The prairie is not a prairie in the traditional sense, this prairie refers to the largest plain area in the whole of Middle-earth, but as early as after the discovery of the heaven-sent land, this area lost the only existence that could develop it, and the barren land for many years made it overgrown with weeds, and finally became a sea of grass.

The human empire has a development plan for the steppe under the rule of almost every generation of emperors, even if it is before Leluxiu, there is also a policy to encourage immigration, and it is precisely because of the anger of these generations of emperors that the prairie can always be controlled in the hands of the empire, although Lelouch gave this land to the centaur in the middle, but as Leluxiu's plan worked, the centaur shed his last drop of blood for this land, and with the last Khan king of the centaur died under the sacred mountain range, this land naturally returned to the hands of the human race。

For the centaur, Lelouch still has a slight headache, after all, the centaur has so far belonged to the allies of the human race, although this land itself can be taken back in disguise by helping to defend and manage, but for those remaining centaurs, there is no way, Lelouch also thought about merging, but the centaurs and humans are not even close relatives, the relationship between them is not as close as the dwarves, elves and other close relatives of the human race, centaurs are strictly speaking, they belong to the close relatives of the beastmen.

In the end, Lelouch gave these centaurs a centralized placement in an area, as a reserved area, so that they could survive in this area, and then Lelouch hoped to be able to rely on these centaurs to raise cattle and war horses for themselves to form a bond economy, and finally completely control them economically, and after that, Lelouch needed to be like a way to let the number of centaurs slowly decline.

After all, in the land of the human race, it is best that only the human race exists.

The first thing Lelouch did after regaining control of the savannah was to change the name, and changing the name meant a redefinition of the area, which was no longer the prairie before the centaurs, but a new territory of the Terrans: the Central Province!

The Central Province, named after him because it is located at the center of the known world of Middle-earth, is also the first outer province outside of the Templar Empire to open up other than a godsend.

After the central province was recovered, Lelouch didn't even wait for the complete return of the coalition forces, and immediately started new construction and immigration, but at present, because the heaven-sent lands are still in the development stage, the effect of the immigration policy is not very large, and Leluxiu does not have any extra immigrants to relocate, so Lelouch pays attention to the Terran immigrants scattered around the heaven-sent land in terms of population.

Immigrants do not have to wait until the emergence of the 'colony' after the industrial age to exist, as long as the native population leaves the native area, they can be counted as immigrants, Lelouch has a lot of external propaganda to call for the return of the population, and in the context of this 'defeat' Mordor, the Terrans have faintly had a trace of the new overlord of Middle-earth, and the Terran immigrants have a stronger willingness to return to the homeland.

...

Ash Swamp:

The dense jungle area is full of dense streams, and countless plants are piled up one by one.

Crossing a piece of fallen rotten wood, carefully avoiding the thriving mushrooms on it, behind the dense branches and leaves, a few cooking smoke rises, and a village dozens of meters square, with semicircular wooden houses scattered around, a few ox carts parked on the paths, and a few domestic dogs shuttling through the village.

"Everyone, hurry up and pack up, we'll be off in half an hour!"

The middle-aged village chief stood on the ox cart and urged loudly, with his urging, the village seemed to be busier, the village chief looked at his small village with satisfaction, he turned his head to look at a person beside him, with a respectful expression:

"My lord, there are a total of twelve families in our village, and now they are all packed up and ready to go at any time!"

The lord said with a kind face:

"No need to be so polite, now is a once-in-a-lifetime period of development for the motherland, the village chief can lead the whole village back to the motherland, presumably His Majesty Shenzi will definitely remember your achievements. ”

The adult paused for a moment to look at the hope on the village chief's face, and smiled:

"I think there are still 20 acres of land!"

The village chief who received the guarantee immediately laughed, although this guarantee that this lord from the prosperous heaven-given land had received it for him countless times, but the village chief still never got tired of listening to it, even if he went to the central province of the village chief to sit at the end, but he still did not hesitate, because in this gray swamp, their life is really too far from the same people in the heaven-given land, the heaven-sent land is suffering, and it is almost difficult for them to survive.

He was able to become the village chief in middle age not because of how good his ability was, just because the previous village chief did not live past the age of forty, not only the previous village chief, but every village chief in the past almost did not live to be forty years old, this is still their life is slightly better than that of ordinary villagers, if it is an ordinary villager, even can only live to thirty-five years old, it is said that the people on the other side of the inland sea have a more nourishing life, but they are not clear about the specific situation.

So in the face of this miserable life, the village chief did not hesitate about his position, after all, twenty acres of land is more than twice as good as that of ordinary villagers.

"Daddy, kid, bring this crockpot too!"

A peasant woman walked out of the empty house with a dilapidated crockpot with a lot of repair marks, her face was full of reluctance, while her husband was standing next to a board cart and tightened the rope, the husband looked at the crockpot, and was also very reluctant, which was preserved from his grandfather, although he had never seen his grandfather, but this did not prevent him from loving this crockpot.

The husband looked at the crockpot in embarrassment, and then looked at his own cart, this cart is already full, every space that can be used has been used to the extreme, not to mention, there is really no place for this crockpot on this cart, the husband thought about it, gritted his teeth and decided not to want this crockpot, everything on this car should be better than this broken crockpot, eh, at least the crockpot on the car is newer than this crockpot, isn't it?

But just when the husband decided to veto it again, the farmer suddenly said:

"It's really not good, I'll carry it on my back, let the boss carry the boss!"

