With the protection of these purple dragon patrols, anyone who dares to attack Black Well Town must think twice, especially the Zhenta Forest Society.
These Purple Dragon patrols are strategic adjustments made to them to scare themselves, and they are all incidental.
The disadvantage is that he and everything in the Dragon Oak Territory need to act in accordance with Cormyr's legal system. At least there is no way to use weapons unscrupulously. Even the construction of the Blood Claw military town must be slowed down.
In fact, it was not just the hobgoblin wolf cavalry that was withdrawn into the dragon oak dragon's lair.
All the troops at Bloodclaw Military Town were also withdrawn by him overnight, and he had to temporarily cut off all ties between himself and the hobgoblin wolf cavalry.
Fortunately, the Hobgoblin Wolf Cavalry had been acting in the name of the Black Death. No matter how they checked, they could not find him in a short period of time.
"There are rest spots, but free meals are not necessary. All patrols will bring their own." Vongeldahast only accepted half of Gavin's proposal.
"Afterwards, I will have people prepare as soon as possible." Gavin did not force it, because if it were him, he would not accept such a proposal.
One's own army can only be supported by oneself and must not be handed over to others to prevent it from being corroded. It is impossible for Vongeldahast to not understand this truth.
"You have made a good start. Keep working hard according to your own ideas. I hope that one day I can see your canonization ceremony in the Purple Dragon Hall."
Vongeldahast showed a meaningful smile to Gavin, "But don't be too complacent, Leyana Rose is not a person who gives up easily, especially when competitors appear, it will be huge.
To stimulate her fighting spirit, I heard that she will personally lead people to enter the rocky land to open up a village and build a town in the nearby Hongquan area. "
The implication is obvious: he does not encourage vicious competition, but he does not oppose healthy competition.
Because the more people develop the rocky land, the more Cormier will profit from it.
With dozens more people like them, why can't the rocky land be transformed into fertile soil?
Gavin couldn't help but smile and said: "What a coincidence, I'm not someone who gives up easily."
He didn't hide his goals.
In fact, whoever targeted Rockland was not aiming for the Baron of Rockland promised by Cormier.
"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news." Vengdahast waved goodbye to Gavin and disappeared in a white light.
For this legendary archmage, if you want to see the future potential of a territory, you don't need to make an on-site assessment at all, just look at its leader.
Especially someone like Kuroi, who started from scratch.
Their future success depends entirely on the leader.
If this leader has his own limitations, even if it is a rich territory, the upper limit will not be too high.
If this leader has unlimited potential, he can perform miracles even in remote areas.
Vongeldahast's evaluation of Gavin is that he has unlimited potential.
Compared to Leyana, there is a huge gap between the young man in front of her in terms of professional level and connections.
But if they were asked to choose one of the two to place a bet, Vongeldahast would definitely place a heavy bet on Gavin.
Compared to Gavin, Leyana is more like a general than a lord. Her limitations are too obvious. Conquering the rocky land is beyond her ability, but it is used to provide pressure for the young man to burst out.
Greater potential, but enough.
After Vongeldahast left, Gavin sat in his seat and did not move for a long time.
The two of them didn't seem to talk about much, but in fact, they finalized a lot of things.
Vongeldahast did not openly make any promises to Gavin, but he openly appeared in Black Well Town and had endorsed him with his actual actions, recognizing the existence of Black Well Town and Gavin's right to rule the place.
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As for the Purple Dragon Patrol, Gavin expressed his attitude to Vongeldahast, recognizing Cormyr's right to rule in the Rocklands and his willingness to abide by Cormyr's relevant laws.
The Palace Archmage took the initiative to mention Leyana to remind Gavin that he and the Red Crow Mercenary Group must have healthy competition. This is the path the other party is taking now.
The Hongquan area that Vongeldahast mentioned should be, as expected, the Hongquan Reclamation Area.
Whether the Hongquan Reclamation Area is considered rocky land or not is very controversial.
Even in Cormyr, the division of rocky terrain is not very clear.
Most people of Cormyr call this complex hilly area north of the Stormhorn Mountains and south of the Enook Desert the Rocklands.
The division between east and west is not so clear, especially in the east. After all, there is a distant sea swamp in the west as a marking line.
Some people would place the dividing line of rocky land fifteen kilometers west of Tiffanytown. The terrain here is already very flat and there are no hills or mountains in sight.
Some people directly put Tifanton and its surroundings into the rocky land. The dividing line all the way to the Tifanton Rift Valley in Thunder Peak, north of Arabe and south of the Mokou Mountains, are all included in the rocky land.
There seems to be little difference between these two divisions.
In fact, the difference in area is exactly double.
Before Tifanton was annexed by Cormyr a few years ago, most people recognized the first division.
After Tifanton was annexed by Cormyr, more and more people recognized the second division.
This is Cormier's official intention.
First, it is to demonstrate the legitimacy of Cormyr's rule over Tiffanydon. Since it originally belonged to the Rockland, it has belonged to Cormyr since ancient times.
Secondly, if it is bundled with a rocky land, the allure of a hilly area in a remote and rural area is definitely average. But if it is coupled with a city with a population of tens of thousands and surrounding fertile land of the same size as the hilly area, the allure will suddenly increase.
Just came up.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the nobles of Cormyr and the businessmen of Sambia were moved by it.
In order to distinguish it from the rocky land itself, the area around Tifanton was called the Red Spring Area. Due to subsequent large-scale development, it was also called the Red Spring Reclamation Area.
