Colonel Mayova did not send troops to escort Ian's food fleet, but instead were six knight lords who were supposed to rule the Ryan Territory separately, just like Ian.

This ruined Ian's plan to acquire a group of professional soldiers through forced drafting, but the Colonel's gift was too heavy for Ian to feel indifferent.

Anyway, according to the intelligence, Qingchao will lead the mercenary troops of Port Harrison to Ryan territory in three days, and Ian will also be able to obtain reliable subordinates at that time.

And...... Ian vaguely understood, too.

The Marquis of Batun and Colonel Mayova must have had a reason why they never sent regular troops.

He couldn't get an answer because he lacked important information now, but he could probably guess a little bit of an idea.

"Isn't it ...... The Marquis of Batun still has an internal response on the mountain people's side, right? Ian said in his heart: "This eagle is so stable, there must be a news channel!" ”

Now, after the arrival of the food convoy, the residents of Ryan City have completely settled down.

Truckloads of grain were delivered into the warehouse right in front of their eyes, and the actual food made people who had been hungry for a long time cheer from the heart.

Of course, not everyone is happy...... Some people wondered how Ian, the lord who had come over temporarily, could have prepared enough food in advance.

- Should he be a fat man with a swollen face, but the surface is grain, and the bottom is actually stone and sand, right?

And even if it's true, now that Nanling is so difficult, how good food can you buy? Isn't it all......

The person who doubted this kind was immediately arrested by Ian's personal guards and hung up and beaten for thirty minutes - and then the grain team randomly opened a part of the grain storage, proving that the grain was indeed a good grain that had just been produced this year.

Ian even picked a canned fruit in front of everyone, opened it, and tasted it on the spot.

It was a canned apple, with a delicious color, and the boy picked a piece of it in his mouth under the surprised gaze of the citizens, chewed it deliciously, and publicly declared that it tasted good.

This act completely dispelled the suspicions of the citizens.

As for those who were hung up and beaten......

It's okay to question, but you also have to bear the consequences of questioning your lord. This is normal in Terra.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ian immediately gave a speech to the citizens who came to collect the food.

"Citizens, I know that the chaotic days without a lord for half a year have caused the entire city to lose control."

"The contradictions between the empire and the mountain people, as well as the movement of the Flying Flame Land, must be understood by all of us, and this is the most fundamental reason for our difficulties—you are unable to work, you are not paid, and the goods produced in the workshop cannot be sold."

"But now, I've opened the way for Ryan to get to Nauman City, and the arrival of the grain team is proof of that. Our Ryan Territory has always been a hardworking and wealthy territory, and that won't change for any other reason! ”

"It's time to return to full production and let our lives gradually return to normal!"

The speech was very brief, and to put it bluntly, it was a call for everyone to return to their jobs.

Because the problem of survival has been solved, and the transportation channel has indeed been opened, this point has not been resisted by the citizens...... There has been no work for too long, and even people in a wealthy place like Ryan have run out of savings.

If the work is not resumed, the residents of Lai'an City will flee.

After unloading the grain, the caravan carrying the grain soon loaded with a batch of gold-leaf healing ointment, which was a specialty of the city of Lean, and prepared to transport it back to Nauman City.

The resumption of work, the reopening of trade routes, the re-establishment of order, and the wealth that one's labor can earn to keep oneself alive are the things that really give people confidence.

Ian saw this, so he took advantage of the situation to resume work as soon as possible and restart production in the city.

Ian then returned to the castle.

Because of the shortage of manpower in the city now, Ian does not plan to renovate the castle for the time being, and Baron Ryan's study can barely be used, and it will be repaired after the mountain people are defeated.

Here, he began to organize the resources related to the entire Ryan Collar.

There is a medium-sized city, fifteen towns, and many small villages and settlements that have not been counted, with a total population of more than 200,000.

The knight territory that Ian should have been assigned to includes the three towns of 'Bihu Town', 'Anxi Town' and 'Dieyan Town', plus a large mining area near Beihu, with a population of more than 20,000 people, as a knight's territory, it is a fairly wealthy area.

But now, all the other mountain riders have been killed...... Or rather, heroic sacrifice.

Ian had no choice but to reluctantly take the lands in their place.

