Chapter 453 Riot·Return to the North
The airship landed on the mooring tower of the Lord's Mansion, and Perfectcott returned to his loyal north.
This is not a joke, but the North is indeed her loyal territory to her, where her will is best implemented and everything follows her will.
Even the people have very high support for Perficott, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are loyal to the north.
To put it bluntly, if Perficott launches a war against the empire, the people may complain, but if she wants to be an independent king, the people will directly put her on the throne.
Especially now that the empire has announced the end of the world, for the people in the north, they finally know why Perficott wants to develop the north and why cities in the north have underground cities.
This makes the people in the north very grateful to Perficott, because they are in the north at the moment, unlike other people in the empire who have to find ways to come to the north.
Many people are rejoicing at this time, glad that they have made the right choice in the past three years.
The right choice is to come to the north and work hard, rather than stay in the empire and covet prosperity.
After all, in the past three years, the North has been recruiting pioneers, but most of them disliked the bitter cold in the North and stayed in the prosperous empire.
Only people who can't make it in their home country or who want to strive for a better future will come to the north to try their luck.
Now it seems that those who stayed in the empire and lacked the fighting spirit seemed to be eliminated, while the pioneers who came to the north were better able to survive the disaster.
Because of this, even when the empire itself was on the verge of turmoil and riots, and various undercurrents were surging, the northern border has always maintained a relatively stable state.
Although the influx of the last immigrants from the empire has brought some social security problems to the northern border, overall the northern border is much more stable than the mainland of the empire.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that Purficott invested enough energy in the northern border.
At least the people in the north have food to eat, warm shelter, and enough clothing to keep out the cold.
Although these may seem simple, for other places in the world except the North, it is not easy to meet these three conditions at the same time.
Because of this, Purficott was still in a good mood when he summoned the important officials and major vassals in the north to listen to their work reports during this period.
"I am very satisfied with your work during this period. You have done a good job." Purficott praised the officials and vassals in the north. This was a rare compliment for her. After all, On weekdays, Purficott always gives people the impression that he is serious to the point of being unsmiling.
"This is our duty, Lord!" The officials and vassals saluted Purfict. Although they were frightened, they could not hide their excitement.
As we all know, it is difficult to get praise from Perficott in the north. The earl rarely expresses satisfaction or praise to someone.
This unprecedented treatment cheered up the officials and vassals, and secretly made up their minds to perform their duties better for the lord.
However, in addition to compliments, Purficott also made more requests to the officials and vassals in the north.
“The empire’s homeland is now in danger. Although I try to save the situation in the empire’s homeland, in the future it is very likely that the north will become the only hope for the empire, or even the only hope for mankind, so I hope that you You must work harder in the coming days, because you shoulder the heavy responsibility entrusted to you by the destiny of mankind," Purficott encouraged the officials and vassals in front of him, although it was a bit overwhelming. Suspicious, but the overall effect is still very good.
After all, the empire is still a dynasty under the feudal system. As their lord, there is still a slight status difference for these officials and vassals. Her encouragement is of great significance to these people. It is said to be a symbol of honor.
"Lord, a request for help has been sent from the colonies of the New World. Serious workers' strikes and riots have occurred there. Those workers have united to oppose the rule of the empire. The local governor has asked us for help, asking you to send troops and the Steam Knights to assist him in suppressing it. The situation on the ground." At this time, an official reported to Purficott and asked her: "Because you have been in the empire before, we dare not make decisions without authorization. Should we send reinforcements?"
Hearing the news, Purficott couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She knew that this was Kallen finally taking action.
She was happy that this happened, but she couldn't show it on her face.
She just restrained her emotions, nodded slightly and said: "What are your suggestions? Do you think I should send troops?"
"Lord, after all, the New World Colony is adjacent to the North. If The New World colonies are in complete chaos, which will affect the stability of the Northern Territory. "An official spoke up and explained his suggestions to Purficott: "And workers' strikes and riots will also have some impact on the Northern Territory. Yes, we have also discovered the spread of similar ideological trends among workers in the north. Although we dealt with it in time, there are still some bad signs.
So if you agree, I suggest it is better to send reinforcements to the New World colonies! The power of the Steam Knight was enough to suppress the riots in the New World colonies. ”
Although she had already known about this matter for a long time, and even she personally participated in planning a large part of it, when Purficott heard that similar trends of thought were also appearing in the North, , still couldn't help but be shocked by the impact of this matter.
However, after thinking carefully, she still set her sights on the two military representatives from the north, Richard, who is now a major general, and the Steam Knight. Representative William.
Perficott did not bring the two knights back to the empire before. She only brought her personal guards to Langton.
After all. As far as the empire is concerned, the number of these two knights in the north is not large. If necessary, she can mobilize more knights in the empire at any time
In a sense, it is precisely because of the intimidation of these two knights that the northern border can maintain the stability and stability of the current situation.
This has a lot to do with the fact that the people in the north have seen more about how powerful the Steam Knight is, and the local people in the empire’s understanding of the Steam Knight is still more or less based on false propaganda. To the extent that seeing is not believing.
Not to mention, some careerists have the power of the Steam Knight in their hands, and they are very dissatisfied with the intimidation of the Steam Knight.
But it is different in the north. The Steam Knights are the symbol of the strongest force in the empire. Only these two knights exist, and their deterrence is still sufficient.
