Chapter 444: Dragon Oak Territory’s Strategic Adjustment

The closure of the Dragon Oak Portal has the biggest impact on the Kobolds, which is the problem of food supply.

For this reason, Gavin specially summoned the mayors of the three towns and listened to their recent development reports.

"Susie, you go first." The first person Gavin called was the mayor of the Pit Town.

The order of speaking at this kind of meeting is not random, but has deep meaning.

It represents Gavin's focus as the lord of a territory. Others will naturally focus on the focus of the top leader in the future development.

This is leadership.

It is not only applicable to the Kobolds, but also to other intelligent races.

Because it is a survival instinct of all subordinates to figure out the thoughts of their superiors, and consciously or unconsciously, they magnify some things.

As a qualified ruler, you must understand the thoughts of your subordinates clearly in order to maximize your interests.

In this regard, Gavin is also a beginner. In recent times, he has learned a lot of experience from Zalanda.

Gavin's current focus on Dragon Oak Territory is not on the pillar industry Black Well Iron Mine, but on the Pitfall Spirit Crystal Mine.

At present, there are very few Spirit Crystal Ores sold to the outside world, and the total sales volume is less than one percent of the Black Well Iron Mine.

It's not that there are no sales channels. On the contrary, with the unremitting efforts of the Thousand Heads Chamber of Commerce, not only have the sales channels been opened, but they are also in short supply. In the former territory of the Zamdas Empire, that is, the current Weihong Sea, this kind of crystal has a great demand. Recently, a mysterious buyer has appeared, spending a lot of money and taking as much as he can. Most of the Spirit Crystals sold by Dragon Oak Territory have gone into his hands.

It's not that the output of Pitfall Town can't be increased. Compared with the beginning, the output of Spirit Crystals has increased by more than ten times.

At the beginning, Gavin deliberately controlled the number of Spirit Crystals sold to the outside world. After all, this is a crystal related to spellcasting. Not to mention that the value exceeds the Black Well Iron Mine, even if it is comparable, it may attract the attention of some spellcasters.

Later, domestic demand increased sharply, especially after the opening of the phantom film. The demand was so great that it far exceeded the current output of the pit. The pit was being supported by the previously accumulated inventory.

"Reporting to the Lord, there are now 1,228 kobolds in the pit town, all of whom have opened up spell-like abilities, including eight dragonized kobolds and 121 dragon blood kobolds. The average monthly output of spirit crystals has reached 80 kilograms.

We are optimizing and improving the mining process. Once successful, the output is expected to exceed 100 kilograms per month." As the most knowledgeable of the kobolds, Susie's role transformation is the fastest.

Now she is not only the chief shaman of the dragon-hunting ceremony of the dragon-cork kobolds, but also the strongest one. Her professional level is like riding a rocket. Now she has thirteen professional levels. In just half a year, she has jumped five levels, and there is still the potential to continue to soar.

This is one of the invisible benefits of frequently hosting large-scale dragon-hunting ceremonies. Those kobolds who have opened their bloodline power are considered to be influenced by her.

Unlike the Black Well Iron Mine, the Spirit Crystal Mine is a technical mining operation, which requires a relatively high level of ability from the Kobolds.

Therefore, the elite route has been followed, and in the end, the ordinary Kobolds have been excluded, and the team is composed entirely of Kobolds with spell-like abilities.

The disadvantage is that the number is easily limited.

"Very good." Gavin simply praised, and then asked, "What about the candidate for mayor?"

"This is Bill, a sixth-level trap maker, a Kobold who has transformed into a red copper dragon. He has been assisting me in managing the Pit Town for some time, and is familiar with all the affairs in the town. Some time ago, when the Lord transferred me to the Three Rivers, he was in charge of managing the Pit Town."

"Bill has met the Lord." A strong male Kobold bowed to Gavin.

"From now on, you will resign from the position of Mayor of the Pit Town and hand it over to Bill, and then select 300 Kobolds from the Pit Town in proportion to form the Pit Corps." Gavin made strategic adjustments and deployments for the Pit Tribe.

