-
Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading
Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Fantasy -> Swordsman of Faer?n Chapter 308: A Kingdom Becomes an Empire in a Hundred Years
Previous page Return to Catalog Next page
- The fate of Zhentil Keep was doomed before the war began. The tall walls could withstand the orcs and giants from the north, but they could not stop the Iron Legion from the valley.
Although the Zhentarim soldiers are fierce and skilled in fighting, they are no match for the soldiers of the Vale Battalion who have gathered in a mandarin duck formation.
The aristocratic mages who were truly relied upon by the people of Zhentil Castle couldn't help but eclipse themselves in front of the elders of spell casters in the valley.
Look at the spellcasters of Zhentil Castle. The most powerful one among them is Manson's student Ximanmeng. Even if they are numerous, they can face the teleporting great sage Yin Erminster, one of the silver-haired sisters. Silen, Storm, and even Ms. Ximbu also came to help, as well as many outstanding valley spellcasters. These Zhentilburg people were all extremely desperate.
Of course, the most outstanding spellcaster among them is Sandra Hisel, a tavern maid from Gaoyue City in the south of the valley.
This is also an existence that controls the power of cursed fire. Different from William's unique application of the energy-absorbing properties of cursed fire, Ms. Sandra is better at using the power of cursed fire itself to kill targets. She is not afraid of any spells. When facing her, the spellcasters of Zhentil Castle are simply like Like a lamb to the slaughter.
Of course, Manson's escape was the biggest blow to the morale of the defenders of Zhentil Castle. As a truly legendary archmage, Manson should have been the main force against top spellcasters such as Yin Erminster and Shiron.
If Manson could sit in the floating fortress, he could even fight against all opponents on his own. Unfortunately, Manson did not do this.
The army in the valley used golem mechas to break through the southern wall of the city, and also captured the bridge across the Tessa River, and prevented the guards from destroying the bridge. Among them, the monks in the valley army made a determined decision. Small credit.
Finally, when the flag representing the Valley Kingdom was hoisted on the floating fortress to indicate the success of the occupation, the people of Zhentil Castle completely lost the courage to resist. They threw away their weapons, took off their cumbersome armor, and then Flee in panic.
Most of the people of Zhentil Castle chose to surrender in despair, but some soldiers crossed the northern wall of Zhentil Castle and fled further north.
It took the Valley Kingdom¡¯s army three days to capture Zhentil Castle, but it took three months to deal with the residents of this city.
Most of the original citizens of Zhentil Castle were relegated to slave labor and formed into labor camps to open up wasteland and build roads in the south. Some of the former slaves of Zhentil Castle were given freedom and rights and became new citizens of Zhentil Castle. Of course, More of the new citizens were valley folk from the south.
The fall of Zhentil Castle represented the initial stabilization of the general territorial scope of the Valley Kingdom. However, William no longer sought more territorial expansion, but chose to concentrate on development, vigorously carry out infrastructure construction and develop productivity, and encourage the people under his rule. Fertility, popularization of education, and promotion of production have made the entire valley kingdom appear prosperous in a short period of time.
Although in the second year, the so-called Valley Standing Stone Calendar 1360, the Valley Kingdom united with surrounding countries to form a coalition, and had to fight the Tukan tribe, a nomadic army from the east, in a shocking decisive battle in the Kingdom of Sykes in the east. , but this has not affected the pace of development of the valley people.
William is so wise. He is always able to formulate general strategies for the Valley Kingdom in anticipation, and then allows his talented ministers and subordinates to freely use their talents to complete a series of tasks.
He is good at listening to other people's advice. He often walks alone among the people, listens to the people's voices, and then actively solves people's problems.
In fact, William spends most of his time traveling around the valley with groups of guards, joining forces with local guards to eliminate monsters and thieves that endanger people's lives and property.
The most talked-about story is the story of the King of the Valley leading an elite battle group to raid the Underdark.
In the tenth year of the establishment of the Valley Kingdom, dark elves appeared in many places in the Valley Kingdom. These elves from the underground were cruel and vicious guys. They wantonly destroyed farms, attacked towns, massacred civilians, and brought great benefits to the Valley. The kingdom caused quite a bit of damage.
The angry king sent troops around to expel the dark elves, and he himself kept chasing down the executioners. At least four thousand dark elves died on the land of the Valley Kingdom, and three thousand dark elves became the followers of the valley people. Captives and slave labor.
Of course, some dark elves fled back to the deep underground world in panic, but this did not save these poor guys from their bad luck. In order to completely eliminate the threat from the underground, William led an elite battle group composed of tauren, dwarves, and humans into the underground world.
They defeated countless monsters and enemies along the wayHumans, including direclaws, gray dwarves, illithids, myconids, etc.
Of course, the underground race that suffered the most was still the dark elves. The city of Schenla Laien, this underground dark elf city in the south of the valley, suffered the heaviest blow from William.
