Chapter 395: Babylon's Tower of Babel (two in one! Please subscribe!)
According to the Treaty of Valens signed between the Principality of Idar and the Odin Empire, the Principality of Idar obtained a total of two concessions.
One of these places is the Port of Hobbs, located in the eastern highlands of the Odin Empire.
Through the Port of Hobbs, the Principality of Idar was able to trade directly with the nomadic tribes living in the eastern highlands. Through maritime trade, both the Principality of Idar and the local nomadic tribes made considerable profits.
In addition, the Idar people also recruited a large number of Odin people in the eastern highlands as miners to mine ore and explore mineral veins for the Idar people, providing the Idar Principality with a large amount of mineral reserves needed for its development.
Those Odin civilians who have strong limbs but simple minds are all good at physical labor. In order to obtain enough living materials from the Idar people, they work very hard.
after all……
Whether it is the Norman Empire or the Odin Empire, the lower-class civilians do not actually have much national justice and national hatred in their eyes. For them, being able to survive is the most important thing.
Although the Principality of Idar was considered an outsider, the compensation it offered was extremely generous.
The more work you do, the more money you get. The foreman in charge of supervising the work will not exploit you, and will not even cut you off at will! Moreover, serving the Idar people not only allows the peasants of the Odin Empire to more conveniently purchase daily necessities from the Idar Principality, but also earns them the envy of other Odin people.
You know, the worship of the strong is almost engraved in the bones of the Odin people.
The Principality of Idar defeated tens of thousands of cavalrymen of the Odin Empire on its own, and the Idar army stationed in the port of Hobbs turned the Pachiniya tribe into the dust of history overnight.
Such a magnificent record is enough to inspire admiration in the hearts of Odin people and generate a feeling of awe from the bottom of their hearts.
Therefore, the development of Hobbs Port is in full swing today. Not only are there countless merchants and craftsmen from the Principality of Idar, but there are also many peasants from the Odin Empire working as laborers.
The speed of development and the scale of construction are simply extraordinary! However...
Compared with Port Hobbs, another concession of the Principality of Idar is far less eye-catching.
Another concession of the Principality of Idar is the port of Dorne, which is adjacent to the Forest of Beasts.
…
Port of Dorne.
On November 4th, the weather was sunny.
Three three-masted warships belonging to the Idar Navy have already docked at the pier of Dorne Port.
Perhaps it is due to the warm currents in the ocean, or perhaps it is due to the vast forests of the Forest of Monsters and the obstruction of the mountains located in the northwest of the Forest of Monsters.
Although it is already November, the cold wind from the Arctic ice field has not brought too much coolness to this port next to the Warcraft Forest.
The Stuart family's griffin flag fluttered in the wind, and the Idar soldiers were in high spirits.
For the Idar soldiers stationed in Dorne Harbor, today is an extremely important day in their lives.
The reason is very simple, that is...
Bruno is here, the Duke whom they respect, admire and love the most! Standing on the side of the ship, Bruno can clearly see the boundless vast sea of forests not far away, and the towering ancient trees.
There……
It is the terrifying Forest of Warcraft.
It is located at the end of the plain not far away, like a crawling giant beast, or like a dark centipede curled up on the ground, with vast forests and towering trees.
Until now, the primeval forest at the end of the plain has always been sparsely visited by humans.
Not only is it called a "forbidden zone for humans" by wandering poets, it is also a forbidden zone of life that makes countless adventurers hesitate and fear.
Some people say that there are extremely powerful monsters in there; some people say that there are countless wealth and treasures hidden in there.
There are countless rumors like this, but only a few people dare to go deep into this forest.
As for the reason...it's also very simple.
During these hundreds of years, any adventurer who dared to rashly enter that forest was either crazy or stupid, and either died or was injured.
And just a few decades ago, an Odin monarch who once did not believe in evil led tens of thousands of Odin's troops to die in the Forest of Beasts. This pushed the legend of the Forest of Beasts to its climax!
From the cold and vast Arctic ice fields in the north to the vast sea at the end of the continent in the south, the name of the Warcraft Forest is known to everyone, whether they are merchants or nobles, commoners or serfs.
