfaction from the emperor. The emperor will never allow you to get close to the Tulip Family and turn the Nulin Province into the territory of the Tulip Family!

But if you don’t get close to the Tulip family, your border troops are all their private troops, and the Northwest trade is monopolized by the Tulip family, and the fiscal revenue depends on the Tulip family. As for the smuggling trade with orcs, the border troops are all their private troops! If you dare to disobey, others will make some noise for you at any time!

In the imperial officialdom, there is a saying: I would rather go to the south to be a city guard than go to the Nulin Province to be the governor!

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Fiolo is such an unlucky guy.

This Governor of the Nurin Province has been in this Governor's position for eleven years!

That's right, it's eleven years!!

According to the practice of the empire's appointment of local governors, few local border officials have been able to do so for so many years! In order to prevent local border officials from being too powerful and causing a big loss, the Roland Empire also adopted a system of official positions. Generally speaking, the term of the governor of a province will be replaced in about five or six years.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the Governor of the East China Sea Fritz. But that's because Fritz is smart and capable, he is a recognized capable minister, and he is deeply trusted by his Majesty Marsh. In addition, he has made outstanding achievements in the East China Sea and is a person who turns the tide. He has worked in the East China Sea for more than ten years.

But this Excellency Fiolo, the Governor of the Nurin Province, is completely different.

In fact, Fiolo himself is from the Nulin Province. When he was thirty, he served as a local consul in the Nulin Province for three years, and later transferred to Mulan City, the capital of the Nulin Province, as a sheriff for five years!

Later, when the current governor of Nulin Province stepped down, it was not actually normal. Instead, the former governor who survived until he died, did not survive until he changed places, died of illness in office.

After the position of the Governor of the Nulin Province was empty, the central government of the Empire was also very troubled. No one was willing to sit in this unlucky position. As a result, the officials who were waiting to be released from the Imperial Central Government Office at that time showed their magical powers to pull out their relationships and went to the back door. Some even said they were sick and refused to be released from the Nulin Province to be the Governor of the Nulin Province.

The Central Government Affairs Office was worried for a long time, and finally slapped his head: No one of you will go, right! OK! Then we will promote one from the local secondary officials!

As a result, the position of the governor fell on His Excellency Fiolo.

He was promoted from Mulan to acting governor. After two years of work, the acting governor was promoted to formal governor, and then he worked until today.

Including his term of office as a low-level local official in the Nurin Province and his term of office as the governor, the unlucky Excellency Fiolo has been in the Nurin Province for nearly twenty years without moving!

This is also a strange thing in the officialdom of the entire Roland Empire!

If we want the people of Nulin Province to evaluate this governor who ruled them for eleven years, then everyone's evaluation is: The biggest feature of this governor is... no characteristics!

In fact, the biggest feature of Governor Fiolo's rule is that he never cared about anything!

Are there any bandits in the local area? I can't control this matter. I'll send official documents to the Tulip Furniture Army on the border to ask them to help eliminate them!

The central government requires tax collection, I don’t care about this matter. You can find the Tulip family to assist in transportation!!

The Tulip family requires the private army on the border to supplement military supplies? I can’t control this matter, you can ask the central government to report it!!

Over time, I don’t know which evil guy actually made such a joke: Our Governor is quite like the worshipped goddess in the church temple - everyone knows that he exists, but over the years, he hasn’t seen him do anything.

The only way this governor shows his sense of existence is that he would say a few words on the road at the rally every spring plowing, and when he pays fiscal taxes every year, he would come forward to sign and seal the documents.

In addition, this governor spent most of his time hiding in the governor's mansion in Mulan City.

For this Governor Fiolo, his greatest wish in life is to be able to survive until he dies. I hope that the big men in the imperial capital will one day suddenly feel compassionate and transfer themselves from the ghost place in the northwest before they die, and transfer them to any place in the south to spend a few days of free time.

But the problem is that Governor Fiolo's wish is probably difficult to realize - because, it seems that both the Central Committee of the Empire and the Tulips family think that this Governor Fiolo has done a great job. Since he came to power, it can be said that he has never violated the Tulips and the Central Committee of the Empire, and has never had any conflicts. This Governor Fiolo is simply an excellent bastard. He will not fight back when he beats or scolds him, and he is obedient and does not cause trouble, and he will feel at ease to use it.

Where can I find someone who is willing to be angry with the splint?

Since honest people are easy to bully... then just bully him to the end!

...

But even though Governor Fiolo doesn't care about everything, he has been hanging out for more than ten years, but he always encounters a few troubles.

For example, today... the Nourin Provincial Military and Political Power, known as the "Seal Governor", "Goddess Governor" and "Sleeve-Shaped Governor", encountered a big and small trouble.

Two formal application documents with strict specifications were placed in front of him.

These are the two application documents sent below, submitted through legal procedures and channels.

The contents of the two applications are as follows:

The first one is to buy land. The applicant requested to purchase...6,000 acres of land around a town near the border in the northwest of Nulin Province!

This article made Governor Fiolo unable to help but rub his teeth. More than a hundred years ago, in order to curb land annexation, an order was issued. Any land transaction in the empire, which exceeds one thousand acres must be approved by the provincial governor.

It is definitely not a small amount of land to buy 6,000 acres of land at one time. But what puzzled Fiolo was that the land in Nulin Province was barren and the grain yield was low, so the land here was always worthless and few people were interested in it... A large amount of land was idle or even abandoned. This person was full and bought 6,000 acres of land at one time?

Fiolo has seen the map. In that ghost place, there are only sand and stones in the land, and no one has any minerals within a few hundred miles around.

What does this buyer want to do?

Well, with the idea that it is better to have less than more things, Fiolo still approved it with a big stroke. Anyway, as long as the other party gives money, he will buy it if he wants to. With this income, it can be considered a small compensation for the finances that are full of holes.

As for what the other party bought these wastelands for...it's all my business. Even if he bought them to dig a hole and play, he would let him go.

However, when the second application document was seen, the governor finally couldn't sit still!

Because, the second application document is...

“Create a new religion?!”

Governor Fiolo felt that his hands holding the pen were shaking!!
To be continued...