Chapter 558. A year of stable development
Besture saw Kant turn the white metal book to the fourth page, but only halfway open, and then closed it.
"I can't see anything from this white metal book, but maybe I can see something under Kant's crown." Besture thought.
Kant's eyes had a thoughtful look that had lasted for several minutes.
"Are you alright, sir?" Bestur asked cautiously.
Kant blinked, shook his head and said, "It's okay, Bestur, get ready to take Lionheart City in full!" The West Gate of Lionheart City is no longer a concern, and the knights of those sects should no longer come to us for trouble! ”
Golden, light, dark, crimson, the four colors of brilliance shine incomparably. This is the picture that Kant saw on the fourth book of prophecy on half a page, above these four rays, stood a figure wearing a blood-colored cloak with golden hair, and he was holding a broken sword in his hand, and on the broken sword, the flames of the four divine radiances rose, and purple blood also dripped down.
When he saw this half, Kant forcibly closed the book of prophecy.
"Even if I read the fourth page of the Book of Prophecy, I won't know who I'm fighting against, will I?"
Kant thought so at the time, just as Edmund, the god of war, showed an undying attitude of war to him when he set foot in Lionheart, which may indicate that the scene that Edmund, the god of war, saw on the fourth page of the Book of Prophecy, was the scene of him being besieged and killed by a blond figure wearing a blood-colored cloak? But obviously, Edmund, the god of war, could not judge who his opponent was based on those characteristics.
"My sword is broken, and I hurt him, or kill him? Or was I actually defeated or even killed by him? I just need to know that I will meet a terrible enemy in the future, and it is enough to have these, and the result will not be good. Do I need to keep an eye out for or wait for such a picture to appear? ”
Kant refused to be in such a situation, and the present is just right, not only satisfying his curiosity about the future, but also not directly binding himself because he has fully seen the picture in the prophecy.
It's good to keep it strong.
"Let's complete the main quest of the system first! Conquer the Duchy of Lion and become the sole ruler of the Duchy of Lion. ”
Time flies, and a year has passed in a flash.
As Kant expected, the knights of the other sects were recalled by the sects one after another when they were halfway through, which was a tiger-clad action.
Regarding the rumors that Baron Kant defected to the devil, the sects of various countries have issued announcements to clarify Baron Kant, explaining that Baron Kant is a noble nobleman and has nothing to do with the devil.
Kant naturally understood that his previous prestige and great strength were indeed a huge threat to the gods, but since he had slaughtered the god of war and promoted the world nobles, there was no threat to the gods.
In a year, Kant did not launch another invasion, and those world nobles who had mistakenly thought that Kant had promoted himself to the nobility of the world never came to Kant to form an alliance again, as if Kant really offended them by killing the god of war.
However, they did not "not let him go" as the god of war shouted before he died, and Kant enjoyed a rare year of peace and tranquility.
In the past year, thanks to the existence of the system, Kant's territory has developed rapidly, and such a speed of development is not an exaggeration to say that it is a miracle.
The first was Kant's territory in the Naren Desert, located in the sentry oasis of Drehem, which was once again expanded in size by one level, reaching the level of a large fortress, with 5,000 soldiers stationed there, led by Kant's most powerful subordinate, the Apostle of the Underworld, Bhandak.
The Sentry Oasis has also expanded considerably due to the ever-expanding size of date palm groves, wheat fields and meadows. In the vicinity of the main fortress of Drehem, many villages with high-end houses have been added, and clean and tidy paving roads connect these villages to the drehemoth fortress.
Today, there are 30,000 civilians in the sentry oasis, in addition to the 5,000 soldiers stationed at Drehem. Most of them worked in date palm groves, wheat fields, sage pastures, camel farms, and sand grouse farms, and their constant labor, combined with Kant's topographical transformation, made the area of the sentry oasis constantly expand.
The first civilians were more likely to work in the large salt workshops, large spice workshops, large sugar workshops, large bakeries, and large mills in the fortress of Drehem. Bags of salt, spices, and sugar piled up from the shops to the streets, loaded with merchants driving horse-drawn carts to and fro. The air is filled with the fragrance of a blend of spices.
