Even if the nobles try their best to exploit the laborers to death, there is no way they can achieve productivity comparable to that of industry. Dai Lin's batch of ten shipments is basically equivalent to a finger extended by the Hanhai Protector, who can move it at will.
It has broken down the market rules maintained by the aristocracy.
When the greedy nobles were hoarding cheap yarn, they put all the money into the pockets of Daelin and Stormwind City. Lothar and the others just used some tricks to allow them to continue their madness.
During this secret battle, Lothar and the others took out nearly 300,000 gold coins from the nobles! And the glory of this victory was all attributed to industrial production.
300,000 gold coins was almost the annual tax revenue of the Kingdom of Stormwind! Most of the cash in the hands of the nobles was taken away, and they were holding a pile of worthless yarn in their arms. Now they really dedicated their efforts with practical actions.
For a long time in the future, the nobles whose vitality was severely weakened could only be allowed to be crushed by Lothar and others.
Li De had absolutely no interest in participating in this secret war taking place in Stormwind City.
Under his leadership, the Imperial Guard of Hanhai accomplished industrialization by overcoming many difficulties. It was a dimensionality reduction attack on traditional production relations. He knew what would happen to those nobles without even looking at them.
Because of this, Li De felt that he did not need to stay in Stormwind City at the moment. He still had one important thing to do, which was to visit the dragon in Northrend.
A few months ago, he liberated the enslaved Buckromworth and several other giant dragons during the naval battle on Tidefall Island, and made an agreement with Buckromworth at that time, that is, he would visit them in half a year to discuss
Saving the Red Dragon Queen.
In fact, apart from this matter, Li De also had some additional ideas.
Under his leadership, the production model and organizational model of Hanhai Protectorate can almost be said to be ahead of the times. Li De is even confident that within ten years, his influence will reach out to the world through economic and political tentacles.
Every corner of the world.
But the problem is that this is not an ordinary world.
Excellent economics and politics can mobilize powerful forces from the masses. But what cannot be ignored is that the word "power" itself has power.
There are always powerful individuals who exist in ways that transcend the rules, and many of them destroy the world by themselves. In front of them, heroes are just children who have just crossed the threshold.
If you are too superstitious about the capabilities of the system and ignore the existence of those things, you can only say that you are covering your ears and stealing the bell.
This can be seen from Li De's attitude towards the Skull of Gul'dan. He is particularly wary of powerful individuals who are not controlled by the rules.
In Li De's concept, since he is wary of the power beyond the rules, he should first have that power so that he can be prepared when the crisis comes. This time when he visited the Dragon Clan, Li De also wanted to ask for advice.
Heart.
"Power" and "power beyond rules" are two things. Power that ordinary people can understand can be obtained through unremitting efforts and can be achieved through logical deduction.
But the power beyond rules is different. That kind of thing is beyond logic, and there is an incomprehensible gap between it and the ordinary world.
Guardian Medivh is a power beyond the rules. Everyone believes that the power of the Guardian comes from a group mana infusion in history. A group of magisters concentrated their power on one person, and the first generation of Guardians appeared.
There seems to be no problem with the logic, but in fact it is just an accident of history. Otherwise, why hasn't Tirisfal created a second guardian for so many years?
The great mage Antonidas can be regarded as a power beyond the rules. As a short-lived human race, it is difficult for a wizard to appear beyond the rules, but Antonidas is an exception. With his own efforts, he has become a guardian.
The first person. Even the other great wizards are actually at a lower level than him.
Perhaps the reason for this is the most illogical factor: talent.
In addition to the two above, the Elf King of Quel'Thalas is also a super-regular existence. In previous wars, if this king had personally participated in the war, Zul'Aman might have been in danger.
However, everyone knows that this kind of super-regular power is not allowed to be used until the last moment, because their fate is very likely to break the balance of the mortal world.
This is why, even if he is as powerful as Antonidas, he still has to rely on the power of programming to facilitate negotiations between the two parties. Even in the Orc War, the Archmage mostly only commanded from the rear.
Medivh, Antonidas, and the Elven King, the above three powers that transcend the rules, are all mages.
This seems to mean that arcane power is stronger than other powers and can possess more super-rule powers. But in fact, it is the opposite. It does not mean that arcane magic is weak, but because arcane magic is the most traceable.
