After the Bailin plane entered January, the lord army led by Suldak began to withdraw from the Dark Worm Valley in full force. However, the merchant group with the army outside the Worm Valley did not completely evacuate. A large amount of supplies continued to be transported into the Dark Worm Valley.
Before the arrival of spring, 300,000 indigenous people from the southern tribes will continue to migrate to Worm Valley.
Once spring arrives, the Poison Mist Swamp will completely seal the gate to the Dark Worm Valley, and it will be very difficult to enter the Dark Worm Valley by then.
Fortunately, these southern tribes and indigenous people have already arrived at the copper mine settlement in Invercargill Forest. From there, they only need to follow the caravan to the Qiaotou Camp on the north bank of the Great Rift Valley, and then set off from the Qiaotou Camp to the Dark Worm Valley.
If you break the journey into several caves, each section only takes three or four days to walk.
Moreover, the caravan also dispatched some four-wheeled carriages this time to carry children and elderly people from the southern tribes. This large-scale migration was not officially organized, but the migration efficiency was much higher than that of officially organized migrations.
Many aboriginal people walked forward without saying a word along the way. Even though it got colder and colder as they went north, they never complained about the hardship and tiredness.
A large amount of dry food was prepared with the military merchant group.
Along the way, there are porridge shacks offering free cereals everywhere. A bowl of cereal can not only fill your stomach, but also ward off the cold.
Elder Baijid knew that the reason why these business groups were able to take care of these tribesmen was because Lord Surdak said hello to the merchant groups accompanying the army. However, after all, the number of his tribesmen who migrated was as high as 300,000, even if he only drank cereal every day.
Porridge and food consumed every day should also be calculated by truck.
In recent days, the indigenous people in the Dark Worm Valley have begun to drive a group of ghost-striped worker ants to manage the mushroom forests in the valley. Many of the fresh ghost mushrooms hidden in the ant nests have been collected by the indigenous people and quickly sent to them.
In the hands of Lord Surdak, it is said that this mushroom is a precious magical herb, and the price has always been high in the magic market.
In addition, thirty thousand tribal druids led thirty thousand indigenous warriors to join Count Surdak's lord army.
Elder Baijide arranged for some aborigines to transform a large number of giant mushrooms around the World Tree into livable mushroom huts. Although these huts are still relatively rough, the first batch of tribal aborigines who arrived in the Dark Worm Valley have already
Once you have lived in them, this kind of mushroom hut is very suitable for living, but if you want to make them very comfortable, you need to spend a lot of thought, such as upper and lower floor partitions, beds, doors and windows, etc.
When the Lord Army withdrew from the entrance of the cave, in order to enable the tribe's natives to resist the northern rocs, Surdak left eighty bed crossbows in the Dark Worm Valley. These bed crossbows will be moved into the Dark Worm Valley.
The residents drove the ghost-striped worker ants and placed eighty bed crossbows on the tops of the giant mushroom umbrellas.
These aboriginal warriors, who are the sons of nature, will use bed crossbows to hunt the northern rocs in the Dark Worm Valley.
To this end, Surdak also spent a huge sum of money to order one hundred sky-shooting crossbows from the imperial capital.
These magic giant crossbows are lighter than bed crossbows, but they do not have a chassis wheel frame, and the crossbow arrows are nearly two-thirds smaller than the giant bed crossbow arrows. This type of sky-shooting crossbow mainly has a pitch with a larger adjustment angle
It can be easily aimed at the birds hovering in the sky, because the crossbow uses a shorter pure iron arrow shaft, and its anti-air range is much better than that of the bed crossbow.
Just customizing these sky-shooting crossbows requires merchants to go to the Imperial Capital with orders and magic crystals. Therefore, it is still full of uncertainty whether the merchants who go to the Imperial Capital can come back before the Poison Mist Swamp blocks the Dark Worm Valley.
The Lords' army retreated to the bridgehead camp in the Great Rift Valley in a mighty manner, and the adventure group finally ended their winter hunting trip.
The large armies of the Lord's Army are heading towards the Three Rivers Plain one after another. After the rivers thaw, the Lord's Army will fight in the area where the Red-backed Giant Turtle is.
