Roughly fifty thousand square kilometers was the area currently controlled by the Xinfei Merchant Guild's base on the Demoncloud Continent, and, by their calculations, the largest territory they could effectively control.
With the forces the Xinfei Merchant Guild had currently committed to the Demoncloud Continent, they could certainly expand their territory further by launching more large-scale attacks on the goblins.
But expanding any farther would make it difficult to cover every part of their territory, which would do the Xinfei Merchant Guild no good.
After careful consideration, Xu Yi therefore decided to halt their expansion and focus on consolidating the territory already under their control.
Besides building extensive road and railway networks across the entire territory so that the Guards Corps could be deployed anywhere at a moment's notice, making effective control easier, the Xinfei Merchant Guild was also recruiting large numbers of local workers on the Demoncloud Continent.
Before this, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had already recruited many workers from the local elves, dwarves, gnomes, and other races.
But they were other races, after all, and unlike their counterparts on the Sains Continent, they had not enjoyed decades of cooperation with the Xinfei Merchant Guild. It was difficult for the two sides to truly integrate.
By comparison, the native humans on the Demoncloud Continent were somewhat better suited to their needs.
Although these native humans were indeed considerably less intellectually developed because of their primitive civilization, they were hardly lacking in the creativity and exceptional learning ability unique to humanity.
For instance, after discovering the Fire Dragon Tribe last year, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had recruited over five hundred adults who barely met their requirements to perform various basic jobs. These people had adapted very quickly, and some exceptionally talented individuals like Gamo had even emerged among them.
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