The population that a piece of land can carry is always limited. No matter how hard the Mother Earth and the Goddess of Agriculture work, the land cannot carry an infinitely increasing population.●⌒,
Nature always has a way to achieve ecological balance.
Either expand, or consume the population in conquests.
As the Erwin Empire is located in the middle of the continent, it is definitely a master at this. If there is a chance, the Erwin emperors of all generations will never mind opening up new territories. If there is no chance, they will also not mind spending a handful.
Raven's arrival was a very clever opportunity.
The countries surrounding Erwin were all on guard, so it could be said that Erwin had no chance. When Raven proposed recruiting pioneers to open up the border, Agathon's mind suddenly came alive.
This kind of thing can be said to be a relief. It can also be said to be an opportunity.
Agathon immediately entered the emperor's unique thinking mode:
Just think about it, Corianpas was a principality at the beginning. Even if it was successfully promoted to a kingdom last year, the foundation is so weak and the population is so small. If Erwin suddenly sends hundreds of thousands of people to Corianpas, then it will be successful in the future.
Which ethnic group constituted the majority in the newly developed territories?
Isn’t it still Erwin’s?
Maybe Raven is really wise and powerful, and there is no chance in Raven's generation, but will his descendants be equally wise? As long as Raven wants to control the people, such a vast territory must be divided into nobles, even if he specifically suppresses Erwin
The nobles who come here can always mix with many low-level nobles, right?
As long as Erwin's people are in the majority, power will always take root.
Perhaps in one or two generations, national integration will be complete.
It can be said that people in the past planted trees and people in the future can enjoy the shade. In the future, Erwin can perfectly annex Corianpas with the unity of the nation.
So after returning, after a brief discussion with the old emperor and counselors, they agreed that Raven would officially recruit people in Erwin to participate in the new development plan.
They beat Xiao Jiujiu, but Lei Wen saw through it at a glance.
There is no need to tell the truth. All their budgets are based on conventional, long-term empire expansion thinking. Raven's approach is typically short-term and quick, gathering the necessary power of faith in the shortest time. There is no way to give his family much money.
This guy who has the power of faith provided by the gods will be completely consumed by Raven in the pioneering battle.
Erwin is thinking about blood, and Raven is thinking about faith, which is destined to not cause much conflict between the two parties. Cooperation in this area is a win-win situation in a sense.
As a platform to show off his strength, if this was not the tournament in 1315, Raven might have thought about how to make a splash at the Seven Empires Tournament. Make an advertisement.
But this year, Raven really doesn’t need to do anything special.
After arriving in the Erwin Imperial City, Raven behaved more like a typical rising aristocrat, happily taking Karin to attend various banquets of Erwin's upper-class nobles to keep in touch with each other.
After getting permission from the old Emperor Erwin and Agathon, he signed purchase agreements for various grains and raw materials with Erwin's imperial merchants.
Because he robbed the treasure troves of two gods, Raven was incredibly rich.
Raven doesn't even know how much money he has. Anyway, he only knows one thing. The old-style gold coins that are common across the continent will be worthless at most by the end of next year. Entering the Year of Destruction, they will be worthless than scrap metal.
.Whenever there is any business, the only ones recognized are gold coins of gods.
For the supplies he needed, the domineering and leaky Lei Wen paid for them all with mainland gold coins, almost always with a premium of 10% or 20%, and the deposit was as high as an insane 40%. For some supplies that were in short supply, such as medicines, Lei Wen even paid the full amount.
Payment.
"For the sake of my friendship with His Majesty Agathon, and also to reduce everyone's doubts about the Corianpas development plan, this little money is worth it." Raven said this more than once at public gatherings of nobles.
For a time, almost the entire continent knew that Raven was rich.
I'm going to carve the words 'You are stupid, you have a lot of money, come quickly' on Raven's face!
Agathon smiled so hard that his face almost tilted.
He himself is not the most powerful prince. It can be said that his throne was given casually by Raven when he was doing big things. Of course he didn't know that Raven didn't care.
In fact, his throne is still not very secure. Even though he has the support of the old emperor and has won over the nobles of the eldest prince's faction who were killed by Tinos, he still has not completed the purge of the domestic opposition forces.
This thing about aristocrats is deeply ingrained.
Forcibly shuffling the cards without sufficient interests will inevitably result in civil war.
Things are different now. The emergence of Raven, a super rich man, has given Agadong a lot of extra points. A large amount of money has been injected and the excess population has been taken away. In Agadong's view, this can win him more integration.
Imperial time.
If this continues for only three or five years, Agathon is confident that he can completely secure the throne.
Differences in vision are destined to be different modes of thinking.
Anyway, Corianpas and Erwin are in the absolute honeymoon period now.
Since there are not many beings who know that Raven has obtained his origin, to the outside world, Raven is still the God-killer Raven with 200 legendary points.
This is enough.
It can be said that there is an endless stream of experts who come to visit and hope to join Lei Wen's army. It does not mean that there are no strong people who want to join Lei Wen's army after Lei Wen killed the gods.
