High Above

  Chapter 682 You have an intelligence network, and I have prophetic powers! (6600)

Xiahui Lake, one of the three holy places of the mountain people, although it cannot be compared with the sacred majesty of Qigang Mountain, nor can it be compared with the steel dragon nest where the dragon **** rests, but its value is so great that it can be said that the entire mountain people sublimated core of the system.

The Xiahui grass produced in the former Xiahui Lake is an important part of many magical medicines inherited by the mountain people. The spiritual energy nourishing extract extracted from it can effectively promote the development of many spiritual energy and spiritual organs. It is also the reason why the mountain people in the past had very low alchemy skills, but there were still many high-level sublimators—materials are a very important part.

  As the most critical step in the policy of restricting the inheritance of mountain people two hundred years ago, Xiahui Lake and the surrounding area were completely cut off and handed over to the management of the Lai'an family, who was born in the Xuanfeng Department and intermarried with the imperial nobles. With the new planting technology being used, the resources and fertile land of Xiahui Lake have been effectively utilized, and a steady stream of spiritual energy nourishing extracts have been transported to the entire Nanling and even all parts of the empire.

   Only the mountain people seem to be forgotten. As the former owners of this place, many mountain tribes did not get the slightest benefit. Only a small number of "privileged mountain people" such as the Lai'an family and the Xuanfeng tribe were secretly reviled by most of the mountain people as "imperial compradors" The tribe can gain wealth from it.

   But now, everything has changed.

  As Ian Yinfeng led his steel armor to crush the rebellious mountain people's troops, and successfully took over the military, government, and taxation power in Xiahui City, the ancient mountain people's holy land once again ushered in a new owner.

  And this time... this young, handsome, but ruthless lord of the Bai Zhimin actually claimed to have the blood of the mountain people.

  This incident itself is already outrageous. Although the Yinfeng family is indeed the "mountain people" in the Yinfeng Mountains at the back of the empire, it is not the same as the mountain people of the Dragon God's people.

   And he even claimed to be the messenger of the Dragon God!

  —What a joke.

  Most of the mountain people who knew the news had this idea in their minds at first. Do you really think they don’t know the history of the Ciehalorvo family’s exile? Changing the name does not mean changing the origin!

   But what's even more incredible is that he really is!

   Not just dragon blood. The revival of the sacrificial fire on the holy mountain, and the fact that the holy land of Qigang Mountain is once again blooming brightly, made all the mountain people have to believe that this white man who claims to be the messenger of the Dragon God...may really represent a certain trend of fate.

If he is not Feiyan's spy, Gamma promises that he will definitely do his best to serve this lord who has brought many miracles and changes. Among other things, Ian easily suppressed all the middle-level people in Xiahui City The smooth operation of class, reorganization of the power structure of the alchemy workshop, and recovery of tax rights and military power of the Self-Defense Forces is enough to prove that he is a man of great skill.

  Follow such a lord, the sooner the better, his future is bound to be brilliant, and the future is also great.

Gamma really wished to send his grandson to the "advanced professional training class" mentioned by the city hall. This class accepts people from the age of eight to twenty-two. No matter how old they are, they will go to the "adult training class". Full-time schools' off.

   "But who told my stupid son to marry a stupid woman..."

  The man with the chubby round face let out a long sigh. He now knows what is meant by 'one wrong step, one wrong step'.

His daughter-in-law was indeed the daughter of a scholar in Nauman City back then, but the scholar died because of his involvement in the political struggle in the city. The surviving daughter kept her anonymity, hated the empire that took her father's life, and wanted revenge wholeheartedly. to absorb.

She originally wanted to marry someone with a higher status, not the son of a village official like her own son, but because the geographical location of Xiahui Territory is too important, and it is one of the holy places, for the goal of Feiyan Land, The woman married anyway and even had a baby.

  Then...what else can I do?

Over the years, Gamma has leaked most of the building distribution and street maps of the former Leian City and Nauman City to Flameland, and because he was in charge of municipal construction at the beginning, and he was able to connect with many caravans, so he also One of the keepers of Flameland's dark supply line at South Ridge.

