Wizard From Afar

The early morning light is soft but not dazzling, shining on the deep forest castle above the hills. Standing at the top of the castle tower, Loren looked out at the farm near the castle.

Now it has entered the cold winter, even if the sun has risen, the cold wind is still painful. The black hair wizard with a hood had a somewhat frozen face, but a slight smile was raised.

In the fields near the castle, the Knights on horses are working with the guards of the castle to redistribute boundaries on the land, and the farmers who are holding wheat seeds in their hands are also behind. He smiled in the cold wind.

Sir Aaron’s work is far more efficient than he thought. He has already measured the fields near the castle in just one day. For those farmers who have just acquired their own land, Deep Limburg They also provided them with a small amount of wheat seeds.

By the spring of the coming year, they will be able to plant wheat, barley and potatoes in their fields. They will no longer have to work for the lord for free for a year, and in the end they will barely have enough food for the family.

Maybe a week, maybe just a few days, the news that these farmers got the land will spread throughout the count, when the time comes, all tenants who have been robbed of their land will flock to it. Ask Ruben Fried for their land guarantee.

As long as they can survive, they can all bear the torment of poverty and humiliation; but as long as they are given a little hope, a straw that seems to be reliable.

They will at all costs, even if they have to fight for their lives.

Raising salaries from the bottom of the pot, this is Loren's plan-Ruben Fried, who is lonely in Deep Limburg, wants to win the allegiance and support of the nobles is too difficult and the price is too high. So instead, it's better to change your mind and use a more crude and direct way to get the allegiance of overwhelming majority ordinary person.

Of course, a rule without aristocratic support is bound to be unstable. After establishing prestige, count still needs a group of nobles who are loyal to him.

But first, the Senna family and their cronies must be completely suppressed. Then they re-supported the little nobles who had been squeezed to the edge, and united tightly with Count in Deep Limburg.

Suppress the old aristocracy and promote the new aristocracy, the means of ruling are nothing more than these. It's only a matter of time before the Senna family be operated on.

The corner of Loren's mouth evokes a pleasant arc-of course, at the top of this empty tower, it is impossible for someone to see him like this.

"How do you feel?" A certain "not human" teenager appeared beside him, sitting on the wall, swaying his slender calves, with a chuckle but no emotion: "Domination You must have enjoyed it?"

"You seem to remember it wrong." Loren glanced at him helplessly: "The count of Deep Limburg is Ruben Fried, I'm just a little The wizard consultant is not even a nobleman."

"Oh~ really?" Asriel's voice was full of curiosity, soft as if it could seduce the soul: "But why, I Think you are ruling Deep Forest Castle?"

"Remove the original military commander, mediate the contradiction between Butch and the Rand family, and reform the territory...all by your hand, that Ruben Lord Fried, what does he have? A title that sounds nice, isn't it all obediently listening to your instructions?"

"That's just a suggestion. He can listen or not. Loren retorted: "If I stand up and say I want to be the count of Deep Limburg, what do you think is my best end?"

"Jump off the tower?" Asriel played said with a smile, but his tone really doesn't seem to be joking.

Loren rolled the eyes and didn't bother to care about him.

"My dear Loren, just admit it." The boy's tone was full of temptation: "You are not the kind of person who is willing to kneel to others. You also desire power and desire to respond. , Everyone follows."

"Relying on this person named Lu Wen can really bring you a stable life? You will not be naive to this point. He can give you naturally and can take it back. You are just a dispensable wizard advisor next to him. When you are no longer useful, he will throw you away like a rotten orange!"

"If you are a man who accepts your fate, in that When the robbers persecute you, you will not resist, and you will not choose to become a wizard, and you will not stand here-dear Loren Torino, you actually know what you are like."

Loren remained silent and continued to look at the distant fields, but his brows were already frowned.

"If this is the case, why are you so resistant? Or... just don't want to be led by my nose?"

Asriel chuckled lightly, his blood-colored pupils exuding weirdness The brilliance. The ice-cooling soft voice, like a poisonous snake wandering in my heart.

"...If you think two sentences can knock me down, it would be a bit of a look at people." Loren looked back slowly, and stared at the slender young man: "Next time I change another one. Let's have a fresher routine."

After speaking, he turned around and made a gesture to leave. But the boy who sighed then said lightly did not show any regrets on his face. He leaned his head on his shoulders with his legs up, his eyes never leaving the silhouette of the black hair wizard.

"If I jumped down from this tower, even vampire would have been broken to pieces, right?"

The voice behind him made Loren look back. I don’t know when Asriel was already standing. He got to the edge of the wall, and looked down curiously, as if he really had the urge to jump off.

"If you have faith, you won't." Shrugging his shoulders, Loren left the tower-anyway, even if he did jump down, this guy was impossible to be thrown to death, so he didn't need to worry about it.

"Who were you talking to just now?"

Sir Aaron, who had been waiting for him, just walked down the stairs and glanced at him with a little puzzled look. I've been standing here for a while.

"It's nothing, just talk to yourself." Slightly smiled Loren quickly skipped the topic: "Why are you here, Master count?"

" It's still inside." The serious-looking Sir Aaron didn't even bother to ask, and pointed to the closed door on the opposite side: "Consult with the nobles to see if the land problem can be solved."

Although he said that, his expression was not relaxed at all, obviously he did not have any confidence in the nobles at all.

Loren also agrees with this. If these people can surrender their land obediently, they won't stick to it until now.

"Count tells me that this reform is your attention." Sir Aaron turned his gaze to Loren: "Although I can also guess, this almost arbitrary thought is absolutely impossible from his mind. Came out of it."

"But I have to admit that your method really shocked these nobles-otherwise they would not be afraid of being like this at all, and would not choose and count negotiation."

"You are really exalted."

"I'm not complimenting you." His voice was heavy: "Have you thought about it? How dangerous—what if these nobles choose to fight against count? They were originally vassals of the Sena family. Once a rebellion is set off, count will have only the guards of the castle and the Knights of the guard!"

Looking at the other's nervous expression, Loren can only nodded: "You are right, this method is indeed very risky, and it will indeed make Lord Count stand on the opposite side of the nobles in Shenlinburg."

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"But you can seem to forget that from the very beginning, these nobles in Deep Limburg are impossible and truly loyal to count. Now any good behavior will be regarded by them as a sign of count's weakness. , Rather than kindness."

"So why don't we just pick everything up, let those who are willing to be loyal to count kneel down, and then eliminate those diehards?"

Looking at the still closed door, Sir Aaron, who wanted to speak several times, finally remained silent.

In all fairness, Loren's words are not unreasonable, and the ability to establish authority as soon as possible and eliminate the families that sincerely rebel can also make count's rule more stable.

He just had a faint hunch in his heart-Master Ruben Fried, it seems that he is relying more and more on this "wizard consultant".