Age of Arcane

After Luke officially took office as the king of the Dragon Kingdom, he set up his ruling team as quickly as possible.But he soon discovered that the situation in Longguo was more serious than he had imagined.

There has been no king's rule for thousands of years, and the dragons are completely scattered. Coupled with their natural lazy personality, the entire dragon civilization has seriously degenerated.The entire social structure is looser than that of the barbarians in the western border of the empire, and the ability to create is almost completely lost.

It can be said that the millennium after the war is completely a blank period for the Dragon Kingdom.Even the magic that dragons are good at, related research has almost stagnated.

The Dragon Kingdom is completely based on its laurels, and the improvement of national power is all due to the increase in the number of dragons.As for how many dragons there are in the Dragon Kingdom, even King Tai Lun and King Saier don't know.

There is no information for reference, no effective governance system, no treasury belonging to the Dragon Kingdom assets, no young dragon education system...

Now Luke, as the king of the Dragon Kingdom, wants nothing.

Still being stared at by so many dragon eyes.

He only felt that he was one head and two big.

They are already so poor and white, I really don't know where the arrogance of the giant dragons comes from?
If it weren't for being the chief assistant of the Golden Shield Empire, who still has some governance experience, and the head-changing dragon came to power, he probably wouldn't know where to start to rectify.

The first is taxation!

Wang Wangfeng issued a one-time taxation order to all the dragons in the Dragon Kingdom, requiring all the dragons to hand over one-tenth of the treasures in their dragon nests to the Dragon Kingdom's treasury.

Luke knew that it was not easy to dig out the treasure from the dragon's claws, so following this one-time taxation order, he also released an explanation.

This taxation decree was born out of the "Treasure National Decree" implemented by the Dragon Kingdom during the ancient war.During the war, all giant dragons no longer own private treasures, and all treasures belong to the Dragon Kingdom and are all used for war needs.

The one-time taxation order only requires the dragon to hand over one-tenth of its private wealth, and the Dragon Kingdom will no longer tax the dragon in the future.

Part of the tax collected this time will be used to rebuild the Dragon Magic Cliff in the Dragon Kingdom, and reopen the magic research belonging to the dragon; part of it will be used to build the magic academy in the Dragon Kingdom, so that all young dragons can receive the most systematic and formal education; part will be used to invest in the business of the Emerald Forest, and through the current prosperous world trade, obtain the resources needed for the Dragon Kingdom.

If there are any remaining funds, they will be used to arm the king's dragon army.

Luke especially emphasized: Taxation is to deal with the crisis that the Dragon Kingdom will face in the future. All dragons who actively pay taxes can have priority in obtaining the follow-up welfare and support policies of the Dragon Kingdom.

After the one-off taxation order was released, it quickly received a response from the dragons who supported the gluttonous king.

If it was before, it would be almost impossible to remove treasures from the dragon's lair. Collecting and storing treasures is a special hobby of dragons.

However, the gradual chaos in the world has allowed the giant dragon to re-elect the king after a thousand years. They must know which is more important, the strength of the Dragon Kingdom or their own wealth.

Moreover, King Glutton only received one-tenth of the tax, and promised not to collect taxes in the future.

So after a period of busyness, treasures were piled up in the king's dragon nest.

Now that you have money, you can do many things.

Luke first wrote a letter to Agatha, asking the empire to find a way to discount the strange treasures he had received, and then purchase all kinds of materials that the Dragon Kingdom is most short of.

Then write a letter to the Three Leaf King in the Emerald Forest, asking the forest elves to help the Dragon Kingdom rebuild the Magic Cliff; ask the Emerald Magic Academy to help the Dragon Kingdom build the Dragon Magic Academy; ask the Emerald Lake to send an economic and trade advisory group to the Dragon Kingdom to discuss how to build the Dragon Kingdom's trade advantage projects.

Finally, I wrote letters to Shuojin Civilization, Angel Civilization, Hell Civilization, and Shadow Civilization, telling them that Dragon Kingdom has a new king, and I am willing to maintain harmonious relations with all ancient civilizations.Especially in the letter to the Shadow Civilization, Luke strongly expressed his desire to be invited by the Shadow Civilization.

After sending several important letters, Luke ordered a dragon world tour group to be formed.He wants to express to the whole world that Dragon Kingdom is ready to actively integrate into the current world system and participate in world trade activities.

The Dragon Kingdom, a machine that had been idle for thousands of years, finally started to move under Luke's day and night operation.However, various sedimentation problems were gradually exposed along with this movement.

Luke put almost all his energy on governing the Dragon Kingdom, and his daily life was even more exhausting than in the Empire.

Although the chief assistant of the empire has a lot of work, the imperial court has a complete bureaucratic system. Sometimes Luke disappears for a few months, and the empire's government affairs system can still operate normally.But in Dragon Country, if King Taotie is not in King Dragon's Nest for a day, everything will come to a standstill.