In addition to these villages and towns, the Lyonling actually includes three large mining areas in the northern mountains, two forest herb cultivation sites, and a large area of undeveloped wasteland in the northwest mountain range.

Counting the large psionic plant planting area around Laian City, in general, it is a rich place with abundant resources and almost everything.

And there is a lot of room for development in the future, and the reason why it maintains the current appearance is mainly because it is too profitable to sell Xiahui grass, and the lords of the past dynasties are not here, and they can't make more money when they expand their territory, but there will be a lot of trouble.

For example, in the mining areas in the north, if you want to develop them, you have to destroy the mountain environment, and there will definitely be protests from the mountain people who want to share the money.

Therefore, Baron Ryan did not develop it, and threw the mining area in that place to dry, anyway, with the richness of the resources of Nanling, it is cheaper to sell the extract of Xiahui grass and then use the money to buy ore than to dig it himself.

But now, Ian must restart the development of these mining areas and wastelands, and it is common sense that all important development resources cannot be imported from outside.

In the barony, the Ryan Collar can basically be said to be the highest-level configuration.

You must know that although Port Harrison, Iain's hometown and Viscount Grant's jurisdiction, is large, its population is more than that of Ryan's territory, and in terms of wealth...... As a large trading port, it can be considered comparable.

For example, the Viscount of Avak has a population of nearly one million, three medium and large cities, hilly mining areas and plain cultivation areas, all kinds of industries are complete, and even have the ability to produce military alchemy equipment - this is the configuration of a viscounty.

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And the Ryan Territory has the same resources as the Viscount of Avak, and even better potential than the average Viscounty, but it has not yet been developed.

But herein lies the problem - Ryan has everything, and even if it doesn't now, it will definitely have it in the future under Ian's development.

But it just doesn't have the most critical energy source.

Elemental crystals are stuck.

Elemental crystallization is a special material that only appeared on the continent of Terra after the Heavenly Fall, and it is the power source of alchemy hearth, even Aether hearth, and even alchemical firearms like charged rifles.

It can provide extremely powerful energy, which can be compared to cheap rocket fuel that can be used for civilian use, and is a strategic material in the true sense, and no country or force will allow it to be sold privately.

Only when there is a factor crystallization production line in the territory can it be regarded as a large territory that can be self-sufficient in the true sense.

Viscount Grant had previously helped Master Goesse and others in the exploration and development of the 'Shimmering Crystal Shell', also so that Port Harrison had its own independent element crystallization production line - he already had the technology, but mainly there were no raw materials.

However, Lai'an Ling has no relevant technical reserves at all.

This is the restriction of the empire on the mountain people...... As long as the elements are stuck in the crystallization, then the mountain people will never be able to develop high-level alchemy skills, let alone create all kinds of powerful alchemy artillery and armor weapons of war.

For 200 years ago, this was a good policy.

But two hundred years later, especially now it's Ian's turn to rule the Ryan Territory...... Then that's a big problem.

"At the moment I produce it on my own, and I can barely use it, but then I have to build it."

Ian lifted his left hand, frowning slightly.

The surface of the arm hosted by the aether crystals flowed with cyan essentia lines, and under the secret method of the Bailong Sect, the aether crystals that were constantly running were always producing a high concentration of essentia crystals, and now there were as many as a small bag.

There is trouble with driving the armor, but it is no problem to meet the daily needs of the troops.

This is also the fact that Ian has an aether crystallization - but if anyone else does this, it is equivalent to digging himself as a mine, and after digging for a few days, he will have to be destroyed.

"There's a lot to do."

Putting down the document in his hand, Ian sighed: "The principle of the factor crystallization production chain is not complicated, and I can build it myself, but from the cultivation of raw materials to the production line, it is at least a one-year project." ”

"Put it first, who knows what the future will bring, maybe the Marquis of Batun will give me one when he sees my meritorious work in fighting the mountain people in Nanling?"

It is definitely not possible to send the production chain of factor crystallization, but it is certainly no problem to send other things.

Imperial capital, Upper City.

The Marquis of Batun was having tea with the second prince, Mikael.

The old general abruptly interrupted the conversation between the two about the Western Theater of Operations, and made an expression as if he was listening.

