Chapter 445: Strategic Adjustment of Dragon Oak Collar
Chapter 445 Dragon Oak Leader’s Strategic Adjustment
Author: Night Knight
Chapter 445 Dragon Oak Leader’s Strategic Adjustment
The closure of the dragon oak portal has the biggest impact on the kobolds, which is the issue of food supply.
For this reason, Gavin specially summoned the mayors of the three towns and listened to their recent development reports.
"Suzy, you come first." The first person Gavin named was the mayor of Pitfall Town.
The order of speeches in this kind of meeting is not random, but has deep meaning.
It represents the focus of Gavin as the leader of a territory. The subsequent development of other people will naturally revolve around the focus of the top leader.
This is leadership.
This applies not only to kobolds, but also to other intelligent races.
Because it is a survival instinct of all subordinates to figure out the thoughts of their superiors, and they will amplify some things consciously or unconsciously.
As a qualified ruler, you must clearly understand the thoughts of your subordinates in order to maximize your interests.
In this aspect, Gavin is also a beginner. Recently, he has learned a lot of experience from Zalanda.
Gavin's current focus on the Dragon Oak Territory is not on the pillar industry, the Black Well Iron Mine, but on the Pit Spirit Crystal Mine.
Currently, very few spiritual crystal mines are sold to external parties, and the total sales volume is less than one percent of the Heijing Iron Mine.
It’s not that there are no sales channels. On the contrary, with the unremitting efforts of the Qianshou Chamber of Commerce, not only the sales channels have been opened, but the supply is also in short supply. Around the territory of the former Zamdas Empire, which is now the Weihong Sea, this crystal
There is a huge demand for crystals, and recently a mysterious buyer appeared. He spent a lot of money to eat as much as he could. Most of the spiritual crystals sold by Dragon Oak Leader went into his hands.
It's not that the output of Shangkeng Town can't increase. Compared to the beginning, the output of spiritual crystals has increased more than ten times.
In the beginning, it was Gavin's intention to control the quantity of spiritual crystals sold externally. After all, this is a crystal related to spellcasting. Not to mention that its value exceeds that of Heijing Iron Ore, even if it is comparable, it may attract some spellcasters.
The watcher's peeps and thoughts.
Later, domestic demand increased sharply, especially after the launch of Phantom Film. The demand was astonishingly large, far exceeding the current production capacity of the pit, and it was being supported by the inventory previously accumulated.
"Reporting to the lord, there are currently 1,228 kobolds in Piengkeng Town, all of whom have activated spell-like abilities. Among them, there are eight dragon-formed kobolds, one hundred and twenty-one dragon-blooded kobolds, and spiritual crystals.
The average monthly output of stone reaches 80 kilograms.
We are optimizing and improving the mining process. Once successful, the output is expected to exceed one hundred kilograms per month." As the most knowledgeable among the kobolds, Susie's role has changed the fastest.
Now he is not only the great shaman of the Dragon Hunting Ceremony of the dragon oak leader kobolds, but also the most powerful one. His professional level is like riding a rocket. He now has thirteen professional levels. In just half a year, he jumped five levels in a row, and
There is potential for further growth.
This is one of the invisible benefits of frequently hosting large-scale dragon-seeking rituals. Those kobolds who activate the power of blood are considered to be affected by her.
Different from the Black Well Iron Mine, the Lingjing Mine uses technical mining, which requires relatively high abilities of the kobolds.
Therefore, we kept taking the elite route, and in the end, the ordinary kobolds were eliminated, and they were completely composed of kobolds with spell-like abilities enabled.
The disadvantage is that the quantity is easily limited.
"Very good." Gavin simply praised him and then asked, "Where are the candidates for mayor?"
"This is Bill, a sixth-level trap maker, a copper dragon-turned-kobold. In the past period of time, he has been assisting me in managing Pitfall Town. He is already familiar with all the affairs in the town. Some time ago, the Lord transferred me to the front office.
When I went to the Land of Three Rivers, he was always in charge of the town of Sinkhole."
"Bill has met the Lord." A strong male kobold bowed to Gavin.