The dark elves of Skendalion are proficient in prophecy and teleportation magic, especially the use of spells and items to locate food, water and minerals. They were also responsible for the Dark Elves' attacks on the Vale Kingdom, and then they were punished by William.
Of course, the dark elves were not willing to sit still and wait for death. They used spells to summon many helpers, including demons from hell, demons from the abyss, and even the servants of Rose the Spider Queen, the Wax Melt Demon and a large number of demon-hunting spiders.
It¡¯s a pity that their resistance did not delay their defeat, and they even suffered the most fatal punishment from William.
In the end, the city of Schendaren was destroyed by William's cursed fire phoenix. More than 70% of the dark elves died on the spot. The remaining ones who were still alive basically became prisoners of the Valley Kingdom's expeditionary force, with only a few individuals. Fleeing deeper underground.
William has always believed that the biggest problem in the Valley Kingdom has always been insufficient population, so he instituted the forced birth law that his ancestors had tried repeatedly in previous lives.
William stipulated that if any young person who legally reached adulthood did not get married and have children within two years, he or she would be punished by hard labor and be forcibly married by the official government.
This almost impersonal law undoubtedly made many righteous people very uncomfortable. Many people, including the silver-haired sisters, strongly opposed it, but William resolutely enforced it.
Of course, the results brought about by this also made William very happy.
In the first decade of the Valley Kingdom, its total population had exceeded one million, and in its second decade it had even reached as many as three million (an increase of nearly five times compared to the time when the country was founded). Of course, Most of the growing population here are children who are close to being unable to work.
Almost every family in the valley has more than two children, and families with five, six or even seven or eight children are not uncommon.
In order to help people raise these children to grow up normally, William enforced the compulsory education system in the Valley Kingdom, requiring every child in the kingdom to enter school to receive education. The schools in the kingdom provide free breakfast and lunch, and tuition fees are also included. No.
This resulted in the kingdom¡¯s education expenditure accounting for almost 70% of the entire kingdom¡¯s financial expenditure. If William had not been supported by the resources of the entire Flame World, and the Valley Kingdom was the richest grain-producing area in the entire Faer?n, this kingdom would have been long ago. It went bankrupt and collapsed because of the fiscal deficit.
Fortunately, when the first batch of children who received a complete education grew up and successfully entered society and became producers, this great kingdom finally began to take off surprisingly.
The infrastructure of the Valley Kingdom is extremely advanced even in the entire world of Faer?n. Broad rock-based roads run from east to west, north to south, and steep terrain or narrow rivers in various places have been opened up and widened, thus turning natural chasms into thoroughfares.
Many factories powered by magic or fire power were established, and various industrial products were sold throughout Faer?n, including various textiles, metal utensils, swords and armors, books, porcelain, and non-staple foods after deep processing of grains. Large-scale products such as Metal carriages, steel paddle boats, etc., among which the merchants of Sambia and Jondas are especially fond of selling and using the products of the valley.
At this time, the Valley Kingdom began to show some ferocious fangs, and the new generation began to lead the expansion. They annexed the high valleys that had not been conquered by William earlier, and engaged in countless wars and frictions with Sambia.
In fact, in the second decade, William gradually gave up his rights as king and transferred more rights to the chief consul of the Valley Kingdom. Of course, at this time, the chief consul had been deliberately renamed the prime minister by William.
The term of each prime minister is five years, and he cannot be re-elected for more than three terms (including intermittent succession), which means that each prime minister can only be in power for a maximum of fifteen years.
The past first prime minister, Shiron, actually resigned after only one term due to her disagreement with William's ideas (due to the forced marriage order). Her replacement was Zeria, the first governor of the former Yuanshan City. Ms. Taladim.
The reason why this lady took office was not because of her qualifications, but because of her uncompromising execution of William's orders and her rigorous work attitude.
It is precisely because of Ms. Taladim's iron-fisted governance that William's major policies can be implemented smoothly within the kingdom. Of course, Ms. Taladim's reputation is not very good, and many people who are resentful of her are always vicious. Called "cruel witch", "king""Bitch", "Screaming Hag" and so on.
All this stems from Ms. Taladim's consistent harsh punishment during her tenure as prime minister. Whether it is against the people or officials, this iron-fisted female prime minister has never shown mercy to anyone who violates the law, including her. His uncle, Anador Taladim, was severely punished by Lady Taladim.
The reason is that Anatole has been single in his forties and fifties, and then the poor old priest was severely punished and forcibly assigned to a rude and strong widowed peasant woman.
Although this peasant woman who had already given birth to two children gave birth to three more children for the old Taladim, Anador regarded his niece as an enemy from then on.
Why can¡¯t you match your uncle with a prettier and younger aunt?
