The lord still doesn't know who the more evil enemy is.
But he felt that Goddess's expression "our territory" meant something else...
Us?
Goddess of Order can use this word. Does it mean that he plans to have a relationship with me?
So, the 'messenger of Goddess of Order' boasted by Amy and Sarah has been personally recognized by Goddess?
The lord suddenly felt like he had become a magician - after all, the title "the messenger of so-and-so Goddess" usually appears in cults.
But at the same time, the wording Eunomia also means huge danger.
After all, in the territory occupied by Li Ang, what Goddess can call "our territory" is actually the eastern part of the Lionheart Kingdom, that is, the large area from Long River Town to White Deer Fortress.
This basically tells Li Ang clearly that there are terrible heretics who plan to cause trouble in Li Ang's territory.
Goddess Such a clear warning must be taken seriously.
Therefore, Li Ang did not delay in the Bacchus Empire territory any longer. He directly appointed Ansen as temporary consul of Calundru Castle and asked Jocelyn to help Ansen manage military affairs. Then he led his troops back to Long River Town.
The reason why Ansen is asked to take charge of Calundru Castle is mainly because Ansen also manages the prevention of Red Death here.
Although there is a vaccine, there is still no cure if people are infected before they are vaccinated, and it will take a long time for Lion Territory people to be universally vaccinated.
During this period, we must pay more attention to the prevention and control of Red Death and not relax for a moment.
Ansen, as the doctor who is most knowledgeable and best at identifying infected people, must stay in Calundru Castle to continue to prepare for the prevention and control center and establish multiple border inspection stations on the border between the two countries. Before the vaccine is popularized in Li Ang's territory, he must ensure that Red Death in Bax will not be transmitted to the north of Calundru Castle.
There are now more than 10,000 people around Calundru Castle, but fortunately, these people are basically all former slave rebels, and most of them are strong men.
The lord is kind to these people, not only giving them a way to survive, but also giving them food, so they are actually very easy to manage, and they are also very cooperative with Ansen's series of projects to build checkpoints.
Amy brought most of the villagers from Fidne village to Shield Wind Fortress--Li Ang gave her a task to rebuild Shield Wind Fortress.
Speaking of which, Shield Wind Fortress was originally burned down by Amy... and now it is rebuilt by Amy, which can be regarded as a kind of fate.
Occupying these two sites was actually planned by Li Ang from the beginning, and was also a condition that was previously discussed with Alina.
At that time, Alina held the banner of Emperor Marius, which represented Emperor Marius himself. The conditions confirmed with Alina were naturally equivalent to the approval of the Bacchus Empire, which was considered a transaction.
For the Lionheart Kingdom, this means that Li Ang has 'captured' the frontier territory of the Bacchus Empire, opening up territory for hundreds of miles, giving Lionheart Kingdom the dominant right to face Bacchus Empire.
Not only that, they also 'deployed heavy troops' at two strategic locations, 'always threatening' Bacchus Empire...
This attitude is a must.
Emperor Marius naturally does not really regard Li Ang as a life and death enemy. He also needs to recuperate and will not provoke a war during this period. The border is expected to maintain peace for a long time.
As for the Lionheart Kingdom, everyone from the king to the lords must have nothing to say about Li Ang's 'contribution' - Li Ang conquered these territories alone without any reinforcements, so they naturally have no reason to intervene in these new territories obtained by Li Ang.
They could only praise the kingdom for producing a more powerful general than Count Oden, and in order to ensure that Li Ang could withstand the possible counterattack of the Bacchus Empire, Lionheart Kingdom The kings and lords of would not try to hinder Li Ang at this time - otherwise, Ulrich himself would not be happy if the good situation was ruined.
Therefore, the lord will say that he is a loyal minister and good general of the kingdom, and the king will not deal with him at this time as long as he is not stupid.
Moreover, maybe he will be made the marshal - if he wants to fight Bax, he must launch the attack from Li Ang's territory. In this case, it would be unreasonable not to let Li Ang be the marshal.
However, the battle between the lord and Snake Worship Cult in the Bax territory did not actually reach Lion Territory - these days there are no telephones and Internet, not even newspapers and periodicals, so any news that appears depends on word of mouth, which is very inefficient.
Moreover, people who know these things are very busy right now and have no time to preach about the lord's great achievements in Lion Territory.
Most of the villagers in Fidne are engaged in civil engineering and real estate construction in Shield Wind Fortress, a place where no one can shit. That place is hundreds of miles away from any village or town. There is really no place for anyone to brag.
Sarah has been spreading propaganda everywhere, but she is mainly spreading horsepox, and popularizing the Red Death vaccine is her current main task. The fact that the lord buried Snake Worship Cult's army was rumored around Erudition City.
