Above the wilderness, a group of knights stopped at the place where a few men fought the outcasts, and the leader was none other than Captain Icosio. Originally, after taking over the East China Sea Fortress, the Grand Duke did not have any other tasks, nor did he ask them to capture or kill Prince Sauron. But after learning that the prince was not dead, Yi Ke Saio did not want to let go of this little accident, everything was only for the cause of the Grand Duke.

After inspecting the site, Ikeseo decided that there had been a big battle here, and looked at the shattered rocks, the overturned ground, and some inconspicuous bloodstains. After all the information was sorted out, it was a fierce battle, but there was no corpse on either side. If the pursuer sent by the Grand Duke and the prince and his party fought, there must be a result. If the prince wins, he will never be kind enough to collect the body of the killer, they don't have that time. If the killer had won, then he would have cut off the prince's head to receive the reward, and now it doesn't look like it, so it could only be that both sides would lose and flee.

Now that the prince and his party are in a hurry, they will not deliberately go far, and they can defeat the killers sent by the Grand Duke, and the prince should also have masters by his side, according to the remnants of the East China Sea Fortress, the prince did follow a few young people when he left. At that time, Yi Ke Sai was in a hurry to take over the East China Sea Fortress, and did not ask in detail, thinking that it was just a few servant guards, these people could actually repel the assassins, which was indeed unexpected, but Yi Ke Sai O dared to guarantee that they must have been injured a lot, and now there is no problem to chase after them.

He looked up in the direction of the royal capital: "Go in this direction, where will you go next?"

As soon as he finished asking, one of his subordinates looked at the direction and replied, "Captain, this direction used to be the town of Zidlong." ”

"Huh, the small city of steel, Zidlong?"

"Yes, Captain, it's the town of Zidlong, which is subordinate to the Grand Duke. ”

Yi Ke Seo didn't think about it, and immediately ordered: "All set off, and rush to Zidlong Town at full speed." "More than thirty horsemen rode up a cloud of dust.

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The East China Sea Fortress, the Grand Duke's army has arrived, the Great Swordsman looked at the fortress in front of him that was in ruins, his heart was shocked, he had seen the appearance of the monastery being destroyed, and then looked at the East China Sea Fortress like this, it seemed that these monsters were really active again.

He did not doubt his student Grand Duke Wald, because he knew that Wald might have ambitions for the throne, but he was not harmful to the country, and it should be said that he was only an enemy of the royal family.

After asking the ins and outs, the Great Sword Master wondered again, "What's the matter with that fake prince?"

The 'original' defender who was called said: " That's the case, after the fortress was attacked, although we suffered heavy losses, but also retained a part of the people, when a few of our leaders learned that His Majesty and the prince died together, lest the only remaining troops fall apart, so they called a young man who was a little similar to His Royal Highness to pretend to be His Highness, on the one hand, to calm people's hearts, on the other hand, to ask for help from the royal capital, we did not expect that the kid would steal the sword of light and escape, after everyone knew the truth, they lost confidence, and the fleeing scattered, leaving only our people to defend the line. ”

Generally speaking, it can be justified, but on the question of the real and false princes, the great swordsman still has doubts, a country boy as a prince stand-in, it is still possible to flee the battlefield in fear of death, but he can be bold enough to steal the national treasure Bright Sword? Doesn't he know that if there is no benefit to carrying this thing, it will become the object of attention of the entire Suran Island? Or does that little ghost really think that he can cheat in the name of the prince? or......

The Great Swordsman was about to inquire in detail, when suddenly an alarm came from the forward observation post that another wave of orcs was coming. Regardless of the situation here, an orc invasion will always be a top priority. The Great Swordsman and Wald looked up, and the kobolds floating on the surface of the sea were getting closer and closer along the current.

The Grand Duke ordered to prepare for the attack, and the Great Sword Master rushed out first, his cultivation level was much higher than that of others, and it was of little use to form a formation with the army, because his own army was gathered together, and some of the big moves could not let go.

