Morning, Wilderness Town, meeting room of the Lord's House.
At this time, Allen was sitting in his seat obediently listening to the reports of the various responsible persons.
When he walked out of the inn, he was blocked by his subordinates, and surrounded by them, he came here.
Allen had indeed been out for a long time on this trip, probably half a year, and it was also the longest time Allen had been here.
In the past, he would go to the Iron Hills or the Woodland Kingdom to visit the king there, which would only last for two months at most.
In the past six months, the development of Wilderness Town has made some progress. Under the leadership of Jamila and his subordinates, the residents have opened up more farmland.
To this end, Muma Village contributed a large number of cattle and draft horses. After being tamed by Beorn, they were able to help the residents do a lot of work.
With more livestock replacing manpower, Jamila finally recruited enough students to open the first school in the town, but there were only a few teachers, who learned the common language.
Similarly, James started his own medical course at this school.
When talking about this, Jamila suggested a decree to Allen.
As the income of the residents has increased, residents' houses have been converted into brick and wood houses one after another.
And some residents, because of the large number of people in their families, applied for a large amount of land from the Lord's House.
Therefore, Jamila proposed to charge an annual fee based on the size of each family's house as the daily expenses of the town.
In the past few years, most of the towns were made of wooden houses and earthen roads, which did not need to be cleaned up, let alone sewage and other issues.
Now, especially in the past six months, a large number of townspeople have moved into the town, and as if to compete, houses are being built one by one.
Under Yatiman's plan, Wilderness Town will also need to lay bricks on the main roads in the town. It will need to arrange cleaning personnel, recruit night watchmen, and managers of various areas, etc. Now there are more public facilities such as schools.
facility.
In other words, the management of the town will soon become formalized in the next few years, and Jamila will need to recruit a large number of staff to do the corresponding management work.
This will put Allen's financial situation into crisis, and now Allen has far more conventional troops than when he left, which has greatly accelerated his financial consumption.
It turns out that after Allen left, large black spiders began to appear frequently in the black forest east of Wilderness Town. They would even come out to attack the villagers who were logging in broad daylight.
In order to deal with these spiders, Fatis could only often call in archers and spearmen and go into the forest to clear them out. Although a lot of resources were spent, the army also accumulated a lot of combat experience.
In Muma Village, wargs and wolf cavalry running down from Gundabad Mountain often appear. They often take advantage of the unpreparedness of the villagers in Muma Village to attack the horses there and break out small-scale fights with the herdsmen.
fighting.
In order to cope with this situation, Fatis also arranged for Hormion to lead Allen's Twilight Knight Guards, and cooperated with De Sevi's reconnaissance force to increase the scope of patrols to guard against sudden attacks by orcs.
As for the training of the army, Fatis needed to be busy with the defense of various parts of Wilderness Town, so this part of the work was left to Alleyne.
It is still training once a week, and now Allen's levies can already set up a relatively good battle formation, and they have got the opportunity to fight against orcs and black spiders.
The transactions with the Woodland Kingdom have not been interrupted during this period, because the Muma Village has attracted a lot of attention from the orcs.
The caravans and roads have become very safe, and Artiman has successfully widened all roads.
After completion, he also gathered the people and built two urn cities around the wilderness town using the wood from the previous city walls.
Allen affirmed Fatis' approach and also agreed with Jamila's suggestion to increase taxes.
Indeed, as his power grew, it became clear that he could not simply calculate taxes as he had at first.
In the end, Alan praised Artiman's approach and also thanked everyone for their hard work during this period.
The short meeting was about to reach noon. At this time, Jamila's men had already made arrangements for the banquet.
Alan's men do not have as outstanding chefs as the Hobbits, and the environment in Wilderness Town is not particularly good.
Therefore, the food placed on the villagers' tables before was never particularly rich.
However, since the Beorn family arrived, this situation began to change.
Various pastries and dairy products have become popular in Wilderness Town, which has enriched the food on the tables of the townspeople.
Then came the establishment of the Horse Wrangling Village, which directly developed the animal husbandry in Allen. Meat no longer only relied on fishing and hunting.
