"It seems that our Duke of Orlando is not as stupid as the legend says, since the other party can endure this breath, the next war may not be as easy as this one," Squinted his eyes, Leo looked at the document representing peace in front of him and sighed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Just now, he received a messenger from the lord of White Moon City with some surprise, and the letter framed with flowery rhetoric first expressed a misunderstanding of the reason for starting the war, and then was full of apologies and hoped for forgiveness and asked for peace, anyway, the general meaning is that let's not be rigid, first develop peacefully and wait for the next appointment, at least he will not be naïve to believe that this is the duke's sudden repentance.

Playing the well-made parchment, Leo didn't think so, but at present, Stormwind City is also in a critical stage of development, and the additional soldiers also need training equipment, so it is not necessary to agree to the duke's peace treaty.

"Dear Aldaryan, I know that most of you elves are good at beautiful poetry, and you must be very good at literature, so please write a reply letter and send it to the messenger to bring back to the White Moon Lord, and tell him that I agreed to his request!" After saying that, ignoring the stunned Noldor Elf, Leo Shi Ran left the hall, and now he had a lot of things to do.

He didn't care what the reply would look like, anyway, in the end, it was all about speaking through swords and guns, and the northern territory was too large but too small to accommodate two lords who also had ambitions for the empire.

Leaving the elven leader with a depressed face, Leo took the two Knights of the Dawn with the two Dawn Knights who were stealing fun, and did not alarm the others to step out of the mansion, he decided to take a personal look at the current situation in his city.

With the crisp sound of the unicorn and the four hooves of the two elven warhorses on the stone pavement, several people slowly entered the city of Stormwind, and the constant busyness and sudden war made Leo himself able to observe his city up close for the first time.

Along the main road to the west, almost half of the city has been planned as a commercial area, just entered, a heat wave mixed with spices and sweat mixed with the smell of the face came to the face, even in the spring when it was still a little cold, caught off guard made Leo frown slightly, the two elves behind him covered their mouths and noses in disgust, shrugged, and the lord who had seen the big entertainment activities of the bazaars and supermarkets on the earth had some familiar excitement.

As you move deeper into the commercial area, the noise becomes more and more loud, and looking around, the parallel and intersecting roads divide the entire commercial area into smaller areas, and the wooden houses built along the street for commercial use are scattered, although a little simple but strong and spacious enough.

Most of the chambers of commerce that often come and go to Stormwind City have either bought or rented these houses, while latecomers and small merchants can only display their goods in the surrounding open space with simple stalls according to the regulations.

The champion swordsman of the two squads patrolling the market order in full armor, after seeing Leo and several people, under the leadership of the leader of the squad, first bowed to their lord, and after learning that there was no need to serve, he continued to start his patrol mission without bothering to salute, of course, this is also Leo's personal rule, in his opinion, doing his job well is the best respect for him.

Due to the special nature of Stormwind City at present, the bulk of the goods sold by merchants are mainly concentrated in various resources, especially all kinds of ore and timber, these commodities are not marketable here at all, no matter how much you pull over, as long as you come here, you will immediately be bought by the wealthy Stormwind City, and the price will generally be one to two percent higher.

In addition to these, in view of the huge territory of the empire and the backward transportation, many specialties from distant areas could not be circulated at all, and some nimble caravans would try their best to bring some local specialties in addition to carrying resources, and over time, the commercial district of Stormwind City became a center for the exchange of goods from the north and the south, and even merchants who only did this kind of business appeared, and it was said that the profits were very rich.

Leo was not at all discouraged by the fact that he had not sold the resources that Stormwind desperately needed, since he had exempted the peasants of his territory from almost all taxes, the commercial tax had occupied the most important position in the finances, and in his opinion, merchants who could have a positive impact on the prosperity of commerce and could pay the commercial tax in full deserved support.

Of course, capital will not be kind in any era, there will always be some people who will find ways to avoid or want to pay less business taxes, from the beginning of some people to use their backstage nobles to oppress people, to now found to secretly bribe city officials and soldiers, etc., the approach to these Leo is not tolerated, the first time it was found that all the goods were confiscated and fined several times, and the second time it was found that it was permanently listed as a person who was not accepted by Stormwind.

And those who rely on their family backgrounds to intimidate and oppress people with the nobles behind them, the champion swordsman will use his long sword to let them know the profound meaning of the phrase "I am in charge of my territory, and if I don't do it, I won't die"!

After walking around the bustling commercial area a few times, calmly accepting the respectful greetings of the merchants, and smiling and rejecting the gifts offered by some people, Leo led the two elven guards into the factory area not far away.

Of course, there are no factories in this area at present, including the velvet factory that Leo himself wants to open, which has been temporarily suspended due to lack of manpower, and only the blacksmith shop, bow and crossbow workshop and stables currently exist in it.

There are few buildings, but it's not as busy as anywhere else, a few neat and airy stone bungalows are where the blacksmith shop is located, and the scorching fires can be seen almost in the sky, and the master weaponmakers who have been embodied in the system from Pande are now generally each with a varying number of apprentices from this world.

The blacksmith apprentices, with their bare arms and knotted muscles, did not care to wipe the crystal sweat on their bodies to forge pieces of metal out of the embryos, while the other part of the apprentices with better skills assisted the masters to polish or quench, and through their hands, weapons and armor continued to pile up in the storeroom.

The crafting of the bow and crossbow is similar, but the process is slightly simpler and more careful, and through the inquiry system Leo learned that after the upgrade, the bow and crossbow workshop will be able to make better ranged weapons, so as to get rid of the pitiful range of the hunting crossbow.

Horses that are almost the most important resource in this era are still a short board here in Stormwind City, looking at the stables that are specially circled and occupy a large area, now there are only a dozen horses in it, and half of them cannot be used as war horses, Leo doesn't have much to do about it, but fortunately, more and more horses will join here over time, and the plains around Stormwind City are also more suitable for grazing, after all, one day war horses will no longer become a problem for clamping development.

Looking at the sun just after noon, Leo, who was in good spirits, wanted to inspect the residential area again, but unfortunately this thought was interrupted by a punishment knight who had arrived from the Grand Duke's Palace, "Good day, my lord, the messenger sent by Baron Leicester is waiting in your mansion, and he has brought news from the imperial capital......"

Knowing that the messenger turned out to be the Baron's Knights, Andrew came in person, fearing that something important would happen that would be unfavorable to Stormwind City, Leo could only temporarily hold back his careful thoughts about the inspection of his leader, and while considering the various situations that might arise, he hurried back to the mansion first.