For this reason, Luke had to write to Agatha again, saying that he might have to wait a while before returning to the empire...

Luke is so busy for Dragon Kingdom.

The information of the Dragon Kingdom gradually improved, and then he discovered that those Dragon Kings who did not support him were also integrating their forces.

They even imitated themselves, issued taxation orders to the controlled dragons, established a ruling system, and expanded their military power.

For a while, the Dragon Kingdom seemed to have entered the Spring and Autumn Period.

King Taotie, as the orthodox king of the Dragon Kingdom, controls about 40.00% of the land and giant dragons in the Dragon Kingdom, and the other 60.00% is ruled by dragon kings who do not support him.

40.00% seems like a lot, but King Taotie has no foundation in the Dragon Kingdom. This 40.00% is actually controlled by each Dragon King, and they will abandon their king at any time.

Luke really owns it directly, probably Twilight Dragon and King's Peak.

In order to enhance the strength of his direct subordinates, Luke actively recruited the little dragons to join his king's dragons.He even set his sights on the wild dragons that he had looked down upon before, and the dwarf Liba general filled his group of king dragons.

The days were fulfilled day by day, and Luke's king dragon group expanded from seven twilight dragons to 35 giant dragons.After the trial of the King of the Dragon Kingdom, Wangwangfeng finally had the scenery surrounded by dragons again.

One day, Luke received a message.

The visiting group of the Golden Shield Empire landed in Jinjing Town, asked King Taotie to allow them to enter, and went to the King's Peak to meet the King of Dragon Kingdom.

The leader of the visiting group from the Golden Shield Empire is... the Princess of the Empire, Agatha Augustine.

Luke was delighted to hear that Agatha had come.

The accident of the King of the Dragon Kingdom made Luke not see Agatha for more than three months, and he couldn't help but think of her when he was busy.

So Luke immediately ordered to allow the Golden Shield Empire visiting group to enter, and sent the black dragon Bale to lead a team of dragons to meet them.

Just when Luke was looking forward to Agatha's arrival soon, another news came.

The Sanye King of the Emerald Forest has led a delegation to the Dragon Kingdom, and will soon go to the King's Peak to pay tribute to the new Dragon Kingdom.

Calculating the time, it was time for King Sanye to come, but it was not at the right time.

No way, Luke can only see the Golden Shield Empire delegation and the Emerald Forest delegation at the same time.

King's Peak is covered with ice and snow, and there are cold and strong winds howling in the mountains all the year round.

In the king's dragon nest in the ice, Luke sits on the throne in the middle, and the Twilight Dragon in human form stands on both sides of the throne, surrounded by dragons on the ice platform.

In front of the throne are the visiting princess Agatha of the Golden Shield Empire and the Sanye King of the Emerald Forest.

Agatha is wearing a white ferret coat, her long golden hair is tied into a bun, and she wears a princess crown, looking graceful and luxurious.

She knew that Wangwangfeng was the highest mountain in Longguo, covered by ice and snow all year round, but she didn't expect the climate here to be worse than she imagined.The air is thin, the temperature is cold, and it is still open, and there are no servants to take care of it.

After the surprise that her husband became the king of the Dragon Kingdom passed, Agatha felt heartbroken the moment she came to the king's dragon nest.

If it wasn't for the Three Leaf King of the Emerald Forest who was still at the side, she would have rushed over to hug her husband.

Agatha, who was in charge of the Empire's Secret Affairs Bureau, did not express her feelings. She saluted the Taotie King according to the etiquette, expressing the purpose of her visit to the Dragon Kingdom.

The Golden Shield Empire wants to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Dragon Kingdom, send diplomatic personnel to each other, open the markets of the two countries, and carry out more economic and trade cooperation.

At the same time, it put forward the request of Longguo to join the free trade body.

This was originally a matter for two people to snuggle together to discuss, and Luke could only make a very formal reply.

"As the king of the Dragon Kingdom, I am actively promoting the Dragon Kingdom to integrate into the current world. It is my wish to establish friendly relations with all countries in the world. However, the Golden Shield Empire and the Shuojin people have turned against each other. As a civilization at the same time as the Shuojin Civilization, the Dragon Civilization does not want to fall into unnecessary disputes. After all, the Julong Civilization and the Shuojin Civilization have an unpleasant history, and too much contact may cause accidents.

Therefore, it is inconvenient for the Dragon Kingdom to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Golden Shield Empire, but this does not hinder our cooperation and exchanges in trade.

Jinjing Town is a window for exchanges between our two countries. It would be even better if the Golden Shield Empire could crack down on crimes in Jinjing Town. "

Luke's meaning is very clear.

