Chapter 235 Chapter 717 Many Balances
Chapter 235 Chapter 7.17 Many Balances
Maintaining local security is the responsibility of a lord. Wei Keng: "I will be responsible for settling the troubles I caused."
The northern territories are generally very safe, at least when Carret's cheap father was there, the northern territories were very safe. Human activities are limited and do not affect other forces.
After November, the cold climate will deal with possible large-scale invaders, unless it is a natural disaster of the undead. Oh, even if this problem occurs, it is usually the work of the temple, and most local lords just need to cheer behind.
But this year is slightly different. With the three dams storing water upstream, the climate environment in the original mountainous area has changed, and even the animals in this ecosystem have become manic. In addition, the people in various regions have thick cotton clothes and iron tools, and their travel activities have become more frequent and wider.
So Wei Keng understands why the goddess of new sprouts did not bless the new farmland after it was reclaimed, and human actions have changed the ecological system.
Of course, Wei Keng knew that he would make the goddess angry, but he still followed his plan. He had to do what he had to do and make up for what he had to do.
Wei Keng built an ecological cement channel for the natural ecology at the place where the dam waters were separated. The cement channel was divided into a wide road at the top and a pipeline road below for small animals to shuttle through.
This was not to please the goddess. Having offended a woman, a little concession was useless.
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Master Wei's understanding of the way of heaven, that is: the balance of all things. But it is not necessary to follow the only balance according to one standard, and it can change dynamically from one balance to another.
Master Wei Keng in the Pandora plane has clearly arranged the ecology of millions of square kilometers and the species that are allowed to exist by default.
In Bai Jian's verbal description: Wei Keng is a "hot guy" (in her report: strong willpower), and he will never become tamed because of praise, nor will he change his ways because of suppression.
The long-standing default rules of some planes can largely allow ordinary travelers to compromise and get used to them, and finally adapt. But Master Wei, he can always twist something back.
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After repeated inspections of the upstream ecological chain in the arcane territory, Wei Keng decided to twist the natural world.
Carret began to propose a set of theories to the arcane mages in the territory: to establish a sustainable development system to keep human industrial and agricultural activities in a stable coexistence and mutual benefit with nature.
In the magic projection, Carret emphasized: maintaining a certain amount of natural forests upstream of the territory will bring various benefits to the territory's production, and using natural mechanisms to prevent wind, fix sand, and regulate the weather.
On the other hand, since locust eggs are often bred by the water, maintaining large ecological systems such as birds, mice, foxes, and wild wolves in the mountains and forests can curb the possible surge of insects from the source. When the female locusts lay eggs, they may be eaten by foxes, kittens, and mice. And then reduce the number of negative insecticides of the necromancy system.
Carret consciously demarcated pieces of natural private land throughout the northern territory.
For this reason, Carret admitted that the party that controls the industrial production chain is not omnipotent. If human mechanical operation is used to replace everything, a lot of resources and capabilities will be consumed in some directions, and new problems will arise, making the problem more complicated. The gains do not outweigh the losses.
This kind of knowledge is instilled into mages as basic industrial knowledge during the popularization of education.
Industrialization must leave margins for all parties involved in the conflict. Even if the other party does not understand "one's own mercy". One must also abide by objective rules.
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The weak abide by the rules to prevent being suppressed by the strong and cannot do whatever they want, while the strong make rules to ensure balance and cannot do whatever they want. But - how to balance, this requires one by one to adapt and communicate with each other.
Wei Keng: "At this time, you need to be patient."
In the early winter of 1977, the northern arcane territory was full of mutual misunderstandings between the new industry and the natural law faction.
Some wild creatures that used to only harass villages gathered together. They began to cause trouble for Carret, who was becoming more and more ambitious.
Dams cannot be destroyed. All dams are gravity dams, and there are power grids where necessary. However, the main control nodes of the dams are human villages that are fortified with concrete, where machinery and supplies are parked. Natural forces began to block them.
Bear monsters and tree people with purple vines besieged the humans in the strongholds.
As the steam trains shuttled through the conflict sites of these upstream dams. ——The industrial territory began to suppress the disturbances of the jungle faction.
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On November 23, in the northwest corner of the Northern Territory, Bingsong Lake. A vicious conflict occurred.
Groups of soldiers wearing rubber boots and carrying muskets got off the train. Of course, there were also artillery guns pushed down.
Neat queues lined up in the jungle.
With the loud singing and the rising flags, the soldiers raised the muskets embedded with indicator lights. As the morale was boosted by the singing, the indicator lights on the musket barrels turned green.
This means that the enchantment effect brought by the chanting has taken effect, the soldiers' mental power and the gun barrel are in a certain fit, and the gunpowder tunneling can be blocked by mental power, reducing the damage caused by the spread of fire elements.
