Chapter 559: System Theory

"What do you think?" Edith went back to the bed and sat down.

"The bathroom?"

"I mean the new law."

"Uh..." Cole showed hesitation, "I will write to my father tomorrow to tell my father the conditions offered by His Majesty, but I don't think he will agree."

"Really?" Edith couldn't deny it.

Seeing that she did not deny it, Cole became a little more courageous, "I have also read the booklet His Majesty gave, let alone whether the content on it is true or not, the biggest nobleman used as an example is only an earl Now he is equivalent to a duke without a fief—seriously, if I were just a knight, I would definitely make the same choice. But my father is the legitimate ruler of the north, the Duke of Eternal Night City, and his status and power are comparable to The eldest son of Honeysuckle is very different, once he agrees to His Majesty, it means that the general will hand over the territory to others. This is not a promotion, but a real decline."

"That's right," Edith nodded with a smile, but before her younger brother was happy, she continued, "But you overlooked one point."

"What?"

"That's what we can claim these positions and powers."

Cole froze.

"You obviously paid attention to the stories in the back of the booklet, but I am more concerned about the opening paragraph." Edith picked up the brochure beside the bed and flipped open the cover, "If this is His Majesty's idea... I have to say it was very interesting.”

"Feudal... cause?" Cole probed, "Have you figured out what it means?"

"It's just a coined word. You can understand it as our current system, or you can call it noble."

The younger brother looked puzzled.

Edith shook her head secretly. These contents seemed quite awkward at first glance, and it seemed inexplicable to put them in the brochure as the beginning, far less vivid than the following examples, but if you can understand its true meaning, you will find that this is Roland The basis for Wimbledon's decision to implement the new law.

It was the first time she saw such a novel and thorough statement.

"Have you ever thought about why we entrust the land to our knights and retainers?"

"In this way, they will be loyal to the Kant family," Cole muttered, "and they will also be able to recruit more brave people to serve."

"What if father takes all of the Northland?" Edith continued to ask.

"Are you saying that all belong to the family?" The younger brother shook his head after thinking for a while, "Of course not, if they occupy all the territories, the knights will leave the northern border—they will definitely go to other places to find opportunities if they have no property. The same is true for minor nobles, wouldn't that mean that there are only Kant's nobles in several towns?"

"Is it not good?"

"Of course!" Cole blinked, as if he was puzzled why his sister would ask such a simple question, "The northern border is so big, how can our family manage it alone? Starting from the city, it takes about half a week just to get there, and that doesn’t include the time for news transmission. Moreover, collecting taxes and food is also very troublesome, we can’t expect those untouchables to consciously hand over these things.”

"So in order to keep our own land, we continue to expand our vassals. In the final analysis, it is caused by the needs of war and limited management capabilities-this is also the main reason for the feudal system in His Majesty's opinion." Edith stroked The book page, "However, the situation has changed now. No matter how we expand our team, we can't stop His Majesty's thunderbolt. His army has no opponent in the entire kingdom. At the same time, His Majesty also firmly believes that a strong city hall can manage the entire territory well." Naturally, there is no need to entrust the land to the nobles."

"This..." Cole opened his mouth, but didn't know how to answer.

"Roland Wimbledon believes that this is a historical inevitability." She pointed to the last sentence at the beginning, "A centralized government with complete functions will inevitably replace the feudal nobles, because a unified management plan can better utilize the resources of the whole territory, explore The potential of the people, so that the entire kingdom bursts out with strong productivity-and productivity is the decisive factor in determining which side can survive."

"Nonsense," Cole whispered. "What is productivity? Who can cultivate the land better? Ten farmers can't beat a knight, and he manages the whole country... How can he get so many people to take care of tax matters? Don’t entrust the nobles to do it? If those people can really collect money and food, what is the difference from now? The untouchables don’t care who is their king.”

"On this point, I'm as curious as you," Edith raised the corner of her mouth, "But the person who can write these words is unlikely to implement this new law unprepared, what do you think?" After a pause, "We'll visit him again tomorrow, and this time I'll be here instead."

"So fast?" Cole was surprised. "Usually, don't you always wait until the other party mentions your identity before revealing it?"

"I can't wait for that time," Edith shrugged. "Besides, don't write to my father. You heard him say it before I left. I will make the decision on this mission."

"Don't tell me...you want to promise His Majesty?" He gasped, "Father will kill you!"

"Um?"

"Uh... no, I mean he will hate you," Cole changed his mind. "After all, his main purpose of letting you go is to keep his duke position."

"Don't worry, I'm not that easy to convince," Edith raised her eyebrows and said, "Since he has already given the conditions, you have to let me bargain, right?"

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The next day's trauma test reports were delivered to Roland's desk one after another.

The body of the devil is not much stronger than that of the witch, whether it is a gun or a sword, it can be fatally wounded, but probably due to the difference in physiological structure, the damage effect of toxins is very small.

For example, chlorine, nitric oxide, and carbon monoxide will not affect the madman. Even if there is an effect, it is caused by weakening the active ingredients of the red mist.

The same is true for Dreamland Water and Kuanghua Pill, the former cannot make it fall asleep, and the latter cannot make it go berserk.

As for the red mist being decomposed, it turned into several kinds of gases and water. After testing by Kaimo Strull, it was confirmed that some of them could burn and emit a foul smell, and some of them were nitrogen, and the rest were unknown. However, these should not be the necessities for the survival of the devil, mainly due to the subtle magic power surging in the mist, which is also the reason why the red mist cannot be preserved for a long time.

In addition, when the temperature rises to 300 degrees, the red mist will accelerate its decomposition, and when it is close to 80000 degrees, the fog will even burn.

Roland folded the report and put it in the drawer. From the current point of view, in addition to conventional thermal weapons, flames are also a good choice to deal with devils. At least in terms of dispelling the red mist, the effect of high temperature is very significant. When attacking the enemy's camp, a big fire may It can instantly reverse the devil's situation at home.