   And that woman was diligent and thrifty in managing the family, not to mention her hatred for the empire, she was a good daughter-in-law, but because of excessive depression, she died of illness during her second pregnancy.

   It's too late.

Things have come to this point, he no longer expects to be forgiven, and he will not naively think that turning himself in will get a good result...I can only pray that all this will not happen, as long as those rebellious mountain people are all dead , Nanling once again restored peace.

  Even if it is Flameland, it can only be lurking.

  Your own life can return to peace.

   Maybe.

   But, just this night.

  Gamma's fantasy was shattered by iron facts.

   In the beginning, everything was business as usual.

  After work was over, Gamma made dinner for her well-behaved and sensible grandson after returning home.

  The elven grain fruit sold at the city hall tastes really good. Cracked red moon fruit can be used to stew fruity sweet porridge with fine rice. Misty pomelo can be used as an afternoon dessert for children. Stir-fried pomelo peel is also delicious.

   Coupled with rice cakes steamed with bacon, even before the food disaster, this meal was quite hearty.

This is also the reason why Gamma thinks that Ian will definitely be able to do great things - he can return enough food to the territory under such circumstances, and he is not like some stupid lords and officials who want to take advantage of the food disaster to make a lot of money A sum of blood money to sell all food at a low price.

  Being able to do this kind of thing is enough to prove Ian's ability and restraint on desire.

   Some money cannot be earned, and if you earn it, you will lose your children and grandchildren. It sounds simple, but many people just don’t understand it. This is why the greed of businessmen is hated by everyone.

   In addition to this, the new lord also renovated almost the entire city with new roads, and built new roads to Jinye Town.

The slogan of the city hall is 'If you want to be rich, build roads first', this is true at all, the original Xiahui leader is indeed rich, but it is only related to the alchemy industry, and money can't buy it Any good things, many people want to buy some comfortable furniture, have to be transported from Nauman City.

   In the final analysis, the traffic is still inconvenient. Most of the territories around the Onyx Plain were like this. The nobles sandwiched between Nauman City and the mountain people enjoyed the life of their local emperors, and were unwilling or even afraid to have contact with more advanced empires.

   Not even just them—Harrison Port and Boya Territory too? Most of the nobles in Nanling are the marginal people of the empire, who were exiled here for various reasons.

   But not Ian.

  He doesn't care about the little authority in his territory, what he wants to do is to become a member of the big stage of the empire.

  Although Gamma hated his identity as a spy, it was precisely because he was forced to deal with the Flame Land and the Empire that he could see the current situation in Nanling more clearly.

  The arrival of Ian and the merging with the Avod tribe is a signal... The Nanling nobles headed by the Marquis of Barton will take advantage of the opportunity of confronting the Flame Land to integrate all the Nanling nobles and mountain people into one.

  The rebellion caused great trouble, but it also exposed all the restless elements.

  Sometimes, many things can be done easily only if they are against the flag.

   "Little Dale, dinner is ready!"

  Working in the hands, the things in the head will diverge. Gamma didn't take back his thoughts until the dinner was finished, and shouted into the room: "You like sweet porridge, and bacon pies."

"Good grandpa!" The energetic child's voice came galloping along with pattering steps, and soon, a boy with bright orange hair came behind Gamma, looking at the porridge cooker with bright eyes. Cauldron: "Wow, it smells so good!"

"Didn't go out to play today?" Gamma noticed that his grandson's clothes were clean, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, while Little Dale hummed and replied: "What's the 'underground pipeline' being built outside today...many people are digging holes in the open space Digging, we went to Paco's house to play."

"Then I have to thank you next time. God knows how messed up other people's homes are, you bunch of brats." Gamma shook her head slightly. The underground pipeline is also one of the municipal projects that the new lord will do—he will The underground pipeline system in Xiahui City has been completed, and it flows out along the Ai Lei River all the way.

  This is a big project, and Xiahui City is not a big city that needs an underground waterway project, but judging by the determination of the young lord, he is obviously serious.

