lizard lord

Chapter 179 Two Months of Development
Tang Zhao has never understood the evolutionary ability brought to him by the emblem. He is carrying a dwarf's anti-magic arrow, and his original intention is to have anti-magic ability. He did not expect that the emblem might extract the keyword "long-distance" and endow it with his corresponding ability.

But it is also considered a good ability, which can make up for his shortcomings. The abilities given to him by the emblem, except for the "evil breaking", basically have their own uses.

As for the ability to destroy evil, Tang Zhao also studied it later, and even troubled Franz, a magician, to use the magic he learned from his hometown to summon a low-level quasimo, and asked him to try out the ability to destroy evil.

As for the results of the experiment, it was quite confusing—it did, but the effect was not attached to his claws or skin, but in the blood.His blood can make the quasse golem feel sick for a while, like eating a bad stomach.But the effect is just like this, it cannot be killed, it can only be weakened.

In battle scenes, without careful design, this kind of evil can play a limited role, but in other scenes, this kind of blood can play an unexpected role.

For example, making medicines. In theory, this kind of blood is also effective against the plague caused by demons, and can effectively suppress and relieve symptoms.Or process the blood and apply it to certain weapons.
All in all, it is still impossible to escape the life of being a raw material supplier.

After initially understanding his physical ability, Bourne and others around him have been waiting for a while.

They are not surprised by the earth-shaking changes in Tang Dynasty. Rather than saying that this is the shedding of reptiles, it is better to say that it is the metamorphosis of insects, and it is not the same species before and after.

Bourne stepped forward and started talking with Tang Zhao. While talking, he toured the entire settlement. Tang Zhao quickly had a preliminary understanding of the changes and conditions of the settlement in the past two months.

From the perspective of the external environment, neither the elves in the west nor the dwarves in the south have changed fundamentally. The hobgoblins failed in their last attack and have no plans to attack further in a short time. On the human side, because of changes in domestic forces, A lot has changed.

The royal family directly governed a small part of the rebels' territory and accepted most of the rebels' commercial properties, but granted most of the land to military nobles with military exploits. The two vacant marquises were filled. At the same time, the following Those little nobles also experienced a round of blood.

The whole body is affected by one hair, and the impact is immeasurable. It can't be discussed for a while, but the situation around Luford is still peaceful. After all, there are not many nobles here who directly participated in the rebellion. On the contrary, they all had military exploits, and the royal family only rewarded them.

But no surprises, in the end the royal family was still planning to do something on Luford's side, and appointed a military official to be responsible for rectifying the military affairs in the west of Oran.

This reason is justifiable. After all, the defense in the west of Oran has been relaxed to a certain extent. Apart from the city guard, there is only one direct army that was transferred from the capital.

In the past, there was no defensive pressure in the west, and it didn't matter if there were no troops. Now the hobgoblins have proved that even the Kubango swamp, such indescribable terrain, can't stop them. They need to reorganize their defenses, not to mention the west If the defense level is brought to the same level as that of the east, at least they must have the ability to protect themselves.

In addition to the obvious enemies such as hobgoblins and orcs, there is also a sense of guarding against Tang Zhao.After all, Tang Zhao couldn't figure out what human beings were thinking, and humans couldn't figure out his thinking even more. Both sides were on guard against each other.

Faced with this justification, Earl Luford wanted to refuse. This not only took away his power, but also required him to pay for the army. In his opinion, it was undoubtedly a "waste of money".

However, there was really no way to refuse, so the military officials just entered the city of Luford and made a series of measures. Generally speaking, Bourne and Bock gave him a pretty good evaluation, thinking that he was a qualified officer, but he was somewhat .Maverick, hard to explain clearly in a few words.

This military official came from the newly promoted Marquis family, and was considered one of the strong contenders for the right to succession. He was not alone when he came to Luford. He followed a legion of about 3000 people, recruited from noble fiefdoms, with average combat effectiveness. But there are a lot of people.

In addition, there is also a whole set of leadership team accompanying him, ranging from military commanders to financial officers to medical officers. Most of them come from the territories of the newly promoted Marquis, but some are drawn from the royal family.

This made Earl Luford a little wary, but the two sides still maintained a superficial harmony. The Earl's power was deeply entrenched, and the officers were well-known, and no one could do anything to each other in a short period of time.

