The acquisition of Angelint was an unexpected gift for Rod, and the next step was the main thing, as the Void Lord's structures began to be perfected as refugees poured in. At the same time, the surrounding territories and principalities also began to try to contact the Void Realm where Rhodes was located, in order to obtain sufficient benefits. The development of the land of chaos is not just as simple as adding a territory, due to hundreds of thousands of years of chaos raging, resulting in the entire chaos land is filled with quite powerful magic, and it is under the influence of these magic powers, almost every newly developed land of chaos can be described as rich and oily, all kinds of high-purity ores are one after another, as for other rare magic plants everywhere, and with the restoration of order, those ruins that were shattered in the chaos attack will also be rediscovered, There are a lot of ancient treasures and various documents buried inside, which will naturally attract powerful adventurers to enter. In the game, every time a player explores and plays the Chaos Territory, there will be many players who go deep into it to try their luck, although in the real world, those mercenaries are not as desperate as the players who dare to run anywhere, but it is absolutely possible that they will try to go deep into the Void Territory to venture into the secrets.

The most favorable evidence is that Rhodes has only just begun to settle refugees, and the Land of Atonement has already received applications from the Church, the Alchemist Association, the Mercenary Association, and the Tour of the Law Tower, hoping that Rhodes can allow them to open a branch in the Void Realm, the church values new wealth gathering places and cultists, and the Alchemist Association values all kinds of rare and rare magical plants in the Void Realm. The main target of the Mercenary Guild is naturally the ruins of the ancient era, and the Tour de France Tower is for the crystal mines. All in all, in this nascent territory. There are so many factors that can attract them.

And that's just the unofficial and non-governmental organizations, and the principalities have not immediately started formal diplomatic exchanges, although they have sent people to try to do so, for the simple reason that they are not sure exactly how Rhodes intends to determine his position. Although, as is customary, this kind of thing is not unsolvable. It's like in the era of "wilderness", many pioneer knights were both knights and lords themselves. But when they own their own land, it's not like no one has left on their own. This is the reason why there are many principalities around the Land of Light, although they maintain contact with the Land of Light itself. However, politically, economically, and militarily it is considered to be independent, and if we look at it according to tradition, at most Rhodes will become such an existence.

However, that was when his dragon soul was still protected by the dragon soul of light.

And now. Rod's identity became the inheritor of the dragon soul. In such a situation, formal diplomatic relations need to be treated with caution. Organizations like the Mercenary Guild and the Tour de France don't need to care about this, because no matter what Rhodes' identity is, he is the sole ruler here, and his own unofficial organizations must be approved by him to establish themselves here. So as long as Rhodes himself doesn't object to their stationing, these organizations don't care about that. But those rulers were completely different, and they had to react differently to Rhodes' identity. Whether it's the economy or not. Military and diplomatic, of course, a lord of a place cannot be compared with the ruler of a country. And the ruler of a country naturally cannot be compared with the ruler of a continent.

In fact, from the intelligence network of the Seven Loves, Rhodes has heard such rumors, and from within the Kingdom of Light, there have begun to be taunting Lydia's words, saying that she is the archangel, but she is not even as good as the lord under her own command, etc., and so on, it is obvious that the Kingdom of Light is using this idea, hoping to provoke the relationship between Rhodes and Lydia, but now......... Rod felt that he probably didn't need to care about external relations anymore.

Because at this moment, in front of Rhodes, a "civil war" is breaking out.

There is only one ——— for the cause.

With the influx of refugees, the various systems around Rhodes have also begun to integrate like never before, so the problem of money has come to the fore. First of all, Marlene needs a large amount of money to carry out the resettlement and integration of refugees and economic development plans, and secondly, Bilan Heart said that because of the need to maintain law and order and stability in various gathering areas, the members of the local guard selected from among the refugees need to be replaced with new equipment, otherwise they will only be able to fight whack-a-mole with sticks. But this is not the end, just when Rhodes was anxious about these troubles, Labis also timidly came to the door, saying that the standard for the magic guide to construct weapons has been established, and the next step is to start preparing for mass production with only the need to invest funds...............

Of course, it is impossible for Rhodes to have so much money in his hands, and although the mines and mints in his territory have begun to take shape, it is not that after all, it is not that as many coins can be minted, and the facilities of the mines are also very dilapidated and backward, everything is basically started from scratch, and it can run smoothly now, thanks to the fact that there are many skilled miners among the refugees. While the mines buried deep underground are still dangerous to mine, luckily there are some open-pit deposits in Rhodes' territory, which at least keep them running smoothly.

The problem is ——— external funding.

Just a few days ago, Rhodes got the news that the Chamber of Commerce Alliance had finally made a move, and they offered Rhodes to help Rhodes develop the Void Realm, and the price was that Rhodes allowed the chambers of commerce in their alliance to take root here. It was this news that caused an uproar among Rhodes' subordinates.

Many people think this is a good idea, the chamber of commerce alliance is a number of powerful large chambers of commerce, these chambers of commerce cover a very wide range, everything. If they were willing to help Rhodes develop the Void Lord, then the development speed of the entire Void Realm would be greatly accelerated, and the Chamber of Commerce Alliance also offered quite tempting conditions and low prices, if they were really allowed to enter. Then they can even guarantee that all problems, including commercial circulation, can be solved in the shortest possible time, and the risk is borne by themselves, and Rhodes only needs to sit at home and count the money. Their only request was: It is hoped that Rhodes will be able to provide them with official support to facilitate their actions. In An's opinion, this is not a particularly excessive request, and in this way, it can save a lot of money required to build the territory, and at the same time, it can also strengthen foreign relations and commercial circulation, which can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone. As for armaments, since the Chamber of Commerce is willing to supply equipment and weapons to Rhodes at a low price. Then Labis's armament research can also be temporarily paused, save money, and wait until there is money to study it again in the future.

