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The three court fast-sailing ships—Exploration, Discovery, and Opportunity—had used up all the Magic Guild's experimental materials to construct three binary core magic platforms, with an additional backup magic platform placed aboard the flagship, Exploration.
The departure ceremony was grand and solemn.
Heavy snow still drifted through the air, blanketing the knights in white. Liszt personally handed three flags embroidered with dragon-shaped flames to the captains of the three exploration ships—Yevich Shuihuasheng, commander of the expedition and captain of Exploration, along with two Earth Knight captains trained by the territory itself.
As the dragon-flame flags rose high into the sky, the three exploration ships slowly sailed out to sea.
This represented the first step toward founding a nation. All that remained was to find suitable islands, relocate there, and develop and build them. Only after the three ships vanished into the dark clouds ahead did Liszt turn and leave.
Construction throughout the territory continued as usual.
Batch after batch of serfs from Iron Hoof City were transported over and swiftly put to work developing and building the territory.
Every serf wore a beaming smile, not because they had discovered how good life in the territory was, but because they had become the serfs of a Dragon Rider. The serfs of a future ruler of a nation—how could their treatment possibly be the same as that of ordinary serfs? Though they still had to farm, their benefits would certainly surpass those of common serfs.
"Your Highness, the negotiating team has reached an agreement with the trade representatives of the three marquises. From now on, half the profits from our trade partnerships will be invested in the serf trade. At the prices we set for serfs, the marquis families will