Chapter 167: Awakened Ambition
The sword's mood at this time, described as shocking, is less than six suits
Orison's comparison of him to the legendary barbarian tyrant Tanan, who overthrew the rule of the Bracaton Empire, and Riengerfenhardt, who single-handedly founded the Griffonheart Dynasty, did not surprise Chen Jian, what really shocked Chen Jian was the most naked and undisguised ambition in Orison's words.
This big-eared monster is actually persuading himself to dominate the world! Chen Jian looked at Orison fixedly, his face full of strange expressions of disbelief what his ears were hearing.
This expression obviously made Orison a little misunderstood, and he thought that he had broken through the lord's mind, so the lord would react like this.
"My lord, I've actually seen it for a long time, and you're not the kind of person who is unwilling to live under people for a long time. And your recent series of actions have made me firm in this idea! Maybe it's a bit abrupt for me to say that, but it's true! Being able to follow you is the proudest thing in my life! ”
"What have I done to show you that I'm not willing to live for a long time?" Jian Chen was a little puzzled, he had never felt that he had any disloyalty to the empire, and he never thought that he would break away from the empire one day. And then fight for the world as Orison said.
Orison smiled and said in a low voice: "Lord Lord, although you are very secretive, I am in it, and I have already guessed your thoughts, how can I not see it?" If nothing else, the fact that you're cooperating with the dwarves to mine iron ore is telling. Such a large deposit! No matter which country and force will be tempted! If you're loyal to the Empire, why don't you report it to the Empire for the Empress? Instead, it is used to make friends with dwarves? Isn't this too much of a disadvantage for ordinary ways of thinking? It's not like we can't mine these mines without the help of the dwarves! I thought about it, and then I realized that you have another meaning! ”
"Although on the surface, we have suffered a loss! But in fact, it is a big advantage! Such a large deposit. If we mine it ourselves, we won't be able to finish it even if we die, and if one day the empire finds out about this and wants to take back your territory, you will lose even more! But now, with your clever means, we have not only succeeded in gaining the favor of the dwarves by using these huge resources that we cannot digest ourselves, but also have received the full support of the dwarves in the casting process, construction process and productivity! And with this common interest relationship to bind the dwarves and us firmly, I believe that when necessary, these dwarves will definitely support us in force for their own interests! If you just want to be an Imperial Lord with peace of mind, why would you do such a thing if you don't have anything else in mind? ”
Chen Jian was dumbfounded by Orison's words, he never expected it. His unintentional behavior will be like this in the eyes of those who have a heart.
Then Jian Chen suddenly found out that Orison was not the only one who had such thoughts.
"Before I was fired. You'd better not make any small moves with Hammondal! ”
Chen Jian couldn't figure out what it meant by this sentence from just now, and now it seems that maybe it was the thing he was referring to.
Then he remembered that the soldiers guarding the iron mine had reported a few days earlier that some suspicious people had been found near the pit, and needless to say, these people must have been sent by Mrak to spy on information.
Things are starting to get complicated.
Thinking of Mlak's hostility towards him all the time, Chen Jianjue's self is simply more wronged than Dou E.
This is a complete misunderstanding! He made this decision at that time only thinking about how to get the maximum benefit in the shortest possible time, and he didn't think about what Orison said at all
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But even if he defended himself, Mlak would definitely not believe it, maybe he had already reported this matter to the empire and the empress.
If that's the case, then your situation is a bit bad.
Suspicion is such a thing, once it starts, no matter what the person who is suspicious does, it will be regarded by others as having ulterior motives.
Chen Jian was a little frightened to find that if it weren't for Gu Lisen's reminder, he was afraid that he would still be in a crisis without knowing it.
"My lord, did I say something wrong?" Seeing that his lord had not spoken for a long time, Orisen couldn't help but ask.
Jian Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You didn't say anything wrong, I did it wrong!" ”
"Done wrong? I didn't feel that way, it was so perfect! Orison shook his head and said, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I didn't fully understand it until a few days ago, is there any better way?" ”
Chen Jian didn't answer the question of the big-eared monster, but asked rhetorically, "Orison." Do you think that in the current situation, doing what you said will be successful? ”
In response to Jian Chen's question, Orisen smiled and said, "Lord Lord, if it were someone else, I wouldn't be sure, but if you were to do this, it would definitely be successful!" I have a lot of confidence in you! And I think, now the Kregans are invading the Empire. This is your chance to make a move! ”
After returning to Hammondale. It was already the middle of the night, and Chen Jian returned to his tent and began to sort out his chaotic thoughts.
The thing has been done, and it is useless to worry about it, and it is better to think about how to deal with everything that will happen next.
As soon as he thought of Mrak's face and his warning to himself, Jian Chen's anger swelled up, and when he thought that he was actually just a pawn used by Empress Catherine, Jian Chen's anger became even stronger.
The number of this group of alien immigrants and alien prisoners of war has greatly exceeded the upper limit of what Hammondale can currently absorb and absorb, and the empress did not consult Chen Jian before doing this.
Although Empress Catherine explained her difficulties to Jian Chen afterwards, Jian Chen was actually very annoyed in his heart.
Chen Jian also had a lot of opinions about Empress Catherine in many things before, such as her restrictions on Chen Jian's troops, the local garrison's surveillance of Chen Jian, and her lack of support for Chen Jian and the formation of cavalry. And the empress had hinted that those alien soldiers would be added to the emperor's ** team in the future and that Harmondale would be taken back from Jian Chen's hands in the future, all of which made Jian Chen feel like he was being manipulated at will.
