ps:In the future, the update time will be adjusted to one chapter in the evening, one chapter at noon, and two updates a day.

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Watching the level 18 halfling city lord Collins leave the hotel, Dylan gently closed the door and turned to look at Li De, who was sitting at the round table with a calm face.

"Your Majesty, do we really want to work with the halflings so hard?

However, the power of this city is not enough to carry our sword, and if you wish, the city will be able to plant the banner of the City of Dawn in three sunbursts.

The weak are not qualified to bargain with the strong. ”

Hearing this, Li De glanced at this second-generation bloodline angrily, "Are you a fool of a demon bat?" ”

Dylan was stunned for a moment, and then touched his nose with some embarrassment, "Your Majesty, I ......"

"After I go back, I will go to Harrison to study for a period of time, and I will practice my management skills and overall vision."

Li De will not be polite to his bloodline, "I haven't been in contact with high-level things for too long, and your vision has fallen behind."

If you don't want to keep the Magic Bat forever, you won't even be qualified to follow me on the battlefield in the future, so try to improve.

The world is never fair, your talent is not as strong as others, then you can only put in more effort.

Dylan, don't let me down. ”

The smartest of the second generation are undoubtedly Harrison and Frey, one of whom is now the Speaker of the Town Hall, and the other manages the trade of the Low Hills and the Fish-Man Tribe.

Although Dylan is still quite smart, he is obviously still a step behind the two and needs additional training.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dylan lowered his head a little ashamedly, he had indeed been cultivating the Demon Bat during this time, and he had not followed Li De's side for a long time, and he was already a little unable to keep up with the rapid development of the Dawn City.

The world has always been cruel and helpless, if you don't move forward, then no one will wait for you.

Li De's face softened slightly.

"Your doubts are not unreasonable, although the Black Iron Castle has a good strength, as long as we want to occupy it, we will definitely be able to occupy it.

But have you ever wondered, what happens after the occupation?

What is the purpose of our occupation of this city?

Is it to expand the territory? Is it to plunder resources? Or is it for something else? ”

Dylan's face froze again, and he immediately understood how simple his thoughts were just now, and took a deep breath.

"Your Majesty, I see."

"What do you understand?" Li De's eyes opened slightly, looking directly at this second-generation bloodliner, quite a bit of a teacher's posture of asking questions when he was in school.

Dylan responded respectfully.

"Your Majesty, we have not come to the dungeon to occupy the land, but to obtain more resources to promote the development of Dawnbreaker.

Just like the low hills and hills, as long as the Black Iron Castle initially accepts the Dawn City, then the Black Iron Castle is powerless to resist under the erosion of the powerful productivity of the Dawn City.

Sooner or later, the city ruled by halflings will become part of the City of Dawn under the subtle influence. ”

Hearing this, Li De's face slowed down slightly.

"Well, you haven't completely lost the ability to think.

But that's only one aspect, the role of the Black Iron Castle is just that, you'll find out later.

Have you counted a few of the collaborative projects I asked you to record? ”

"Your Majesty, the statistics have been completed, do you need me to report again?"

"Let's repeat it."

Dylan, who received the order, picked up the notebook in his hand and began to repeat the terms of the cooperation that Collins had just negotiated with Leed.

"First, the halflings sent no less than 300 bow and arrow makers to the City of Dawn to jointly form a research institute to study and improve bows and arrows and other weapons and equipment, and share the results.

The City of Dawn will send 50 mages above level 5 to the Black Iron Castle to help the halflings train mages, and promise to train at least 200 full-fledged mages within two years.

Second, the Army Mutual Aid Program, the City of Dawn will send 2,000 human soldiers to the Black Iron Castle, and the halflings will train them to become archers, and the training cost of each human soldier is 10 gold Puke.

The City of Dawn will send 10 professions, including blacksmiths, tailors, and doctors, with a total number of no less than 200 professionals, to help the Halflings of Black Iron Castle cultivate relevant talents.

Third, economic and trade cooperation allows both sides to freely enter each other's cities for transactions and allow the free flow of goods......

