Dark Gate, March 17, 26, Hilsbrad Province, Lordaeron Kingdom, Talon Mill City, South Sea Town Harbor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Originally, this port was only used as a relay station for civilian ships, but during the Northern War, it was also used for military purposes, so the scale of this port has been expanding, especially after the wise and benevolent Queen Kaliya succeeded to the throne, in order to accommodate the old nationals who have just returned from all over the world, Nanhai Town began to expand rapidly, and even with this port, it has expanded at least 3 times more than before.

It is said that Her Majesty is very concerned about the development of Nanhai Town, so the administrative efficiency of the local bureaucracy is also very high, in just three months, the construction of the port has been completed, just in time for the end of the Great Northern Expedition, the continuous flow of trade ships and troop transports, soon revitalized the port, and even the entire Nanhai Town became more prosperous than before.

"Ding Ding Ding Ding"

With the ringing of the bells of the port, the dock workers who were sitting on the dock, chatting and waiting for the work, immediately moved under the scolding of the foreman, not far away, a merchant ship marked with the emblem of the Storm Kingdom was slowly approaching, and the deck was crowded, obviously, this was a ship transporting "pioneers", this kind of ship had been the most received guests in the port of Nanhai Town in the past month or so.

However, the ship looked a little different, for Mayor Heni Mareb had personally come to the edge of the harbor with his guards to welcome some of the bigwigs.

Seeing this scene, the thieves mixed in the bustling crowd of the port have walked away in other directions, these three hands that will never be extinct are the best at observing words and feelings, just from the current situation, what is coming is the real big man, they will not risk some things, now the veterans of the Northern Expedition have just returned to the motherland, there are many veterans who have returned to their hometowns in Nanhai Town, at this time to make trouble, they will definitely be beaten by the veterans who have not recovered from the frenzy of the war, and those who can't be idle even took the initiative to unite with the local sheriff half a month agoIt is said that those poor bandits were killed by these dead veterans to the point of blood, and the nearby villagers say that until now, there is still a lingering smell of blood in that place.

The bad breeds who begged for a living in the port even had the unlucky ones who were killed by mistake... Of course, no one will go to those veterans at this time, because of such a "trivial matter" to trouble those veterans, the Northern Expedition killed two-thirds of the soldiers, but those who survived, all received the medals of the major kingdoms, more than half of them have been awarded the title of knight symbolizing status, and have entered the aristocratic class.

The entire population of Lordaeron knows that the queen treats these veterans who have fought for the country with special favor, and the royal family and the great nobles of the Mograine and Fodins are the solid backing of these rude veterans, even if things get bigger, these veterans who like to huddle will have nothing to lose, and no one wants to mess with them, especially when they have just won a brilliant victory for the world.

After a few minutes, the ship slowly approached, the wooden stairs were lowered, and the first to go down the deck was a burly fellow, dressed in a decent long suit, with a fluffy cloak, and a long sword at his waist, with gray hair, but sharp eyes, and at first glance he looked like a fellow who had been through the battlefield, and behind him was a child of seven or eight years old and the mother of the child, apparently, this was a family.

Behind him, there were servants dragging luggage, and the middle-aged man looked left and right as he stepped into the port, and then saw Mayor Mareb, who was walking quickly, and he greeted him with a smile, and the two of them came to a strong hug.

This is obviously an old friend meeting.

"Duhan, you bastard, I haven't seen you in six years, and you only wrote me a few letters, and I thought you died in that corner. ”

Mayor Mareb, who has always been kind, was like a rude veteran at this time, and the middle-aged man opposite him was not to be outdone.

"I'm writing to you to make sure that you're still alive, old fellow, and not somehow dead at the hands of those undead, so I'll avenge you as soon as possible... I owe you my life back then in the Burning Plains, brother, and I never forgot it. ”

Mareb smiled and waved his hand, then reached out and patted the head of the boy hiding behind the middle-aged man, "Little Duhan, don't you know your Uncle Henie anymore?"

