"The black dragon must have gathered the other dragons and set up a trap waiting for our army to collapse into, obviously he has an advantage in strength, but he still chooses this way, should I say that the black dragon is cunning enough or should I praise him for being cautious enough?"

Semiramis put down the information in his hand and confirmed it to Alice.

"Well, yes, no matter how cunning and cautious it is, this black dragon is indeed doing well, but unfortunately he still hasn't completely broken through the limitations of the dragon, and is still swayed by the dragon nature in his body, and actually chooses to make the empire his enemy for a little treasure. ”

Alice waved her hand, turned around on the couch, and said sullenly.

"The general this time is Bud, if it were him, it would not be so easy to be defeated, the trap of the black dragon, maybe it would bury themselves, Bud is an old man who has followed Beowulf for a long time anyway, he knows the dragon very well, and it is really not too difficult to use the dragon's nature to set traps in turn. ”

"How far have we done this operation? Semiramis?"

"Three dragons have been driven out of Finland, and one red dragon and one black dragon have been successfully defeated by us, and according to the intelligence of our intelligence services, there should be five dragons in Finland and Karelia now, three of which are red, one white and one black...... However, the losses were significant, with 600 casualties among the 1,000-strong troops, including three of the casters. ”

"However, this has given us another four hundred experienced warriors who have experienced dragon slaying, and the wealth gained from the dragon will make more people willing to give everything for the Empire. ”

Alice said calmly, as if the six hundred people who had died were just pure numbers, and when it came to Alice's position at this time, what she needed to consider was no longer the lives and mood of hundreds of people who came forward, the current Baltic Empire had become very powerful, and Alice's every move was related to the fate of hundreds of thousands, millions of residents, and such a number of people must be considered insignificant.

"What else? There must be others, no dragons surrendering to us? I think there are, those dragons can do anything for the sake of treasure, including abandoning their dignity and surrendering to us. ”

"Well, there are two more black dragons who have surrendered to our army, and they are willing to join our empire in the hope of serving our empire, and they are only asking that we return their wealth to them. ”

“…… What about your decision, Semiramis. ”

"I didn't agree, I can't see the slightest bit of loyalty in those cunning black dragons, they chose to surrender out of their natural instinct for treasure, in order to obtain treasure, and to get more treasure in the future, as in the army of Attila, they will join the empire, Alice, I don't trust them. ”

"Even if there is no loyalty, it does not prevent us from using their power, just like the weapon you hold in your hand, if you are not careful, you will cut yourself, but most of the time it is to attack the enemy, these dragons can be used as pawns to discard at will, anyway, even if they are damaged, their corpses are a lot of wealth. ”

"Moreover, loyalty is such a thing, it has never been at the beginning, and many times it still needs to be cultivated, even if these black dragons cannot be truly loyal to our empire in the end, but their children will be affected by the empire when they study and live under the care of the empire. ”

"Regarding the nature of dragons, this kind of thing is indeed a difficult problem for adult dragons to change, but if it is still a dragon at the time of dragon eggs, I think as long as it is studied for a period of time, there is always a way. ”

"Even if it is really impossible to eliminate these unstable factors, even if there is no intelligent dragon beast, in fact, it can be considered, compared to the real dragon, the real difference between the dragon beast is only in wisdom and magic, if it is domesticated, it can be used as a dragon knight's mount on the battlefield. ”

In response to Alice's proposal, Semiramis nodded, using these dragons as fertility machines, used to breed purebred dragons and other dragonborn, it is actually a very good choice, after all, it can improve the livestock in the empire within a generation or two.

For example, a horse with dragon blood will have better physical strength, greater strength, greater stamina, faster speed, can carry heavier things, and run at a faster speed, both for caravans and cavalry, which is a significant improvement for both caravans and cavalry.

Cows with dragon blood will have more delicious meat, better materials, and tougher hides, which can improve the quality of their leather armor.

However, these are only theoretical things, if the empire really popularizes these dragonborns, and treats them like livestock, driving and slaughtering them at will, then the dragons of the entire main plane will regard the empire as enemies.

The current empire is not strong enough to be the enemy of all the dragons, even Alice can't be invincible, she is just strong, but those ancient dragons who don't know how many years of survival will not be weak, and it will only be themselves who will suffer in the end.

Now Alice is no longer alone before, she still has a huge empire to take care of, and she can't be too impulsive in doing things, and she has to take care of the overall situation of the entire empire.

"Of course, this degree is up to you, in fact, it is beneficial to accept them, if you use these dragons as an example and promote them well, maybe we can accept a large number of dragons to form a dragon army. ”

A dragon legion, I still want it when I think about it, after all, on the battlefield, that kind of existence is still very handsome.

"Well, a dragon legion, indeed, if you have a dragon legion, then the empire's shortcomings in the sky realm can be filled, and the dragon is much more powerful than the Take-off Dragon, Griffin, Thunderbird, Giant Eagle, Horned Eagle Beast, etc. ”

"However, I still think that loyalty is still more important than being handsome or something, and now these dragons can turn their backs on Atila and choose us, so tomorrow they can also turn their backs on us and join our enemies. ”

"We need to increase the binding force on these dragons, so that they are afraid of betraying us, I think I can use their nature to make a fuss, if the dragons have a lot of wealth in the empire, then for the sake of these wealth, they will not choose to betray, in other words, it is to increase the bargaining chips for betrayal, so that the enemy cannot give the bargaining chips that can make these dragons betray. ”

Semiramis said that she didn't like this kind of loyalty with interests, and that she preferred the Scandinavians with muscles to the dragon's character, but those guys were still unwilling to completely abandon their beliefs and become a Baltician.