Sometimes, its name can even stop children from crying at night, and civilians often use words like "I'll throw you into the Warcraft Forest if you cry again" to scare children who are making a fuss in the middle of the night.
In addition, wandering poets and those down-and-out singers have created countless stories and songs related to the Warcraft Forest, making the sky above this forest always shrouded in a veil of mystery.
At least……
Before the 10,000 Odin cavalrymen of the Odin Empire, led by Odin Marshal Portia Mariano, raided Dorne, there had never been a precedent in the world for safely crossing this vast forest.
And now, after the Church of Light and the Odin Royal Family, Bruno also knew this secret.
The biggest danger in the Forest of Warcraft is actually a magical creature, the Ebbinghaus snail, which has powerful spiritual power, even powerful enough to interfere with people's spiritual world and make people mentally confused! Only the cryostone from the Arctic ice field can keep people awake at all times and resist this kind of influence and interference from the spiritual level.
Therefore, in order to enable the Principality of Idar to achieve the goal of exploring the Forest of Monsters as soon as possible, Bruno sent out an expedition team consisting of dozens of Idar soldiers from Hobbs Port almost at the beginning of the construction of Hobbs Port to explore the Arctic ice field.
This expedition team has only one mission, which is to collect enough ice crystals to provide the prerequisite for the Idar people to explore the Forest of Warcraft.
You know, the Arctic Icefield is the coldest area on this continent, and it is one of the four forbidden areas for humans on the continent, along with the Forest of Warcraft! Although there are not many ferocious beasts and terrifying magical creatures there, the extremely cold temperature is enough to make people feel terrified.
No one knows what is at the end of the Arctic ice field, and no one has ever been there to explore.
All the members of the Idar expedition team were wrapped in several layers of thick cotton clothes. After writing a suicide note to their families in advance, they carried their burdens forward towards the endless ice field.
Not only did they have to reach that land, but they also had to brave the wind and snow to mine enough ice crystals, and then transport those extremely cold rocks back through the ice and snow.
This not only requires unyielding determination and extraordinary courage, but also is a great test of the physical, mental and willpower of every expedition team member!
And finally… they did it!
After half a year of difficult exploration, the expedition members of the Principality of Idar not only brought back a large number of cryolites for Bruno, but also drew a route map to the cryolite veins, making the subsequent mining of the cryolite veins by the Principality of Idar extremely easy.
actually……
No one knows why Bruno cares so much about the Forest of Monsters, and no one knows why Bruno is obsessed with the Ebbinghaus snail living in the Forest of Monsters.
But Bruno had his reasons for doing this.
The chaos in the interior of the empire and the secrets within the Church of Light made it impossible for Bruno to free himself from thinking about things that had nothing to do with the development of the Principality of Idar.
It is obvious that the exploration of the Forest of Monsters and the search for the Ebbinghaus Snail will have a significant impact on the future of the Principality of Idar!
because……
In the wonder atlas of the wonder construction system, there is a column called Hidden Wonders! Bruno discovered the Aset Basin, and then the wonder construction system unlocked the first hidden wonder Bruno came into contact with - [Stonehenge].
As two types of stone circles were erected on the land of the Principality of Idar, it was as if Bruno had stepped on the accelerator in promoting the process of magical industrialization, causing magical industrialization to flourish suddenly on the land of the eastern part of the empire.
When Bruno first learned about the secret of the Forest of Monsters and the existence of the Ebbinghaus Snail, the wonder construction system also started automatically in Bruno's mind and made a crisp sound.
Ding! Another new hidden wonder was unlocked by Bruno by accident.
The name of this wonder is "Tower of Babel".
The Tower of Babel is also known as the "Tower of Babel". Legend has it that it was a tall tower built or expanded under the supervision of Nebuchadnezzar II, King of the New Babylonian Kingdom. It also appeared in the story of Chapter 11 of the Bible, Old Testament, Genesis.
As the wonders were built, Bruno, as the host of the system, had already formed a very simple idea, that is... wonders are all good things, and hidden wonders that require certain conditions to be met to unlock are the best of the good things.