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In mid-January of 258.9, Suldak submitted an application for territorial development to Wilkes City, officially incorporating the Dark Worm Valley into its territorial territory, and promised to include the Poison Mist Swamp outside the Dark Worm Valley and the surrounding Dark Worm Valley.
A large area of the lake was released to complete the Green Empire's 433 Territory Development Agreement.
This time Lord Surdak's lord army in the White Forest plane has increased to 100,000, which has almost exceeded the total number of private armies owned by the noble lords of Wilkes City. In addition, the Thorny Mountains in the White Forest plane have
Most of the fertile land to the north belongs to Lord Surdak. Although Surdak does not have large grasslands, it has the hills and mountains in the south and the Dark Worm Valley in the north. After owning this large area of land, Surdak has become Bailin.
The largest lord of the plane.
Therefore, after the application submitted by Suldak was sent to Wilkes City, it was immediately placed on the desk of Consul Florian.
Consul Florian readily signed his name, and then submitted the application to the House of Representatives in Wilkes City. This time, no member was willing to raise objections to Count Suldak's application, so the application was soon threatened.
Erkes City received approval.
Clerks from the Bureau of Land Management will rush to Dark Worm Valley soon to verify the approximate area of this land.
But in fact, this place is already regarded as the private property of Count Surdak. The only thing that makes Selina feel depressed is that the indigenous people of these southern tribes have their own beliefs, and no one wants to become a believer of the goddess of the night.
Only now did Surdak understand one thing. In fact, the Green Empire's policy towards the indigenous tribesmen on the plane was relatively relaxed.
The imperial army has repeatedly clashed with the aboriginal people. The main reason is that in order to occupy more land, the local lords entered the city and imposed tyranny on the local tribal aboriginal people. Take the aboriginal herdsmen in the occupied area in the northern part of the Bailin plane.
The local noble lords almost always hire them to herd horses at the cheapest price, and some even work for free...
Suldak came to Wilkes City again because Wilkes City held a meeting of all noble lords.
This was not the first time that Suldak came to Wilkes City. The only places he was most familiar with in this city were the road from the teleport gate to the North City Gate, and the Wilkes City Military Headquarters. He even
Never stayed in Wilkes City.
Suldak took Samira to stay in a hotel called "The Hill" near the military headquarters in Wilkes City. The decoration of this hotel was very special. It looked like a dwarf. It was said that the entire building was
It is hidden in a large mound, and only after moving in did I realize that every room inside is circular, with round rooms, round doors and windows, and the beds and wooden tables in the rooms look like...
A simple partition.
Even the waiters here are forest dwarves from the elf world.
The outside of the hotel is covered by large vines. Even though it is January, these vines still show a hint of green.
It is not cold in Wilkes City. Walking on the streets of the city in the afternoon, there is an inland river in the city that flows very slowly. The water is not very clear. Occasionally, you can see some women squatting by the river washing clothes, and some
The child was squatting by the river, fishing with a fishing rod in his hand. The fish hiding in the river were lazy, or maybe their bait was bad, and there was only half a bucket of clean water in the barrel.
Half-elf archer Samira and Guns Rose Carrie Decker walked in front, looking at the shops on the other side of the river and discussing women's topics in whispers.
Surdak and Gulitem walked side by side. The two-headed ogre had grown a lot taller. This time he fought with the ghost-marked red ants and his strength increased by leaps and bounds. It was Gulitem who was almost as tall as
Measuring four meters tall, Surdak is considered a slightly burly man among the Green Empire people, but standing next to the two-headed ogre, he just reached his waist...
A row of protruding bone spurs has grown on the two-headed ogre's back, and the totem patterns on its body have become more and more complicated.
Andrew and Wolf Rider Tago were recuperating in Dodan Town. This time they escaped from the hell gate, and it would take at least two or three months for them to fully recover.
When the group of children by the river saw the tall two-headed ogre, they seemed to be frightened by his burly figure. They stood on the pier, their mouths wide open, and saliva flowed from the corners of their mouths.
A young girl with a pile of toast on her head had just walked to the bridge. When she saw the two-headed ogre walking towards her, she was so frightened that she fell into the river.
Fortunately, Gary Decker had quick hands and quick eyes, and he flew over to pull the girl up before she fell into the river.
"Are you okay?" Carrie Decker stretched out her hand and waved it in front of the girl's eyes.