In addition, what Oran needs Tang Zhao's attention is the matter of Andrea. The Hermes Chamber of Commerce has developed amazingly in the past two months.

The number of merchant ships has increased to eight, and the number of land caravans has increased by 80.00%, opening up the sales among the feudal nobles, making it easier to sell many things—weapons and equipment, exquisite handicrafts, and medical resources. These They are all needed by the nobles, but produced by Karak Solmar.

Andrea's price is very good, and the quality of the goods is better than that of the merchants in Luford City. The more important thing is that he has direct interests with the feudal nobles. The foundation of the nobles is crop production. The mage resources in Luford City and Drew Yi didn't have many resources, and they might use this kind of spellcaster in the future. Under this premise, many feudal nobles tended to choose Andrea as their trading partner.

These nobles have a lot of grain in their hands. Although the land in the west of Oran is fragmented and not suitable for farming, Lufford is still one of the grain distribution centers in the country and does not completely rely on the grain output of the surrounding feudal nobles, but their role Still cannot be ignored.

Even if the nobles who fully cooperate with Andrea are mostly small nobles, it is still a leap from scratch, which can improve the situation to a certain extent.

In two months, under the education of experienced dwarf guild members, Andrea grew up very quickly. The entire Hermes Chamber of Commerce is not limited to Lufford City and the surrounding areas, but also in other small cities in the west of Oran. Expansion, now in terms of volume, the scale of the chamber of commerce is not very small, at least it is a medium and large chamber of commerce.Of course, in the city of Luford, it is still far behind in the whole country and cannot be ranked.

As for the matter of returning to the furnace to recast the Marquis gold coins, it has basically been completed today, and I did not dare to do it too conspicuously, but it still brought very considerable benefits to the beholder and Tang Chao. The cost of food purchases has been earned, and there is even a lot of surplus.

There are many things about Oran, and Tang Zhao needs to pay special attention to these. The details can't be finished in a while. Bourne began to introduce the recent development of the territory to him.

The most important job is of course defense. Bourne has upgraded the existing city wall, widened and thickened it. The current city wall is nine meters high and five meters wide. Most of the city walls are completely made of hard bricks and stones. There is absolutely nothing to say about the strength of rammed earth.

Even with artillery bombardment for a long time, the structure of the city wall is difficult to break up. At the same time, the gully in front of the city wall is also deepened. The width of the gully reaches eight meters, and the average depth is about five meters. Moving forward, there is a distance between the city wall and the ravine.

In this space, the dwarves and kobolds built another outer wall, which is about three meters high. It cannot stand people yet, but it has a large number of shooting holes, combined with a five-meter-deep moat. The shooting range is good and the protection effect is good. It is also worth looking forward to.

The area between the inner wall and the outer wall, as well as the side of the moat close to the city wall, have been reinforced with bricks and stones. The structure is very stable and can completely resist the attacks of ballistas and small and medium-sized trebuchets. There are also many dwarves embedded in it. Runestones are resistant to most spells, reducing the damage they deal.

The height of the tower has been increased, and the structure and materials have been slightly optimized. The most important thing is that the number of heavy weapons equipped has been greatly increased - ballistas, trebuchets, and even a few light cannons bought from the dwarves of Dragon's Blood Pass If a small team of hundreds of people harass the city wall, there is a high probability that they will be hit by long-range weapons and their morale will collapse.

It is certainly not perfect, with weaknesses and deficiencies, but it is already the highest level that everyone can achieve at this stage.

"According to our experience, it is not difficult for the fortifications here to resist the attacks of two or three legions. As long as the number of defenders is large enough, and the opponent does not have a strong man above the fifth rank, it is a hard nut to crack. It is about There is still about a month to go, and the progress is very optimistic.”

This is a very good result. Self-protection is almost more than enough. Thinking of coming here, you need to go through a whole forest with complex terrain. Supply delivery is very difficult. As long as the defenders are not careless, unless Oran or the hobgoblin completely abandon other fronts , gather the strength of the upper and lower to attack them, otherwise it will be difficult to break through the city in a short time.

[Very good, how about the food problem?I saw a large area of ​​arable land on the road. What is the estimated yield of the dryads? 】

"Compared to the beginning of the year, we have [-] more dwarves. Franz has been running around Oran in the past two months and brought back [-] to [-] kobolds, including the newly born kobolds. And lizard people, there are one or two hundred more people, and it is still very difficult to feed these people."