This feeling made him quite uncomfortable.
And Orison's previous words also reminded Chen Jian of the words that had ignited his ambition again.
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If you don't want to be a chess piece anymore, then you have to work hard to become a chess player, and you don't want to be manipulated at will. Then try to be the one who manipulates others.
What's more, the current situation also forces Chen Jian not to do this, otherwise, I am afraid that he will not know where his death is.
And if he wants to give up all the previous efforts and all the results he has already obtained, he is even more unwilling, his awakened ambition makes him unable to accept this fact.
After thinking about these things clearly, Chen Jian immediately began to analyze his strengths and weaknesses.
Now I have a territory, although it is not a big place. The population is small, but the income is good, and more importantly, the people of this place respect themselves like gods! He has already grasped the hearts and minds of the people.
Although the number of troops in his hands is small, his combat effectiveness is good. It's also dead set on himself. And as long as you want, with the fanaticism of leading the people, it should not be a big problem to pull up an army of thousands of people at once.
And because of the matter of the foundry and the iron mine, he has gained the absolute trust of the dwarf king, and he has a common interest relationship, and it is not impossible to want the dwarves to help him.
There are land, people, food, money, soldiers, and allies, and it is not impossible to achieve great things with this. At least on one side, there should be no problem.
But there are many shortcomings, the biggest of which is the instability caused by the new immigrants and new prisoners of war.
And Mlak's own defense and his more than 20,000 imperial ** team are also quite a headache, Chen Jian knows that his troops are still too small, and what's worse is that he doesn't have a flying unit yet.
But now, the Kerrigan invasion of the Empire is like Orison said, and it gives Chen Jian a pretty good opportunity if the Empire is bogged down in war because of this war. It is undoubtedly convenient for him to fish in troubled waters and seek opportunities for his own development and growth.
The longer this war dragged on, the more favorable it would be to Jian Chen, and the more resistance he would encounter when he wanted to break free from the control of the Empire
Chen Jian was surprised to find that he had no psychological burden at all when he planned these things. It's as if he already had the mind to stand on his own.
And he also found that he had already unknowingly laid the foundation for the arrival of this day.
For example, his propaganda in the Lord's Guard and the Hammondale Guard, such as the control of public opinion that he allowed Robert to do in his realm, everything. It was all done with him as a lord, and there were no measures to increase the sense of identity of the soldiers or the lords with the empire.
Under this subtle influence. At this time, the soldiers and lords of Hammondale were only loyal to him, a wise and powerful lord, but not to the more powerful Erathian Empire.
This is really a very delicate matter, and Chen Jian found that he seemed to have subconsciously thought about breaking away from the control of the empire and the empress, but he had never discovered this thought.
And the temptation he made when he cooperated with the dwarf king to open a mine seems to be based on this psychology.
Empress Catherine was unable to expand the empire's influence in Hammondale for various reasons, and even the racial integration policy she promoted with Chen Jian in Hammondale was not stunned and did not use Chen Jian's personal behavior as a cover, but the result was in vain to achieve the tall form of Chen Jian, the lord of the alien race, in the hearts of the alien lords
Thinking of Empress Catherine, Jian Chen suddenly felt a little guilty in his heart, according to the standards of this world, the Empress is actually really good to him, if Jian Chen is a pure-blooded Imperial who grew up in the Empire, maybe he really died as a confidant.
But Chen Jian is from the earth, and the education he received since he was a child has never been able to recognize the imperial power, unless. This imperial power is in his hands.
So his attitude towards Empress Catherine is more like the attitude of a company employee towards the boss of the company, but there is a little more heartfelt awe in it, but that's all, it is impossible to let him die for Catherine and the Empire.
What's more, Empress Catherine's current situation is really quite bad in his opinion.
In fact, Empress Catherine's situation is indeed as Chen Jian thought, quite bad.
Catherine was very worried about the Erathian Empire, but now, the situation has begun to get out of her control, and her throne and her rule have been crumbling under the pressure of all sides.
The blatant invasion of the Erathia Empire by the Ofer Kingdom was definitely a great disaster for the rest of the Empire, and it was also a rather terrible injury to the Empire itself, ironically. For Catherine now, they have helped her a lot.
Had it not been for the sudden invasion of the Kregans that diverted the attention of the Empire, Catherine knew she might be forced to abdicate.
Equally ironic is the return of Roland, for Empress Catherine, who is deeply in love with her husband. It was a great event, but on a political level, it was a great disaster for Queen Catherine.
Bad things have become good things, good things have become bad things, and Empress Catherine's own life is really inexplicable.
But after calming down, albeit quite helpless. But she still had to accept this fact. She then had no choice but to use her political wisdom to reap more of the Kerrigan invasion.
She's even ready to go on another expedition.
Catherine knew that if she could regain the full support of the army, she would gain a foothold in the empire as she had last time, and buy more time for her plans to revitalize the empire.
The best way to get the support of the army is to go to the front and fight with them. Then show the pumps their selfless dedication to the empire in battle, and then influence them up close, assimilating them.
She wants to make those generals and soldiers understand that she is not doing this for the sake of the throne, and everything she does is for the empire to rise again.
And the evil plan of the Kerrigan people must be stopped no matter what, otherwise, it will not only be the Empire. I'm afraid that the whole world will perish because of this.
Although what Roland said was a bit too bizarre, Catherine believed that her husband would not deceive her, and the actions of the Cleagan showed that what Roland said was not groundless.
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