To the northeast

Inside a room in the Alliance

"My lord, the letter brought by our shadow son, you can see ......."

The yellow-haired, social-looking man gave him a casual look and said, "Take it."

I tore open the envelope, read it, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, this guy turned out to be a prisoner, I used to let him in and let the alliance give him shelter, but he didn't come, and now he has fled for his life and become someone else's subordinate, it's really ......, but there is a borderless land in the south, interesting, it just so happened that I had the idea of leaving this alliance, and it was too time to appear, go and tell them those who are leaving, let's prepare tomorrow, otherwise I won't be able to leave in the future."

"Yes".

……

The same letter appeared in the hands of another lord.

"Unexpectedly, there is still a grassland in the south, which is currently occupied by one force

Brian, let's get ready, and we'll be out in two days."

"Yes, my lord."

When the undercurrent was surging, Chen Zhiran did not know that he would usher in a wave of crisis at this moment.

……

"Lord Lord, the surrounding area has been explored, except for a few level 30 Demonic Beasts, there are almost no higher-level Demonic Beasts."

Chen Zhiran: "Since this is the case, you don't have to worry about anything, the existence of these demonic beasts is a good thing for the grassland."

Because the gathering place was changed to a place close to the snowy mountains, the temperature was several degrees colder, and in autumn, the temperature began to drop, and it seemed that it was time to prepare items to protect against the cold.

At present, most people are still wearing cloth clothes, and I don't know if there is cotton in this world, if there is, the big cotton jacket is enough to withstand a winter.

At present, it seems that there is none, so Chen Zhiran asked people to cut down more wood, otherwise winter will come, and there will be nothing for heating.

Winter is coming, the second crop of grain has just been planted, with the maturity time of the stalk rice, one season can be received before the arrival of winter, and the two crops of grain together can only last everyone for one winter.

It seems that the only way to stop recruiting is to ensure that the current group can survive and recruit again next year.

The construction was in full swing, but Chen Zhiran was idle.

Staying in the lord's mansion that has been built, because the first batch of officials who have been trained have officially replaced him, he can handle most of the miscellaneous matters, and now there are no important things, Chen Zhiran basically won't toss anything, and wanders around the city that has not yet been built every day.

The city wall is not something that can be built in a short period of time, just the stone, it needs a huge amount, and there are not 300,000 people to build it together, and it is a fool's dream to build it in a short time.

Chen Zhiran retreated to the next best thing, first built the lord's mansion, and then built the house, and when winter came, he could put into the construction of the city wall, and now this is a small number of people to build the city wall.

Chen Zhiran walked around and began his own cultivation.

He didn't know that two mighty teams had already come to the grassland where he was.

When these two teams left, the people in the two alliances also kept leaving, and a battle began to play out here.

However, the people with a heart sent out the shadows, and the departure of so many people could not be concealed, and many lords naturally wanted to know where they would go after leaving.

……

After seven days of continuous efforts, the city gate appeared in general shape, but it was still not really completed.

The iron gate is still being built, and a gate without a gate appears.

Chen Zhiran had risen to the next level in these seven days, and had cultivated to the point where he could perceive many elements around him, and subtle magic fluctuations would no longer escape his careful observation.

No, the weather is bright, the mood is good, and I am very happy to go out.

But there was always a feeling that something bad was about to happen.

A soldier galloped on a fast horse.

Ruodun immediately called a halt, the soldier stopped his horse, handed Ruodun an urgent report, and then immediately left for the return, Ruodun opened it and looked at it, immediately understood what was going on, and quickly ran in the direction of Chen Zhiran.

Ruodun handed over the urgent report to Chen Zhiran and opened it to take a look.

It was written by Du Zheng, and his subordinates saw a large number of giants emerging from the northern forest, and they were still camping.

But before I finished reading the letter here, another urgent report arrived, and many corner people came to the northeast.

Chen Zhiran's eyes narrowed slightly, he came so soon, it seems that the time for peaceful development has come, and it must be time to shine brightly.

