Chapter 936, Road to Korona

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That night, the knightly army camped on the Korona Road.

The time has come to December, and the weather is already very cold. Even the knight masters know enough. When the knight army set off, they did not bring too much food and logistics supplies, because the empire had promised to solve all logistical problems. .

In fact, Ryan has already received the first part of the logistical supplies from the border demarcation line, which was handled by Fort Marien and handed over to the Imperial Border Guards for delivery. Since Schultz gave a very detailed list of items, the imperial bureaucrats only "transported" Loss" was set at 8%, and the remaining 92% were all delivered to the knightly army.

This made Veronica, who is familiar with the empire's style of work under Ryan's command, complain that you, the Knight King, have a big name, and the money and food are purchased by Marienburg. In addition, the empire actively invited them, so those imperial bureaucrats dare not go to court. The money is just out of hand.

And Ryan also knew that this kind of money and food transportation was indeed lossy, and the King of Knights didn't say much. He simply handed over to the imperial bureaucrats who were transported, asked if there was any new information, and then let them leave.

After leaving, Ryan had more thoughts about the Emperor's layout level.

Had the Emperor predicted that he would be the Knight King? No one knows this, but there is no doubt that the Emperor sent Schultz to this world is indeed a very far-sighted decision (a Tie Commander gave a thumbs up), and Schultz made several critical moments Played his own role, including Ryan's first arrival in Marienburg, including the futile ending of the emperor's repeated attempts to take back Marienburg, including a series of measures after Ryan ascended the throne, and also including the sudden shot at this critical moment to make Tzeentch The plans of the demons and followers of Tzeentch failed.

The King of Knights has always felt that there is an invisible hand that dominates everything. Behind him, the Emperor's cold eyes are observing the chessboard, and how to take the next step. Things like Traasin the Endless or Star God are on the opposite side, and the cold chess game continues.

For the time being, we only need to concentrate on dealing with this wave of destruction for the time being... The King of Knights convinced himself in this way, he inspected the vicinity of the camp for a while, and soon found a troll that came out to hunt and a troll from Jin There were a few goblins in the special mine, Ryan still wanted to find a chance to shoot, but before they got close, the old guards defending the king immediately rushed up and lined up to fight.

Speaking of which, this troll was unlucky enough. Bertrand pierced his heart with an arrow so that even the troll with super recovery ability was directly beaten to one knee, and then the musket grenadiers shot the troll It fell down, and then a Molotov cocktail hit the twitching troll. After struggling for a long time, the troll was finally burned to ashes. kill them all.

Ryan didn't find a chance to make a shot during the whole process, so the King of Knights could only smile lightly. It's okay, too many powerful enemies died in his hands. Now that the opponent's level is not enough, he also feels that his shot is very cheap.

Looking at the charred corpse of the troll, Ryan suddenly remembered the legendary hero of the high elves, Altharion the Grim, and he recalled the final outcome of the two old enemies, the guy and the green-skinned belly king Gollum. Reese heard it with his own ears - Eltharion threw the body of the big belly king Gulu into the magic furnace of Tal-yris, and burned it for five days and nights, and finally the big belly king Gulu was completely destroyed. Burned to ashes.

At this time, the soldiers made a new discovery.

"General, look quickly, this is the corpse of a pilgrim." The small Hugo, the company commander of the Old Guard's musket grenadiers, immediately signaled that there was a corpse on the roadside, and he hurriedly shouted to Bertrand.

Bertrand wanted to step over, but the blessings of the Eye of Tal and the Lord of Nature were not given in vain. He saw the corpse nearly a hundred meters away at a glance, and signaled that there was no need to go there, but said to Ryan : "It's a pilgrim, Your Majesty."

"Normal, this is the road to Korona." Ryan immediately understood what happened, and the King of Knights sighed softly: "Okay, almost we can go back."

"Yes." Everyone only took a few glances before deciding to return.

In addition to being the border area between the Empire and Britannia, the Route of Courona is also a pilgrimage route for the famous Church of the Goddess of Mercy.

As we all know, the Church of the Goddess of Mercy is headquartered in Courona, the capital of Brittania, but the largest sanatorium and the most patients of the Church of the Goddess of Mercy are basically in Brunswick, the capital of the Empire. Every year, the Church of the Goddess of Mercy encourages Pilgrims who are sick and disabled make a pilgrimage to the Church of the Goddess of Mercy on the Courona side.

The priests of the Church of the Goddess of Mercy promised that as long as they complete the pilgrimage, they can receive free medical resources and the blessing of divine magic. Brunswick, and then set off from Brunswick and walk thousands of kilometers to Courona.

In fact, the priests of the Goddess of Mercy Church will always try to encourage as many believers and patients as possible to set off through speeches and promises. If the number is not enough, the Church of the Goddess of Mercy will even take the initiative to send people away at the end. Before leaving Reikland, they have been reduced to begging for a living. Some pilgrims who look like beggars will be repatriated by the Britannian border army, and some will be arrested and imprisoned. Lack of food and water lead to debilitating and dying of disease.

