Unify the Saine Plateau?

Ren looked at Captain Marius and did not answer immediately.

During the third era, when Gilman was not seriously injured and fell asleep, the Macragg tribe did not unite the plateau at its peak, occupying a quarter of the entire plateau, but that was already the most glorious glory of Astarte. .

Since the new era, the Saine Plateau has always been a mess of scattered sand.

Dozens of barbarians of different branches, hundreds of large and small tribes, as well as an equal number of trolls, ogres and many primitive and backward intelligent races, scattered on the vast plateau, never really appeared. the overlord.

This situation has a lot to do with the empire. The empire does not allow the Sain Plateau to be unified, and then threatens the empire.

However, the Saen Plateau is not the territory of the Empire either.

With a thoughtful look on Ren's face, he asked, "Captain Marius, do you know why the Empire has not incorporated the Sain Plateau into its territory?"

"Because it's not worth it." Marius replied immediately.

Ren nodded.

Yes, it's not worth it!

The area of ​​the Sain Plateau is so large that it is almost equivalent to half an empire. Although it has not been accurately surveyed and mapped, it is estimated that it covers 40% of the area of ​​the empire.

However, there are not many valuable resources in such a large territory. It is not completely absent, but the number is very small. Due to the steep terrain and extremely high altitude, even if there are resources, it is difficult to transport them out, and the freight cost exceeds the resources themselves.

The environment of the Sain Plateau is also very harsh, with a huge temperature difference between day and night, lack of oxygen, hurricanes, extremely cold weather, etc., making it unsuitable for ordinary people to live in. Only the naturally strong and stubborn races like barbarians, ogres, and colossi can adapt, but it is also very uncomfortable, just barely getting by.

The intelligent races living on the plateau may add up to less than 20 million.

You must know that Congatro, which is only one-twentieth of the area of ​​the Saine Plateau, has a harsher natural environment and has a population of 30 million.

And the tribes on the Saine Plateau are very scattered.

Barren resources and sparsely populated areas make the Sain Plateau almost worthless to conquer. Since the establishment of the empire, no one has ever thought of unifying it.

Further west is the insurmountable World Mountain Range, which together with the Sain Plateau forms a natural barrier to the west of the empire. There will be no enemy to invade the empire from here, and there is no need to conquer it. The Sain Plateau is also the sphere of influence of the empire, but it is just a name.

"Since Captain Marius knows the difficulty of unifying the plateau, why does he still have this idea?" Ren asked strangely.

The Macragg tribe has grown rapidly in recent years and has followed itself to become an extreme warrior, but the total population is still less than 10,000.

If there are no Ultramarines, let alone the unification of the Sain Plateau, it would be very difficult to even keep Astarte.

There is no such obligation in the covenant between Glamorgan and Astarte.

Marius looked at Lei Zhu Tianbing in the mechanical alchemy room with a bit of scruples on his face. He didn't know that Lei Zhu Tianbing was a clone, and Ren was unwilling to explain, and opened a portal.

"Come with me."

Ren took him through the portal to an unmanned meditation room at the Fort Kong base.

"My lord, I don't think the unification of the plateau is for myself, nor for the tribe." Marius' expression was very serious, like Ming after thinking for a long time, he finally decided to tell a big secret, and solemnly said: "I am for my lord. Gilman."

"Oh?" Ren vaguely guessed.

Marius said in a low voice, "My lord Gilman fell for thousands of years. My people thought that he fell into a deep sleep, unable to answer prayers, but one day he will wake up."

"Isn't that so?" Ren asked knowingly.

"no!"

Marius shook his head, "My lord did not fall, but was seriously injured. At the end of the last era, Gilman was attacked by the Lord of Darkness in the battle of the gods, leaving a terrible wound on the body of the god. The divine power of the Lord erodes my Lord, and it is difficult to expel it. Gilman can only close the kingdom of God and use all the divine power to heal the injury, but it has not been completed until now..."

"My lord concentrates on healing wounds, and there is no extra divine power to bless, and believers are gradually dispersed."

"Later, even the 'Glory' priesthood was taken away, the prestige of our Lord declined, and the number of believers became fewer and fewer, and only us Macragge were still holding on."

Marius' expression was heavy.

Having said this, he stared at Ren: "Actually, my lord Gilman has always been able to respond to believers, but in order to save divine power, only the patriarchs of Macragge know this secret and will communicate every few years. once."

