On the morning of the 26th, Rant took Gu Leiya and Tierney to Longtai Mountain. At the banquet last night, Pandaren Xiu Ming told Rant that Tyriana Dragonblood Queen would probably return to the Magic Network soon. Yes, let him invite Ernst and Halkara to the thorn pit as soon as possible.
"Sir? You didn't rest yesterday, okay?" Tierney asked casually, feeling that Lant was riding fire but not as energetic as before. "Fortunately, maybe I drank too much at the banquet yesterday," Lanter quickly explained as he saw Gu Leiya blushing next to him.
In fact, at the station yesterday, Wendy raised a topic: is the only way to achieve the effect of sharing magic by giving a banquet? Is it possible that other forms of gifting and rituals can have similar effects?
Afterwards, Lant and Wendy, Little Red Bird and Gu Leiya took turns to conduct experiments, which finally proved that although there were similar effects, the efficiency of magic sharing was too low, and at most it could only enhance the relationship. After getting up this morning, Lant also discovered that, The experiment in yesterday's dream was a bit too much, and it was almost time to entertain the forest cats and the scorched wolves.
When Lant came to Longtai Mountain this time, he felt that the journey was much more lively. Not only did he encounter patrols, but the number of knights and soldiers around the checkpoints also doubled.
Not only are there more people, but their attitude towards Lant is also much more enthusiastic. Almost every team of knights on patrol encounters Lant, and their captain will take the initiative to greet him. Some people call Lant a Duke, and some call him a Duke. Some call him Your Majesty, and some call him Your Excellency. Even Tierney has become what they call a "good nephew and young talent."
"Sir, I think many of them haven't seen me in recent years?" Tierney said, scratching his head after being praised too much. "Why does it sound like they are around me watching me fight every day?"
Rant smiled and waved his hand and said, "Haha, it's okay. Just listen to what they say casually. You have to listen carefully to Lielle's words. No one else cares about your future life, only she cares the most."
"Oh," Tierney nodded.
The three of them came to Corbin Joyason, where Tierney's grandfather lived. This place was originally a shrine to honor the founding monarch of the Red Dragon. Because the Joyason family was assigned to it a few years ago, it seemed to have a special sense of life.
When Lant came here for the first time, he met his nominal boss, Count Corbin, as the vice-captain of the Cavaliers here.
At that time, except for Corbin, Tierney and his father, three humans and Lielle, a big elf, Rant never saw anyone here again. Even after he came many times after that, he only saw Corbin. It can be said that the knights under the name of Earl Corbin are completely a nominal knights, with nothing except the establishment.
However, this time, in the square in front of the main building, Lant actually saw 30 knights lining up for training. The earl and his sons were diligently teaching the knights to practice riding and swordsmanship.
Such a scene surprised both Lant and Tierney. The little knight quickly asked Rielle, the great fairy who flew over, "Lielle? What's going on with these knights? Her Royal Highness the Princess has sent all her lovers here. ?”
The big goblin said cheerfully: "Hey? Don't you know? Aren't these all your knights?"
"Our family?" Lant was stunned.
"Yes, doesn't your family have knights stationed in Dragon Tooth City? And you also allowed Dugan to continue to accept them. He accepted more and more. At present, your family has about 100 knights stationed in Dragon Tooth City. Palace There are 30 people stationed there, 30 people here, and a group at the Chamber of Commerce."
"Ah this..." Lant remembered that the last time he saw the information about the personnel stationed in Dragon Tooth City, there were only 30 people here. I don't know when the number of people suddenly increased to nearly 80.
Faced with Lant's question, Lielle could only say: "Hey, most of these people were brought in by those families after your two national pillars broke through. At that time, Dugan also went to the front line to take over I entrusted the matter to Corbin, but a group of big nobles came to ask for it, and he couldn't push it away, so he could only keep it for now and wait for you to come over and make a decision."
"Our family can't handle so many knights!" Faced with the sudden population expansion, Lant also scratched his head.
However, looking closely at Corbin's training, Lant found that the Knights of Dragon Tooth City had merits. The old earl was not training in field combat skills, but in patrolling, hunting and suppressing subjects in the big city. Indeed, following Corbin's training The operations of the Knights of the Horse belong to a completely different direction.
"Lant!" Corbin saw Lant and quickly stopped him, "What do you think of these little guys?"
"Apart from the fact that there are a lot of people, there's nothing else." Lant couldn't bear it.
"Duggan told me before that you have built several cities, and now you have to manage the two count cities of Maned Wolf City and White Tree City. You can't just rely on the kids in the school to manage it, right?" Corbin meant very much. Understand that Lant needs knights who specialize in public security management. These people do not necessarily need to be intermediate. Even junior knights have too much force.
"The biggest characteristic of these people is that they know the rules of the family, big and small, and know how to carry out your orders."
Lant nodded. The other meaning of the earl's words was that they were already experienced people. They usually had no problem as front-line urban management, but if they encountered a tough problem, they would have to find someone by themselves.
Not just Count Corbin, since Halkara broke through and Lant defended the plains, the strength and population of the entire territory have been rapidly expanding unknowingly.
Yeqi City, without the risk of war, has become a common destination for demon-loving people at the bottom looking for a way out and for playboys at the top looking for fun. The two border cities of White Wolf and Iowa also saw the influx of more orcs, finless porpoises and barbarians.
Lant also understands that in order to handle these new influxes of immigrants, the most important thing is to establish effective grassroots governance, honestly cultivate a group of grassroots bureaucrats, and extend his control capabilities to every street, alley, and every corner. A station and every waterway.
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After leaving the temple, Lant went to the Red Dragon Rock. In the sinkhole of the Dragon Blood Thorn, he met Tyriana, the Dragon Blood Queen, the Great Fairy of Thorns Aibilis, and the Advanced Dragon Blood Thorn Andlis.
"We meet again, Lant." The queen in the sinkhole was in a similar state to the first time Lant saw her. She was graceful, noble, and full of magic. It was impossible to tell that she was about to return to the Magic Network. "It feels like the battle is over." How about it?"
"Before the war, I felt that the only enemies were the orcs. Now, although there are no enemies, we are still fighting everywhere!" Lant said helplessly.
"Every legend will focus on this process. At first, they eagerly participated in the activities around them and guided their apprentices and descendants. However, within a few hundred years, they would see only unfamiliar faces around them, and no matter how enthusiastic they were, they would Will become apathetic.”
Lant nodded silently, probably knowing why Queen Tyriana kept Aibilis by her side.
(End of chapter)