First of all, Phantom Knight City is too remote. Originally, Corian Pas was already located in the southernmost part of the range of human activities, and Phantom Knight City was even more remote.
Secondly, strong men all want face. If Raven waved his hands and said no, and they ran so far but were slapped in the face, wouldn't they lose all face? Erwin is different. Erwin is located on the mainland.
The most prosperous area in the central region has convenient transportation and more opportunities. Even if Raven refuses, they can immediately find another force to try their luck.
In the past few days, Raven has received at least 10 legendary powerhouses, and only accepted half of them as his subordinates.
Those who refused either had the wrong alignment or the wrong deity. Gradually, others began to discover that Raven was more inclined to accept those from the lawful alignment, whether they were lawful good or lawful evil.
There is another thing that makes outsiders very strange. Even though Raiven has done something like letting the red dragon Luo fill the world to threaten the surrounding kingdoms, he doesn't like the believers of the evil camp gods very much.
Such as Ben's.
Raven just found an excuse to excuse himself.
Raven was generous to his subordinates, and would give away top-quality equipment whenever he asked. He could not take back the equipment of one of his subordinates once a war started with a certain god.
After all, I have been working with you for so long, how can I be so heartless?
And Raven knows best that there will always be a battle between him and Bane. Instead of reusing these guys and being forced to deal with civil strife when the time comes, it would be better not to use them in the first place.
Time passed quickly, and before we knew it, it was September 28th, the opening ceremony of the Seven Empires Tournament.
For several days in a row, Raven didn't watch any of the silver and gold group games. He just asked Karin to participate on his behalf. Raven, who was familiar with the results, was more or less looking forward to seeing one or two dark horses or good ones.
Seedlings, unfortunately there are none.
Raven doesn't have much hope. It's the end of 1315. Even if a new gold-level master is recruited, it's not sure whether he can advance to legend and form combat power when the Year of Destruction arrives. Let alone
Silver level.
It's not that Raven looks down on Silver Rank, after all, he himself came here like this.
It's a pity that not many Silver-level people can advance at such a fast speed, unless he is the Son of Destiny or even the Son of the World, or he is a strong man who participated in the bloody battle in the abyss and fought in the sea of blood on the mountain of corpses.
It's important to cultivate talents yourself, but from now on, Raven needs ready-to-use combat power that he can fight with.
On October 3rd, Lei Wen suddenly received a communication from his subordinate Feng Wu Zhan Ji.
The dwarf wizards Rockon Angido and Scarlett Yuri ask for an audience together.
Raven was curious: "Oh? Why did the little Dharma God and the Amazon Valkyrie come to me?"
"Perhaps I'm here to take refuge with you. Well, how nice it is to satisfy your collecting habit." The person who spoke was naturally Jessica, the last of the four turbulent four kings to "take refuge" in Raven.
When you enter a big city, there are naturally tailors. Now Jessica is wearing a standard maid uniform to serve Uncle Raven. This is a very traditional black and white maid uniform, just to make it easier for Raven to bite her, near the neck.
The round neck opening is slightly larger.
Jessica, who was arrogant and arrogant, still had not completely changed her role psychologically. Especially when she heard that Raven only accepted her, a strong man from the Sanctuary, out of a collecting habit.
I can't accept it at all!
"Why don't you behave yourself? Be careful I don't bite you."
"You can stop biting me and let me die."
"Okay, as long as you don't ask me." Raven said a little shamelessly.
Jessica wanted to die. As a vampire duke, she had been the only one biting people for centuries, and no one had bitten her. Who knew she would bump into Raven like an evil spirit.
Since she has been a vampire for too long, there is a high chance that she will be completely transformed once and for all, so she can only do it step by step. Now she has an attack every one or two days, and Raven needs to personally transform her blood, slowly
Cleanse the remaining vampire genes from her body.
Whether it will transform from a vampire into a complete shadow creature, no one knows.
Jessica only knew that once it broke out, her addiction and dependence on the source would make her lose all her moral integrity and do all the shameful things she had never thought of before.
The day before yesterday, because Raven attended a banquet hosted by an old emperor, she couldn't leave for a while, and then Jessica almost collapsed. After finally waiting for Raven to come back, she immediately said so many shameful words that she wanted to die when she recalled it.
Fortunately, Raven only bit her...
As a royal sister who is used to being strong, it seems she will never be able to adapt to this change in status!
"Raven* Yunfield! Why don't you compete!?" Suddenly, a thunderous female voice came from outside, and then, a sharp spear that seemed to be able to break through the sky directly blasted through the defensive array of the State Guesthouse and passed through
From the outer wall, electricity shot in front of Raven.
It was so terrifying. It was a complete manifestation of the aesthetics of violence. Even the floor was completely blown into powder.
Seeing that the spear was about to shoot through the entire State Guesthouse, Jessica took action, and the dark red field quietly spread to her fingers, a little further away.
