Chapter 552 【0546】 Letter From Ino

Almost at the same time that Lux confirmed the construction plan of the Newport Pier, a letter from Ino was sent to Forsbarrow.

This letter was sent by Iva - it had been discussed before Ino left. She would send her letter to Vazuan, and then Iva would pick it up with Lux's token. For such a long-term In terms of message transmission over distance, it is undoubtedly a better way to choose a relay station for multi-stage transmission, and Iva is now very accustomed to sending messages to Ino.

For Ivar, flying around was hard, but the thought of being away from that guy in Kalya made him full of motivation.

Ivar's little boy Sikaya is not ignorant of it, but for him now, what is more important is the letter sent back by Ino. The above news is what Forsbarrow hopes most at the moment.

After getting the letter and calling Sona, Lux finally carefully opened the fire paint, unlocked the magic lock on the letter, pulled out the letter paper, and read it word by word.

"Dear Lux, Sona, and Teacher Kalya."

"I am writing to you at the municipal building in Vazuan at this time. Ike promised to forward the letter to Ivar. Counting the time, by the time you receive this letter, I should have arrived in Bilgewater. .”

"In the past few months, we have traveled across mountains and oceans. Although there have been some minor setbacks, we have successfully arrived in Wazuan."

"Different from the planned route, we were briefly delayed for a while after arriving at Stonewall Town by boat. After discussion, we unanimously decided to change our route to Tellishni. What prompted us to make this decision was This is the key information that I need to explain to you carefully next."

"After everyone's exploration and analysis in Stonewall Town, we have unanimously judged that the civil war in Noxus has undergone a huge change in the situation. Judging from the current situation, it seems that the Noxians of Besilico have just achieved victory. A big victory.”

"The main reason for us to make this judgment is the martial law in Stonewall Town and the large number of ships heading to Besilico at the dock. When the Noxian Civil War broke out, Stonewall Town had always been on the fence. The lord has the temperament of a Piltover merchant, and is not the same as a Noxian warlord. According to the dock workers, at that time, ships from Stonewall Town went to Dragon Gate, Blood Cliff, and Besilico. , go to Fendo.”

“However, Stonewall Town docks now carry out strict inspections for bulk commodities and implement quite strict martial law. Bribery is completely unworkable here, and anyone entering Stonewall Town needs to register in detail. "

"Of course, if this is just the case, it is not enough to show that the war situation has changed."

"What's more important is that when we were stranded at the dock, there were a large number of cargo ships from Triwell, Kilgolf, and Grove at the dock to replenish supplies, which even caused congestion at the dock. The dock pub was full of people for a while. It was a rowdy sailor, so we took the opportunity to get some shocking news from the drunken sailor."

"The target of these ships, without exception, was Besilico."

"Stonewall Town sending a large amount of supplies to Besilico may be just a coincidence, but if the Noxians in the cities on the northern shore of the Valoran Strait all start transporting bulk commodities to Besilico, this may be enough to explain the problem."

"The Noxian Hand of Besilico may have made many breakthroughs in the civil war in Noxus. Otherwise, these smart north shore cities would not be able to withstand Vazuan's high tolls. Go and provide material support to Besiliko.”

"Due to the sensitive identity, we finally chose to take the south route, transiting from Telishni, and finally arrived at Wazuan."

"In Vazuan, I also tried to find out news about the Noxian Civil War. To this end, I also specially invited Victor, Jace, and their wives, Skye and Ms. Mel Talis. dinner."

"During this period, I tried to get some information about Noxus from Ms. Mel, but according to her, the Myrdalda family chose neutrality in this turmoil, and she had no idea about the situation in Noxus. Don’t understand.”

"However, judging from the ship data in the port area, the scale of the Noxian Civil War has at least been close to the most intense period of the Ionian War, and a large number of cities on the northern shore of the Valoran Strait have sent a large number of cargo ships. This seems to confirm our speculation."

"If something goes wrong in the civil war in Noxus, or even one of the parties wins a complete victory, then I'm afraid we will have to worry about this bellicose empire starting to look for prey."

