Chapter 507 Three Big Cities
Although the Misty City was occupied by the noble coalition, Bruno did not designate who would manage it, so for a period of time, the city fell into chaos.
The nobles divided the territory, and most of them were engaged in the trade of serfs and looting of property and materials.
Although it was not appropriate in Ronin's opinion, the actions of the noble coalition were reasonable in the current social context.
For them, war means merit and wealth. If you don't rob, others will rob you.
Ronin also has his own territory in the Misty City, and it is still a relatively large and wealthy block. This is all agreed by the nobles.
It's just that he restrained his subordinates, not only not letting them kick down the doors of the residents of the Misty City and rob wealth like robbers, but also arranging people to appease people's hearts and maintain order.
Although this is a bit eccentric and unsociable, with Ronin's current strength, what's wrong with being a little unsociable?
He didn't say no to the behavior of those nobles.
As for the reward for the soldiers after the victory, Redar, McKen and others had already made a plan, and they just needed to distribute the rewards according to the plan.
Gold coins, armor, weapons, fields, houses, etc., Roning has a lot of resources in his hands.
However, there is one thing that Roning cannot avoid and must do, that is, to check whether there are any aliens among these people, and at the same time, those chambers of commerce, families, etc. that have close relations with the enemy country need to be detained and treated specially.
In the deep night, Roning reviewed the war and found out where he could do better. The most important thing to do is intelligence work.
If he knew in advance that there were so many aliens hiding in the Misty City, he would have made corresponding preparations.
In view of this, Roning decided to let Sophia contact Harmon and let the other party build an intelligence network in several cities south of the Misty City while collecting big intelligence, so as to strive to have internal intelligence transmitted during the next siege.
In addition to the lack of intelligence, he has a new understanding of Carlos's role.
The dragon has advantages, such as leading the charge, and a breath of fire can burn the top of the city into a sea of fire. Without a strong defense force, the army can almost break into the city.
However, the dragon also has disadvantages, that is, when it is besieged, its huge body is easy to become a target of attack.
Ronin did ask Carlos if he could reduce his size to make it more flexible.
Unfortunately, this will have to wait until Carlos becomes a legendary creature before he has the ability to grow or shrink, and even speak human language at that time.
However, given that Carlos needs too much energy and spirit to improve, it is destined to take more than one or two years for him to become a legend.
During the handling of the affairs of the Misty City, the funeral of Viscount Willis was held in Black Jade Bay, and Ronin was also invited to attend.
Although this family, which owns the Black Jade Mine and has huge wealth, does not have Willis in charge, his son is a golden knight, which is also quite impressive.
In addition, there is Edmund, Willis's son-in-law and Meteor Knight, so outsiders will not easily attack this family.
Of course, the situation is definitely not as good as when Willis and Nicola were there.
So during the funeral, the new head of the family, William Heiyu, found Roning and revealed his idea of marrying with the Wushan family.
It seems that before attacking the Misty City, Willis found Roning and wanted to introduce his granddaughter to Breton. The idea was not a sudden impulse, but he had discussed it with his son a long time ago, otherwise William would not have this plan.
In fact, this is easy to understand.
Let’s not talk about Lu Lans. The long-famous Marquis of Thunder has now regained his strength, and the Wushan family is destined to enter the big stage.
More importantly, Roning, the new marquis of the kingdom, is also a proud sun knight, has a series of titles such as dragons, etc.
With the two of them, the Wushan family will definitely become a behemoth in the future.
Being able to marry with such a noble is in line with the expectations of all nobles.
In fact, many nobles have already climbed the gate of Wushan Castle, but Willis was the first to find Roning.
Roning had to meet William’s daughter Lilia by the way.
This sixteen-year-old girl who is relatively quiet does have a good talent in magic. She is probably at the same level as Irene. Now she is about to break through and become a senior magician.
Speaking of which, Breton is also sixteen years old. Now he is already a senior knight and his talent is also outstanding.