Fourth, allow the City of Daybreak to preach in the Black Iron Castle and recruit other races......

Fifth, mutual assistance in attack and defense, in times of crisis, without endangering themselves, can protect each other in the form of employment......

Sixth......

......”

Scattered nearly twenty articles, Li De nodded with satisfaction after listening to Dylan's summary.

"Send these terms back to Harrison right away," he said, giving Dylan a meaningful look.

"Dylan, the appearance of the halfling has given us a good opportunity, because no other forces have ever entered the City of Daybreak.

Now under our control, the safe introduction of some outsiders into the city may activate the potential of Dawnbreaker to a greater extent. ”

Speaking of this, Li De had some emotion in his eyes.

"The city of dawn is a planned economy, and what is produced and how it is produced is all regulated by us, and the advantage of this is that we can control the development of the city.

The disadvantage is also obvious, what is produced under such a system is not competitive, and there is no ability to innovate.

Merchants are profit-seeking, and once trade is opened, there will always be people who want to earn the kimpuk in the pockets of outsiders, and this will directly promote the development of the city. ”

Trade has a powerful effect on both the economy and society, and the huge profits will encourage merchants to increase production efficiency, improve production technology, and innovate more goods, which is why the market economy is the mainstream economic system on the planet.

The City of Dawn has always been in the era of planned economy, and there was no condition to do so before, but now that there is an opportunity, Li De is naturally willing to orderly let the market transition from a planned economy to a market economy.

Of course, the premise of all this is that it is in his hands, safe and controllable.

Halflings are excellent test subjects, these underground beings are not only underground but also extremely closed off from the human world.

He will next open up some of the markets in Daybreak, turn these halflings into catfish, and stimulate the development of Daybreak.

As for whether he can achieve the effect he wants, Li De is still confident in this.

Now the city of dawn has the foundation to develop a market economy, and it has already passed the initial stage of extreme shortage of materials.

The layout is never focused on the front, after the fall, it is the future.

"Dylan, don't look at the momentary gains and losses in everything, the future is what we have to plan.

Whether it's the Black Iron Castle or the Underworld, in my opinion, they're just nourishment for the growth of the City of Daybreak.

When you stand outside the chessboard and lay out, you will find that the problems that are bothering you now will be solved in an instant. ”

Li De's patient teaching gave Dylan a sense of enlightenment.

I didn't expect that a cooperation that seemed to be a bit of a loss for them contained such a deep meaning.

It shows that he has suffered a loss, but secretly he has already stood on another level to look at the problem, and the benefits obtained by doing so are ten times more than the one that is paid.

"Your Majesty, your wisdom is enough to amaze the Dark Goddess, and the Holy Light Blood Clan is great because of your presence!"

Li De glanced at him angrily, this sycophant shot too much.

"Alright, take someone to clear out the area that the Collins City Lord has assigned to us, and in the future, the affairs of the Black Iron Castle and all the underground world will be handed over to you."

"Your Majesty, this ......" Dylan only felt his breath a little heavier when he heard this.

A wave of pressure is piling up.

The entire underworld has put him in charge, isn't this responsibility too great?

"Do you want to say you can't do it?"

Li De's eyes froze, revealing a little coldness, "Frey can do it, what qualifications do you have to say that you can't do it?"

Dylan, if you want to grow, you have to face pressure, and a knight who can't hold his sword and face the dragon's power is impossible to become a dragon slayer.

If you want to wear a crown, bear its weight first. ”

Dylan was shocked, and his mentality immediately changed dramatically, and when he turned his head to look at Li De, his eyes were already full of determination.

"Your Majesty, I will guard the underworld for you, and no one can ruin your plans unless he steps over my corpse!"

The tone is categorical and resolute.

Hearing this, Li Decai nodded with satisfaction, as an old father, it was really heartbreaking, if I weren't your father, I would have been blasted out a long time ago.

After a while, Li De seemed to remember something and continued to speak.

"Those halflings must forbid them to talk about being in the swamp."

He didn't forget that there was also a half-quest reward - ensuring that more than 5 halflings returned to the dungeon alive would earn 10 Underworld Legend Points.