"From now on, you will relinquish your position as mayor of Pitfall Town and hand it over to Bill. Then, you will draw 300 kobolds from Pitfall Town in proportion to form the Pitfall Corps." Gavin made strategic adjustments to the Pitfall Tribe.
"Yes." Susie and Bill, the two kobolds, stood up at the same time to obey.
"Zach, over there." Gavin's eyes fell on the mayor of Black Well Town.
Heijing Town is the largest window for Dragon Oak to the outside world and is also a pillar industry. This will not change in a short time.
"There are currently 15,000 kobolds in Heijing Town, of which 10,000 are professional miners engaged in underground iron ore mining, 2,000 are dedicated to logistics services, and the remaining 3,000 are militia guards. In addition to guard work,
Also engaged in above-ground hunting, farming, picking and pavement maintenance.
In addition, there are 80 enlightenment trees to assist in the ore transfer work.
At present, the monthly output of Heijing Iron Mine reaches 15,000 tons, sales and output are basically the same, and the monthly net profit is 150,000 gold coins." Zach summarized the detailed data of Heijing Town.
"Three thousand novices were transferred from Yingya Town to supplement the miners' team, and then three thousand kobold miners were replaced to form a special road construction team, focusing on paving high-road commercial roads in the rocky ground, and widening them by twice the original basis, at least in parallel.
Four carriages.
Cangya mobilized a thousand kobold ferocious weasel cavalry from the militia to form the Cangya Cavalry Regiment." Gavin also made some strategic adjustments to Black Well Town.
When you make money, you should spend it instead of just sitting there watching like a giant dragon. For mountainous areas like Yanji, roads are the top priority.
Only when the roads are smooth enough can goods enter and exit easily and troops can be quickly assembled and deployed.
The previous road construction was a small effort. As the output of Heijing Iron Ore increased steadily and the value created became greater and greater, the Kingdom of Cormyr paid more and more attention to this area. The Purple Dragon Patrol Team stationed in the area became more and more important.
Come more and more.
They can speed up appropriately. This kind of matter does not even need to be negotiated with the Kingdom of Cormyr.
The Dragon Oak leaders are building roads at their own expense, and the other side likes to see it. Not only will they not stop it, but they will also send troops to protect it. Anyone who messes up will have to face the wrath of the Purple Dragon Patrol.
As for the problem of the ferocious ferret mount that had troubled Gavin and the others for a long time, it was no longer a problem after establishing close relationships with many natural races.
Under the conscious introduction, a large number of mustelid creature nests appeared in the rocky land, with as many as seven or eight species, most of which are suitable for being mounts for kobolds. They are gradually becoming wild hunters in the rocky land, and the wild wolves are driven away by them.
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"Follow the order." Zach and Cangya stood up at the same time to obey the order.
"Buck, over there." Gavin's eyes finally fell on the mayor of Eagle Cliff Town.
It's not that Yingya Town is unimportant, the main reason is that it lacks pillar industries, and now it is used more as a reserve force, specializing in internal construction.
It used to be an important transfer station for the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, but now even this function will be temporarily lost.
Gavin has been thinking of ways to develop other functions of this kobold town, but there has been no good direction.
Because the main advantages of kobolds are mining and paving roads.
If they are allowed to farm, they will definitely not be able to compare with humans who have a history of farming for tens of thousands of years, let alone the elves with the innate ability of druids.
If you let them engage in textiles and the like, you are making things difficult for them and getting twice the result with half the effort.
After much deliberation, I can only treat this place as a general training base for kobolds, conduct preliminary training and screening of personnel here, and then transport labor to the other two towns.
Buck stood up and replied: "There are currently 20,000 kobolds in Eagle Cliff Town, of which 8,000 are young kobolds, and there are a total of 800 Oeds.
At present, the construction is mainly focused on Yingya Town, the development and paving of Yinggaoshan Road and the preliminary construction of Military Town.
Nishizawa has been assisting me as the reserve mayor of Eagle Cliff Town for some time in the past, and he is very familiar with the situation here."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Gavin with an expectant look. Appropriate adjustments had been made in the trap and the black well, and a kobold army had been formed, indicating that the lord was likely to make a major military move.