Then, the Marquis smiled and nodded, and said to Mikael, who raised his brow and looked interested, "Do you hear, Your Highness?" It took him two days to pacify the Ryan Collar and eliminate all the competitors by the way. ”

He is also said to be developing new types of armaments...... This kid has amazing potential! ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and took a sip of tea: "There is force, there is determination, and there is strategy, and you really can't underestimate young people...... We made a bet, I won, right? ”

"Indeed." Mikael also looked in the direction of Nanling with some surprise.

After the Marquis of Batun came to the imperial capital, he chatted with the other party about how Ian would develop after returning to the territory, and after knowing that some mountain people in Nanling had a little conflict with the empire, he was still feeling that Ian was really unlucky, and originally planned to return to the territory with funds to build an alchemy workshop, but now he could only put the war on hold, wasting time for no reason.

But he never thought that Ian would be able to take down Ryan with the power of thunder, and even fully understood the meaning of the Marquis of Batun and Colonel Mayova, and eliminated all those mountain knights without leaving any land.

After hearing that Ian sent someone to raise the ashes of those knights, even Mikael, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"But still young. Alchemy weapons are naturally very powerful, but the military only uses them by elite troops, and naturally there is a reason for it - the element crystals of the Ryan Collar must have been used up, and he is probably worried now. ”

Marquis Batun sighed in his heart, Ian's ability can be described as a first-class genius in his many years of military career.

His son Mayova is far inferior in comparison, especially when he is so young, the protagonist of the future Nanling Province is definitely not anyone else, it can only be him.

In that case, let's make it convenient for him.

"Open trade channels for the crystallization of elements to the Lyon Collar."

Silently in his heart, the Marquis of Batun communicated to Colonel Mayova of Southridge remotely: "No one can give it to him, but the supplies must be sufficient—go and ask Ian what materials he needs, and sell them to him at cost price." ”

"General?" Colonel Mayova usually called his father the same way, and he was a little surprised: "Didn't Ian just take a Leon city?" Now he hasn't blocked the striker, why did he suddenly open such a big mouth......"

"Ryan City? If he just expelled the mountain people, then you are right, but he has destroyed the core combat power of the three mountain tribes. The Marquis of Batun said: "What's more, it used to be a public business, but now it is a private investment, not to mention that this investment was lost to me by His Royal Highness Mikael." ”

"But don't send it too obviously, he looks very arrogant, and he may not accept it if he sends it openly."

This is clearly another person who overestimates Ian's sense of morality - arrogantly not for good? Is he such a person?

If you really want to give it away for free, Ian will only smile and say thank you sweetly at most.

Colonel Mayova understood: "Roger." ”

On the third day after that, Ian received supplies from Nauman City.

It was not the soldiers who led the escort of supplies, but a well-known mercenary from Nauman City and his team, known as the Iron People of Blue Lightning.

Of course, he can't really be a mercenary. In fact, Lan Dian is one of the many spies under the command of the Governor's Mansion who collect information, but the identity of the mercenary who hides his identity is getting better and better, so that he has become bigger and stronger in the mercenary industry and has become famous, so he simply hung up a name in the Governor's Mansion and received two salaries.

The Marquis of Batun has never been stingy with his capable subordinates, and he will pay as much as he can do a few things, so his subordinates have always been loyal.

After the black-blue haired and bearded Iron People came to Lai'an City, they were a little surprised to find that this city, which had been ruined by the scourge of the mountain people a few days ago, had almost been repaired.

The dilapidated buildings on the outskirts of the city were cleared, the pedestals were fenced off for later reconstruction, and tents were erected on both sides of the road to form a small camp so that those who did not have a house could also have a camp.

As winter approached, sawmills were running at full capacity, and families were stockpiling fuel.

Ryan City has returned to normal.

But what really attracted the blue electricity was not the sights of the post-war recovery, but the strange tower on the edge of the city.

The tower had apparently been modified, with the top floor of the original tower removed and loaded with a massive metal coil that stood tall in the air and had a noticeable arc flickering on it, giving it a dangerous look.

Also as a thunder attribute sublimator, Lan Dian couldn't help but feel a trace of kindness and curiosity - he asked a resident with a hurried face to ask, and soon got the answer he wanted.

"Magnetic Storm Coil?"

I don't feel like I have the ability to write the night and write the 2 more of the day, and the 12 o'clock in the evening has been moved to 8 o'clock in the morning!

(End of chapter)