"The last time I communicated with my lord was the eve of your visit to Astarte."

Ren looked a little surprised, his face still stunned, and sighed: "So it is." He had already guessed Marius's purpose, or in other words, Gilman's purpose.

What the unification plateau wants is not territory, but the population of 20 million.

"Gilliman wants to redevelop the believers?" Ren asked.

"Yes!"

Marius nodded heavily and said hopefully: "My lord's injury has gradually improved, but there is a lack of believers to provide divine power. If the barbarians on the plateau can return to my lord's arms and pray to him, it will only take a few years. I can fully recover and wake up."

"Did Gilman tell you, or is it your own speculation?" Ren asked thoughtfully.

"My lord said it himself." Marius said with certainty.

Ren nodded slightly.

The Eye of Soul confirmed that Marius was telling the truth, and he had seen Gilman with his own eyes in the Temple of Astarte. His situation was consistent with what Marius said, so there should be no falsehood.

To be honest, he didn't want Gilman to wake up.

Ultramarines are very important to themselves, each Ultramarine is their own symbiosis, but at the same time, they are all followers of Gilman, pious and firm, even if they have built them into the most powerful legion in the world, Nor did they shake their faith.

The real deity of Gilman is in the Temple of Astarte, which is his kingdom of God. When he wakes up, he will definitely rely on the Ultramarines to restore his prestige and regain his "glory" priesthood.

At that time, he was inevitably involved in the struggle between the gods.

The priesthood of "Glory" now belongs to Vivian, the "God of Knights and Glory". He is usually called "The Fairy of the Lake". He is located in the "Knightland of Brantania" in the northern part of the empire. The people of the entire kingdom are in the lake. Believer of fairies.

Although the fairy in the lake is not the most powerful among the gods, she is second only to a few gods, and she is definitely much more powerful than Gilman, who almost fell.

Ren was reluctant to fight against the fairy in the lake and his kingdom for Gilman.

The interests of the two sides are inconsistent. Who should the Ultramarine team listen to?

He was not sure that Ultramarines would give up their beliefs, and more importantly, the power of the entire Chapter was based on the transcendent element of "Primarch Symbiosis", and "Primarch Symbiosis" was the savagery that Gilman gave to Macragge. human.

God can bestow blessings and take them back.

"grown ups!"

Marius seems to have guessed Ren's thoughts, and he has been thinking about this matter for more than a month, "My lord specifically explained to me that the unification of the Ultramarines is not free, and my lord is willing to give an equivalent, or even more. Something of high value as a reward."

"What's the reward?" Ren raised his eyebrows, quite interested.

Gu </span> "Lord, please see."

Marius took out a map of animal skins from the dimensional space attached to the power armor. Ren recognized at a glance that it was the map of the Sion Plateau. Mountains, river trends, marked with a large number of locations.

He noticed that there were dozens of red markers on the map, which were very conspicuous.

"This is the map of the mines on the Saine Plateau," Marius said. "Everyone knows that the resources on the plateau are barren, and it is true on the whole. But even if it is barren, such a large plateau will always be buried underground. For some huge mines, the biggest difficulty is finding a location.”

"My lord was the lord of the plateau more than 10,000 years ago. The mortals who rule here are familiar with every place on the plateau."

"Where there is a mine, no one knows better than my lord."

He pointed to a mark on the map, "For example, this is a huge mithril mine, no less than the largest mithril mines in the empire. If it is mined, the annual income can reach tens of millions of yuan. Golden Shield."

"And here."

"There's a gold mine buried under that mountain. It's of high quality, and it's not difficult to mine, and it's not far from the Ossian province on the border of the empire."

Marius pointed to several red marks in a row, like a few treasures, and said the mine represented by each mark. There are as many as five gold mines, other magic metal mines, iron ore, copper mine, and coal mine. Wait, there are dozens in all.

These mines are distributed on the whole Sain Plateau. Some mining and transportation are not difficult, and some are too far away, and the mining cost is very high.

But there is no doubt that the value of this map is immeasurable.

This is not a map, but a treasure map!

If it spreads out, the Saen Plateau will attract the madness of the upper class and nobles of the empire, and in a blink of an eye, it will turn from a barren land that no one cares about to a place of gold that is coveted!

Ren was suddenly heartbroken.

Needless to say about the economic benefits of the mine, its greatest use is to provide materials for the construction of Star Destroyer. , and it will become bigger and bigger, and its power will become stronger and stronger.

