Chapter 300

"Even if their family's strength has greatly increased, there is no need to offend me like this, right? I just want to buy some extraordinary materials from them. It doesn't matter who I sell these things to. I'm not not paying!" Feng Willow was also curious. After all, he was a powerful duke.

Is the other party crazy? He offended him for no reason. We are all nobles, and we will definitely not do things that are not beneficial.

Even if there are really fools among the nobles, they will definitely not live to this day, because the world is not peaceful now. Especially the Viking Empire, which has been in war for the past few years. The nobles who really can't see the situation clearly have been cleared out long ago.

To say that the nobles are corrupt and degenerate, there are. But there are really no fools, because the world has never been peaceful.

Even in the peace period of the four major empires, there have always been many fights between nobles. For example, if Feng Willow's strength had not increased rapidly, the Feng Willow family would have been annexed by now.

The nobles seem to be in harmony with each other, but in fact, they are the most vulnerable to the strong. They just have their own rules, and their struggles rarely happen in public.

The nobles who are not strong enough either die in the attacks of bandits, die at the hands of monsters, or are assassinated by their own people. It has to be said that the nobles died in a variety of ways. It has greatly enriched the death samples of this world.

Without sufficient strength, the position and territory of the nobles are not so easy to preserve. Therefore, every great noble with a long heritage is terrible.

Although the Heather family is not a great noble, their family occupies an important source of extraordinary resources. This benefit is not small. Just by being able to keep their own benefits, it is enough to show that their family has some strength.

"My Lord Duke, this is not something we can find out." The butler said expressionlessly.

Feng Willow nodded. After all, he was a butler who had just been bought not long ago, and he didn't have any intelligence network in his hands. He knew that the Heather family had contacted the Cyclops tribe, which was already a previous connection.

"Okay, I got it." Feng Willow waved his hand and said. The housekeeper left the room silently.

Soon, the news that Feng Willow wanted to buy a large number of extraordinary materials spread out, and the news that the Heather family did not give face to Duke Feng Willow also spread out.

The news spread quickly among the nobles. Feng Willow waited for three days, but found that the nobles who had said they would go back to discuss it had no news.

Obviously, either the other party was ready to wait and see, or they received some news and were ready to completely isolate Feng Willow, the foreign Grand Duke.

Obviously, this was the sequelae of him not giving face to the Noble Council and directly launching a war. The reason why the baron families who occupied important resources were able to occupy such important resource territories safely was because they had the support of the great nobles behind them. At least in the Noble Council, they had inextricable connections with many nobles.

"Professor, I heard that you were collectively boycotted by the nobles for purchasing extraordinary materials?" Saiya asked Feng Willow after returning to the Duke's Mansion.

Recently, Saiyan has been helping the emperor deal with land reform. This matter can be said to be full of resistance. Fortunately, there are great nobles to support it, and now it is obvious that the income from opening a steam factory is far greater than the income that can be obtained from ordinary land.

Under the strong push from top to bottom in the Viking Empire, it is being slowly implemented. However, there are many problems involved, which need to be solved bit by bit. Although Saiyan has experience, her experience in the New World and the three frontier counties is different from other places in the Viking Empire.

After all, there are no big landowners in the New World, and the landowners in the three frontier counties have all been cleared out by Feng Willow in the name of Korg's accomplices, so there is no resistance to the implementation. It is completely different from other places in the Viking Empire.

"Aren't you busy with land reform? How come this matter has even alarmed you?" Feng Willow patted his side and motioned Saiyan to sit over.

Saiya sat down next to Feng Willow very obediently and leaned his head on his shoulder: "There is nothing wrong with the policy of land reform, but the problem lies in its implementation. Most of those landlords have inextricable ties with the nobles and officials.

The officials are all shirking their responsibilities. The policy is being implemented too slowly. In my opinion, we only need to issue a death order directly. Officials who fail to do a good job will be dismissed, and landlords who dare to stop them will be killed directly. There shouldn't be so many troubles in the future."

Saiya has been with Feng Willow for a long time, and has also developed a decisive temper.

Feng Willow nodded in agreement. He also felt that Kenlohag was a little indecisive. But he could understand it. After all, most of the sequencers are nobles, and a few of them come from wealthy families such as big businessmen and big landlords. If these people are offended, I'm afraid that the empire's sequencer troops will collapse.

It's different from Feng Willow who relies on his own strength to dominate one side without any scruples. If the great power belongs to oneself, then naturally he can have the final say. Although Kenlohag's strength is not weak, he is not yet able to conquer the whole country by himself, so he cannot offend too many people at once.

"The reason why they don't provide you with extraordinary resources is to counterattack, and for the sake of the face of the noble council, they naturally have to publicize it. Including the fact that the Heather family suddenly came into contact with a Cyclops tribe, there are people behind this.

Their purpose is to isolate us. They will no longer trade with us for any resources you need for practice and territory development. I will no longer buy my things, including the output of our steam factory. It should not be sold in the Viking Empire. Sai Ya said to Von Willow.

"What is this? Non-violence and non-cooperation?" Feng Willow chuckled. He really didn't care about such disgusting methods. If the Viking Empire doesn't do business with him, he can still do business with the Alpha Empire. You can even trade with the cults and underground races in the Dark Territory.

It is simply a dream to use this method to punish him.

"Professor, you really can't underestimate them this time. The noble council is discussing tariffs. They are preparing to charge heavy taxes on imported things and ban the export of food.

Because we showed them the results of the land reform in the territory before, and now the noble council knows that there is too much food in our territory to eat, and there are many large granaries.

