After opening up the teleportation array, the development of Lionheart City was finally on the right track.
Under the organization of grassroots officials, the entire population of Lionheart City was mobilized.
Those who move bricks carry bricks, those who build walls, those who cremate, those who sweep.
The streets became clean and bright again, and the manors outside the city began to provide staple food for Lionheart City one day later.
Vegetables and meat still need to be raised for a period of time. When the devil came, the surrounding wild animals were almost eaten to extinction.
However, the population in the city has dropped sharply, and most of the third-class population still has no choice but to leave Lion Heart City and live outside the city because they cannot even be allocated housing.
Villages and towns outside the city require a large population for production.
The temporarily appointed village chiefs and town chiefs also obtained Xu Lai's permission to provide housing for these third-class citizens at an extremely low price.
Such treatment also forces these third-class citizens to work hard to obtain a formal place of origin.
But what they despised before is what many people only dream of.
Of course, it is not impossible to re-naturalize in the Eagle Kingdom, but you must make your own contribution.
For example, you can serve as a soldier. Administrative positions do not require third-class civilians. Soldiers will not have this restriction, and their treatment will not be any different.
Even after death, pensions will still be paid according to the treatment of ordinary citizens.
However, apart from being a soldier, other paths are more difficult and the system is not perfect yet.
Fortunately, there weren't many people, because apart from Lion Heart City, Xu Lai didn't see anyone unwilling to join the Eagle Kingdom anywhere else.
In other cities, the Eagle Kingdom and Xu Lai's army appeared as saviors.
Who made Lionheart City the capital in the past?
Of course, Lionheart City is now also the capital and the largest city in the entire Eagle Kingdom.
Since Tahan opened the passage to Lionheart City and recaptured the nearby Demon City, more and more people have poured into Lionheart City.
According to the latest census, after evicting nearly 100,000 third-class citizens, there are still about 50,000 households, nearly 200,000 people, settling in Lion Heart City.
As time goes by, this scale will become larger and larger.
There are a large number of unowned houses in Lionheart City, which can also be taken over by someone, and selling them casually can also be a huge income.
With a professional team, Xu Lai can also move into the palace.
But he doesn't like the extravagant decoration of the Alade family, and there are many old members of the Alade family in the palace.
Therefore, Xu Lai only temporarily found a palace on the edge of the corner to live in.
In fact, if Elena, Su Ya, and the others hadn't come, he wouldn't even be willing to move out of the Holy City.
Elena actually preferred to stay in the Holy City, but she was pregnant, and the Holy City was even more completely destroyed, without any facilities.
Xu Lai originally wanted Elena to return to Qingfeng City after the memorial ceremony. After all, the environment there was much better.
But Xu Lai himself would have to stay in Lion Heart City for a while, and this city was also the place where Elena grew up.
Elena was unwilling to go back, and of course Xu Lai would not force her. He just asked Su Ya to call in more chefs and servants.
Xu Lai doesn't need it himself, but he won't be pretentious and let his family not enjoy the convenience.
As a result, the palace in Qingfeng City was no longer crowded.
Simply, Xu Lai asked Harris to bring his little blue dragon over and keep it in Lion Heart City for breeding.
Su Ya had no intention of staying in Lion Heart City forever. After all, Qingfeng City was Xu Lai's foundation, and there was no shortage of people there.
However, Su Ya has guarded Xu Lai's hometown for so long, and until now, she has never even traveled far.
Qingfeng City also has Dill Rogers in charge, and both public security and construction are in an extremely stable state.
Leaving Su Ya in Lion Heart City, it would be impossible for the Holy Dragon to have no one to take care of it.
After not seeing each other for half a year, this little dragon still vaguely looks like a giant dragon.
After living in the egg for too long, it sucked nutrients fiercely after breaking out of the shell, and grew very fast.
Although he is just a young dragon, Xiaolan is now a holy dragon with a body length of more than 15 meters.
Generally speaking, the length of the recruited dragon, even the eighth-level black dragon, is only this length.
Only wild dragons, such as the black dragon of Sir Eric the Dragon Knight, could be bigger than Little Blue.
However, even though it was much bigger than Xiao Lan, when the black dragon arrived at Lion Heart City, it did not dare to get close.
Xiaolan, who was playing in the palace, soared into the sky, flying above the black dragon with her head held high.
The Holy Dragon is indeed the king of the dragon clan. Even a young dragon can overwhelm an adult black dragon and make it breathless.
