The captain held the rudder with both hands and shouted to the crew under the mast:

"Lowering the sails...... Floats No. 5 to No. 12 are flamed out! ”

The crew of the magic airship quickly carried out the captain's instructions, and the airship slowly slid down in the wind channel, and after getting out of the wind layer, although there was still wind in the sky, it was not that violent and strong wind, and the magic airship basically stopped sliding forward.

Surdak stood on top of the ship's tower, watching the sea of clouds under his feet get closer and closer, and finally the airship sank into the sea of clouds.

If you are above a sea of clouds, looking at the clouds looks like pure white marshmallows, or the flat earth covered with cotton wool gives you the illusion that you can walk on the clouds by jumping on them.

But once you sink into the sea of clouds, it's not so good, it's like breaking into a fog.

Fortunately, the clouds were not too thick, but after waiting for a while, the rapidly falling airship broke away from the clouds, and the colors under his feet instantly became colorful, and the city of Bena not far away also came into view.

After eight days of sailing, the magic airship finally arrived in the city of Bena.

Upon arrival at the airport terminal in Bena City, Surdak met with Clay. Count Cushing took his leave.

……

Along the way, the old earl dragged Surdak to talk about the city of Ruyt, the conflicts between the nobles, the embarrassing situation of the commoners living in the city, the problems between the commoners and the nobles, the territory around the city of Ruyt, the abandoned iron mine and so on.

It can be said that Ruit is an aging city, when the resources here are exhausted, the city is gradually forgotten by the Bena people, only the countless problems left in the mining area, the excavated caverns are not backfilled, only some groundwater is filled, as the water table gradually decreases, these long-soaked caverns are exposed again, and the ground collapses and large cracks plague the inhabitants here.

The land around Ruit City was also occupied by noble lords, which led to the fact that the residents outside Ruit City had to rent land from the noble lords if they wanted to live, and the high land rent made the life of the commoners of Ruyt City miserable.

This was followed by Lord MacDonnell's War of Dimensional Independence, which plunged the people of Ruyt into dire straits.

A large number of people have been lost, especially the local young people want to go to Bena City to break through, and the bustling Bena City will always be the most desirable place in the hearts of young people in these small cities.

There are also people who want to go to more remote areas, where only the land reclaimed will be exempt from taxes and land rent, and life in remote towns will often be more relaxed.

This is the current state of the city of Ruyt, which is aging, depopulating and having just undergone a war.

It looks like a bad situation, but compared to Mukuso City, it's almost heavenly.

……

Surdak led Thea, Samira, and Gulit down from the magic airship, and it was normal for two young and beautiful ladies who liked to cover their faces with black veils next to the nobles, but such a sturdy two-headed ogre was rare.

Especially the ogre who grew two heads is stable in terms of strength, and the good brother Brain Hua'er is a fiery-eyed ogre magician, obviously such an entourage......

No, how could a second-turn powerhouse be an entourage.

Obviously, with such a combat partner, it is indeed possible to walk sideways in the city of Bena.

But if you look closely, the magic pattern construction on Surdak's body will show something different, it is different from any magic pattern construction, the deeper magic rune, which means that this is a more advanced magic pattern construction.

So Surdak walked down from the tower, and met some commoners and petty nobles along the way, and they actually took the initiative to avoid it.

After evading, the two-headed ogre was followed by hundreds of heavily armed infantry warriors, all of whom Surdak had chosen from the 20,000 warriors of the Heavy Infantry Legion.

They were all successful first-turn warriors, and this time Surdak brought them to Bednar City, just to transfer them to Dodan Town on the White Forest Plane, to see if there was a chance to help them colonize the life pattern of the Ghost Pattern Soldier Ant.

This time, Surdak needs to mobilize a cavalry regiment, an infantry corps and an archer regiment from Dodan Town to enter the Ganbu plane, in order to offset the embarrassment that all the current garrisons on the Ganbu plane are from the resistance, and these elite warriors on the Ganbu plane also need to wash off the mark of the Ganbu plane as soon as possible, and these three hundred first-turn warriors will also become the reserve cavalry of the Knights he is about to form.

