Chapter 574: Make friends with those far away and attack those near

As for whether Gavin was bragging?

According to their understanding of Gavin during this period, the other party was not bragging, but was probably speaking modestly. The annual output value of these two cities might be higher than what he said, and they were in a state of constant development. This kind of monster tribe has advantages that humans do not have in terms of population recruitment.

Money moves people's hearts.

Such a terrifying production value, once exposed, will definitely attract the prying eyes of countless people.

Especially for the cities and dark forces in the Dragon Coast, which are all about money, in order to seek more wealth, it is not impossible for them to unite again and march towards the Giant Plains and those two cities.

If there is a nail here, it will be very beneficial to them. If they can take the opportunity to develop and grow, it will be even more beneficial to them.

"It's still the same sentence. Our territories are too far apart, so we have many common interests. Let's not talk about anything else. As long as you can open up a port in Ilip or Pros that can accommodate large merchant ships. Port, I guarantee you can make tens of thousands of dollars a day.”

Gavin directly broke the contents of the plan into pieces and discussed them, "Yilipu and Pros have not developed before. In addition to the lack of advantages in water areas, they mainly have no core industries.

With the Conqueror's Road it's different, they will become the closest ports to this road.

I will order people to make full use of the remaining five days to rebuild the road from Ivanso to the two towns and the road between the two towns to the standards of the Conqueror's Road.

If you feel that it is too difficult to build the port alone, we can jointly build it, but I want half of the ownership, and half of the future income of the port will belong to me. "

Although they are laying the wiring in the long run, Gavin should reap the benefits, which is not a small amount. If they had not caused public anger on the Dragon Coast and the dark forces did not allow them to take root here, Gavin might have directly sent him People rule here.

"We will find experts to evaluate this matter before proceeding. Building a port is not just about water depth. It also has certain requirements for the surrounding environment, changes in ocean currents and weather." As a native of Julong Coast, Ye Shan Dara's expertise in building a port is far greater than Gavin's. "It doesn't have to be in two towns. If there is a suitable area around it, we can even move the town."

Unknowingly, Ye Shantara's thoughts had been influenced by Gai Wen, and there were subtle changes in the words she used. It was no longer about me, but became about us.

"Smart." Gavin gestured with his thumbs at Yeshandara, "Objects are dead, people are alive. Things can't help people, but people can use things. When the time comes, we will use whichever one has the lowest cost. ”

"Lord Baron, are you praising me or hurting me?" Yeshandara couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "You even helped us repair the road. If we don't know how to make full use of it, how are we any different from idiots? I believe it. It won’t be long before you are kicked out by the adults.”

"Haha..." Gavin laughed and said, "It's easy to talk to smart people. In addition, there are two things I need to explain separately."

"Sir, Baron, please speak."

"The first is the original city hall. This building is not an ordinary building, but was transformed into a mage tower by Arms. Now it has been assimilated by my special ability and cannot be returned. I will set up a special chamber of commerce here to carry out various activities. To do business, as compensation, you can choose another place and I will send someone to build a city hall for you free of charge." In this matter, Gavin half said it and half hid it.

The original city hall is far from just a chamber of commerce branch. It will become an important material transfer station.

It naturally also has the shadow material dragging function that Vizume Manor and the Tower of Misnoel Rule have.

The transportation of supplies from Ivanso to Blood Gap City and Dwarf Statue City is nearly half the distance compared to the transportation from Misnoel.

It is now functioning, secretly towing turret-type chariots and sidecars from Misnoel to this side.

These two tanks have withstood the baptism and test of war, fully proving their war value, whether in sieges or field battles.

Next, there is still a planned war waiting for them in the goblin frontier, and the monster tribe wins by numbers. Naturally, they will further increase their defense. When they leave Ivanso, the building-type chariot will no longer be available. It started with 100 vehicles instead of 200 vehicles.

"This is the trophy of the Baron. You can do whatever you want with it. As for the construction of the new city hall, I will thank you in advance." Yessandra did not refuse Gavin's kindness.

Taking over a city, especially a city that has been ruled by the Necromancer for more than ten years, is a very troublesome matter. Many things are in need of improvement, and their abilities are limited. They must rely on Gavin in many places, including Some of the construction that will be contracted to Gavin next is likely to be not only the city hall, but also other infrastructure.

"The second thing is that the citizens of Ivanso joined the army of conquerors. I also know that the number of them joining is a bit large, but if you think about it from another perspective, this is not entirely a bad thing." Gavin said wisely. The way.

The number of citizens of Ivanso who joined the army of conquerors was not a little too large, but a terrifying amount.

This small city has a total population of more than 12,000 people, and nearly 7,000 people chose to join the conqueror's army, accounting for more than half of the city.

The reason for this phenomenon is that they were tortured by the necromancers led by Arms and were afraid that they would come back.

