Chapter 182: Prophecy
The negotiations went well, and a route was drawn up.
From Ravenwood, it passes through the new town of Rabbit Mountain, heads south to the town of Pinewood, and then passes through two villages to Helium City, the whole journey takes about three days.
For a trade route, in addition to supplies along the way, safety is paramount, and with the extermination of the Rabbit Mountain bandits and the horse thieves in Harrimshire, the safety of the neighborhood is guaranteed, which lays the foundation for the rapid construction of the trade route.
The success of the trade route will bring considerable profits, and it will open up another route from Xinzhen to Nolan Town, connecting the entire large area.
"Two days later, the first caravans will depart from Ravenwood. "Leon still has a batch of stocks in hand, and he will be able to move when he has the manpower in place.
"The supply point in the middle has not yet been built. Fury feared that the caravan would be frustrated on the way.
"Believe me, none of this will be a problem once the caravan starts flowing. "Without sufficient economic stimulus, infrastructure construction will always lag behind, and when the villages and towns along the way see business opportunities, they will naturally catch up.
"The docks in Herrim City should be sufficient, no problem for you. "Fury has another problem, and that is the transportation capacity.
Leon insisted on opening up the land transportation route to Herrim City, because he thought that it also had a river that could bypass the White Fog City and enter the water transportation trade route, but the river was relatively narrow and the transportation volume was not large, so it could not become a trade town.
"It's no problem if the supplies can be transported in a timely manner. Leon said that it would accept it, as long as it would not affect the import and export.
Standing outside the north gate of the town, you can see a large field that has been carved out, and if there is no accident this year, the harvested grain can feed the whole town for two years, in order to avoid supply problems in the future, Lyon has doubled the scope of the grain field before, so it has what it is today.
"Don't you think that the soil in the north is barren, and you have wasted a lot of manpower by cultivating so much land?" Fury asked, as more than half of the grain in the big northern towns, including Harrim City, is imported from other places, and only a small part of the local production is produced, and there is less fertile land, so there are fewer people who grow food.
"It's a waste of manpower, but food is the foundation, at least you have to make sure you can eat, even if the ore can't be bought and sold. "Lyon invests a lot of manpower in agriculture, which is not economically cost-effective, and the benefits of sending them all to the mines will multiply the benefits, but he doesn't want a food crisis.
The supply of meat can be small, the supply of fine wine can be small, but the food is not enough, and there must be enough reserves to stabilize the entire territory. Historically, there have been many problems caused by famine, and if they can be avoided, why not avoid them, and wait until the problems arise to solve them.
"Are you preparing for war?" Fury seemed to sigh at something, and asked him a strange question for no reason.
"War, what war?" Leon believes that the current environment in the kingdom is quite stable, and even if there is friction with certain forces, it is far from the point of breaking out into war.
Even if White Mist City wanted to seize the ore, it didn't make a big move, where did the war come from?
"Dragon, did you hear that?" Fury continued to walk forward, the news of the dragon's appearance had spread throughout the continent, and as a lord, he would definitely know.
If it weren't for it now, Leon would have forgotten that there was such a thing. Not only did he hear about it, but it flew over the town of Ravenwood: "What does this have to do with war?"
The appearance of dragons is a disaster for all countries, so far, dragons have only made a small fuss in Snowy City, and there are no rumors about the rest, and it seems that one dragon cannot plunge the entire continent into chaos.
"You haven't heard that famous prophecy, or maybe your royal family doesn't care. Fury remembers it well, especially after the news of the dragon spread.
[When the dragon returns to the world, the world will be annihilated in dust]
This prophecy is also too exaggerated, hundreds of dragons were alive thousands of years ago, and they did not destroy the world. Leon took it as a joke, the dragon had been in all corners of the continent until it disappeared, destroying towns and attacking people, and eventually everyone survived, and the dragon was gone.
Now that a dragon has appeared, it simply cannot make waves. Even if there were other dragons on the other side of the Endless Mountains, he believed that the world would not be destroyed because of this.
"What if it wasn't dragons that destroyed the world?" Fury asked, pausing and turning his head.
If the dragon only leads to a beginning, the rest is between kingdoms, between realms, between territories, as long as there is a disagreement, find a reason to start a war.
Many wars in history have broken out under various pretexts, and dragons are nothing more than objects to be used in them, and now the dragon, which has disappeared for thousands of years, has reappeared, and those who have been planning in secret for a long time should not miss this opportunity.
"Are you worried about the North?" Leon asked him rhetorically.
If it was a war between kingdoms, it would have little effect on them in the remote world, and now that the kingdom was relatively stable, and the situation was restricted by the royal family, there would be no sudden war, and Fury was so worried for only one reason, the northern border was about to usher in a storm.
According to the situation of the spring hunt, the authority of the Northern Guardian is not so strong, and the ability to restrain the war is relatively weak, but no one will take the risk to do it at this time, even if the Northern Guardian is unable to stop it, the royal family will intervene, and those who raid will only be severely punished.
"The North doesn't need me to worry, I only care about County Herrim. Fury smiled and shook his head, his own ability was limited, and he couldn't care about the north.
Leon looked at this black man again, and when he first heard that he had launched a rebellion, he had the impression that he was a very vicious man, but after these few contacts, he found that he was not so terrible, at least the two sides were quite happy in terms of business cooperation.
Fury squatted down and stirred the dirt with his branches: "You are from the Middle Realm, you don't know some things in the North, and now it seems to be calm, but the war is like a seed in the ground, it has been buried deep there, and when the time is right, it will break through the ground." ”
"Helimshire is involved?" Leon thought about it, there were indeed many things he didn't know, such as the hard-won position of the Northern Guard, which Hampshire still coveted, and some other old things that only a few people knew, and it seemed that he had to take the time to understand.
"You can rest assured that the business will not be affected. Fury assured that as long as he was a lord for a day, his promise would be fulfilled as usual.