"Of course he doesn't know you, he was only 2 years old when he last saw you!"

Duhan rubbed his son's hair, and then noticed the formal robe on the old brother Mareb, and he asked with some curiosity,

"What's the matter?

Mayor Mareb smiled and whispered, "You let me say what you are good about, Duhan, you rushed into Stormwind with Marshal Wendthor last time to rescue the King, and you also got a lordship, but you still can't learn the rules of this circle... There's a big guy coming in the same boat as you, and you don't even know it?"

Du Han's expression was a little strange, he scratched his head,

"Uh, I really didn't notice this, who are you talking about?"

"Mr. Heney is talking about me, sorry, Mr. Duhan, I didn't mean to hide my identity, it's just... Responsibility dictates that caution must be exercised. ”

A clear voice came from behind Du Han, and several people looked back, a young girl in a sky blue dress was carrying the corner of her skirt and walking down the stairs, and when Du Han's son saw this girl, he ran over with a smile,

"Sister Tella, you're so beautiful today!"

A blonde-haired girl grinned and picked up little Duhan, walked over to a few people, and introduced herself,

"Reacquaint, Lord Dohan, Lord Heni, my name is Althea, Althea Aberlock, the new mayor of the newly established Amber Pine City in the Grizzly Province of the Stormwind Kingdom, um... If I'm not mistaken, Lord Doohan should be my future deputy. ”

The girl's name is not unusual, but what really matters is her surname, Eberlock, there is only one Eberlock in the upper circles of the entire Stormwind Kingdom, and the title of that old gentleman is... The Duke, that is the real nobleman who has appeared with the Stormwind Kingdom since the first king of Lane, and even earlier, this young girl in front of him, not surprisingly, should be the next generation of the patriarch of the Eberlock family.

She will be a duchess in the future, but now, she is only an earl, but even so, this is a big man that Duhan and Heni can't usually reach.

"Greetings, Lord Count!"

Duhan and Henie bowed down at the same time, Althea waved her hand widely, and then led by Heni to the accommodation prepared for the big man, behind them, the pioneers from the western wilderness of the Stormwind Kingdom took their only salute, under the scolding voices of the sailors "farewell", with a hint of anxiety, stepped onto the harbor of Nanhai Town, their faces were mostly ignorant and frightened, but there was also a trace of anticipation for a new life.

Most of them are in extreme poverty in the western wilderness where Defia and the People's Army are at war, no matter how prosperous the magical civilization of Azeroth is, the productivity of this world itself still stays at a very low level, in fact, if it were not for the pandas from Pandalia during the Northern Expedition, in order to better integrate into the civilized world, in order to better integrate into the civilized world, a large amount of food sold to the alliance tribes at a very low price, just the hunger during the continuous war, it would have been enough to trigger a riot that shook the foundation of the kingdom.

Not long ago, the uneasiness caused by the Defia thieves had just been calmed down, but under the raging war for many years, it would take at least 3 years for the original granary of the Storm Kingdom and the Western Wilderness to resume production, and these homeless wanderers and people of the destitute class had nowhere to go, so they were simply packed and sent by the royal family to a new province, far away in the Grizzly Hills of Northrend.

The climate is cold, and there are savage bear monsters and trolls, but the land is unusually fertile, and there are large enough to accommodate at least 10W people, and as long as it is well cultivated, it will not be a problem to become a second western wilderness.

It's not just the Storm Kingdom that's doing the same, in fact, three months after the end of the war, the whole world is heading for the "New World" The largest number of them are the migrants of the Lordaeron Kingdom, the Borean Tundra is the first area to quiet down, Queen Kaliya has even built the first administrative district there, the success of Zhiyuan County has inspired the nobles who have been impatient to share the cake, and the people's demand for land is endless, under the combination of the two, in just 2 months, more than 2W farmers have chosen to go to the Borean Tundra Province.

