As a large area of cultivated land was dug up, the carriages and horses of the Duke of Longcheng were still nowhere to be seen, and Haba was very anxious.

In order to allow the people to sow seeds earlier, Haba couldn't wait to give Carter a new task, and asked him to go to Dragon City with a few guards to urge Thatcher.

Although Carter was young, he was very intelligent, and he was so highly respected by the Duke of Haba that he did not hesitate to accept orders.

For Carter, this was his chance, an opportunity for him to behave well in front of His Royal Highness the Prince and Duke Thatcher, because he had a better plan in mind.

On the afternoon of the third day, Carter and his entourage arrived in Dragon City, and he went directly to the Duke of Dragon City's Mansion to meet the Duke of Dragon City.

In front of the aged Thatcher, Carter spoke his thoughts passionately: "There are 200,000 refugees in Duke Haba's territory, and 300 cartloads of food are far from enough to maintain everyone's rations. Unless 3,000 truckloads of flour reach the refugees, it will be impossible for anyone to survive until next spring. ”

Three thousand carts of flour, what kind of concept is this, even if the entire Dragon City's current ration reserves are all taken out, it won't be able to get together so much food. But the people of Dragon City also want to survive, and if they take the rations, the knight army will starve to death, and even the Duke's Mansion will not survive.

Thatcher replied quietly: "Those refugees are just a part of the people in our Dragon City territory, we can't let those refugees survive, let our Dragon City people starve to death, right?" And now that there are many refugees coming to Dragon City one after another, haven't we already started other resettlements, and we haven't sent all the refugees to Duke Haba. ”

Kark nodded and said, "I didn't mean to let Dragon City take out this batch of food. I know that Dragon City has paid a lot for the kingdom in the past two years, and he has almost helped the kingdom in terms of materials, so Dragon City's reserves have not been much. However, Sunshine Water and Hwaseong are also two large and rich territories of the kingdom, and they have not supported much for the kingdom in the past two years, I believe that their warehouses must be full of food, if they are allowed to open a warehouse to vigorously assist the refugees in Dragon City, then the food will definitely be more than enough. ”

Thatcher smiled coldly after hearing this, and sighed with some emotion: "You are right, Cologne and Mozart have indeed stocked up on a lot of food in the past two years. As you know, these dukes of the kingdom have always been intrigued, and the purpose of their food storage is obvious, the purpose of which is to live in strange goods. If they are not given some benefits, how can they give this food to the refugees for nothing. ”

Carter thought for a moment, then continued: "Then, according to the Duke, what kind of benefits can make them willing to take out these foods?" ”

Thatcher sneered: "Do you need to talk about this? What they want most is to be the first duke of our Knights, and what they want is the most power, do you think that's possible? ”

Carter replied calmly, "Since they want power, we can take advantage of this and let them each take out a part of the food to supply the refugees in Dragon City first." ”

Thatcher laughed and said, "Exploit? How to use it? This first duke can only be done by one person, how can two people get it. ”

Carter explained, "It's not just two people, maybe the Duke of Odosa thinks so too." Wouldn't it be better to have as many people as possible who think this way, and to have them compete with each other, in order to show that they will be more active and hardworking? ”

Thatcher was stunned for a moment, although Carter said it was more vague, but it really felt some truth when he heard it. Soon Thatcher had an idea in his mind, and he replied to Carter: "Well, I will send someone to the Duke of Haba at once, and you will stay in Dragon City to assist me, and we will have to plan this matter carefully." ”

After saying that, Thatcher got up and left, and hurriedly consulted with Prince Relton.

Two days later, Dragon City issued a proclamation appointing Carter as the chief of affairs of Dragon City, responsible for all civil affairs in Dragon City's territory, large and small. An ordinary teenager was suddenly promoted to such an important position, and no one understood Duke Thatcher's intentions. When everyone wondered if the Duke of Dragon City was crazy, Carter began to frequently appear in people's field of vision with his guards.

As soon as the young Carter took office, he showed a different side, personally supervising the construction of the fortress of Neido, mobilizing manpower to speed up the collection of stones, and mobilizing stonemasons and craftsmen from all over the territory to participate in the construction of the fortress. At the same time, Carter vacated houses in Dragon City and nearby towns to receive those nobles who fled to Dragon City, first ensuring the settlement and life of the nobles. Carter then brought cloth from the warehouses in Dragon City, had people cut wood from the mountains and forests, and set up camps around the towns for ordinary refugees to settle the homeless refugees.

Young Carter was busy every day, and he felt that a lot of work could be done in parallel so that there would be no delays. In order to cooperate with His Royal Highness the prince to form a new knight army, Carter ordered many knight training camps, and selected a large number of outstanding young men from the refugees to enter the camp training, breaking the old tradition that only nobles could become knights in the kingdom.

Carter's many actions after taking office shocked the entire Knight world at once. At the moment of the fall of the gods of the Knight people, people were expecting a miracle to happen, and at this time, Carter appeared in front of the world in an extraordinary form, which seemed to meet the expectations of the Knight people. Every day Carter travels, there are always countless people who come out to greet and see him off, and this kind of respect far exceeds that of all the dukes in the kingdom, even His Royal Highness the prince has never received such honorable treatment.