Marlene, however, was adamantly opposed to this plan, even though it seemed convenient and in fact it was convenient. But in this way, it is equivalent to handing over the entire territory to someone else, after all, the people are not concerned about things such as peace in the world, continental trends, and future military threats, they are just very simple to desire food, clothing, shelter and transportation. If these are all covered by someone else. So what is Rhodes' dominion and presence? In the future, when the tentacles of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance penetrate the entire Void Domain, and even what the leaders eat, wear, and live in will be up to them, then it will not be against the sky? As for the issue of armaments, Marlene is even more resolutely opposed to the purchase of equipment and weapons from abroad, and the Shania family itself is the supporter of Moon Magic Guided Technology, and Marlene, as the heir of the family, naturally knows how important it is for a country to have its own armaments in its own hands. This is the lifeblood of the nation. The Void Realm is not the kind of small country that is a vassal of the Land of Light, once it has formed a dependency. It's too late to cut off this trouble in the future. Although it is said that there is the power of Rhodes' dragon soul, after all, it is only useful for the people under the protection of the Void Dragon Soul. As for those who come to the outside, it is of little use. Once something really goes wrong, it is absolutely impossible to deal with it at that time.

So both sides said their own thing, but neither was willing to budge. The former thinks that Marlene, while it makes sense, is also very dangerous. But at the moment they don't have enough money to support the development of every aspect of the territory, and if they want to seize some of them, they have to give up some of them. Otherwise, a lot of things will have to be restarted, it will take a lot of time and effort, and it will not necessarily be fruitful. For now, there are many dangers they will face, and there is no time for them to go step by step.

However, Marlene disagrees with this, although she admits that there are many difficulties in this way, but as long as she can get a good relationship with Moon and get Moon's support to develop her foundation in a short period of time, then these difficulties are not insurmountable. It would be hard, but it would be much better than a river of blood in the future——— she didn't want to come here and have to fight another civil war. Not to mention, although the Chamber of Commerce Alliance is a neutral organization on the surface, Marlene is well aware that it has inextricable business ties with the Land of Light, and from any point of view, Marlene is opposed to allowing the Chamber of Commerce Alliance to intervene in the construction of the Void Lord.

The main people who are arguing about this issue are Marlene, Seven Love, and Ann. It's no wonder that only the three of them can speak, and the others are completely in the clouds and don't know why, which is no wonder, after all, mercenaries like Thor, Soth, Lando, and Joey are not politically sensitive, and alchemists like Labis are absolute authority in their own scope, and they are basically no different from ordinary people in addition to this. Therefore, listening to the arguments of the three of them, they only felt dizzy, and the words of either side sounded reasonable, but both sides seemed to have shortcomings............... That's pretty damn.

As for the canary and the little bubblegum, they entered the theater mode very calmly, they have experienced too many similar quarrels on the Internet, for them, these don't matter, the most important thing is Rod's own attitude and decision.

"Alright."

After hearing the most reluctant, even Rod finally couldn't help but knock on the table and speak. Hearing Rhodes speak, the people who were still arguing quickly closed their mouths and turned their heads to look at their lord.

After gaining the ruling power of the Void Lord, Rod did not separate himself from everyone, after all, he was not the aboriginal of this world in his bones, and sometimes he did not attach so much importance to the so-called status, Rod was not used to the rhythm of sitting in the center of the Dragon Court Hall, and then the civil and military officials were divided on both sides of the "Something to play and nothing to retreat". Originally, he planned to hold a round table format——— but after considering the tragic experience of a hapless guy, Rhodes decisively abandoned this model, after all, he didn't want to be betrayed by his son in the future, and then the whole country would be separated, and he would be stabbed to death by his son again......... It's also too unlucky.

So Rhodes took the approach of setting up a rectangular conference table, with himself sitting in the middle and the others sitting on the sides, which made it look more like some kind of family gathering than a serious political atmosphere, of course, because Rhodes also knew very well that it was difficult to create such an atmosphere with his subordinates at the moment——— look at Anne, who had fallen asleep on the table.

"Marlene is right, although the joining of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance will leave us with a lot of strength and funds, but I am not used to letting everything be in the hands of others. Minerals and grain must be in our own hands, and we can sell them to them, but we must not let them put their ideas on us. These are the most important things for us, and we must not give them to others. This aspect ............ It's up to you, Marlene, and as for the magic furnace and tools we need, we can buy them from Moon, and I think the Shania family can provide us with some. ”

"Of course there is no problem, Rod."

After the development of the Void Domain, Rhodes learned from Marlene that the Senia family had done a good job of migration, which was not unexpected by Rhodes, according to Marlene, the Shania family had followed the Void Dragon for so long, and now that the Void Dragon has returned, it would be strange if they didn't come back. From Rod's point of view, if he can get the assistance of the Shania family, it will naturally be like a tiger. It's just that the Shania family has followed Moon for many years after all, and it is impossible for Rhodes to dig it at the moment, so as for the placement of the Shania family, I'm afraid that Rod will have to discuss it with Lydia before it can be determined.

But this does not mean that the development work in the Rhodes territory will stop because of this, and in fact, Rhodes has already looked for a candidate. (To be continued......)