Chapter 1173 95. You can’t get money by cheating
Annan had a dream. He dreamed of the future of Liberty City: with the original fruits bred, everyone would be a warrior, a magician, and a master of both magic and martial arts. professionals.
Of course, there is no original fruit tree in Liberty City, and Annan cannot dream.
There are only seventy-seven Fruits of Original Aspiration left in his hand. Giving ten to Da De has a high probability of no result, but even if the chance is slim, you have to give it a try.
The choice between a bag of coins and an unknown gold mine is easy.
The original intention was that the fruit tree was the future. Annan retracted his distant gaze and returned to the present.
Olmedo stood in front of a huge map of western Middle-earth.
To the south of Liberty City is the Forest Mountains and the great lord on the other side of the mountains, to the east is the border of the empire and a bunch of small forces caught in the cracks, and to the north is the Principality of Montaburlok, which they call their ally but actually their little brother. .
Olmedo’s eyes focused on the gray line representing the city wall.
Currently, only the northern part of the principality has a section of city wall that has just begun to be built, and the other two directions are temporarily vacant.
Outsiders thought Olmedo was thinking about strategic issues, but in fact she was worried about the work of the more than 100,000 unemployed people in Liberty City.
Gem Bay is full of farmers cultivating farmland, and factories and docks cannot absorb too many people. The best way is to build a city wall.
For this reason, Olmedo sent a letter to the surrounding forces, stating that Liberty City would provide materials and workers to build the city wall for them for free, and they only had to pay.
But even with such relaxed conditions, the surrounding forces rejected it.
No noble would be foolish enough to use their own money to build useless walls.
Fermi asked for a fight, saying that he had a way to knock on the door of these forces.
“Forget it, I just finished telling the students in the kingdom that stability is the most important thing, so I went to play with hegemony...”
Annan had no intention of creating panic in the surrounding area. Who knew that the empire knew about it? Will you fight with them on the grounds of "the little guy has finally grown up and learned to flex his muscles", "what are you going to do to my vassal" or "you step in with your left foot first".
"Send an invitation letter to the surrounding forces first, and I will talk to them."
Speaking of which, for so long since the establishment of Liberty City, Annan has not had contact with them - the weak ones There was no time for diplomacy, and when it grew stronger, Olmedo took charge.
Soon, invitations in the name of "Maintaining Public Security in the Western Region of Central and Eastern Europe" were sent out.
The third mushroom house is being built, the Mage Tower is being built all day long, and the farmland in Gem Bay is expanding... While things are changing rapidly every day, there is another major event happening in the city that not many people know about: Kai Akane was adopted by Itilia and officially given the surname Reeves.
The population of the declining Reeves family soared by 33%—from three to four.
"Sister Itilia, sister Leila, I have a father!" Cathy said excitedly as she threw herself into the arms of her eldest sister.
"Uh...you should call me brother."
After all, Cathy is only ten years younger than Annan.
Before the adoption, the three siblings were familiar enough with Cathy, so except for Cathy who cried non-stop because she finally had a family, the others simply gathered together to enjoy a family dinner .
"Annan, you are not young anymore..."
Itilia was about to say something, Annan interrupted: "I suddenly remembered that the tree in the other world had forgotten Water!”
Annan ran away, and there were faint sounds of conversation coming from behind.
"Sister, didn't he find an elf woman?"
"It's difficult for elves to have children..."
...
In mid-April, I got the invitation letter. Forces came to Liberty City one after another.
“That is Sir Sumant, and behind him is the great nobleman of the empire.”
"He is the Grand Knight of Bernal, and he governs a knight territory." "The head of the Jemima family, whose territory is a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, has a lot of trade with us..."
Annan and Olmedo stood in front of the window, and she supplemented the forces surrounding Liberty City.
"What about that one?" Annan looked at a young man dressed as a knight.
His expression is the most different, with a bit of arrogance.
"The people of Ainius Franco are the great lords to the west of the Forest Mountains."
Annan had an impression that the population of the Franco territory to the west was about the same as that of the current Gemstone Bay.
"By the way, whose name is the banquet in?"
"It's not yours." Olmedo said knowingly.
"That's good..."
In the afternoon, the banquet began.
Except for the Franco Territory who sent envoys, most of the other forces had their leaders go there in person or send their heirs.
They politely expressed their admiration for Liberty City, but it was unclear how sincere they were. In the middle of the banquet, Annan reiterated the matter of Free City "helping" them build the city wall.
The noble lords hesitated.
“Everyone, you should know that we ended the war with the kingdom at the beginning of the year. At that time, the rat people were already ready to move. As the north is civilized, they may move south at any time... We need city walls to protect ourselves. .”
"The empire will protect us..."
"Without the city wall to delay time, even if the empire arrives, it will be too late."
Annan's sincerity made some forces move, but he looked around No one took the lead, and they kept silent.
The betrayal of the elves still inevitably had an impact: the surrounding forces in Free City did not take Annan's words seriously.
“What’s your name?”
"Bro, Lord Annan." The young knight from Franco's territory replied.
Annan made a last-ditch effort and asked: "Do you think the same as them? Bro, the rat people and demons are in the north."
"I just attended the banquet on behalf of the lord. He has no right to make any decision." The young knight raised his head and looked at Annan calmly.
Annan gradually frowned: "You have no respect for me."
Invisible depression came over, making it difficult for Bro to breathe. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that even if he had not formed an alliance with the elves, the boy in front of him had defeated a powerful lord of a kingdom.
His attitude became humble and he lowered his head: "I have no intention of provocation, but Lord Franco is a confident lord. He will not believe your warning unless he sees it with his own eyes."
Annan shook his head. , completely losing the desire to talk: "Enjoy the banquet, I hope you like it in Liberty City."
"Thank you for your understanding." Feeling the invisible pressure disappear, Bro performed the knight's salute.
Looking at the back of the envoy, Olmedo said: "He is a smart man, and he deliberately came to test our confidence to see if we have become a soft persimmon."
"The result is neither soft nor hard?"
"Yeah, neither soft nor hard..."
They don't want to provoke Liberty City, but they don't want to listen to Liberty City either.
Other forces can't count on them, so they can only think of ways...such as spending their own money to build a city wall to surround the entire Gem Bay?
(End of this chapter)