Chapter 795 Free Trade

Li Ke thought this was outrageous.

What else could Gilneas do? Why did he declare war on him? He didn't even have time to care about Gilneas? !

Li Ke quickly looked at the timeline to make sure he knew what happened, and then he saw a very speechless reason.

When attacking Lordaeron, an Emperor's Golden Guard accidentally took the wrong road, and then accidentally killed the unlucky Arugo, saving the villages and nobles there.

Originally, this was not a big deal, and it also indirectly avoided the speed of the werewolf disaster in Gilneas, so Li Ke didn't pay much attention to the things here.

But the problem appeared here.

Without the werewolf disaster, there was no threat from the Scourge, and Li Ke's goods were too cheap, so the nobleman abandoned by Gilneas directly started a business of arbitrage.

After all, after Gilneas closed its doors to the outside world, many things inside were in short supply, which directly led to the increasing influence of this nobleman.

Not only that, because this noble had a good reputation and was very prestigious among the common people, he was a qualified noble, so he continued to be a local official in Li Ke, specifically responsible for developing the economic issues in the area.

The cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, and other luxury goods produced by Li Ke's factory were all needed by the nobles of Gilneas, and cheap salt and cloth were also the rigid needs of the common people in Gilneas.

So the smuggling economy became more and more prosperous.

So, just a few orders from Gus Town directly broke the economic system of Gilneas.

As a last resort, King Greymane directly announced that Li Ke was an empire in order to prevent similar industries in the country from being broken by Li Ke's dumping, and banned all of Li Ke's goods from entering Gilneas, aiming to support internal industries.

Strictly speaking, this is not crazy, but the problem is that Greymane, who was isolated from the news, ignored one thing.

That is the gap in national strength and the generation gap in weapons between the two countries.

Gilneas's troops are still mainly medieval armored troops, with artillery as auxiliary. The range of the artillery is only a few hundred meters, and it is even a muzzle-loading cannon and solid bullets.

Li Ke's anti-aircraft guns have already come out, and the overall technological level is close to World War II, and in some places it has even surpassed World War II.

Li Ke also looked at the reason for such a ridiculous intelligence gap, and felt helpless.

Greymane's old friends, those Lords of Lordaeron, those kings of other countries who have actually surrendered, and his intelligence department.

They are all his people, Li Ke...

To be precise, they are a group of people who want merit and surrender.

After seeing the preferential treatment Varian received, especially after Varian became Li Ke's minister, although he could not inherit the throne and his retainers were forcibly dismissed, but Varian's rights and treatment were better than before, the kings and nobles of those countries that still retained the kingdom system all had their minds moved.

Although they knew that they could not inherit the throne in the future, the lives of Li Ke's civilians were almost the same as theirs. Some nobles ate less than Li Ke's workers. They still insisted on the shitty noble glory. It was right to join Li Ke's camp as soon as possible.

They wanted to sell the king, but the problem was that the king knelt faster than them. The kings of small countries like Stromgarde had only so much territory, and there were many nobles in the period, so many kings could only have territories that were not as big as the West Wilderness.

So, the poor, lonely, and isolated old wolf king was sold out by everyone tacitly, resulting in the intelligence that the old wolf king saw was that although Li Ke had a large territory, his brothers were not sincere. Li Ke's army could not afford to eat, and Li Ke's people were in uprising every day and seeking independence. They could not even afford tea eggs. They only needed to give his men three dollars to make Li Ke's experts rebel and sell out national interests.

At first, Greymane didn't believe it, but the people around him said so. He didn't believe it, but other nobles whose interests were frustrated believed it.

Therefore, Greymane was also half-believing and half-doubting, and after learning that Li Ke's products completely occupied half of his market, he decided to fight back.

But he said that he was going to war, but he just sent someone to spit at the noble who "betrayed" him, and then gave a formal agreement to break off diplomatic relations, and said that the two countries entered a state of war.

He was not so stupid as to attack Li Ke, but the problem was...

The spit of the messenger has now become Greymane's biological weapon to attack and murder Li Ke.

He was just an excuse to isolate Li Ke's products, and now it has become the fuse for the destruction of Gilneas. Even the folks have spread rumors that Gilneas wants to release werewolves to surprise attack Gus Town.

That is, Li Ke has been grasping the problem of propaganda, otherwise who knows what it will be like.

"…………"

Li Ke was silent for a long time, looking at the kings and nobles of various countries who were already having a meal outside the high walls of Gilneas. They were under the banner of tourism, and their weapons and equipment were all purchased locally. It was obvious that they planned to take it down by themselves without Li Ke's soldiers.

As for Gilneas, Li Ke could actually fight or not, but since he gave this excuse, let's go. All the problems were solved in one go, but the nobles and kings of those kingdoms could not be allowed to get carried away.

So, Li Ke gave the order.

"Let them go back and prepare their respective handover documents. When the Empire arrives, they will immediately hand over their rights. In addition, let Varian bring a thousand Emperor's Golden Guards to ensure that we can continue free trade and avoid more casualties as much as possible. By the way, let the air force exercise. After all, they will not have much fighting in the short term."

His order was issued, and the Empire began to operate.

In the army, the newly established air force, which was mainly composed of dwarves and gnomes, also started to operate quickly. And Varian also brought the Golden Guards to the airport.

Many of Li Ke's design drafts became reality within one or two months, especially the air force project. Although there are things like portals, these things are also quite unstable, and the Empire must also have its own air force.

So the research and construction of various transport aircraft and fighters have long been put on the agenda.

And what Varian saw was the Empire's first transport aircraft.

