Chapter 407: First Arrival at Rapids Harbor
When the time came to more than eight o'clock in the morning, Lu Kuan and Rona came to the vicinity of the Dom Temple, and the temporarily cleared house of Yijian, got together to discuss the next arrangements.
With ten golems stationed, Rune City's guard strength has been greatly strengthened, and while rebuilding Rune City, it is also necessary to consider the matter of recovering the land outside the city.
The territory that the rune dwarves actually controlled was from Rune City in the west, to the dwarves twenty miles away in the north, to the rune lake fifty miles away in the south, and to the three-way road intersection in the east, and the dwarven fortress in the wasteland was the evidence of the original rune dwarf rule.
In particular, the farthest three-way intersection is a strategic place that must be taken in the Lukuan plan, and in the future, the three-way intersection is the most suitable place to collect taxes and fees from merchants coming and going at the construction pass.
Of course, before that, there are still many things to do, such as cleaning up the plains around Runetera City, and those large and small forces of cats and dogs will either be subdued or directly destroyed, and the dwarven fortress will be rebuilt, and then the battle line will be extended to the mountains and forests south of the three forks, opening up a safe trade route.
After all, not every merchant is as tyrant as the Weed Merchant Group, and they can use the teleportation array to do business.
When Lu Kuan briefly talked about the plan, Rona was already stunned, and Baker could barely react, only Will's eyes sparkled and saw the huge profits contained in Lu Kuan's plan.
"Will the merchants who come and go be willing to pay the taxes and fees?"
Rona fussed his head and looked puzzled: "In the past, we only expanded our military power to the three forks, and we never thought of making money here. ”
That's you stupid - Lu Kuan said in his heart, if you don't make money from such a good geographical location, aren't you afraid of being punished by God?
Although he thought so in his heart, he still had to explain the truth to a few people, Lu Kuan took out a blank scroll from his bag, asked Will to find a quill pen, and quickly drew on the scroll.
"This is the Northern Empire, this is the Cold Valley of the Silver Dragon Republic, from the Cold Valley to the north, through the southwest corner of the Beetle Desert, you can reach the Creeping Jungle, and then the border of the Northern Empire,"
Lu Kuan pointed to the sketch and drew a line between the creeping jungle and the beetle desert, extending to the far right: "This entire national border is blocked by mountains in the west, and the beetle desert stretches for tens of thousands of miles in the east, where there is no grass, and it is impossible for merchants to cross the border from there." ”
"Further west, it's the Dumb Mountain." Will looked at the scribbled drawings on the scroll and spoke up.
"yes, so it doesn't work there either,"
Lu Kuan glanced at the little mage appreciatively, and then drew a big cross on the far right of the map: "Although the orc tribe has not taken the initiative to invade over the years, it is impossible for the merchants to take the initiative to cross their territory. ”
Will had already understood Lu Kuan's thoughts, and was a little excited, and immediately answered: "Now most of the trade between the north and the south has to reach Rapids Port by sea, and then go north, if we get rid of the threat of the low mountain jungle......"
Lu Kuan nodded and said with a smile: "Merchants are profit-seeking, they will definitely take the initiative to come to our route, and I heard that the Golden King City of the Beetle Desert has developed rapidly over the years, if they can make the creeping jungle a little safer, our chances will be greater." ”
Lu Kuan said confidently, but Rona didn't understand much, blinked, and then said indifferently: "Whatever, anyway, what Lao Lu said must be right, what to do next, Lao Lu, you just say it directly." ”
Seeing Ronna's big grin, Will couldn't help laughing: That is, Ronna's temperament, if he is replaced by other people who are a little ambitious, it is still unknown whether he can leave the old deer behind~
Lu Kuan was also smiling, and was about to say something, when a guard outside the door reported that the high priest had come.
"I guess they're coming for me, we might have to leave for a while, and I'll talk about the rest when I get back."
Lu Kuan smiled when he heard this: "In the past two days, we will first stabilize the situation in the city, clean up the nests of thieves and monsters that are nearby, and when I come back, we will plan in detail." ”
The people in the room all nodded and wrote down, and unconsciously, everyone had regarded Lu Kuan as the backbone, and they were a little reluctant to let Lu Kuan leave.
Outside the house, the high priest Dan En was looking at this side with a smile, and after greeting Rona and the others, the half-orc priest said to Lu Kuan: "Are you ready?" ”
"Of course." Lu Kuandao.
Dan nodded, and then with a wave of one hand, a light blue portal appeared in front of everyone, Lu Kuan said a simple goodbye to a few people, and walked in directly.
After being reborn, he used the portal for the first time, and the unique feeling of being in it made Lu Kuan couldn't help but be in a trance.
It's a bit like drinking a little wine, but the feeling of being still sane is just a moment, and the feeling dissipates quickly along with the swirling blue light.
When the eyes gradually brightened, the sound of the tide hitting the shore of "whoosh~" had already reached Lu Kuan's ears.
The blue sea is at the foot of the sky, and as the angle of view of the land width is too high, it extends to a very far place, and the light blue sky is connected into a line, which is open and endless, and it makes people feel happy at a glance.
Large and small sailing ships are slowly sailing on the sea, and their eyes are moving closer, with several large piers on the left hand side, and towering reef cliffs nearly a kilometer away on the right.
Lu Kuan was standing on the wet plank dock at this time, not far away was full of people, coolies and sailors were busy carrying goods to a three-masted sailing ship, looking at Lu Kuan and Dan who suddenly appeared, and were pointing at this side.
At this time, the barrage in the live broadcast room had already exploded.
"I must be dreaming......"
“6666…… It turned out to be a portal! This is the port area of Rapids, and you came here directly from the low mountains? ”
"Indicates the first time you see the portal"
"Who is this next to the streamer, Legendary Priest? Otherwise, how can you easily teleport hundreds of miles! ”
"Don't be noisy! Listen to the old deer and experience the plot, do you understand? Rare opportunity to see these things"
……
At this time, Lu Kuan was observing the map, and the location of "Rapids Port - Port Area - Dabang Street Entrance" was displayed, indicating that he had indeed set foot on the land of Rapids Harbor.
It's no wonder that Lu Kuan can't judge the location by the scenery in front of him, it's just that the territory of Rapids Port is too big, even if Lu Kuan has been patrolling the game for more than ten years, he can't remember every corner clearly.
"Thank you, Priestess." Lu Kuanchong bowed his head slightly at the half-orc beside him.
"It's just a gesture,"
The half-orc and the good laughed: "We said good things before......"
Lu Kuan smiled and nodded: "Of course, let's go find a tavern." ”
Dan En nodded with satisfaction, and was about to turn around and leave with Lu Kuan, but his steps were stunned, and he turned his head to look at the left rear.
Lu Kuan was a little surprised, looked back, found nothing, and was about to ask, when he saw translucent ripples spread out in the air, and with a low humming sound, a team of green armor guards stepped out of the void.