Chapter 1069 You can't force a horse to drink water
It is reasonable for Nicholas IV to want to kill Gulamans on the spot to avenge Earl Denton.
However, escorting the pseudo-emperor Gulamans back to the imperial capital, and then executing him in public after trial is a royal move, and it will also help to shock the hearts of the nobles in the five major provinces.
The next step is to promote reforms and regain the power of the aristocracy, which will be carried out along the way, and the resistance will be much smaller.
Bai Xiaowen argued the pros and cons, and Nicholas IV once again followed the advice.
Finally, Nicholas looked at the dark entrance to the Bethulway Gold Mine and asked: "Dio, how did you determine that the Xisha rebels were hiding in the Bethulway Gold Mine?"
Bai Xiaowen explained with a smile: "The geographical location of the gold mine from Bethsuway Castle and its concealment are the reasons why the rebels chose to hide here. In fact, I am not 100% sure, but the Bethsuway Gold Mine serves as an underground passage
The source must be sealed... Regardless of whether the rebels are here or not, we still have to make a trip, so it won’t be a loss at all.”
It is best for the rebels to hide here, and they will be destroyed in one fell swoop; it does not matter if the rebels do not hide here, blocking the source of the underground monsters is also imperative.
Nicholas smiled and nodded, and then ordered the bishops, priests, nuns and other clergy accompanying the army to instruct the imperial army to block the underground passage.
Next, the Bethulway gold mine was filled up, and the clergy accompanying the army set up a large-scale sealing magic to ensure that these underground monsters could not break out again.
This process takes a long time and cannot be completed in a day or two.
Of course, Bai Xiaowen doesn't need to stay here to supervise the work, he has other things to do.
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"The capture of the pseudo-emperor Gulamans is of great significance. This means that the camp of the conservative nobles has been destroyed. August's original plan to replace him, become the sole leader of the camp, and gain nearly unlimited time to stay in the plane of Kane has been
Declared bankrupt."
In a secret meeting attended only by Nicholas IV and the White Phoenix team, Bai Xiaowen sat under the emperor and analyzed the situation.
"Then this is stable, right? The Awakened... Well, the time that speculators from other worlds can stay in our world is limited. As long as their mission period expires, they will be forcibly expelled." In order to take care of Nicholas's recognition.
You know, Cecilia has changed into a popular term for a person in the spiritual world.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head.
"Those speculators are not fools. Knowing this, Andre still gave up Gulamans decisively and did not fight to the death. This shows that they are not desperate, and there are other escape routes."
"Retreat..."
Everyone in the conference room fell into deep thought.
Qiao Rui's eyes lit up: "Lord of the Plague."
"Correct answer."
Bai Xiaowen's finger pointed at the north of Kane's map.
"We know that the divine court speculators have placed pawns in the empire, the conservative nobles, the drow empire, and the plague lord's forces."
"This time Bethulway Castle has buried a large number of undead plague barrels. This kind of skill means that the influence of the Speculators of the Divine Court is definitely not small in the power of the Plague Lord."
"Their original plan was to choose the conservative aristocratic forces to become the final unified camp and maximize their contribution to the war. But now that the conservative aristocratic forces have been basically destroyed, they must change their plans and take other paths."
"The drow were tricked by them. More importantly, the drow empire is a matrilineal society, and the status of men is extremely low. It is naturally not suitable for the operation of these divine speculators!"
"Therefore, these divine court speculators are very likely to completely surrender to the Lord of Plague and regard the Lord of Plague's forces as the final unified camp!"
Bai Xiaowen pointed his finger at Bethsuway Castle and sighed: "After all, from the perspective of the Plague Lord, these speculators have just given him a big gift..."
"Bethuvius Castle is currently under quarantine."
Nicholas IV spoke quietly, "The tragic disaster that happened in the Northland will never be allowed to happen again in the Xisha Province. Dio, the scholars under your command developed the plague killer drug and saved the human fire in the Northland. Now,
I need your help again."
"This is my honor, Your Majesty. And as a human being, from a humanitarian perspective, I will not sit back and watch the undead plague spread." Bai Xiaowen said righteously.
Nicholas IV had dealt with Bai Xiaowen many times, and of course he would not be fooled by appearances. He said directly: "Dior, if you need any reward, you can just tell me."
"emmm..."
Bai Xiaowen was slightly embarrassed for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, actually I don't want any personal reward... It's just that your Majesty gave me the entire Northland. Now the Northland is poor and desolate, can your Majesty move some places?"
The population is coming?”
"..." Nicholas IV sighed, "You'd better want some personal rewards. Migrating people is a big thing and extremely troublesome. The most important thing is that everyone knows that there was an undead plague in the North, and it's still happening now.
There are a large number of zombies wandering in the North... How can any normal person be willing to move there? I can't ignore the will of the people and force them to leave their homes."
"That's it..."
Bai Xiaowen also sighed and said: "Large-scale migration is indeed difficult, and I understand your Majesty's difficulties."
Nicholas IV was slightly surprised.
Bai Xiaowen raised his head and said: "However, the movement of dozens or hundreds of people should be relatively easy to achieve."
"???" Nicholas IV was confused.
"It's like this. Baishi City currently lacks top talents," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile. "For example, my blacksmith shop can now produce relatively high-quality standard equipment, but the most excellent equipment still cannot be produced."
Production. Can your Majesty send some masters of casting, masters of jewelry processing, masters of inscriptions, masters of alchemy, etc., to my territory? To support the construction of the frontier."
"You are dreaming..." Nicholas IV shook his head, "How many top talents are there in total? When you opened your mouth, there were dozens or hundreds... At present, in the imperial capital, there are only one or two who can be called masters in various industries.
They are just people, and most of them have great reputations. Forcing them to go to you? Wouldn’t it be the same as being exiled, and none of these masters would agree to it.”
"Don't they obey His Majesty's will?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
"First of all, by making such an order, I am twisting the will of the people, and my conscience cannot be at peace." Nicholas shook his head, "Secondly...even if those masters were forced to go to your White Rock City under my will, how many of them would there be?"
Passion for work? Dior, you can force a horse to water, but you can't force a horse to drink."