After the ancient city of Petra appeared, the lives of Hanhai people also quietly changed.
After research by Bigwitz and other engineers, the sandy land here is completely sufficient to grow peanuts, pumpkins, potatoes and other crops.
Of course, in the eyes of the general public, sometimes a half-day study by experts may not be as effective as a common sense judgment.
"This sandy land is very similar to our barren land. Blue-leaf potatoes should also be grown here."
Captain Fang held the giant lizard's leg with one hand and chewed it, while picking his nose with the other hand and said.
The quilboar warrior's heavily accented Troll language mixed with low-level common language makes people's heads hurt just listening to it.
But regarding what she said, Nogfogg's eyes lit up.
"What did you say? Blue-leaf potato?!"
Noggenfogg's height could barely reach Captain Fang's knees.
Captain Fang pulled his fingers out of his nostrils, lowered his head and looked at Noggenfogg.
"Yes, it's the blue-leaf potato. Do you have any questions?"
There is still a silk thread between the quilboar's fingers and nose, which is crystal clear and hangs on the top of Noggenfogg's head.
The Goblin Finance Minister subconsciously ducked back, enduring his nausea and continuing to ask.
"Do you know where to find blue-leaf potatoes?!"
Seeing that the small goblin was eager to get answers from him, Captain Fang did not give in.
"It's available in Razorfen. The price is basically one blood gem for three blue-leaf potatoes. In the past, when the colonists didn't come, I often exchanged gems for it. It's quite delicious."
Hearing what Captain Fang said, Noggenfogg simply couldn't hold back his excited heart and trembling hands.
"Marin, what are blue-leaf potatoes? Why are you so excited?"
Haggard, who was organizing the reclamation team to plan the camp, asked strangely when he saw Nogfogg being so gloomy.
"If what Captain Fang said is true, then blue-leaf potatoes can be said to be the most suitable crop for us to grow.
This thing is very delicious and nutritious. It comes from a barren land but is very rare.
I once saw it in the Kezan market, and one fruit could be sold for 10 silver coins!"
"10 silver coins?"
Haggard heard it wrong because 10 silver coins didn't sound like a lot of money. But what was the score compared to? From Noggenfogg's description, it was just a tuber plant similar to a potato.
Such a fruit can be sold for 10 silver coins? How much lizard meat can 10 silver coins buy?
"Blue-leaf potatoes have a very high economic value and can be ground into flour and further processed. They can fully serve as a staple food. They are a crop that is very suitable for our land environment."
When Noggenfogg said this, he waved his arms unconsciously. Now he felt that he was more eager to regain Razorfen than the quilboar, so that he could introduce blue-leaf potatoes into the Hanhai Protector on a large scale.
Regarding the question of what to plant for the Hanhai Protector, Li De is not very anxious now.
The Hanhai Protectorate currently only has over 30,000 people at full strength, the trolls and humans are both in their early 10,000s, and the goblins have a relatively small population of just over 3,000.
Such a small number of people are scattered throughout Tanaris like a stream flowing into the sea.
It turns out that Li De said that the limit of Tanaris is to support 100,000 people. With the ancient city of Petra, it can support at least 500,000 people!
Arable land suddenly became not scarce in the Hanhai Protectorate. Although it was a little barren, the advantage was that the area was large enough, so there was no need to worry about the problem of insufficient land for farming.
Therefore, Li De is obviously more concerned about the war with Kezan than the issue of agricultural development.
The Alliance successfully defeated the Blackwater Pirates off the coast of Stranglethorn Vale, and beat Rivergaz to the point of losing his temper. He hid in Booty Bay and held on to the city.
In this way, Booty Bay is considered a hostage of the Alliance.
Speaking of which, the geographical layout of Booty Bay in the Kingdom Continent is very similar to that of the Protector of the Vast Sea in Kalimdor, which means that the Protector of the Vast Sea is also a hostage in the hands of Kezan.
It's a pity that the hostage of Hanhai Protector is much tougher than Booty Bay, and he is a hostage who knows how to fight back.
