Chapter 29 Counting the Harvest (Additional update for leader Cui Huating, 5000)
The war between the rebellious mountain people who wanted to take back their territory ended in a rapid defeat.
As the last broken troops disappeared into the depths of the jungle, the pilots of the magnetic storm armor who had no intention of continuing the pursuit realized that they were already standing on top of the enemy's corpses, and there was no longer a single mountain left in the position.
civil.
They achieved a great victory - with one-fifth or even less of the enemy's number, they defeated the enemy who was well-equipped and even had three second-level ascendants.
"Long live!"
Among the crowd, a driver of the White People's Magnetic Storm Armor from Port Harrison took the lead in letting out a heartfelt cheer.
"Victory!"
"We won!" cheers rang out one after another: "Long live!"
"Long live Yoon!"
Cheers resounded throughout the hills next to Lai'an City. They surrounded their young lord and looked at the man who brought incredible victory with incredible and reverent eyes.
From the beginning to the end, the magnetic storm armor unit led by Yin En only lost one person. This guy was captured by the mountain people because the armor's power pack failed. They wanted to torture the young man into the secrets and details of this new type of weapon.
Driving methods.
But to be honest, among the people present, which soldier can understand the principles of these weapons? This is Yin En’s electromagnetic weapon technology on the earth. The average alchemist does not read the complete drawings given by Yin En and just restores
It will take a month or two to come up with ideas.
The freed prisoner also joined the cheering crowd.
And Yin En also let out a long breath, looking at the direction in which the mountain people were fleeing, with mixed feelings in his heart.
——Finally, it’s over. These mountain people are so fucking annoying.
After defeating the mountain army, Yin En can be regarded as a real lord of Lai'an - next, whether it is a reward from Nauman City or a noble title from the imperial capital, they will all come together.
From then on, the residents who came to Ancheng would sincerely believe that he could protect them and entrust them with their trust.
Next time, if the mountain people still attack, then Yin En can completely pull out a knighthood and more than a thousand militia troops from Lai'an City and twelve towns... As long as he can make Lai'an City run smoothly and can afford the money
.
This is the true strength of a barony in Terra.
Moreover, this time the battle plan basically relied entirely on timing and the core troops' trust in Yin En.
If there were no rain clouds, it would be impossible to use artificial rainfall and use thunder materials to induce thunderstorms to bombard the mountaineer troops. Yin En could only lead the Qingchao and Magnetic Storm teams to attack behind them, while Scott and Lan Dian were facing the front.
You need to withstand the pressure and rely on Yin En's personal strength to pull.
However, if there is no rain, the Cyclops's light prism system and the city defense's charging rifle can also be used, and the battle will become another way.
In short, Qingchao cut off supplies and Yin En led the armored team to raid, all based on these loyal White People's guards and Harrison Port mercenaries.
If they were afraid of the number of mountain troops, then it would be absolutely impossible for them to achieve the current results with just two ascendants, Yin En and Qing Chao.
After all, Yin En couldn't reveal his ability as a Rockcast Knight in front of so many people. He had to have other people accompany him to destroy the formation of the mountain people, so that he could induce the enemy Ascended Ones to chase him alone.
But all bad possibilities have been avoided. Now, in the eyes of everyone in Laian City and even the mountain people, Yin En is simply a 'prophet of thunder'.
Although he is actually a prophet.
"Everyone!"
At this moment, Yin En raised his hand, and the whole camp was silent for a moment - everyone was waiting for the lord's speech: "The battle is over, but it's not time to rest yet!"
"Let us collect our spoils - those armors and weapons, as well as the logistics that the enemy left at the river!"
There was another burst of cheers.
Ten minutes later, the recovery team coming to Anseong set off.
This time, Yin En's harvest was unexpectedly great.
The weapons and equipment of the mountain people are all high-quality goods from Feiyandi. Although compared with the equipment of the empire, they actually have their own advantages and disadvantages, but after all, they are free things.
Because they were fleeing for their lives, most of the fleeing mountain people threw away their armor and weapons. It is hard to calculate the number of people captured, but it is more than 500 people. After a little rest, all the soldiers who come to Anling in the future will be able to use Feiyan.
Full set of equipment.
The otherworldly version of the art master is.
The number of heavy weapons is small, and some were partially damaged by the mountain people before leaving, but most of them are intact.
Among them, there are five alchemical artillery pieces and twelve ordinary field artillery pieces, which are all heavy firepower for siege.
If they come here this time and face an ordinary Terran city and the opponent they face is an ordinary baron, they can win no matter what they fight. If nothing else, this artillery can directly destroy the city's defense line.
Viscount Grant, a frontline Viscount who had been fighting with the aborigines for decades, only had more than 20 standing alchemical artillery pieces saved for so long. He only asked Elder Puder to assemble them during the war. Otherwise, the maintenance cost would be too high.
Yin En seized one-fifth of the other party's wealth in one fell swoop. I wonder how envious and jealous the old boss would be after hearing this.
But this is war.
In addition, there is Iron Dust's armor.
Although the arms were partially missing and the cockpit was crushed, the overall frame was intact and the repairs made it a good armor.