If Xiaolan hadn't been smart enough, she could have recognized Eric's military uniform and the flag of the first ascending regiment.
Otherwise, with the performance of this black dragon, I am afraid that it can help Xiaolan destroy the first group.
Of course, Knight Eric is not a vegetarian, he is a big boss who can tame the black dragon single-handedly.
After receiving Xu Lai's summons, Eric and Reina packed up their teams and headed towards Lion Heart City.
Reina's army was large in number and had previous missions, so it was impossible to respond quickly.
If you join the group first, you'll be back soon.
First, a steady stream of cavalry came over. Even though most of them did not enter the city, they patrolled and swept around outside the city every day.
Later, the teleportation array was opened, and officials and gentry from Qingfeng City continued to teleport over.
Now there are thousands of elite infantrymen escorting thousands of priests into the city.
Originally, with the speed of joining the group first, it wouldn't have taken so long.
It was precisely because Xu Lai received Duer's strong request that he asked Sir Eric to escort him.
Although Tahan opened the way, he really didn't have time to kill all the demons.
What's more, at the time when the old and new moons alternate, there are also hordes of wild monsters on the road.
Although there are priests in this world, there are also priests like Ryan who are good at close combat.
But in Xu Lai's consistent impression, the image of the priest was still relatively weak.
The first group to enter the city did not make any big noise.
After all, there are already more than 10,000 horse archers and thousands of Holy Light Knights in the city.
Thousands of extra infantrymen are nothing.
But when the priests led by Duer returned to Lionheart City, the significance was extraordinary.
In front of him was the knight captain of the temple, swearing allegiance to Xu Lai on the street, and later the crimson archbishop returned with the priests.
The meaning of these two is basically equivalent to the temple's recognition of the Eagle Kingdom.
This scene made the old Imperial man who was previously unwilling to settle in the Eagle Kingdom and now could only become a third-class citizen feel so regretful that his intestines dropped.
After all, if Xu Lai could finally unify the entire human empire, they could have become the empire's elders and get a big share of the cake.
Just like the residents of Qingfeng City now. Even if you only own a house in Qingfeng City, because it is the capital, this house can be easily exchanged for a manor in other big cities.
It's just that it's useless for them to regret it now. The most urgent thing in this world is regret medicine.
At this time, they were eager to hope that the armies of the Southern Empire, Northern Empire, or Eastern Empire could come over and overthrow Xu Lai.
But the fact is that even if Xu Lai is defeated, they, the old imperial people who have been driven out of the city by Xu Lai, will not be taken seriously anymore.
With Xu Lai's full support, even the damaged walls, gates, and moats of Lion Heart City were not repaired in time.
All the craftsmen in Lion Heart City, including those transferred from Qingfeng City, have all devoted themselves to the restoration of Holy Angel City.
Xu Lai gave him face like this, and Duer was also unambiguous.
During the day, he took the priest with him and used magic to help Xu Lai find the heart of the castle in Lionheart City.
At night, he still led the priests and organized the remaining people of Lionheart City to pray for the victims of Lionheart City.
Lionheart City was captured, Holy Angel City was destroyed, and the faith of the people in Lionheart City has almost completely collapsed.
Unfortunately, Xu Lai's speed in retaking Lionheart City was relatively fast, and Duer's return was also in time, and there was still room for salvation.
In Duer's prayers and blessings, Xu Lai is portrayed as a messenger sent by the God of War.
The golden statue of the God of War erected by Xu Lai in Qingfeng City also fully demonstrates the extent to which Xu Lai is valued by the God of War.
Of course, Xu Lai could not miss this important ceremony to restore his faith.
Moreover, as a favored person of the God of War, Xu Lai is also the most important core figure in the ceremony.
However, Xu Lai's face turned red with embarrassment just after listening to Du Er's casual remarks.
Adjectives such as being wise and brave, being extraordinarily brave, and slaying demons with one hand were all piled on Xu Lai for free.
Xu Lai couldn't even refute, because he was the messenger and favored one of the God of War, how could he be so cowardly and afraid of death.
Under Duer's and others' tireless propaganda, Xu Lai finally became the ultimate redeemer and savior of the human world.
The Eagle Kingdom has naturally become the only empire respected by the temple.
In addition to the recognized Northern Empire, the Southern Empire and the Eastern Empire have all become heretics.
