Man is a sword, I am a fish.

The nobles of the Western Realm not only had to buy the barbarian goods at a high level in this harvest festival, but in the future, because of the existence of the Moonlight Royal Court, they lost their unilateral pricing power for the barbarians.

After this harvest festival, the first thing they did when the nobles returned to their realms was to reduce their army and cut off all extravagant expenses. It is also necessary to beware of possible rebellions due to the sudden reduction in the treatment of the territory.

At this time, the nobles of the Western Frontier faced the empire and did not have any qualifications to negotiate conditions.

Luke threw out the plan to build the Great Railroad in the West, which was a tiger's mouth in the past, and fundamentally shook the foundation of the rule of the nobles in the West. And now...... The ruling foundation of the nobles in the Western Frontier is gone, and the plan to build the Great Railroad in the Western Frontier has become a miracle medicine for them.

This large-scale project can greatly absorb the troops cut by the nobles in the west, so that these soldiers have a job to fill their stomachs, and there will be no mutiny. At the same time, after the construction of the railway, the materials of the empire could reach the western territory at a lower price, and the tight purses of the western nobles could support their luxurious life again.

As for the rest of the thoughts, just stop that thought!

Luke's plan to build the Great Westside Railroad was unanimously approved by the major nobles of the West.

The main trunk line of the Western Railway starts from Crescent City and ends at the Moonlight King Court in the Ancestral Grassland, with a transfer station set up in Riyao City in the middle. The entire Grand Railway is planned to be fully invested by Nutao City, and the Nutao City Railway Company will undertake the railway operation.

During the construction of the railway, the city of Angry Waves can join forces with the lords of the West to build a network of road radiations centered on the city of Sun. At the same time, the city of the Angry Waves donated a power plant and a glass manufacturing factory to the city.

Luke promised...... Any good cooperation plan in the Western Territory can be vigorously supported by Angry Waves City, not only can you get low-interest loans, but you can even get free gifts of related supporting equipment.

Karina put the printed plan for the great development of the Westlands in front of the Westlands Lords one by one.

The content of it elaborated in more detail on the Western Realm Development Plan, and the lords of the Western Realm were stunned for a moment.

Shouldn't a lost war be ceded and reparated?

We're all ready to cut the meat, how can you give us the money back!

Who wins?

Luke saw the doubts in the hearts of the nobles in the Western Realms, and said with a smile: "The addition of swords will only intensify the conflict, and win-win cooperation can form friendship." Your ancestors were instrumental in the establishment and maintenance of the Empire, and had a deep comradeship with the Augustinians.

It's just that the distance makes this friendship more and more dissolved, and the misunderstanding can't be explained because of the distance.

Her Royal Highness and I have traveled to the Western Frontier with the Eldest Princess, and since our departure we have never considered you enemies of the Empire, it is just that the ideas of the Brotherhood of Blades are no longer suitable for this country.

This era is advancing at a rapid pace, and it will not stop waiting for anyone. Internal friction will slow down the pace of the empire, and those who lag behind will never recover!

There are some things that you may not understand. But it doesn't matter if you don't understand, accept my plan for the West, put away all your ambitions, and enjoy life as a lord in peace...... That's it! ”

Looking at the thick Western Territory Development Plan, the nobles of the Western Territory knew that the money that Angry Waves City had invested enough money to buy the entire Western Territory here was to completely incorporate the entire Western Territory into the imperial system.

These families entrenched in the western realm must give up some or even most of the power in their hands.

Seeing that the other nobles did not dare to speak, Count Ould asked Luke as the first to take refuge: "Lord Governor, the desert in the west is very unstable, and if the lords do not have enough force, there is no way to resist the raiding of the people of the territory by the sand bandits. ”

"The necessary force can be preserved," Luke said. Moreover, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and I have a plan for recruiting sand pirates, most of the sand pirates will be transferred to the logistics company set up in Angry Waves City to participate in the circulation of goods into the western border, and the defensive pressure of your territory will be very low.

I want you to give up your monopoly on the water resources of your territory; Allow the subjects of your territory to be freely employed by investment enterprises; Foreign investors can buy and sell land freely; You want to protect the safety and legitimate earnings of investors. ”

When Count Ould heard that the sand thieves had accepted the recruitment, he thought that the meteorite had gone to Slave's Point this morning.

The gnolls' howls of Slave Horn have a close connection to many of the larger Sand Pirates, and Meteorite says that most of the Sand Pirates have a very high degree of credibility in accepting Zhao'an.