"In addition, the previous tensions in Shurima have been completely relieved. I heard that Nashrame has a new port governor. His name seems to be Blake Sward. He overturned the rule of the previous Nasrame port governor. , and then took the initiative to end the war. Since then, there seems to have been no large-scale conflict in Shurima."

"In Vazuan, we visited all the Ionian merchandise stores in detail. As of the time I wrote this letter, Ionian trade has become a very important type of trade in Vazuan, plus Novo Texasans again began paying large sums of tolls, and Wazuan enjoyed a valuable period of prosperity."

"Ike and I briefly talked about the trade issues of furs and tea. He said that tea is a commodity suitable for long-distance transportation, but he didn't know whether the Ionians like furs, and asked me about Forsbarrow and even In the entire Demacia, what other products can participate in the international trade of Runeterra?"

"When I heard that Demacia's most abundant output is food, Ike's already dark face became as dark as the bottom of a pot."

"He said that among commodities, grain is the least suitable for long-distance trade and has the lowest profit margin. He suggested that I come up with some high value-added commodities, so I showed him the fragrant red solanum."

"Ike seemed to hate the smell of red sage, but unfortunately, Bao Bao liked it very much, so he could only frown and said, 'Maybe it can be used as a spice to enter the trade system,' and then opened it. window."

"Zuan's Alchemy Association has developed very well, but because there are too few people with spellcasting talents, their research on the use of forbidden magic stone energy has once again fallen into a bottleneck - although the cooperation with Piltover has made this aspect There have been many breakthroughs in the research, but it still seems far away from Teacher Karya’s vision of industrializing magic.”

"All in all, we are currently halfway through the trip. Except for a few minor twists and turns, most of the situations are within my expectation and control. This letter is mainly to remind everyone that Noxians may not be too honest."

“Finally, I hope that the rest of the journey will be smooth sailing and that Forsbarrow’s development will be prosperous!”

"I love you, Ino."

Putting down the letter, Lux's expression became extremely solemn.

This is very, very bad news.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jarvan IV chose to take a gamble. In addition to the reason for the angel's arrival, he also definitely considered the factors of the Noxian civil war. In the absence of external aggression, Demacia made a little effort. Yeah, it shouldn't be a big problem.

But now the situation in the Noxian Civil War has changed. According to Ino's news, Trivel has shown his ruthless side, so the situation may be quite clear.

For a normal country, the end of the civil war should be a very weak period, and it should be a time to recuperate.

However, Noxus is obviously not a normal country. Rather than recuperating and developing internally, this empire probably prefers external expansion and replenishing itself through war and plunder!

In Lux's understanding, the end of the Noxian Civil War was when they launched the next war - throughout history, Noxus has never had peace!

So, who did the Noxians choose to target?

If the civil war in Shurima does not end, then maybe the Noxians will set their sights on Shurima.

If the Ionians remain divided, then maybe the Noxians will have an Ionian War 2.0.

But now, both Shurima and Ionia are at peace. Instead, Demacia, which was still very strong before, has gradually become irreconcilable with the conflict between the nobles and the king. In this case, Noxus chose to attack Demacia. The possibilities will undoubtedly increase significantly!

I chose Demacia as my opponent not because Demacia is weak, but because Demacia is weaker than usual. In addition, since Noxus and Demacia are both located in the Valoran continent, if they can really conquer Demacia, Marcia, then the Noxus Empire will become the Valoran Empire. Compared with this, crossing the ocean to conquer a desert land may not be so tempting...

Although Lux believes that even Demacia, which is currently divided, is not worthy of being coveted by the Noxians, after experiencing the battle of Mithril City, she is very clear about the destructiveness of war. If possible, She sincerely hopes that the war will stay away from Demacia.

Unfortunately, as the lord of Forsbarrow, Lux does not have much influence on this international situation. Even the information she has at this time is quite vague. Maybe everything is based on wrong inferences?

