Chapter 468: Promotion to Legend
In the Red Moon Plane, as Harland Territory invested more and more power, the territory controlled by it became larger and larger. Last year alone, Harland Territory transferred 8,000 elite soldiers to the Red Moon Plane. After more than three years, Harland Territory transferred 18,000 elite soldiers from the Dawn Plane intermittently.
In addition, Richard also recruited a full 10,000 people in the Red Moon Plane last year.
In the 3280th year of the Dawn Calendar, Harland Territory already had 40,000 soldiers in the Red Moon Plane.
With the number of troops increased to 40,000, the transfer of territory with the Holy Glorious Empire will naturally continue.
After many territorial handovers, the territory controlled by Harland Territory has reached 460,000 square kilometers. However, most of this land is on the front line, and the actual population under its jurisdiction is not large, only more than 2 million people in total.
However, relying on potions to pass this level will affect the magician's own perception and the magician's manipulation of subtle energy. The reason why legendary magicians are far superior to ordinary magicians is that they can manipulate energy more subtly.
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Ordinary knights and warriors mainly transform their bodies, while legendary magicians mainly transform their mental space and souls.
It's a pity that there are gods in the Dawn Plane, and extraordinary power is the core. Although Harland Territory has started the industrial revolution, it lacks extraordinary power and can only bully the surrounding kingdoms. It is not comparable to the Holy Glorious Empire.
This state can be said to be worse than death, and it is difficult for ordinary people to adapt.
With an income of 8 million gold coins, the territory's primary task is still to expand the army. Last year alone, Harland Territory expanded a total of 30,000 people, and the total force has reached 220,000.
After the handover of the territory is completed, Harland Territory will complete the task, and Emperor Edward will put a crown on Richard's head.
In addition to taxes, Harland Territory has a large number of state-owned enterprises, which can turn in a lot of profits every year.
In the Kingdom of Grant, the average per-acre yield of wheat is only 130 to 140 kilograms.
After all, the Black River has been unnavigable since August because of the snow crystal fish returning to spawn. After the snow crystal fish spawn, it will freeze in late November until March of the following year.
With the increase in military strength, the combat effectiveness of the Haland army has once again increased significantly.
So after a deep talk with Sofia, he decided to let Sofia wait a little while, so that he could first explore the experience and break through the legendary realm.
The total population is 14 million, the population owned by the vassal is about 1.1 million, and the population directly under Haland is less than 13 million.
The combat effectiveness of the magician who uses potions is not as strong as the one who resisted the past.
According to statistics from the civil affairs department of Haland, due to the war last winter, the population of Haland poured into Haland exceeded 400,000, and the local fertility rate was relatively high. As of January this year, the total population of Haland exceeded 14 million.
Relying on 11 million free people, the agricultural tax last year was as high as 3.8 million, plus commercial taxes, tariffs, property taxes and other taxes, Haland's tax revenue was as high as 5.36 million.
Outside the magic circle, dozens of magicians were anxiously waiting.
Richard entered a deep meditation, and strange energy entered his soul, turning into a variety of magic particles, pouring into Richard's mental space. In his mental space, a special magic circle had already been engraved. After various magic particles entered the magic circle, they turned into trickles.
This year, Harland decided to focus on the development of the East Coast Province and migrate 130,000 people to the East Coast Province. The logistics supply mainly depends on this railway line.
When magic particles transform the soul, it will bring very serious pain. This pain is the pain of the soul. Only by persisting can the transformation of the soul be successful. The nine-ring magicians of large organizations often refine a potion that numb the soul. After taking this potion, it is relatively easy to pass this level.
Now Harland controls a half-plane and two small magic crystal mines in the Red Moon Plane, which can produce 14,000 magic crystals a year. It also controls a small magic well that can charge 3,000 magic crystals.
The steel production of this scale has already surpassed the surrounding countries. Even the vast Holy Glorious Empire cannot compete with Harland.
After years of development, a large number of water conservancy facilities have been built, and farmyard manure and natural potash fertilizers have been used. The average per-acre wheat yield in Harland is 240 kilograms.
After the magic particles transformed the soul, Richard quickly condensed the legendary spell template and condensed the spell of the alien cage in his soul in a very short time.