"Yes, sir." Susie and Bill, two dog-headed men, stood up at the same time.

"Zach, you over there." Gavin's eyes fell on the mayor of Black Well Town.

Black Well Town is the largest window to the outside world for Dragon Oak Territory and a pillar industry. This will not change in the short term.

"There are currently 15,000 dog-headed men in Black Well Town, of which 10,000 are professional miners engaged in underground iron ore mining, 2,000 are full-time logistics service workers, and the remaining 3,000 are militia guards. In addition to garrison work, they are also engaged in hunting, farming, picking and road paving maintenance on the ground.

In addition, there are 80 enlightened trees to assist in the transportation of ore.

At present, the monthly output of Black Well Iron Mine has reached 15,000 tons, sales and output are basically the same, and the monthly net profit is 150,000 gold coins." Zach summarized the detailed data of Black Well Town.

"Transfer 3,000 newcomers from Eagle Cliff Town to join the miners, and then replace 3,000 dog-headed miners to form a special road-building team, focusing on paving the high road trade road in the rocky land, widening it by double the original width, so that at least four carriages can run in parallel.

Cangya will transfer 1,000 dog-headed fierce weasel cavalry from the militia to form the Cangya Cavalry Regiment." Gavin also made some strategic adjustments to Black Well Town.

Money is earned to be spent, not to be stored there like a dragon. For mountainous areas like the rocky land, roads are the top priority.

Only when the roads are smooth enough can goods be easily transported in and out, and troops can be quickly assembled and deployed.

The previous road construction was all a small matter. As the output of Heijing Iron Mine increased steadily and the value created became greater and greater, the Kingdom of Cormyr paid more and more attention to this area. The Purple Dragon Patrol Team stationed in the area became more and more important. Come more and more.

They can speed up appropriately. This kind of thing does not even need to be negotiated with the Kingdom of Cormyr.

The Dragon Oak leaders are building roads at their own expense, and the other side likes to see it. Not only will they not stop it, but they will also send troops to protect it. Anyone who messes up will have to face the wrath of the Purple Dragon Patrol.

As for the problem of the ferocious ferret mount that had troubled Gavin and the others for a long time, after establishing close relationships with many natural races, it was no longer a problem at all.

Under the conscious introduction, a large number of mustelid creature nests appeared in the rocky land, with as many as seven or eight species, most of which are suitable for being mounts for kobolds. They are gradually becoming wild hunters in the rocky land, and the wild wolves are driven away by them. .

"Yes." Zach and Cangya stood up at the same time to obey.

"Buck, over there." Gavin's eyes finally fell on the mayor of Eagle Cliff Town.

It's not that Yingya Town is unimportant, the main reason is that it lacks pillar industries, and now it is used more as a reserve force, specializing in internal construction.

It used to be an important transfer station for the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, but now even this function will be temporarily lost.

Gavin has been thinking of ways to develop other functions of this kobold town, but there has been no good direction.

Because the main advantages of kobolds are mining and paving roads.

If they are allowed to farm, they will definitely not be able to compare with humans who have a history of farming for tens of thousands of years, let alone the elves with the innate ability of druids.

If you let them engage in textiles and the like, you are making things difficult for them and getting twice the result with half the effort.

After much deliberation, I can only treat this place as a general training base for kobolds, conduct preliminary training and screening of personnel here, and then transport labor to the other two towns.

Buck stood up and replied: "There are currently 20,000 kobolds in Eagle Cliff Town, of which 8,000 are teenage kobolds, and there are a total of 800 Oede.

At present, the construction is mainly focused on the development and paving of Yingya Town and Yinggaoshan Road and the preliminary construction of Military Town.

Nishizawa has been assisting me in my work as the reserve mayor of Eagle Cliff Town for some time in the past, and he knows the situation here well. "

After finishing speaking, he looked at Gavin with an expectant look. Appropriate adjustments had been made in the pit and the black well, and a kobold army had been formed, indicating that the lord was likely to make a major military move.