Li De was not sure whether Kezan would launch a reciprocal attack on him, but he knew that if he could hold out until the main fleet of Kul Tiras arrived, the situation of this war would basically be determined.
However, what Li De didn't expect was that the goblin's reaction speed was actually five days faster than he expected!
Because the alliance has a communication portal that can completely crush the goblins, Li De can learn the battle report from another continent on the same day!
To be able to achieve such speed is thanks to the senior mage Barker Dumas who presides over the teleportation station. Of course, there is also the visiting professor of the School of Mathematics, "Professor Kel'Thuzad". There is no magician who serves as a teleportation beacon.
Rank's teleportation to the Hanhai Protector becomes more difficult.
According to Kezan's traditional ship delivery method, it would take a week to get from Booty Bay to Kezan's hands.
It can only be said that Li De did not expect that after eight years at the Dark Portal, Kezan would be able to come up with a device that transcended the times, such as the goblin teleporter. He also did not expect that among the goblins there would be a military strategist like Gryzlik with firm beliefs and determination.
Determination to win.
On the third day after Li De received information about the naval battle in Stranglethorn Valley, Kezan assembled a powerful naval force and launched an attack on the Hanhai Protector!
These included six second-class battleships, which were the flagships of the six Trade Lords: the Trade Star of Steamwheedle, the Lashing of Bilgewater, Morgul's Prospector, Gigvont's Golden Crucible, and Raedorvon
St.'s Steam Power and Gryzlik's Undermine.
In addition to these six second-class ships, which are already among the top ranks, six third-class ships were also dispatched.
The number of real battleships reached twelve! As for the remaining fifth- and sixth-class boats, Kezan dispatched a total of thirty battleships!
At this time, look at the Protector of Hanhai and count his wealth on his fingers:
From the largest to the smallest, through previous cooperation with Dai Lin, we successfully rented one first-class, second-class, and third-class ship.
In order to facilitate memory, they were codenamed Behemoth, Lion and Raptor.
Next was the Hanhai Protector's own ship, the third-class ship Dinghai, which was originally a third-class ship, and later the third-class ship Zhenhai was captured from Bilge Water.
After that, there is a big break, with four sixth-rate ships: Fenwei, Fenyuan, Fenyong and Fenwu.
In total, there are 1 first-class ship, 1 second-class ship, 3 third-class ships and 4 sixth-class ships. A total of 9 battleships, which is less than one-third of others!
If we also include the two fourth-class ships "Tocqueville" and "Franklin" that escorted the merchant ships from the Kingdom mainland this time and have not yet left port, there are 11 battleships, barely more than one-third of the opponent's number.
Such a disparity in power is really disappointing, and the huge fleet can be easily observed. Of course, at this point, Kezan seems to have no intention of hiding it.
When the information was placed on Li De's desk, the naval observer estimated that the Kezan fleet would arrive off Tanaris in no more than three hours at the latest!
It only took a few minutes for Li De to figure out the reason why the goblin had such a strong reaction.
The enemy also had commanders who were proficient in strategy. They refused to allow Li De to reduce their war potential, and chose to use this method of stud and explosion on the spot to break the situation.
"Haggard! You are responsible for evacuating the port and leading the people to evacuate inland.
Ryzel! Activate all shore batteries and prepare for defense!
Kel'Thuzad! Niebuhr! You are responsible for commanding the ground troops and preventing the enemy from landing!"
A few days ago, cadres of the First Division came through the portal from Alterac to deliver a message. The Kul Tiras fleet escorted the First Division and had already left Nanhai Town for the Vast Sea Protectorate.
In other words, as long as they hold on and buy time for the reinforcements to arrive, there is still hope for the Hanhai Protector.
After making arrangements for the ground, Li De issued the last order before the war.
"Anderson! Nix! Call the entire navy and prepare weapons!"
After this, Li De took a deep breath.
"The battle of life and death in the vast sea is here! Board the ship and prepare to fight!"