"Send someone to Du Cang and tell him to watch the other party, and I will gather soldiers and horses to support."

Suddenly, he immediately went to gather troops and asked his subordinates to inform Du Cang, who was still in the north.

Shen Tian said: "I thought I was the only one who knew that there was a piece of land here, but I didn't expect ......."

Yuan Zheng: "It's really not a fight and I don't know each other, since we meet again, it's better for us to form an alliance."

"That's what I thought too."

In fact, the two have met three times, the first time the two of them have a tacit understanding and get out of the way, the second time, the two have some conflicts, until the third time the two teams meet here again, fortunately the two have the same purpose and no conflict broke out.

The two of them don't know Chen Zhiran's specific strength, but if they can take this grassland for themselves, it means that their strength is definitely not weak.

At dusk, thousands of troops appeared in the distance to the south, and a small number of people in front of them were dressed brightly.

Seeing this scene, the two couldn't help but change their faces, all of them combined only exceeded 3,000, and there were thousands of people on the opposite side, how could this not shock them.

They can actually have a larger population, but when they were in the alliance, they were fighting every day, and their troops were decreasing rapidly, which was the main reason why they came here.

But the arrow had to be fired.

Soon, the two sides began to confront each other.

Chen Zhiran rode on the earth dragon, waiting for the troops to line up neatly, and at the same time glanced at the two.

Chen Zhiran said unceremoniously: "Don't wait for the northern plains, isn't it a bit immoral to come to my small place to grab land?"

Yuan Zheng said: "Hahaha, there is a way for capable people to live in, and when they come to this world, they can't help themselves, and those who don't fight or grab have already become ashes."

Chen Zhiran said: "Oh, it seems that you have to fight to see the difference."

At this time, Chen Zhiran must be strong, only in this way can he win the right to speak, of course, the confidence is the well-trained army behind him.

Chen Zhiran has this strength, so he dares to speak, otherwise he will definitely use another tone.

Shen Tian said: "Slow, we're not here to fight"

Chen Zhiran snorted coldly: "It's not a fight, so why didn't you notify me before you came, don't you think I'm a bully?"

Seeing this, Shen Jia hurriedly said: "This brother, we are indeed inappropriate, but we didn't tell us, we really have a hard time."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Zhiran said angrily: "What does your business have to do with me, coming to my territory without permission has already doomed us to be ......."

Before Chen Zhiran finished speaking, Shen Jia interjected: "Brother, we only have disadvantages and no benefits in fighting, even if you are well-equipped, are you sure you can really take us down?" ”

Chen Zhiran's face began to turn pale, and Shen Jia said: "You have to think clearly, we can find here, others can naturally find here, this is a territory where there is no one, they will definitely come over to fight, we fight, even if you can win, can you stop it alone."

"We are people fleeing for our lives, we have naturally seen life and death, and if we fight here, even if you win, it will definitely be a miserable victory, so I don't need to say more when the time comes."

"Now, you can stop and listen to us!"

Although Chen Zhiran's teeth itched with anger, he was right, now, this grassland has been exposed, and it may be attacked at any time, if he really fights them now, it is absolutely impossible for him to resist the next wave of lords' attacks.

There was no way, Chen Zhiran could only sit down and solve it through negotiation.

This led to an embarrassing scene, with the armies facing each other and the top brass of both sides negotiating in the center of the army.

Chen Zhiran was the first to say: "Say it."

The corners of Shen Jia's mouth curled slightly, and said, "Brother, we only want a piece of land for development when we come here, and besides, you see that we are all ...... of the Terran army."

Chen Zhiran said directly: "Talking about the business directly, what is the effect of twists and turns."

Seeing this, Shen Jia didn't talk nonsense.

"Okay, the two of us want a piece of land, and ask the brothers to cut their love and take out the map."

Chen Zhiran knew that this person was still a bit strategic, but ......