Similar applications can refer to the war drums and songs of the beastmen on the southern continent to guide the spiritual power of the tribal warriors, making the metal blades of the weapons smoother and sharper. Of course, there is no digital identification, purely relying on the shamans' empiricism.
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"Fifty meters ahead, developing bullets, fire!" The sergeant shouted the order and waved the small flag at the same time. As the flag waved, the wind direction in front became the shooter's tailwind, which to a certain extent eliminated the shortcomings of smoothbore guns without rifling and large dispersion.
In the queue, about one in every five people held a gun and fired first. The bullets fired from these rows of guns hit the front of the queue and exploded the clouds.
Although this idle shooting has no killing effect, it is a necessary step in the infantry drill manual compiled by Wei Keng. The luminous smoke and dust shot by its bullets spread to a hundred meters away and will attach to those active targets with hidden breath. It has the function of developing dust, which is to prevent ghost wolves, high-level thieves, and raids on the front.
Why don't the musketeers of Ritter use rifled guns? Or because of the energy level rules of this world, the metal rifling is a very unstable structure. The rifling may not be fired a few times before it is quickly distorted by heat. Finally, resistance is formed in the barrel, causing the bullet to jam.
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After the developing bullet was fired, all the targets were marked, and the second wave of volleys began.
After the roaring vibration, the recoil was not only transmitted to the shoulders, but also acted on the mental constraints of the musket, and roared in the minds of the musketeers. Let each soldier endure a brief dizziness of a few tenths of a second.
But with the crisp sound of the gong, the sound of the alarm was like a spring pouring from the heads of the musketeers.
Every musketeer was immediately relieved of the dizziness and began to obey the order to retreat. Let the second row continue to fire. After the second row fired, the gunmen, whose spirits were hit hard by the energy of the gunpowder, began to retreat after being awakened by the gong, and the third row went up.
The suppression corps maintained continuous shooting.
Dozens of jungle monsters fell under the sniper of bullets. In the last twenty meters, they encountered a small mechanical trap.
These jungle beasts touched the metal wires on the ground. After feeling the vibration, these metal wires immediately entangled the running thighs of the beasts.
This kind of wire is much better than the wire mesh. It is concealed and light. It can be thrown on the ground at any time without affecting the party. It belongs to the zero-level magic, which uses the variable nature of memory metal. As for the trigger, it only needs a sound wave frequency band to make it curl quickly when it is touched.
The running beasts suddenly lost their balance and fell to the ground with a thump.
Bullets may not have a cavity effect on units wearing heavy armor, but most of these beastmen have no armor, and even few wear extra leather armor. They use flesh and blood to bear the puncture damage.
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Half an hour later, a large amount of anesthetics was sprinkled on the open space.
The roaring beasts were captured and then locked in cages.
As for how to deal with this matter, Carrett was in a headache. They surrounded the villages and towns and injured many people. So there must be an explanation, but killing them all would destroy the balance.
On the cement wall, the villagers of the town held maces and two-handed swords passed down from their ancestors, and have been defending their strongholds and watching this gunpowder-smelling battle. They saw the victory and cheered the arrival of the lord.
In the eyes of these simple free people, they didn't know that the kingdom had taken back Carrett's hereditary territory. They only recognized that "the one who is now leading the troops to protect the territory is the son of the old lord", which is already a kind of legitimacy.
The village soldiers in the town wearing leather armor and holding light crossbows bowed to Carrett, and then envied the mighty musketeers' majesty during the war. Of course, they were looking forward to the lord to do justice for their side. That is, they wanted to see how these beasts that bit their villagers died.
The folk customs in the north are fierce. They can be loyal in a simple way, and they can also express their dissatisfaction in a simple way.
Don't try to teach them complex concepts now. ——These concepts of balance only benefit industrial cities and downstream agricultural areas.
As frontiers, the industrial and agricultural feedback they can get at this stage is limited, and there is essentially no need to comply with the obligations of the concept of balanced development.
So, now, it must be handled properly.
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Finally, Wei Keng thought of a way to deal with stray cats and dogs.
Wei Keng: "Right, castrate them all."
In the short term, it will not affect the ecological balance. In the long term, it will gradually reduce the conflicts between the natural ecology that has now changed and people. The most important thing is to shock the jungle and let them talk properly.
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In the open space, boil water, then alcohol cotton cloth is brought over, and the beasts are tied up and placed on the stone platform. Then the craftsmen who have worked in the farm touch the eggs in a familiar way, and then tie them with ropes first (to prevent blood loss), and then pick up the trowel and cut them. Then give it to the medical staff next to them to sew the thread and wrap it with gauze.
For such a result, the mountain people are very, very satisfied. Of course, such a scene will not be shown to the wives, and they will basically pay attention to things like scissors after returning home.