Some people say that Count Li Ang can use ancient magic power to shake the sky and earth apart with a wave of his hand. He can cause landslides by simply stamping his feet. He can also swallow clouds and mist and swallow tens of thousands of Snake Worship Cult's army with just one mouth...
They even speculated that Li Ang was Sindar Elves - because it was said that the lord brought a troop composed of Noldo Elves.
I don't know who made this statement, but to be honest, this statement is indeed very close to the truth.
Therefore, the current lord has fulfilled his wish and become the biggest enemy of the entire Bacchus Empire, both in terms of reputation and actual territory.
In other words, they are opponents - a large number of Baxian who hate Snake Worship Cult do not regard Li Ang as an enemy, but they also understand that there is no friendship between countries. Li Ang is the lord of the Lionheart Kingdom and can only be an opponent after all.
Emperor Marius also publicly stated at Siyuan City: "With such a terrible opponent like Li Ang peeking at the border of the empire, all Baxian must unite and rebuild the empire into the strongest country in the shortest possible time!"
So the lord became the source of motivation for the entire Bacchus Empire reconstruction, and also became Emperor Marius's shield - no one even mentioned the fact that he gave up Siyuan City. Faced with such a terrifying opponent like Li Ang, Baxian was indeed much more united than before.
Pendor Calendar At the end of February 356, Li Ang returned to Long River Town.
During the Lord's absence, Long River Town and White Deer Fortress and other places have gradually become stable and prosperous.
Today's Long River Town not only has no voice against Li Ang, but even the bandits have basically disappeared.
This stable and peaceful situation is of course closely related to the fact that the lord used Forster to get rid of most of the people with ulterior motives at once.
When no one in the territory is holding things back behind the scenes, and everyone is focused on making money and cultivating land for construction, the local public security will naturally appear to be much better than other places.
In fact, the more the population, the better. The more the population obeys the management, the better. It is not without reason that Goddess of Order calls the territory of Li Ang 'our territory'.
Long River Town is very orderly now, because all those who are unruly have been killed by Forster. Even those who do not pay back money and beggars who are unwilling to work have been expelled by Eric...
Naturally, the purpose of expelling those who cause trouble is to obtain more available people. If a territory is well-ordered and the security is excellent, there will always be many people who are willing to obey the management and move there.
During this winter, many people move to Long River Town from all over the world.
Pande Bank's lending business also gradually became popular during this period.
Lesley has been worried before. She was afraid that the bank had taken in too many deposits but could not lend out loans. This might cause the bank to be overwhelmed by deposit interest, and eventually cause a run and make the lord bankrupt.
But in fact, except for 20% of the bank's savings funds, all the other money has been loaned out.
In addition to the compulsory lending during the previous tax period, these loans were actually borrowed by civilians and businessmen who moved to Long River Town.
People who have just moved here are always short of money. It is better to borrow money from a bank than to borrow money from usury privately. Compared with the loan sharking among private individuals these days, Pande Bank's loan interest rate is simply a gift from God - the difference between the monthly interest rate of two cents and the monthly interest rate of 50%...
Moreover, most of the time, when people seek loans from banks, they do not actually borrow money in a conventional way.
For example, Ansen issued the largest loan in Calundru Castle, but did not use currencies such as dinars at all - and this was before the lord opened the branch of Pande Bank to Calundru Castle.
When the lord returned to his territory, he left the first batch of horses used for horsepox at Calundru Castle--although most horses will not die from Red Death, they will eventually weaken for a period of time if they are infected with the disease.
Alice is an extremely strong war horse, but it was still weak and unable to ride for two days. Only the huge war beast Jocelyn was jumping from head to tail...
After the horsepox vaccine was spread in Erudition City and Calundru Castle, General Clerion recalled the main force of Radiant Cross Knights as quickly as possible and planned to quickly organize the production of horsepox vaccine in Erudition City and Imperial Port.
But there was a lack of horses near Erudition City, so General Clerion went to Calundru Castle, intending to buy three hundred horses from Ansen... In other words, he originally wanted to borrow three hundred horses.
The horses left at Calundru Castle were in the recovery period after vaccination, that is, when the horsepox was scabbing, which was the most suitable time to serve as vaccine carriers, and the vaccines from these horses have been proven to be safe for humans.
Bacchus Empire has always been short of large livestock such as cattle and horses - Bacchus Empire has no land to raise horses. The only large pasture in the country is under the high mountains in the southeast of the Bacchus Empire, which is hundreds of miles east of Fidne deep in the mountains.
But that is not a grassland, but a wetland meadow, which is only suitable for raising pigs...
Bax's main army has mostly soldiers who are infantry. This is not actually because they don't like riding horses or don't have the tradition of knights, it's just because they really lack horses.