Regardless of strength or weakness, each energy system has its own characteristics, and the characteristic of arcana is order. As the six basic energies that make up the world, arcana exists in the form of a regular magic network even in nature.
The job of a senior mage is to connect the natural magic network of these rules, or to re-divide them with slight modifications on the original basis.
The more top magicians are, the larger the magic network they can manage. Theoretically speaking, a top magician is completely a god in his own magic network.
This is why many mages are reluctant to leave their mage tower throughout their lives, because the mage tower is often the center point of the magic network they can control.
For a person of Medivh's level, why could his death completely change the climate of half the country? That energy did not burst out from Medivh.
Medivh was like a "spark". His death ignited most of the "gunpowder" contained in the magic network!
Top mages are the most dangerous group of people, but there is good news. When it comes to arcane research, it is beyond the understanding of ordinary mages. Therefore, 99.99% of mages cannot become existences that transcend the rules.
This is the most orderly and logical arcane power, so it is easy to understand why among those who study the other five basic energies, there are almost no individuals who transcend the rules.
Li De hopes that he can have the power to transcend the rules. Although this idea is quite illogical, transcending the rules itself is illogical.
Li De is a warrior, and he will definitely not get any help from Antonidas in this regard. In comparison, the Dragon Clan is more reliable.
They have the longest history and are so powerful that even ordinary adult dragons can reach the level of heroes.
Alexstrasza, the red dragon queen whom Li De promised Buckromworth to save, is a being who stands at the top of Azeroth. She is the one who makes the rules, let alone transcending the rules.
But it would be embarrassing to go on about it. The Red Dragon Queen, who controls the world beyond the rules, would fall into the hands of the orcs and be enslaved by them, and her descendants would also be threatened to help the orcs fight.
In fact, this happened entirely because of an artifact called "Devil's Soul".
The ancient dragon guardians had five legions: the red dragon legion, the blue dragon legion, the black dragon legion, the green dragon legion and the bronze dragon legion.
These five legions are led by five dragon kings, and the black dragon king among them is Neltharion, the "Guardian of the Earth". He was bewitched by the ancient gods, and his whole person became evil and crazy.
The fallen Black Dragon King began to hatch his evil plan. He wanted to control all the dragons and then rule the world.
In order to achieve this goal, he created a golden disk called "Dragon Soul" and tricked the other four dragon kings into injecting their own power into the disk.
The reason why he was able to successfully deceive other dragon kings is that 10,000 years ago, the Burning Legion launched an invasion of Azeroth. Relying on the lies used to fight against the Burning Legion, the Black Dragon King persuaded several dragon kings to infuse power to complete this task.
An artifact.
Not long after completing Dragon Soul, Neltharion finally revealed his true face. After the fall, the entire body of the Black Dragon King became cracked, and his face was as ferocious as a demon, so Dragon Soul became
Demon's Souls.
Although he relied on the Demon Soul Black Dragon to severely damage other dragon legions in the War of the Ancients, due to his negligence, this artifact was stolen by a night elf.
Neltharion was extremely angry after losing the Demon Soul. He began to call himself "Deathwing" and wanted to vent his anger through killing. However, when a madman bent on destroying the world, he was bound to encounter indignant resistance from the whole world.
Neltharion was eventually banished to another plane, and after everything was settled, the Demon Soul reappeared in front of the remaining Aspect Dragons.
The Aspect Dragons mourned Neltharion's fall, and at the same time hated Deathwing's betrayal. They worked together to seal the Demon Soul so that Neltharion would no longer be able to use it. This way, even if Deathwing was killed in the future
If he can escape back to this world, he will no longer be able to threaten other dragons through the Demon Soul.
Although the seal of this dangerous artifact was completed, the Red Dragon Queen was still worried and sent her trusted subordinates to guard the Demon Soul in the Redridge Mountains.
Ten thousand years passed peacefully like this, but no one expected that after the Dark Portal opened and the orcs occupied the entire Kingdom of Stormwind, a group of thieves from the Dragonmaw clan would actually steal the Demon Soul, and
He also killed the red dragon guarding him!
Upon realizing that the artifact was missing and her subordinates were dead, Alexstrasza was furious and rushed to the Redridge Mountains of the Kingdom with a few of her cronies. The queen wanted to personally punish Xiao Xiao for committing the crime.