There is no reason for them to allocate manpower to form an army. As an air force, Oede does not form an army.

Buck believes that he is more suitable as an air combat commander than as a manager who is stressed out all day long.

"Five thousand kobolds will be transferred back from the Dragon Oak Mother Tree. Except for the three thousand transferred to Heijing Town, the remaining two thousand will be evenly distributed among the construction teams in Eagle Cliff Town.

You and Caesar will hand over the work and mobilize 300 elite Erds to form the Erd Air Corps. "Gavin made adjustments to Eagle Cliff as Buck wished.

"Yes." Buck and Caesar stood up at the same time to obey.

"You have five days to prepare. After five days, you will set off with the Yaling soldiers to Tethyr and settle in the new city I developed there, Misnoel. You need to open up a new town there. ." Gavin issued the final order.

They did not support the Land of Three Rivers, but went to Misnoel as a seed.

The two places are too far apart, and it is impossible for Gavin to mobilize a large number of kobolds from the rocky land to go there, and there is no need.

Wherever there are mountains, there is no shortage of kobolds.

There is no shortage of mountains around Tethyr, especially the Marching Mountains, which are backed by Misnoel.

It's nothing more than applying the method used in the rocky land to the kobolds traveling in the mountains.

Compared with when he first came to Rockland, Gavin now has enough convenience, because he has both kobolds and dragons in his hands, and there are more than one - the two-legged wyvern transformed by Shanobah is also a dragon.

"As ordered." All the kobold leaders stood up again and obeyed the order.

"You all should know the news that the Dragon Oak portal will be closed for a period of time. Without the fruits, melons and vegetables shipped from there, how are you going to solve the food problem?" Gavin worked as a hands-off shopkeeper for a while. The advantage is that there is no need Worry about the little things here like the resident dragon oak collar does.

He only needs to formulate strategic guidelines and leave many things to the kobolds below to solve on their own. Although it was bumpy at first, he now has his own set of operating modes and it is quite smooth.

Zach sincerely complimented: "Thanks to the lord's foresight in this matter, the fruits and vegetables you took us to plant this spring have gradually matured. The types and quantities we planted are enough to meet our daily needs." There is more than enough for what we need. Over at the Black Well, we try our best to make the most of what we get, supplemented by the food brought by the human merchants. We also eat the excess food and hoard it deep in the mine. "

These kobolds have all come from hard times, so their thirst for food is beyond imagination. If they have the opportunity to hoard food, they will definitely spare no effort.

Susie added, "The food we need in summer is far less than that in winter. The food demand of the dog-headed people who have opened the dragon vein, dragon blood, and dragon transformation abilities is also far lower than that of ordinary dog-headed people. This is related to our racial characteristics. The Lord also knows that we are cold-blooded creatures and can absorb some heat from the outside to meet the needs of the body. The dog-headed people who have opened the spell-like abilities can draw some power from the daily elemental magic. What we need to do more is to store a lot of food for the winter. The colder the weather, the more food we need."

Gavin nodded with satisfaction and said a little, "You only need to focus on the present. You don't need to consider the food in winter. I will prepare it for you in the valley at that time. What's more, we can start with magic equipment and make the environment of the town the most suitable for your survival."

"The Lord is still thoughtful." The dog-headed leaders praised.

"Do you have any difficult questions? Do you need my help to solve them?" Gavin handed the initiative to the dog-headed leaders.

"I have a letter for the Lord. According to the merchant who brought the letter, a gnoll monk asked him to bring it to the Lord." Zach handed a letter to Gavin.

Gnoll monk? Flynn?

Gavin only recognized one such person, and that was the revenge gnoll monk of the Black Death who had helped them to wipe out the gnoll war group.

He took the initiative to ask for orders and went to track down another culprit, Yenogu Venom Fang.

At that time, he liked Luo Xianzi, so he agreed to his request.

