A city this large next to the family's Pioneer Territory surely had no shortage of food. As long as you had money, you could buy grain.
Kurd City couldn't have grown to this size without an abundant labor force.
The Loran Family and the Hobarton Family were close allies. Hiring laborers from Kurd City to build a Military Castle was no trouble.
No wonder Philemon had told him to bring plenty of money and specific materials, but no baggage train. Compared with hauling supplies from Loran City, buying them in Kurd City was indeed more cost-effective.
"Hey, you've already expanded north of the Wan River? That's lightning-fast progress!"
The Loran Family's reinforcements finally stopped at a Military Castle near the southern bank of the Wan River.
Looking across the river at the Military Castle on the northern bank, Knight Ostan was delighted.
Philip had been expanding here for just over three months, and one of those had been the rainy season. To have quickly taken control of the area south of the Wan River and expanded north of it was an impressive achievement.
The lower reaches of the Wan River had no foundation of refugees to draw on, yet they had caught up with the pioneers in the middle reaches.
Expansion was a process of claiming land. Once the war ended, the areas controlled by the pioneers would become their families' territories.
The Gewalt Federation wasn't in a hurry to send settlers to the Odyssey Region.
For now, the Pioneer Legion was focused on building a defensive line. Only once it was secure would the Noble Council send settlers to be distributed among the pioneers to farm the land.
Moving settlers was a complicated affair. If the war went badly, it was easy to withdraw the army but difficult to