"Dragonhorn Province is located in the northwest of the Southern Territory, above the Dragon's Head, close to the edge of the Western Territory and the Central Territory. It has a population of approximately 4 million, with two earldoms, 16 viscounties, 68 baronies, and over 600 knights."

"Right now, Longjiao Province has approximately 100,000 tons of grain reserves, most of which are stored in the castles and warehouses of the nobles. Civilians only account for about 30%, barely enough to feed the entire province for three months."

"Given the famine in the north and the cold snap affecting various parts of the empire, food will become a scarce commodity in the coming years."

"Then how much food can our territory and Longjiao Province save this year?" Gweil asked curiously.

"Due to the large-scale expansion and reclamation of wasteland in our territory, as well as the help of Miss Jialan, we will be able to harvest about 150,000 to 250,000 tons of grain this year, which means that it can supply food for the residents of the territory for more than two years." In fact, this is still a slightly conservative calculation result made by Lu Bin. After all, he has not seen the true means of this girl.

It’s still not enough, Loran Hill thought to himself. This was already fast, but compared to the entire southern border, or the empire, it was nothing but a drop in the bucket.

We need to move faster and try to integrate resources as soon as possible to reduce internal friction.

In addition, I wonder what the witches on the empire's side think about the cold wave in the north. Compared to me, will they be more anxious, or indifferent?

By the way, taking advantage of this peaceful time, maybe I should go to other places in the southern border to see if there are any opportunities or potential allies with similar ideals.

To accomplish great things, one still needs people. Just like what Pullman and I said in the past, with more people, there will be more power. This is exactly what I want to do to change the empire.

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"Well, let's end it here for today."

After discussing some recent matters, the meeting ended and Loran Hill stood up.

"I'm afraid I'll be leaving the territory for a while."

"Is there something wrong, Jialan?" Gweil looked up, a little curious.

"Well, because our goal is not just Longjiao Province, now that the surrounding situation is gradually under control and stabilized, it's time to go out and take a look." Loran Hill talked about his plan to travel around the southern provinces in the next few months.

She planned to go to other provinces to see if she could support forces with similar aspirations, or spread the membership of the "Fairywood" organization.

"Are you going to act alone? Will it be unsafe?" Gweil didn't know the strength of this Miss Jialan, but since she looked so young, she shouldn't be particularly powerful, right?

"Don't worry about that." Loran Hill waved his hand. After all, he hadn't been looked down upon for a long time.

"Don't worry, I'll keep in touch via carrier pigeon, about once every two to three days."

Seeing the young lady still somewhat worried, the young woman raised her hand to demonstrate. A tiny seed sprouted in the palm of her hand, quickly extending outwards and gradually forming a natural wooden sword.

He held it in his palm and swung it briefly, and a sword beam slashed towards the outside of the window. But before it flew out of the room, the girl's figure appeared in front of the window like a blurry TV scene, and with another sword, she blocked his attack.

The time difference was less than a second. Such silent and ghostly movements startled everyone in the hall.

Gu Huas: I didn’t expect that this person is such a rare strong person. If I fight with her, I don’t think my chances of winning are high.

Lu Bin: He is indeed a hero, so powerful. Perhaps only such a person could save my sister from that chaos.

Iena: Sister Messia is indeed amazing, but that night, I felt she could be even more amazing.

Gweil: Is this Jialan's true strength? Even in the East, such talent is rare.

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In June of the following year, Guhuas was busy continuing to train the "Knights of the Lake" according to the classics left by Loran Hill. In the remaining financial work, Lubin began to improve the training system of "Fairy Tree" and keep it as secret as possible.

Our Star Witch once again boarded the carriage and headed south. This time, perhaps she was going to the southernmost tip of the empire, Linchao Port.

There, she would receive support from the distant southern islands. Thanks to her arrangements, the Carites Chamber of Commerce had already begun fully preparing various weapons, armor, military supplies, cannons, and even skilled personnel and craftsmen.

These cargo-loaded fleets will arrive at the empire in several batches, and the earliest batch is scheduled to arrive at the end of August.

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ps: The Younger Dryas event was a major turning point in the development of mankind. With the approach of severe cold, this small flower in the cold zone spread from north to south like a wave, ice and snow covered the earth, and living things gradually became extinct. Homo sapiens had to bid farewell to the life of gathering and hunting and began to develop agriculture, and civilization was gradually born from this.