The subtle changes in Dragon City were soon learned by Mozart of Hwaseong, the Duke of Hwaseong, who had been suppressed for many years, was very excited, he was restless, and one night he put on black clothes, turned into an ordinary knight, and secretly came to Dragon City.

Mozart, Lord of Hwaseong, the fifth duke of the Knight Kingdom, is forty-five years old and has three sons and a daughter. As the lord of Hwaseong Territory, Mozart should have a higher reputation and prestige. But the old-fashioned Mozart was more stubborn, he did not curry favor with the king and first Duke Connor, nor did he please the Duke of Dragon City Thatcher on the east side. Because of the trade and trade often quarreled with Cologne in the west, and had little contact with Bolante, the Duke of Fengdu in the north. This made Mozart weak among the kingdom's magnates, and for many years, the Duke's Office of Hwaseong did not care about political affairs, and was in the south of the kingdom.

However, although the territory of Hwaseong is not particularly large, the wealth of Hwaseong is very prominent in the kingdom. Of the sixteen kingdom domains, only two have both coal and iron mines. In addition to the powerful Dragon City, only Hwaseong has this unique resource. As early as the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Hwaseong was among the best in prosperity, and now under Mozart's jurisdiction, Hwaseong's territory is also a stable development, and its position in the kingdom is very important.

With superior territorial conditions, Mozart found it difficult to exert his skills in the kingdom's political arena, on the one hand, his ability was lacking, and on the other hand, there were no outstanding talents in Hwaseong in recent decades, which made him very unambitious. As the great duke of the kingdom, Mozart was not satisfied with the abundance of money, and higher reputation and status were what he wanted more.

Seeing that the kingdom was falling everywhere, the barbarians were approaching step by step, and the war had burned to the borders of the territory, Mozart was worried and could not sleep and eat. Rather than waiting for the barbarians to plunder the family business, Mozart changed his old conservative style and seized every opportunity to find a breakthrough. There were many refugees from the north of the kingdom, most of whom fled to Dragon City, but Mozart still took out a lot of food to help the refugees, and encouraged all the nobles in the realm to actively help the refugees.

However, the displaced refugees were helpless, and even if they won the favor of the people, they could not bring any life to Mozart at this time. Mozart realized that the effect of the first work on these refugees was too insignificant, and that he had to think of what he could do.

For the Duke's Mansion of Hwaseong, the future is very worrying. Although Mozart gave birth to three sons, the younger son, Raguchi, died riding a horse at a very young age. Although the eldest son, Charles, is very calm, his ability is generally embarrassing. The second son, Salas, was arrogant and impulsive, and often caused Mozart a lot of trouble. Only the clever little daughter Betty made him very satisfied.

Betty is eleven years old, she is delicate and fair-skinned, she is extremely intelligent and beautiful, although she does not leave the house, she knows all kinds of important things in the kingdom, and often helps Mozart with unexpected good ideas.

Mozart never had any hope for his two sons, but he followed Betty's advice, so the situation of the Duke's palace is a typical example of the prosperity and decline of the territory of Huacheng. When Betty heard that there was an excellent chief of affairs in Dragon City, the wise Betty immediately persuaded his father Mozart, asking him to immediately rush to Dragon City to reach a consensus with Carter, and use Carter to win over Duke Thatcher, so that the Duke of Huacheng could occupy a place in Dragon City in the future.

Betty's wisdom can be said to be far beyond her own age, on the day of the fall of Yuguan and the royal capital, Betty pointed to the map and told her father Mozart that in the future, the future of the Knight people will be in Dragon City or the Northern Kingdom, and other territories are not advisable. The wise Betty has a great eye, and now the situation in the kingdom is as she expected, and the Knight can only rely on Dragon City as their base camp in the end, and the other territories are in danger, even Hwaseong.

Over the years, Betty has made a great name in Hwaseong territory, and is known as the Hwaseong Treasure by the locals, which is also the only thing Mozart can be proud of. But Betty is a daughter after all, and sooner or later she will have to marry someone else and will not be able to inherit Hwaseong's reputation and status. Mozart had an idea in his heart, if Betty married His Royal Highness Prince Railton one day, when His Royal Highness the prince returned to the throne of the king, drove out the barbarians and rebuilt the kingdom, then the Duke's Mansion of Hwaseong would be in power from now on.

With this goal in mind, Mozart lowered his identity and turned into an ordinary knight, and secretly rushed to Dragon City to win over Carter.

Compared to Cologne, Mozart is indeed sophisticated, over the years, Cologne has been in and out of the kingdom's major places in a high-profile manner, and has been busy in the power struggle for more than ten years, but in the end he has not only lost a large amount of grants, but also offended almost all the big nobles in the kingdom. Mozart has been waiting for a while, and only today does he have a targeted sudden attack, the so-called hit to the point, this is the so-called real master.

When Mozart rode into Dragon City, he felt that he had achieved half of the purpose of his trip, and all that remained was how to convince the young Carter.