No army is allowed to enter the city of Bena without a pass issued by the military headquarters.

However, Bena City is the central city of Bena Province, and it is also a transit point for various planes, so there are many camps specially prepared for the army outside the city, as long as you talk about a little food money, you can live in free barracks, and it will not affect your daily training.

Surdak placed 300 infantry soldiers in Camp 43 outside the city, and after paying a meal fee, he temporarily let them live here.

The ogre Gullitm also hated the crowded crowds and strange stares of people in the city, and after inspecting the daily food situation in the camp, especially as long as he had money, he could eat and eat a lot of food, so the ogre resolutely decided not to follow Surdak into the city.

Although it is obvious that the food in the city will be better, the ogre also has another concern, that is, in some high-end places, he often does not have enough to eat.

So Gulit stayed in the camp outside the city.

Seeing that Gulitum chose to stay in the camp outside the city, the half-elf archers also stood up silently and didn't want to enter the city.

In the end, Surdak could only take Thea, who was excited, in a rented magic caravan, along the avenue outside the city walls, with the lively flow of people, and slowly entered the city of Bena in the middle of summer.

……

After entering the city, Surdak still booked a room in the Circle House Hotel, and both he and Thea urgently needed a hot bath.

Apparently the shrewd innkeeper had remembered Surdak as a patron, and although he didn't come often, how could he not impress the innkeeper by choosing the same room in the aristocratic quarter on the north side of the inn every time, and being a construction knight?

The magic airship arrived in Bena City just in the morning, Surdak and Thea took a shower, and then had lunch in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, there was no choice, lunch only peanut butter boiled fish with white bread and vegetable salad, that unique taste, Surdak didn't like it, but Thea thought this lunch was still very good.

In the afternoon, Surdak first went to the military headquarters to get a pass for three hundred first-turn soldiers to pass through Bena City to the White Forest Plane.

He also took the opportunity to run to the office of the Marquis of Luther.

The Marquis Luther's office was on the fourth floor of the military department, and the room was large, divided into internal and external rooms, with a full-time clerk and a beautiful female assistant.

Gu Lian

The female assistant at the door of the office saw Surdak announce her name, and immediately became very enthusiastic, her appearance, especially those eyes, which were very similar to those of Madame Marianne, and she was obviously younger, and her body wrapped in a long silk dress was full of youthful vitality.

Stepping on high-heeled leather boots, when walking, I can't wait for my chest, waist and hips to swing.

The female assistant quickly ran out and invited Surdak in.

Marquis Luthor sat at his desk, and when he saw Surdak, he smiled and said, "You should come here at the time, how does it feel to take over the city of Mukuso?" ”

Surdak stood in the room and made a standard knightly salute, and then, at the signal of the Marquis of Luthor, he respectfully sat down in the chair opposite him and said:

"Now, apart from rebuilding the new city, I haven't sorted out anything else."

The Marquis of Luthor seemed to be in a good mood, and motioned for the female assistant to prepare refreshments, and then said:

"I originally planned to let you stay in the Bailin plane for three years, after this period of time, with your own team, it will not be so difficult to run Ruyt City, but I didn't expect that it was originally just a simple arrest operation, and the Ganbu plane was recovered all at once, and now no one expected this situation."

"The city of Mukuso has been completely destroyed, and now the city needs to be restored to construction, if there is any difficulty, just say it......"

Surdak hurriedly stood up and said sincerely:

"The situation in Mukuso can be maintained at the moment, and if there is anything I need you to come by, I will mention it. I plan to expand the existing walls on top of the existing ones. ”

Marquis Luthor didn't expect Surdak to still want to vigorously develop the city of Mukuso, and asked with interest:

"You're going to build a brand new wall?"

Surdak nodded and said, "Yes, the current city walls will become the inner city. ”

"You have reduced all taxes within one year, have you ever thought about where to raise the construction funds for such a big project?" Marquis Luthor knew that the economic situation of the city of Mukuso, which Surdak had taken over, would not be too good, and he was worried that he would not consider the problem too comprehensively.

Surdak said casually:

"I'm going to auction off some of the mansions in the city, and I'm also going to issue some bonds to the lords of the Gampoo plane to raise some money."

