The Beast Emperor Ericia stood apprehensively outside a large door, walking around with his hands behind his back, like a student waiting for his college entrance examination results.

He never thought that he would have such a day, and even when he surrendered, he had to be nervous, because he was afraid that others would not accept his "surrender".

For the once extremely powerful orc empire, which once did not even take the human magic empire seriously, this is simply an irony.

Once upon a time, the orc bear-man warriors carried sharp blades and swept through the hundreds of thousands of human armies in front of them. That era was the era of the orcs......

The current orc race is completely incomparable to humans. The gods gave the orcs a strong physique, loyalty and glory, but not a future.

This is really a sad fact: the future of the orc race seems to have been completely blocked by the development of humanity.

If they want to take control of their future, or to regain it, the orcs must sacrifice their allegiance to humanity.

A few hours earlier, he had met with Chris, the Emperor of the Irranhill Empire, and had presented him with a credential in the hope that the Orcs would become part of the Irranhill Empire.

To this end, the orcs are willing to sacrifice their loyalty, are willing to fight for the emperor of the Ranhill Empire, and are willing to shed blood and sacrifice for this human-dominated nation.

If it was five years ago, maybe this kind of surrender would have excited Chris, but now, he really doesn't have the desire to get excited.

After all, there are too many people willing to shed their blood and sacrifice for him. The elves are willing to fight for him for the Moon Temple, and the dwarves are willing to kill the enemy for him in order to gain more technology.

The sorcerer has begun a bloody internal purge to regain the Emperor's trust, and even enemy demons have begun to swear allegiance to him.

Therefore, the loyalty of the orc race, in front of Chris, is just a simple oath. To put it a little more frustratingly, it is that the attachment of the orc race is not very tempting for the Iran Hill Empire.

Because of this, the Beast Emperor could only wait here with trepidation, waiting for the high-level of the Orchid Hill Empire to discuss the outcome of how to deal with the orcs.

He didn't know if his people would be able to gain the approval of the Orchid Hill Empire, and he didn't know if the Ran Hill Empire, which was so powerful that even the dragons were afraid of three points, would accept such a force as orcs that was known for its barbarism.

In the room, not all the ministers were in favor of eating the oily-looking cake of the orcs.

At least from the perspective of economic interests, building a barren orc territory is much more troublesome than building a new puppet district or a ruined Norma district.

"Compared to the attachment of the elves, the attachment of the orcs is a bit tricky." The Foreign Secretary of the Foreign Office, Stryed, put his hands together and first stated his opinion to Emperor Chris.

He paused for two seconds, then added, "Although we don't need to think about the anger of the dragon clan, eating the orc clan now is indeed easy to lower the relationship between us and the dragon clan to another level. ”

"Before, the relationship between our two forces has fallen to the freezing point, and now it has fallen below the lowest point, and this kind of relationship between the two countries is very fragile and unhealthy." After he finished speaking, he looked at Chris, as if waiting for Chris to express his opinion.

It's a pity that Chris didn't say anything, but set his eyes on an old man of the elf clan on the other side.

This old man was the Empire's newly appointed second-in-command in the grain department, the Empire's second minister of agriculture, that is, the deputy minister of agriculture.

The old man's face was already full of wrinkles, and he was seventy years old according to the age of a human being. It's just that the reserves of magic energy in his body are amazing, so his spirit is still very strong.

He rubbed his somewhat dry eyes, and said to Chris in a not high-pitched, but very calm voice: "The place where they live is very barren, although there are some minerals, but on the whole, their living area is lacking in soil for food cultivation. ”

In his opinion, the investment in improving the entire orc territory is too great, so big that the elves feel that greening the orc territory is a thing that outweighs the loss.

"To improve their living conditions, we need to transport large quantities of food and other household items to their territory." The transportation official explained the relationship between costs: "The cost of transportation will increase exponentially, and every bag of grain we put in there is equivalent to wasting another bag of grain." ”

"As a result, the cost remains high...... Of course, if you build a factory in the local area, the investment in infrastructure is also a headache. "The expert in industrial development is the Minister of Industry Smith, and his statement is not very much in favor of immediate investment in the construction of industrial projects in orc territory.