According to the normal flow of history, this large-scale development would have to wait until at least two years later, when King Asan organized a coalition to expedition to Sesk, repel the invasion of the Tukan people, and brought back a large number of Tukan captives from there.
After a large amount of manpower was available, the government organized and vigorously developed the area and reclaimed a large amount of fertile land.
The Red Crow mercenary group led by Leyana is now targeting the Red Spring Reclamation Area. Most likely due to the pressure brought by themselves, they are using the fertile land first to gain more wealth, and then move into the rocky land.
Hilly, it may not be a solution, but it will take a long time.
Once it fails, it is easy to make wedding clothes for others.
Because once someone else is named Baron of Rockland, all the cultivated land will belong to the baron.
The same is true in reverse.
As long as it's healthy competition, Gavin has never been afraid of anyone.
Moreover, the Red Spring Reclamation Area is very large. Even with the support of the whole country of Cormyr and the tens of thousands of Tukan captives and strong labor force, it took more than ten years to fully develop it.
If Leyana simply recruits and encourages farmers from Cormyr, Valley, Sembia and other areas to come to cultivate land, the efficiency will probably be even lower.
It won't be too late to eat this piece of cake after your side takes over. At present, it is more important to avoid disaster.
Gavin didn't think that his current position was important enough to ask a legendary mage to make a special trip to the rocky land. The other party was probably telling the truth and was just passing by to take a look.
There was only one incident in the surrounding area that warranted Vongeldahast's dispatch: the robbery of the Crimson Feather.
Since he has already appeared here, I believe that the legendary mages who are the masters of suffering are not far away, and have even been here.
Those few people are not as easy to talk to as Vongeldahast. If anyone smells a little smell on his body, he will pull out his muscles and bones without hesitation to find out the root cause.
When you come, you have to travel through mountains and rivers.
When I went back, it was much simpler, just a return to the city spell, no, the Dragon Oak Mother Tree's flawless teleportation spell.
Return directly to the room under the Dragon Oak Tree.
Lord Virginia had already been waiting there, and when he saw Gavin's figure, he showed an expression of relief.
As long as the person is fine, she doesn't care much about the outcome of the conversation, or in other words, she still doesn't know the importance of Vongeldahast.
Gavin didn't explain too much. After all, development in the Rockland was her own business. The help that Lord Virginia could provide was very limited. She was satisfied if she could help her maintain the final foundation and couldn't ask for too much.
Although Gavin is hiding from disaster, it doesn't mean that he is doing nothing.
In other words, even if he is not hiding from disaster, he still has to squat here most of the time, dealing with various things.
Today, the top priority is to enlighten a tree.
This is one of the tasks that he must complete every day in the recent period. There are as many as twelve trees enlightened by his hands, all of which are secretly arranged in the black well to assist in mining, so as to increase the amount of ore produced in the black well.
, there was a new round of surge.
Those twelve trees were all found in the rocky areas, trees in the Fairy Wilderness. Gavin was enlightened for the first time today.
The Lord of Virginia still maintained the original price, but in view of the relationship between the two, hey hey... there had been substantial progress, Gavin no longer bothered with her.
Anyway, the left hand and the right hand are both in the family's basket. A tree is exchanged for a dragon-blooded kobold. This trade is still worth it.
The long cave that Gavin and his team explored had already undergone earth-shaking changes, and this was the top priority for transformation.
Because this is the main road connecting Dragon Oak Dragon Nest and Spring Bud Forest.
All the fruits and vegetables transported from Chunya Forest to Long Oak Territory pass through here.
The widening and strengthening project has not yet been put on the agenda. What has been completed at this stage is mainly the leveling of the ground, the widening of narrow areas and the drilling of holes in roundabout locations.
After finishing, the total length of the Long Oak Tunnel is 804 meters, and it can currently accommodate two large carriages traveling in parallel at the same time.
The future goal is to have four lanes, and then complete the surrounding reinforcement work - this is underground after all, and the load-bearing problem will be infinitely magnified no matter how wide it is.
The underground entrance is also a large construction site.
It's just that the main force of construction is not kobolds, but the elves of Chunya Forest.
A tree fortress has begun to take shape.
In the future, you must pass through this fortress when entering and exiting the Dragon Oak Tunnel from Spring Bud Forest.
Although the two parties are closely related, they are two independent territories after all. Some projects must be completed and some accounts must be settled.
The fruits and vegetables shipped from the Spring Bud Forest to the Dragon Oak Territory are not given away for free, but are given to Gavin for accounting purposes. The debt will then be repaid with steel, a scarce material in the Spring Bud Forest.
In these matters the Lord of Virginia was a paragon of human sobriety.
Gavin wanted to settle a stupid score, but she didn't want to get involved with him.
Gavin had already chosen the goal of this enlightenment. After coming out of the Dragon Oak Tunnel, he headed straight for the goal.
The target this time was not chosen arbitrarily, but had some connection with Gavin, or had commemorative significance.
This tree had helped him once. When the aircraft carrier insect fell from the dragon oak tree, it landed on it and directly punctured it, giving it a fatal blow.
It's just that the size of the aircraft carrier bug is terrifying, and the impact force caused by falling from such a high place is so powerful.
Although he was pierced, he also caused huge damage to the ancient tree.
The branches of the tree crown were basically shot off, and even the upper half of the main pole was broken off, leaving only the bare lower half standing there. It looked as miserable as it looked, and there were still traces of dried blood from the aircraft carrier bugs on it.