And Bruno can also say responsibly that the impact and changes that the Tower of Babel had on the Principality of Idar were absolutely earth-shattering.
To put it in easy-to-understand terms...if the third technological revolution occurs on Earth, it will be another major leap in the field of science and technology after the steam technology revolution and the electric technology revolution in the history of human civilization.
Then the role that the Tower of Babel can play is similar!
Once this hidden wonder that Bruno was extremely optimistic about could be successfully erected on the land of the Principality of Idar, its huge role and wide-ranging impact would definitely not be inferior to the changes that the magic industrialization brought to the Principality of Idar! It was for this reason that Bruno personally came to the port of Dorne adjacent to the Forest of Monsters.
Not only did he lead the elite officers of the Idar CIA, he even brought dozens of the top mages from the Idar Array Research Laboratory, including Arnel! The governor of Dorne Port appointed by Bruno was named Rak Frey. He had always been Krell's deputy and had served as the deputy director of the Idar CIA. He was both civil and military, and had both talents and skills.
Bruno's arrival also made the young Governor of Dorne overjoyed.
You know, the development positioning and direction of Port Dorn are completely different from those of Port Hobbs.
Compared to the Port of Hobbs which is currently under construction in full swing, Port of Dorne is obviously much quieter.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with the geographical location of Port Dorne.
The Port of Dorne was originally located in the territory of the Norman Empire, in the northeast of the Territory of Dorne. It was the former fief of Yersin Paris, Duke of Dorne, one of the five regent dukes listed in the Regency Council.
Before the Odin Empire officially declared war on Brunor, in order to maintain peace with the Odin Empire, the second prince Reyze ceded the vast areas in the east and northeast of the Norman Empire, including Dorne, to the Odin monarch Areo O'Sullivan.
However, after the Principality of Idar signed the Treaty of Valens with the Odin Empire, the Principality of Idar obtained land covering the entire eastern part of the empire and the eastern part of the Valens Plain.
This directly led to a significant reduction in the Norman territory remaining in the hands of the Odin Empire, leaving only the Dornish territory located north of the Albona River, adjacent to the Forest of Beasts, and the western region of the Valens Plain.
However, since the western part of the Valens Plain was not defensible, after much consideration, the Odin Empire sold this land that once belonged to the Norman Empire back to the Norman royal family for tens of thousands of gold coins.
Therefore, if the Principality of Idar is singled out as a separate force, then the Principality of Idar, the Odin Empire and the Norman Empire basically use the estuary of the Albona River as their border.
The eastern part of the Valens Plain was controlled by the Principality of Idar, the western part of the Valens Plain belonged to the Norman Empire, and the area north of the Albona River in the northern part of the Valens Plain was ruled by the Odin Empire.
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As a result, the geographical location of Port Dorne becomes more or less awkward.
Whether from the perspective of commercial exchanges, water and land transportation, or border defense, the location of the city of Valens, close to the mouth of the Albona River, is the important border trade center that the Principality of Idar is striving to develop and build.
It not only serves as an important hub for merchants from the three countries to conduct trade, but also connects the trade routes between the three countries. It is an important border town of the Principality of Idar.
But Dorne Harbor...
How to say it?
Because it is adjacent to the Forest of Beasts, this territory, which once belonged to the Norman Empire, was one of the first towns to be ravaged by Odin's cavalry.
The civilians either died or escaped, and even those who survived were captured by the remnants of Odin's Empire and taken to the Armanche Plain when Odin's army retreated.
so……
When the Principality of Idar took over this land, although it could not be said to be a thousand miles of barren land, it was still full of broken walls and ruins and uninhabited.
In addition, the location of Dorne Port is far away from the trade route. Therefore, at least until the passage through the Forest of Beasts is confirmed to be safe by the Idar people and officially opened, the residents of Dorne Port will probably always be mainly soldiers of the Principality of Idar.
"Get the soldiers ready. Tomorrow, we will enter the Forest of Monsters!"
Looking at Rak Frey who had been standing beside him ready for battle, Bruno finally spoke in a deep voice.
"clear!"
(End of this chapter)
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