The problem now is that the 6 halflings have returned to Black Iron City, but the rewards have not been distributed, which also makes Li De have other ideas.

It is likely that the legend is the same as he guessed, and it needs to be publicized and can be trusted by others.

But in order to avoid problems, he still planned to keep the halfling for a while.

He's already come up with a lot of operations, and it's going to be a lot of fun to implement when the time comes.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I've sent these halflings to operate with the BloodClan, and the Bloodclan will oversee them."

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On December 2nd, Lide rode Castro away from the Black Iron Castle, where he had been staying for several days, and his flapping wings left no trace in the air.

The second round of exploration of the underworld ended the moment Li De flew out of the Black Iron Castle.

This trip to the underground world lasted more than half a month, and the harvest was definitely rich.

First of all, there are two tribes of giants, the two-headed ogre and the cyclops, which together have more than 1,800 adult giants, and the cubs have broken through the 2,000 mark.

The appearance of these behemoths will be an epic change for the City of Daybreak.

In the future, the City of Dawn will no longer be short of labor.

It can only be described as invincible.

The second is the level, he has full experience at level 18 at this time, and he can be upgraded to level 19 at any time.

Now he is only one step away from transcendence.

The third point is to establish a cooperative relationship with the halfling, which is an experiment of his, and an additional layout of the underground world.

The experiment is to use the catfish effect, treat the halfling as a catfish, and activate the untapped potential of Daybreak City, and the layout, maybe it will be a long time before the effect is seen.

When Li De returned to the magic crystal vein, he deliberately turned around, leaving the 19th-level god Asgaret who had been hiding his body here to continue to suppress the overall situation and prevent those two transcendent spiders.

Then by the way, let the level 18 orc king Karp send the Demon Bat to transport all the giants twenty kilometers away from the Black Iron Fort back to the Gray Stone Castle to speed up the construction of the magic crystal vein.

He's already made a deal with the Black Iron Castle, and these giants won't need it just in case.

Farming development will be the next theme.

When Li De appeared in the sky above the City of Dawn through the place of bones, looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky, he had a feeling of being in a different world.

Winter Moon.

After staying in the gloomy underground world for a long time, suddenly seeing the light on the surface can really make people feel comfortable.

Turning his head around, the city of dawn at this time was already wrapped in a layer of plain white silver, and the eaves, roofs, and even chimneys were covered with a thick layer of snow.

Only the streets that have been swept are still as clean as ever.

Whew~

Castro flapped his wings in the wind and snow and slowly landed in the backyard of the city hall, and Harrison, who sensed Lide's return, waited until Castro was smaller and stopped on his shoulder, and immediately stepped forward to say hello.

"Good day, patriarch."

Li De nodded slightly, and saw that Harrison also felt a little kind inexplicably, this is an emotion that has never been seen before, and the underground world is really abrasive.

"Let's go, let's go inside."

As soon as he stepped into the city hall building, Li De's eyes lit up, and the room was as warm as spring, completely different from the cold ice and snow outside.

glanced at Harrison with interest, it seems that this guy has made a lot of good things in the past half a month.

Going up to the third floor and sitting on the chair behind his desk, Li De took a comfortable breath.

"Harrison, are you sure there's okay with Mr. Sparker?"

The news of the sudden appearance of the Cyclops tribe made Li De decisively enter the underground world, so the flower of death he cultivated could not be delivered to Grimm City in person.

Although Harrison also reported information halfway through, it has not been determined whether Sparker has been cured.

"Patriarch, Miss Weina has not received any further news since she delivered the Flower of Death to the White Tower, and we can't be sure if Archmage Sparky is safe now."

Li De frowned, but he didn't say anything, as long as the other party didn't come out in the mage tower, outsiders wanted to hear the news purely to be blind.

Although his cheap teacher is unreliable, there are still no loopholes to exploit in this regard.

"Aside from this, how are the other projects going?"

He has only been away for half a month, although it is not a long time, but for the rapidly developing Dawn City, let alone half a month, even three days is enough to change.

Harrison knew everything about the progress and began to report back one by one.