In the salt mines further north, the original post station also expanded a lot, gradually becoming the size of a small town, and some commoners became miners and settled in this town, and as the Barony Kant became more prosperous, and more fine white salt was sold in Lionheart, the salt mines needed to be mined more vigorously. At this time, there were already 3,000 miners in this town, all of whom were civilian miners, civilians from the world of riding and chopping, and about 2,000 slave miners.
The central post station, which is located outside the exit of the Sanwaya Mountains, connecting the Sentry Oasis with the Aaron Castle or the Solid Stone Pass in the Sanwaya Mountains, because of the more prosperous Baron Kant's territory and the more frequent caravans, this former post station as a transit place has also become more prosperous and gradually developed into a complete town. Of course, the caravans that come and go to the small station now are all formed by civilians from the riding and slashing world, who developed in this world and chose to become merchants. As for the caravans of this world, if they want to buy fine white salt, spices, and sugar from the depths of the Narun Desert, they can only trade in Lionheart City.
This is now the depths of the hinterland of the Barony of Kant.
As Kant's original territory, Drehem developed very well, with good military power, agricultural development, and industrial development. Luxury goods such as salt, spices, and sugar are still an important part of Kant's economic industry. But after all, due to the limited terrain of the desert, it cannot develop too quickly.
When it comes, this is relative to Aaron, the second city that Kant founded in this world.
In fact, compared to other kingdoms and principalities in this world, Drehem is already a first-class prosperous and wealthy city. Although it stands in the harsh environment of the Naren Desert. But it has become a miracle in the Naryn Desert, and this is what all the nobles, sects, adventurers, bards, spies, and other professions in this world who know a little bit about Dresshem, as well as the commoners who know Dresshem through them, have to say about Dressham.
If it weren't for Baron Kant's refusal to sign the qualification certificate for the people of this world to settle in Drehem, I'm afraid that the population of Drehem would have risen by one or two thousand.
In fact, not only Drehem, but all the cities or towns in Baron Kant's domain are not open to the population of this world, and after the aliens stay for a while, they will always be politely reminded by the soldiers in Baron Kant's territory that it is time to leave.
Aaron, Kant's second town in the world, has grown into a large city of 200,000 people, and in Aaron, there are also 5,000 soldiers stationed under the command of the battlefield healer James Stones.
It is a city built on top of a mountain peak in the Sanwaya Mountains and the highest city in the world. In the Sanwaya Mountains, the land is rich and rich in resources. The successful development of the terraces made Aaron one of Kant's granaries.
The excellent and unique geographical location of the city of Aaron has also greatly developed the animal husbandry industry that existed earlier, such as chicken farms, pig farms, sheep farms, cattle farms, and apiary farms...... Dotted in the mountains of Sanwaya, it provided Kant's territory with fresh meat and dairy products, and was one of the suppliers of raw materials for plush, leather and tanning workshops in the city of Aaron.
The abundant wood resources in the Sanwaya Mountains make Aaron the largest supplier of charcoal, wooden crafts and wooden furniture in the world. The iron ore resources found in the Aaron Mountains not only made Aaron have the largest iron workshop in Kant's territory, supplying the needs of iron farming tools in the entire Kant's territory, but also established a huge weapon and armor workshop.
Although Kant's soldiers all have weapons and armor provided by the system, the weapon business is also a business that is no less profitable than white salt, and this business is naturally in Kant's hands.
The city of Aaron has a flourishing agriculture, industry, handicrafts, and commerce, and the development of these industries allowed Kant to collect a lot of dinars through special taxes - the residents of Aaron City naturally came from the common people of the riding world.
Compared to the tremendous development of Drechm and Aaron, Kant's third city, Sagoth, a fortress city located in the Eastern County Territory, bordering the Resniston River and backed by a mountain range with an underground passage to Aaron, has not developed much in economic leaps.
