On the night of Li Ang's wedding, Kloze and a group of old brothers were ready to listen to Qianggen - this is a traditional program that has always existed in every place, even the king's wedding cannot avoid it...
After all, Risadiran, who is responsible for security and defense work, is also listening to Qianggen...
However, Risadiran is still very responsible. He didn't mix with Kloze and the others - he was on duty at the back door.
Of course, it is normal to lie under the wall and observe while on duty...
But what they heard was not some charming news, but a very serious 'family meeting'...
"Big lords from various countries have come to watch the ceremony, and trade with Fieltzwe and Raven Territory has also resumed. Alina is spreading the news everywhere. If nothing else, the carriages made by the Noldor will soon be popular throughout the continent, and Long River City's real estate should also attract many people to come to work and settle down..."
Li Ang was sitting on the carpet and fanning himself. What he used to fan himself were several armistice agreements - peace and trade contracts signed with the territories of Fieltzwe and Ursula.
"I don't quite understand why we need to operate carriages now. Shouldn't we focus on storing food?"
Wendy leaned on Amy and asked while rubbing his forehead against Amy's chest.
"Because the transportation problem needs to be solved first. If many people have carriages, then ordinary people can also transport food or other materials to us, and they will no longer be restricted by noble lords. Long River Express has reopened to solve this problem."
Amy put his arms around Wendy to prevent her from moving, and explained while playing with Wendy's slightly curly hair.
"Then what should I do now? I still don't know how to do business..."
Wendy looked up at Amy.
"White Deer Fortress News has come from over there that the fire in the forest has been extinguished. Wendy, in two days you have to take your tribe back to the forest, cut down trees along the tracks burned by the fire, open up roads, and build wood processing plants and carriage workshops. At the same time, cut out several isolation zones in the forest to avoid encountering fires again. Then, you have to organize the tribesmen to plant trees... I will ask everyone in the eastern region to cooperate with you to restore the forest ecology as soon as possible, so as to reduce agricultural disasters in the eastern region."
Li Ang turned to look at Wendy and replied.
In fact, Li Ang feels a little weird - Wendy, an underage girl in her fifties, is acting coquettishly in the arms of Amy, a girl in her twenties...
"But I have to deal with the Bacchus Empire with you!"
Wendy had some reluctance on his face. "Can't we let Isildur take the people back to make carriages?"
"No. You are the Queen of Noldo Elves. You must personally lead the reconstruction of the new Duchy of Noldo. Compared with war, construction is the basis for ruling a country... Moreover, carriages will become a business that can make your people profitable for a long time. This business must be controlled by your own hands. Besides, Isildur will stay here to fight against the Bacchus Empire."
Amy stroked Wendy's face with his hand and pulled Wendy into his arms.
"Didn't you say that after getting married, you have to go on a honeymoon or something..."
Wendy muttered.
"We don't have time... We are no longer ordinary people. We are all burdened with the future of tens of thousands of people, and we are not qualified to be as willful as before..."
Amy said and sighed, "I have to leave here in two days. I want to go to Lion City and relocate Lion Territory people from other places to reclaim wasteland around Deerheart Lake. I must complete the relocation of more than 100,000 people before the end of September, and I must cultivate enough farmland to support the entire Lion Territory..."
"Why don't you move the population from Long River City? There are too many people in Long River City now..."
Wendy asked.
"People in Long River City cannot move. They either bought real estate in the city or work here. Moving them will cause problems... The entire population of Lion Territory has been greatly reduced in the past two years. The construction of Long River City is used to attract population. But most of the people who come here are urban residents, and there are not many farmers. I can only move people from other places to reclaim wasteland, such as Harlingosburg or Azgoth."
Amy explained.
"Wendy, you have a lot to do. The business of 'Elf Horse Car' will continue to expand. Car loans and housing loans will serve as the profit pillars of Pande Bank, and Pande Bank is the basis for the operation of the entire New Pande. I have never understood The headquarters of Pande Bank was moved from White Deer Fortress so that the elves can protect it... Moreover, in addition to rebuilding your home and protecting Pande Bank, you also have to lead your tribe to block Gatu people..."
Li Ang also sighed, "This winter, Gatu people will definitely go south to plunder... Their pastures will be most directly affected by forest fires. Many snakes, insects, rats and ants will run to the grasslands, causing a lot of losses to their livestock..."