This means that in the middle of the Western Realm itself, these nobles are really surrounded by death. Some things are no longer a matter of whether to let or not, and it is also someone else's to not let them.

Count Ould has no confidence to fight for the rights and interests of the nobles in the West, and it is only right to keep the benefits he has obtained anyway.

"Sunrise Oasis is willing to be fully open to investors!"

The other nobles in the Western Realms knew that they were not capable of struggling, so they had to express their willingness to accept the "suggestion" of the Governor of the Falling Star and open their territory to foreign investors.

Luke One-Pass Operation ...... Treat, behead, accept as a dog.

The benefits were given, the power was collected, and after the capital of Angry Waves City and the Innovation Society fully entered the Western Territory, these Western Realm nobles got on their own boat. The remaining strength in their hands could not make a big storm, but it was an indispensable part of the Empire's rule in the West.

Luke asked the nobles of the Western Realm to sign the agreement on the great development of the Western Realm, and after putting it away, he said: "In the future, Angry Waves City will fully participate in the Great Development of the Western Frontier, and as the governor of Angry Waves City, and I will also serve as the first assistant of the Moonlight Royal Court, I will definitely do my best for the benefit of the Western Realm."

I also hope that all the lords will cooperate with my work according to the agreement and build the western frontier into a rich land of the empire. ”

Count Ould stood up with the nobles of the Western Realm, and together they saluted Luke, and said in unison, "I am willing to obey the orders of the Governor of the Falling Star." ”

"Good, very good! That's all for today's meeting, go back and calm down and think about the future of the family.

In the future, I'll have my staff officer Jominton contact the lords. Strive to be able to come in after the harvest festival is over, and the investment in Angry Waves City will come in. ”

The nobles of the Westlands saluted Luke again, and then left the venue one by one, preoccupied.

When the nobles were gone, Luke waved his hand and the guards lined up to leave, and soon the whole hall was left with Luke sitting alone.

A cork pulled out a wine bottle sounded, and two glasses were placed on the table. Agatha, who had removed her armor and sat next to Luke wearing only her underwear, poured red wine into her glass and said, "This trip to the West is completely beyond my imagination, and definitely beyond everyone's imagination.

Since the establishment of the Empire, the Western Frontier, which has plagued the emperors of the past dynasties, has been subdued so easily by you.

I've listened to what you said to the lords, and I've seen them leave, and the Empire won't have to worry about the West. ”

Luke unceremoniously picked up his glass and touched another one. With a pleasant sound, Luke drank half a glass of red wine in one gulp before exhaling a long breath.

"What a long day!

Since His Royal Highness recognizes the work I have done so much, then you have no opinion on giving me all the credit for attacking the Western Frontier, right? ”

Agatha picked up her glass of wine and tasted it slowly: "All for you?" I don't care, I'm afraid Alec will be upset.

He rectified the Western Territory Army, and he wanted to pacify the Western Territory and make great contributions and increase the bargaining chips for the throne.

As soon as you came, you leveled the western realm, and you didn't let him take the lead, how could he be willing? ”

Luke smiled a little helplessly: "Originally, I didn't want to care about these bad things in the West, but I just added a burden to Angry Waves City."

But Your Majesty has sent me and you here, and I must consider the safety of both of us. For me, taking the West Frontier is the safest, and other effects can be considered.

If the credit of the Western Realm is given to the second prince, the eldest prince may take risks on the southern front, and I am also thinking about the overall situation. ”

"I understand your concern...... Thinking of the battle in the court, Agatha's brow couldn't help but furrow: "You do what you think is right, and I will explain it to Alec."

It's useless for him to snatch the credit here, and his father is not a fool.

It's just that Miss Clear Sky is the queen of the Moonlight Royal Court, you are the first assistant of the Moonlight Royal Court, and the Angry Waves City has fully entered the western realm, and my father's suspicion of you will probably be even greater. ”

Luke laughed, "Anyway, he already has so much suspicion of me, he doesn't care about any more." He didn't kill me last time, and he won't kill me in the future.

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If you have to worry, you should worry about the north.

Once the news of the pacification of the Westland spreads, the Atlantic Union will definitely not wait any longer. ”

Agatha, who was already worried, was even more worried.

The pacification of the western border means that the empire can free up some of its national strength. The Atshire Alliance, which has been preparing for war, will definitely not wait for the empire to replenish the remaining part of its national strength to the north.

If you want to fight, you must fight as soon as possible!

If it's too late, Atlantshire will pay more.