But if he really has to maintain two armors, Yin En is a little worried about the element crystal - he can't even use it himself, so where can he get the fuel for the second armor?
There is also the armor of Chief Zhenzhou at the river. That thing was just cut into two pieces by Yin En. It can be repaired if you find a chance to recycle it in the future... Apart from anything else, Yin En's own Cyclops was also relatively damaged this time.
Seriously, if it’s really not possible, just recycle it and use it as repair materials, which can save a lot of money.
But the main problem is that there is no fuel.
This is the way the imperial capital restricts the strength of local nobles... The production lifeline of element crystallization is generally only given to those trustworthy big nobles, and then the big nobles are the core to control other small nobles. This will only be opened during times of war.
supply of strategic resources.
But this problem was solved when Qingchao returned with a large number of captured supplies for the mountain people.
"So many elements crystallized?!"
Yin En opened his eyes wide and watched as the blue-haired swordsman carried two boxes over with a proud expression. When he opened them, he saw that they were densely packed with prismatic element crystals, all of which were of standard armor fuel specifications.
"After I saw that the mountain people were defeated, I took my team to the place where I attacked the logistics troops before and picked up two boxes and watched the most expensive items come over!"
Qingchao patted his chest and boasted that he was indeed proud this time and said: "How is it, boss? Is this considered a great achievement?"
"Forget it, of course it does. Your success in sneak attack on the logistics troops is already a great achievement, and now it is even more merit upon merit!"
Yin En looked at the crystallization of these elements and was filled with admiration: "I can't even think of anything to reward you."
"No, just give me some bonus." Upon hearing this, Qingchao became vigilant: "The greater the merits of a general, the more he will be feared by the emperor - I don't want that!"
"What do you mean? I still can't control you?" Yin En raised his head, he was a little angry and a little funny: "Stop talking nonsense, go and rest."
Just these two boxes of element crystals are worth twice the supply provided by Nauman City, and the last supply of element crystals sent by Blue Lightning was already worth one thousand thalers. This is the official internal price, and it is at least three times higher on the black market.
God knows how rare these fuels are.
If these two boxes of element crystals were sold, the thalers earned would cover most of Yin En's expenses in Laian City.
If you include alchemical artillery and armor, it's a huge profit.
In addition, there are also some bits and pieces of sublimated weapons harvested... Chief Tiechen's battle ax is also an earth source material, and there are many similar things, which is another sum of money.
But after he was happy, Yin En frowned instead.
This is not normal.
Where did the mountain people come from so many element crystals? No matter how much the support from Feiyandi was taken, it is impossible for the rich to become like this - is it possible to spend so much money just to arm the mountain people?
There is definitely a secret behind the crystallization of these abundant elements!
"Check! We must check! If nothing else, just grab two more rounds, and the territory's alchemy furnace fuel for the next year will be available!"
Yin En was determined to get to the bottom of it and find out why the mountain people had so many crystallized elements.
But now, he hid his doubts in his heart and led the loaded team back to Laian City.
As soon as they returned to the city, there was another cheer, and the residents of the city spontaneously poured into the streets to celebrate the victory of the battle. Most of the residents understood that after this victory, at least until the next spring, they could have a peaceful life.
"Long live the lord!"
"Yin En! Yin En! Yin En!"
"We love you, lord!"
This time, Yin Enke did not use any medicine - all the soldiers and citizens praised him sincerely and from the bottom of their hearts.
Surrounded by soldiers and citizens, Yin En stood on the back of the camel transporting the loot and waved to everyone in the city. The cheers instantly became louder.
This is most likely due to appearance - a person with a good personal appearance is easily popular.
Yin En smiled and headed towards the castle on the top of the cliff.
Speaking of which, it is time to formulate a development plan for Lai Anseong in a real sense.
Recently, Yin En has been preparing war technology, whether it is magnetic storm armor or rechargeable rifle. Although it is easy to use, it cannot be used for people's livelihood.
However, after learning the truth about the Nether Crystal Engine, Yin En actually came up with a brand new 'new plantation production plan' surrounding the rich source area of Laianling. This requires a large amount of building materials and workers, which is exactly what happened.
To restore the post-war economy of the original Anland.
In addition, the new planting industry also requires a lot of energy, and the development of a new alchemy furnace core or a 'Ley Vein Furnace' can be put on the agenda.
Next came the control of 'artificial intelligence'. Dead Lord and Silver Chip worked together to bring Yin En three more computing units this time. The computing power of the computing units was now enough to support Yin En's copy.
'Artificial intelligence for combat'.
In this way, he can use artificial intelligence to assist in the management of the territory, at least to help calculate taxes and resource allocation.
At least AI won't line its own pockets.
Regarding artificial intelligence-related technologies, Yin En wants to discuss the specific details with Adlbert. He is a master alchemist in psychic energy and will definitely have some excellent suggestions.
But then again, Yin En has now discovered that the noble lords of Terra don't seem to have too many skills related to development - like him, who is an alchemist and can inscribe, he was still in his previous life.
Engineers are really in the minority.