"Patriarch, all the infrastructure in the new city has been completed, just waiting for the new residents to move in, and the Ministry of Construction is already planning the construction of the third phase of the project."

"The Ancient Alchemy Magic Array of the Demon Crystal Vein is under construction, but because we lack a high-level mage who is proficient in the magic array, although the Magic Array Research Department has been established, the progress is still slow.

The completion time is unpredictable, if the Magic Array Research Department can make progress, the speed of construction will increase, if there is no progress, I am afraid that the time span of construction will be as long as several years. ”

These words made Li De frown slightly, the Ancient Alchemy Magic Array of the Scarlet Mage Tower had always been built by Spark, and he didn't know anything about the magic array, so he didn't know how difficult it was.

But now it seems that he still underestimated the difficulty of this magic array that could allow him to fuse with the kingdom of God.

"This matter cannot be relaxed, talents can be cultivated and studied at the same time, this magic array has an irreplaceable role for us."

"Yes......"

"Go on."

"Patriarch, the population plunder plan is all planned by Otis this time, and it is expected to start in half a month, and the population of this plunder is tentatively set at 50,000."

Do it?

How does it sound like a robber, and we are saving them......

Li De's eyes showed a bit of thought, and now the population of Dawn City has reached 100,000, which is the size of a small city among human beings.

If another 50,000 people were to be looted in this year's Winter Moon, the City of Dawn would be further expanded.

Now the city of dawn has finally grown.

Thinking of this, Li De's eyes showed a little relief, this city that was built by him little by little from scratch contains all his feelings.

Speaking of population, Li De remembered a more important thing - the blood clan was about to be able to carry out the first embrace.

Every year, December 30th, is the time when the blood clan first embraces, and now it's December 2nd, and there is less than a month to go.

At that time, he had all the Bloodlines do the initial embrace when Daybreak was established, so now the dawn of each year is the point when the Bloodline's initial embrace has cooled down.

Just in time for double happiness.

The annual first embrace is the most critical way for the Bloodclan to fight against each other.

While armies of other races are increasingly represented in Daybreaker, the Bloodline is his foundation.

Moreover, the potential of the Blood Clan is currently the highest among all the races in the City of Daybreak, as long as he is given a few more years, a Blood Clan legion with more than 10,000 people will appear.

At that time, the City of Dawn was qualified to be fearless of human sects.

"You can keep an eye on the human predation."

After listening to the briefing, Li De stood up and came to the window, looking out through the misty glass window at the snowfall like goose feathers, and outside was the real ice and blood.

At this time, the warmth inside the house is in stark contrast to the cold outside.

Curiously, he turned his head to look at Harrison.

"It didn't seem to be that warm last year, how did you do that?"

Hearing this, Harrison's face showed a bit of pride that he couldn't hide, "Your Majesty, this is the latest warm magic array developed by the Daybreaking Mage Tower.

Only one medium magic crystal needs to be consumed every daylight to keep the room at a constant temperature. ”

A medium magic crystal at the dawn of the day?

It's not too expensive, after all, the town hall has three floors, and each floor is very wide, and a magic crystal is worth it.

However, this incident also made Li De think about other things.

The winter moon is too cold, and many of the residents of Daybreak City burn charcoal to keep warm, which puts a lot of pressure on the logistics department, and now they have to cut down a lot of trees to make charcoal before winter every year.

"Can you make a magic array that can supply heating for the whole city?"

When Ledd brought up the plan, Harrison's first reaction was to shake his head.

"Your Majesty, the consumption of the magic array covering the entire city is too terrifying, even if we have the magic crystal vein, we can't support this amount of consumption for a long time."

However, Harrison's veto did not disappoint Leed, but gave him more inspiration.

The earth's heating is made by boiling hot water, and hot water channels are used to deliver heat to people's homes.

But Daybreak is clearly not a good fit for Earth, as many things don't fit together.

So is it possible to make a magic change?

After all, this is a magical world, and what can be done on Earth, why can't it be done with magic?

"Harrison, I have a new plan that may change the habits of our residents......"