The study was brightly lit.
Leslie's abrupt slap on the table immediately drew Reff and Ulysses's attention.
Ulysses was still wary of Leslie's status and did not dare ask directly, but Reff had no such reservations.
"Jumping around like that nearly scared me to death. What Orcs? Keep talking!"
Leslie glanced indifferently at the anxious Reff and said disdainfully,
"With your intelligence, it would be difficult for me to explain."
"The Hidden Valley Clan?"
After Leslie's hint, Ulysses reacted quickly and immediately identified the key point.
"What does this have to do with the Hidden Valley Clan? Could they possibly... Hmm? They really could."
Only then realizing it, Reff looked at Roland in shock.
"Your Majesty, are you planning to hand the Northern Great Plains over to the Hidden Valley Clan?"
"Yes and no."
Seeing that the three of them had caught on, Roland smiled.
"The Hidden Valley Clan currently has only a little over three million people, far from enough to develop the Northern Great Plains."
"But through them, we can use food to win over ordinary Orcs within the Beastkin Empire on a large scale. Once the time is right, we can settle the Hidden Valley Clan and several million Orcs on the Northern Great Plains."
"With these Orcs, we can not only gain sufficient labor to develop the Northern Great Plains, but also acquire a considerable source of troops to resist the Beastkin Empire's invasion."
After hearing this, undisguised excitement appeared in all three of their eyes.
It was feasible!
Using food to win over the Beastkin Empire's royal clans would certainly be difficult, but ordinary Orcs would be easy to sway.
Do not assume these ordinary Orcs had much loyalty to the Beastkin Empire. To the royal clans, they were little more than slaves, with low