From this point of view, Lilia and Breton are quite a match.
Moreover, William proposed to take out part of the operating rights of the Black Jade Mine as a dowry. The conditions offered are very good and there is a high probability that it will succeed.
However, it is more appropriate for Rulans, Wiggins and Diane to make the decision on such matters.
Ronin can only talk about his own ideas at most, and it is obviously not appropriate for him to decide.
So William decided to wait for this matter, and he took Lilith to visit Wushan Castle.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was mid-September.
The envoy of the Kingdom of Tricia came to the Misty City and brought several carts of money, treasures, and extraordinary items to request a truce time.
This was consistent with Bruno's decision, so Gushan, as the commander, accepted the supplies sent by the other side and agreed to the request for a three-month truce.
However, Gushan rejected the other side's idea of redeeming the powerful knights such as Count Ural and Viscount Placido without hesitation.
After all, the war has just begun, and a truce is in line with the requirements of both sides, but if these people are allowed to go back, there is no telling what kind of trouble it will cause in the future.
Don't let Ural go because of a little money. In the end, a noble will be killed on the battlefield. This is too much loss.
Although it is a truce period, we cannot relax in defense.
Many nobles returned to their territories, but left their teams in Misty City.
Ronin is no exception. Mist City is now the bridgehead. He arranged Redal here and also asked him to monitor the Watchfort.
Carlos was galloping high in the sky, taking Ronin back to Moonlight Valley.
A short farewell is better than a new love. It has only been half a month since Luo Ning left, and Blanche misses her every day. Sometimes she really wants to ride a griffin and go to the front line to have a look.
It's just that she also needs to take care of the affairs of Moonlight Valley. After thinking about it, she gave up. If she had time, she might as well go to Wubei Territory to have a look.
As a marquise, it was her right to inspect her husband's territory, which was also allowed by Luo Ning.
Now that Luo Ning is back, the two of them can't help but have a good intimacy.
After the storm, Luo Ning was resting with Blanche in his arms, listening to his wife talk about all kinds of messy things in the territory, feeling calmer than ever before.
"Luoning, Jenny sent a letter, saying that Uncle Simon's steam trains and ships have made progress. In addition, the construction of Wubei Port is faster than expected. It is estimated that it will be ready for trial operation at the end of this year, and it will be in May or June next year. It’s almost officially completed.”
Blanche got into Luo Ning's arms and said with a smile: "Oh, by the way, Wubei City has begun to take shape, and the number of people working and living in it has reached 100,000. According to what you said, now Purple Thunder City, Moonlight City and Wubei City has reached the 100,000 level."
"That's very gratifying!"
Luo Ning was a little surprised, "I remember that Wubei City didn't have many foreign residents. How come there are more than 20,000 people here?"
"There are already more than 200,000 people in the entire Wubei Territory. The grain harvest has been good in the past two years and the population has grown very rapidly. The net population growth in the Wubei Territory alone has exceeded 30,000."
Blanche explained: "Wubei Territory currently has two large labor bases. One is the coal mine in Marsh Town, which requires a lot of labor, and the other is the construction of Wubei City."
"If there is a demand for jobs, people will be attracted to these two places to make a living, so Wubei Territory is not free of foreign population as you said."
Luo Ning couldn't help but look at the other party and said in surprise: "Not bad, how do you know so clearly?"
"I'm working hard!"
Blanche stuck out her tongue and said proudly: "Besides practicing magic, I will go to Wubei Territory when I have nothing to do. I want to know more about your past and learn how you run the territory. Fortunately, Moonlight Valley promotes it.”
"Yes, you are indeed my great butler!"
Luo Ning leaned down with a smile and started a new round of exploration: "To reward your hard work, I will work harder today!"
"Ah~ no, tonight is enough...enough!"
"How can this be enough?"
Suddenly, the room was filled with spring light. (End of chapter)