However, it was the queen's carelessness that caused the nightmare to begin.
Alexstrasza would never have imagined that by the time she got there, the orcs of the Dragonmaw Clan had already learned how to use the Demon Soul!
When the Aspect Dragons left a seal on it saying "Deathwing cannot be used", how could they have thought that a mortal race could master this thing?!
In this way, Alexstrasza fell into the hands of the Dragonmaw clan. The orcs used the safety of the Red Dragon Queen to threaten the adult dragons who were traveling with them, asking them to help the tribe fight against the Alliance. Among these dragons was Bakromvoz.
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As the orcs gradually deepened their understanding of the Demon Soul, their ability to control the red dragon became stronger and stronger. What made the red dragon even more desperate was that in addition to asking the adult red dragons to fight for them, the orcs also ordered Alec to
Starthaza gives birth to new dragon eggs, and the orcs must re-tame the young dragons that will completely obey their orders!
The Red Dragon Queen felt desperate. If the adult dragon was just forced to submit, if those dragon eggs hatched successfully, wouldn't it mean that her offspring would forever become the slaves of these despicable orcs?!
But no matter how desperate she was, Alexstrasza was unable to resist in the face of the Demon Soul. She could only fall into despair while continuing to give birth.
These things that happened in Grim Batol, Bark Romworth and the others told it to his kin like tears of blood after they returned to the Dragonblight in Northrend.
After hearing all the details, all the red dragons were filled with indignation and rage, wishing they could fly to Grim Batol immediately to rescue their queen.
The blue dragons who also lived in Northrend were also very angry when they heard about this incident, but other than that, they didn't show any expression.
The Blue Dragon Legion suffered heavy losses due to Deathwing's betrayal. Even the Blue Dragon King became confused, good and bad. No one in the Blue Dragon Legion could make the decision, and the blue dragons were doing nothing all day long.
The blue dragon's indecision made the red dragons angrily express that they could save the queen even if they relied only on their own strength.
But just when those impulsive red dragons were about to set off, they were stopped by Cleostrasz, one of the queen's consorts, and Bacromvoz.
Cleostraz is the youngest consort of the Red Dragon Queen. Although he is not as old as some of the queen's children, his abilities are quite outstanding.
In the mortal world, he transformed into a high elf named Krasus, and his identity was a member of the six-member Kirin Tor Council.
"Didn't you understand what Buckromworth said? The devil's soul has reappeared in the world. The dragon has no way to resist it. No matter how much we go, we can't save the queen."
Krasus is still very convincing both in terms of his identity and abilities. After hearing what he said, the red dragons in the Wyrmrest Temple became a little calmer.
"Sir, what should we do to rescue the queen?!"
The red dragons asked, and it seemed that only he could make a decision now.
"We can't rely on ourselves. It seems we must rely on the strength of other races."
Hearing Krasus say this, a noisy discussion immediately broke out among the red dragons, but the red dragon who asked the question before shook his head.
"This is unrealistic. Those despicable orcs imprisoned the queen and enslaved many adult dragons to fight for them. I don't think any race can overcome the obstacle of adult dragons and kill those orcs to rescue the queen."
Such an argument was quickly echoed by other dragons. In their minds, dragons are the most powerful race in Azeroth, and no race can be their opponent.
"I agree with Master Cleostraz's idea. Although most races are weak, it is undeniable that there are still some mortals. Even dragons must recognize them if they are powerful. For example, I am a human hero this time
Freed me."
Bacromvoz supported Crassus. To be precise, he and the other party's views coincided with each other. He had extended an invitation to Li De long before his return.
Although now that I think about it, my invitation was a bit reckless. Northrend is far away from the kingdom mainland. It would take a long time for him to fly as a dragon. How long would it take for humans to get here by boat?
However, Buckromworth still believed in Li De's character, and even left scales for Li De. As long as he injected energy into the scales, he could feel his position.
Buckromworth secretly vowed that as long as the other party would contact him, he would set off to pick him up here. But before he knew it, the half-year period was coming. Will Li De really keep his promise?
While he was thinking this, the area where the scales fell off his chin felt warm, and then a voice sounded in his mind.
"Is this what this thing is used for? Can you hear me? Do you live in this high tower? This place looks quite solemn. I think you still need to come out to pick me up."