Chapter 110 Knowledge is Power
In the early morning, after Ladislaus left Anna's camp, he felt a little sad.
Obviously, the original plan to enjoy life has come to nothing.
Although more than a dozen priests have used their restorative magic on her, Miss Anna is still extremely miserable.
Although the Razor Boar is powerful, it is still made of flesh and blood. The end of a head-on confrontation with the most powerful war machine in the world is really ugly.
The heavy internal injuries can only be recovered slowly by relying on her own vitality and the bonus of "natural wildness".
This kind of serious injury involving internal organs and broken bones cannot be cured by ordinary restorative magic.
If it weren't for "natural wildness", Anna would be dead this time.
However, even though the legendary leather armor "Wild Life" has incredible effectiveness, Anna is still in a coma at this time.
Several priests said that the broken bones and internal organs were spontaneously reorganizing, and it should not be life-threatening. Anna would definitely wake up in a few hours or a few days.
Old Cibot kept thanking Ladislaus for the gift, and even Caligula Cibot expressed his gratitude again for this leather armor.
It's just that Ladislaus is a little confused. When did he give any gifts?
But this doubt soon disappeared. Ladislaus, who left the tent, only remembered Anna's injury.
All memories related to the "Feast Invitation" were left in the Sistine Chapel.
Ladislaus even wondered why Anna's natural transformation was so powerful, and was ready to find an opportunity, such as after enjoying the pleasure of fish and water together, to spy on it.
But this is not a bad thing. If he knew that the two legends were going to tear him into pieces, Ladislaus would not be able to live in peace at all.
Although he lost the chance to be happy with Anna, Ms. Reinhardt is also in good health.
Senior officers can keep their trophies, including women. Of course, ladies are not allowed to leave the tent area of senior officers to avoid causing dissatisfaction among the soldiers.
This petite body was very smooth and soft, which somewhat relieved Ladislaus's pain after a busy night.
After Ladislaus was basically sure that Mrs. Reinhard would not avenge her husband, he slept with her in his arms for the past few days.
Ladislaus did not notice that the beauty in his arms was tossing and turning for a long time and could not fall asleep. Although he had expected the false surrender, he had been busy for a long time in preparation for the surprise attack and was really a little tired.
Mrs. Reinhardt's mental condition was not good. The pain caused by her husband's reluctance to use his private money to pay taxes had gradually subsided. The shame of having surrendered to the enemy so quickly began to occupy her soul.
‘Did I use her husband’s private money as an excuse to climb into the conqueror’s bed quickly to save myself?’ This question tortured Mrs. Reinhardt’s conscience day and night.
But this is not Mrs. Reinhardt's biggest worry. After all, the past is over, and she still has more serious and realistic sufferings.
Although she herself avoided the fate of being sold to the Black Continent, many of her relatives and friends would be loaded onto Venetian slave ships in a few days, and the maid who brought him meals repeatedly begged her to "use her charm."
So that I can intercede with Ladislaus and probably save a few more relatives and friends.
However, Mrs. Reinhardt knew very well that no matter how many tricks she tried in bed, she would not be able to save a few people, and would make her new lover feel entangled. This archbishop treated her quite well, and he was actually a new member of the warlock royal family.
, once you fall out of favor, your future will be even more unpredictable.
This really cannot be blamed too much, and Mrs. Reinhard has the right to think about it for herself.
However, we cannot ignore our responsibilities to our subjects, relatives and friends.
Now that the city of Siena has withstood another round of blows, the value of what she has in hand seems to have increased.
However, Mrs. Reinhard is not without any feelings for the motherland. She still has her own definition of a traitor.
After hesitating for a long time, she finally made a difficult decision.
"Your Excellency, Archbishop, are you still awake?"
Early in the morning, Ladislaus, who had not slept much at all, took Mrs. Reinhardt to Old Colonna's tent.
"Can she help us attack the city of Siena?" Old Colonna looked at the woman brought by Ladislaus and wondered whether Ladislaus was a little sick and rushed to the hospital.
Old Colonna was also tortured the night before. He had planned to sleep until evening today, but in order to seize any opportunity to break the city, he decided to listen to ideas that could convince Ladislaus no matter what.
"She said that when the city of Siena was being built, her ancestor, a high-ranking Gulamba priest, helped choose the city site and ensured that there would be enough wells in the city to cope with the siege." Ladislaus motioned to Mrs. Reinhardt.
Say the words you just told yourself again.
"If I help you cut off the underground water supply in the city, can you promise to restore the freedom of me and my subjects, and return the territory to me?" Mrs. Reinhard reiterated her request.
"You can make a list of twenty people, and the people on the list can regain their freedom. I will compensate you for five thousand thalers, grant you the lifelong title of a female knight, and guarantee you an annuity of five hundred thalers.
"Although he was very excited inside, Old Colonna's expression was like a stone statue.
In fact, Old Colonna's asking price was a bit higher than Ladislaus imagined. Fortunately, the territory had been sold. If Ladislaus was still the owner of the territory, Old Colonna would not be able to protect other people's property.
It would be suspicious if he would work so hard.
"But if you conquer the city of Siena, you can get countless treasures and land." Mrs. Reinhardt blushed and was very dissatisfied with the price of Old Colonna.
