The Church of the Goddess of Nature hated those who destroyed the balance of nature. Many wizards' experiments would cause some damage to the natural environment, so the relationship between the Temple of Nature and the wizards had always been bad.
The druids in the Church of Nature also had many different schools. For example, the druids of the School of Balance cared about the balance between other creatures and nature. These druids would carefully maintain the balance of nature so that it would not be broken. If a kind of animal or plant became a disaster and posed a great threat to other species, they would eliminate it, regardless of whether it was good or evil.
The druids of this school were stubborn and had their own principles. They were difficult to communicate with and hated wizards the most. They had a theory called the "balance of the biological world." They even believed that if the human population was too large, it would affect the balance of nature. If it was not limited, it would lead to serious consequences. The solution was to limit the population.
It was said that they also used many methods to limit the population, including war, disease, starvation, and so on. If it was not for the fact that there were no Thanos gloves in this world, Suhlen doubted that they would make one. With a snap of the finger, the problem was solved reasonably, fairly, and quickly.
These Druids of the School of Balance were absolutely neutral, so their actions were incomprehensible to others.
The Wild Druids worshipped nature, but they paid more attention to animals. The druids of this school were proficient in transformation and could transform into various animals. The most basic druids could transform into werewolves. The more powerful ones could transform into giant bears, petrifying lizards, pterosaurs, and so on.
As the name suggested, the guardian school was proficient in protection spells. There was also the School of Nature. The druids of this school were the most respected. They were also the ones who repaired the damage of nature for decades. At the same time, the druids of this school could summon the spirits of nature. The spirits of nature would help them in battle. The druids of this school were also proficient in potions and identifying herbs.
The School of Nature had the power of druids second only to the Druid Order.
The race with the highest percentage of druids was half-elves. Of course, it used to be elves, but after the elves returned to the Elf Forest, it was rare to see elven druids. Other races could also give birth to druids. It was said that there were even drows who joined the Druid Order.
Regarding this special situation, one should not be too surprised. After all, in every race, there would always be a few people who did not belong to the majority. For example, the succubus paladins, the drows who believed in the Dark Maiden, the death knights who believed in the Lord of Dawn, and so on.
The demon paladins were also known as the children of hell.
To put it simply, they were a group of people who 'lived in the darkness but yearned for the light'.
A group of people who yearned for salvation.
Born in the evil lower planes, they yearned for redemption and return to the light, but their fates were often very tragic. Very few gods would accept these demons.
The upper planes would not accept them, and the lower planes would view them as traitors.
The Children of Hell rarely survived.
Most of the Children of Hell fell back into the darkness, or died rather miserably. Some of the luckier ones turned to the neutral camp and finally lived a life that was neither good nor bad, but was rather bumpy.
Out of a hundred awakened Children of Hell, only one would survive! Suhlen remembered a succubus who fell in love with an angel and decided to become a Saint Samurai. He had to admit that this was a great mockery to the Succubus Queen. A succubus who controlled lust actually fell in love with an angel.
There was also such a person among the drows. Cui Heizi, also known as Cui Sanye, was born in a family of drows who believed in the Queen of Spiders. After betraying the Queen of Spiders, it was incredible that he could still live well.
Suhlen did not have any opinions about these druids, and wizards should indeed protect the environment for magic experiments. Those harmful experiments must be carried out in an absolutely isolated area. Pollution leaks, which directly caused the surrounding dozens of kilometers to become uninhabitable, were absolutely forbidden. After all, the material world was the foundation of human life. If there was pollution everywhere, how could ordinary people survive?
Without ordinary people as the foundation, no matter how powerful a sect was, it would decline. After all, only with a sufficient population base could it provide all kinds of resources and talents.
However, there were always some sorcerer organizations that didn't understand this logic. Among them, the dark sorcerer organizations were the most prominent. However, the dark sorcerer organizations had gradually been eliminated by other sorcerers. Now, the dark sorcerer organizations were basically getting weaker and weaker.
Su Lun stayed in Harvest City for a month, and the most important thing he did was to check on the nobles. After spending a month, all the nobles with problems were cleaned out. Su Lun only emptied the treasury of these nobles. It had to be said that these nobles were worthy of being called the accumulation of tens of generations, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years. Each and every one of them was filthy rich.
All kinds of gold coins and gems were piled up like mountains. There were also manors, castles, shops, mines, workshops, and so on. If all of them were converted, it would be tens of millions of Kinnar. In addition to these assets, Suhlen also found a lot of precious magic materials, many of which even Suhlen did not have.
