Chapter 574: Far Distance and Close Attack
As for Gavin, is he bragging?
According to their understanding of Gavin during this period, the other party is not only not bragging, but probably speaking modestly. The annual output value of these two cities may be higher than what he said. They are In a state of constant development, this kind of monster tribe has advantages in population recruitment that humans do not have.
Money and silk touch people's hearts.
Such a terrifying production value, once exposed, will definitely attract the prying eyes of countless people.
Especially for the cities and dark forces in the Dragon Coast, which are all about money, in order to seek more wealth, it is not impossible for them to unite again and march towards the Giant Plains and those two cities.
If there is a nail here, it will be very beneficial to them. If they can take the opportunity to develop and grow, it will be even more beneficial to them.
“It’s still the same sentence, distant friendship and close attack. Our territories are too far away, so we have many common interests. Let’s not talk about anything else. As long as you can open up one in Yilip or Pros, A port that can accommodate large merchant ships, I guarantee you can make tens of thousands of dollars a day.”
Gavin directly broke the contents of the plan into pieces and discussed them, "Yilipu and Pros have not developed before. In addition to the lack of advantages in water areas, they mainly have no core industries.
With conquest The road is different, they will become the ports closest to this road
I will order people to make full use of the remaining five days to rebuild the road from Ivanso to the two towns and the road between the two towns to the standards of the Conqueror's Road.
If you find it difficult to build the port alone, we can build it jointly, but I want half of the ownership, and half of the future income from the port will belong to me. ”
Although they are laying the wiring in the long term, Gavin should reap the benefits, which is not a small amount. If they had not caused public anger on the Dragon Coast, those dark forces would not allow them to take root here. Gavin might just send his own people to rule here.
“We will find experts to evaluate this matter before proceeding. Building a port is not just about water depth. It will also affect the surrounding environment, changes in ocean currents, and other factors. The weather has certain requirements. "As a native of the Dragon Coast, Yeshandara is far more professional in building ports than Gavin. "It doesn't have to be in the two towns. If there is a suitable area around it, we can even move to the town. ”
Unknowingly, Shantara Ye’s thinking has been influenced by Gaiwen, and there have been subtle changes in the wording. It is no longer about me, but becomes us.
"Smart." Gavin gestured his thumbs at Yeshandara, "Objects are dead, people are alive. Things are not good for people, but people can be good for things. When the time comes, we will use whichever one has the lowest cost. "
"Lord Baron, are you praising me or hurting me?" Ye Shanda? La couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said, "You even helped us repair the road. If we don't know how to make full use of it, how are we any different from idiots? I believe it won't be long before we are kicked out by the adults."
"Haha..." Gavin laughed and said, "Tell it to a smart person. It’s simple. In addition, there are two things I need to explain separately.”
“Please speak, Lord Baron.”
“The first is the original city hall, this building. It is not an ordinary building, but was transformed into a mage tower by Arms. Now it is After being assimilated by my special ability and unable to return it, I will set up a special chamber of commerce here to conduct various business transactions. As compensation, you can choose another place and I will send people to build a city hall for you free of charge. " In this matter, Gavin half told and half hid.
The original city hall is far from just a chamber of commerce branch. It will become an important material transfer station.
It naturally also has the shadow material dragging function that Vizeme Manor and the Tower of Misnoel Rule have.
The transportation of supplies from Ivanso to Blood Gap City and Dwarf Statue City is nearly half the distance compared to the transportation from Misnoel.
It is now in action, secretly towing turret-type chariots and sidecars from Misnoel to this side.
These two tanks have withstood the baptism and test of war, fully proving their war value, whether in sieges or field battles.
Next, there is still a planned war waiting for them in the goblin frontier, and the monster tribe wins by numbers. Naturally, they will further increase their defense. By the time they leave Ivanso, the building-type chariots will no longer be available. It started with 100 vehicles instead of 200 vehicles.
"This is the trophy of the Baron. You can do whatever you want with it. As for the construction of the new city hall, I will thank you in advance." Yeshandara did not refuse Gavin's kindness.
Taking over a city, especially a city that has been ruled by the Necromancer for more than ten years, is a very troublesome matter. Many things are in ruins, and their abilities are limited. In many places We must rely on Gavin, including some construction, and what will be contracted to Gavin next is likely to be not only the city hall, but also other infrastructure.
“The second thing is that the citizens of Ivanso joined the army of conquerors. I also know that the number of them joining is a bit large, but from another perspective, this is not entirely a bad thing. "Gai Wen's maxim said carefully.
The number of citizens of Ivanso who joined the army of conquerors is not a little too high, but a scary one.
This small city has a total population of more than 12,000 people, and nearly 7,000 people chose to join the conqueror's army, accounting for more than half of the city.
The reason for this phenomenon is that they were tortured by the necromancers headed by Arms and were afraid that they would come back.
The terrifying power of destiny stirred up by Gavin's thousands-mile migration is also at work. It has not yet condensed into a milestone of destiny. It does not mean that it does not exist, nor does it mean that it will not have an effect.