Agatha asked Luke, "How long will it take for you to free up your hands from the direction of Leo to move your troops north after you return to Raging Waves?" ”

Luke drank the wine in his glass: "I don't know, this time I came to the Westside to delay me a lot." I'll have to wait until I get back to Angry Waves to get the information out of all sides.

His Majesty's sudden appointment disrupted many of my plans, quickened the progress of the north, and slowed down the strategy in the east.

All I can say is ...... Let's do it as soon as possible!

Anyway, there is the Western Frontier Army of the Second Prince, and it can go to the northern battlefield when necessary, although the Northern Territory is the territory of the Great Prince. ”

Agatha thought about it and found that it was difficult to transmit information to the west, and even if she and the meteorite analyzed, it was a baseless guess.

Agatha pinched the bridge of her nose to soothe the upwelling sleepiness: "The day after tomorrow is the harvest sacrifice." Now that the affairs of the Western Frontier are over and the Harvest Festival begins, you leave the necessary personnel behind to implement the Great Development Plan of the Western Frontier, and we will return immediately.

Is Miss Sunny Sky coming with us? ”

"No, she will wait until the harvest festival is over before returning to the Ancestral Grassland, and the Moonlight Court will have a celebration to commemorate the revival of the World Tree. When the celebration was over, she returned to the city of Saint-Lun, and the royal court was handed over to the Council of Elders and the Moonlight Knights. ”

Agatha stared at Luke, "I can't guess what your relationship with Miss Sunny Sky is?" Are you hers...... Foster child? ”

Luke yawned, "If you can't guess, don't guess...... Today is really busy from morning to late at night, and if you don't rest, the iron man will be tired and fall apart.

I went back to my room and went to sleep, don't call me tomorrow if there is nothing to do, I can sleep until the harvest festival begins. ”

With that, Luke stood up and stretched, turned and walked in the direction of the stairs.

Agatha's gossip was so strong that she drank the rest of the wine in her glass and chased Luke up the steps. "You can't be her son, but you don't seem to have elven blood."

"Don't guess, you can't guess."

"You saved her life, and she swore allegiance to you."

"You're a little bit reserved like an eldest princess, okay......"

Early the next morning, a piece of powerful news came into Sunrise City from the west.

The World Tree has been revived!

A traveling Fierce War Song returns to the Ancestral Grassland, bringing a way to revive the World Tree and literally make a new World Tree grow out of the Moon Lake.

The new generation of the World Tree is swept by the moon, hence the name Moonlight Tree King. Together with the Moonlight Tree King, the Fierce Battle Song inherited the legacy of the previous generation of the World Tree and was called the Moonlight Queen, and together they established the Moonlight Court.

Now the Moonlight Queen has called on the former World Tree Remnants to return to the Moonlight Court to defend the newborn World Tree together.

All the barbarians in Sunlight City were boiling, and they danced with joy, even happier than they had watched the fireworks last night.

Those barbarians who believed that they had inherited from the departed World Tree wept with joy and bowed in the direction of the ancestral grassland. Reverently chant the ballads handed down from generation to generation, praising the greatness and selflessness of the World Tree......

Kneeling down were the slave-horned scorpion Mefsman, the sand thief butler the Gnoll Howl, and the mother and son who had been redeemed for freedom and had thin elven blood.

There is Andrei, the orc commander of the army of the city.

There is Hamm, the orc who came from the Scorched Wood camp to participate in the harvest festival.

There are no sand thieves, soldiers, merchants, free people, or slaves at this moment, and the revival of the World Tree reconnects the hearts scattered into gravel, and the noble faith inherited from ancient times makes all the barbarians of the Western Frontiers raise their heads.

They are all the people of the World Tree, and no matter where they are, their spirits belong to the Moonlight Court.

The wind and sand continued to transmit the news from the ancestral grasslands to farther places. Everywhere we passed, the climate changed from dry to cool, and there was a light rain that night in the city of Sun, and the moon was exceptionally bright on the rainy night.

In the moonlight, Clear Sky stands on the top of the tallest building in the castle of Central Lake. She reached out and let the raindrops fall into her palm.

Refreshing and cool, with a little bit of recovery.

This rain is the World Tree's response to the devout prayer believers. It won't be long before the oasis expands rapidly with abundant water. Small oases are connected into large blocks, and large oases are connected into grasslands.

Although the advance attack on the Western Frontier disrupted the original plan, it cannot be said to be a bad thing. No matter how well the city is run, it is just a crowbar, and the western realm can be operated as its own basic market.

There are so many known and unknown things to develop in the World Tree!