Many nobles want to build an alchemy workshop to strengthen the production of their territory, so they can only hire other alchemists to take advantage of the funds, but Yin En does not have to.
He is an expert himself, and when the trade routes become clearer in the future, he can also move his alchemy laboratory in the imperial capital.
However, that should be a very later matter. Baron Lai'an's laboratory is actually very complete. After all, it is a place where resurrection experiments are conducted. Now it is temporarily used, plus the alchemy equipment sent by Isengard, it is enough to support Yin En.
Research.
"The next thing that should be done most...should be to quickly recover the entrance to the Gu Yanfeng Gorge and build a tower camp there to prevent the rebellious mountain people from having evil ideas."
When he arrived at the gate of the castle, Yin En could not withdraw his thoughts. He immediately felt that there were too many things that needed to be taken care of in a territory. In addition to these general plans, what he had to do recently were recruiting troops, resuming production, and trying
Popularize some professional knowledge in alchemy.
In Yin En's plan, when the new planting industry is launched, Laianling will not need so many planters, or in other words, he will not need so many ordinary planters. What he needs is a group of people who are skilled in sublimation plants.
Relevant knowledge and 'skilled workers' of alchemists.
But there is no rush yet...there is still time to think slowly.
In the castle, Scott, Qingchao, and Adlbert were all waiting for him.
"Boss, you have brought a perfect victory."
Qingchao was the first to speak, and he bowed to Yin En seriously: "I originally thought it would take a few more years for me to truly serve you, but I never thought it would happen so soon."
This blue-haired swordsman has always appeared to be a bit of a mercenary to outsiders, but Yin En knew that he was a serious and serious young man who even had a bit of a literary flair in his spare time. This time he led the sneak attack team to complete the task perfectly.
His mission is very reliable.
He took refuge in Yin En. As a 'retainer', he originally valued Yin En's future and made plans to make long-term investments for more than ten years.
Who knew that in less than a year, the harvest seems to be about to begin?
Is Allegiance Investment so good?
"I didn't do anything." Scott shook his head slightly: "It all depends on your new technology and raids."
He even looked a little ashamed, and Adelbert stood behind him, not daring to speak.
"It's not just me." Yin En looked around at these friends and nodded slightly: "It's our victory. Qingchao doesn't need to say more, Scott, without you as an adjutant, where would I have the time to develop new technologies? Don't
Don't belittle yourself, think carefully, without you, would others be able to make the right decision and confront the mountain army led by Tie Chen for so long?"
"There will be times when you will be busy in the future. Then I may not be able to see anyone for a week to conduct an experiment. Who do you think can help me handle government affairs?"
After finishing speaking, Yin En turned his head: "Gu Ying, don't shrink to the side. Just smile when you should."
"And now, it is indeed time to start establishing a standard government affairs team - Scott will be my supervisor in the future, Guying will be in charge of the alchemy workshop, Qingchao, you have to think about it too
For a moment, do you plan to be the captain of my personal guard, or do you plan to be the future leader of the Territory Defense Force?"
"Huh?" Qingchao was stunned. He didn't understand: "Is there a difference?"
"Besides, you can't have both?"
"Only children want to have both." Yin En shook his head: "Adults know that one job is enough. Are you sure you want to do both? Let me tell you in advance, the workload is not small..."
"Guards!"
Hearing the faint warning in Yin En's tone, Qingchao raised his hand to express surrender.
He used to be a mercenary, so of course he knew how annoying it was for Party A to add temporary tasks, so how could he ask for two jobs and find trouble: "I'm actually not good at leading troops at all - to be honest, I felt that this decapitation raid task
It suits me very well, but when there are too many people, I can't do it. I can't even remember the names of the soldiers!"
"Um."
Yin En nodded slightly. After hearing Qingchao's personal thoughts, he could arrange his work.
"Wait, Yin En."
After deciding on the plan, Yin En seemed to be planning to go upstairs to continue working, but it was Adalbert who spoke up.
The white-haired dead king said to Yin En seriously: "Tonight... just don't work, right? Everyone... is very happy outside, and everyone wants to see you."
"Besides, you are actually very tired. Since you won, you should be happy. Would it be better to relax a little?"
He can directly see the state of people's souls, so his opinions are sincere and reasonable.
"Um."
Yin En thought about it and thought so, so he nodded and smiled: "Okay. Then I'll go outside and announce that today's bacon and wine... Oh, it seems there is no wine, so the food is free - the Lord's Mansion is responsible for today's victory celebration.
All expenses for the celebration.”
"All those who have family members who are militiamen and participated in this war against the mountain people will be given two boxes of food. After the territory's financial statistics are completed, there will be additional military pay."
Today's harvest is too much. Yin En said this with confidence - this can also be regarded as preparation for future recruitment work. He will need force support for many things in the future, and he must make the people in the territory think that he will participate in city defense.
A military or escort is a very beneficial thing.
"As for us...well, let's take a day off today and start the official work tomorrow."
After speaking, Yin En's expression relaxed - the young man who had been tense since he left the imperial capital and returned to Nanling showed a relaxed expression from the bottom of his heart.
Obtaining territory and developing power...this first step can be considered a successful achievement.