"Your Majesty, Earl, I think it would be beneficial for the North to appropriately send some troops to assist the New World colonies in stabilizing the situation." Major General Richard took the initiative and expressed his opinion.
As a person whose surname is Brandlees, although Major General Richard is not a direct descendant of the Brandlees family, he can still be regarded as a relative of the lord. Therefore, Major General Richard still has considerable influence in the North. of influence. In particular, his military rank was promoted from the previous colonel to major general, which further made him a representative of the northern army.
In contrast, although Captain William has such a powerful force as the Steam Knights, he is still relatively unable to represent the army in the north, and his influence is limited It is also inferior to the previous one.
When speaking on such an important occasion, Captain William expressed more support for Major General Richard rather than opposing him.
After all, no matter what, the two of them represent the interests of the northern army. Any differences can be discussed privately. In such formal and important occasions, they still need to keep in step.
So after Major General Richard expressed his attitude, Captain William immediately said that the Steam Knights were ready and could go out at any time.
Perfect hesitated for a moment. She didn’t know whether Karen and the others were ready to deal with the steam knights. At the same time, she was also hesitant about whether she should send these knights who were loyal to her to step into this world. A trap set by her herself.
But then these unnecessary emotions were suppressed and abandoned by Purficott. She nodded and said: "In that case, then send two flag teams to assist the governor of the New World in suppressing the riot!< br>
Uncle Richard, is there no problem for the Guards Corps to send accompanying troops to assist the Steam Knights?”
Although Perficott calls Richard uncle, it is still used in speech. It was a question sentence, but Richard knew clearly that he could only answer no question. Even if there was really a question, it had to be no question.
So he replied seriously: "Please rest assured, Lord! I will send the most elite company to accompany the knights in the north and will never disappoint your expectations."
"I'll wait and see." Purficott nodded slightly and expressed his satisfaction.
After talking about this matter, Purficott dealt with some political issues and once again emphasized and reiterated the need to maintain stability in the north to the officials and vassals in the north and asked them to build After more shelter, she wanted to end the summons.
However, at this moment, an official in charge of public security management suddenly reported to Purficott with some hesitation: "Lord, among the immigrants from the empire, some nobles have many problems in the north. Duan, some of them are unwilling to abide by the regulations and laws of the North because of their titles, and even speak rudely to you. How should we deal with these people?"
"This kind of people? You want to ask me a question? One word, kill." Purficott obviously didn't have the patience to deal with the problems brought by the nobles one by one.
She was annoyed with these guys in the first place. Those who could come to the Northern Territory had already gone through a screening process. But even so, there were still some nobles among them who were used to arrogating arrogance in the empire. Now that they came to the Northern Territory, they still maintained their behavior. Past styles and habits.
This will undoubtedly conflict with the laws established by Purficott in the north.
If they are just ordinary small nobles, most of them will accept the punishment obediently. At most, they feel that they are nobles and should enjoy certain privileges, and try to use their status and power to obtain preferential treatment for themselves, that's all.
For these small nobles, generally speaking, officials in the north will not make things look ugly. As long as they confess their crimes and accept punishment, it is not impossible to obtain a certain degree of preferential treatment by virtue of their status as nobles.
After all, Viktoria is still a country with a feudal system, and it is inevitable that nobles enjoy privileges.
But there are also some nobles who believe that their title is no lower than that of Perficott, and some even have a higher title. They believe that the laws established by Perficott in the north are not binding on them.
Although you, Purficott, are the lord of the North, and the North is also your territory, I am also an earl, a marquis, and even a duke. What qualifications do you have to use the laws you made to control me?
There are not a few nobles who hold this idea. After all, after hundreds of years in the empire, there are really many high-ranking nobles.
If it were in the past, a count would indeed have the capital to ignore the laws implemented by Perficott in his territory. After all, this was only the law of Perficott's own territory, not the law of the empire.
But generally speaking, other nobles will maintain enough respect for the lord and will respect and abide by the laws she establishes when in her territory.
Because this respect is mutual, in the same way if Purficott goes to other people's territories, she must also abide by the laws established by these local lords.
However, now, most of the nobles in the empire are technically landless nobles. In order to carry out reforms, the empire gave the nobles a lot of preferential treatment and privileges in exchange for giving up their right to manage their territories.
So this has resulted in a considerable number of nobles in the empire being accustomed to a life of privilege.
They have become accustomed to their own privileges and do not have to abide by general laws. This led them to not take the laws established by Perficott seriously after they came to the north.
The officials in the north didn't know how to deal with this. After all, Perficott had returned to the empire before, and they really didn't know how to deal with it appropriately.
This resulted in a backlog of cases involving nobles waiting to be processed during the period when Purficott was away from the North.
But now that Purficott has returned, these problems are no longer a problem.
For these officials in the north, as long as Purficott gives the order, even killing all these illegal and criminal nobles is not a problem.
Then they now heard Purficott's order.
One word, kill.
Simple, direct and clear.
"Follow your will!" After clarifying Purficott's order, the officials knew how to deal with it.
Perfect looked at everyone and saw that they had nothing else to do, so he waved his hand to indicate that they could leave.
After everyone left, Purficott finally relaxed and stretched, turned around and looked out the window at Chernobog, his own city, feeling indescribable satisfaction. feel.
This is her city, the territory she established with her own hands.
(End of this chapter)