The terrifying power of fate stirred up by Gavin's thousand-mile migration is also at work. It has not yet condensed into a milestone of fate, but it does not mean that it does not exist, nor does it mean that it will not work.

Ye Sandala and Fan Ruina came to block him in a hurry, probably because of this, because according to their original agreement, they could not stop any citizens of Evanso who voluntarily joined the conqueror army.

But they did not expect that Gavin and his men could take away more than half of the population.

A city without population, is it still called a city?

"What are the benefits? Tell me?" Ye Sandala, whose vision was opened by Gavin, was no longer as anxious as when she first came.

"First, it will be easier for you to control the entire city. The fewer people there are, the greater the proportion of your people in it, and it will be easier to control.

Second, it will be easier for you to expand your own industries and wealth. Most of the unowned industries here can be taken over by you under the name of the City Hall, or you can start your own industries, or use them as bait to lure residents from other cities in the Dragon Coast to come. We can do immigration, why can't you? In this regard, I believe that your advantage in the Dragon Coast is far greater than ours.

In addition, combating piracy and slavery is a long-term business, and I want to start long-term cooperation with you.

The three three-masted sailing ships led by Copperfield will have to be supplied and fed by Irip and Pross in a short period of time. Those prisoners of war and trafficked slaves are also potential citizens. We will split the profits 50-50 at that time.

Believe me, the citizens you have recruited by yourself will be far more loyal to you than ordinary citizens." Gavin instilled in him the experience of turning those unowned or other people's subjects into your own subjects.

"I've learned your lesson. So, our vision was too short-sighted before." Ye Sandala accepted Gavin's words.

Because she knew that, except for the Kingdom of Cormier, which has been passed down for thousands of years and has always been relatively wisely governed, the residents of most countries and cities in Faerun do not have a strong sense of homeland, especially those who come from small villages or towns. If they have the opportunity to migrate to a big city to live, most of them will not refuse.

This is determined by the harsh living environment in the wild. Those big cities with a large population, walls and professional troops are naturally safer.

"I still have some time. If you have any other questions, please tell me and we will discuss them together." Gavin asked after checking the time.

"No more for now. The rest will be discussed after we have thoroughly understood the plan of the Baron." Ye Sandala raised the Dragon Coast Unification Plan in her hand.

There are a lot of things in it. She just glanced at it roughly and hadn't thought about it carefully. If you don't think about it carefully several times, you can't taste the essence of the strategic plans made by these strategic ladies.

"My concept is win-win cooperation. As long as you can keep this concept, I promise that even if you can't complete the grand feat in the plan, you will make Avanso a metropolis beyond Ximen and the brightest pearl of the Dragon Coast. When the whole Faerun mentions the Dragon Coast, it will no longer think of Ximen, but Avanso, but you, Ye Shandala." Gavin exudes endless confidence in his words, because he now has the strength and ability.

As long as Ye Shandala is not too stupid and takes a path that deviates from her own, she can make a lot of money just by serving as a transit function for her many industries.

"Win-win cooperation." Ye Shandala chewed this word over and over again, and there are many meanings that can be derived from it.

Both positive and negative.

For example, since he could send her to the position of Lord of Avanso, he could also pull her down from there if she violated this concept.

"I have other important matters to deal with, so I won't accompany you. If there are any new problems, if I'm not here, you can discuss with Ms. Catherine and listen to her opinions. It will be very beneficial to you. By the way, you should have heard that Ms. Catherine is going to open the Crimson War College. I suggest that you select a group of capable students and send them there for further study. It will definitely be beneficial to your future development." Gavin felt that he was more of a voter than Ms. Strategy, and he unknowingly helped her to attract believers and expand her business.

There is no way, who let her have a good father, who helped her choose a good priesthood, which is completely in line with her development, this can be regarded as a win-win cooperation.

"You don't need to tell me, Lord Baron. We will do the same. Van Reena will lead the team. If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't leave for a long time, I would go to the academy for further study. Compared with you, I feel that I am far behind in many aspects." Ye Sandala said with emotion. This group of people has brought the war to a level close to art.

When they attacked Afonso before, not only was Ames fooled by their interlocking tricks, but before Gavin really showed his tricks, many of them were beyond her imagination.

If it weren't for Gavin and the Conqueror Army led by him, they, the Avengers, wanted to overthrow Ames, but they didn't know when and how much sacrifice they would have to make to do it, or they simply couldn't do it.

She didn't have Gavin's memory of another life, and she didn't know if she could do this even without Gavin and the Conqueror Army.

Fate had been changed, and there was no answer to this matter.

"This is simple. If you want, you can ask Ms. Catherine to send a special priest of Ms. Strategy to you. I believe she will be very happy to agree to this." Gavin suggested.