The way grassland people handle meat is completely different from that of farming people and hunting people.
This has enriched the diet of the people in Wilderness Town a lot.
Spices, wine, and various daily necessities were either purchased directly by Allen using the simulator, or provided by Frey's blacksmith shop, and then sold to the townspeople in sundries stores across the town.
Therefore, the banquet that Allen organized at noon was not shabby. On the contrary, it could be said to be very sumptuous.
Such hospitality showed Allen's respect for Thorin Oakenshield, the dwarf prince, and also showed Allen's friendship with these dwarves.
This group of dwarves swept away the fatigue from the previous journey and had a great time eating and drinking at the banquet. In the end, they even started singing and dancing in Ellen's banquet hall, and even Bilbo Baggins participated.
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Allen also invited Frey, Tyr and several other dwarves from the Iron Hills to attend the banquet, giving them a chance to get together with their own people.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Thorin Oakenshield clearly felt Allen's kindness. He showed a soft face that he had not seen for a long time at the banquet, and drank wine with Allen.
, while chatting about homely matters.
Seeing this scene, Gandalf breathed a sigh of relief, because from here on, he was about to leave.
He needs to rush to Lothlórien, where he will gather with other members of the White Council to prepare for the attack on Dol Guldur.
Now that the friendship between Thorin Oakenshield and Allen has made great progress, Allen will naturally help Thorin pave the way for the next step, the plan can be carried out smoothly, and Gandalf can leave with peace of mind.
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But Allen didn't feel much relieved, because he still had to pass Thranduil next.
The promise Allen made with Thorin Oakenshield was intended to be used in this place.
In fact, the danger for everyone in the expedition has not been eliminated. Azog may be watching Allen's territory from the other side of the Anduin River.
Allen expected that this smart guy would not attack his own town, and he would soon be called away by Sauron to prepare for a war against Lonely Mountain.
But he will arrange for Bolger to hunt down Thorin Oakenshield.
A long time ago, Allen had speculated on Bolger's pursuit route. This guy should have galloped from the vast plains east of the Black Forest to the Woodland Kingdom, and then stayed there to look for opportunities to intercept Thorin Oakenshield.
This is nothing, because Allen will arrange for the members of the expedition to follow his caravan to the Woodland Kingdom. This will at least save a lot of time, but the dwarves will also be directly exposed to Thranduil.
Alan hoped that Thorin would not have a direct conflict with Thranduil, so that he would not have to deal with the dilemma between elves and dwarves.
If during the negotiation, Thorin Oakenshield can agree to Thranduil's request and return the woodland king's heirloom gem.
Then many things can be avoided. Thorin will have more time to find the secret door to enter his home, and Allen will have more time to prepare to deal with the evil dragon that destroyed Long Lake Town. This is all in one fell swoop.
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Although that would result in the loss of the combat effectiveness of thousands of elves in the battle to defend Lonely Mountain, the dwarves and Allen's troops could be stationed at the gate of Lonely Mountain Kingdom.
That place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if Azog leads tens of thousands of orcs and dozens of trolls, it is impossible to break through the defenses of humans and dwarves in a short time.
Allen also didn't believe that Thranduil would watch the orcs attack the Lonely Mountain. He already had to face threats from Gundabad Mountain, the Misty Mountains and Dol Guldur. If the Lonely Mountain was added to it, then
The orcs will surround him, and unless he makes up his mind to move, he will definitely come to support him.
And as long as he persists for a while, Gandalf will come to Lonely Mountain with a lot of support to relieve the siege.
After all, it is a very important strategic target. If it is really occupied by orcs, then the entire north and Eriador will never have peace in the future.
Even Allen had to lead his subjects to run towards Rohan.
The problem now is that even if Thorin Oakenshield does not suffer from the dragon disease at this time, even if Thorin Oakenshield has never worn the Ring of Thror, the greed in his heart is far less than that of his father and grandfather.
Even so, Allen didn't have much hope that he could persuade Thorin.
The outcome of everything will only be known after the banquet is over and Alan and Thorin have talked.