He had to admit that these southern nobles were really rich. It made him want to rob the rest of the nobles as well. But fortunately, he didn't lose his mind. Even so, the remaining nobles were all frightened and treading on thin ice. During this time, they couldn't be more obedient, so Su Lun couldn't find an excuse to attack them. For this reason, he regretted for a long time.
Suhlen did not directly sell the manors, shops, mines, and workshops that he confiscated. If he sold so many assets in a short period of time, it would cause the price to drop. If that happened, he would be the one to lose. Those merchants would not buy at a high price just because he was the king.
Suhlen kept the best manors and castles, and gave the rest to the nobles as rewards. Suhlen also kept the best shops and gave them to the caravans in North Town. Suhlen gave the rest of the shops to the Imperial Secret Service.
The Imperial Secret Service's intelligence network was too expensive. Suhlen allowed the Imperial Secret Service to set up a stronghold and set up shops to raise funds. The advantage of doing this was that they could hide themselves better. At the same time, they would have more channels to gather information. A part of the profits from these shops would be given to the Imperial Secret Service as subsidies, and the rest would be stored in the stronghold.
At the same time, Suhlen also left some shops for the local town hall. These shops were for the town hall to set up some daily necessities shops to stabilize the price of goods. This way, the price of goods would not be controlled by those profiteers.
Suhlen had been in Harvest City for a month now, so he knew a lot about the city. In the past, the nobles and merchants here would often work together to lower the price of food during the harvest season. Then, when there was a shortage of food, they would raise the price. In this way, ordinary civilians would have their flesh cut off twice. If they were even more unscrupulous, items such as salt and cloth would be cut off once more.
Therefore, although this city was called Harvest City, the commoners' lives were not good. It was not uncommon for the farmers to suffer when there was a good harvest. Of course, Suhlen would not let those profiteers get away with it. Therefore, he planned to let the town hall come out and give them the lowest price for food. At the same time, he would set up a granary here to store food and sell it at a low price during the shortage of food.
Suhlen learned this from his previous life. In his previous life, there was a system like this in ancient times. Chang Ping Granary was specifically built for this purpose. However, no matter how good the system was, it still needed people to follow the rules. Unfortunately, there were not many people who could do it. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many fire dragons burning granaries and ghost soldiers borrowing food.
Even in his previous life, when modern information was so perfect, there were still people who took risks out of desperation. Suhlen naturally did not trust the integrity of the officials. Therefore, he ordered all the officials to go to the prison every six months for ideological and political studies. At the same time, Suhlen also ordered the imperial guards to supervise them. In order to make this system work properly, Suhlen put in a lot of effort.
Harvest City was the first southern city that Suhlen renovated. It could be said that it was a benchmark, so he had to do it to the best of his ability. In addition to these, the mines that were confiscated from the nobles would be returned to the royal family. There were many types of mines, and many of them would produce some magic materials. Some of them would be sent to the northern city, and the rest would be sold to the royal family. Kris, Hathaway, Alex, Phyllis, Karina, and his half-elf maid would all have a share.
As for the workshops, Suhlen was going to sell them to the merchants. If these workshops were handed over to the town hall, the output and expenditure would not be proportional. The town hall would also become bloated, so it was better to hand them over to the merchants. Of course, they would have to abide by the laws of the Kingdom of Florence and pay taxes according to the rules.
In the past, these workshops were in the hands of the nobles, and those nobles had never paid taxes. Since Suhlen ascended to the throne, he had arranged people to perfect the legal system of the Kingdom of Florence.
Before this, the Kingdom of Florence did not have a perfect set of laws. A lot of times, it depended on the preferences of the nobles. Of course, this state was not good. A proper set of laws would make it easier to govern the country.
This time, Suhlen had obtained a lot of wealth in Harvest City, but it would take a while before he could cash it all out. He directly took away about 8 million Kinnar, and there were still about a million Kinnar left. Suhlen handed these over to the Imperial Guard in Harvest City. The Imperial Guard stronghold in Harvest City had been upgraded by Suhlen, and the money would be used to build the strongholds of the Imperial Guard in other southern cities.
Suhlen and Kris left Harvest City together. After his investigation, Harvest City was completely under his control. All the things that needed to be done were arranged. The rest of the officials only needed to follow Suhlen's plan and build the stronghold.
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