Pioneering

"I lost." Arthur Lin Vieri said calmly.

He is not a person who cannot afford to lose. He often encountered situations like this when he came out to work more than 200 years ago.

But it's been a long time since he's been in a situation like this where he couldn't even escape.

Especially after being promoted to demigod, he has been gradually transitioning to a divine life.He even flew to the starry sky out of curiosity and stayed in outer space for a while.The shock of the vast starry sky made him realize the insignificance of life and the fragility of power.

If it hadn't been for the civil war between the large and small noble camps caused by Red's administration, he, Arthur, would have planned to pass the throne directly.If you have the energy, it would be great to ascend to the star realm as soon as possible and get rid of your humble life status after becoming a god.

It is common sense to stand at attention when being beaten!

"If you have any conditions, just tell me, and I will try my best to satisfy you," Arthur spread his hands and said,

"It's just that I'm a little curious. Although I haven't had much contact with him, I can tell that Leon just looks a little reckless, but he's actually full of bad intentions behind his back.

His own father even sent him to my place for 'vacation'. When old Fritz came to my place, there were still toxin residues on his body.

What method did you use to drive Leon crazy enough to attack Lance? "

"Of course, I am the loser, you don't have to satisfy my little curiosity." Arthur said calmly.

"Remember the letter I wrote to you?" Zhong Ming reminded.

"Write a letter?" Arthur frowned in thought, "Remember, you are quite graceful, and you wrote half a page to compliment me, trying to lure me into backstabbing Leon.

In order not to cause misunderstanding, well, I thought this was your ploy to sow discord. I also showed the letter to Leon, wrote you a reply in front of him, and scolded you. "

"Arthur," Zhong Ming stepped forward and patted his shoulder, "Times have changed!"

"I just relied on your reply to scold me, and intercepted a few letters you sent to Lance to study, and then forged a letter. Of course, this fake letter was not for Lance, but for Leon. He is not familiar with you after all.

As for Lance, even though I am confident that I cannot see that this is false, he is your son after all and he knows your style of behavior too well. "

"However, I also guessed that something happened to Red in Fritz's country. You will definitely pass the news to Lance and ask him to do a good job. It is not that there will be no chance to take over in the future. By the way, I will complain about Fritz's incompetence, so that He retains his strength and all that.”

"The relationship between your two countries is not good. After Red's accident, I took the opportunity to provoke the nobles on the border between your two countries and started a few warm-up fights.

When Lyon receives the news, he must be worried that you will take the opportunity to attack.And you, Lance, were fascinated by the cake you drew, and you were thinking about whether you could get the upper hand. You were so fascinated by my few words that even a fool could tell that there was something wrong with him!
If Leon wasn't stupid, he would have noticed something strange about Lance. Combined with the news of Red's assassination, do you think he would have thought that you were writing and directing yourself and planning Red's assassination, so as to seek a reasonable invasion of Freeland? tz.

At worst, he will suspect that you want to take the opportunity to cause trouble. "

"At this time, I sent him a fake letter from you. Do you think he still has the calmness to judge whether the letter is true or false? To bet on your ability to maintain your honor in the face of huge interests?
I bet he can't, because he himself has done things like sacrificing relatives to heaven in exchange for profits. You can also deduce that it was Leon who caused old Emperor Fritz to be poisoned and fell into coma, right?

If you use yourself to save others, he will definitely think that you and he are the same kind of people. You are using Red's life to pave the way for Lance and fight for the interests of the Hero Empire. "

"However, my forgery skills are excellent, and your method of information dissemination is outdated, which is also the reason. Who still writes letters these days?
In addition, the God of Wealth's magic has the type of remote communication, but it is not made public.

You don’t understand what advantages the convenience of information communication on the battlefield will have, right?You are simply transparent in our eyes!
In short, you did not lose unfairly. "Zhong Ming explained.

Arthur was silent. Of course he knew how important the role of communication was on the battlefield. He also arranged for wizards to research enchanted communication props suitable for non-wizards. However, after all, the experimental results would not be available in a short time.

At present, writing letters is still the most common method. Of course, there are also methods of second-hand transmission of messages by military wizards, but such spells generally have a relatively large distance limit.

The magic energy dissipates too quickly when leaving the attached body, completely unable to meet the needs of long-distance communication on the battlefield.It can be simply understood as the reflection communication method of short-wave communication. In special environments, it is subject to greater restrictions and the communication distance is not far enough.As for the technology of increasing the frequency band, developing long-wave radiation of magic energy, setting up base stations, and creating relay base points, no one has yet developed it...

Who would have thought that you would have already turned on the communication and hung up at this moment?I thought I would be the first to use it!

