Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the Dragon Territory is thriving.

The Dragon City, centered around the Sky Castle, is already taking shape. Although a large number of people and resources have been mobilized, Su Qing requires the city to be able to accommodate a million people. Therefore, it will take another year or two to truly complete the city.

Other areas of the Dragon Territory are also becoming increasingly prosperous, with cities and towns spreading across the territory like a spider web, and the main roads paved with cement are the spider silk that connects this web.

On either side of these spiderwebs are vast fields where farmers can be seen operating machinery and oxen to cultivate the land and grow crops—a simple and convenient process.

These mechanical oxen and horses are not particularly expensive; even farmers who cannot afford to buy them can rent them.

However, the operation method requires special learning, but these farmers do not mind spending one or two hundred yuan to learn simple mechanical operation for two days.

This allows them to cultivate more land in the same amount of time.

In fact, all the spare land in Dragon Territory has now been cultivated.

In addition, the seeds developed by the Elf Plantation greatly increased yields, making the agricultural development of Dragon Territory the most advanced in the Northwest, with annual grain production reaching almost insane levels.

All the other northwestern kingdoms combined are less than one-tenth the size of the Dragon Territory.

Grain exports are also one of the current sources of revenue for Dragon Territory.

Merchants drove their horse-drawn carriages, speeding along the roads, traveling between cities to sell their goods.

Upon arriving in a new city, each person paid an entrance fee of one or two yuan.

As you enter the city, you are greeted by clean and tidy streets. Shops on both sides of the main road display different signs, and pedestrians come and go on the sidewalks on both sides of the main road.

Mechanical birds flew back and forth in the sky.

Follow the signs along the road to the city's trading market, or find a familiar shop, trade your goods, buy new goods, and head to the next city.

The booming commerce spurred industrial development, and Su Qing designated the southern part of each city as an industrial zone, leading to the establishment of numerous workshops.

Industry and commerce are also integrated; the prosperity of industry, in turn, drives commerce.

In the Twilight Forest, both the outer and inner areas have been completely pacified. A large number of magical beasts have been slaughtered and captured, and their cores have been stored in warehouses. The surviving captives will be thrown into the Heavenly Realm to contribute to the growth of the magical beast race.

At the same time, the second batch of 100,000 Black Armor soldiers was basically formed, and they only needed one battle to gain experience.

On the academy side, with strong faculty and abundant resources, formal knights and formal mages are emerging like mushrooms after rain, and the number of grand knights and grand mages is also increasing.

The rapidly developing Dragon Territory has subtly exerted immense, invisible pressure on other surrounding countries.

If it weren't for the excellent diplomatic work of Old Sam's team, which demonstrated that the Dragon Territory had no intention of waging war and that they were only forced to retaliate because others provoked them, then the Dragon Territory would have been different.

These countries have probably joined forces to take action against the dragon.

Of course, not everything went so smoothly.

Regarding kinetic energy trains, although experimental prototypes were produced with some setbacks, their cargo capacity and speed were unsatisfactory and required extensive improvements. They could not be put into use in the short term.

And over there in the wilderness, several main roads have already traversed the wilderness, leading directly to the coastal area.

The coastal area of ​​Suzhou and Qinghai has also been planned and is considered a key development area.

Naval training, fisheries development, and shipbuilding—many things must be done in coastal areas.

With so many things happening, the original population of the wilderness was simply not enough. Su Qing wanted to relocate a group of people there, but he didn't know where to start.

After all, they were all civilians under his command, living peaceful and contented lives. He couldn't just relocate them to the seaside for no reason!

And since relations with other countries have finally become more amicable, they are too embarrassed to poach people or plunder their populations.

In addition, due to territorial expansion, the borders of the Dragon Territory are now faintly bordering the far north.

The dwarves live there!

Because they look like short, sturdy humans, they have a fairly good relationship with humans.

However, this group of short men had a bad temper and often had minor conflicts with the residents living on the border of the Dragon Territory.

Su Qing was very conflicted about this.

The dwarves are major customers of Dragon Territory, purchasing large quantities of food there every month.

Given their frequent business dealings and the lack of significant conflict between them, it would be unreasonable to directly wage war against the dwarves.

Of course, the more important point is that they don't know how deep the dwarves' strength is.

After all, they are a race that has been passed down from a very, very long time ago. Their history is no less ancient than that of humans and dragons. Legend has it that the dwarves even have their own gods.

Going back another seven or eight thousand years, the dwarves were still one of the dominant races on the continent. Although they are no longer as glorious as they once were, they have been hiding in the far north, developing on their own, and no one can figure out the current situation of the dwarves.

Therefore, we cannot rashly start a war!

Su Qing couldn't help but sigh. Although the dwarves were short-tempered, they were extremely talented in metallurgy and brewing. If they could win over some of the dwarves, it would be very beneficial to the development of the territory.

Unfortunately, the dwarves are quite united and almost never leave the far north, so he couldn't recruit them even if he wanted to.

The Dragon Territory is currently lacking in highly skilled personnel.

Perhaps we should try to recruit some people from other places.

Su Qing pondered whether she should go out again.

Da da da!

The sound of hurried, light footsteps made Su Qing's ears twitch; she recognized the person as Little Mary.

Compared to when she was first captured, little Mary has grown up considerably.

Her tall and shapely figure, and her delicate features, have lost some of their youthful naiveté and gained more of an intellectual air.

They are also very skilled in handling government affairs.

Simply put, Su Qing spent several years training a naive and ignorant princess into a refined and innocent one.

However, at this moment, Little Mary's expression was solemn as she handed a newly delivered letter to Su Qing.

"My lord, this is the news we just received: our caravan has been ambushed!"

Su Qing's eyes suddenly narrowed, a dangerous glint flashing within them. She opened the letter in her hand and quickly read it through, quickly understanding the situation.

According to the agreement made with the Gustavo family, the Dragon Territory caravans only operate in the northwest region and have not crossed the border for several years. Their development momentum is also very good, and they have become the largest caravan in the northwest.

The problem is that the Gustavo family isn't the only one eating up the Northwest pie; other families from the Chaotic Territory are also sharing it.

The suddenly emerging Dragon Territory initially replaced the Gustavo family, taking a slice of the Gustavo family's pie. However, with its rapid development, it gradually encroached on the pie of others, causing dissatisfaction among some.

A few days ago, several caravans in Dragon Territory were attacked and suffered heavy losses.