"Lord Aldarian also said this, so he has been on guard in the north."
Wendy stood up from Amy's arms. "Li Ang, the war with the Bacchus Empire will be difficult to end soon, right? Each of us has so many things to do, are we never able to have a honeymoon?"
She is still thinking about the honeymoon...
"Maybe it won't take long. I will fight a decisive battle with the Bacchus Empire as soon as possible... Emperor Marius will not drag out the war for too long. He has already gathered his troops to Calundru Castle. It is obvious that he also wants to fight me quickly. He is a good emperor who considers the people's lives."
Li Ang shook his head, but then frowned. "But... I can only fight a head-on battle with Bax. This time I can only fight head-on, and I can't use any tricks."
"Why? This will cause a lot of losses... Bacchus Empire's battle formation is indeed quite powerful."
Wendy asked.
Bax's army is indeed the best in the continent in terms of discipline and coordination. Frontal positional warfare is Bax's strength, and Wendy also knows this.
"Because I want everyone to see the power of New Kingdom of Pendor..."
After all, Amy is someone who has been the head of state for a period of time. She understands what Li Ang wants to do. "New Kingdom of Pendor has just been established, and it is necessary to use a war to show its strength. It is best not to use conspiracy and trickery in this battle, but to win it with upright strength. In this way, things in the future will be much simpler."
"Although you can't use conspiracy, but... Wendy, you can prepare a reserve team at Shield Wind Fortress, which may be useful."
Li Ang added.
"I will also prepare a reserve team at Seven Forks Fortress..."
Amy also said at the same time.
Wendy looked at Li Ang, then looked back at Amy, and nodded.
She was actually a little bit dissatisfied - she knew now that Amy was the only one who understood Li Ang's thoughts best.
So she stepped forward and sat next to Li Ang, and then awkwardly threw Li Ang down on the carpet...
Amy stared blankly for a while, his face and neck quickly turning red.
Li Ang struggled twice, but his current fighting ability is really not as good as Wendy - he couldn't break away.
He only had time to shout out, "Kloze! You bastards! I know you are here! Get out of here..."
Then, Wendy blocked his mouth with even more clumsy movements.
Pendor Calendar 358 early August.
Amy has settled in Lion City and is gathering farmers to reclaim wasteland.
The benefits of this reclamation are astonishing - as long as one hundred pounds of grain per acre of land is paid during next year's harvest season, any farmer can reclaim the land at will, and all the reclaimed land belongs to the farmer himself.
Moreover, seeds and farm tools were provided by Amy, and two meals a day were provided during the reclamation period - but just like when White Deer Fortress and Wheat Fragrance Territory were reclamation, you had to plant enough land after receiving the seeds, otherwise you would be directly regarded as a fraudster.
There are no nobles around Deerheart Lake. Even if there are surviving nobles, they will be defined as bankrupt civilians by Amy.
All the land here currently belongs to Amy and Lionheart Queen. As long as she is willing, she can give it to anyone.
This condition quickly attracted many farmers to come, and Eric also went to Lion City to assist. Long River Express's fleet also began to continuously deliver supplies to Lion City.
Lion City, which was originally completely damaged, has regained its vitality once again.
Wendy has also gone to White Deer Fortress and started organizing some elves to start transforming the forest.
Wood processing factories appeared rapidly in the forest, and a huge factory area began to be built between Wheat Fragrance Territory and White Deer Fortress.
This is a huge carriage production factory, with huge diamond-shaped emblems hanging on the top of each factory building.
The Wheat Fragrance Territory market was also rebuilt, and the sergeants returned to Wheat Fragrance Territory and became supporting personnel and agent dealers of the 'Elf Horse workshop'.
There are too many insects near Wheat Fragrance Territory, so it is not suitable for farming at the moment. Painting and selling cars are very suitable.
And Li Ang also welcomed General Sura at this time.
Long River City door.
"Your Majesty Li Ang, I have brought the head of Antonius. Can you release the people of the Shadow Legion..."
Sura still came to see Li Ang alone, carrying a box in his hand.
The box was opened, and inside was a human head filled with lime. It was indeed Antonius.
"You are seven days late, General Sura, as promised one month..."
Li Ang said expressionlessly.
"Sorry, it's not easy to kill him. I hope our deal is still valid... I also brought the food, which is in the convoy outside the city."
Sura pointed behind him.