Putting the fruit porridge and meatloaf on the table, Gamma planned to go upstairs to see his unconscious son who was probably drunk, this trash, it would be better to die, sometimes Gamma really hates it How did I give birth to such a coward, but what can I do? Children can't choose their parents, and parents can't choose their children.

   At this moment, a voice that made Gamma's body tremble came from the edge of the street not far away.

  It was the hum of electromagnetism, and the sound of steel weights trampling the streets.

   Gamma was taken aback. He left his grandson with a puzzled expression, and walked quickly to the window. The chubby man with a round face cautiously opened the curtains.

  He saw that several magnetic storm armors were slowly moving forward on the street, and an **** team followed closely behind.

The magnetic storm armor is also the latest weapon brought by the lord. This kind of equipment allows ordinary people to have the power to compete with the sublimated, even if it is only for a short time, and compared to the real sublimated, their destructive power But there is no doubt.

  Up to now, it has become the representative of the core armed forces of the Lord's Mansion, and its dispatch... definitely means that something big is about to happen.

  It is winter now, the chill on the street sets off the warmth of the lights in the windows of each house, but now Gamma's heart is as cold as the water in Xiahui Lake.

   Gamma felt guilty.

  How could he not feel guilty?

He's a real spy, one of Flameland's most important figures in the Empire's supply boxes, and now the guards of the Lord's Mansion are patrolling the streets in their Zebra suits... they're knocking on doors, asking, and taking a couple personal…

   Isn’t this the process of reviewing spies? !

Gamma held his breath. He watched the guards ring the doorbells of one house after another, and then entered the house under the puzzled gaze of the owner, asking questions... the lucky ones were just asked some questions, while the unlucky ones were used With the sword on his neck, he was dragged out of the house in a state of embarrassment.

  Howling, screaming, crying and justifying... All can only make the initial short urgent sound, and then it is interrupted by the dull knocking sound.

  The guards don't need to listen to people's justifications, tears, or insults from people's fear and hatred—they don't care about these, they are the sword and shield of the lord, and they only need to perform their tasks.

  He cannot escape.

"dad?"

  Drunken questions sounded, and Gamma heard the voice of his son Levin coming down from the bedroom on the second floor.

   Turning around, a man with disheveled clothes and a beard was holding a wine bottle and asked puzzledly, "What happened outside? Why... hiccup, someone screamed?"

  He burps.

   "...get back to your room."

   Gamma was silent for a while, he turned his head to look at his son: "Go drink your wine, don't come out!"

   "Take little Dale and don't come out!"

For a while, the drunken man was also awakened by his father's stern gaze. He leaned against the wall with a bottle in his hand at a loss, looked at Little Dale who was dazed and didn't know why he didn't have dinner, and looked at eye gamma.

  He suddenly understood: "Did something happen?"

Levin put down the wine bottle in his hand and stood up straight as much as possible. He showed a relieved expression, and a relief of "finally it's my turn" appeared on the man's face: "Then let me go. Dad, kid Dale still needs someone to take care of me, a piece of trash like me... can't do it."

   "You know you're trash, but you still expect you to take the blame?"

  Gamma yelled in a sharp tone: "It's also fortunate that you are a waste, and I think you can survive—don't drink in the future, and take good care of little Dale. If it doesn't work, move to the countryside further south, it's better than dying."

   "Dad..." "Grandpa..."

   Gamma calmed down. He didn't have time to feel regret and regret. He listened to his family's instinctive persuasion. The static noise caused by the magnetic storm armor was very close, and the footsteps of the guards had already arrived at the door.

   thump, thump, thump.

   There was a knock on the door.

  Gamma left the window, left the sweet and sweet kitchen, and soon he will leave his home...and probably never return.

   But he still walked.

   "Is it Director Gamma's family?"

  The voice of the guard outside the door was calm, even with a touch of kindness, but it did not give any comfort. When Gamma opened the door, he did not reveal it at the beginning, but pretended not to know: "Guards? May I ask this..."

   "Gamma, let's open the skylight and speak brightly."

