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With the exception of the Tirisfa Forest region and the holy city of Stratholm, most of the maps in Lordaeron have been poisoned by orcs. The Silverpine Forest was burned to the ground by the Flame Tactics, and almost none of the towns in the eastern region (the Eastern and Western Plaguelands in later generations) were left intact due to the scourge of the orc detachment that preceded the invasion of Quel'Thalas.

People were left to gather in dilapidated houses without food and clothing, shivering.

According to the latest statistics, at least 100,000 people died this winter.

Upon hearing this, King Solas of Stormgard was suddenly overjoyed, he had also heard about Duke's method of building a house by formwork, but unfortunately the unprepared people of Whitewater Fort could not use it.

Duke offered him a trick - forbidding the populace to return to the Arathi Heights until spring. A large number of people were housed in the former Stormwind Kingdom refugee camp in the hills of Hillsbrad.

Here, at the very least, there are near-perfect accommodation conditions, as well as food reserves that the Stormwind Kingdom can't take away.

It is said that it is a reserve, but in fact it is all war preparation food that the Barov family has hidden in a secret place over the years. The Barov family was forced out of the territory by Terenus, but there were many things that could not be taken with them. Since the Barov family is determined to mix with Duke, the disposal of this batch of grain will naturally fall into Duke's hands.

Duke did a favor and gave it to the people of Riptide Castle.

Looking south in the town of Nanhai, King Soras's cloak was hunting in the cold wind, and he suddenly exclaimed: "Duke, this favor, we Stormgard people will never forget it!"

Behind him, hundreds of Riptide Fort warriors shouted in unison:

"Forever in the heart - never forgotten for generations - "

On Feb. 15, standing on a peak in Red Ridge Mountain, Ryan suddenly asked, "By the way, what is Duke doing now?"

"Teaching students. I heard that he made the little princess of Kul Tiras vomit. Anduin shrugged.

"So fast?" Not only Ryan, but even the gossip souls of several ministers around him were burning.

"No, it's because it's the first time I've seen blood. Anduin corrected.

"Of course, the first time I saw blood. Ryan had a 'we get it' look on his face.

Only the young Prince Varian looked left and right, not knowing what these secretive adults were talking about.

"Not what you think. Anduin found that he had inadvertently darkened his face, and had to roar: "You can inquire for yourself, I don't care about this." ”

At this moment, Ryan and the ministers were dumbfounded.

Duke, what the hell are you kid doing?

Dark Gate 3/2/14.

A certain otaku surnamed Du, who had never even touched a girl's hand back then, vowed to use his power to name February 14 every year as the Couple's Day of Death.

Later, because a certain man successfully captured the Windranger sisters, and shamelessly used the power in his hands, in January, he fooled King Ryan in a grand manner: "Ryan! I always feel that the population loss of the Stormwind Kingdom is too great. To train a qualified soldier, you must first have a qualified young male. It takes at least 16 years to grow from a baby to an adult warrior. ”

"Do you mean to encourage childbearing? The ministers have discussed it with me before, but aren't you saying that the state can't give more money as a reward to encourage childbearing?"

"No, we don't need money. We can celebrate February 14 as Valentine's Day. On that day, all soldiers, except for the soldiers on duty, were entitled to a day off. ”

"Why 'Valentine's Day'?" Ryan wondered.

"Ah! In order to fight the evil orc invaders, countless good men have bravely rushed to the battlefield before leaving a man and half a woman behind. How many men have spilled blood on the battlefield and can never return to their hometown to reunite with the girl they love. Don't you think it's a great tragedy?"

Seeing Duke caress his chest with one hand and reach out with the other, making the gesture of a bard reciting poetry, the corners of Ryan's eyes twitched violently.

"In order to deal with the tribe, this is also something that cannot be helped. ”

"Yes, but when the war is over, don't you think we should compensate our warriors well? We have at least thirty percent of our soldiers who have to stay in the barracks or go out on patrol all winter. You know, we're going to have to have at least 100,000 standing troops for a long time to come. Think about it, what will happen if tens of thousands of soldiers hold back for a winter and then suddenly announce that they can go back to their hometown for the holidays to reunite with their lovers?" the evil Duke smirked.

Well, that picture is too beautiful, oh, too spicy to the eyes, so that Ryan, who has always been serious, has to hold his forehead.

However, there is no such thing as the three gods of death on earth - Durex, Okamoto, and Jasbon. These three Grim Reapers, however, have prevented billions of humans from being born.

According to statistics on the planet, starting in February, after 10 months, the most babies are born in December......

Ryan smiled bitterly and turned his head to Anduin, who was also rubbing his eyebrows next to him: "What do you think?"

Lothar could only reply with a wry smile: "In terms of military discipline, this is very bad, but in the long run, it is beneficial to the country, I can only agree." Anyway, the little cubs down there will definitely cheer. ”

As a result, the Kingdom of Stormwind officially announced on January 25 that February 14 is Valentine's Day every year, and soldiers can have a three-day holiday, or take turns in advance or later. In order to let the brave warriors be reunited with their lovers after hard training and fighting.

You know, in those days, professional soldiers had quite few days off, and there were no fixed holidays. The length of service is also generally more than 15 years.

In ancient Rome on Earth, professional soldiers had to serve for 25 years before they could be discharged. The Kingdom of Stormwind had sent more than a third of its men to the army for war purposes before. Although the war was almost over, most of these soldiers signed an oath with the kingdom to serve as soldiers.

Now this announcement was released completely without warning, and the whole country cheered for a while.

Gianna arrived at the Storm Kingdom by ship on February 1st, ostensibly as an apprentice, but in fact, Dalin asked Gianna to come over with the momentum of marrying his daughter.

The accompanying items and servants alone were loaded with three large ships, as well as an elite guard of two hundred people, well, and a few ceremonial officials, if anything really happened, the wedding would be done directly.

Duke protested solemnly, saying that this was not an apprenticeship, this was a sale of his daughter.

The two old foxes, Dalin and Ryan, ignored each other, and tacitly understood it.

On 12 February, a convoy of 80 horse-drawn wagons arrived at Karazan along the newly built concrete road. And the third day happens to be Valentine's Day officially announced by the Stormwind Kingdom.

On February 14, Valentine's Day, sitting in Karazhan's new welcome hall, Gianna was dressed in a well-tailored mage robe, and she felt that something special would happen today.

Because today in the official announcement that Khadgar gave her, it happened to be Duke who gave her her first lesson...... (To be continued.) )