Ms. Taladim served as prime minister for three consecutive terms and then resigned with William's blessing. By the way, she gave birth to four children for William, one boy and three girls, but Ms. Taladim was not William's. Wife, she was single until she resigned.
William can be said to be the man with the most children in the entire kingdom. He had twenty-six sons and nine daughters. Due to William's longevity, these children were not legally granted any privileges in the kingdom, and they went to school and grew up like normal civilian children.
The only privilege William granted them was the freedom to marry without being bound by marriage laws.
When some people deliberately ask why William does not treat his children equally under the law of marriage, isn't this unfair to others?
William said: "If I really treat everyone equally, it would be unfair to other people's children.
Although there are no legal provisions, my children are born with privileges. This is due to the inheritance of blood and tradition. They are called princes and princesses, and their children will also be regarded as nobles.
If there are too many princes, princesses, and nobles, their existence will inevitably backlog the survival and development resources of civilian children. This is not based on human will. "
Someone asked again: "Then why do you have so many children?"
William replied helplessly: "No way, I have too many wives."
¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤¡¤
In the third decade, a new prime minister came to power, another female prime minister.
Yin Erjana Xingpao, the first consul of Dusk Town, the sister of Cheval Xingpao, William's advisor.
In fact, Cheval Star Robe is more suitable to be the prime minister, but this former magic advisor and assistant of William lives in William's palace, while Ms. Yirjana Star Robe has a half-elf husband.
??However, Yin Erjana only served as prime minister for one term. She did not step down voluntarily, but failed to be re-elected. The National Council of the People's Republic of China cast a vote of no confidence in her re-election evaluation, so Ms. Yin Erjana Xingpao had to quietly step down.
It was William's sister, Mishael Burning Soul, who took over the position of prime minister. She played a leading role in the kingdom's annexation of High Valley ten years ago. The friction between the Valley Kingdom and Sembia was even more important in the southern battle of Valley Ota. Mishal from Sicheng pushed forward with one hand.
The city of Ortas is the super castle built by William in the Battle Valley. The name of the city was given by the earth mother goddess Tantia, which means the place where oats flow.
Of course William preferred to call this city Jinling.
"Mishael is a standard expansionist believer, and even William can't save her from making achievements.
When Mishal came to power, the total population of the valley was close to 10 million, nearly half of whom were ambitious young adults, so she launched a brazen invasion of Sambia and occupied it in just half a year. All of Sambia.
Mishal is an excellent expander. With a population nearly ten times that of the Sambians, she spent three years digesting Sambia's territory and wealth, and then launched a campaign against her in the year she was about to be re-elected. Cormier's offensive.
A year later, Susar, the capital of Cormyr, was captured by the Valley Army led by the female general Serul William's Sword. The Iron Queen of Cormyr, Princess Yalusel Nakakia Obaiszil, was captured. King Azern V of Mir was forced to surrender, and the Kingdom of Cormyr was destroyed.
During the Valley Kingdom's occupation of Sembia, it was not impossible that no one found William, who was almost reclusive, and asked him to stop the "aggression" of the female prime minister as the king. However, William said that due to the power structure of the kingdom, he had no right to interfere with the prime minister's behavior. The resolution was rejected.
Subsequently, some guys under the banner of "savior" organized a top adventure team and tried to assassinate the Prime Minister of the Valley Kingdom, Mishael Burning Soul, in order to prevent the Valley Kingdom from annexing other countries.
??????????? Then thisThe whole team fell under William's knife, and then several big heads that were well hidden were chopped off by William.
William stepped on those big, skeletal heads and threatened: "Mishael is my biological sister. If anyone dares to hurt her, I, the brother, will chop off their head and use it as a ball to kick!"
Mishal served as prime minister for fifteen years. During her tenure, the Kingdom of the Valley successively annexed Sambia, Cormyr, and Hantu (across the Dragon Bay from the Cultivated Valley), and conquered the Rongma Grassland and the Northern Kingdom. The land of Thrall turned the Moon Sea into the kingdom's inland lake.
Therefore, Mishael Burning Soul is called the Conqueror and the Greedy Princess.
At this time, some people are extremely fortunate that the prime minister of the Valley Kingdom has a term of re-election. Fifteen years will not allow Princess Mishal to conquer the entire world.
"Compared to Yamen Khan who tried to lead the Tukan tribe to conquer the world thirty years ago, Mishael's pace of conquest is undoubtedly slower.
But unlike the Tukan tribe, which collapsed once it failed to occupy an area, the Valley Kingdom, under the leadership of Mishal, completely digested any land it occupied and became an integral part of the kingdom.
Under such a steady attack, even though the Valley Kingdom suffered several defeats, it was always invincible. Whether it was the orcs, giants, monster invaders from the north, or the anti-Valley coalition forces organized by the surrounding kingdoms and city-states, they could not resist the Valley army. of military strength.
