Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

Chapter 550 Undercurrent (1)

In mid-October of the Guangming Calendar 202, the northern part of the Islar continent was already covered with white snow, and the South Talun Prairie was blocked by the Hengduan Mountains from the cold current, but you could still see the green. It is located in the southern part of the South Talun Prairie. Fernando City is no exception. The city and the outside are completely busy scenery.

Due to a tragic defense of the imperial capital this summer, the imperial capital suffered heavy losses in both manpower and materials, not to mention the farms and manors in the suburbs. The area occupied by the orcs, food and materials were looted, and The areas where humans evacuated beforehand were all burned clean.When the war ended with the retreat of the orcs, mankind reluctantly discovered that they did not actually win the war because the harder battle is still to come.

Even if it is blocked by the Hengduan Mountains, the imperial capital still can't stop the winter's footsteps. When the breeze blows, a chill will fill the heart and lungs, and people can't help but shiver.The farms and plantations on the outskirts of the imperial capital are full of crops. Although the weather is getting colder day by day, these green crops are still growing tenaciously, just like the people of imperial capital.

Due to the war in the imperial capital, many granaries were looted by the orcs, and farms in the suburbs were severely damaged. This caused a huge gap in the imperial capital’s food reserves next year. In order to solve this problem, Luke ordered all the granaries outside the imperial capital to be removed. The fields where crops are grown are all planted with things that can feed your stomach, and grapes for wine making and fresh fruits have become luxury items, and there is almost no trace in the Imperial Capital.

After the war, the imperial capital did not restore the original order, but became a large barracks under the management of Luke and Orlando. More than three million young and middle-aged imperial capitals were enlisted in the army, but not all of them were real soldiers. , Orlando selected the best 400,000 from these 3 million as professional soldiers for intensive training, while the remaining 2.6 million were all stationed in multiple manors outside the city.

These people are divided into three parts. One part is engaged in farming and hunting to obtain food, the other part is building houses to rebuild their homes, and the remaining part is carrying out necessary military training. The three parts are constantly rotating. Everyone is doing it for The happy life of myself and future generations is busy.

With these young adults as the main force, Luke finally used all the land that can be used outside the imperial capital. After several careful calculations under his hands, he believes that after the harvest of these fields, the food obtained can allow the people of the imperial capital to spend the next year. The days when Duan Qinghuang was absent.

But this does not make Luke rest easy, because the first heavy snowfall in the imperial capital is coming.In order to harvest the grain before the snow is covered, Luke has begun to mobilize people to harvest frantically. More than one million people are divided into two shifts and busy in the fields day and night, even if the crops have not yet finally matured. , They were all cut down and transported into the granary that had just been built.

Perhaps the unripe crops are not delicious, but it is better than starving to death without eating anything. The military and civilians of the entire imperial capital are very clear about this. Therefore, despite working day and night, no one complained.Of course, what makes them gratifying is that their beautiful Queen Catherine often comes to various manors outside the imperial capital, and even works with them.

In the current imperial capital, although the cold winter is coming, it is full of thriving scenery.Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon. After Luke took power, the losing Fernando royal family was naturally unwilling to lose the power in their hands, but they could only complain behind their backs at the beginning, because Luke got Orlando’s Full support, and these ordinary wise and boastful royals are shaking and speechless when facing thousands of elite fighters.

However, there are always people who are blinded by power and money. After competing with Luke for power head-on, the insightful people in the Fernando family also changed their strategies. They no longer actively compete with Luke for power, but instead set their goals. In the body of Queen Catherine, the three members of the Fernando royal family who are most qualified to inherit the throne formed an offensive and defensive alliance, with the 79-year-old Henicos Fernando as the leader, fully supporting Catherine.

In the eyes of these Fernando royal families, although Catherine is a woman, she is always a woman of the Fernando family. It is no better than Luke, an outsider, and once she regains the throne, what role can Catherine play as a woman? Rely on members of the Fernando family.

But Catherine didn’t seem to know this. Despite the fact that Henikos, Birmingham and others repeatedly or bluntly or implied, she still respected Luke’s meaning everywhere, and did not interfere with Luke’s decisions in matters of the country and in daily government affairs. It also made Luke very satisfied with Catherine. Instead, he reported any important things to Catherine. After Catherine stated that he would do it according to Luke's intentions, Luke began to implement it.

These seem to be only superficial forms, but they make everyone understand one thing, that is, although Luke holds the power, the nominal ruler of the imperial capital is still Catherine.It is precisely because of this that the Fernando royal family did not give up on Catherine, continued to support her, and fought Lu Keming secretly on matters of the country, down to trivial matters.

Some people like power, and naturally others like to enjoy it. Of course, the Fernando family is no exception. Some of them try their best to defeat Luke every day, but there are also many arrogant guys who have come back under the protection of their elders. The previous days.

When Fernando XIII was still alive, these young imperial children could be regarded as free and easy in the imperial capital. Now, although the country is in trouble, these guys who have been used to living a comfortable life since childhood do not care.In their view, as long as the father’s elders are still there, they don’t have to worry about not spending money; as long as the invincible Royal Knights are still there, they can enjoy life in the imperial capital; as long as the magic teleportation array can still operate, they can be in the imperial capital. After the city was broken, he ran to Haifeng City in the south and continued to lead his carefree life.

Regardless of power or enjoyment, these people have brought insecurity to the current stable life of the imperial capital. The guys who are fighting for power will naturally have trouble with Luke and Luke's men. Although they dare not act against them on the bright side, there are some Things can be pushed back and forth. Things that can be done in one day will definitely drag you for three or five days. If you can do it all at once, how can you run seven or eight times more. In short, as long as things make Luke unhappy, Henikos and his allies will be very happy to do it.