Chapter 852 Sophistry

What is the first thing to consider when renovating a city?

Transportation, security, food supply, urban planning, job distribution, and class proportions can all be considered major reform projects.

But in Imrik's eyes, the first thing to do in the Douglas Territory, named after the bandit, is to fix the terrible hygiene.

Poor sanitary environment can easily cause diseases, especially the open-air toilets commonly used by humans. In some more "traditional" places, the treasures produced in the body at night are spilled from the balcony onto the street the next morning, attracting a burst of admiration from passers-by. Cursed.

Compared to the greenskins who treat feces as toys, humans are probably no less generous. Even when walking on the cleanest streets, you can still vaguely smell the embarrassing odor accumulated over the years.

Imric has always attached great importance to sanitation. During the initial construction of Qingyan Port, those who dumped domestic garbage and dross at will will be severely punished.

If the town guard discovers irregular garbage disposal methods, he will have to work in the mine for a long time without pay.

However, Imrik is not interested in transforming this city. After handing over the processing power to Assanil, he explained to the old man as a civil representative that someone will take over the affairs here. All you have to do is obey.

In the early days when an actual ruler had not yet been established, Prince Long proposed that prestigious people among the people should first manage Douglas Territory in a "democratic" way to build this one of the best cities in the Border Prince Territory.

As for the source of this series of events, after leaving some soldiers to suppress it, they left here without hesitation.

A society with underdeveloped information exchanges made the spread very slow. When Imric returned to Sartosa, the news of the change of ownership of Douglas City had just spread to the old world.

Under pressure, or perhaps due to the advice of human supremacists to the emperor, Magnus sent an ambassador to inquire about what happened in the Douglas Territory. Even if the villain leader died, a territory with rich mineral resources could not fall into the hands of the elves again. inside.

The ambassador's tone was very humble, and he expressed the emperor's words euphemistically without offending Prince Long.

Although he was humble, he still felt somewhat honored. The Dragon Prince rejected requests to meet from ambassadors from Bretonnia, Tilea, Estalia, etc., and only agreed to meet with the Empire.

Imrik, who has recently become obsessed with fishing, received the ambassador at the beach. With a shake of his hand holding the fishing rod, a sea fish that was half the size of a man was thrown onto the rugged ground, struggling to get rid of the special star. Iron fishhook.

The elf's tone was completely indifferent, as if he was completely unaware of everything that had happened before.

"Douglas attempted to kidnap an Assur who was far away from the kingdom's influence. For the sake of my life, I had no choice but to fight back."

"Then Douglas and the palace guards..."

"I have executed me. Anyone who dares to assassinate me should pay a corresponding price. If the result is not satisfactory, the result needs to be determined according to my wishes."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the ambassador said that he would no longer disturb Prince Long's elegance, bowed and left, preparing to report back to the empire.

As long as there is a suitable reason, the emperor can naturally suppress trivial voices within the empire.

The assassination attempt was unsuccessful and he was liquidated, a move very befitting a Prince of Caledor.

After defeating the imperial ambassador, herald North stepped forward and told him another thing from the empire in his usual indifferent tone.

"The Merchants Council of Marienburg rejected the list, claiming that it was Douglas's forged information without any factual basis, and was only willing to lease a medium-sized port to Caledo."

"Contact the great chanter in Nunn and provide him with a few of the less important people on the list. I believe the people in the empire know better how to deal with heretics in the empire."

"yes."

After North withdrew, Imric shook his head and felt funny. Perhaps the most valuable thing seized from Douglas was the large number of criminal records about the Westland.

It is generally recognized that the hands and feet of merchants are not clean, but what the Marienburg merchants did cannot be explained by just saying unclean.

Authoritative scholars are used to spread the benefits of products, politicians personally promote it, and the public spreads public opinion.

Using their own inferior products to squeeze out high-quality products, which are mixed with addictive ingredients from unspeakable sources, they are sold to every citizen through the unparalleled sales network in the empire.

In terms of political claims, the Elector of Westerland is no match for Prince Altdorf and the Grand Duke of Middenheim. In terms of theocratic influence, Marienburg, with Mannann as its main belief, is even less able to match the Church of Sigmar and Ulric.

Only by using some unique methods can one possibly reach the coveted position and mold the empire into the shape of a gold coin.

"Speaking of which, that brat Draknir, how are you preparing for the war mobilization order?"

The elf, who missed his child, looked at the seaside in the distance, and seemed to see his wife's face in a trance, with familiar watery eyes and a resolute face.

And... a nagging mouth.

I shuddered suddenly, if someone said that the elf princess was like a goddess descending, noble and elegant.

Then Adila will definitely be able to break this illusion. The decisiveness of Princess Tyranlok when raising her sword is not inferior to that of any warrior.

The princess, who is proud of her chariot, has a fierce and direct personality like the chariot. She usually pretends to be a lady, but once she gets angry, she explodes at the slightest moment.

Unexpectedly, an unexpected communication came from Karak Budar. The source was not the snake god prophet or Elvis, but Belega.

I couldn't figure out what was going on with the Lord of the Eight Peaks Mountain. Imric was holding a fishing rod in one hand and a magic stone in the other, looking very uncomfortable.

"Come to me if you need anything."

"You lied about Karak Budar. This place has changed from a dwarf's mountain fortress to a lair of cold-blooded animals!"

"I did not give any specific explanation to Karak Budar in advance. Before the Angland clan set off, I explained to you that the ownership of the mountain fortress after its recovery will be determined by the Supreme King. This is in line with the laws of the Mountain Kingdom. .

As for how Thorgrin determines the ownership of this mountain fortress, it has nothing to do with me, it is a matter for you dwarves. "

"You!" The sounds of gnashing teeth kept coming from the other side of the Magic Stone. You can imagine Belegar's state of mind now. The mountain fortress that he spent so much effort to recover finally became the property of others.

But this matter is still difficult to resist, unless the Angrond clan is prepared to lose the support of Eternal Peak and Caledor, run the long-dilapidated Karak Bodar on its own, form an alliance with the Brass Keep, and regard the Gray Mountains as for a new home. (End of chapter)