Another round of defensive battles in the East China Sea fortress is about to break out.

And at this moment, the unconscious Prince Sauron slowly woke up, he felt that his body was about to fall apart, and he was panicked under his body, and he kept shaking, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

Seeing that the prince woke up, Mia, who had been taking care of him, was happy: "Your ...... You've woken up. ”

Prince Sauron was so weak that "Where is this, how long have I been unconscious?"

Mia was afraid that Sorondo's words would reveal something, so she immediately said: "We were robbed by robbers, and you didn't want to give up your belongings so you were knocked unconscious, and we were all injured. You've been in a coma for a day, but fortunately you met Uncle Dongqiang, otherwise you really don't know what to do. ”

Sauron just woke up, listening to Mia's words confused, before his party encountered a killer sent by the Grand Duke, he almost died in his hands, what is the situation now? But he is also an alert person, although his brain is muddy, but he feels that Mia will not be untargeted, and he can't answer the situation, so he has to remain silent for the time being.

At this time, Prince Sauron found himself lying on a large carriage, with a thick linen cloth underneath, and the touch should be a cart of stones, and he glanced around, there were several other large carriages behind, and Ziyun was next to the driver's seat of the carriage behind. Does this look like a convoy of stones to be hauled?

Suddenly, I heard someone in front of me say, "Young man, you are awake, you are lucky to survive, although the things are gone, as long as there is life, it is better than anything." ”

Prince Sauron followed the prestige, it was a bearded coachman who was driving, and it was Ji Ya sitting next to him, Prince Sauron said quietly: "Yes, it's better to live than anything else, what do you call uncle?"

The coachman said, "Dong Qiang of Zidelong Town, a car owner. ”

In just a few words, Prince Sauron had already thought of a lot of things, the owner of the car was the transporter, and Zidron Town was the direction in which his group was headed, and it was also the most famous blacksmith workshop town on Suran Island. Looking at the appearance of the convoy, I touched the stones on the car, and if nothing else, it should be ore or something.

They were injured and unconscious, and the others were probably not having a good time, and they were afraid that it would be more troublesome for them to move forward with them, and at this time, the motorcade of Zidlong Town passed by, presumably they lied that they had been robbed, and then took a ride.

This is indeed the case, a few wounded people are worried about how to get to the next stop, and the transport truck from Zidlong Town is returning from the mine and bringing back the best iron placer iron ore, so several people lie that they are refugees from the east to escape the invasion of the orcs, and run away with everyone, but some people start to loot on the road, most of their things are robbed, and some people are injured, hoping to get a ride to the town.

The orc invasion has already caused a lot of uproar, and these car owners also know that there are many people who have fled west recently, and some people who have run out of money and food will indeed rob the same people who have fled.

Ji Ya's big sword was cut off by the outcasts with the Bright Sword, and she could only put it away temporarily, and Trench Le has always been an empty-handed enemy, plus he didn't see any threat when he was young, Sauron didn't need to pay attention when he was injured and unconscious, Mia carried a bow and arrow, and Ziyun held a long sword, but it was only a weapon to protect himself when fleeing.

Looking at the young appearance and rudimentary weapons of several people, the car bosses agreed to take a ride, if it is a tall horse, fierce and vicious, the car bosses may not agree.

When it got dark, the convoy came to the town of Zidlong, and several people got out of the car, thanked the car owners, and went to find a hotel, ready to rest for the night.

Ziyun asked, "What now?"

Prince Sauron said, "Let's find a place to stay." ”

A few people walked in the town, saying that it was a small town, but the scale here was no less than a small city. There was a smell of burnt flesh throughout Zidron, the air was a little choking, and the surrounding streets were filled with the sound of clanging banging. A few people looked around, and saw that the streets were full of blacksmith shop signs: old man's blacksmith shop, forged eslite, Kudanyaki, quaint swords, and so on......