  The round-faced man heard a familiar voice. Old Fal stepped out of the escort, and Scott, the lord's deputy, was standing beside him.

The old man's dark golden pupils looked at the astonished Gamma. Farr smiled calmly and nodded slightly to his old friend: "All the actions today are for you. This is your only chance to survive. "

"You have no right to refuse, unless you want your son and grandson to die before your eyes. I never hesitate to threaten, because I don't want anyone to misjudge the lord's determination—think of Xilin, this is my last piece of advice .”

   "Next, let me tell you, listen."

  …

   In the last ten days of the year 773 on Terra, the large-scale spies arrest operation in Xiahui Territory was the event that attracted the most attention of local residents after the holy mountain sacrificial fire was rekindled.

In just one week, hundreds of 'spies', 'spies', 'criminals' and 'sympathizers of the rebellious mountain people' were arrested in Xiahui's territory. A considerable number of these people were indeed arrested by mistake, but they His daily actions are quite suspicious, and even the relatives and friends of these people have to admit it—after all, they don’t go home at three o’clock in the middle of the night, but go out to fish. Except for the fisherman, even the family members will suspect that he is a Is there any secret mission?

The list is very long, and most of them are quite decent. Some of them are former Xiahui officials, and some are family members and relatives of civil servants recruited recently. These people may not be spies, but according to past customs, Using the materials in the city hall's warehouse to fill their pockets and make ill-gotten gains, they thought it was a common practice, and it would be strange not to do it, and the lord might not care, but it turns out that what they did was all in the lord's eyes.

   And the lord cares.

Most of the corrupt and bribe-taking elements were canceled as civil servants, and then sentenced to hard labor. There are a lot of hard labor waiting in the territory, and those who were punished did not even dare to refute, because their fate was good enough , After the hard labor is over, you can still stay in Xiahui collar after you promise to correct your evil ways and return to righteousness.

  And the other real spies and spies... don't say they can't stay in Xiahui.

   They can't even stay in this world.

  “…During this difficult period, how many compatriots in Nanling can’t eat enough? Both the mountain people and the imperial people are in a bad situation because of the food disaster.”

"Some people say that the residents of Nauman City still have enough food supplies, but the mountain people can only suffer from hunger—this is wrong. I have walked all the way from the imperial capital, and I have seen the conditions of all important cities and regions in Nanling, Whether it's Nauman City or Double Tree Town, the prices of all food-related commodities have risen by more than 80%, and everyone's life is very difficult. At this point, everyone is the same, suffering from the biological warfare in Flameland."

"Only our Xiahui Territory—because I spent a lot of money to buy grain from the Central Great Plains and grain from Canaan Moore, so the grain price in the territory is relatively smooth, and the reconstruction work is also quite smooth, but this has also become a thorn in the enemy's side. "

   "They use various methods to destroy our existing achievements, including poisoning the granary, polluting the well, intending to burn the warehouse and other vicious methods."

"It's them—my citizens, these people—they have infiltrated into us and even become civil servants in the territory. They used to be a group of people who lived well in the territory, but who would have thought that for their own Wealthy and rich, they are going to starve everyone else and poison the food we all depend on for the ridiculous amount of money Fei Yandi provides?"

   "The sin of doing evil for one's own selfish desires is absolutely unforgivable. Their only end is death."

   "Right now, right now."

  The announcement made by the young lord in the square resounded throughout the city.

   What followed was bursts of fanatical cheers.

The Xiahui Territory is purifying itself, removing all crimes and discordant factors. The power of the Lord's Mansion and the City Hall has once again expanded. Many gentry and city families are peacefully silent. They swear that they will follow the policies of the Lord's Mansion and never Dare not deviate in any way.

  Theoretically speaking, the execution of hundreds of people in Xiahui's territory for a short period of time will cause turmoil no matter what.

   But who said that most of those people are undoubted spies, or vicious insiders who intend to keep everyone from eating?

   Not to mention those hateful officials who took bribes, the lord wants to hang them, and ordinary residents will only welcome 10,000 people, and they even want blood to splash on them to join in the fun.

