Chapter 1096, another busy year
Leaving Ysera in Kamikaze and returning to Spiegel, Luo Ji quickly threw himself into more busy work. m.
According to the latest information sent from the four borders, except for the western border, the other three borders are relatively stable.
On the periphery of the eastern border, although some grassland tribes can be found from time to time, they cannot pose any threat to them at all, and after Luo Ji gave the order, they were easily integrated.
On the other side, in the savannah on the western border, the problem of orcs gave Luo Ji quite a headache.
Those scattered orcs are really annoying.
They have no fixed place to live, and they roam the savannah aimlessly, threatening the pedestrians and traders of the area.
The Western Frontier Corps stationed in Gaoling City sent troops to encircle and suppress it several times, but with little success.
Pedestrians were injured, merchants were attacked, and over time, the western border was about to become a high-risk area, and many merchants who planned to go to the western border were dissuaded.
Although there are still many merchants who are willing to take risks for the sake of profit, it is also true that the development of trade in the western border has lagged behind the other three borders.
Thinking of this, Luo Ji turned his head to Lu Yang and asked after pondering for a while......
"Lu Yang, has the latest report of the Ordnance Factory in the city been sent this quarter?"
Hearing this, Lu Yang hurriedly flipped through the pile of documents on his desk, and then pulled out one of them.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Ordnance Factory's report for this quarter is here."
After receiving the report submitted by Lu Yang, Luo Ji spoke again after a quick flip through it......
"The order is that the latest batch of rifles produced by the Ordnance Factory, a total of 3,000 rifles, will be given priority to the Western Frontier Legion."
After speaking, Luo Ji's words changed slightly.
"At the same time, he sent an order to the commander of the Thousand Horsemen, Calgan, and ordered him to lead his Giant Eagle Knights to gallop to the western border, and assist the Western Legion in clearing the orcs in the territory."
With the Giant Eagle Knight conducting high-altitude reconnaissance to provide vision, and with the firepower of the rifle troops, it is easy to clear out several groups of orcs.
But this incident gave him a wake-up call.
It's time for him to tighten his grip on the 'wild' areas of his territory.
lest these beasts, orcs, or anything make trouble.
But nowadays, the distance between the cities, according to the normal efficiency of the journey, is a month's journey at least.
With such a large area, it is undoubtedly difficult to supervise and control it.
The best way to do this now is to build a fortress.
Between the two cities, find a suitable place to build a fortress.
In this way, the field area can be divided into two with the fortress as the center, and the scope will be reduced, which will make it more convenient for the two cities to supervise and control the area outside the city.
In times of war, the fortress was able to be used to amass a large number of troops to defend against enemy invasions, which was a double win.
In addition, the Dwarves also happen to have a special building project of the 'Dwarven Fortress', which can get bonus effects.
Of course, this thing is certainly not as easy as it says.
The cost of a fortress is much more expensive than building a post station.
Manpower, material resources, and time, these are all necessary to be spent.
If you can do it with your mouth, Luo Ji will do it a long time ago.
At present, there are enough major projects under construction in his Ten Thousand Worlds Civilization.
At this juncture, if he starts another big project, not only will he not be able to mobilize enough manpower and material resources, but the national treasury, which has managed to recover through the income of the World Cup football league some time ago, is estimated to have an economic crisis again.
There is even the risk of a fiscal collapse.
In this way, for the time being, the construction of the fortress can only be put on the agenda, and then we can wait until one of the several major projects in progress is completed, and then we will toss this one.
Now let the clock go on.
After the autumn harvest, the rapidly colder weather heralds the onset of a cold winter.
This winter, the depths of the bitter cold land that has been quiet for many years, are not at all calm now.
In the midst of the howling wind and snow, a violent roar is echoing.
Immediately after, only a violent muffled sound of a heavy object hitting a mountain was heard, and countless rubble flew up, and the body of Bane, the patriarch of the bear clan, was directly crushed under the stone.
Then, about two seconds later, with a violent roar, Bane used a brute force to directly lift all the stones that pressed on him.
At this moment, the bloodied bear-man patriarch was frantically roaring at the behemoth not far away, trying to deter the other party in this way.
But apparently, his approach did not make any difference.
"Bang! Bang! Bang......"
Every step that behemoth took out, the heavy steps would even make the ground under its feet vibrate slightly.
He was covered with long hair, his thick trunk hung down to his waist and abdomen, and his two fangs were so huge that they were almost exaggerated, showing his fierceness in the wind and snow.
The almost signature racial characteristics told everyone that the orc who ruthlessly defeated Bane at this time was an elephant man!
To be more precise, he should be the strongest Great Chief in the depths of this bitter cold land, Luke!
In terms of height and size, Luke is even more than an ordinary elephant man, and it is a giant unit in the true sense of the word.
Bane's fundamental purpose in obtaining Terran weapons and equipment was to kill Luke and enslave the Elephants in the depths of the Bitter Cold Lands, so that he could become the sole ruler of the Deep Cold Lands.
And now it seems that his plan is clearly going very badly.
"Luke, do you want to have a life-and-death battle with me here?!"
Yu Guang skimmed over this wave of subordinates who came out with him to look for food, and they were basically dead and wounded.
At this moment, Bane was undoubtedly cornered.
The only thing we can hope for is that the other clansmen from the tribal camp will be able to come to support in time.
Probably seeing through Bane's thoughts, Luke's deep voice rang out in the wind and snow......
"Stop dreaming, they won't come."
Hearing this, Bane, who was covered in blood, was stunned, and at the same time, Luke's fist like a siege ram smashed directly into his face.
Although the Bear Race is extremely strong, how amazing is the strength of the Elephant Terran?
The punch smashed down, almost instantly leaving Bane's brain blank.
It wasn't until I plunged headlong into the icy snowdrift that I came to my senses.
"Luke, I didn't expect you to play such a trick?"
As he spoke, blood continued to leak from Bane's mouth and nose, and his thick arms propped up on the ground, trying to stand up, but he couldn't.
Looking at Bane, who was basically unable again, Luke frowned slightly.
"You think I'm lying to you? Don't be stupid, the information you have here is what they told me. ”
After saying that, before Bane could turn around, Luke's huge palm had already grabbed Bane's head.
Then with a force, the whole head was pinched and exploded by Luke on the spot!