If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come to the Northern Continent to join in the fun. It would be nice to hit the old opponents from the Continent honestly and know the basics.

Now the underpants are all going to be lost!
I've fallen into it myself!
Hey!
"If you have any conditions, tell me." Arthur said melancholy.

"Refreshing! Let me tell you straight. Do you recognize the basic defeat etiquette of ceding territory, paying indemnity and opening a commercial port?" Zhong Ming said with a smile.

Damn basic defeat etiquette!
Arthur couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he heard this, and gritted his teeth: "Okay, tell me how big your appetite is!"

"Haha, I just like a cheerful person like you!" Zhong Ming clapped his hands with admiration on his face, "Let's do this, we don't have to cede the land. You are so generous, and I am not a stingy person."

Arthur breathed a sigh of relief. Although he no longer cared about power, it was great to be able to preserve the family business he had worked so hard to start.

However, he didn't think it was because of the sinister conscience in front of him. He was afraid that Yaxia and Hero were too far apart, so it would be of little significance to obtain the enclave, and it would be difficult to control the feudal nobles in the past.

What's more, the Central Continent is not a peaceful and good place. Without the support of a big country, how can it be possible to be a lord in peace?
"But..." Zhong Ming changed the subject, "How does Mr. Arthur view his two sons? Don't deny it. If you don't recognize Lance as your son, I will send someone to spread his ashes!"

Arthur: I knew there was a "but"!
"Red is a bit... too exaggerated. He cares too much about the so-called aristocratic style. He always pays too many unnecessary prices for his reputation and is needlessly restrained by the group of insects below.

But in fact, his level of handling government affairs is still good, much better than ordinary monarchs.The reason why there was a civil war among the nobles was that he was too indecisive, and because you, the merchants of Asia, are really too 'powerful'! "Speaking of this, Arthur glanced at Zhong Ming.

Can it be awesome?Have you ever seen a businessman who could haul out a warehouse of pistols, rifles and artillery and sell arms everywhere?
Isn’t it just for the purpose of buying arms?

The child took a branch and wanted to have fun chopping melons, vines and weeds!These nobles suddenly had "hard goods" in their hands, and they wanted to shoot anyone they saw.

Why don't you wait to scrap it and sell it?
Unfortunately, most of the arms bought and confiscated from the Yashai merchants this time did not hit the heads of the Yashai people. Instead, they hit the heads of their own allies and monsters.

Zhong Ming pretended not to understand Arthur's sarcasm and motioned for him to continue speaking as if nothing had happened.

Don’t other businessmen also engage in the arms business of armor, swords, bows, arrows, and horses?It’s not like I didn’t pay taxes. What’s wrong with my Yaxia businessman’s business being bigger?
"Lance...he is very good, very good. Except for some stubborn and ignorant changes, everything else is very good." Although Arthur's evaluation of the illegitimate son was brief, it was obviously much higher than Red's evaluation.

"Okay, okay, I also think Lance is very good. You actually want to hand the Hero Empire into his hands, right?" Zhong Ming smiled slightly, "Then, I suggest you give him a chance."

"You!" Arthur's pupils shrank, and he stared at Zhong Ming with his blue eyes. He didn't believe that Zhong Ming had such a good intention to help him solve his problems, "What do you mean?"

"Of course, inheritance by the eldest son is also a legal principle and cannot be violated. So I suggest that the Hero Empire is not very big and can accommodate two emperors." Zhong Ming grinned, showing the standard eight white teeth.This statement couldn't be more clear. This is clearly to divide the Heroic Empire!

Veins bulged on Arthur's forehead: "Don't go too far!"

"Haha, winners never go too far, only not enough," Zhong Ming walked up to Arthur coldly, patted Arthur's cheek gently, and whispered,

"You don't have to accept it, at worst I'll kill you here, and then do you think Lance and Red are capable of getting rid of the script I arranged?

Your death will only make these two young people more sad!It’s hard to say what the nobles in the Hero Empire will do! "

"If you offend me, I will kill Lance and Red to accompany you. Let's see what your Hero Empire will be like without the emperor and heir!"

"Think about it! The loser has no bargaining chips. Isn't this an old rule?"

"It will not be good for you if the Hero Empire is divided. If the Fritz Empire takes the opportunity to dominate the Central Continent, you, Yaxia, will also be a big threat!" Arthur said.

"Hey, then I will dismantle the Fritz Empire. Leon is losing money this time. He has problems with his position. His eldest brother Eddie is still planning how to regain his position!" Zhong Ming said.

Arthur knew he had no right to refuse, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I agree!"

