"What's your name?" Xia He asked the boy.

"Smith, my father is a blacksmith, and he also wanted me to be a blacksmith, so he gave me this name."

"Where is your father?"

"I died two years ago, and my mother died of illness last year, and the shop at home cannot maintain it..."

The little boy Smith looked at Jani and Xiahe said, "You said."

Jani said: "I happened to meet him, so I bought a shop and hired the original staff to manage it, so that he could come and learn swordsmanship with adults."

Xia He nodded. Someone had to be sent to investigate this matter. The child should not be from unknown origin or cheated. The Taiyin Immortal Palace is also a famous family and is not allowed to do that kind of thing.

"Smith, come to me and I'll see your qualifications."

"yes."

Smith wanted to untie the sword on his waist, Xia Hedao: "No need, I don't have that many rules."

The little boy walked nervously to Xiahe, and Xiahedao said: "Relax your spirit."

The little boy closed his eyes, Xia He placed his hand on top of his head, and the true energy penetrated, while using his spiritual power to scan all the details of his body.

Xia He was surprised that Smith's qualifications may be similar to those of Medilly, but Medilly has been studying sword since elementary school, and Smith is not yet considered enlightenment.

The gap the day after tomorrow is a bit big. Even if it is made up for it, it will be difficult for him to catch up with Medierli in his achievements.

This is a pity, but fate is so that no one can change it.

The Arcane Empire attaches importance to magicians, and other professions will have a hard time survival. If it weren't for Jani, Smith was not brought to him, he wouldn't even be able to keep his shop, let alone become a sword cultivator.

There is no problem in the soul. Xia He is proficient in this way. If he can hide it from him, unless Smith is already a demigod.

"Okay, Smith, you'll follow me in the future."

"Yes, Lord Lord."

"Jani, what are you going to do in the future?" Xia He asked the swordsman with both hands.

Jani was stunned. Is there any choice he had?

"My Earl's Mansion is actually better than to be abusive. Since you are following me, I hope you can play the greatest role. If you are willing to lead the army, I will teach you the art of war. If you are willing to be a guard, I will teach you the swordsmanship. If you are willing to manage it, it will not be a problem to be a city lord in the future."

Jani was panicked and a little uneasy.

Xia He smiled and said, "Don't be reserved. I lack strong combat power now. You can do it if you are willing to charge. My own safety does not need anyone to protect me. But in the future, there will always be some people like Smith who are not at the moment, but they are more important and need protection."

Jani said: "Sir, I want to go to the battlefield and be an escort."

"Then be my personal soldier. Now I will protect Smith for the time being. He is too young and it is too late to learn swords."

"Yes." Jani doesn't mind the position, as long as the lord thinks he is important enough. A person must always have his position. Jani never thought of being rich and powerful. He hoped that he could become a powerful pro. Some people were in charge of food and clothing, and could make more money, and they didn't have to be a mercenary or a robber.

Many professionals have no choice but to be robbers because no one uses it.

If you ask a professional to go home to farm, how could he be willing?

"Let me give you a foundation in swordsmanship. You can guide Smith first. You can learn it from scratch, which will be beneficial to you."

Jani was happy. He followed the count, didn’t he just want to change his destiny?

Xia He got two more people, lamenting that the level of this world is not low, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many people suitable for learning swords. The Taoist sect’s qualification requirements for sword cultivators may not be high, but Xia He is not training thugs, but hopes that someone can assist him and keep going in the future.

In this case, the sword cultivator must at least live forever.

There are not many sword cultivators in Changsheng.

After getting the information confirmed by the princess, Xia He went to talk to the prince again, and Snowes said: "You said, my sister wants you to follow her and go to the north to fight?"

"It's just a few little nobles."

Snowvis frowned. He was very optimistic about Xia He. Although he could not be taken over as his subordinate, what did his sister mean if she did this? It really seemed to be what the rumor said?

It's logical that I can't. If my sister wants to get married, she can't find an earl.

No, this guy made a lot of military achievements this time, and his experience in Voodoo Forest was enough to be promoted to marquis.

If the princess marry a marquis, it is possible to be promoted. If she becomes a duke, she will reach the sky in one step.

Asra, is this what she wants?

Xia He didn't care about how the brother and brother guessed each other. After he made it clear, Xia He was no longer responsible for the city defense. Anyway, the reinforcements came, and the three thousand people were left directly under his command and went back to the north to use it. Now, the training of these three thousand people has been transferred, and they are with the people from the princess.