The girl put down the bread basket on her head and saw that the buttered bread was still there. She forced a smile and shook her head. She also said some words of thanks to him, but she didn't know how to say them.
"How much does this butter bread cost?" A huge figure squatted in front of the girl. The eyes of the two heads fell on the butter bread, and one of the heads asked angrily.
"Each loaf of bread is seven coins..." the girl replied guiltily, feeling a little worried: What should I do if he reaches out and grabs it?
"I've got it all covered," the two-headed ogre said without raising his head.
When the girl heard the sound of the urn, she was slightly startled, and then two shining silver coins flew out and landed steadily in the young girl's hand.
Then, the basket on Gu's head suddenly felt soft, and a pile of bread was picked up by a big hand.
She stood at the end of the bridge, watching those people leave, and was speechless for a moment.
"Dak, why are we going to attend the meeting of lords in the Bailin plane?" Gulitem asked Surdak while stuffing half of the toast to his good brother Brain Flower.
"At least come here and get acquainted with each other. After all, we are all lords of the Bailin plane, so it is necessary to meet." Surdak walked along the stone road of the inland river. The high-rise parliament hall of the House of Representatives
The roof has come into view.
This is the administrative center of Wilkes City, with the City Hall, House of Representatives Chamber, Guard Camp and City Security Brigade almost all nearby.
This was the first time that Surdak attended a meeting of lords in the Bailin plane. He did not know all the members present.
However, no matter where he went, members of Congress would come up to him and greet him warmly, and many of them would introduce themselves.
The seat where Surdak sat at this meeting was at the front of the noble lords in the House of Representatives. This fully shows that as a great lord who owns the largest territory in the Bailin plane, Surdak's status is also among all the noble lords.
superior.
Suldak rarely spoke during the entire meeting, but at the end of the meeting, he proposed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives that Wilkes City should build an airport terminal, and that the copper mine in Invercargill Forest will also be built in the near future.
Build an airport terminal so that magic airships can pass through.
The Speaker just said to think about it. Once Wilkes City builds an airport terminal, the agreement signed with the Pengniao Clan will be completely void.
This is not what other noble lords want to see.
This meeting of lords also discussed the development prospects of animal husbandry and mining in the White Forest Plane. Animal husbandry is the industrial pillar of the White Forest Plane. Surdak has no pastures, so he did not participate in this topic.
But he owns two mines.
In fact, the copper ore and iron ore from Invercargill Forest have almost monopolized the metal market in Wilkes City with low selling prices in the past six months.
There are some other small lords on the Bailin plane who own a small amount of mineral deposits, but since the Surdak Copper Mine began to transport copper ingots, the copper ingots produced by these small mines have no profit at all.
To refine a copper ingot, the local lord would also put several copper plates inside.
Therefore, these small lords hoped that Lord Surdak could increase the selling price of copper ingots, but this proposal was rejected by Surdak without hesitation.
If the price of copper ingots is raised, his copper ingots will be uncompetitive in Bena City.
The other minor lords were completely helpless against Surdak's tough attitude.
After the meeting of lords in Wilkes City, Suldak declined the sumptuous dinner prepared by the House of Representatives, crossed the portal that night, and returned to Marquis Luther's Mansion in Bena City.
This time, Marquis Luther knew in advance that he was coming and prepared a sumptuous dinner at the Marquis Mansion.
Marquis Luther was also greatly surprised by the results of Suldak's campaign on the Bailin plane. He expected that he might occupy part of the Three Rivers Plain, but he did not expect Suldak to open his mouth so wide.
He swallowed almost two-thirds of the land in the Three Rivers Plain in one mouthful, and then he had to stuff the remaining one-third into his mouth before he could give up.
He knew that Surdak would send troops to attack the ghost-marked red ants, and thought he was just trying to earn some magic crystals and magic materials from the red ants, but he did not expect that this time he would wipe out the entire ant clan in the Dark Worm Valley in one fell swoop.
You must know that when Grand Duke Newman led the Bena Legion, he hesitated for a long time, and finally announced that the Bena Legion would withdraw from the Bailin plane.
At first, I was worried about the connection between the ants and the rhinoceros. Looking at it now, even if the ghost-striped red ants were wiped out, it seems that the rhinoceros did not take any large-scale retaliatory actions...