Long River City About three hundred meters away, hundreds of carriages were parked.
The carriage was surrounded by various troops, including Silver Hand and Noldo Elves.
"Sura, you came seven days late, so I should at least charge some interest... I can put back Shadow Legion's people, but each of them will have to lose one finger - this can be regarded as a punishment for them breaking diplomatic relations, shouldn't it be excessive?"
Li Ang asked.
"Of course... as long as they can go back alive."
General Sura also feels that this punishment is acceptable.
"Okay, bring the food in, and you can take the people away in the afternoon."
Li Ang nodded and entered the city.
In the afternoon, the carriage that General Sura used to transport food was once again used to transport Shadow Legion's people.
Shadow Legion Every soldier had his right thumb cut off.
"Li Ang Your Majesty... I'm afraid they won't be able to do any heavy work after they go back... You did this on purpose, right?!"
When General Sura saw this scene, he didn't say anything too harsh. After all, he was the one who broke his promise first, so he couldn't blame Li Ang.
"I am helping His Majesty Marus... General Sura. After you see His Majesty Marus, he will tell you why I did this. By the way, tell His Majesty Marus that the war... has begun!"
Li Ang sent Sura out the door.
Then, he found Noel, who was Isildur's subordinate Twilight Knight: "Hang Antonius's head and Kairos's head to Shield Wind Fortress, and build a stone monument there to tell people the consequences of destroying the forest..."
The next day, the food brought by General Sura was used as military rations, and Li Ang began to send troops to Calundru Castle.
Calundru Castle.
General Agason met the Shadow Legion soldiers brought back by Sura.
"Their hands...Li Ang did it?!"
Unlike Sura, Agason seemed quite dissatisfied. "Has he become so cruel after becoming the king!"
After all, he is from the Shadow Legion.
"Cruel? He can be considered very kind by letting these people live, Agason..."
Sura General shook his head slowly. "If someone completely destroyed your family, burned all your manor, killed your family, and burned everything your wife's entire family depends on for survival, would you let these people live?"
Agason was stunned for a moment, but then retorted sharply, "That's different! These are all soldiers of the empire! They are the descendants of the founder of the empire! They are the descendants of the heroes!"
"What's the difference? Soldiers are also human beings, heroes are also human beings... Nuoduo is also a human being, Li Ang's subordinates are also human beings... Kairos and his son are also human beings."
Sura said while shaking his head and left, "You'd better deal with Li Ang's troops quickly. His Majesty requires you to guard Calundru Castle..."
"Shou?... Warn the whole army, if you fall into the hands of Li Ang, you will only end up like this! If you don't win this battle, your life will be worse than death! Send the order! With Gladiator Corps as the vanguard, everyone... attack immediately!"
Agason shouted to the messenger loudly.
Sura stopped and turned around, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Agason, you want to take the initiative?!"
"Offence is the best defense... General Sura, please tell your Majesty that I must seize the opportunity given to us by Li Ang. Only in this way can we maintain the morale of the military..."
Agason looked at the thumbless Shadow Legion soldier on the carriage and said word by word.
Sura frowned, then flew on his horse and rushed towards Erudition City.
Emperor Marius is currently at Erudition City.
His body is still weak, and just coming here from Siyuan City has already cost him most of his life.
At this moment, he could only lie in bed and listen to Sura report the situation to him.
"Li Ang said that he cut off those people's thumbs to help you... I don't quite understand what he means..."
Sura asked about what Li Ang said.
"He knows that I redeemed Shadow Legion just for the morale of the army. He also knows that I don't want the conservative forces to still maintain an organized army. From this aspect, he is really helping me..."
"It's okay for Agason to maintain military morale through this matter, but the problem is...Li Ang is using this method to induce him to take the initiative! You arrived seven days late, but Li Ang made no movement at all during these seven days. No - Li Ang didn't want to take the initiative to attack! He deliberately found an excuse to cut off the thumb of the Shadow Legion soldier! Even if you caught Antonius in time, Li Ang would still use other excuses to do so!"
Emperor Marius said weakly.
"Then...General Agason over there..."
Sura is also a little weak.
Li Ang is using a conspiracy. Agason is the descendant of a member of the Shadow Legion and a general who came out of the Shadow Legion. He will definitely fall for this trick.
"I have to go to Calundru Castle... Give me armor, I want to conquer it myself."
Emperor Marius struggled to hold himself up.