Let the eldest son carry the younger son, and then carry the crockpot himself, well, it seems that this is also very good, after all, the younger son does not know how long he can live, and he doesn't want this crockpot, and it can be used for more than ten years if it is properly maintained.

"Okay, then you carry this crockpot!"

The peasant woman, who had fulfilled her wish, laughed happily, and then walked briskly into the house, and soon came out with a mess of cloth:

"Take these linen cloths with you, maybe I can make a few more clothes for the house when I get outside?"

Husband: "...!"

Bottles and cans are not only a container, but also a medieval family to measure wealth, because only when there are enough materials to be contained, there will be more crockpots at home, and as for money, hehe, medieval peasants really hardly need money, and the small peasant economy of medieval peasants, most of them stay in the stage of bartering.

The village embarked on the 'journey' in this clanging sound, the small team of twelve families, just walked out of a garrison marching momentum, the population of this village is not much, but villages like this are densely scattered in all corners of this gray swamp, with leaving the jungle where the village gathers, the adults from Baicheng just glanced at this land from a distance, and the human race will come back sooner or later!

"This time the population migration is mainly mobilized from the central province of the ash swamp!"

The clerk Kenon reported the plan, the bright sun shone in through the window, the crisp cry of the birds was far and near, and in the wide hall, except for a large table and chairs, there were no superfluous ornaments, Lelouch sat on this chair, holding a glass of cool water, and slowly ate his breakfast, a boiled egg cut in half and flower rolls, and the breakfast was very refreshing.

"There are many hidden human villages in the Central Province, and with the help of the Vulture Knights during this time, we have found about six hundred villages, at least fifteen hundred households!"

"Very good, I didn't expect that the number of villages in the central province is far more than the gray swamp!"

Lelouch nodded with satisfaction, and Kenon continued:

"But we have no less than 400 villages in the first batch alone, and it is estimated that there are at least three more batches of this size, and in fact the population of the gray swamp area is also very large. ”

Kennon's report made a point and then said a figure that Lelouch was more concerned about:

"This time, we estimate that the number of people we can mobilize is about four million!"

Four million people is already a good number, plus the two million people who have migrated from the heaven-given land, the initial population of the Central Province can be maintained at about six million, only one generation, according to the minimum standard, after fifteen years, Lelouch is confident that the population will directly double.

Getting married and having children at the age of fifteen is the current national policy set by Lelouch, this decree is positioned by Lelouch as the highest development plan of the entire empire, and even for the evaluation standards of officials, the regional population growth rate accounts for sixty points, Lelouch is now not worried about the population explosion, only worried that the population is too small to delay the process of his industrialization.

Kenon respectfully said goodbye after reporting the first step of the population mobilization plan of the central province, the current Lelouch prestige in the empire is already in full swing, the previous identity of the god son and the bloodline of the human emperor only made him have a legal new, but with this foreign war, Lelouch also has absolute authority at the same time, the whole human race is completely tied together after this war, Lelouch has become their absolute core, Lelouch only returned to Baicheng yesterday, and now he got up today, Lelouch feels that the whole person is extraordinarily relaxed, this ease is the ease after suddenly losing all external pressure。

Lelouch drank the water in the cup and strode towards the gate, the place where Lelouch had breakfast was the highest Augulis Shrine in the entire White City, but this was used to be the highest place for the entire empire, and now, it is Lelouch's office alone, Lelouch hopes to further strengthen his authority and let the subjects below maintain their submission and respect for themselves, I have to say that from this point of view, Lelouch is more and more with the thinking of an emperor! (In fact, even if it is a peasant, there will be this kind of transformation after sitting on the throne, and it is absolutely impossible for those protagonists to become the supreme commander and still look like a two-faced gangster!)

Lelouch pushed open the door in front of him, the sunlight outside the house could finally shine in unimpeded, the whole hall became extremely bright, Lelouch squinted his eyes slightly, and when the eyes adapted to the light, the scenery outside the house came into view.

The top of the empty white pagoda was empty except for the white sacred tree, and the blue sky above was scattered with white clouds, a sight that made everyone who could be alone feel like they were one with the whole sky.

Lelouch looked at the white shadow under the sacred tree.

Lilith sits under the holy tree, her routine is extraordinarily regular, every day after getting up, she will come to sit under the holy tree for the first time, and then look at the sky, this look is a day, wait until sunset, the stars are shining in the sky, she will return to her room under the bath of the starlight, Lilith's status is very special, it stands to reason that she should be the same generation as Lelouch, but for some reason, Lelouch feels that he is in front of Lilith, is a real child, he has also directly consulted the records of the El Church and the Royal Library to inquire about Lilith's experience, but it is very strange that there is no record of Lilith in the entire empire, the only thing that Lelouch has recorded is that sentence: Lilith is the adopted daughter adopted by the emperor!

Although Lelouch was particularly curious about Lilith, he didn't have any courage to ask, which was very strange, and Lelouch felt that this might be understood as: Uh, shy?

"Good morning!"

Lelouch walked behind Lilith and greeted politely in a low voice, anyone should be extra excited to greet the emperor like this, but Lilith didn't, she just raised her head and glanced at Lelouch, her eyes were flat:

"Hmm!"

It's a little embarrassing!

Lelouch touched his nose, I have to say, Lelouch will have a feeling of amazement every time he sees Lilith, this is not to say how beautiful she is, but a, a, the beauty of the soul, very strange, but Lelouch is this feeling, Lelouch feels that what he sees is not the beautiful appearance, but the moving soul inside.

"But how is it possible for a man to see a soul?!"

Lelouch laughed at himself slightly.

(End of chapter)