Chapter 96 The Subtle Peace
"I am the magician of the Perry Court, so you can search it as soon as you say!"
Looking at the city guards around him, Hyde stood up and shouted, shocking the movements. He was photographed by Hyde's identity, and the captain's eyes were full of hesitation, as if he had thought of something, and he sneered: "You are the palace magician of Perry, but this identity cannot scare us in Voda. Brothers, search for me!"
Hyde was furious, but he had no choice but to do anything. He really had no choice but to play hard. Cai Dao looked leisurely and chuckled indifferently: "So what if you search for it, but if you can't find it, then..." That's nothing, he didn't say it, and the others wanted it completely.
The team leader summoned his subordinates to flock to check the carriage. Sure enough, he found several boxes on the carriage and opened the boxes one by one. The team leader's face turned pale!
There were traces of auction items inside. One of the boxes contained armor bought at the auction, and the other three boxes were filled with secret silver and black steel. The team leader wanted to die. His waist was bent down, and his forehead was sweating.
"How? Have you found it?" At Cai Dao's gesture, Levin suddenly changed his face and said: "Now there are two ways, either you apologize to us by placing your mouth or..."
The team leader had no choice. With the sound of his own slap, Philip proudly drove out of the city in a carriage. Shortly after they left, a person flashed out of the nearby alley of the civilian houses and muttered to himself: "Is it really not them?"
Being far away from the emperor, Philip and Levin couldn't help laughing wildly: "File, your method is really effective. I didn't expect that they were actually hidden!"
As he spoke, the color of gold coins flashed in Philip's eyes. He opened the box and took out all the metal in the box, leaving the innermost layer! There were broken swords and various robbed auction items. However, the shapes of these auction items are now completely different from the original ones, and even if the victim saw it, he might not recognize them.
The Douglas family has been staring so closely these days, so why didn’t Cai Dao feel anything? Besides, Fei Lin, a master who is good at lurking. In order to ensure that the things can be taken away, Cai Dao flattened or crushed the robbed artworks. Even the poor Red Cloud Sword was shaken into pieces and placed at the bottom of the box, and then pressed tightly with metal.
Obviously, they caught each other's psychology. Don't mention Douglas's family, even Feilin and Feili, they could never have imagined that Cai Dao could actually destroy all the treasures worth millions and then press them down. In Cai Dao's eyes, these works of art will be destroyed sooner or later. What's the difference between early or later!
As he was talking, Philip groped with a bitter face to find the artworks that were pinched at the bottom of the box. Thinking of the value of these artworks, he was almost crying. These are all money, a huge sum of money! Two days ago, he saw Cai Dao destroy these valuable treasures with his own eyes, and his heart was about to be bleeding.
"It's a waste of resources!" Hyde stared at the treasure wreck in the box with regret. If he had known that Cai Dao would destroy these artworks that could not be measured in artistic value, he might not have been able to make up his mind to help Cai Dao.
Feilin couldn't figure it out. As a powerful warrior, how could Cai Dao ignore the existence of the Chiyun Sword? It is the Chiyun Sword, one of the top ten magic weapons, and it is a magic weapon in the eyes of every warrior. It is incredible that Cai Dao actually destroyed the sword.
Since they were stolen, why do they still have to be destroyed? What is the difference between not getting it? Everyone became more and more confused after thinking about what Cai Dao did.
Cai Dao's thoughts floated far away. This trip to the capital was worth it. Just these stolen metals were worth it - yes, in his eyes, no matter how good the artwork is, it is just a piece of rare metal! Moreover, he also learned some unknown secrets from Levin's mother.
After this trip, Hyde and Feilin probably don’t have many choices, so they can only continue to travel with Cai Dao. Don’t think that Cai Dao planned everyone to rob the auction together, just plan, Feilin was just fine. Hyde did this ticket and it would be difficult to get rid of him next. Now the only remaining bumps and thorns are Pelo. Cai Dao glanced at Pelo, who was as cold as an iceberg, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Naturally, he had some ways to cure this woman...
Just when Cai Dao and the others left the capital, the cardinal in the imperial capital Cathedral was extremely angry. The superiors sent Pelo and Rez to stare at Dao #Gran, but for so long, Rez's body was found, and Pelo did not have any news. What is this? Even if it fails, at least there should be news!
Could it be that Pelo became a traitor like Feilin? As a cardinal with a high level of internal position within the Holy See, he naturally knew about Feilin's rebellion, and immediately thought of Feilin and felt something was wrong. What made him feel most unfavorable was that news came out in the interior of the palace, and Dao#Gran actually exchanged Kaya for certain conditions at the cost of non-fixed magic and concentrated formation.
