Chapter 231231. All parties

Morning Light City, Blacksmith Shop.

The sound of blacksmithing can be heard day and night, as steel is melted into molten iron in the blast furnace and poured into the mold.

Duke Dafen watched this scene from a distance and felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

Since iron could be melted, the high price of ironware in the territory disappeared. Cheap farm tools entered thousands of households, and soldiers' weapons were also brand new.

As the number of various iron tools increased, their quality also improved.

The iron sword is no longer fragile and easily damaged, but has considerable toughness. It only needs to be forged and quenched a few more times to be equivalent to the best blade in the past, and is even good enough for a limit breaker to use.

Nowadays, ordinary soldiers can use a full set of armor.

No one dares to break through such an army easily.

Under the influence of the limit-breaking wine, the number of powerful people in the territory almost doubled.

This made Dafen feel that the pressure on him was suddenly reduced, and he could calmly deal with the offensive of the Kingdom of Dongqi.

Greatly benefiting from the changes brought about by the limited wine and coke, Duke Dafen ordered that both be kept secret.

No workshops were set up in their own cities, and all goods were imported from Fulin Castle.

In exchange, she will provide Fulin Castle with more craftsmen and more people.

"Your Excellency the Duke, the caravan has requested to repair the road. They said that this would reduce the losses caused by logistics. In the long run, it would be more beneficial to the development of the territory."

"No need for that. The more difficult the road is, the more it protects the territory. If the road is too good, it will make it easier for the enemy to march straight in. Explain this to them."

"yes!"

Raccoon Butler Bai En took his leave.

Duke Dafen gazed at the flames of the iron furnace with a dim gaze, an ambition to expand territory quietly growing in his heart.

Now she is young and strong, and has reached the peak of her life.

After a period of accelerated training, his legendary strength has improved a lot.

However, the population of the Kingdom of Dongqi exceeded 70 million!

Including slaves, illegal households and hidden households, there may be hundreds of millions of people.

There were more than ten legendary masters who were affiliated with the Dongqi royal family and the military. Fortunately, there were no legendary spellcasters, but a legendary spellcaster appeared on their side first.

Dana!

Duke Dafen thought of his sister and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

If the two of them could join forces, coupled with elite troops, they could completely defeat the Eastern Legion of the Dongqi Kingdom.

The default strength of a legendary spellcaster is more than three times that of a legendary warrior.

If he cooperates with others, he can have a great chance of winning even when facing the siege of five legends.

In terms of mid-range power, the gap between the two countries has narrowed dramatically. The number of limit breakers is no longer an overwhelming advantage for the Kingdom of Dongqi.

But to be honest, the size of the Dongqi Kingdom is still too large.

A population of hundreds of millions is no joke. Moreover, they have an ally, the Kingdom of Talon.

The total population of that slave state was larger than that of the Kingdom of Dong Qi.

If a small principality directly launches a war, it will be at an absolute disadvantage. Generally, it will only have a chance when the political situation of a big country is turbulent and it is at the end of its regime.

The Kingdom of Dong Qi is not actually weak at this stage. On the contrary, its national strength is at its peak, with many soldiers and strong generals.

It is extremely difficult to rise to the challenge and defeat a country whose population is far greater than ours.

Thinking of this, Duke Dafen shook his head secretly.

The timing is wrong! If a large-scale famine occurs, perhaps we can take advantage of the opportunity to enter. The Kingdom of Dongqi has long noticed the matter of breaking the limit wine and harvest wine. In recent years, the nobles of the kingdom have almost always mentioned Fulin Castle.

That territory located at the edge of the continent has caused great waves in the East Continent over the past five years.

Various revolutionary creations have subverted everyone's cognition.

There is a huge demand for consumables such as alcohol, paper, salt, sugar, etc.

The middlemen easily made huge profits in the country, creating a large number of wealthy businessmen and emerging aristocrats.

A bottle of Harvest Wine that is sold for one silver dollar in Morning Light City can be sold at hundreds of times the price in the capital of the Kingdom of Dong Qi, and is in short supply.

Last March, the kingdom's prime minister, Cameron, approved a decree to use chemical fertilizers, which directly solved most of the food problems that had plagued the kingdom for many years.

More abundant materials brought about more extravagance and waste in the kingdom.

In fact, luxury is not a sin. It is precisely because of the luxury of the nobles that a large number of related industries have been driven, directly providing more employment opportunities for people at the bottom.

Therefore, Cameron never stopped the nobles from being extravagant, but encouraged them instead.

However, inevitably, a large amount of resources flowed into the Principality of Sheen through commerce, strengthening the opponent at the most insane speed.

If it weren't for the overwhelming advantage in numbers and land area, the entire upper echelons of the kingdom would be worried and unable to sleep.

Someone proposed to attack the Principality of Sheen first.

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The goal is to fight all the way to Fort Fortune and take out this dangerous opponent.

This is impossible!

Even if it is annexation, it must be done step by step. It will take ten years to gradually annex the territory of the Principality of Sheen.

The traffic conditions there are poor and the area is vast and sparsely populated.

In a hasty attack, it is easy for the army to become disconnected from logistics.

Attacking Donggang City by sea was once a very tempting proposal.

However, when Fort Fulin's reputation spread, the intelligence department analyzed it and believed that the risk was too high.

Fulin Castle is likely to be supported by the forces of the Central Continent. There are many limit breakers and elemental guards in the city. In addition, there are many recognized combat forces above the sanctuary level.

Evelyn and Anke once teamed up to face a powerful heretic legend and defeated him.

That heretic was at the pinnacle of the legendary rank, a nearly demigod existence, and the legends of the kingdom were extremely wary of him.

Fulin Castle actually hides the power to defeat such an existence! Moreover, Evelyn has publicly revealed her combat record and has killed several sanctuary spellcasters from the Fran Magic Kingdom. It is generally believed that her combat power is close to the legendary stage.

If Evelyn asks for help from Dana, she will face two legendary spellcasters! Therefore, sending elite troops to attack by sea is not advisable! Unless the kingdom is ready to go all out and send more than five legends at once. And more elite raiders from the Sanctuary.

Taking a huge risk. Cameron thought about this possibility seriously and tentatively asked the legendary strongmen of the kingdom. Only two of them expressed support.

Most people think this is a stupid plan. With so many legendary strongmen being mobilized, the neighboring countries are not fools.

The Principality of Sheen has two legendary warriors on the surface, with real combat achievements and no exaggeration at all.

Kingdom Legends are hard to beat one on one.

Even though the previous generation of strong men retired for decades, there is no guarantee that they will not come back again. This is the case in the kingdom.

If there is a crisis of destruction, there is a chance that ten more legends will emerge!

After consideration, Prime Minister Cameron decided to implement the third plan.

Secretly send intelligence agents to steal technology.

It just so happened that the Principality of Sheen was purchasing a large number of people, so he simply went along with it behind the scenes.

Send absolutely loyal people to Donggang City. It is difficult to identify individual intelligence personnel mixed in with hundreds of craftsmen.

According to the intelligence feedback, the workshop in Fulinbao is well guarded. Outsiders like them cannot access the core technology and cannot be trusted.

After a while, the only intelligence obtained was on agriculture.

Fulinbao made the production methods of several kinds of earth fertilizers public without hiding anything.

After collecting the information, the intelligence personnel passed the methods back to the kingdom.

It indirectly solved the food problem that had been plaguing the Kingdom of Dongqi.

(End of this chapter)