Chapter 1069 You Can't Force a Horse to Drink Water

It is reasonable for Nicholas IV to want to kill Gramans on the spot to avenge Earl Denton.

However, escorting the pseudo-emperor Gulamans back to the imperial capital, and executing them in public after the trial, is a kingly move, and it is also conducive to deterring the hearts of the nobles in the five major provinces.

The next step in promoting reforms and recovering the power of the aristocracy is to follow the trend, and the resistance will be much smaller.

Bai Xiaowen insisted on his interests, and Nicholas IV followed the advice again.

Finally, Nicholas looked at the dark entrance of the Besuvius Gold Mine and asked, "Dior, how did you figure out that the Xisha rebels are hiding in the Besuvius Gold Mine?"

Bai Xiaowen explained with a smile: "The location of the gold mine from the Bosuvius Castle and its concealment are the reasons why the rebels chose to hide here. In fact, I am not 100% sure, but the Bosuvius Gold Mine is used as an underground passage. The source must be sealed... Regardless of whether the rebels are here or not, we will come here after all, so there is nothing wrong with it."

It's best for the rebels to hide here, and they can get rid of it in one go; it doesn't matter if the rebels don't hide here, it is also imperative to stop the source of the underground monsters.

Nicholas smiled and nodded, and then ordered the bishops, priests, nuns and other clergy accompanying the army to guide the imperial army to block the underground passage.

Next, the Bosuwei gold mine was filled, and the clergymen who accompanied the army set up a large-scale sealing magic to ensure that these underground monsters could not rush out again.

This process takes a long time and cannot be completed in a day or two.

Of course, Bai Xiaowen doesn't need to stay here to supervise the work, he has other things to do.

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"The capture of the pseudo-emperor Gulamans is of great significance. This means that the camp of the conservative nobles will be destroyed. August originally wanted to replace him and become the sole leader of the camp. declare bankruptcy."

In a secret meeting where only Nicholas IV and the White Phoenix team participated, Bai Xiaowen sat under the emperor's head and analyzed the situation.

"Then this is stable, right? Awakened... Well, the time for speculators from another world to stay in our world is limited, as long as their mission deadline expires, they will be forcibly expelled." In order to take care of Nicholas' serious You know, Cecilia changed the popular saying of a spirit world figure.

Bai Xiaowen shook his head.

"Those speculators are not fools.

Knowing this, Andre resolutely gave up on Gulamans without a desperate fight. This shows that they are not desperate, and there are other retreats. "

"Retreat..."

Everyone in the conference room was lost in thought.

Qiao Rui's eyes lit up: "The Lord of the Plague."

"bingo."

Bai Xiaowen's finger pointed to the north of Kane's map.

"We know that the God Court speculators have placed chess pieces in the empire, the conservative nobles, the drow empire, and the Lord of the Plague."

"This time, Besuwei Castle buried a large number of undead plague barrels. This kind of handwriting means that the influence of the God Court speculators in the plague lord's forces is definitely not small."

"Their original plan was to choose the conservative aristocratic forces to become the final unified camp and maximize the contribution to the war. But now that the conservative aristocratic forces are basically destroyed, they have to change their plans and take another path."

"The drow elves were tricked by them. More importantly, the drow elf empire is a matriarchal society, and the status of men is extremely low. Naturally, it is not suitable for these speculators in the court to operate!"

"Therefore, these divine court speculators are very likely to completely surrender to the Lord of Plague, and use the Lord of Plague's forces as the final unified camp!"

Bai Xiaowen pointed at Besuwei Castle, sighed and said, "After all, from the perspective of the Lord of the Plague, these speculators just gave him a big gift..."

"Currently, Besuvius Castle has been quarantined."

Nicholas IV said quietly, "The tragedy that once happened in the Northland is absolutely not allowed to be repeated in the Xisha Province. Dior, the polymath under your command developed the plague buster drug and saved the human fire in the Northland. Now, I need your help again."

"It is my honor, Your Majesty. And as a human being, from a humanitarian point of view, I will not sit back and watch the plague of undead spread." Bai Xiaowen said righteously.

Nicholas IV had dealt with Bai Xiaowen many times, so of course he would not be confused by the appearance, and said directly: "Dior, what reward do you need, you can just say it."

"emmm..."

Bai Xiaowen was slightly embarrassed, then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I don't actually want any personal rewards... It's just that Your Majesty granted me the entire Northland. Now that the Northland is poor and uninhabited, can Your Majesty move some?" Population coming?"

"..." Nicholas IV sighed, "It's better for you to ask for some personal rewards. Population migration is a big deal, and it's extremely troublesome. Most importantly, everyone knows that there was a plague of undead in the Northland, and now it's still a big deal. There are a large number of zombies wandering in the north...how can any normal person be willing to migrate there? It is impossible for me to ignore the will of the people and force them to leave their homes."

"That's it..."

Bai Xiaowen also sighed and said: "Large-scale migration is really difficult, and I understand Your Majesty's difficulties."

Nicholas IV was slightly surprised.

Bai Xiaowen raised his head and said, "However, it should be relatively easy to achieve the turnover of dozens or hundreds of people."

"???" Nicholas IV was puzzled.

"It's like this, Baishi City lacks top talents now," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "For example, my blacksmith shop can now produce relatively high-quality standard equipment, but the most excellent equipment is still not available. Production. Can Your Majesty send some foundry masters, jewelry processing masters, inscription masters, alchemist masters, etc., to my territory? To support the frontier construction."

"You're dreaming..." Nicholas IV shook his head, "How many top talents are there in total? There are dozens or even hundreds of them when you open your mouth... At present, in the imperial capital, there are only one or two masters in various industries. It’s just people, most of them have great reputation. Forcing them to go to your place? Isn’t it equivalent to exile, and these masters will not agree.”

"Don't they follow His Majesty's will?" Bai Xiaowen said.

"First of all, my decree like this is tantamount to distorting the wishes of the people, and my conscience cannot be at peace," Nicholas shook his head, "Secondly... even if those masters were forced to go to your White Rock City under my will, how many of them are there?" Enthusiasm for work? You can force a horse to water, Dior, but you can't force a horse to drink."