Only elite guards such as Shadow Centurion, Iron Ring Centurion, and Imperial Knights are qualified to use horses, because they were originally centurion-level leaders and grassroots military attachés before Emperor Marius initiated the reform.
The price of a horse in Bax is more than three times that of the Lionheart Kingdom.
Therefore, three hundred horses is actually a lot of money for Baxian. In dinar terms, it is about four hundred thousand.
General Clerion is a poor man, so of course he couldn't afford so much money to buy it, so he originally planned to borrow it.
To be honest, Creon is indeed a cunning general - as soon as the lord left Calundru Castle, he came to ask Ansen for credit. Obviously he thought that Ansen, an honest boy, was easier to deal with than the lord.
But Creon probably didn't expect that in many cases, the butt determines the head... If he really talked to Li Ang himself, he might actually be able to borrow it, and Li Ang probably wouldn't ask him for money.
After all, the lord does not care about interests when facing Red Death. In the eyes of Li Ang, the prevention and control of highly infectious diseases does not respect national boundaries.
But Li Ang just left, and now Ansen is the acting consul.
And Ansen is not the owner of these horses - the owner of the horses is Li Ang. Ansen also knows that once lent, he may not get it back. As a consul, he cannot let the lord suffer losses.
So General Clerion had no choice but to do it in the name of buying. He knew that a kind-hearted person like Ansen would definitely be willing to sell, as long as Li Ang would not suffer a loss.
But since he had no money, General Clerion offered to pay it on credit - anyway, Emperor Marius would definitely repay the money, and His Majesty the Emperor's credit is still very good.
To be honest, Creon probably still had the idea of purchasing it for zero yuan... Anyway, Li Ang and Li Ang are now nominally enemies, and taking away hundreds of horses can be regarded as dealing with the enemy.
However, Creon probably did not expect that as a conscientious doctor, Ansen would of course be willing to provide any support he could provide to control Red Death free of charge;
But as a consul, Ansen quickly learned to change his mind and bargain...
Perhaps this has something to do with the lord's teachings by words and deeds. When he first met Ansen, Ansen led a group of tough men to protect Lesley for a week without confiscating any money, so the lord kept reminding Ansen that not accepting money is not Radiant Cross Knights's style...
So now, as a reserve knight who is always ready to join Radiant Cross Knights, Ansen has gradually learned the necessary conditions for being Radiant Cross Knight - to collect money, and it is quite expensive.
Three hundred horses, each of which was priced at 1,500 dinars by Ansen. Together with the corresponding labor and technical guidance, the total price was 500,000 dinars - then Ansen himself acted as the middleman and approved Pande Bank's first credit loan to General Clerion, and requested that Emperor Marius's credit be used for the loan.
I don't know if this is considered a national debt, but General Clerion readily agreed. In his opinion, this is no different from a credit account.
For this reason, Creon specially brought Alina to sign the loan - Alina had just been brought back from Imperial Port by Sigismund and was investigating the weird rituals of the nine hundred and ninety-nine people.
At this time, Alina is still the envoy of Emperor Marius. She has not seen Emperor Marius since Siyuan City left. Naturally, this special envoy identity has not been taken back.
Asking the lord of the Lionheart Kingdom for a loan is considered a diplomatic matter. Alina can make decisions on these matters on behalf of Emperor Marius.
And in order to control Red Death, Alina is naturally the same as General Clerion, and they don't care how much it costs...
So Emperor Marius, who is far away from Siyuan City, received a large debt bill.
Although His Majesty the Emperor thinks this loan is a good deal, the problem is that this operation makes him very uneasy - this loan is 500,000, and this Red Death vaccine needs to be popularized by the whole people. If this continues, how much will it cost in total to vaccinate all Baxian?
Emperor Marius felt for the first time that his country might go bankrupt before it could even rebuild...
Of course we cannot continue to do this kind of thing. Emperor Marius is very clear-headed.
He felt that it was certainly necessary to obtain horses to make the Red Death vaccine, but there was no need to buy horses if there was a shortage of horses...
Aren't there many horses next door to Duchy of Dexia?
In addition, Governor Kairos chased the monster in the temple all the way to the Dexia border.
Due to the previous civil unrest, many illegal armed forces were also wandering around the border. This is also a hidden danger and needs to be solved...
So the clever Emperor Marius sent people to instigate a group of illegal armed forces who were wandering around in the name of Goddess of Justice in the name of 'eliminating the culprits of heresy', and encouraged these unstable factors to enter Duchy of Dexia to eradicate the heresy.
Shadow Wolf Pack, who was under the command of General Sura, secretly followed the group of illegal armed forces into Dexia territory, and followed those illegal armed forces to hunt Dexian people's horses...