Yessandra and Fan Ruina came to block him in a hurry, probably because of this matter, because according to their original agreement, they were not allowed to stop any Ivanso citizen who voluntarily joined the conqueror's army.
It’s just that they didn’t expect that Gavin and the others could take away more than half of the population.
If a city has no population, is it still called a city?
"What are the benefits? Tell me about it?" Ye Shantara, whose situation was opened up by Gavin, was no longer as anxious as when she first arrived.
“First of all, it will make it easier for you to control the entire city. The smaller the number of people, the larger your proportion will be, making it easier to control.
Secondly, it will make it easier for you to expand your own industry. and wealth, most of the unowned properties vacated here can be transferred to the name of the city hall, or you can start your own property, or Use them as bait to lure residents from other cities on the Dragon Coast. We can engage in immigration, why can't you? At this point, I believe you have a far greater advantage than us on the Dragon Coast.
Furthermore, combating piracy and slave trading is a long-term business, and I want to develop long-term cooperation with you
The three three-masted sailing ships led by Copperfield will have to be supplied through Irip and Pros in a short period of time. Those prisoners of war and trafficked slaves are also potential citizens. We will divide them 50-50 by then.
Believe me, the citizens you have recruited by yourself will be far more loyal to you than ordinary citizens. "Gavin instilled in him the experience of turning those who have no owners or people who are owned by others into their own people.
"I have been taught. In this way, our previous vision was too short-sighted. "Yeshandara accepted Gavin's words.
Because she knew that except for the Kingdom of Cormyr, which has been inherited for thousands of years and has been relatively wisely governed, the concept of homeland of most countries and city residents in Faerun It’s not too heavy, especially for those from small villages or small towns. Yes, most of them will not refuse the opportunity to move to big cities
This is because the wild living environment is too difficult and dangerous. Those big cities with large populations and guarded by city walls and professional troops, The safety factor is naturally relatively higher
"I still have some time. If you have any other questions, please tell me and we can discuss them together." Gavin asked after checking the time.
"No more for now, we will wait until we understand the Baron's plan thoroughly." Yeshandara raised the Dragon Coast Unification Plan in her hand and said.
There is a lot of stuff in it. She just glanced at it briefly without thinking about it carefully. There is no way to appreciate the strategic plans formulated by these followers of Ms. Strategy without carefully thinking about them several times. The essence comes from it.
“My philosophy is win-win cooperation. As long as you can maintain this philosophy, I guarantee that even if you cannot complete the grand feat in the plan, you will make Ivansoul become a metropolis that surpasses Ximen and becomes a metropolis that surpasses Ximen. Dragon Coast is the most dazzling A shining pearl, when the whole of Faerûn mentions Dragon Coast, it is no longer Ximen that comes to mind, but Ivanso, but you, Yeshandara." Gavin exuded endless confidence in his words. Now we have this strength and this ability. As long as Yeshandara is not too stupid and embarks on a path that deviates from her own, they can make a lot of money just by serving as a transit point for her many properties.
"Win-win cooperation." Yeshandara chewed this word over and over again, and there were many meanings that could be derived from it.
There are both positive and negative aspects.
For example, since he can send her to the position of Lord of Ivanso City, he can also pull her down from above if she goes against this concept.
“I have other important matters to deal with, so I won’t accompany you. If there are any new problems, if I am not here, you can discuss it with Ms. Catherine and listen to her opinions more. It will be very helpful to you. Good thing, by the way, Ms. Catherine is going to start the Red War You should have heard about the academy. I suggest you select a group of capable students and send them there for further study. It will definitely be beneficial to your future development." Gavin felt that he was more of a voter than Ms. Strategy. Unknowingly, it helped her win over believers and expand her business.
No way, who gave her a good father and helped her choose a good priesthood, which is completely in line with her own development. This can be regarded as a win-win cooperation.
"There is no need for Lord Baron to say this. We will do the same. Fan Ruina will personally lead the team at that time. If it weren't for me to be away from home for a long time, I myself would go to the academy to further my studies and work with you." "Compared to this, I feel that I am far too far behind in many aspects." Ye Shantara said with emotion, this group of people have brought war to an almost artistic level.
When they attacked Ivanso previously, not only was Arms confused by their interlocking tricks, but before Gavin actually showed off his moves, many of them were beyond her imagination.
If it were not for Gavin and the army of conquerors led by him, the Avengers and the Resistance would want to overthrow Arms. We don’t know what year or month it would take to make sacrifices to do it, or how directly. Can't do it.
She doesn’t have Gavin’s memory of another life. She doesn’t know that she can do this even without Gavin and the army of conquerors.
The fate has been changed and there is no answer to this matter.
"This is simple. If you want, you can ask Ms. Catherine to send a dedicated priest of Ms. Strategy to you to teach you through words and deeds. I believe she will be very happy to agree to this." Gavin suggested.
"Thank you, Lord Baron, for reminding me. I'll go back later." Yessandra couldn't help but pat her forehead. She had been so busy recently that she didn't even think of such a simple solution.