Looking at the huge aircraft that was nearly 100 meters long, Varian sighed, because in front of him was a pure steel creation, and it was full of power at a glance.

This steel behemoth has a huge body and a streamlined body, but it also has the brilliance of magic. It looks very quiet, like a lady.

"It's really spectacular..."

His voice attracted one of the persons in charge here, Sridor, the pilot of this operation. This dwarf who used to be in the air force couldn't help laughing.

"Of course, although it is a prototype, Valkyrie is already our biggest girl. She can easily fly to a height of several thousand meters and can transport 300 Emperor's Golden Guards every time, but other girls are not so big. Those little girls can only transport 10 to 20 Emperor's Golden Guards at most."

Sridor looked at his favorite big plane and couldn't help rubbing his hands.

Their air force has not had a good time these days. Since its establishment, it has only done reconnaissance and sent coordinates to the mages.

At most, it would airdrop some supplies or set fire to the woods in some places, and then put out the fire.

But even these tasks can be grabbed by the mages, so they urgently need a battle to prove their usefulness.

Otherwise, they will really become the aerial coordinate projectors of the mages in the future!

Therefore, he almost knelt down to beg for this mission.

"Okay, take us to wear the air force equipment... Well, you probably have to wait for me for a while, I need to change into my power armor."

Varian didn't quite understand the other party's excitement, but he had played with parachutes and slow-fall rappelling devices during training before.

So he was still looking forward to parachuting.

Although he felt complicated about attacking Gilneas, Greymane would still be able to survive if he went.

But if it was someone else, it would not be certain.

"Okay, you guys get ready quickly."

Slidor didn't care. Although there was a life-support device in the power armor, the Emperor's Golden Guards didn't wear power armor every day. Basically, they would wear it when they were on duty. After all, if you wear power armor, you can't feel the softness of the girls' bodies.

So each base has professional wearing devices, and this air force base is no exception.

"See you later, let's go, brothers."

Varian nodded to Slidor, then walked into the dressing room excitedly, and the transport vehicle that came with them also transported a frame of power armor to the dressing room.

After taking a shower and disinfecting, Varian walked into the dressing room with a group of muscular men as strong as him, and an engineer roared at the shout of the military commissioner on the side.

"Ring the bell! Praise the God of All Arts!"

They admired Li Ke's knowledge and his ability to apply this knowledge, so this process was added. Varian thought it was interesting, so he didn't stop it.

As the bell rang, Varian stepped into the steel boots, and then the magic runes on it made his body more adaptable to the power of the skill of the gods descending to the earth, and his body became more powerful under the effect of the magic stance.

Then, the armor parts were quickly loaded onto his body by the intelligent core with the help of the mechanical arm of the assembly room, perfectly fitting his skin and body, allowing him to use the power of this armor without any hindrance.

Magic runes lit up one by one, and parameters were displayed in the corners of Varian's eyes. The power of the power armor began to be attached to him, and when the last helmet was put on Varian's head under the action of the mechanical arm, the intelligent core on Varian's armor also made a sound.

"Assembly completed, Protocol 1 has been activated, Warmaster, welcome back."

Listening to the sound of the intelligent core on his armor, as well as the sound of screws turning and buckles buckling, Varian smiled.

"Ah, I'm back, Kura."

He liked this intelligent core very much.

He pulled out the two hot melt knives behind him, checked the shield behind him again, and then walked down the assembly table with satisfaction, so that the Emperor's Golden Guard could wear the armor the next moment.

Afterwards, after all the Emperor's Guards were ready and the mages were ready to open the portal in the air, Varian activated the melta blade in his hand and raised it towards the Emperor's Guards and the soldiers who were going to occupy the battlefield after the Emperor's Guards suppressed it.

"Attack! Target Gilneas!"

So, teams of Emperor's Guards began to move, and the soldiers wearing ordinary power armor enviously watched these demigods blessed by the Emperor, wearing white cloaks, and walking into the most advanced transport aircraft in the Empire.

In Gilneas, Greymane knew nothing about this.

He was worried about another thing now.

"Supplies are not enough, especially salt and medicine."

Knocking on his armrest, Greymane wanted to curse, because after the trade with Li Ke was cut off, the people could no longer accept the expensive and unpalatable salt.

But he didn't like it either. It was only because he couldn't let Li Ke completely control his salt that he had to ban Li Ke's salt and vigorously develop his own salt.

The same is true for medicines. The pills obtained from Li Ke are not only cheap, but also have a long shelf life. It is also good for the people. At least they don't need to use bloodletting to treat colds.

But he couldn't let Li Ke master medical treatment.

In fact, it's okay with these two, but the problem is that Li Ke can completely control all aspects.

He has no choice.

Sighing helplessly, Greymane felt that he couldn't understand the world more and more.

"This world is changing so fast..."

Just as he sighed, bursts of roars suddenly appeared in the air, and countless people also exclaimed. He instantly felt uneasy and rushed out of his throne room and looked at the sky.

The next moment, his eyes suddenly shrank together, because he saw a series of steel monster birds covering the sky! His siege crossbows and bed crossbows couldn't shoot to the height of these monsters flying!

"What is that?"

He was a little confused. He had seen the planes of dwarves and gnomes, but those things were not stable, and they did not fly as fast or high as griffins. What was going on with these huge steel monsters that were almost as big as dragons? !

But before he could figure out what it was, golden streams of light flew out from these steel monsters and slammed down on their military camps and city walls!

When they saw that these people were warriors wearing golden armor, some ignorant people looked at those huge flying monsters and slowly said a name from a myth.

"Valkyrie! Those are the Valkyries in mythology!"