It's just that it's been so long, if he didn't take the initiative to write to me, I would have almost forgotten his existence.

I took the letter and saw that it was indeed him.

The content of the letter was very simple, that is, he lived up to the trust and successfully found the Yenogu Venom Fang, but this Venom Fang fully exerted its characteristics, gathered a large number of gnolls and jackals along the way, and formed a new war group.

They fled all the way to the Goblin Border and colluded with a gathering of witches in the Far Sea Swamp. They are causing trouble in the Goblin Border. It won't be long before they may affect Gaolu.

Although Flynn didn't say it clearly in the letter, the meaning was very clear. He wanted Gavin to send troops to wipe out this rising evil force.

After thinking about it for a while, Gavin wrote a handwritten reply and said to Caesar, who had not yet taken office, "Mayor Caesar, you are responsible for organizing the remaining Ede in Eagle Cliff Town into an aerial reconnaissance team to conduct reconnaissance with Dragon Oak Territory as the center. I want all the information of large-scale settlements, towns, strategic locations along the way, all the way to the Far Sea Swamp in the Goblin Border, try to find the gnoll monk, and give him this letter."

"Yes, sir." Caesar hurriedly took the letter, with an expression that could not be concealed.

Not only him, but other dog-headed people are the same.

Behind Lord Gavin's order, there is a profound meaning.

This shows that he is not only satisfied with the current territory of Dragon Oak Territory, although this is inevitable.

But before Gavin takes any action, speculation is speculation after all.

From this moment on, speculation is no longer speculation.

The same question was asked several times, and after all the kobold leaders said no, Gavin announced the dissolution of this temporary meeting.

As the Kingdom of Cormier increased its attention to the Rockland, the Purple Dragon Patrol began to fully intervene in the security patrol of the High Road. Even the Zhentarim, as a powerful dragon, had to restrain themselves, not to mention those wild forces, who had to keep their tails between their legs.

Although Dragon Oak Territory does not pay taxes, it has promoted the rapid development of trade in East Rockland, and then stimulated the development along the High Road. It is an object that needs protection, and naturally all small troubles will be eliminated. It just needs to develop steadily according to the established pace.

After leaving the meeting room, Gavin had to take a circle over Dragon Oak Territory.

Just as Zach said, the seeds he planted have begun to bear fruit. The mountains and plains are full of fruits and vegetables. Although there are good and bad ones, the kobolds are not picky eaters. As long as they can eat, they are fine.

Not only can the kobolds in the Dragon Oak Territory have a comfortable summer, but even other creatures in the rock land can live a comfortable life and have more litters.

This can be regarded as a disguised way of stockpiling food. In winter, it is just right to put it in the kobolds' stew pot.

In the next five days, Gavin, Lord Virginia and Veronica used teleportation and the portable dimensional cave they had just acquired to start the delivery journey.

They can run eight round trips a day. Lord Virginia and Veronica each have the ability to perform four high-level teleportations a day.

When going from the rock land to Tethyr, high-level teleportation must be used.

But when returning, using the spell amplification effect of the Tower of Domination, teleportation can be used as high-level teleportation.

Fortunately, otherwise, they would not be able to run five round trips with teleportation.

Even so, including the portable dimensional cave of Lord Virginia, they only transferred half of the goods in five days.

Although teleportation is convenient, it has great limitations, especially when transporting bulky goods.

This is still with the help of the portable dimensional cave that can load one and a half heavy cargo wagons at a time, otherwise it would take longer.

This actually contrasts the enchantment of the Vizeme Manor's ability to drag large quantities of goods.

Gavin dragged the remaining half of the goods to the Vizeme Manor in just half a day. The speed was beyond imagination. This was related to the fact that they were full of corrupt power.

The immortal power guided by the Vizeme Manor directly transformed these corrupt powers into immortal power, which assisted in dragging, killing two birds with one stone.

This discovery immediately brought new inspiration to Gavin.

He entered the control center of the Tower of Domination with great interest and started a new experiment.