After all, this is the Eastern County Territory, with the betrayal of the Eastern County Territory nobles in the Civil War a year ago, Kant's control of the East County Territory is considered a failure, and Kant has been developing his territory throughout the year, digesting the fruits of the victory obtained in this war of aggression against the Lion Principality.
Although the economy of Sagoth did not develop much, the level of the fortress was successfully upgraded by Kant and became a large fortress like Dreichem. At the same time, there were 5,000 soldiers stationed here, commanded by Bestur.
The above is the development of the first three cities established by Kant.
In addition, the territory of the former Duchy of Lion completely occupied by Kant, the entire Northern County Territory and half of the Northern County Territory, were also completely digested by Kant.
All the nobles in the Northern Counties were liquidated by Fathis, and the commoners of this world in the Northern County were expelled by Fatis - this was on the orders of Kant, who was determined to develop his own empire based entirely on the horse-cutting of the world's population.
Of course, those people who belonged to this world who were expelled by Fatis, Kant did not deliberately torture them, but expelled them after settling their fixed property that they could not take away, and they did not worry about having nowhere to go - in this world, population is the most important resource, and they only need to be served, and all lords are willing to accept them.
In the center of the nearly empty Northern Counties, Kant once again founded a city, which Kant named Viruja.
The city of Viruja, defined by Kant as an inland trading city, is similar to Aaron's positioning, but mainly agricultural. After all, Northshire is now considered the hinterland of Kant's territory.
With the city of Viruja as the center and the castle left by the nobles as the small center, Kant built a large number of private houses in North County, and upgraded the private houses to high-class private houses, attracting a large number of people from the world of riding and cutting.
The entire North County, for Kant, accommodated a population of 2 million from the world of horseling. The very existence of these populations is of great significance to Kant, who was able to transform them into militia at any time of need, and they were able to quickly upgrade to a high-level army after a single battle. And when they were not needed, they were able to help Kant farm in peace, and they were also able to provide Kant with a poll tax and a large amount of food.
Therefore, for the time being, the job of these people is to help Kant reclaim the northern county and grow food.
The territory of the North County is relatively barren, but that is only relatively speaking, no matter how barren the North County territory is, it will not be barren than the former sentry oasis. Barley and oats used to be cultivated in the northern counties, which were more suitable for barren land than wheat and oats, and of course the taste was much worse and the price was cheaper.
Kant didn't do much to change this, and also focused on growing barley and oats, while introducing potatoes and onions.
As a result, the surplus barley produced in North County was purchased by Kant in large quantities in the city of Viruja, where it was made into a delicious ale, which was sold in various countries in exchange for a large number of Golden Eagles. The surplus oats were bought by Kant in large quantities and ground into powder, which was the fodder for the best war horses, and the Lion Duchy, which loved to train cavalry, was able to digest most of these oat flour.
The city of Viruga, with only 2,000 soldiers, was commanded by Fatis. Among the large number of noble castles in the northern county, Kant sent a named Swadia royal knight and Saarion lion knight to station, so that they could assist Fatis in governing the entire northern county.
Similar to the Northern Commandery, Kant also established a city in the Northern Semi-Southern Commandery, named Djerkhala, in which 5,000 soldiers were stationed under the command of Rolf.
The establishment of Djerkhala is close to the center of the entire Southern County Territory, and it is also the southernmost point of the Southern County Territory obtained by Kant, which was developed into a fortress city by Kant, echoing the north and south of Lionheart.
The development pattern of half of the southern county is similar to that of the northern county, but due to the abundance of land, wheat is mainly cultivated. Half of the South County, directly for Kant, accommodated 1 million people from the world of horsemanship. And it is also one of Kant's important granaries.
And Kant himself, in addition to patrolling in the territory, has been stationed in Lionheart City, at this time, Lionheart City, but Kant is stationed heavily in soldiers, a full 10,000 soldiers, most of them are fourth- and fifth-level high-level soldiers.
In the past year, Kant's strength has been developing rapidly, preparing for the main task of the system.
Now, even if the five world nobles of the Lion Duchy are united, Kant has gathered enough strength to prepare for another expedition.