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In the northwestern reaches of the Vias Commercial Federation lay the Dragon Mountain Territory.
The territory of the Longshan Family, once taken over by the Vias Commercial Federation, had now burst forth with new vitality. Ever since the Dragon Mountain Count had returned to this ancestral land with immense wealth and a huge number of personnel, the massive injection of funds and abundant manpower had brought earth-shaking changes here with every passing day.
New villages and towns were constantly being established. New fortifications and walls rose by great stretches every day. Countless refugees were drawn here, and the population of the Dragon Mountain Territory kept growing. According to the latest census, the total population of this mere count's domain—whose area was only equivalent to half an ordinary province of the Gallic Empire—had already surpassed the thirty-million mark.
With endless gold and silver coins to rely on, the Longshan Family's newly formed private army rapidly swelled to three legions. The Longshan Family hired more experienced mercenaries to train the recruits, while fine armor and weapons from the family's own armament workshops continuously equipped these three newly formed private legions. Ample supplies of grain and meat caused the soldiers' combat strength to rise at a furious pace.
In particular, the Longshan Family's armament workshops actually had dwarf grandmasters stationed within them. They improved upon the triple-shot armor-piercing heavy crossbows popular across the