To make matters worse, this group of pilgrims had to pay a transit tax when they crossed the border. Originally, the Breton knights felt the need to show their own mercy and declared that the pilgrims could be free, but soon the bad traders Postmen and smugglers took advantage of this regulation to claim that they were all pilgrims, which finally made the knights angry and stipulated that no matter who they were, they had to pay the transit tax.

And as everyone can see, the border area between the Empire and Britannia is very barren and full of greenskins and bandits and even many small groups of monster war gangs, so finally the pilgrimage to the headquarters of the Goddess of Mercy in Korona Only about 3%-10% of these pilgrims arrive in Courona. After arriving in Courona, these pilgrims will receive free medical treatment from the headquarters and magical treatment released by the archbishop himself. After the treatment is over, the pilgrims will be required to return to Brunswick immediately. Only 1%-3% make it back to Brunswick to promote the generosity of the Church of Mercy and encourage other believers to continue the pilgrimage.

In fact, if people with brains think about it carefully, they will know that the so-called "Korona Pilgrimage Road" by the Church of the Goddess of Mercy is a bit weird and has some strange meaning?

You taste, you taste carefully.

Ryan has long seen why the Church of the Goddess of Mercy is doing this, and he also knows that this pilgrimage road is full of pilgrims' bones and blood and tears, but the King of Knights still keeps silent about it.

The reason is very simple, that is, the Church of the Goddess of Mercy is one of the very few churches in the world that accepts patients, the elderly and the homeless and treats the sick for free. This is the teaching of the Goddess of Mercy, Salia, but there is a The problem is that because the Church of the Goddess of Mercy does not collect tithes, basically all income comes from donations from nobles and citizens. The church does everything it can to help the poor but seriously lacks sufficient power and financial resources, so they need pilgrimage ceremonies and need to pass this The way to "eliminate" a very large number of poor and sick people who are completely dependent on the relief of the Goddess of Mercy Church.

On the way back, the King of Knights was silent. Ryan thought that this also involved the "controversy between left and right" that has never been resolved, that is, the issue of leftists and rightists. It is on the issue of relief that what the left shows is "demanding social security and guaranteeing the welfare system", while what the right shows is "the kingdom does not raise lazy people, and emphasizes competition and stimulating subjective initiative."

Of course the poor like the leftist social security and welfare system, but there is a problem here, which is the same as the problem faced by the Church of the Goddess of Mercy, that is, high welfare, high social security = high taxes, so do the poor like high taxes? Obviously I don't like it, and in the end, everyone is sharing benefits together, and I don't want to do a good job, relying on my previous laurels.

The right advocates cruel competition and does not raise lazy people, which leads to the gap between the rich and the poor. This is something that the poor hate, but the right also has low taxes and high degrees of freedom that everyone likes. So do the poor like low welfare or even no security? Obviously I don't like it either. In the end, the class is solidified and I completely lose my ambition.

This problem has plagued human beings for thousands of years. Just like populists and elites, human beings sway from side to side and go back and forth. They can only temporarily alleviate the contradictions. They have never found a real solution to this problem. The "unimagined road" has proposed a very Many times, but none of them were successful. Countries with high welfare and low taxes will go bankrupt within a few years, and countries with high taxes and low welfare... There are quite a lot of them.

Back in the king's red, blue, and gold-roofed tent in the camp, Ryan gently opened the inner tent, and Veronica was sitting in the hall of the tent, discussing the future of the sorceress assembly hall with Aurora and Teresa The topic of the debate is whether magic theory is more important or practical experience is more important. Seeing Ryan coming back, Veronica said casually, "Ryan, why did you come back so quickly?"

"I'll be back after a casual patrol." Ryan smiled. He took a look and noticed that Lawn and Duke Bohemond were sitting in front of the stove, stewing bullwhip. When Bohemond saw Ryan coming in, he smirked. Said: "Your Majesty, try my craft, you must need this."

"No, thank you." Ryan thought that the stewed bullwhip would be of no use except to fill his stomach. The Knight Dynasty looked at Lawn and said, "There are always so many pilgrim corpses on this road?"

"How many? I have sent people to clean up several times." Lawn said helplessly: "Since you signed the contract with Emperor Karl Franz, Your Majesty, the main energy of our border guards has been spent on cleaning up small-scale green land. and the bandits, and these pilgrims, sometimes in such numbers that we have to act together."

"Very good." Ryan had nothing to say, and the King of Knights once again emphasized to himself that his current goal was to resist the tide of chaos, and put everything else aside beforehand: "Where's Hagen?"

"Duke Hagen will come later. He has summoned the young knight-errants of Gisole Oaks and is lecturing." Duke Bohemond said carelessly: "He said that these young knight-errants are the back waves of the waves. The Holy Grail and endless glory are waiting in front of them, and the chivalrous war is their best stage."

"Ha, if he's just addressing the young knight-errant knights and knight retinues, there's no problem." Ryan nodded with a smile. How's it going?"