This won't work! The Cardinal soon thought of the troublesomeness of things. Voda got these two amazing secrets, and the magician's combat effectiveness would be greatly improved. It can be foreseen that it won't take too long, Voda will take the initiative to provoke a war, which is definitely not something the Holy See is happy to see...
In Voda Palace, Kaya was thinking about Cai Dao. From the standpoint of imperial power, no emperor would like Cai Dao's rebellious and powerful people. However, the imperial power of the Western Continent is obviously different from that of ancient Chinese imperial power. The Western Continent admires the strong and advocates freedom. Although Cai Dao's rebelliousness made Kaya a little unhappy, he still did not feel angry about it. He must kill Cai Dao or whatever.
However, he is now worried that Cai Dao will go to other countries, which is not something he is happy to see. Of course, what he is thinking about is how to use Cai Dao's value.
Unintentionally, Cai Dao once again became the focus of major forces! This may not be what he wanted, because he felt that it was necessary to keep a low profile and talk about other things when he evolved stronger.
Cai Dao, Feilin and Hyde have studied it. From a future standpoint, Cai Dao hopes that the forces formed can be in Perry's battle-ridden place. However, because of the agreement with the emperor, he had to lower his requirements and turn his attention to the areas closest to York.
York is adjacent to Voda, but in terms of territory, economy, and strength, it is far less than Voda. Voda's population is over 50 million, and its annual tax revenue is about 30 million gold coins. There are six conventional legions, about 300,000, but there are four reserve legions. According to Levine's introduction, if Voda issues a war mobilization order, it can be expanded to 16 legions, that is, an army of 800,000.
It should be noted that even the most warlike Diss Empire in the mainland has a population of 35 million, and the conventional army is only 300,000. If it is a war mobilization, I am afraid that the army of Voda will be the largest on the mainland (Damn, I spent a lot of time to calculate whether it is national taxes or military numbers, etc., and it is hard to die. Please help me calculate whether there is any unreasonableness). This is also the reason why Voda can always be more peaceful.
The population of York is 17 million, but the annual tax income is only about 8 million gold coins - compared with the developed commercial Voda (please note that commerce is the key to tax income in the Western continent, because the territory is vast and agricultural tax is usually not easy to collect. Moreover, the Western continent is a feudal society with rapid capitalism, which has achieved a large degree of population urbanization), and we can quickly discover how bad the economic situation of York is. The conventional army is 150,000. Compared with Voda, only need to be wary of Mecca and York, York has powerful countries on the other three sides except the east side of the sea!
It is precisely because of this that York has gradually changed from the fourth largest country on the mainland to the smallest country over the years, smaller than Mecca. The population of Mecca has exceeded 20 million, and its annual tax revenue has exceeded 10 million gold coins, with a total of 250,000 conventional troops.
There are two cities with a population of over one million in Voda, nearly twenty cities with a population of more than 500,000, and more than forty cities with a population of more than 200,000 or less than 500,000. The population urbanization exceeds 40%. This shows how commercial development of Voda has reached.
There is not a single super city with a population of over one million in York, there are only five big cities with a population of more than 500,000, and only more than ten medium-sized cities with a population of 200,000, and the proportion of urbanization of the population is even only 20%.
When Cai Dao roughly calculated these detailed information, he couldn't help but be amazed that with York's weak strength, it was a miracle that he could still support the powerful Perry and Voda and the Ross country in the north until now!
If the three countries join forces to divide up, York could even surrender. Voda and Perry each had 300,000 regular troops, plus Rose's 200,000, and 800,000 troops could submerge York.
He thought it was simple. Perry, the six countries in the mainland, was not by the sea. He was at the center of the mainland and bordered the other five countries respectively. The idea of invading other countries was always thought about in his mind. It was impossible to realize it, because Perry himself was a clay Buddha crossing the river.
Even the country of Ross is not easy. Although York was weak in the south, the 300,000 troops of the Diss Empire in the west of Ross are not vegetarians. Even Voda was unfortunately eyed by his neighbor Mecca, and it was almost impossible to free up his hands to embezzle York.
Looking at the mainland map, Cai Dao couldn't help laughing. He was really curious about what those people thought when they split the Holy Kingdom! They cut the territory so neatly that countries have been restraining for hundreds of years, forming a situation where they fear each other. However, he now understands the reasons why countries have not yet fallen for eight hundred years. It turns out that the restraining power of countries is so important.
It turns out that peace can be obtained in this way... His stomach is almost laughing.
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Sentence is speechless!
Chapter completed!