Because there are still many equipment changes and weapons changes, the empire is prepared this time and has brought a lot of resources. It can use the alchemy factory here to arm Xia He and the princess's soldiers.

Xia He turned back to the princess's side from Snowvis.

Xia He was trapped here for a long time and was already tired of it. If he went back to Storm Corner, the construction of the college would be almost done. What can we do here?

Fortunately, there is a goddess of doom at Storm Corner, so it will not be out of control.

The Goddess of Wealth is a temporary ally, and some of the empire's armies are there, so there is no problem with safety. According to the princess's meaning, the empire also has some legends there, competing for fragments of the oceanic divine nature.

I cannot participate in this level of battle for the time being.

Xia He contributed some drawings, and he practiced troops and changed equipment every day, which was very illusory. However, he didn't need to fight anymore. He seized the time and refined black gold, and gained a lot.

In a blink of an eye, another month has passed, and it is already mid-January. Xia He has extracted a lot of black gold, but the raw coal in the warehouse has accumulated too much. Even if he has a Taoist fire furnace, it is impossible for him to finish it.

On this day, Princess Angelina called Xia He to come over, and Xia He went reluctantly. In the princess's building, he saw the familiar faces again.

The mages of the Princess Mage Group all greeted Xia He.

"Earl, introduce you to me." Angelina stood high on the upper seat, her voice cold and indifferent, with the majesty of a princess.

"Your Highness." Xia He nodded casually, without giving the princess face at all.

Angelina's expression remained unchanged, as if she had been used to Xia He's attitude.

"This is Macbeth, the first-class earl of the Empire. You two can communicate with each other." The princess pointed at a middle-aged man in his thirties on the seat on the right side of the room.

"Hello, I'm Asra." Xia He took the initiative to greet him.

"I am Macbeth, and I have long admired Daming."

Xia He smiled. Macbeth is a magician in the epic realm and is not too old. He is at most fifty or sixty years old. For an epic mage, he is very young. Such a person has the hope of advancing to the legend.

But this hope is usually one tenth, or even less.

Macbeth looked kind and proud in his heart. He said that he had long admired the name of a great name, which was purely aphrodisiac. Xia He couldn't hear it.

He is a magician at the epic level, and he is young, but his fame is far less than Xia He.

The name of Blood Mage is now circulating in the nine magic academies.

Everyone sat down and the princess went straight to the topic and said, "There are not many undead on the ice field, and most of them have gone to the three northern provinces. We can now dispatch troops and enter the northern region. Before that, I will tell you about our military force composition."

Macbeth looked very serious, Xia He wanted to laugh after seeing it.

This kind of experimental military use is to collect data for the magicians. In the past month, the alchemy factory has been working hard and Xia He has been there several times. It can be seen that the empire is preparing to make big moves.

"I brought 10,000 people, and the prince gave me another six thousand, Macbeth had three thousand, and Asra had three thousand, which was six thousand more than I expected. Now we have a total of twenty-two thousand people, not including magicians or airships."

Xia He also saw the princess' army, at least her ten thousand people were much stronger than the three thousand under her.

"There are not many soldiers, half a legion is not enough, and I have no other arrangements. I am the central army. The six thousand men given to me by the prince are divided into two parts, one thousand men are the vanguard, and five thousand men are the rear guard of the palace. Asra, you march on my left hand and protect the left wing. Macbeth, you march on my right hand and protect the right wing."

"Yes." Macbeth agreed.

"Asra has a few magicians, only twenty, and I will assign him another twenty hands."

Macbeth was a little jealous, but his subordinates also had mages owed by the royal family, and he couldn't say anything. What made him angry was that the Blood Mage brought two people and a child, and the rest were given by the Empire, but the troops were still given by the Blood Mage.

There are three thousand people, but their entire family background.

"Our people have all replaced their equipment, there are enough tanks and enough airships. This time we entered the Northland, our first target was Black Mountain City. This place was built next to the iron mine. The lord has about 10,000 troops, and the city defense is also quite powerful."

After Angelina said that, her mage laughed very cooperatively.

The princess is kidding, what size can a city with tens of thousands of people defending? Compared to Woods Fortress, it is probably a small toy.

"The goal is still very far away. If we set out now, it will take about February to arrive. You will work harder along the way. I still have some work to leave to you. Of course, each mage is equipped with a vehicle."

"I have to bring a little kid, Your Highness."

"You can let him take the bus."

"I hope Jani will protect him."
Chapter completed!