In the magic school in the imperial capital, Ben Call and Rant were talking alone in the lounge. The legendary mage who learned of Rant's concerns smiled knowingly.
"This is a number I calculated carefully. Don't be ungrateful."
Ben took out a scroll, which was a military assessment conducted by the Imperial Knights based on the information provided by Yawenni.
According to their estimation, with Lant's current strength, if they hope to keep the orc tribe west of the Iowa Pass, they will need to borrow at least ten legendaries from Red Dragon Rock or the Imperial Capital.
If we abandon the Iowa Pass and retreat to the Iron Mine-West 7 Station line, then with the blessing of magic turbulence, Lant will only need to borrow 4 legends.
Looking at the numbers on the scroll, Ben said with a smile: "Now that you are the favored one of Yuyue and in charge of the construction of the new magic furnace, neither Red Dragon Rock nor the Imperial Capital can ask you to hand over Yeqi City. control, but if you ask for help, you need to open some residential areas so that the legends can insert their families, right?"
"Do you think the members of the Lanlong, Lanyuan, Baixiao, and Colonwell families listen to you, or do you think the common people of the imperial capital listen to you more?
Even if everything goes well and you successfully block the orcs at the border on your own, your Yeqi City doesn't have 100,000 people now, right? Do you want more people? Do you want to find the nobles of Dragon Tooth City or Fiat Galloping Horse? "
Since Ben Kaul arrived at the Benma Plain last winter, he has realized that the population there is horribly sparse. On a large plain of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, there are only about a hundred thousand barbarians. Looking at the entire empire, it is extremely rare. of.
The barbarian tribes are primitive. There is no magic agriculture in the entire plain, and they can only rely on trading ores and livestock with the empire. However, raising a certain amount of beasts of burden and black-scaled horses, two level 0 monsters, will also consume a lot of grain.
The lack of food, coupled with the magical cold wind that raged from time to time, together kept the barbarian population at a very low level. This brought convenience to Lant's unification, but also limited the potential of his territory.
Especially after the magic furnace in Yeqi City was activated, the production of food and magic plants increased on a large scale, but there were not enough people in the territory to guard these resources. Excessive wealth would lead to covetousness by others.
When Ben Call was calculating seriously, a piece of white paper spread out next to him, and several quills flew up and down on the paper, recording the legendary thinking process:
"The energy generated by the earth veins is faster than you think. Next year, your soybean planting area will be expanded at least 2-3 times. In addition, my previous report did not include the magic rats you just raised, nor did you. In the planned elven living area, these two places together can supply hundreds of mid-level people, right?"
Looking at Ben's small account book, Lant quibbled: "Then there are many elves in my territory!"
Lant's statement was dismissed with disdain: "Your forest palace itself can supply hundreds of elves. Now that there is a magic furnace in the palace, the output will only be higher!"
Soon, the Yeqi City development report written by Ben Kaul himself was completed and flew directly into Lant's hands.
"Here, take a look for yourself. There is nothing else I haven't written. According to the development trend of your family at this time, the potion output in three years will be enough to feed thousands of mid-level people. You won't let it happen. Are the Black Scale Horse and Wind Wolf both intermediate-level monsters?"
Lant took the report and read it up and down several times. Ben Call participated in the installation of each of his magic furnaces and witnessed with his own eyes that he caught a large number of intermediate magic rats. It can be said that Lant had nothing but dreams. At the station, other strengths were completely transparent to Ben Call, and the reports they gave were naturally detailed and objective.
"Don't say that the Grand Master of Glamorgan will squeeze out Guleiya. Now Guleia has to draw magic patterns for the magic furnace, and arrange feed for the Dragon Knights and your black scale horse. She also needs Pay attention to the cultivation of magic plants in your territory from time to time. How much time and energy can she devote to Galloping Horse Academy?
Besides, it is only a matter of time before Gulea becomes a legend. Glamorgan is almost 200 years old. Will he find trouble with 30-year-old Gulea? Don’t you think you have lived too long? "
Rant looked at the form silently and didn't say much. Looking at the Tower of Purity proposal from Ben Call's perspective, I can only say that they did propose a solution without even thinking about fighting for power with you. rand difficult scenario.
However, Ben Kaul has no ill intentions towards Rand, which does not mean that all departments in the imperial capital have no ill intentions towards Rand, nor does it mean that there will not be a single spy among the nearly 40,000 immigrants.
After thinking for a long time, Lant could only say, "No matter what you say, I just don't have enough money in the territory now. I can't prepare for war while suppressing a large number of magicians in the academy. First, follow the current five classes. Let’s slowly increase the number of people in the future.”
"Then you should think about the size of the school in the future. I think there will be a lot of people who want to squeeze in with Queen Tenia's throne." Ben said calmly. For the legend, it is almost Ten years and hundreds of years passed quickly, and they did not take the time of years very seriously.
"Is it possible?" Ben's statement gave Rant some inspiration. "You mean, even if there is no supply of magic medicine, just relying on the queen's throne can attract people?"
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When Lant returned to the western border, Gu Leiya and Little Cardinal had already taken away 200 Imperial City students and 20 teachers. Originally, Lant was only supposed to take away 5 teachers, but after negotiations and guarantees, Warcraft After the supply of meat, the Tower of Purity expanded the number of teachers to 20.
If he didn't have to meet Jenny Benma, Lant would go to Yeqi City first and attend the welcome dinner tonight.
However, Jenny was more troublesome than Lant imagined. She was ready to hypnotize her subordinates as soon as she arrived at the territory. If she didn't negotiate with her as soon as possible and invite this relative away, she might get mixed up with some weird forces in the future. Go.
The evening meeting was arranged on the third floor of a small town bar in Iowa. This bar has been remodeled according to Abedi's Camel Daddy Tavern. The layout of the third floor is composed of several relatively large reception rooms, which is convenient for important personnel to communicate with each other. informal negotiations.
When he saw Jenny Galloping Horse for the first time, Lant was astonished. The girl with sea monster blood had a special aura and fair complexion, and her movements gave people a sense of natural charm.
"I am Jenny Galloping Horse. I have always heard about your deeds, Count Lant. Today is the first time we meet and I hope you will take care of me." This was the first thing Jenny said when she saw Lant, although they were all complimentary words. , but I didn’t mean to please him too much.
"No, the Marquis of Fiat is the leader of the Galloping Horse family. If it weren't for the busy border affairs, I should have gone to see him in person." After a few polite words to Jenny, Lant and Jenny took their seats and began formal negotiations.
(End of chapter)