Once we restrict our food exports and then restrict our purchase of various commodities from abroad, we will lose a large amount of money and various extraordinary resources. If it is also restricted, then the cultivation and strength of the serializers in our territory will be improved. will be restricted.

This is a conspiracy. And it's obvious that if we don't agree, we are ignoring the laws of the empire, and they have reason to remove your noble title on the grounds of violating national laws. Let us stand against the entire Viking Empire.

No matter how powerful you are, once you face off against the entire Viking Empire, you won't be able to get any benefits.

His Majesty the Emperor is unwilling to use the Empire's wealth to deal with us, but those nobles are looking forward to us fighting the Empire. "Saiya said to Feng Willow with a serious face.

Feng Willow's face became serious after hearing Sai Ya's analysis. He really didn't expect so much. These nobles are really toads on their feet. They don't bite anyone but respond to their needs.

Feng Willow has a copper book space and can transport various materials on a large scale without being restricted, but this kind of thing is really disgusting.

As a powerful party, Feng Willow's first idea was to break through violently and beat anyone who refused to accept it. But then he thought that he was now the national advisor of the Viking Empire. Once a large-scale war started, regardless of winning or losing, the Viking Empire's national power would decline rapidly.

If the empire dies because of this, wouldn’t he also die with it?

The fall of an empire does not necessarily mean the fall of the whole country, but even if it is divided into pieces, it is called the fall of the country.

After being analyzed like this by Saiya, Feng Willow can now understand why a heroic figure like Ken Rohage has to be timid after becoming the emperor.

It is really the combination of these nobles that restricts them too much. Smiling on the surface but stabbing in the back.

"I'm not afraid of the others, but these extraordinary resources are the key to my next plan. How do you think we should break the situation?" Feng Willow asked Saiyan.

"Let me tell you, this is not a matter of our territory. After all, it is a matter of the empire. Since it is difficult for us to solve it, let's leave it to the emperor to deal with the headache." Saiya suggested.

Fon Willow thought for a moment, and he felt that Kenlohag might not agree with his plan. His estimate was much smaller than that of Kenlohag, so wasn't he helpless now?

Don't think Ken Rohage has become the emperor, in fact, he still doesn't have the final say according to von Willow. The strength in the hands of this emperor is really not as great as that of Feng Willow.

Seeing Feng Willow shaking his head, Saiya came up with another idea and said: "Professor, the Death Sect still owes us a batch of goods. Because we are anxious to return to the empire, the Death Sect has not given us the tauren slaves that it promised us. .

Since the resources you lack are also available in the Underdark, why not let the Death Cult exchange slaves for extraordinary resources for us. As for the other gaps, we can just buy a batch from the New World and the Alfa Empire.

These resources are not unique to the Viking Empire. "Saiya suggested.

Feng Willow thought for a while, and it was okay to buy a batch and store it, but the place of production was not in his hands, and he would definitely have to be controlled by others in the future. After all, if you want to implement the inheritance of sequencers nationwide, the resources required are simply astronomical.

Moreover, it is impossible for him to buy all these things. In the future, the state must buy them. But if the production area cannot be controlled in their own hands, the nobles of the country will raise the price.

The nobles of their own country are not willing to see civilians take power and rise, and other countries are even less willing to see a large number of civilians in the Viking Empire become Sequencers, thus producing a large number of Sequencers.

To prepare for a rainy day, land reform seems serious now, but compared with the national sequence that Feng Willow expected, it is completely worth mentioning.

When Feng Willow told Sai Ya his thoughts, Sai Ya also started to have a headache. It was actually Feng Willow's idea that somewhat subverted the order of the world.

"Professor, your idea is too exaggerated. Even if you want to make the Viking Empire rich and powerful, you can still play according to the rules? You are too over the top. Maybe you don't need to be destroyed. The Viking Empire was destroyed by your reform." Saiya said speechlessly.

"Then do you have any other way to make the Viking Empire stronger safely?" Feng Willow asked Sai Ya.

After all, it was a ceremony related to Feng Willow's further advancement. If he wanted to be promoted to Sequence 2, it would be a step to heaven. All the sequencers wanted to be promoted to Sequence 2. None of the ceremonies were easy.

"If you ask me, we should improve the status of merchants, increase the number of business nobles, and sell the sequence inheritance to merchant families at a high price. Although my method is not as effective as yours in improving national strength, the resistance is definitely the smallest." Sai Ya suggested.

Feng Willow thought about it. If so, the resistance is indeed smaller, but the improvement of national strength is not fast. The merchant class is indeed much larger than the nobles.

But how many people in this class have the talent of sequencers? Compared with the grand plan of all national sequencers, Sai Ya's plan is too slow to improve.

The most important thing is that his cultivation consumes a lot of national fortune. With Sai Ya's method, the speed of national strength enhancement may not be as much as the national fortune consumed by his cultivation.

"Forget it, we won't participate in the land reform for now. Let's manage our own territory first.

Please help me go to various major chambers of commerce to find out where the extraordinary materials I need are. I plan to buy them in large quantities." Feng Willow said.

After handing over the troublesome matter of purchasing extraordinary materials to Saiyan, Feng Willow began to think about how to retaliate against these damn nobles.

Although not selling to him did not bring him any actual losses, it would not be Feng Willow's character if he didn't retaliate.

"According to the rules of the nobles, I really can't use some tricks to retaliate in their familiar areas, but I must retaliate in the way I am familiar with. Give them a hard time at once!" Feng Willow thought fiercely in his heart.

Feng Willow did not delay and quietly left the Duke's Mansion immediately, but this time he did not bring Moril with him, but transformed himself into a dragon and quickly left the capital. (End of this chapter)