"Thank you, Baron, for reminding me. I'll go back." Ye Shandala couldn't help patting her forehead. She was so busy recently that she didn't even think of such a simple way.

The other party was not an ordinary lord, but a true god's elect. Promoting faith was her first task. Sending the corresponding special priests to the leaders of major forces was a shortcut to complete the task.

"I will leave here soon. I won't need it here for a while. If you need it, I'll leave it to you." Gavin stood up and said goodbye.

"We need a quiet place to study these materials, so we won't be polite." Ye Sandala did not reject Gavin's kindness. A city with only more than 12,000 people suddenly squeezed in twice the number of soldiers and civilians, making it very crowded inside and outside, and there was no quiet place at all.

After watching Gavin leave, Ye Sandala and Fan Ruina did not directly look through the materials again, but looked at each other for a long time, because the exchange with Gavin just now was like a dream, and many things were not dared to dream before.

Fan Ruina couldn't help asking: "Captain, can we really trust him? He won't just make up a bunch of nonsense to fool us, right?"

"You have been in contact with him for a while, do you think he is such a person?" Ye Sandala asked back.

"No..."

"That's it." Ye Sandala smiled and pinched Fan Ruina's little face and said, "Open up the pattern. People have said that we should open up the pattern. If we don't break the original frame, how can we know the vastness of the outside world? Whether he is fooling us or not, we have no choice now. This is the price we paid for borrowing troops.

And in the eyes of other cities, we are puppets raised by the conqueror army. They will definitely not look good to us. Instead of being tied together to develop, it is our best choice."

"Captain, you change too fast. When you came here before, you didn't say that..."

"It's not that I change fast, but the dream that the other party painted for us is far better than our own. It must be bigger and better. Once you get in touch with this, you can never go back to what you once were. The most important thing is that this dream is not just a dream, but it is possible to realize it. Don't you want to see what an equal, prosperous and united Dragon Coast looks like? "

"I want to! I want to dream about it!"

"Then study this information carefully. It is the ladder to this dream. Try to remember it in your mind. After you go out of this door, tear it up and let it rot in your stomach. Don't mention it to anyone, including the brothers in the regiment. From now on, this is our dream and our idea."

"I understand."

...

The heavy rainfall for more than a month has completely changed the appearance of Yewen Pond and Asaba River.

The water level of Yewen Pond has risen by ten meters and the area is three times larger than before. It has directly submerged the riverbed that Anbaochuan Village originally cultivated under the lake. The water level has been pushed to the bottom of Vizeme Manor and New Village, turning them into lakeside manors and lakeside towns.

When the site of Vizeme Manor was selected, the problem of flooding in the rainy season of Komanso was obviously fully considered.

The name of the pond in Yevin Pond is indeed worthy of its name, because only ponds will change in size with rainfall, while lakes are relatively stable.

Compared with the three kilometers advanced to the Battle Valley, the main part is still in the upper reaches of the Three Rivers, especially the angle of the Three Rivers in the direction of the Deep Forest Valley, which was directly flooded for nearly ten kilometers. No wonder the land there is so fertile, but there is no half a building site. It is flooded every year, and no one will build a nest here.

The water level of the Asaba River also soared to the same height. The Three Rivers area is slightly better. It belongs to the remnant of the cut-off Dun Hills, and the terrain is relatively high.

But going down 20 or 30 kilometers, the situation began to become very bad. There are Dun Hills blocking the Taser Valley, and the river water can't threaten there no matter how high it is. The rising river water is all blocked in the direction of the Battle Valley, and the entire riverside area is flooded ten kilometers inward, directly pushing to the edge of the Yevin Forest.

The tidal flats between the Dun Hills and the Fang of Good Fortune Mountains were all submerged. Sandwiched between the two mountains, the river water here became extremely turbulent, like an angry water dragon, rushing out from here, running for 20 to 30 kilometers without slowing down.

Therefore, the river bank here was particularly impacted. Those dams built on the remnants of the Dun Hills could still withstand the test, but when they became purely human, they were a little powerless. It was here that the dam was breached, and the flood rushed all the way to Sambia.

It's just that the water level here is obviously much lower now. Hundreds of low- and medium-level spellcasters, led by dozens of high-level spellcasters, are rebuilding the dam here regardless of the large amount of spellcasting consumed.

The real problem lies in the downstream of the Black Feather Bridge. This is not an alluvial plain, but an integral part of the Scar Gorge. The reason why it can't be felt is that this is a ridge, and the Feather Falls tilts down and pours into the Scar Gorge.

Most of the river channels here are made of rock, which has low plasticity. When the river floods, it will not change much. It will only block all the river water and then raise the water level wildly until it exceeds the upper limit of the capacity and floods.

This ridge hidden under the river channel is high in the north and low in the south, and it usually floods in the direction of Sembia.

Because of the selfish behavior of the Sembia merchants, this matter has now reversed.