There are too many places where labor is needed, and there are just a few thousand people, even if their strength and endurance are much better than ordinary people, they are still too busy.

Bourne and Toby have planned to expand the area of ​​crop planting several times, but whether it is the wheat on the ground or the fungus underground, the growth area is limited, and it can only be said that there is some progress.

On the contrary, the size of the livestock herd increased rapidly, because many feudal nobles chose to use their own livestock as payment, but it was still not enough for their needs. The lizardmen only ate meat, and the dwarves also had a strong demand for meat. East Oran imports in large quantities,
Relying on the fact that food can still be obtained from the outside world, the problem is not too big, and it will take time to be completely self-sufficient.

Most of the remaining things are normal developments, such as the expansion of the metallurgical workshop, further excavation of ore veins and further training of the army.

On the whole, there are many good things, but there are also things worthy of vigilance-the war is gradually going away, and the contradictions between various races are highlighted.

At this stage, the conflicts between the mountain residents and the forest residents are only trivial matters such as logging and hunting, but Tang Zhao knows that if the small conflicts are not handled well, they will explode into big conflicts if they accumulate.Once this kind of contradiction arises, the rift is difficult to make up.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, women on the border between Wu and Chu fought for a mulberry tree, which eventually turned into a war for hegemony between Wu and Chu. It's better to be careful.

[It is necessary to set up a special organization to manage wild animals and tree resources, and to convince both parties.Even if there is no contradiction, the growth time of precious resources such as yew trees and oak trees is counted by ten years, and there must be planning when cutting.]
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Learning about the recent general situation from Bourne, Tang Zhao was not in a hurry to deal with various matters.After all, it has been delayed for two months, and there is nothing particularly serious. He is not in a hurry, so he chooses to go to the forest to see how the goblins and elves' territories are.

Before coming to Insula, he promised the goblins that they would be free to choose whether to go to the southern elf kingdom, and later he did fulfill his promise.

Just like his expectation, the number of goblins who chose to leave was not too many, less than a hundred in total.After all, life has tended to be stable now, and under the premise of no major crisis, goblins are still relatively stable species.

The war on Karak Solma's side is over, but it doesn't mean that the war on the elves' side is also over.

Hobgoblins and elves are still exchanging views fiercely in the forest. Humans in the western part of the continent provide limited support for the elves, but it cannot affect the overall battle situation. It is conceivable that the tug-of-war between the two sides will continue for a long time.

The unicorn Lorraine has not returned to his territory during this time, and has been staying in the territory of the elves, coordinating the relationship between the centaur tribe and the elves, and at the same time fighting on the front line.

Under this premise, within the elf territory, there are quite a few elves affected by the war.Tang Zhao has always been willing to accept elves and civilians to ensure their safety and health, and after the war with the hobgoblins, from time to time, they will send some weapons and equipment to the elves for free, and even send a lot of food that they themselves are relatively short of and cloth.

As a small force that can only protect itself, they thought they had done a lot, and the elves actually appreciated it and sent seven to eight hundred "volunteers" over.

They were said to be volunteers, but in fact 600 of them were civilians who were affected by the war. They came to Tang Zhao's side to take refuge, and the remaining 100 people were serious elf rangers.

Speaking of volunteers, the main reason is that they have a good name. Everyone knows what kind of personality an elf is, and they don't care much about it.

The situation of the settlement has not changed much from before, generally speaking, it is still the same, but the scale is larger and can accommodate more civilians.

Elena and Lilith, who were in charge of managing the settlement, felt different from Bourne's pure joy after discovering the awakened Tang Zhao. After chatting with him for a while, they began to talk about business with a serious face.

"We have always had a problem that has not been resolved, and that is the attitude towards various churches. Now is the time to formally deal with it. The ancestor gods of the dwarves do not have a formal church. It's okay to say that we have always given the green light to the people of the Helm Church. Now Luford is here. There are many priests of Losander, they have been testing our attitude, and we have been delaying our position, which is not a long-term solution."

PS. I just found out that one less chapter was updated before, and the schedule was a bit messed up. One more chapter will be used as compensation, and then each chapter will have more free words until it offsets the [-] words. Overall, it is not a loss .

Sorry QWQ
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