"Double compensation for the goods robbed by you of the Yashai merchants. You have to pay for the construction cost of the Nok defense line and the military expenses of the Yashai battle. Every Yashai merchant who was killed by you and the Yashai who died in the battle You have to pay for General Xia’s pension.”

"...The Heroic Empire has been spending a lot of money recently..."

"Then use minerals and manpower to compensate!"

"...Yes." Arthur gritted his teeth and squeezed out.

"A treaty port is a good thing for mutual benefit and reciprocity. Let's understand it..." Zhong Ming handed over a volume of treaty.

"I'll sign it." Arthur opened it and took a rough look at it, then said in a smashing manner.

"Long live peace!" Zhong Ming extended a hand of friendship.

"Long live peace." Arthur agreed reluctantly.

"Those captured knights, oh, and the captured Emperor, how do you calculate the ransom? What price do you think you and your knights are worth?" Zhong Ming asked suddenly as Arthur was about to fly away. .

Arthur staggered: "Just tell me the price, I can't refuse anyway."

Zhong Ming said: "I love reading books. I heard that the Hero Empire has many books..."

Arthur: "..."

……

A few days later, Leon, "led" by Lance, wandered around Asia aimlessly, and was eventually caught by Zhong Ming who had his hands free.

The [-] Dire Bear Knights are very powerful, but if I take out the [-] Yun Qi Corps, how should you respond, Mr. Lyon?
Even if the cloud energy of the [-] warrior cloud army is a little watery, and the connection between the spirit, energy, and the heaven and earth is loosened, without Zhong Ming's main formation, it will not even be able to condense the concrete vision of the army.

But Zhong Ming can fight, very good!
He still has some brave high-level magic beasts and an adult dragon in his hands, as well as several third-level powerhouses from Yaxia.

And besides these [-] Bear Knights, what else does Lyon have?He himself is still one step away from being a demigod, and he has not brought many masters with him. Most of them stayed outside the Nok defense line as a cover. Now they are either dead or fleeing to the central continent.

A battle without suspense.

After losing [-] warriors, they won the battle and completely annihilated the Yaxia Yunqi Legion of the Giant Bear Knights. In the future, even without Zhong Ming's main formation to act as a link, the vision can be realized. .

Leon was so angry that he raised his sword to commit suicide, but was stopped by Zhong Ming.

"Sir Leon, I heard that your new wife is just pregnant. If you die here, your eldest brother Eddie will probably take over. Do you dare to bet on what he will do to your wife and children?
You and I both know what you did.You don’t want your newlywed wife to be bullied by your elder brother, right?You don’t want your child to be tortured when he comes into this world, right? "

Zhong Ming successfully dispelled Leon's desire to die.

Leon, who regained his composure, said: "Tell me your conditions. I don't think you want to defeat an enemy and raise a new enemy. The industrial progress and reform advocated by my elder brother, if he takes office, will be harmful to you." The damage to Xia's interests is much greater!
After the reform, Fritz has the potential to compete with Yaxia in the market. "

Zhong Ming said: "As expected of Mr. Lyon, he pointed out the key to interests at once. Let's do this. I have a plan to solve the conflict between you and your elder brother. What do you think..."

Zhong Ming changed his words and conveyed the idea of ​​forcibly splitting up Fritz's empire to Lyon, and said that even if Lyon disagreed, he would support the child in his wife's belly and compete with Eddie in the ring. Anyway, the loser has limited chips. It doesn’t have to be you, it’s up to you.

Zhong Ming pointed out that his position would be unstable due to defeat after returning to China, so he might as well go with the flow and give him a little more room to move.

No matter how much Leon gritted his teeth, beat his heart and stamped his feet, he finally accepted it.

As for the payment of compensation for defeat and the opening of ports, compared with this separatist move, those are small matters and can be easily negotiated.

……

Spring of the 16th year of the Ashar calendar.

The Asshai monarch Zhong Ming led his army to fight against the invasion of Fritz and Hero. The war lasted for more than a hundred days. During this period, Zhong Ming cleverly used the gap between the two sides to provoke internal fighting between the two sides.

As fate favored, an unprecedented tide of beasts attacked the headquarters of the Hero Expeditionary Force, causing heavy losses to the invading coalition forces.

Later Zhong Ming led his army to capture the two monarchs head-on and forced them to sign an unequal contract, which split Fritz into two. Eddie Fritz was in charge of the East Fritz Empire, and Leon Fritz was in charge of West Fritz. The Ci Empire, and the Hero Empire was also forced to be divided into northern and southern parts, controlled by Red and Lance respectively.

At this point, there are two more empires in the Central Continent, and their power is more dispersed, and they can no longer threaten the Northern Continent. (End of chapter)