"Then every time you complete one, let the nobles to whom the territory belongs accept it." Locke said unquestioningly, "This is indeed the time to calm their hearts. ”

"All right, Your Majesty." Berg put down his glass of water, and he muttered, "When it comes to mapping, the soldiers are far superior to the nobles... The government officials are much stronger. In order to speed up the delivery, I will go to the Ministry of Defense with the Prime Minister and ask the Duke of Abydis to send more soldiers. The administrative officers under my command led a few officials, and then, with the cooperation of the soldiers, measured the land and recorded the actual land area. ”

"That's all it can be." Mormont replied helplessly, but he quickly spotted the problem. "Your Majesty, there are still a few questions about the noble fiefs."

Locke nodded and motioned for him to continue, it was normal to encounter problems in the early days of reform, and he was not really a saint himself, so he could not make any mistakes. After all, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high.

"According to your reforms, Your Majesty, the fiefdoms of the nobility will be hereditary in the future... The main problem of our reform is to face the crisis of your future majesty. If that's the case—" Mormont thought to himself, rubbing the beard on his chin, "Lordaeron may be a large country, but land is limited after all, and war will give rise to more nobles. For now, even after we are unified, we will have to go to war with the Scourge undead, and then even with the tribal orcs..."

Locke understood what he was about to say.

It means that I am afraid that the land will not be enough in the future.

"In the future, if the royal family's land shrinks dramatically, it will cause turmoil in the kingdom. It is inevitable to tighten and raise the standards and requirements of the feudal aristocracy. Secondly, it seems to me that if this is to be prevented. Then we must find a way to expand the territory of our Lordaeron outwards while maintaining and expanding the basic territory of the royal family. ”

This old guy is very intuitive! Locke thought with some satisfaction, but Locke continued to ask quietly, "The prime minister is right, then where do you think we should start and expand the territory of the kingdom?" ”

"Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Eastern Lordaeron." Mormont replied to Locke without thinking.

How does this old guy know I have arrangements for these places? Locke touched his chin and looked at Mormont with a smile.

As for Alterac, Locke has already begun to bury the nails, and logistics and part of the military early support have already left for Alterac in Pernord. Some time ago, the Sixth Legion had been sent there to supervise Pernord and acquire the enclave belonging to Lordaeron according to the contract.

For a country that was still nominally ruled by Lordaeron, Locke did not dare to exert much pressure at the moment. On the one hand, he did not intervene in the Syndicate's war with the Forsaken, not wanting to offend Sylvanas while she still occupied the ruins of Lordaeron, thus causing a lot of unnecessary trouble. But at the same time, he needs the Syndicate to help him contain the Forsaken. This is both contradictory and not contradictory, Locke wants to take advantage of the fire, which makes it impossible for him to deal with it carelessly.

Secondly, there is a big hidden danger for Pernord's heirs. His eldest daughter, Beve, is an ambitious former Dalaran wizard who has always wanted to restore the glory of Alterac. But her status as a woman deprives her of the possibility of becoming an heir. If that's the case, that's fine, but several of Pernord's male heirs aren't good enough, or even unqualified!

Locke received information that the heirs of Pernord all had character flaws, some were brutal, some were cowardly, and some wanted to live an ordinary life. This may be a change in personality caused by the suffering suffered after being exiled. That's why Pernord has never had the right to do so.

But in this case, Pernord was still reluctant to hand over the power to his eldest daughter, and even began to deliberately guard against her. A daughter who is so strong that he curses his early death does not make him likable. However, it is difficult to say, and Pernord has also said that he fears that his heirs will be killed by his own daughter after he is no longer in this world, and hopes that his daughter will spare the lives of her younger brothers. After all, when that time comes, Bev is the rightful heir.

This is very inconsistent with Locke's plan, which needs a cowardly Alterac nobleman to appease the Alteracs, not a strong Alterac queen who will lead Alterac to the revival.

Therefore, the relevant plans are already being prepared and refined. Bev must die, and she must die innocently.

"Don't worry, Alterac, I have my plan, I can't move for the time being." Locke shook his head and motioned for Mormont not to think about starting with the aspect.

"Then there's only the Arathi Highlands and the East Lordaeron Region." Mormont pondered, "The only nominal land in Lordaeron is the Eastern Lordaeron that has not yet been fully recovered, but there is still a large area there that is under the control of the Scourge Undead. The Ministry of Defense also did not communicate its plans for operations there. ”

"Pestilence breeds, and the dead run rampant. Even if we lay there, it will take at least a year for the land to recover from the plague. Berg shook his head, "What nobleman would want to get such a fief?" Even for the soldiers, no one was happy. ”

"Then it's only the Arathi Heights—" Mormont looked up at Locke, wondering about Locke's attitude towards the kingdom that was about to shatter and collapse.