The most difficult hurdle for a magician to be promoted to a legend is that the mental power is not enough. Most of the nine-ring magicians have a mental power of only more than 30 points, which is not enough to accept the deep-level magic particles. Even if the mental power exceeds 40 points, it is still a little insufficient, and breaking through the legend is still very dangerous.
After the strange energy entered the soul, Richard immediately operated the legendary meditation method and began to refine this strange energy.
In the end, the Holy Glorious Empire will withdraw 20,000 troops and reduce the army by 20,000. After the handover is completed, they will leave a legion, plus the servants recruited from the local area, with a total force of about 40,000.
Although the income is still not enough to cover the expenditure, Haaland's team is able to sustain itself at this rate of consumption.
These two points are not a problem for Richard at all. Richard's mental power exceeds 60 points. He has melted deep-level magic particles twice and formed a special elemental talent. In terms of mental power, Richard is a little better than legendary magicians. It must be easy for him to melt deep-level magic particles.
Among the six provinces of Harland, only the Central, Black River, Vera, and Grotta provinces have been well developed. The East Coast and Eagle provinces are still sparsely populated. If they want to be developed, at least a few million people are needed.
As time goes by, Richard's body becomes more and more adapted to pain, his consciousness becomes more and more active, and he gradually begins to receive information from the outside world. The transformation of the soul by magic particles is finally completed.
Even in Harland, there were also Bloody Horn cultists who created a rebellion, but the scale was relatively small, with a few hundred casualties, and the damage caused was not serious.
According to the area of the territory, the total area of Harland Territory is 1.27 million square kilometers, but more than 500,000 square kilometers of land has not been effectively developed, especially the East Coast Province, which now has less than 100,000 people and many places are deserted.
Because Harland Territory was at the forefront, the Holy Glorious Empire began to withdraw its troops from the Red Moon Plane. In recent years, the Holy Glorious Empire has withdrawn a legion, and now only 80,000 troops are left.
And a freeman in Harland Territory can be allocated five acres of farmland. According to the average output of Harland Territory, a freeman can harvest about 1,200 kilograms a year.
After the spell template condensed in the soul, Richard was promoted to a legend.
Taxes plus profits submitted by state-owned enterprises, Harland Territory's total income last year was as high as 7.9 million gold coins. With the profit of 100,000 gold coins submitted by the Duke Bank, the fiscal revenue of Harland Territory exceeded 8 million for the first time.
2605:f700:43:6000::754 And mastering the legendary spell template is not a problem for Richard. Harland Territory has many legendary spells. Richard has used the Starlight Bomb many times and has already mastered this spell. In addition, Richard has also improved his own nine-ring spell, the Gate to the Otherworld, and created his own iconic legendary magic cage.
Because Harland Territory has more and more troops, Aular Castle has fallen into the control of Harland Territory. The buffer zone between the two sides has expanded a lot, and the front line has gradually returned to calm.
The three magic crystal mines controlled by the Holy Glorious Empire have also been transferred to Harland Territory. These two magic crystal mines can produce 4,000 magic crystals a year, which is a big supplement to Harland Territory.
Gradually, the magic energy particles are increasing and turning into a phantom.
There are 13 million people directly under the jurisdiction, and the number of free people is about 11 million. Although there are 11 million free people, Harland Territory can still implement the policy of dividing land for free people because of the large amount of vacant land.
In the past two years of military expansion, Harland has expanded a lot of technical arms. First of all, the magic crystal cannon unit has been expanded to 28 squadrons, and the number of magic crystal cannons has increased by 180. In addition, the magic airship brigade has also increased to six. Each legion has trained a magic airship brigade, and the magic hot air balloon unit has been handed over to the artillery.
Richard is at the center of the magic gathering circle, and he is determined to attack the legendary bottleneck. He constantly enters deep meditation and feels a strange energy rushing straight to his soul.
He can't see or hear any information from the outside world, but can only feel unbearable pain.
The agricultural tax set by Richard is roughly 30%, while the agricultural tax of the Grant Kingdom is basically more than 70%. Serfs can only leave a little food, which is not enough to eat or use on weekdays. Every spring, they have to dig wild vegetables and eat tree roots. This kind of population that is not well fed and has no clothes to wear is of no use to expand the consumer market except for providing a little labor.
According to the plan formulated by Harland, it will take three years to complete the handover.
Although everyone was anxious, Sophia was very confident in Richard.
In the center of the magic well near the Aular Castle, Richard sat cross-legged on the ground, with a large magic gathering circle arranged around him.