I have become the king of the Dragon Kingdom, does the empire still care about diplomatic relations on the surface?
It is inappropriate for the Dragon Kingdom to directly offend the Shuojin people now, an undisclosed relationship is more in line with the interests of the empire and the Dragon Kingdom.

Agatha could hear what Luke said, and she also knew that the Empire and the Dragon Kingdom were now a family, and it would be interesting to hide this relationship and make money together.

These are just excuses for Agatha to come to the Dragon Kingdom, and of course it is just a show for the Shuojin people.

Agatha immediately said: "It's such a pity! The Golden Shield Empire welcomes further relations with the Dragon Kingdom at any time.

For this visit, I brought a trade team and hoped to conduct on-site trade negotiations with Longguo. "

Luke replied: "Doing business, of course I welcome it very much. I have several good trade cooperation projects now, and I can talk to Her Highness the Princess.

Of course, the Emerald Forest is indispensable. "

Hearing about himself, King Sanye immediately saluted Luke.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to become the king of the Dragon Kingdom so soon. Thank you for your help to the forest elves in the headhunting war. The forest elves are willing to fully support all your government orders.

This time I brought the sprite you want. "

King Sanye's support for the Taotie Kingdom comes from the heart.

During the headhunting war, King Sanye had a great affection for this special dragon king, and this dragon king knew the current world.

In fact, after the news of the trial of the King of the Dragon Kingdom reached the Emerald Forest, King Sanye was worried about who would become the new king of the Dragon Kingdom.

If the elected king interferes excessively with the forest elves, it will definitely cause great harm to the Emerald Forest.

Fortunately, Dragon Kingdom was lucky to choose Taotie King to be the king.

The letter that King Taotie wrote to himself after he ascended the throne also shows that this is a king who knows the direction of the world very well. The Dragon Kingdom will soon become a force that can influence the world, which will be of great benefit to the Emerald Forest.

Therefore, the Emerald Forest spared no effort to help the Dragon Kingdom recover its strength.

This time King Sanye brought everything King Taotie wanted, and he believed that the Emerald Forest would definitely reap huge benefits from it.

At this time, Luke had already seen the list of elves and supplies brought by King Sanye in advance.

Emerald Forest has a modern foundation and is capable of helping Dragon Kingdom quickly catch up with this era, and it also shares the investment that the empire needs to pay.

Luke was very happy and said to King Sanye: "It's too deserted in the Dragon Kingdom to only have such intelligent creatures as giant dragons, and the number of giant dragons is too rare for the vast Dragon Kingdom.

I hope that by taking advantage of the construction of Magic Cliff and Magic Academy, some forest elves can move into the Dragon Kingdom, so that more dragons can know what kind of world is outside. "

This is definitely a windfall for King Sanye.

Dragon Kingdom is one of the few undeveloped places in this world, and there are treasures everywhere.The Dragon Kingdom has always been a closed country, never allowing other intelligent creatures to enter the territory of the Dragon Kingdom. This time King Glutton allowed the forest elves to migrate into the Dragon Kingdom, which is equivalent to giving the Emerald Forest countless opportunities.

King Sanye immediately thanked Luke: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will definitely restrain all the forest elves who migrated into the Dragon Kingdom, and must abide by the laws of the Dragon Kingdom."

For Dragon Kingdom, the introduction of forest elves can solve the current shortage of labor in Dragon Kingdom, which can be regarded as a mutually beneficial and win-win policy.

Luke immediately decided: "The forest elves can obtain a sea port and two inland lands in Dragon Kingdom, which can be used to build the forest elves' autonomous territory.

The forest elves can conduct geological surveys in the area I designated and help us find minerals that can be used for export.Longguo has no industrial base and can only export raw materials for primitive accumulation.

If Emerald Forest wants to build a factory in Longguo, I can give you special preferential policies. "

King Sanye immediately asked: "Can the Emerald Forest engage in the mining and trading of fire crystal mines in the Dragon Kingdom?"

King Sanye couldn't help but look at Agatha after asking.

The fire crystal trade is the root of the conflict between the Golden Shield Empire and the Shuojin people, and it is also the confidence of the Golden Shield Empire to dare to challenge the ancient civilization.

Can the Emerald Forest get involved in this lucrative business?
Luke answered directly: "No! If I knew that the fire crystal trade would bring so much trouble to the world, I would not have agreed to give the Golden Shield Empire the right to mine and trade the fire crystals of the Dragon Kingdom.

However, the fire crystals that the Golden Shield Empire acquired from the Dragon Kingdom were all transferred by Her Majesty Queen Clear Sky as compensation for destroying the World Tree in ancient wars, so I have no right to terminate this trade.

However, no party will be given the right to mine and trade Huojing, so as to prevent more unexpected and bad events from happening! "

As the king of the Dragon Kingdom, Luke officially announced: the Fire Crystal of the Dragon Kingdom is unique to the Golden Shield Empire!