"Then that's all for the dragon, against a powerful empire, those winged lizards still can't recognize the current reality, it's not the previous era, when an empire appears on this land, the power of the individual will be infinitely weakened, even if it is a legend, if it is targeted, it is indispensable to fall fate. ”

"What is too easy to get will never be cherished, dragons who are willing to join the empire can only regain their treasures by making merits, everything goes according to the normal process of the empire, even dragons cannot give them special privileges. ”

This is for the stability of the empire, for the stability of the army, for the surrender of the enemy to give preferential treatment, although to a certain extent can disintegrate the enemy's morale, so that the enemy is more inclined to surrender than to resist to the end, in exchange for freedom and dignity in exchange for the chance to survive, but this practice is actually to break the rules within the empire, and it is easy to make the soldiers of the imperial army feel unfair treatment, after all, the enemy who surrenders casually can get what they can only get by working hard to the death, so in the next battle, the warriors are not willing to really fight hard。

Semiramis put down the documents documenting the situation in Finland and Karelia, the battle of the dragon slayer was originally a battle for training, the dragons had no chance of winning from the beginning, even if they killed all the troops from the Baltic Empire, they had no way to fight the real killer weapon of the Empire.

A few years ago, they needed to use the situation of the legion to deal with Alice in order to barely remain undefeated, but now, both in terms of numbers and environment, they are greatly inferior, and those dragons do not have any capital and chips in their hands to resist Alice.

If Alice doesn't mind, she can always prefix her title with the prefix "Dragon Slayer", but just as pedestrians on the road don't care about cats passing by under their feet, Alice has the same attitude towards dragons.

"Hmm. ”

"The next one is about spring ploughing, how many days are left until the end of winter, Alice. ”

"In a week, spring is coming. ”

"How are you arranging the matter of spring ploughing? And when spring comes, those beasts in Scandinavia will also wake up, a new beast tide should be formed soon, after a war, Gom who has suffered huge losses does not know if he still has the strength to resist those beast tides, after all, the last beast tide made the Scandinavian Empire suffer heavy losses, so that Siegel's counterattack plan was stillborn. ”

"Well, there is no need to worry about the beast tide, this time the Scandinavian coalition army and the Atila army collided, there are many main forces of the beast tide, such as those snow monsters, mammoths, dragons, and those troll ogres and trolls, they have lost so many people, and there is no extra strength to launch a beast tide to attack the city established by the Scandinavians in the spring of the next year. ”

"Besides, that guy is very good with the Snow Mountain Druid, and with the help of the Snow Mountain Druid, even those hungry beasts will give up on them as the first target to drive them out. ”

"But with last year's experience, I think Siegel has long been prepared to deal with the tide of beasts, I think this spring, on the top of Scandinavia, what will happen will not be the conflict between beasts and people, but the conflict between people, a winter of calm is like the calm before the storm, both Gohm and Siegel are actually silently licking their wounds, waiting for the time to really eliminate each other. ”

"We, the Baltic Empire, are obsessed with solving the great troubles that the dragons have caused in Finland and Karelia, and without our threat, they have no means or means to suppress their internal contradictions, after all, they see each other as enemies that must be destroyed."

"What about our spring ploughing, do you have anything to add to the plan I have made earlier? Alice, the smooth progress of spring ploughing is related to the food source of our entire empire, and if we do not cultivate the land properly in the spring, then we will not be able to get enough harvest in the autumn to survive the harsh winter in the Northlands. ”

"Our Baltic Empire is indeed very wealthy, but this is not a reason for us to continue to slack off, the lessons of the Attila Empire are still there, and an empire without an economy is like a castle built on the beach, made of gravel, which cannot withstand the impact of the waves. ”

"Or, Alice, you haven't even seen the plan we made?"

Semiramis didn't know when a familiar cross had appeared on his forehead, and the papers in his hand were crumpled into a finger-sized ball.

"Well, well worked out, I don't have anything to add. ”

Alice smiled wryly, to be honest, the spring plowing plan that took Semiramis three days to formulate, she only glanced at it cursoryly and was still on the side, if Semiramis continued to ask at this time, then Alice had to find a way to change the topic.

"Well, by the way, I do have something to add to that. ”

"Have you seen the waterwheels that I ordered the factory to make to draw water? Have you seen the windmills used to process wheat and the ploughs used to plough deeply?"

Ellie unceremoniously copied the products of thousands of years of wisdom from another world in the empire she had established, and planned to use a spring of time to conduct experiments in the empire.

"I've seen it, and it's all amazing inventions, and with the fertilizer you got it, we can increase the yield of our crops a lot, and that's without damaging the land. ”

"Sometimes I really wonder why you always have some knowledge in your head that I don't understand, even though we are all studying in the same academy and teaching us the same teachers. ”

"Of course, it's because you don't read as much as I do. ”

Alice slapped her chest so unashamedly, without any embarrassment on her face.