Each Star Destroyer consumes countless metal materials. If you buy all of them, you will have to pay a very high procurement cost.

And even if you have so much money, you can't buy enough materials on the market.

Mining mines from the Saine Plateau and providing raw materials can minimize the cost of manufacturing Star Destroyers, and use the excess profits elsewhere, such as purchasing other manufacturing materials, which perfectly solves your own shipbuilding plan!

It is also very stealthy to build Star Destroyers on the Saine Plateau.

For the mining work, you can consider cooperating with the mechanic union, and then bring in dwarves who can adapt to the plateau climate. It just so happens that the dwarves' population is exploding now, and they can promise to give them some territory to build a new home and move out of the world's mountains.

Ren's mind was spinning and he thought of many plans.

You must take down the Sain Plateau and become your own base for manufacturing Star Destroyers!

But he didn't get carried away by the interests. He looked at the tall Captain Marius and said with a smile, "I haven't agreed yet, so you show the map of the mine, aren't you afraid of my objection?"

"My brothers and I fully believe in your noble character."

Marius sincerely praised.

Then he said, "My lord said that this map of the mine distribution is only one of the rewards. When he wakes up, he will give the adults a more precious gift."

A more precious gift?

Ren couldn't help but feel a little curious. From the eyes of a god, he felt that it was precious and more valuable. Could it be that Gilman wants to give him an artifact?

He thought about it seriously.

Gilman is a well-known good deity, loyal and upright, noble and brave, cherishing glory more than his own life, and has never lied before. very low.

There is no problem in unifying the plateau to help him wake up. With the strength of the extreme battle group, it is not difficult to do.

The difficulty lies in possible future disagreements.

One minister does not serve two masters, and the Ultramarine cannot have two masters.

Unless you and Gilman are divided, one is loyal to the other. But Gilliman is a god, and he is only a mortal, will God give allegiance to mortals?

Ren didn't think it was possible.

Well…

He fell into deep thought, since he could not resolve the conflict between Gilman and himself, then resolve the source of the conflict, that is, the Ultramarines. The Ultramarines can have the prestige and strength they have today, with half of the Ultramarines and half of the power armor.

However, if you think about it carefully, the Ultramarines are not irreplaceable.

If Lei Zhu Tianbing wears power armor, it can also exert the power of the armor, but it may be slightly worse, because Lei Zhu Tianbing's own strength is only the legendary first-level.

If you upgrade the Heart of the Mastermind and raise the upper limit of Thundercasting Heavenly Soldiers to the middle tier of Legendary, then it will not be bad at all.

Even stronger and more reliable!

In fact, he had the idea of ​​making Lei Zhu Tianbing wear power armor a long time ago, but Lei Zhu Tianbing is more suitable for being a tool person, and the number of divided brains created by the mind of the master is limited. Did not try.

Now maybe I can give it a try, in case the Ultramarines really go wrong.

Ren's thoughts spread out.

It can also go a step further, the power armor does not need to be worn by people, and the armor can be controlled by remote control of the split-brain chip to achieve the effect of "cloud" combat.

Thinking backwards, secretly modify the control system of the power armor now, leaving a back door.

If the Ultramarines do not obey the command and disobey their own orders, they can release their authority to the power armor with a single thought, and then cancel the symbiotic relationship. The strength of the Ultramarines is greatly reduced, and they are immediately trapped in the armor, and the power armor becomes stronger. The armor became their prison.

Marius waited for a long time.

Seeing Ren's eyes flickering with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he couldn't help asking, "Sir, how are you thinking?"

"I agree with you to unify the plateau." Ren answered cheerfully.

Marius was overjoyed, and then heard Ren continue to say: "However, the Saien Plateau must be unified in my name and make it my territory."

"Your territory?" Marius was a little puzzled.

He doesn't care who the Sain Plateau belongs to. He only needs the residents on the plateau to believe in Gilman. Ren wants to make the plateau his own territory. He doesn't mind, but he doesn't know how to achieve it.

Ren smiled, "Captain Marius, have you forgotten that I have just been promoted to the Holy Soul Wizard. The law of the Empire stipulates that the Holy Soul Wizard of the Supreme Council is qualified to canonize a duke and designate a piece of empire land as a duchy. "

Marius was taken aback and immediately understood.

Ren has taken a fancy to the entire Sain Plateau. If this land becomes his territory, it will be the largest duchy in history!

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