The population of the Baltic Empire has now exceeded five million people if you do not count the fish-men in the Baltic Sea, and these five million people need to consume terrible food every day, and if they only rely on hunting and fishing, they can no longer meet the living needs of the population.

Therefore, the cultivation of crops and the domestication of animal husbandry as the main business of providing food has become extremely important, and the cultivation of crops is usually carried out by humans and rhinoceros people, who are accustomed to using the fruits of the crops produced in these lands as their staple food, and on the other hand, humans and rhino people have a long history of growing crops, and they have accumulated a lot of experience.

The area of the Baltic Empire was very large, but if you only count the land area, it became very small, and the land of Karelia and Rus' was actually not suitable for farming, and Schleswig was positioned as an important territory for the development of animal husbandry at an early stage, leaving only a few relatively large islands, Jutland and Finland suitable for growing crops.

The Baltic Empire cultivated wheat as a crop, and although Alice's selection of crops from many plants looked very inconspicuous, after processing, the people of the Baltic Empire were happy to accept this food as a staple food.

All kinds of bread and cakes were invented by Alice, so that the people of the Northland could taste it in the true sense of the word, and deeply understand that ordinary and inconspicuous crops can be cooked so deliciously without the hands of halflings.

And after Alice's invention, the emergence of various farming tools, irrigation measures, fertilizers and scientific farming methods has increased the output of each piece of land a lot, and even the old farmers who cultivate the land can't help but call Alice by the title of the goddess of harvest.

The development of animal husbandry was carried out mainly in Schleswig, Karelia and Rus', where the herdsmen were mostly carried out by jackals and centaurs, who had been grazing for a long time, perhaps thousands of years, and had a very rich range of grazing methods.

In addition to sheep, cattle and horses, in some parts of Schleswig, there are also rhinoceros people engaged in the work of raising rhinoceros, for the empire, rhinoceros storage is very necessary, because the rhinoceros skin is a second only to dragon skin leather armor material, rhinoceros horns can be used as materials to release magic, and the rhinoceros itself is a very useful mount, with heavy armored cavalry to charge, can crush any enemy in their way.

The same is true of sheep and cattle, which, in addition to providing meat for food, are also able to produce wool and leather, which can be processed into cashmere, which can be used to make sweaters with high warmth, and the latter, which in large quantities have provided every herder of the Baltic Empire with high-quality tents and extremely cheap and exceptionally warm leather clothes.

The development of agriculture and animal husbandry was the foundation of the Baltic Empire, because it was related to the survival and development of the entire empire, and whether millions of people in the entire empire were able to live with enough food.

In Semiramis's plan, the spring ploughing of Jutland and Schleswig, as well as several islands in the Baltic Sea, would proceed in an orderly manner, but the real trouble would be the three lands of Rus, Karelia and Finland.

In the land of Rus', there were still a large number of tribes who did not obey the arrangements of the empire and resisted the policies of the empire openly and covertly, and some of them still chose the situation of force and confronted the empire head-on.

The centaurs had spent a cold winter in the land of Rus', but the unfamiliarity of the environment made it difficult for them to completely deal with all the enemies, even if they defeated the powerful and populous tribes, but the collapsed tribes still escaped into the deep mountains and dense forests by virtue of their familiarity with the terrain.

When the centaurs went to another area to suppress the rebellion, these defeated tribes came out of the deep mountains and dense forests under the leadership of another chieftain, and came to camp in their former lands, once again raising the banner of rebellion against the Empire.

In such a situation, how to carry out economic construction, how to carry out spring ploughing, and how to develop animal husbandry, the empire acquired this land because it wanted to turn this fertile land into a cash cow and cornucopia for the empire, rather than a tendency to turn into a bleeding wound as it is now.

Finland and Karelia also have problems, the problems of these two lands are actually on the dragons, and if the dragons are not solved, even if the seeds are sown in the land, they will be destroyed by the dragons' breath, and the peasants will be slaughtered.

In other words, to start spring ploughing in Finland and Karelia, it is necessary to solve the problem of those dragons, before spring comes completely and the ice and snow melt.

After all, spring ploughing requires a lot of manpower and material resources to prepare, it takes a lot of time to transport seeds and farming tools from Jutland to Finland and Karelia, and to level the land and build irrigation canals and waterwheels in suitable places for farming.

The same is true for the development of animal husbandry, in the pasture of grazing, it is necessary to re-use the pasture that is suitable for growth, high nutritional value, and animal husbandry likes to eat, and the young of animal husbandry need time to get used to an unfamiliar environment, otherwise these young children who do not have much resistance are prone to various diseases.

If compared to the spring ploughing that affects the logistics of the entire empire, the so-called army training is not so important, and killing those dragons at a faster speed, or driving them out of the territory of the Baltic Empire, is more in line with the current situation of the empire at this time.

For this reason, the Empire sent several dragons that had previously surrendered to Bud's hands, and with these dragons arrived an order from Semiramis, demanding that they must end the dragon slaying battle within three days, and if it can't be ended, then the Empire will let the legendary forces intervene.

In other words, if they want to maintain their honor and get the title of [Dragon Slayer], these warriors only have three days, and after three days, they can't complete the task, so they can only return to the territories where they should be stationed with their tails between their legs.

It was an order they could not resist, it was an order they had to follow, so they had to find the dragon's trail within three days, and kill or drive them away.