  In the final analysis, compared to those who are not very familiar and unknown are captured...

  The people still prefer to watch the execution of corrupt officials.

  Ian's approval rating skyrocketed all the way.

Gamma stood under the stage with a dazed expression on his face. He watched a few "old acquaintances" whom he knew to be Flame's spies being hanged on the gallows. While feeling his neck tense, he also I couldn't help but feel a burst of gratitude, and a heartfelt gratitude for the magnanimity of the young lord.

  —He survived. The price was another betrayal.

   Or in other words...abandoning darkness and turning to light.

   "That's it, Gamma. Continue to send news to Flame Land, telling them that the most critical new alchemy workshop in the territory is located in the new camp outside the west square of the city."

  The voice of his old friend Farr echoed in his ears: "As long as you can do this, let Flameland send their elite to raid the west of the city...then your crimes can be written off."

"Don't worry about the future of your son and grandson. The lord is not interested in these things. He doesn't care about your loyalty in the past. As long as you will always be loyal to him...he will show mercy and leave you alone. Little life."

   "But remember—never betray again."

-certainly. certainly.

   Gamma thought so.

Of course he will be loyal - within a short period of time after coming to Xiahui, so many spies have been easily captured. This rumored lord with the ability to observe psychics may easily see through anyone who thinks he will not be discovered. 'Spy' bar.

   What's more, since my grandson has been taken to receive 'professional education', I don't have any choice.

   So, a few days later.

  Flying Flame Special Operations Brigade Nanling Base.

  Captain Naimo, who had been in a bad mood after knowing that Xiao Xiahui had launched a large-scale cleaning operation, finally received information that made him a little happier.

   Most of the shallow spies and bribers in Xiahui's territory were wiped out, leaving only a few spies with the deepest hiding and the most shallow relationship. The latter is irrelevant, and the former is also afraid to report information due to the recent bad situation, making it impossible for the entire special forces to obtain relevant information about the Xiahui collar.

You must know that the rebellious mountain people are about to fight the mountain people supported by the empire in the Frodo Autonomous Region. Naimer can't interfere with this "internal" struggle of the mountain people. The trend is also one of them.

   And now, he finally got it.

   Get the news he wants.

"Suppression of bandits...purification...territory reconstruction, underground waterway and new alchemy workshop—this guy really treats Xiahui Territory as his hometown. The Ciehalorvo family back then and the Yinfeng family now seem to be If we want to take root in Nanling, we don't plan to return to the imperial capital."

Captain Naimo browsed through the vague information sent by Gamma, and deduced the situation of the Xiahui leader. He knew very well that Gamma couldn't do better. Road to the dark, there is no way to turn back the reason.

  Naimo knew at this moment that Leader Xiahui had neither the will nor the energy to participate in the decisive battle among the mountain people. Yes, according to Gamma's information, Xiahui understands that supporting a batch of magnetic storm armor to Avod's department is indeed a powerful support, but there are also people from their Flying Flame Land in Avod's department, and this group of powerful armed forces is destined to be useless. way to the battlefield.

   Even, they will be transferred by them halfway!

   "When it comes to intelligence warfare, people like Nanling are all laymen!"

When it came to the professional field, Naimo was extremely confident. He carefully read the information sent by Gamma again, and then nodded: "Sure enough, Nauman City wants to use the Xiahui collar as the strongest supply point on the edge of the Baisen Mountains , Even if the mountain people become independent again, the Xiahui leader who controls the mouth of Guyan Peak also has the right to take the initiative."

   "When these new alchemy workshops are built, a steady stream of magnetic storm armor and even armored parts will be assembled here—by then, things will become troublesome."

   “There must be time to stall this trend, or even destroy it altogether.”

   After thinking for a while, he picked up another communication device: "After the King of the Mountain left, the dragons have been idle for so long, so it's time to do something serious."

   Just when Feiyan's special operations brigade finally grasped the 'correct' information and was about to call the dragons to launch a surprise attack.

   Ian, who has finished rectifying the territory, will also start his long-prepared 'raid operation'.

  (end of this chapter)