When Locke tried to help Garin drive away the Syndicate bandits, the prince categorically refused Locke's help, and even scolded Locke for being a thief of Lordaeron, a complete thief and robber! Some people have scolded themselves like this, and Locke naturally won't use his face to stick his cold fart, stock. The original intention to help Riptide Castle was gone, and he didn't care about what was going to happen next.

Without support, under the onslaught of the forest trolls, ogres, and syndicates, Garlintorbain could no longer hold the last third of the Riptide capital area, and was forced to retreat to the Refuge Valley in central Arathi.

Now retribution has come, and just yesterday the agents of the Security Service sent the news. A week earlier, Facurrest had commanded his bandits to break through the defenses of the Arashi and enter the Valley of Refuge. And in the chaos, he killed Garin Torbain, and the heir to Riptide Castle in Azeroth was officially severed. At the same time, Facuregas proclaimed himself Grand Duke of Arathi and sent messengers already on his way to Iva.

But even so, if you really want to expand, you don't want to target the Arathi Heights.

First of all, the timing is not right, Lordaeron and the Eastern Lordaeron region, that is, the Eastern and Western Plague Lands, have not yet been recovered. This is to calculate other people's land, and if Locke does this, he will be despised and condemned by the other countries of the alliance. It's not fun after that, and who will dare to believe you? Secondly, it is inconsistent with the national policy set by Locke.

Lordaeron's plan now goes like this; Cultivating for two to three years, so that Lordaeron, who is reforming, has a high degree of centralization and centripetal force. Let the industry explode in a wave, that is, to explode technology, point out the skill tree, and explode soldiers. Then in one fell swoop, he knocked the undead out of the East and West Plague Lands and regained all the lost ground. Then choose between two paths...

First, Facurrest has occupied the Arathi Heights for a long time, and the Arathi people have been suffering for a long time, and they urgently need the king's division to move east to recover the country. Take this opportunity to intervene in Arahi, solve the problem of the eastern border of the kingdom, and connect the ground transportation between Eagle's Nest Mountain and Ironforge Fort by the way.

Second, pressure Sylvanas to take advantage of the opportunity to recover the Eastern and Western Plaguelands to persuade her to go north to Northrend with him and attack Arthas to avenge Lordaeron. The Forsaken withdrew from the ruins of Lordaeron and the Alterac Mountains, and in exchange for Locke fully supporting Sylvanas and the Forsaken to which she belongs, to obtain the land they needed to survive in Northrend. Anyway, the undead are not too important to the living environment.

As for Sylvanas' acceptance of this condition, that was later. But Locke thinks that there should be no less hope, because her hatred for Arthas is no less than that of the Lordaerons, and this is the ideal way. Moreover, I have made a lot of arrangements for her.

The above two paths will be faced in the future, but Locke prefers the first, although the second is more tempting. When Pernord was about to fail, Rock would find a way to hang his life and not let him fail prematurely. He and Sylvanas can stalemate for a long time, which is what he needs.

Because it is crucial to kill Farkurest, recover the Arathi Heights, connect the two dwarven races, and open up the ground connection with the Alliance. In particular, if Locke wants to use the alliance to forcefully promote the integration process of various countries, and when the time comes, with Lordaeron's system that is stronger than other kingdoms, he will inevitably be in a dominant position.

At that time, it is no longer very important to talk to Sylvanas again, whether she accepts her terms or not.

A powerful alliance is not something Sylvanas can stand into.

Unless the Horde is willing to send a navy across the vast Endless Sea....

However, Locke has always believed that the Alliance and the Horde are not incapable of coexisting, and that he has to take a long-term view...

With a huge starry sky and thousands of planets, why do you have to focus on tiny Azeroth?

You must know that the sea of stars is the ultimate goal!

Thinking of this, Locke clenched his fists with some excitement, but at this time he also came to his senses. The two ministers in front of him were still waiting for his response.

"Sorry, distracted. The advice is good, but it doesn't apply right now. At this stage, it is not suitable for any foreign combat operations, and recuperation is our goal in the past two years. Locke nodded affirmatively, "What we need most now is time, let's reform the domestic problems...."

Locke said what he had just thought.

"So, everyone! Go for it! Locke said with some longing, "The future of Lordaeron is worth looking forward to!" ”