There is no reason for them to allocate manpower to form an army. As an air force, Oede does not form an army.
Compared with being a manager who is stressed out all day long, Buck believes that he is more suitable as an air combat commander.
"Five thousand kobolds will be transferred back from the Dragon Oak Mother Tree. Except for the three thousand transferred to Heijing Town, the remaining two thousand will be evenly distributed among the construction teams in Eagle Cliff Town.
You and Caesar will hand over the work and mobilize 300 elite Erds to form the Erd Air Corps." Gavin made adjustments to Eagle Cliff Town as Buck wished.
"Yes." Buck and Caesar stood up at the same time to obey.
"You have five days to prepare. After five days, you will set off with the Yaling soldiers to Tethyr and settle in the new city I opened there, Misnoel. You need to open up a new town there.
." Gavin issued the final order.
They are not supporting the Land of Three Rivers, but are going to Misnoel as a seed.
The two places are too far apart, and it is impossible for Gavin to mobilize a large number of kobolds from the Rocklands to go there, and there is no need.
Wherever there are mountains, there is no shortage of kobolds.
There is no shortage of mountains around Tethyr, especially the Marching Mountains, which are backed by Misnoel.
It's nothing more than applying the method used in rocky areas to the kobolds traveling in the mountains.
Compared with when he first came to Rockland, Gavin now has enough convenience, because he has both kobolds and dragons in his hands, and there are more than one - the two-legged wyvern transformed by Shanobah is also a dragon.
"As ordered." All the kobold leaders stood up again and obeyed the order.
"You all should know the news that the Dragon Oak portal will be closed for a period of time. Without the fruits, melons and vegetables shipped from there, how are you going to solve the food problem?" Gavin worked as a hands-off shopkeeper for a while.
Worry about the little things here like the resident dragon oak collar does.
He only needs to formulate strategic guidelines and leave many things to the kobolds below to solve on their own. Although it was bumpy at first, he now has his own set of operating modes and it is quite smooth.
Zach sincerely complimented: "Thanks to the lord's foresight in this matter, the fruits and vegetables you took us to plant this spring have gradually matured. The types and quantities we planted are enough to meet our daily needs."
There is more than enough for our needs. Over at the Black Well, we try our best to make the most of what we get, supplemented by the food brought by the human merchants. We also eat the excess food, and we hoard it deep in the mine."
These kobolds have all come from hard times, so their thirst for food is beyond imagination. If they have the opportunity to hoard food, they will definitely spare no effort.
Susie added on the side and explained: "The food we need in summer is far less than that in winter. Kobolds who have activated dragon veins, dragon blood, and dragon transformation abilities also have much lower food needs than ordinary kobolds. This is different from that of ordinary kobolds.
It is related to our racial characteristics. The Lord also knows that we are temperature-changing creatures and can absorb part of the heat from the outside to meet the needs of the body. The kobolds with spell-like abilities can draw part of the power from daily elemental magic. We
What needs to be done more is to stockpile a large amount of food for winter. The colder the weather, the more food we need."
Gavin nodded with satisfaction and said a little bit: "You only need to focus on the present. You don't need to think about the winter food. I will prepare it for you in the valley by then. What's more, we still have
You can start with magic equipment to change the town's environment to one that is most suitable for your survival."
"Your lord is still thoughtful." The kobold leaders praised one after another.
"Do you still have any problems? Do you need my help to solve them?" Gavin handed over the leadership to the kobold leaders.
"I have a letter here for the Lord. According to the businessman who brought the letter, a Jackal monk asked him to bring it to the Lord." Zach handed a letter to Gavin.
Gnoll Monk? Flynn?
Gavin only recognized one such existence, and that was the Vengeful Gnoll Monk who had assisted them in wiping out the Gnoll Chapter Black Death.
He took the initiative to ask for orders to track down the other culprit, Yeenoghu Fang.
At that time, he liked Luo Xianzi, so he agreed to his request.