"No way, it's absolutely non-negotiable, it's all my territory."

"Brother, many times you can't say anything about it, the conditions are a little bit of concessions."

"Hmph", Chen Zhiran threw out a map.

Pointing to the north side of the map, he said, "Just these two."

And the territory he gave is also large enough, but it is all close to the north, and the meaning is obvious, that is, the two of them are going to block the north gate.

"Brother, that's not interesting enough, that's why it's so ......"

……

In this way, several people argued for more than an hour, and finally came up with a plan that everyone could accept.

The two of them defend the northernmost part, and the territory area is 2/7 of the grassland area, but in the same way, Chen Zhiran must provide material support, if the two can't hold on, Chen Zhiran must send troops.

Chen Zhiran also put forward the condition that the northern forces should not be allowed to enter the grassland, to be precise, other forces should not be allowed to attack him.

The two also agreed to such a request, anyway, they are also outsiders, and the territory they get for free is already larger than before, and it is also necessary for them to become a goalkeeper, of course, this is because their strength is weaker than Chen Zhiran, otherwise today's situation will definitely not be like this.

In this way, the division of land was completed, the two sides began to withdraw their troops, and the two also hurriedly began to deploy, plan, they knew that the first wave of war would soon be ushered in.

Then there is the issue of resource allocation, Chen Zhiran, Shen Jia, and Yuan Zheng jointly decided everything.

With gold coins as the medium of exchange, Chen Zhiran must provide sea salt, Yuan Zheng has most of his territory in the grassland, he must provide horses, cattle and sheep, and Shen Jia is close to the eastern forest, so he must provide the materials in the forest, and through negotiation, the three parties will jointly determine the price.

Soon Daxie came up with a contract for the Terran Alliance.

The three of them draw together, and their souls are entangled by a mysterious force, as long as they don't commit anything on the treaty, then they will be safe, otherwise they will die.

Develop your own strength, anyway, strength is always the source of confidence.

In the evening, the three parties perfected many details.

Then they each went back to their own territory, Chen Zhiran did not let them go to their own territory to rest, knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, no one would leave a person who could threaten them by their side.

After all, they are still robbers who have robbed their own territory, and it is impossible to have a good relationship with them.

Chen Zhiran still has advantages in a set of operations, food, armor, weapons, salt, these are all in his own hands, it is a complete monopoly position, holding the lifeblood of the two, and in the future, the circulation of gold coins will also be controlled by himself.

As long as he masters the finances, the two are no longer opponents, but a chess piece in his hand, ready to use.

After all, the economic foundation determines the superstructure, and finance will always be the foundation of politics and the power bank of the military.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhiran no longer worried about the follow-up, and now he completely controlled their lives.

But what he didn't expect was that Shen Jia had long been accustomed to these in officialdom, sometimes politics can also regulate the economy, development is not all about the economy, gold coins can only be useful if they are artificially given as intermediaries, otherwise, he is just a useless ornament, not to mention that this is still in another world, the world where magic exists, gold coins are really useful in this world, which is really not necessarily.

And the land, Chen Zhiran still has no loss, he has not developed it at all in the north, everything is wasteland, they came over and became the labor force of the northern reclamation for free, and at the same time guarded the north gate for Chen Zhiran, and he only needs to pay resources, once the war breaks out and his number grows, they will continue to be consumed, and they will eventually be swallowed up by him.

Shen Jia trained his subordinates through the whetstone of the north in the future, and trained them into an elite army, and he did not need to provide resources, it was completely others who helped him raise troops, and also provided weapons and armor to enhance the strength of his troops.

I have to say that the game between the two sides has just begun, and it is already so intense, both sides are calculating, step by step.

Obviously, only Yuan Zheng lost this political game, and Chen Zhiran was slightly inferior, but it doesn't mean that Shen Jia is the winner, he only thinks more than Chen Zhiran now, plus he is older and has seen more of the world.

The competition between a chess piece and a chess player quietly begins at this moment.