"Your Majesty, the wise Emperor, I completely agree with you."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Forcing is just inferior, but we can use inducements."
After coughing, Bai Xiaowen said: "Those masters are basically short of money, and ordinary money is not very attractive to them. However, I still have something I can give...a title."
"If the masters from the imperial capital are willing to come to White Rock City and teach top skills in various industries, I am willing to entrust the Northland to them as a private territory. Every master who has successfully recruited apprentices will receive a title starting from Viscount... It should be very
Attractive."
"Viscount with real power?" Nicholas IV raised his thick brows slightly.
Nobles with real power must have their own fiefs, which is the biggest difference from nobles in name only.
However, enfeoffing new powerful nobles means dividing their own land and weakening their own strength. Therefore, neither the royal family nor the great nobles are willing to do this.
Bai Xiaowen replied with a smile: "I have this plan, but I need to obtain His Majesty's consent."
This also involves the empire's New Deal laws. The old aristocrats have the right to split their fiefdoms and create new powerful aristocrats, but the new aristocrats cannot. Many of the powers of the new aristocrats have been taken back by the empire, and the right of first night is only
An insignificant one of them.
The empire's new reform policy is to transform the original feudal empire into a centralized empire. It's no wonder that the old nobles of the Xisha Province are opposed to it.
Therefore, if Bai Xiaowen wants to entrust the land in the North to others, he needs the consent of Nicholas IV to take effect.
Nicholas IV nodded slightly and said: "The titles and fiefs do look very attractive. They may really attract masters from various industries to join us."
Nicholas used the word "maybe" because the conditions in the North are too dangerous. The fiefdoms are barren and barren, and there are a group of zombies... It is really unknown whether the masters can be tempted to join. If
If you change it to a fiefdom in a central province, you will have much greater control.
Bai Xiaowen then said: "I don't require the masters to stay in the North. After they arrive at Baishi City, they can recruit apprentices while working. After the first batch of apprentices leave, they can get their due fiefdoms and titles, and then return
In the imperial capital, you can enjoy the life of the upper class as a noble."
Nicholas was slightly surprised, then nodded: "The conditions are very favorable."
It only takes a few years to lead a group of apprentices. After a few years of hardship, even the top masters in various industries will be moved by the opportunity to gain the status of a powerful aristocrat.
"Your Majesty agrees to my plan?" Bai Xiaowen said.
"I have no reason to refuse," Nicholas replied.
"Your Majesty is wise."
There is no need to bring out the rhetoric that Bai Xiaowen originally prepared. It seems that Nicholas also sees the importance of Northland.
The conservative nobles were destroyed, the drow empire was blocked, and the Plague Lord force was left. If it wanted to attack the surface world, where could it go?
The underground passage of the Bethulway Gold Mine has been sealed, and they can only take the old road to the north, the territory of the remnants!
By then, the Northland Province will inevitably become the front line for the confrontation between the two forces. At this time, strengthening the power of the Northland is what Emperor Nicholas IV is happy to see.
What's more, Nicholas IV still has a lot to borrow from Bai Xiaowen. Among other things, this batch of plague killer drugs is very urgent.
"Now, we need to think about the next important issue...how to deal with the drow army infected with the undead plague." Bai Xiaowen said.
"These underground monsters have become the source of the plague and should be wiped out all." Nicholas IV said, "I have ordered the imperial army to surround Bethovee Castle and be ready. They must not be allowed to spread the plague virus wantonly!"
Bai Xiaowen smiled: "I think I can talk to the drow mistress."
…
Bethsuway Castle is currently in a semi-ruined state.
The undead plague itself will not damage the building, but the Awakeners of the Divine Court deliberately created explosive barrels to ensure that the plague virus spreads in the shortest possible time. The strong impact of the explosion caused this century-old castle to collapse.
The current Bethlehem Castle is occupied by the drow.
Cynthia, the drow mistress, fled the castle area immediately after the explosion started, but then she discovered that the explosion stopped quickly and the green mist spread to the entire city.
Mother Cynthia said she was no stranger to this green mist.
The undead plague virus in Plaguelands.
As both underground forces, the Drow Empire has dealt with the Plague Territory many times. Of course, the famous Undead Plague is well understood. After all, the Drow are also living beings and are also affected by the infection of the Undead Plague. If there is no awareness of this virus,
If we were on guard, the drow empire would have been annexed by the Plague Lord long ago.
After Mother Cynthia confirmed her own safety, she began to worry about her army.
This army is the strongest strength of Matron Cynthia, and it is the foundation for her to control the Knosolis tribe. There is no doubt about its importance.
Now that her life was no longer threatened, Mother Cynthia naturally rushed back to the castle area and resumed commanding the battle.
The drow army already had an advantage in terms of strength. The return of Mother Cynthia quickly stabilized the morale of the army. Of course, the other human soldiers could not resist and were killed one after another.
In the end, the drow took control of the crumbling castle, made simple repairs, and temporarily settled down.
Then they began to use the old method of injecting poison into spider spirits, fighting poison with poison, and driving away the undead plague virus.
However, the results were unsatisfactory. No matter how hard the drow tried, the old methods failed to work. The spider poison could only barely suppress the spread of the plague virus, but could not completely eliminate it.
Mistress Cynthia was panicked.
She finally thought of a question.
…
"Ms. Cynthia, you should have thought of it a long time ago," Bai Xiaowen, who was sitting on the back of a chair with a lazy posture, said with sarcasm, "The Plague Lord has long known that the drow have the means to fight the undead plague.
It actually chooses to use the undead plague to plot against you, of course it has sufficient confidence."
"This confidence comes from the strengthening of the undead plague virus...or improvement." Bai Xiaowen ended with one sentence.
There was no emotion or anger on Mistress Cynthia's face, and she said coldly: "Arrogant man, if you were underground, your attitude would have been fed to spiders long ago."
"I need to remind you, don't pretend that drow women are superior to men. I am a real human being," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile. "Feed me to spiders, and you won't be afraid of Knosolis."