Chapter 123: First Sight of the First Generation Machine

In order to show respect to the Archbishop of Holy Light, Galen chose to return to the Eastern Continent early, and Galen Port was left to Gandalf to guard.

Gandalf has the ability to teleport across the East and West continents. It doesn't matter to Gandalf which base he is stationed in. He can come and go without a trace anyway. The main reason he stays in Galen Port is because of his superb wisdom. He can use various policies independently to attract people of all races to do business in Galen Port.

The main commodity in Port of Jialing is still the bulk trading of grain.

Garin discovered that among all the races in Azeroth, except for humans and high elves, only the Pandaren who are still in the fog have the habit of growing crops. Even the high elves mainly grow orchards. Only humans grow wheat, while Pandaren grow a variety of edible crops.

The Tauren mainly engage in grazing and raising kodo beasts, the Quillmen raise wild boars for food, the Night Elves value nature and generally only pick the fruits of nature, and even the Dwarves can only raise mountain goats in the ice and snow, and have to rely on imports from various human countries for the grain used for brewing.

Therefore, grain trading is a very promising business in the Western Continent. This is also the business that the goblins will continue to do in the future, exporting grain to the orcs crossing west to Kalimdor in exchange for ore mined by the orcs in the Barrens.

So Galen kept Gandalf, hoping that he could establish good relations with the various tribes in the Western Continent through grain trade.

Since Stromgarde moved more than 50,000 people to Helm's Deep, the entire city seemed less crowded, but Garen still felt that Stromgarde was too small. According to the standards of a military fortress, it was qualified, but as the capital of a country, the number of citizens it could accommodate was far from enough.

Back then, Stromgarde was built to accommodate 200,000 troops. After the Trollbane family inherited the land, it took more than a thousand years and more than a dozen generations to restore the population to just over one million. Solas did not expect that Stromgarde would one day become overcrowded, so he asked the advisory group to make an immigration plan.

However, Jialin felt that immigration alone was far from enough. In his previous life, he had seen too many cities with populations of millions or tens of millions. Not to mention modern cities, even the ancient Chang'an and Luoyang of our great China, and even Bianliang and Jinling, which one could not accommodate a population of one million?

Moreover, with a farm as a powerful tool for producing food, he has no worries about food supply shortage. The city with a population of one million, especially Stromgarde, also has a Fadir Bay. After expansion, it will build the largest port in the East Continent. The daily throughput of this city will be astonishing, and the flow of wealth will be immeasurable.

The expansion of Stromgarde may be put on the agenda after defeating the orcs.

The arrival of the Archbishop of Holy Light was earlier than Garen expected. He had just met with his father yesterday and boasted about what he saw and heard in Northeron, the Wildhammer dwarves, the Wildhammer griffins, the Wildhammer hangover soberness, and the friendship of the Wildhammer tribes. Today he received news that the Church of Holy Light team had entered the city.

It seems that the expansion of the Anbu's manpower needs to be put on the agenda, otherwise just monitoring the cursed land will tie up half of the Anbu members.

In the morning, after breakfast, Garin came to the northeast area of ​​Stromgarde, which is the church area of ​​the city. Behind the church is the cemetery of the ancestors of the Trollbane family.

Passing through the independent gate of the church area, in the huge courtyard in front of the church, Garin met Alonsus Fao who came from afar. The old man had been waiting for Garin at the door of the church in advance.

"Good day, Archbishop! You must have had a hard time on the journey."

"Good day, Garin, my child."

The two found a place to sit in the courtyard. This was usually where the Holy Light believers in Stromgarde rested after praying.

"Garlin, remember I mentioned before that I wanted to introduce a few candidates for Paladin to you and Bishop Aragon? I brought them here this time!"

Faol was very excited. As the archbishop, he had always been worried about the priests of the Church of Holy Light being unable to protect themselves in the face of danger. The emergence of the Paladin faction undoubtedly made him feel that this was a great transformation for the Church of Holy Light.

"I wonder if they came with you?" Although Garin asked, his eyes had actually turned to the interior of the church, where there were several unconcealed auras that were very powerful.

The archbishop also noticed Garin's gaze and smiled knowingly. Then he made a gesture, and four men walked out of the church.

They strode toward the atrium where Galen and the Archbishop sat, all four of them clad in shining plate mail, swords slung across their arms, the emblems of the Church stamped on their breastplates and shields.

Although their equipment were all brand new, the aura of high-level professionals emanating from them made Garin no longer look down on them.

In fact, even if they did not have high-level strength, Garin would not underestimate them. Based on Garin's understanding of the plot, he could guess with his little finger who the people introduced by the archbishop were.

"Garlin, please allow me to introduce, this is Uther, Saidan Dathrohan, Tirion Fordring, and Turalyon!"

The archbishop's face was full of pride. At this moment, his face was rosy and radiant. He also introduced Garin.

"This is the crown prince of the Kingdom of Stromgarde, the current Duke of Tokaral, Galin."

The five people who met for the first time greeted each other.

Garin looked at the four people in front of him, and they were also observing Garin. Because Garin had advanced the appearance of the Paladin by five years, the four first-generation machines were still very young, especially Turayang, who looked like a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Uther was tall and strong, with a resolute look in his eyes. One could tell at a glance that he was a devout believer. Dathrohan looked more like a warrior than Uther, with a rough face and bulging muscles that could not be covered by his armor. Tirion Fordring was the most elegant of the group, which might be related to his background. After all, he was not only a believer, but also a powerful lord with a territory. He had seen the world. The young man Turalyon seemed a little overwhelmed.

In fact, Garin is the youngest among those present, but due to years of practicing martial arts and his rapid improvement in strength in the past year or so, his size has also increased dramatically. At this moment, he is nearly 1.9 meters tall, a little taller than Turayang, who is a few years older than him.

These people are considered the archbishop's disciples and the people he trusts the most. They also possess superb martial arts and devotion to the Holy Light, making them the most suitable candidates to become paladins.

Because Garin understood the plot and was well aware of the four people's future achievements, he looked at them with admiration in his eyes. The four future first-generation machines did not dare to underestimate Garin. Although they had long known that the prince of Stromgarde was diligent and hardworking, they discovered after meeting him that Garin's aura was the strongest among them. The four of them were also extremely talented, but none of them had yet broken through to the ninth level, and the strongest, Dasohan, was only at the peak of the eighth level.

The five people's first meeting was a place of mutual admiration. As they were all young people, they quickly became familiar with each other. Even Turalyon, who was the most reserved, relaxed as he got to know each other. Several of them even had a few warrior competitions in front of the archbishop.

Garin and the Archbishop agreed to set out early tomorrow morning and head to the Holy Light Church in the Holy White City. Aragon will preside over the meeting and guide the power of holy light to several people, allowing them to become paladins after Garin!