The Marquis of Luther did not understand what a bond was, so he said, "Be specific." ”

Surdak carefully explained: "It is to borrow a sum of money from the lords in the name of Mukuso City, and this money will be repaid after three years, together with the principal and interest, this kind of bond will not be too large in a single amount, so some small lords can also afford to buy it, and there is no need to worry about not being able to repay, this bond will be issued in the name of Mukuso City Hall." ”

It turned out to be borrowing money from all the lords, and when he heard Surdak explain this, Marquis Luthor figured it out.

Thinking about the small amount of bonds, which seem to be equal to national fundraising, and belong to the private and circulating, and finally endorsed by the Mukuso City Hall, it really captured the hearts of those little nobles who had some surplus money in their hands.

"If there's a funding gap, just ask." Marquis Luthor said.

Then he changed the subject and said:

"Have you ever thought about how to reverse the current poverty situation of the dry cloth plane?"

"You have also seen the situation of Mukuso City and the Ganbu Plane now, most of the rich land is in the north, but you don't get much in the north, and the large territory in the south that you have obtained has neither mines nor animal husbandry, and the entire plane has no other resources except for a large area of green forest."

Surdak touched his nose and said: "There are no resources to engage in tourism, I plan to build Mukuso City, try to develop the tourism of Mukuso City, the southern part of the Ganbu plane has a unique rainforest area, there is a very beautiful canyon town in the southwesternmost corner of the plane, there is a collapsed land in the south of Bansk Town, and there are grasslands and snow-capped mountains in the north. ”

Marquis Luthor didn't expect Surdak to have such an idea, and after thinking about it, he said, "Your idea is very unique. ”

"Clay. Did the Count of Cushing show you around Ruit? ”

Surdak nodded and said, "Yes, this time I'm with Clay. Count Cushing arrived in Bena City in a magic airship, and along the way he was discussing with me how to improve the living standards of the inhabitants of the mining area outside Ruyt, and he planned to move the inhabitants of the mining area out of the mines, and I heard that the finances of Ruit City could not support such a large relocation project at present. ”

The Marquis of Luthor laughed and said:

"Count Cushing is fine except for a little bit of slamming the door, ha! I didn't expect that in order to save a magic airship ticket, I would choose to go with you. ”

"He is the great lord of Ruyt City, owns the land of three small towns, and can be said to be very familiar with Ruit City, so I must remind you that before you completely take over Ruit City, you must have more contact with him and learn more about this city!"

I didn't expect the Marquis of Luthor to say that about Clay. Count Cushing.

Surdak went on to say:

"Lord Marquis, there is still an iron mine in the Invercargill Forest that has not yet had time to be developed, and now that the operation of the copper mine is gradually on track, the local aborigines often have disputes over the employment of young people in the tribe over the mine, so I am ready to start preparing for the construction of that iron ore mine in the future."

"Local tribal aborigines? Looks like you and they have a good relationship? Marquis Luthor asked, somewhat surprised.

"A lot of tribal Aboriginal people want the young people in their tribe to find a stable job in the mine to support their families." Surdak smiled and explained, "This time I saw an abandoned steel mill in the civilian area of Ruit City, and I wanted to move it to Invercargill. ”

Marquis Luthor touched his beard and said, "Abandoned steel workshop, I'll help you learn more about this." ”

"The abandoned steel workshop in Ruit City, there shouldn't be any problems on the Bena side of the province, and it should be too much of a problem to use a magic airship to transport it, but there are no airships on the Bailin plane, what are you going to do?"

"That iron ore mine in Invercargill Forest should have good reserves, and even building a new steel smelting workshop would be worth the money."

"It took too long to build a new steel smelting plant, and relocating this abandoned steel plant would have greatly reduced the construction period, so I just had to order a new ......smelting furnace," Surdak said.

Surdak had been talking with Marquis Luthor in his office for a whole afternoon, when he heard the female assistant knock on the door and ask if she would like to arrange dinner at the military headquarters, and Marquis Luthor remembered that it seemed that he should have gone home a long time ago.

He picked up Surdak and returned to the Marquis de Luther in a magical caravan.