Xu Lai didn't know how terrible it was to be labeled a heretic, but he knew that in a world without divine power, so-called heretics often only ended up being burned to death.
When Duer promoted this, he obviously did not consider his colleagues in the Southern Empire.
When the priests of the Southern Empire receive the news, there is a high probability that they will split.
Most of the priests who came from the Imperial Capital, the Northern Empire, and the Western Empire still have a lot of affection for their homeland.
When these non-southern priests go to the Southern Empire, they will naturally be squeezed out by local priests.
What's more, due to the influence of the Pope, many priests actually agreed with Xu Lai more.
Especially since the invasion of demons and undead, the entire Southern Empire has done nothing, not even a single decent reinforcement has been sent.
Compared to Xu Lai, who almost single-handedly overthrew the entire demon camp in hell, it is self-evident who is more recognized by these priests.
The most important thing is that Xu Lai now occupies the Holy City, and Duer has become the only crimson bishop in the Holy City.
Since ancient times, important orders from the temple have come from the holy city.
It was also impossible for the bishops in charge of other areas, the archbishops, to disobey orders from the Holy City and instead follow orders from the southern cathedral.
After this grand ceremony, Lionheart City has a great degree of attachment both in terms of faith and people's hearts.
With Duer's help, Xu Lai quickly found the heart of the castle in Lionheart City.
This thing was actually buried deep into the sewer by the devil. It's no wonder that Xu Lai and the others couldn't dig it out.
Occupying the heart of the castle, the entire city completely belongs to Xu Lai.
With the Heart of the Castle, many buildings can be repaired quickly as long as you have the money.
For example, Cloud City, after stuffing gold coins and rare resources.
This city in the clouds, which had been floating above Lion Heart City for thousands of years, finally floated above Lion Heart City again.
The Congress is also a standard building. It has money and craftsmen. With the blessing of the Castle Heart, the repair speed is also very fast.
Moreover, the Congress has been forced to downgrade, the area will be much smaller, and the resources invested will undoubtedly be much less.
The new parliament building is still larger than any other city's parliament, and Jilong and others finally have their own office space.
As one building after another was repaired, Reina also led the Qingfeng Legion army to Lion Heart City.
The entry of this large army into the city completely eliminated the last hope of the old Empire people.
At the same time, the hundreds of thousands of Southern Empire soldiers who had been imprisoned in military camps could finally be pulled out to see the sun.
Xu Lai does not intend to take all of these people. They are of a very high level. The key is that their will to fight is too weak.
It is hard to imagine that this 200,000-strong army was defeated by a single charge by the cavalry.
No matter how advantageous the cavalry was, the Communists would only send out a few waves, and less than 10,000 knights might be put into the battlefield.
The most important thing is that with a ratio of 20 to 1, the casualties of the knights are almost minimal.
With angels around, the knights were not afraid of casualties, but the angels were indeed of no use.
Such a group of people who have almost no will to fight and have long been corrupted by the luxurious life have the right to be called warriors.
First of all, Xu Lai didn't want any of the officers among these people.
Several major leaders who were ordered to surrender were all hanged by Xu Lai in front of these soldiers.
Including the commander of the Royal Archer Corps, Earl Will, the biological uncle of Princess Jasmine Aled.
Even Jasmine Aled's maternal uncle was killed. Xu Lai and Nan Di were completely incompatible.
But as the saying goes, if a soldier is raging, a general will be raging in a nest.
The behavior of these soldiers was basically due to the incompetence of the leading officer.
It just so happened that Xu Lai's Qingfeng Legion and Knight's Wind Legion had gone through dozens of large and small battles, and many of their soldiers had made many meritorious deeds.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Lai rewarded him generously.
The Qingfeng Legion was already the largest in number, and the recruits brought out by Xu Lai from the grassland had also been trained through previous battles.
Now there are another hundred thousand soldiers, and new soldiers will continue to be recruited from Lion Heart City.
Therefore, Xu Lai planned to split another legion from the Qingfeng Legion.
The leader of this legion, Xu Lai, plans to hand it over to the dragon knight Eric.
However, Eric only has the status of a knight. Although he can lead the recruitment of soldiers, he does not even have the bonus of a general.
To change this situation, Xu Lai had to be knighted.
And people like Eric, who are not heroes, must at least be ennobled with the title of earl or above in order for them to have the specialized abilities of a hero. (End of chapter)