"Your Highness, after hearing your words, I feel relieved all of a sudden, but please keep it a secret for me for the time being.
"Don't worry, no one here will break my word and the refugees will follow suit."
With Reina's affinity with her people, the Volga refugees are willing to keep silent about what they see.
After bringing the puppet back to the subspace, Lin Qing decided to bid farewell.
"Then, see you at the manor."
Papa approached the princess and spoke to Lin Qing while she was watching her until he disappeared from her sight.
"He is a great man and our people are very pleased with what he has done with soldiers.
"is that so?"
"Yeah, maybe the young master will awaken Viscount Luo's fascinated soul."
When they finished assessing Lin Qing, they turned to where the refugees were and left.
The capital of the empire - Nemesis.
In the center of the city is a palace consisting of tens of meters of minarets.
The emperor's office is located in the tallest tower.
On the gorgeous mahogany desk imported from the southern continent, sat a middle-aged man with long red hair like a lion's mane.
He is Rudolph, known as the Emperor of the Bar Locke Empire, the Lion King.
Hearing Walters' response, Rudolph snorted nervously.
"103 Why does he oppose such a dead place? If you really want to fight, you have to fight the Marquis of Meyer."
The reason why the empire spared Viscount Luohan and did not interfere with their affairs was because of the history of this land.
If they gain a little power, they intend to stop them.
"But, why did that greedy monarch attack Luo?"
"Not long ago, Luo Han's young lord took Princess Leina away to take away the refugees, but the scorpion cavalry who went to stop them were reported missing. According to the count, it was Luo who did it.
"Where's the evidence?"
"There is no hard evidence, which is why there is a lot of discussion at the noble meeting."
Lin Qing had already buried his body deep underground, and the count could not find any of the thousand scorpion riders.
Rudolph thought for a while and asked Walters, "What do you think?"
"I want to know if we should take care of the viscount. It will be embarrassing for you to touch that piece of land, so I think it's better to let the monarch take care of it for you."
"Well, right?"
In fact, there was another reason for Rudolph's decision, but he chose not to say it.
"Okay, then I agree."
Rudolf (cdag) made his decision, stamped the emperor's seal on the payment slip, and moved on to the next installment.
"The Pope of the Holy Arthurian Empire has fallen?"
"Yes. According to the news that came yesterday, the old Pope collapsed while praying."
"Is it because of illness?"
Pope Arthur is over eighty years old and suffers from chronic diseases. Everyone is concerned about his health.
"That's what I'm assuming, that there's already a fight among the cardinals to be the next successor."
"Whoa! That's great news."
"Is there any room for us to intervene at this time?"
He asked whether it was possible to intervene in the succession struggle.
One may or may not spark a civil war, or there may be deep struggles between factions that drive them far from unity.
"Unfortunately, the church is closed...but we can try."1
"Well, we don't care if we fail."
It has been a long time since ghost town refugees made it safely into the Viscount.
"Hey, get some wood here!"
"When will Brick arrive?!"
"Be careful, don't cause an accident!"
Loud noises and shouts from the building supervisor resounded throughout the estate.
Suddenly there was massive civil work and a massive mobilization, and no one was upset about it.
There is no reason to object to ghost town refugees, since they are building their own homes. Not only adults, but also the elderly and children stretched out their hands to help.
Locals love it because they can make money through civil engineering.
In addition, those young people who went out to make money came back in a good mood after hearing the rumors.
Manor Office.
Lin Qing is having a meeting with his retainers.
"not bad."
Lin Qing looked at his retainers and opened his mouth.
"How long will the town be built?"
"The blacksmith's and other workshops are located outside the town, and public baths are being built next to the square. Factories and warehouses are being built near the farmland."
"Okay, the walls that keep the city?"
"We're going to these areas. We're improving and expanding it and rehabilitating existing ones."
"We're dealing with a thing where we're postponing the building of the bridge to the estate to the south because it requires quite a high level of skill."
If someone can manage to build a bridge from the gorge, it will be easy to get to the South Manor without any other route.
"Let's leave that to the techies later. I hope to leave it to some good dwarves."
"Young master, there is one thing that doesn't make sense."
"What?"
"Why do you want to build a small town under Qingcheng Mountain?"
In fact, this question is not only questioned by Dillon, but also by other retainers.
"Ah, that place? This is done to develop the mines near Qingcheng Mountain.
"Mines? Are there mines over there?"
"Yes, a ghost town refugee had a lot of ideas for mine development. He did a lot of exploring, determined there were mines on Mount Allure, and found traces of mines used by the ancient dwarves.
"Is that really the case?" Dillon and the other retainers were shocked by the lie Lin Qing just told.
"Dwarven Mine has not been discovered in a hundred years..."
"I went there myself to see, there is no road there, just like a piece of private land. Those who eat money to find mines will never find it."
"That, that's true."
Last year, Lin Qing tried unsuccessfully to use Aron's debt to develop the mine.
"I'm glad you succeeded.
"Yeah, I am also looking forward to it, waiting for the result.
"And after the town is built, farmland needs to be developed."
Hearing Lin Qing's words, all the retainers nodded.
In order to develop land, food must be produced in large quantities.
"The north of the manor is flat land, but there is no water there." The agricultural official pointed to the map and said.
"I'll find out more about this issue."
"I see."
"By the way, how is the Earl?"
To Lin Qing's question, Hans, the steward replied:
"In the Reichstag, he proposed a war claiming we had killed his Scorpion Riders. This is only a hypothesis, but I think the request will be rejected soon
As soon as Hans finished speaking, the attendants in the room began to scold the count.
"That pig! We haven't even seen a scorpion trooper!"
"That's right. We just crossed a small piece of their territory and brought ghost town refugees in, but never came into conflict with the Earl's soldiers!"
The retainers were right, they had never seen a scorpion cavalry before.
Of course Lin Qing knew it well, he tried to appease his retainers as if he didn't know it himself. .