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The beastmen with drooping heads were sent to the upstream area for resettlement. Carret prepared to continue to investigate.
After wandering in the dense forest in winter for half a month, the Jiejiang Corps found the culprit of the conflict.
On December 4, in the Sugar Maple Forest,
As a large net caught the giant eagle flying in the air, the giant eagle fell and a druid with antlers was trapped in it.
After the troops tied him up, Wei Keng communicated with him mentally.
Carret patted the druid's head with his hand: "Hey, as an instigator, do you think this conflict is enough?"
The druid looked at the human in front of him: "My lord, you made a mistake to the forest."
Carret clapped his hands and nodded in acknowledgment: "Yes, our project has indeed caused a certain adverse impact on the natural ecology, but - after comprehensive consideration, we will still choose to implement our plan. Because our people need water."
Druid: "The forest needs tranquility."
Carret: "Well, but the forest should also think about its new positioning. On the contrary, I am actively thinking about the benefits of the forest's existence to us and trying to give the forest a positioning. Don't you think that you are very single-minded when thinking about problems?"
Carret turned on the magic projection and sent a map. The map marked the forests that the industrial territory must determine to be retained during the current stage, and prevent forest fragmentation, leaving ecological channels for the migration of wild beasts.
Carret: "Now I assume that you can communicate, and I will let you go back. But please know this! When we implement our plan, we are prepared to face the worst possible situation. If you are not prepared to discuss a new way of harmonious coexistence with us, then we will conflict with each other to the limit of one side's tolerance."
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So let's put aside the conflict with the druids for the time being.
When the team returned, Carret inspected several settlements in the mountainous villages that migrated to the dam area.
Wei Keng decided that starting today, he would recruit young people from this area to enter the Mechanical School. Nothing else, just let them take the helicopter driving skills test. In the future, they will cruise the forest and prepare for a big fight.
Of course! The ecological aspect must also take into account the space reserved for in-depth cooperation with the druids. In some hilly areas within the area under their rule, logging should be prohibited, which ensures that the ecology will also be restored, and the fruits should grow, and they should be the workplace for those druids who are willing to cooperate with the industry.
Industrial areas and ecological areas should not be clearly divided just because human forces and natural forces occupy one side each, but can be intertwined.
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The "Jiangjie" Corps returned to rest, and the "Break the Earth" Corps that was replaced was left behind by Carrett, who asked them to stay for two months to spend the winter. After the garrison, they would be allowed to rest in the rear city.
As for whether the druids would launch an attack in spring?
When Carrett communicated with the druid forces, he made such a promise: "Spring is the season for the forest to revive and various creatures to produce. We will not cross the line!" - This seems to be a promise, but it is actually a threat. "If a conflict is provoked in spring, the loss of the forest will be greater."
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After leaving the "Break the Earth" Corps, Carrett led the Jiejiang Corps back to the temporary station in Oger Town.
Accompanying them were the knights around him, a total of fifteen people.
Although Carrett provided muscle and bone flexibility exercises similar to radio gymnastics, as well as various techniques for athletes to lift weights and run and exert force, and abundant potions. But in the Reit Territory, the knights around Carrett were mainly small and medium-sized nobles.
This may be because their class has a good power bloodline, and the loyalty thinking in the aristocratic culture makes them willing to take Carrett as the core.
Regarding this point, Carrett could not break it for the time being. Compared with knights, civilians are more suitable for climbing the ladder of arcane magic.
This group of knights are not very old, and can be said to be about the same age as Carrett. Just the age of being a knight's squire.
In addition, they are all men. There are female knights in the north, and the nobles are also very careful to inquire about the problem. But-Master Wei accepted their reports and gave them resources, but he just didn't arrange close work.
The reason is that the charm effect. Although Master Wei doesn't care, it's better to have less trouble than more. That chaotic effect, that is, the effect of making people brainless, Wei Keng really avoids it.
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Oger Town, which was still an agricultural town a few years ago, is the resting place of the "Jiejiang" Corps. It is very close to the mountains and forests in the northeast, and has a waterway connecting to the south. It is an extremely important strategic location.
The lord here is a die-hard fan of the Eger royal family. After the previous generation of kings went to the northern continent to welcome the great wizard Ruixi and failed, he requested to garrison the city. When Carret's father was having fun, he also gave him frank advice. It is said that the reason why Carret was able to leave the main castle at the age of eight and become the actual heir was also the result of the strong support of this lord.
Carret respected the old nobleman very much. He dug rivers and built roads in his territory. At the same time, he also arranged an airship airport to become a major transportation route. And his son is his chief guard.
Carret came to the old uncle and first learned about the situation. Then he took his son and other attendant knights and flew to Xiange Territory on an airship. It's time to deal with the cousin who came from the capital.