Ziyun was a little puzzled: "Why are there so many blacksmith shops here?"

Prince Sauron explained, "Because this is the manufacturing center of Wald. ”

"Wald, the Grand Duke?" Several people were a little surprised, even Mia didn't know the reason, but they didn't expect this to be the chassis of the Grand Duke.

Prince Sauron nodded: "Yes, the town of Zidron is one of Wald's fiefdoms. Wald's method of governing fiefdoms is very unique, which he called the data centralization system, that is, all the fiefs under his name, each giving full play to its advantages, the land is fertile for full-time cultivation, the territory is open for grazing and breeding, and the transportation is convenient for the development of commerce, and it is very close to the mines, as a manufacturing center. All the lords change their stations according to their talents, and like other towns may only have a small blacksmith shop for daily use, the rest are concentrated here. ”

Ziyun looked around and said, "This kind of development is very unbalanced." ”

"Yes, for example, food is not produced here at all, all the people's rations are brought from somewhere else, but here the town is full of weapons. If there are bad signs in any town, they will not be able to resist him because they lack the necessary conditions. What he wants is not a dozen ordinary towns, but a dozen bases that gather the most cutting-edge strength. ”

But from the perspective of a merchant, he said, "This place is all made of iron, do so many people buy it?"

Prince Sauron said: "Yes, all the towns under his rule have to submit a budget plan every six months, such as how much grain to be harvested this year, how many farm tools to prepare, how many ships to build, and then exchange them to the corresponding towns according to the plan. ”

Trench was surprised: "Isn't there no commercial freedom in this way?"

Prince Sauron said: "It can be said that every time an order comes, the whole town will undertake it together, and then contract it to the household according to the strength of each store. The overall speed has been increased, and Wald also has two professional military towns, just like the professional farming town, or the professional blacksmith town here, which are specifically responsible for fighting, so his soldiers are more powerful than the average aristocratic agricultural soldier, and when they are not fighting, these professional soldiers will be hired by various towns to become their defense force. ”

Listening to what Prince Sauron said, the three little ones have a little understanding of Wald's ruling methods, in this small area of the homeland of Sulan Island, there is nothing too difficult to centralize the data system, if you do this in the Great Zhou, whether it is to concentrate grain or blacksmiths, it will be focused on. This is also a unique feature of Suran Island, which has no strong enemies overseas. Not to mention outsiders, there is less civil strife, and the two biggest opponents, orcs and monsters, will not come and go to fight a national war with you, basically a wave of recklessness.

Ziyun suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "In this way, this town is really in a good place. ”

The others didn't understand, but Prince Sauron naturally knew, and he nodded: "That's right, that's it. ”

Ji Ya didn't know why she asked, she didn't understand herself, originally her eyes were only on Master Lin Yue, but I don't know when she began to be interested in these things.

Ziyun explained: "If it's just for the convenience of forging, why don't you choose the address closer to the mine, but instead pull the ore back again?" because this is at a meeting point, to the east to the East China Sea Fortress, to the west is your royal capital, and from here to the south you can block monsters, so this is the distribution center of blacksmiths and weapons, this grand duke really planned a big game of chess." ”

Prince Sauron nodded, resisting the orcs, destroying the monsters, and even directly attacking the royal capital, he had thought of all this, maybe he was really much stronger than himself. Putting aside royal orthodoxy, Prince Sauron felt that it was more appropriate for him to make Walder king than himself, and although he had confidence in himself, it would take ten years for the sixteen-year-old Sauron to grow into a true king. And Wald is already suitable, to choose a qualified person of the present or to choose an uncertainty of ten years from now?

Will this kingdom give itself ten years to grow just because of its own bloodline?" Prince Sauron couldn't help but think.

Mia, who had not spoken, spoke: "The inn has arrived. The group finally arrived at the only inn in town.