If it weren¡¯t for the harsh living environment of the wild ice fields in the north, which makes it useless to attack, the northern army led by Feniya and Kagoyin would be enough to overwhelm the frost giants¡¯ lair in the great glacier in the far north.
Since we can¡¯t win on the battlefield, we should solve the problem outside the battlefield¡ªthis is the smartest way for all those who are afraid of the Valley Kingdom.
During the period of Mishal¡¯s last prime minister, many well-known figures joined the Valley Kingdom and contributed to the development of the Valley Kingdom.
They praised everything about the Valley Kingdom, its government, its laws, and its traditions
When Mishael's third consecutive term ended, the wise people actively selected the next successor for the kingdom. It was not that there was no old man in the kingdom who suggested that Mishael should continue to be re-elected, but they were attacked by countless respected and wise people. They claimed that those who proposed such proposals were undermining the foundation of the kingdom.
After having a secret conversation with her brother William, after all, Mishal did not break the rules and continue to be re-elected. She publicly gave a speech about her retirement and encouraged people to support the traditions of the kingdom.
The fifth-generation successor to the Prime Minister of the Valley Kingdom was beyond everyone¡¯s expectations. It was actually the former first-generation Prime Minister¡ªof course, she was still called the Chief Consul at that time¡ªMs. Hillen.
Ms. Hillen¡¯s rise to power did not violate the laws governing the appointment of a prime minister, and the first decree she made when she came to power was to abolish the law of forced marriage. This was what she hated most, and it was also the reason for Hillen¡¯s resignation.
Hillen¡¯s resolution was supported by almost the vast majority of the nation, including the entire government bureaucracy.
No other reason is that it is already the fifth decade since the founding of the Valley Kingdom, and the country's population has reached 30 million. The kingdom's bureaucracy has found it difficult to implement the forced marriage policy, and the civilians below are also unbearable.
The abolition of the compulsory marriage law can be said to be a real move in line with public opinion.
Hillen served as prime minister for two consecutive terms. During her term, the Kingdom of the Valley made almost no move to expand. The entire country and people were immersed in living their own lives. This made the Kingdom of the Valley become the main material of the world of Faer?n and even all of it. The happiest and richest country in the world.
Countless people from other places and even foreign lands are trying their best to migrate to the Valley Kingdom. There are countless ways of smuggling across the country. They are similar to those who fled to the lighthouse in William's previous life in the 1980s and 1990s. It can even be said to be even crazier.
After Hillen ended her reign, the prime minister who succeeded her turned out to be another woman, the most famous female general in the Valley Kingdom, Selul Omesel with the title of "Iron-blooded God of War", the relative of the great King of the Valley. teach students.
The first thing Seluer did when he came to power was to propose to William, who had not shown up to take charge of the affairs for many years, to change the name of the kingdom, but William readily accepted the proposal.
So William and Seluer led the country's dignitaries to hold a grand ceremony under the Stairway to Heaven in Shadow Valley, and renamed the Valley Kingdom the "Xia" Empire, taking the first dynasty of their previous home as the country's name.
Of course people like to call it the Daxia Empire.
The reason why William does not use "Hua" is because there is no inheritance of Chinese culture here, so it cannot be used as a double-character name.
"However, many of William's habits and inheritance from his previous life have gradually spread throughout the empire, such as diet, martial arts, and arithmetic.
The coming to power of Selul Omesel started a new round of expansion of the Great Xia Empire. During her term of office, Tumis, Imbutu, and Saisk became part of the Great Xia Empire. Dragon Coast became the southern territory of the empire.
During this period, William used great power to carve out the southernmost abyssal mountains and connect the southernmost deep lakes with the Weihong Sea. In this way, the southernmost land was also included in the ocean transportation system (the Weihong Sea and the Sea of ??Fallen Stars). natural connectivity).
The last region Selul conquered during his tenure was Aglalon, the kingdom of Lady Ximbu, one of the silver-haired sisters.
However, there was no real war between the two sides. As the Prime Minister of the Empire, Selul Omesel personally went to Aglalon and had a secret conversation with Queen Xinbu. Afterwards, the two sides reached an agreement, and Ms. Xinbu gave up. As Queen, Aglalon was peacefully incorporated into the Bactria Empire and received equal citizen benefits.
The army of the Great Xia Empire wants to protect the people in the Aglalon region from the invasion of the Kingdom of Cyre.
In fact, Xinbu has long been tired of her career as a queen. Even though she has the power to slaughter cities and annihilate countries, she can single-handedly fight against the invasion from the Red Robe Wizards and protect the people of Aglalon.
But this kind of life is not easy, and Xinbu has persisted for nearly a century. She is eager for someone to take over her responsibility. Of course, the premise is that the successor must be reliable enough.
There is no doubt that there is no more reliable successor in the world than the Great Xia Empire. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
- Previous pageCatalogNext page