The other party is not an ordinary lord, but a chosen one of the True God. Promoting faith is her first task. Sending corresponding exclusive priests to the leaders of major forces is a shortcut to complete the task.
"I will leave here soon. We won't need it for a while. If you need it, I will leave it to you." Gavin stood up and said goodbye.
“We need a clean place to study these materials, so you’re welcome.” Yeshandara did not refuse Gavin’s kindness. In a city with a population of only more than 12,000 people, it was fierce. Double the number of soldiers and civilians were crammed in, making the place very crowded inside and outside, and there were not a few clean places to be found.
After watching Gavin leave, Shantara Ye and Fan Ruina did not directly read the information again, but looked at each other for a long time, because the exchange with Gavin just now was like a dream, many things they had never dared to dream about before. of.
Fan Ruina couldn't help but ask: "Captain, can we really believe him? He's not just talking nonsense to fool us and block our mouths, is he?"
< br>"You have been in contact with him for a while, do you think he is such a person?" Yeshandara asked.
"No..."
"That's it." Yeshandara smiled and pinched Fan Ruina's little face and said, "The pattern has been opened, and everyone has said, let us The pattern is opened. If we don't smash the original frame, how can we know the vastness of the outside world? No matter whether he fooled us or not, we have no choice now. This is the price of our choice to borrow troops in the first place.
Moreover, in the eyes of other cities, we are just puppets supported by the army of conquerors, and they will definitely not look good on us. Bundling them with them for development is our best choice. "
"Captain, you've changed too quickly. That's not what you said when you came here before..."
"It's not that I change quickly, but that the other party gives me a change. The dream we describe is far better than our own It should be bigger and better. Once you come into contact with this, you can never go back to the past. The most important thing is that this dream is not just a dream, but a possibility of realization. Don’t you want to see an equal, prosperous and powerful person? , What does the united Dragon Coast look like? "
"Think! Even in my wildest dreams! "
"Then study this information carefully. It is the ladder leading to this dream. Try to remember it in your mind. After you get out of this door, tear it up and die in your own body. Don’t mention it to anyone, including the brothers in the group. From now on, this is our dream and our thoughts. ”
"Understood."
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The heavy rainfall that lasted for more than a month completely changed the appearance of Yevin Pond and Asaba River.
The water level of Yewen Pond has risen by a full ten meters than before, and the area is three times larger than before. It has directly submerged all the riverbanks cultivated by Anbaoshuan Village to the bottom of the lake, and the water level has been pushed to the maintenance level. Below Zemei Manor and Xincun, they were turned into Lakeside Manor and Lakeside Village.
When the site of Vizeme Manor was originally selected, the problem of lake flooding during the rainy season in Comanso was obviously taken into consideration.
The name of the pond in Yewen Pond is indeed worthy of its name, because only ponds change in size with rainfall, while lakes are relatively stable.
Compared with advancing three kilometers to the Battle Valley, the main point is still in the upper reaches of the Three Rivers, especially the angle between the Three Rivers in the direction of the Deep Forest Valley, which was directly flooded for nearly ten kilometers. No wonder the land there is so fertile, but There are no ruins of half a building, which is flooded every year, and no one will build a nest here.
The water level of the Asaba River has also surged to the same height. The land of Three Rivers is slightly better. It belongs to the severed remnants of the Dun Hills and the terrain is relatively high.
But twenty or thirty kilometers down the road, the situation began to get very bad. The Taser Valley was blocked by the Dun Hills. No matter how high the river water was, it could not threaten it. The rising river water was completely blocked. Blocking the direction of the Battle Valley, the entire area along the river was flooded ten kilometers inward, pushing directly to the edge of Yewen Forest.
The tidal flat between the Dun Hills and the Good Luck Tooth Mountains was completely submerged. Being surrounded by the two mountains, the river here became extremely turbulent, like an angry water dragon, rushing out from here. , running for twenty or thirty kilometers without slowing down.
Therefore, the river embankments here have been particularly hard hit. Those embankments built based on the remaining veins of the Toton Hills can still withstand the test. After being turned into pure human power, they are a bit unable to handle. The embankments that were broken here are The floodwaters rushed all the way to Sambia.
It’s just that the water level here is obviously much lower now. Hundreds of middle and low-level spell casters, led by dozens of senior spell casters, are re-establishing the dam here regardless of the large amount of spells consumed. .
The real problem lies downstream of the Black Feather Bridge. This is not an alluvial plain, but is integrated with the Scarface Gorge. The reason why it cannot be felt is because it belongs to the ridge, and the Scar is injected into the Feather Falls as it slopes down. In the gorge.
Most of the rivers here are rocks, and their plasticity is too low. If the river floods, it will not change much. It will only block all the river water, and then raise the water level crazily until it exceeds the upper limit of the capacity and floods. Cause disaster.
This ridge hidden under the river is higher in the north and lower in the south. It generally floods towards Sambia.
Because Sambian businessmen acted to benefit themselves at the expense of others, this matter has now been reversed.
(End of this chapter)