It's just that it's been such a long time, if he didn't take the initiative to write me a letter, I would have almost forgotten his existence.
After taking the letter and looking at it, it turned out to be him.
The content of the letter is very simple, that is, he lived up to his trust and successfully found the Yeenoghu fang, but this fang gave full play to its characteristics and gathered a large number of jackals and jackals along the way to form a new team.
Battle group.
They fled all the way to the Goblin Borderlands and colluded with a hag group in the Far Sea Swamp. They are causing trouble to the Goblin Borderlands. It won't take long before it may affect the high road.
Although Flynn did not say it clearly in the letter, his intention was very clear, that is, he wanted to ask Gavin to send troops to destroy this rising evil force.
After Gavin thought about it for a while, he wrote a handwritten reply and said to Nishizawa, who had not yet fully taken office: "Mayor Nishizawa, you are responsible for organizing the remaining Erds in Eagle Cliff Town into an aerial reconnaissance team.
I will launch an investigation centered on the Dragon Oak Territory. I will collect information on all sizable settlements, villages, strategic points and other information along the way, all the way to the remote sea swamps on the edge of the goblins. I will try to find the gnoll monk and send this letter
Give him the letter."
"Yes." Nishizawa hurriedly took the letter, with unconcealable excitement in his expression.
Not only him, but other kobolds as well.
There is a profound meaning behind Lord Gavin's order.
This shows that he is by no means satisfied with the current territory of Dragon Oak Territory, although this is an inevitable thing.
But until Gavin takes any action, speculation will remain speculation.
From this moment on, speculation is no longer speculation.
The same question was asked several times, and after all the kobold leaders said no, Gavin announced that the temporary meeting was disbanded.
As the Kingdom of Cormyr paid more attention to the Rocklands, the Purple Dragon Patrol began to fully intervene in the security patrols of the High Road. Even the strong dragon Zhentarim had to restrain themselves, let alone the wild forces.
Live with your tail.
Although the Dragon Oak Territory does not pay taxes, it has promoted the rapid development of commerce in Dongyan, thereby stimulating the development along the highway. It is an object that needs protection. Naturally, the minor troubles will be eliminated, and it will just develop steadily according to the established pace.
After leaving the conference room, Gavin had to take a walk over the Dragon Oak collar.
Just like Zach said, the seeds he planted have begun to bear fruit. There are fruits and vegetables all over the mountains and plains. Although they are good and bad, kobolds are not picky eaters, so long as they can eat them.
Not only can the kobolds in the dragon oak collar have a comfortable summer, but other creatures in the rocky land can also live a comfortable life and have more litters.
This can also be regarded as a disguised form of food storage. In winter, it is just right to put it in the kobold's stew pot.
In the next five days, Gavin, Lord Virginia and Veranika used teleportation and the portable dimensional cave they had just acquired to start the delivery journey.
They can run eight times a day, and Lord Virginia and Veranika each have the ability to cast advanced teleportation spells four times a day.
When traveling from the Rocklands to Tethyr, you must use advanced teleportation.
But when you come back, you can use the Tower of Domination's spell amplification effect, and the teleportation spell can be used as a high-level teleportation spell.
Thanks to this, otherwise even with the teleportation spell, they wouldn't be able to make the five round trips.
Even so, including the Virginia Lord's portable dimension cave, they only transferred half of the goods in five days.
Although teleportation is convenient, it has great limitations, especially when transporting bulky and heavy goods in large quantities.
This is still helped by a portable dimensional cave that can hold a semi-heavy wagon at a time, otherwise it will take longer.
On the contrary, this shows the monstrousness of Vizeme Manor's ability to haul large quantities of goods.
It only took Gavin half a day to drag the remaining half of the goods to the Vizeme Manor. The speed was beyond imagination. This was related to the fact that they were filled with the power of corruption.
The immortal power guided by the Vizeme Manor directly transformed these corrupt powers into immortal power, assisting in dragging and killing two birds with one stone.
This discovery immediately brought new inspiration to Gavin.
He entered the control center of the Tower of Domination with great interest and started a new experiment.