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Chapter 458: The Magic Stone Veins Will Breed the Imperial Army

When reading René's report, Sean was not surprised because he had already felt it when he entered the so-called Domingo City.

When the tracks of the empire rolled into the city, there was neither warm welcome nor fierce resistance, but rather a kind of indifference and numbness deep in the bones, as if the people here had been devastated by countless wars, causing the entire city to lose the ability to feel sad, angry, or even fear.

Even when Myron entered the city, many craftsmen had no idea what was happening and were still numbly building the castle for Domingo.

The castle was extremely magnificent. According to Rosalin, even though it was an unfinished project under construction, it was much more magnificent than Cartier's old castle.

To be honest, considering the level of Domingo's country, Sean really couldn't understand why the other party dared to constantly provoke Rosaline. After all, there were not many people engaged in production in the entire Domingo Castile. More than two-thirds of the craftsmen were captured by Domingo to build this spectacular castle, not including the slaves who were captured to do coolies.

The entire production of Domingo Castile was completely stagnant, but Domingo actually declared war on Rosaline under such circumstances. It would be understandable if the declaration of war was used to divert conflicts, but after the declaration of war, the construction of the castle still did not stop.

It was so strange that Sean couldn't understand it. With such exploitation of productivity, even in the former Capet, the country should have collapsed long ago, but it was still able to function.

It was said that there was aid from other parts of Castile, but most of that so-called aid was provided to Domingo and Alonso for them to live a luxurious life, and less than one-tenth of the aid was actually distributed.

Compared with Domingo, Doug was a benevolent ruler who only collected taxes three times.

However, when he saw the nobles and knights kneeling in front of him and Rosaline, Sean understood to some extent that it was these nobles and knights who truly controlled the land and production. As long as they did not collapse, they could provide Domingo with a steady supply.

As for why these nobles and knights did not collapse, it was because they had no professional soldiers under their command. Apart from their personal soldiers, the militia could be put into production at any time and continue to be exploited. Coupled with the continuous slave trade and the bloody suppression of professionals, this makeshift team was able to survive.

Now, all the nobles and knights under Domingo have been gathered by Sean. These nobles and knights are crawling on the ground with cold sweat on their foreheads.

This war was beyond everyone's expectations because it was so fast that before Domingo could even react, the man was already on the street lamp. He didn't even have to use the super-level magic he had prepared.

The violent means displayed by the empire successfully shocked everyone, and coupled with the silence of the Avars, all countries and all lords were silent.

Those restless little lords all quieted down overnight. The pressure cooker that was about to explode seemed to have been deflated at this moment, and there was no movement at all.

As for these nobles, Sean chose to kill some and keep some, keeping those nobles and knights who were not so abstract, especially promoting those knights of lower origins.

The title granted by Sean is even more valuable than all the titles granted by the so-called kings in the entire continent. After all, there are quite a few messy titles and nobles in the entire continent, but this is a title granted by the empire, and its status is much better than those wild titles bought from somewhere. Even if these titles cannot be inherited, it does not prevent those nobles and knights from showing off their newly obtained titles.

Amidst the profuse gratitude from the surviving nobles and knights, Sean gave each of them a copy of the Imperial Law and asked them to go back and study it carefully.

The situation was quickly stabilized, and no more rebellions occurred around the port of Valennia. The policies previously implemented by Rosaline finally began to be truly implemented, and those territories finally began to resume production in a stable manner.

“Will they rebel again?”

Gray Robe looked at the direction where the nobles and knights left with some worry. In Gray Robe's opinion, these nobles and knights were the most unreliable. If he let them go back now, would they really organize production and gather the population as required?

"No, they will not rebel, because they are no longer the lords of Castile, but the Empire, and the people in their territories will also be citizens of the Empire."

Sean is instilling new consciousness in these people who have weak national and ethnic consciousness. As long as these people recognize their identity as citizens of the empire, they will never betray again.

Of course, this alone is not enough, as all the nobles in key positions in the territories were killed by Sean, even completely eradicating them. Sean is not as easy to talk to as he seems.

Naturally, those key positions were replaced by the children of the imperial nobles brought on board this time. These positions formed a large net on the map, locking the other nobles tightly. Even if those nobles wanted to rebel again, they would find themselves unable to move at all.

In fact, Sean was still too conservative. With the violent strength that Myron and his army showed, as long as they didn't encounter super-level magic, they could almost walk sideways on the continent of Sauron, especially those magic-free environments that were affected by super-level magic. The empire didn't even need to take action. They only needed to train the peasants a little bit to conquer them.

When Rosaline heard that those nobles were the imperial people, her expression was obviously complicated. Although there was no concept of sovereignty in this era and the strong were respected, and the empire also promised to retain the name of Castile in the future, Rosaline was still a little dazed.

"Okay, time to prepare for the next battle."

Sean's words brought Rosalyn back to her senses.

"Don't you need to take a break?"

In Rosaline's opinion, the priority now is to stabilize the territory and then make plans.

"The prestige of the empire must be built on victory. As long as we continue to win, the nobles who have surrendered to us will become more stable."

Sean explained to Rosalin and continued, "Although the next supply from the Empire will arrive soon, we also have to find a way to be self-reliant."

Sean looked at the other countries on the map and asked Gray Robe and Rosaline, "Where are the magic stone mines in the surrounding areas?"

Although they were called differently, the two who had been to Mu Continent still knew what magic stone was.

Rosalin understood immediately, looked at the map of the surrounding area, and said regretfully: "There is no more nearby. Even if there is, it has been mined out in the battle with the Avars."

Of course, there is a demand for magic stones on the continent of Sauron, even though the Sauron people have a very low level of development of magic stones.

Gray Robe knew more about this aspect and said, "Behind the country of the Fourth Princess Elto, there is a stable output of magic stone mines in the Albar Rock Land, but the situation there is very complicated."

"Tell me more about it."

"In theory, Albar does not belong to any faction. During the long tug-of-war, no faction has been able to completely occupy Albar. In addition, after the baptism of war, Albar's production tools are backward and the mining efficiency is getting lower and lower. Therefore, it has completely become a no-man's land belonging to gold diggers. Only agents of a few major forces conduct magic stone trade in Albar."

After listening to what the man in gray robe said, Sean raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Then we should attack Eltor Castilla first, and then control the Alba Rock through that area. As for the means of mining, don't worry. Just point out where the magic stones are, and the Empire will find a way to do the rest."

Yes, it is well known that magic stone veins will breed the Luo Er Empire Army.