The tax cuts were a long-term stimulus mechanism and had little immediate impact on Snow Moon Territory.
Construction of the city had fully begun, and responsibility for the construction crews' safety fell to Hudson.
The kingdom planned to station two hundred thousand troops in the Near East Region, but that was merely a plan. The first troops entering the Near East Region numbered only eighty thousand, with cavalry accounting for just twenty thousand.
The only fortunate thing was that half of those twenty thousand cavalrymen came from the Expeditionary Corps, and their combat strength ranked among the best on the entire continent.
That force was certainly insignificant against the Orc Empire, but it was more than enough to deal with any single beastfolk tribe. The only problem was that once construction began, there were simply too many areas to cover.
The greatest gain from the Human Alliance's last expedition against the beastfolk was not defeating the Orc Empire, but interrupting its transition from a nomadic age to an agricultural civilization.
That was undoubtedly excellent news for humanity. Unfortunately, for Hudson, who had to defend the Near East Region, it was a major headache.
The greatest feature of an agricultural civilization was long-term settlement in one place, unlike nomadic peoples, who had to migrate everywhere every year.
If the beastfolk settled down in one place to farm and develop, the chances of them causing trouble would inevitably drop sharply. After all, the beastfolk might be able to flee, but the land could not. Once they provoked someone, they had to worry about retaliation.
Nomadic civilizations were different. They could migrate after looting, and on the vast grasslands, even seeking revenge was difficult.
Summer had already arrived. If nothing unexpected happened, the beastfolk would extend their claws in a probing attack after