Arriving along with Semiramis's order was the latest information from the intelligence services that no trace of the black dragon had been found in Finland or elsewhere in Karelia, and that several other dragons had eventually disappeared from the vicinity of the area.

In other words, if the intelligence of the intelligence department is completely correct, then Bud's guess will also be correct, the black dragon has successfully gathered the power of several other dragons, and has not left this land, and now they don't know where they are hiding, and they are preparing for some reason, and they are also waiting for an opportunity for the Baltic Empire army to reveal their flaws, or maybe they are waiting for the moment when the Baltic Empire's army is leaving.

"Those damn traitors......"

The black dragon gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice.

In his line of sight, two black, skeletal-looking dragons were hovering over the Baltic Empire's armies, carrying rings and necklaces made of gold on their claws and necks, and on top of these rings and necklaces, they were also inlaid with various colored gems and pearls the size of human thumbs.

The gems were very small, and the thumb-sized pearls were nothing of value to the empire that had completely controlled the Baltic Sea, but in any case, the strange glow of the sun had an extraordinary meaning to the dragon, just as catnip was to cats.

The irrepressible greed sprouted from his heart, and spread rapidly, and there seemed to be a seductive voice in the black dragon's brain, encouraging him to charge forward, to knock down the two ostentatious fools from the sky, and press them down to rob them of the treasures.

It wasn't just the black dragon who had such thoughts, the red dragon next to him had already breathed heavily, a trace of jumping flames came out of his nose, and the temperature of the entire environment was rising rapidly.

On the other side, the white dragon had already stood up trembling all over, and saliva kept dripping from his mouth, and the ground under the white dragon had been frozen into ice, and this kind of ice was still spreading rapidly to the surroundings.

The goblins and gnolls behind them all tried their best to lower themselves on the ground, hoping to use it to resist the dragon power that these dragons had inadvertently emitted, and they felt as if they were still in the crater of a volcano, and the weight of the boulder was difficult to describe in words.

"I couldn't help myself. ”

"Bear with me, we'll attack when it's dark. ”

"But I couldn't help it. ”

"Bear with me, I'll be able to give you one more ring from me, the ring on my little finger. ”

The white dragon who was dominated by the wild back was pressed under the black dragon, he struggled as hard as he could, but he couldn't break free from the suppression of the black dragon on his body, in terms of size and strength, there was still an extremely obvious gap between the white dragon and the black dragon.

In fact, one day ago, a few of their dragons should have attacked, but even in the middle of the night, when the sky was at its darkest, the warriors of the Baltic Empire on duty did not let down their vigilance.

On the periphery of the camp, bonfires were erected, and the light of the blazing flames made the surrounding environment as clear as day, and the so-called darkness completely disappeared at this time.

It is precisely because the enemy did not let down his vigilance that the cautious black dragon chose to continue to endure, now they are hunters hiding in the dark, and those on the opposite side are the prey that are targeted by the hunters, and they are uneasy, and only the prey will be hunted by the hunters in such anxiety.

However, this time the black dragon was too cautious, he guessed that the Baltic Empire sent these untouched troops to come here, with the intention of training the army, but he didn't expect that because spring was coming, Semiramis would lose patience.

The two dragons don't look right, their side still has a numerical advantage, and they can still separate a giant dragon to attack those mortal armies, and when those mortal armies are slaughtered, the three or two have a strong red dragon, and the final victory will definitely belong to them.

However, in the eyes of the black dragon, the really difficult knight is not the two dragons, but the golden jewels carried by the two dragons, he can guess with the greatest malice, if the two dragons propose, join the Baltic Empire to get the wealth lost before, and can get the treatment that they once enjoyed in the Attila Empire, the red dragon and the white dragon next to him will definitely not hesitate to turn their heads against him.

No, it's not just the red dragon and the white dragon, even his own heart is hard to resist the impulse from nature, if he can get that kind of wealth, the empire can return the wealth that he once plundered, and it is not impossible for him to surrender.

However, the only remaining reason was telling him that the surrender of the other dragons might be greatly favored and rewarded by the Empire, but his black dragon, the black dragon that had completely annihilated the Imperial army, would be decapitated to maintain the prestige of the Empire.

Having spent two years in the army of the Attila Empire, and having heard stories from tavern minstrels, he knew that majesty was more important to an empire than anything else.

Therefore, he who provoked the majesty of the empire must end up with death.

However, at this time, the black dragon was still glad in his heart, if his companion was not the wild red dragon and the wild white dragon, but the blue dragon, the green dragon and other black dragons, then at this moment he should be worried about whether his companion would choose to betray.

Instead of being like now, with a few words, a few promises that I don't know if I need them, and can fulfill them, let the red dragon and the white dragon quiet down, and continue to choose and wait, waiting for a better opportunity to attack.

"Those two fools, who are now showing off their might, when they get tired of flying and go down, we will attack and make them understand that fools will always be fools and will always do stupid things. ”

The cunning black dragon is never stupid, and it is very likely that the opportunity for the two black dragons to descend is actually a trap to lure them out to attack, but the black dragon who has been defeated has no other good way.

Even if it was a trap, he had no better choice but to collapse into it and tear it apart with violence.

It's ironic to say that hunters who hide in the shadows now have to step into the traps designed by their prey, which they know are traps.