In the hills of Hillsbrad, a stone castle perched on a hill, this is the temporary palace of the royal family of the Stormwind Kingdom. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Almost every day, new decorations are brought in from the castle, either rockeries, beautiful marble statues, or the replacement of bad floor tiles.

King Lane repeatedly stated that the kingdom did not have a surplus to pay the stonemasons. The stonemason said that this was to thank Duke for saving their lives, anyway, after making those bunkers, they had nothing to do in the winter, and they just found some stones to practice.

However, the stonemasons also said that when they rebuild Stormwind City in the future, they will still need to pay the wages, but they can only pay the cost price.

Ryan agreed.

Looking at the so-called refugee camps that are thriving more and more, Ryan is quite speechless, saying that this is a refugee camp, which is quite inappropriate.

This is the embryonic form of a new city.

The 3-meter-high stone wall, which can accommodate three people in parallel, protects nearly half a million residents. The newly cultivated fields in the distance are all protected by huge wooden fences. Every 300 meters or so, there is a wooden 10-meter-high arrow tower, which can monitor the field from all angles.

In the city, there is no shortage of everything.

The market, medical care, sanitation, fire protection, water intake, city guard, all the buildings are planned and arranged in an orderly manner.

In cities where there is no circulation of money, there is no such gift that is entirely covered by the state, and all food and necessities must be exchanged for labor.

The grain harvested in the autumn, except for the necessary portion of the family, about thirty percent, is all paid to the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Storm Kingdom, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will relatively issue a batch of substitute rolls with seals and equal amounts, which can be used to exchange for cloth and other daily necessities in the market.

The rest of the work is similar, whether it is logging or quarrying, all the materials are collected proportionally, and the rest of the work, the workers receive substitute rolls as wages.

Apparently lacking money, the entire refugee camp is functioning like a self-sufficient, independent kingdom. It is completely unimaginable that more than half a year ago, this was a group of refugees who were almost desperate for their lives and their future.

One day in December, looking at the black smoke rising from the chimneys in the city, Ryan inexplicably felt warm in his heart.

On this day, Anduin Lothar returned.

Ryan and Anduin hugged warmly.

"Anduin, what's going on?"

"Alas, in the winter, I, the commander of the Alliance, am a beggar, and go around begging with a broken jar. I just got a bunch of promises that I don't know if they would be kept, and nothing of substance. It was because there was no one else that Anduin complained so presumptuously.

"It's better to have a promise than not to give it at all. Ryan asked the squire to hand him a glass of hot wine.

Anduin hadn't seen clearly when he first came in, and looking at the already decent room, Anduin shook the grass: "Hell, I'm not dazzled, am I?

"It's like that, isn't it?" Ryan shrugged, "I didn't force the stonemasons to make these things. It's still Duke's favor anyway. ”

Anduin brushed his fingers and brushed his hair with both hands: "Alas, compared to him, I think my diplomatic skills are really bad. yes, what's the good news for that little one?"

"Is a new group of mages of the Storm King considered good news?200 full-fledged mages, 500 magic apprentices. Although for the time being, it is only a three-year contract. ”

Lothar's eyes were about to pop out: "Old man Antonidas is willing to let go?"

Duke said he had exchanged it for a copy of Karazhan's spellbook. I don't understand magic. Anyway, what he said was that since this was what the Stormwind Kingdom had spent the effort to help collect, it was definitely worth exchanging a copy for these manpower. Of course I agreed. ”

"Oh my God, that kid is amazing. Lothar patted Ryan the shoulder.

Ryan had a faint wry smile.

"What? Isn't this happy?, and if we continue like this, we can hope to recover the Storm Kingdom!" Lothar gulped several sips of wine.

"Anduin, actually, I've been thinking about it a lot. If we can restore the kingdom of Stormwind, we might as well make Duke king. ”

This topic was a bit too heavy, and Lothar didn't react for a while.

"Come to think of it, we all know that Duke isn't actually from the Stormwind Kingdom. But how much has he done for us? Without him, perhaps there are only one or twenty thousand refugees left in Stormwind, and I will die in Stormwind in the morning, either at the hands of Garona or with Stormwind. I know you'll take good care of Varian for me, and maybe you'll be the commander of the Alliance. But how much say do you have? You don't even have an army under your own command. Even if you lead the Alliance to defeat the Horde in the future, how many people will help you and Varian restore the kingdom?"

"But ......"

"Look outside, Anduin. Outside the window are 500,000 citizens of the Storm Kingdom who are well fed and drunk enough to survive the winter, and 100,000 elite soldiers who are full of morale and willing to die for the kingdom. Before the onset of winter, there may be more nationals who had previously traveled to other countries rushing back. That's what Duke can do with help. Duke's abilities are no less than any of the founding fathers in human history. ”

When Ryan said this, Anduin was silent.

This is a big truth, because the stability of the refugee camp in Nanhai Town has attracted the citizens who were previously scattered back. And the soldiers who were lost in the battle of Nanhai Town before were also quickly replaced. If it were not for the difficulty of raising troops, it would not be impossible to loot all the young and strong and pull out an army of 200,000 people.

Now, of course, all the young people in the camp are receiving military training. The reserves are still abundant.

"Soladin the Great is great, but it didn't take long for Riptide Castle, the capital of the Alathor Empire, to decay. Other city-states became independent kingdoms, such as Lordaeron and Dalaran. There are many, many enemies of humanity, if this is an unstoppable trend, why don't you just let him out?"

"Did you ask Duke?" Anduin said suddenly.

"Nope. But you can imagine that Duke also has subordinates, and Duke also has people who support him, and then it will not be a question of whether Duke wants to or not. Ryan sighed again: "I used to destroy the country, but now I want to open everything." Anyway, I will follow the general trend, and after the restoration of the country, Duke will be crowned king if he wants to. If I don't want to be crowned king, I will give him the treatment of a prince, and I will set up a national policy and pass it directly to Varian and his future descendants. It would be enough for the Stormwind Kingdom to keep most of the Elwyn Forest. ”

"Well, I agreed. It depends on the situation. Lothar finally nodded heavily. (To be continued.) )