The external situation was unstable, and the Red Moon Plane was also undercurrent. Both Richard and Sophia wanted to improve their professional levels as soon as possible. Once Harland Territory had two legendary magicians in charge, it would be enough to maintain the stability of the situation and prevent the enemy from making any rash moves.
Eleven million freemen could not fill the entire Harland Territory.
Unlike Evans, Pansy and others, Richard and Sophia had higher talents and deeper foundations. Their mental power reached the legendary level, and the templates of legendary spells were basically ready. Even the meditation method after being promoted to the legendary level has been successfully deduced after years of attempts.
Eleven million freemen, the field tax has collected 3.8 million gold coins. Such a huge amount of gold coins can be compared with the agricultural tax revenue of the Grant Kingdom.
Because the territory's finances are abundant, more and more investment is made in steel and railways. Last year, Harland Territory put into operation a new large steel plant, which has an output of 60,000 tons. Including this new steel plant, Harland Territory's total steel output reached 450,000 tons last year.
It is precisely because of this difference that the legendary wizard can rely on the energy soul to survive for many years after the death of the physical body. This state is somewhat similar to the Yuanshen that Richard had heard of in his previous life.
Richard's willpower is very strong and he can endure this severe pain. Over the past ten days, the intense pain has impacted his nerves, making him gradually numb and unable to receive information from the outside world, as if he had entered death.
Although the Grant Kingdom was also caught in war after October last year, Harland Territory is still developing rapidly.
After all, the agricultural tax in Harland Territory is relatively light, with only four silver coins per person, which is equivalent to about 360 kilograms of grain.
If it were not for the limitation of extraordinary power, Harland Territory's current industrial capacity would be enough to easily unify the three continents, just like Richard's previous life's empire on which the sun never sets, and I could run rampant in this world.
The total number of navigable months in a year is only more than five months, which is not very suitable for water transportation.
Entering the 3280th year of the Dawn Calendar, the chaos near the Grant Kingdom became more and more serious because of the joint efforts of Elena of the Venus Family and Marlo, the Blood Horn.
The reason why legends are called legends is that legends are essentially different from ordinary people. The bodies of legends are no longer ordinary flesh, but have been transformed by magic particles.
After being promoted to Legend, Richard opened the attribute panel and found that his mental power had reached 76 points, 12 points higher than before the promotion, and his magic power had reached 1,824 points. He also awakened the third elemental talent, Storm Body.
After years of development, the agricultural income of Harland Territory has finally caught up, which means that the agricultural output of Harland Territory has far surpassed that of Grant Kingdom.
Harland Territory has several legendary meditation methods. With reference to multiple legendary meditation methods, after years of deduction, Richard has deduced the Highland Meditation Method to the legendary realm.
This spell suddenly became the soul spell mastered by Richard. After the soul spell is released, it has the effect of upgrading. For example, when Richard releases the standard magic alien cage, the energy intensity is about the legendary second level.
In addition, many magicians are promoted step by step, and their understanding of spell templates is not deep. The legendary spell templates they master are not firm and cannot be changed at all.
The railway is still advancing. Last year, the section from East Castle to King Castle was completed. According to the plan of Harland Territory, the railway is still advancing eastward.
It is precisely because of this special state that Elena can be resurrected in other bodies.
Among them, there are 40,000 troops in the Red Moon Plane and 180,000 in the Dawn Plane.
Although Sophia took longer and prepared more than Richard to be promoted to the Nine Ring Magician, Richard analyzed the situation of the two and thought that it was easier for him to be promoted successfully.
The soul transformed by magic energy particles is fundamentally different from the soul of ordinary people, because the energy of the soul can interfere with the real world and move freely without the body.
Richard has been in the magic gathering circle for seven days. In the past seven days, in the eyes of outsiders, his body has been motionless, as if he has fallen into hibernation, but the magic power in Richard's body is still running with the magic gathering circle.
In addition to mental strength, Richard's three physical attributes have also been improved rarely, with strength increased by 1.4 points, agility increased by 0.6 points, and physical strength increased by 0.8 points.
In recent years, Richard has spent most of his free time in meditation, and his warrior professional level has been improving a little slower, but he has been promoted to the eighth-level warrior for three and a half years, and it is estimated that he will be able to be promoted to the ninth level soon.