"If we're going to do industry there, we're going to have to build at least 30 thermal power plants there now...... The equipment is easy, but everything takes time. He also looked at Chris, hoping to see something on Chris's face.

For Smith, the minister of industry, building an electricity system in a remote, impoverished mountainous area not close to an economically developed region is an option that outweighs the cost.

He would rather devote those hours to the construction of the southern region, or directly to the plan to build a new puppet district.

In this way, the plants can be converted into production capacity as soon as they are built, which is what he wants to see as Minister of Industry.

However, if these power plants are built into the territory of the orcs, it will take a lot of time to build supporting infrastructure and build power-consuming factories to consume the power supply of these power plants.

To put it simply, if you build a power plant in orc territory, you need to build ten more factories that produce tractors and lathes, and use production to consume the power plant's production capacity.

Then, if the equipment and other products produced are to be sold, they must continue to build transportation routes such as roads and railways to ensure that these factories can be easily transported.

When these facilities are completed, we will continue to build suitable housing for the workers in these factories, build schools for their children, improve the water system, and build more power stations to meet the city's electricity needs.

Finally, it is necessary to build supermarkets and shopping malls, and build airports and railway stations...... It's about building a city from start to finish.

And with so much effort, the territory of the orc clan may not be able to function normally immediately. It will take them a few months to get used to......

For such a long time, if so much energy and materials are invested in the Norma region or the southern region, the return may be ten times more than a hundredfold.

In this case, it is difficult for the empire to convince other big chaebols and big corporations to invest in the construction of orc territories - which also increases the financial burden on the empire.

It's a pity that Minister Smith didn't see any clues in Chris's face, and His Majesty the Emperor was still calm and listening.

Finally, after everyone stopped talking, Chris adjusted his sitting. His fingers tapping on the edge of the table paused and opened his mouth to make his attitude clear.

He didn't want his subordinates to waste their time guessing what was on his mind, because he ruled the empire not by scheming, but by sheer power.

"The good news is that we still have time, isn't it?" As everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Chris smiled and asked Desel, who was sitting next to him. Hearing His Majesty the Emperor's statement, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief.

Desel smiled and nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, at least in the next six months, we will focus on economic construction......"

For the Irlanhill Empire, war seems to have been an ingredient since it started three years ago, and the main course of Alleyland has been economic construction since three years ago.

At the same time as the construction was being carried out, the Irlanhill Empire was also actively conducting various scientific experiments. Because of the reason why Chris has the Tree of Technology, he is actually more of a scholar than an emperor in his bones.

He was more interested in using technology to improve the living standards of the people, so as to dilute internal contradictions, and then achieve the rule of the Irranhill Empire.

His methods are more clever and effective than those who rely on great power, repressive rule, or demagoguery in the cloak of religion.

"Aren't we short of labor? In a short period of time, the orcs can provide us with more than 400,000 laborers. These young and strong laborers can greatly alleviate our labor shortage. Chris continued to ask Desel.

Desel stroked a pen on the information, nodded and said: "There should be about 100,000 orcs, and after short-term training, they can be used directly...... No more, and there is no guarantee. ”

"That's already good!" Chris nodded with satisfaction: "I think you have all fallen into a misunderstanding...... Gentlemen! The orcs have come to us, and they are now our people......"

"What we need to think about now is not to accept or not accept these people's surrenders, but to think about how to better improve their lives and make them richer." After Chris's finished speaking, he stood up: "Remember, I'm not surprised at all that other races will join Iran Hill!" Because we will make life better for all our people! This is where Irlanhill is truly strong! ”

"Let's go! Check out your new colleagues! Orc Grand Duke...... Archduke of Ericia! Chris generously accepted the title of Ericia, led the way to the door, and reached open the door to the conference room.

Ericia, who was nervously waiting outside the door, saw the door being pushed open, and a beam of light swept over the figure of the person who pushed the door, shining on his face, full of dazzling light.