In the kitchen, Morgiana, the Lake God Witch, brought a few servants happily humming to make dinner. The dinner was very simple. It was corn and ham and egg soup + fried foie gras + grilled steak + vegetable salad + Tyrell black pepper Chicken noodles + butter bread, seeing Ryan coming in, Mogiana said softly: "Why are you here, dinner will be ready in a while, wait a minute."

"What, why can women cook but men can't cook? Angry! Shaking! Cold! When will our master knight really stand up?" Ryan walked to the big pot of corn ham and egg soup with a smile and gestured The servant stepped aside and did it himself: "I am a master at cooking. When I was young, I often took risks alone. Morgiana, how long has it been since you went out to fight and left the territory of Brittania?"

"I have never left Britannia since I became a witch of the lake." Morgiana was wearing a maid apron and a white turban (given by Olika) on her head. She has a homely beauty: " This is the first time I have left Brittania."

"Lauen and the others outside are really lucky to be able to eat the meals you cook." Ryan laughed.

The King of Knights had reason to be happy. Due to the guarantee of logistics from the empire, the army of knights marched very fast. At most one month, the army of knights could rush to Middenheim, provided that there was no battle.

The King of Knights also found a handful of leeks in the corner of the kitchen, and Ryan couldn't help laughing: "Isn't this 'organic back wave'? Morgiana, where did you get it?"

"What organic back wave?" Morgiana didn't understand: "This was found in Marienburg's logistics supplies, but no one liked to eat that, so it was put there."

"So that's it." Ryan grabbed the leeks, and suddenly wanted to cut them with a sickle, to have a good time.

After a while, the dinner was ready, and everyone began to sit down to prepare the meal. Ryan, Lawn, and Bohemond prayed to the fairy of the lake. Veronica and Teresa were waiting for Ryan to finish his prayer and move their forks. Move the fork again.

Only Aurora looked at the steak, soup, salad, and Tyrell noodles in front of everyone with black lines on her face, as well as the wet empty plate in front of herself, and said to Morgana dissatisfied: "His Highness Morgana ,What does it mean?"

"Oh, Ms. Aurora, you are still here, I forgot." Sitting next to Ryan, the Lake God Witch said coldly: "I thought you would not have dinner with us at night, so there is no Prepare your portion."

Veronica laughed so hard that she almost fainted. Teresa wanted to dissuade her but was stopped by Ryan and signaled not to use it. Ryan signaled Teresa to just watch it. Out of trust in Ryan, Teresa didn't say anything.

"What do you mean I won't have dinner with you at night?!" Aurora was so angry that she almost stood up, and the sanctuary witch said angrily: "I came here to have dinner at the king's order, and I have been sitting here all this time. , are your eyes blind?"

Lawn and Bohemond also looked at Morgiana strangely. This doesn't seem like a mistake made by the Lake God Witch, does it? But the two dukes were inconvenient to speak, so they could only eat in suspense.

Ryan's face was full of black lines, the King of Knights opened his mouth, and finally he could only say: "It's okay, I'll make another one right away, Ms. Aurora, wait a moment."

"No, Ms. Aurora, I'm sorry, I'm not prepared, so, Ms. Aurora, you can deal with it with this." Mogiana waved her hand and motioned for the servant to bring a piece of oversized meat that weighs two kilograms. Large barley bread with a can of butter: "Now in the wilderness, you can overcome it a little bit."

Aurora stood up directly, and the sanctuary witch's face showed bruises: "It seems, Your Highness Morgiana, we need an honor duel to solve the problem!"

"It's a great honor!" Morgiana also stood up, and the lake god witch was aggressive.

In the end, the two sanctuary great wizards fought outside the tent, and the final result was that Aurora was defeated. She was not Morgiana who mastered both life and sky magic and was the first choice for the fairy in the lake. The opponent, the sanctuary witch, was locked in a tent by Morgiana, her limbs were bound, her eyes were covered, her eyes were blocked, her mouth was shut, and she was given a "lesson". No one knew what Morgiana taught her, but Ryan vaguely knew that Orika was Before the army set off, it seemed that they had a private communication with Morgiana.

Since then, Aurora has kept a low profile and restrained herself a lot in the military.

It took the army of knights more than ten days to quickly pass the Korona Road and pass by Marienburg. Here in Marienburg, they received the second logistical supplies loaded with thousands of carriages.

Afterwards, the army continued eastward to the south of Westerland, gradually approaching the Drakewald Forest in Middenland.

At the end of December, Ryan received his first urgent military message.

"About 130,000 main forces of the Chaos army are approaching the northern border of the empire! The imperial coalition forces in the three provinces of Nord, Oster, and Ostermark successively lost several battles with the Chaos army in the south of Kislev!"

"Errengrad still stands!"

"Bekafin, the capital of the Ostermark province, is facing the attack of the Nurgle Legion! Elector Hertwig Wolfram has concentrated tens of thousands of troops to prepare for resistance!"

"The news shows that hundreds of thousands of new Chaos reinforcements have begun to move south from the Mourning Mountains!"

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