"Teacher Kalya." After thinking for a long time, Lux finally said with some worry, "Can we find a way to collect information on the Noxians just like we did in Freljord?"

"Impossible." What made Lux sad was that Kalya gave a very direct negative answer, "If you want to cross the Principality of Valoran to collect intelligence on Noxus, this requires a professional intelligence comparable to a war mason. Organization, and Forsbarrow’s intelligence network has just begun to be established, and with so many people, there is no way to collect useful intelligence.”

Lux blinked, and then lowered her head rather sadly - Kalya was right, Forsbarrow, located in the northwest corner of Demacia, could go to Freljord to collect intelligence, but in any case there was no way A way to travel tens of thousands of miles to the heart of Noxus to gather information.

"The legions of Green Teeth Peak and the Gate of Mourn were not affected." When Lux was depressed, Sona touched the strings of Zohua, "Even if the Noxians were really ambitious, they would not be able to break through. The defenses of Greentooth Peak and Mourngate.”

"I am quite confident about the defense of these two places." Lux leaned back and leaned on the back of her chair. "But to be honest, after arranging an intelligence network in the north, I think the Noxians The War Masons do have their merits.”

Sona's eyes widened in surprise - she never imagined that Lux would actually have a positive attitude toward the rats in the gutter of the War Masons!

"Information, intelligence, this is the prerequisite for making a decision." Lux looked at Sona and told her thoughts, "Just like if you want to teach students, you have to examine where the students can and cannot; if you want to develop A city or a region must understand its natural and cultural environment. If a country wants to engage in diplomacy, it must understand other countries as a prerequisite."

Sona blinked, then nodded thoughtfully.

"And Demacia doesn't understand Noxus at all, and doesn't intend to understand Noxus."

"Even if they understand, Demacia won't take the initiative to intervene, right?" Sona blinked and stroked the strings again, "Just like now, even if His Majesty the King knows that Noxus is about to end the civil war, he will It will only maintain the defenses of Greentooth Peak and Mourngate."

"Although it seems to be defense, defense when knowing the enemy is taking the initiative to take a defensive posture." Lux finally understood some of the words that Kalya once said to her, "Regardless of Noxus What people are doing is just maintaining defense, that is passive defense.”

Sona looked at Lux in surprise, as if wondering when her friend had done research on this aspect.

"Reading thousands of books means traveling thousands of miles." Sensing Sona's gaze, Lux smiled slightly, "The more you see, the more you understand some things."

"What about us?"

"We will keep paying attention and collect second-hand information from Wazuan while conducting fur and tea trade." Lux quickly sorted out the clues, "Forging iron requires one's own strength. Forsbarrow has developed well, and we have the confidence to do so. , then whether you take the initiative to take a defensive stance or wait for an opportunity, there are cards you can play!"

Sona nodded, left Lux's office after breathing a slight sigh of relief, and went back to prepare for this afternoon's class.

After she left, Lux, who had been confident before, became confused again.

"Teacher Kalya." She rubbed the hilt of her sword and murmured in a low voice, "Is this the rational choice you are talking about?"

"You did a good job." Kalya praised Lux ​​softly, "It's better than I expected."

"I never thought that one day I would become such a cruel person." Lux's voice was mixed with helplessness and pain, "I knew that the Noxians were likely to take action, but they would not I didn’t give any reminder to my motherland, and even had the idea of ​​​​taking advantage of it... I didn’t even dare to reveal this idea to my best friend!”

"Then remember the feeling of suffering." Kalya comforted softly in a tone of voice, "The ideal is too rigid, and the kindness is too soft. Only by wrapping it up with an objective hard shell can we overcome the thorns and thorns. , ride the wind and waves.”

Lux pursed her lips and nodded heavily.

Kalya’s Little Classroom · Wallpaper:

During the Noxian Civil War, the Noxian city-state headed by Trevel and located on the northern shore of the Valoran Strait has always maintained a passive attitude. They do not support any side and just insist that they are loyal to Noxus. Sri Lanka.

PS. My head is a little dizzy...