Frankly, Northrend isn't a very peaceful area right now, despite the fact that the new Lich King... Uther the Night's Watch has done everything he can to restrain the undead from staying on Icecrown, but there are some bad breeds who disobey his rule and are fighting all over Northrend, but in the eyes of rulers who are desperate to meet their internal needs, the place is peaceful enough.

Optimistically, even if the wave of immigration continues, it will take at least 10 years for those isolated territories to truly integrate into the rule of various countries, and in these 10 years, the general environment of Northrend must be chaotic, just like in the early days of another world's choice to open up a new continent, it will inevitably be accompanied by many contradictions and bloody wars, and the development of Northrend must not be an overnight thing.

But the good thing... When the shadow of the undead dissipated, everyone had enough time to do it, at least on the surface.

Henny Mareb is an old bureaucrat, under his arrangement, the dusty Althea finally got a good hospitality, and the group enjoyed themselves, the original sheriff of Shining Gold Town, Duhan, after accompanying Marshal Wendsol to participate in the expulsion of the Black Dragon, also got the title of a lord, this time he is the leader of the third group of Western Wilderness Pioneers to Grizzly Province, and will be there to serve as the city guard chief of Amber Pine City, this position was sought for him by Marshal Wendthor, in fact, it is to house those lavish money, eventually lead to one of the last refuge of veterans。

And Ms. Althea's identity, in fact, should not be at this time, to go to that kind of overseas wilderness to serve as mayor, more reason, because Althea, who is free by nature, has had enough of those endless stream of marriage suitors, as a single woman of school age in the upper circle, Altea is a real "heartthrob".

Of course, part of the reason is because of her loved ones...

Later, when Althea walked into the private manor that Mayor Heni had arranged for her to rest, she was surprised to see the figure sitting by the fireplace, it was a woman, with a strand of silver hair under a black hood, wearing a heavy demonic robe, a hideous white bone wand hanging from her waist, and a black tome in her hand, studying it by the warm flame.

"Talania, can you please stop being so elusive next time... I'm just a normal girl, I'm going to be scared to death by you. ”

Althea rolled her eyes, took off her coat and sat opposite the elven warlock in a close-fitting short coat, the warlock turned a blind eye to all this, and in the face of Althea's complaints, her gaze never even left her own magic tome, but whispered,

"You know... This is your brother's order, and I must protect you closely. ”

"Hey, Kanressad, bastard!"

Althea scolded extremely unladylikely, then took a glass of wine, savored it, and said to the warlock, "You can help me send a message to my dear "brother", next month is my father's birthday, I was already far away on the edge of the kingdom at that time, so he must... Remember, yes, I have to go home, my poor old father has been guarding the eastern part of the kingdom for decades, and his biggest concern now is the safety of that bastard. ”

"You know, Althea, your brother is busy... He's dealing with very serious business in another world, so it's hard to make your expectations come true. ”

The elven sorcerer named Talania held out a finger and scratched it in front of Althea's eyes, "But I'll send this letter for you, and it's hard to say if you can get a response." ”

"He has to go back!"

A bright smile tugged at the corner of Althea's mouth, "I know he's doing things for the Duke of Theramore again, and if he doesn't go back, I'll go straight to Mr. Dick, he's been in Northrend lately, isn't he?"

"That really big man can't find time to meet a little girl, my Altheea. ”

Talenia closed the tome in her hand, also took a glass of wine, and looked at the girl opposite, there was a turquoise light in the deepest part of her eyes, and every time she looked at it, Althea's body trembled.

"For the sake of our good relationship... Let me give you a suggestion, my Althea, stop foolishly pursuing everything that has to do with the Duke of Theramore, that is not a circle that you, or your father, can step into, go deeper, and even your brother will not be able to save you... If you don't understand, then treat him as a god, and when you look at the god, the god is looking back at you..."

"But he has no interest in you. ”