"Forgive me for being rude, madam. If you had chosen to provide us with this secret earlier, maybe it would not be impossible to give you a large piece of land. But now that you have nothing, a counselor and an adviser can only get so much."
More. What's more, you can only provide a way to cut off the water source, rather than destroying the city immediately." Old Colonna was actually merciful.
Ladislaus originally thought that old Colonna would be more cruel and torture him immediately so that he could become a good person. Now it seems that he may lose his ownership of this lady.
But this is nothing, destroying the city of Siena is the top priority at the moment.
After some more bargaining, Mrs. Reinhard finally obtained the ransom rights of thirty people and war compensation of eight thousand talers on the condition of helping to cut off the water supply of Siena.
The two parties signed the document using the dark sun as evidence.
The sacrifice to Cyric was also made by Old Colonna.
Mrs. Reinhardt quickly started working. They first went to retrieve the notes left by her ancestors. They originally thought it would be very troublesome, but Machiavelli's talent impressed the elder Colonna and Ladislaus. All the notes belonging to Ladislaus
Dislaus's trophies were all categorized in an orderly manner, with several account books corresponding to several large packages, very concise and clear.
In the big package of "Books-Handwriting", I quickly found this notebook.
Parchment scrolls have withstood the test of time for hundreds of years, and there is no magical protection for such notes.
Many of the words could not be read clearly, and the so-called water vein diagram made people wonder if it was a piece of white paper that had been pressed out because of its age. However, Mrs. Reinhardt was still full of confidence and claimed
As long as she has this picture, she can definitely cut off the water veins.
All doubts soon disappeared, and Old Colonna and Ladislaus were surprised to discover that Mrs. Reinhardt and her ancestors were extraordinary masters of engineering.
After only half an hour of digging, the Roman soldiers discovered an underground river leading to the city of Siena, and successfully diverted it in another direction under the guidance of Mrs. Reinhardt.
This is perhaps the geological work that the Lord of the Earth, Gulamba, enjoys the most.
That night, Mrs. Reinhardt, who had diverted two undercurrents, found that her priest level had reached level three!
Just "assisting in cutting off the water source" also gained Ladislaus a lot of reputation. Coupled with his performance in defeating the Knight Reinhardt, his reputation reached 1721.
With the hope of being promoted to Cardinal, Ladislaus is very concerned about his reputation. Although it is not yet known how many points it will take to activate it, it must be much more than the Archbishop's 1,000 points.
Moreover, this crucial work of discovering talents greatly increased Ladislaus's voice on the issue of dividing the wealth of Siena City.
But the next work is not that simple. A key underground river is located tens of meters underground. It needs to be diverted from the upstream where it branches off from the Ming River. It may take more than ten days to complete.
Completed flow interception.
However, just one day's work caused the water levels in one-third of the wells in Siena to drop sharply.
It also made Mrs. Reinhardt a guest of the old Colonna.
Once a prisoner, now a "good niece", the old Colonna even solemnly expressed his sorrow for the "terrible war".
However, Ladislaus could only remain silent. Anyway, he was really not shameless enough to express "the deepest apology and deepest condolences for the unfortunate death of her husband."
Of course, "Thanks to Mrs. Reinhardt for shortening the siege and alleviating the suffering of the city residents." Ladislaus could still be so shameless.
The performances of these two politicians made Mrs. Reinha's conscience somewhat easier.
As for whether you believe it or not, Mrs. Reinhardt believes it anyway.
The maids who originally served all the women of high-ranking officers were designated to serve her. All kinds of daily necessities were provided in unlimited quantities. Even a small sacrifice in praise of Guramba was allowed, of course the scale was
It can only be reduced to the minimum. If the Roman soldiers saw throwing gems into the altar, which is obviously not suitable for the Cyric style of sacrifice, it is likely to cause unnecessary conflicts.
All the people on Mrs. Reinhardt's list were released immediately. Ladislaus supervised the release process and helpfully gave a little grace. In fact, about a hundred people were freed.
Most people chose to go home immediately. Mrs. Reinhardt gave most of the money she had just received to them so that they could redeem their land. A few people continued to follow Mrs. Reinhardt.
I don't know if it's because of this convenience or because he's been acting like a gentleman these days, or because he learned about Ladislaus's background as a sorcerer and royal family.
Of course, Ladislaus thinks that the warlocks are all handsome guys, which is also one of the potential reasons.
In short, Mrs. Reinhard declined the old Colonna's offer of a large tent and continued to live with Ladislaus.
Although the elder Colonna failed to help his daughter eliminate a competitor, he still fulfilled all the conditions. An application for an annuity has been sent to the College of Cardinals in Rome.
Ladislaus was of course even happier. He had realized Mrs. Reinhard's potential great value.
In the next ten days, thousands of soldiers and civilians, under the command of Mrs. Reinhardt, worked hard to carry out earthmoving operations. The underground river that had never changed its direction in millions of years and had never seen the sun was excavated and destroyed.
diversion.
There was no intersection of gold and iron, no river of blood, just digging and filling, diversion of water, and the solid city of Siena suddenly became in danger.
Chapter completed!