[Chapter 285: It’s easier to fish in troubled waters]

The sun is shining, and spring is in full bloom!

The temperature this year has indeed risen much earlier than in previous years. David stood on the roof of Glamorgan Castle and looked around. Not only has the winter forest in the north turned green, but the grassland in the east has also turned green.

Farmers have begun to work in the fields, and public buses are constantly shuttling in the city, carrying workers to their workplaces.

After walking along the roof and taking a general look at his territory, David found that there was an extra person on the roof.

“Good morning, Miss Hood.”

“Good morning, Lord Earl.”

“Just call me David.”

“This is necessary etiquette, Lord Earl.” Under the shining of the morning sun, Hood’s brilliant golden hair was tied into a bunch and placed on the right shoulder.

Looking at Hood’s hairstyle, David wanted to complain, but he finally held back: “How is living in Winter City? Is there anything you are not used to?”

“No, it’s beautiful here, and everyone is very caring to me.”

Hood has lived in Winter City for a while and has begun to adapt to life here.

She had also learned the Brunnian Common Language, and Laura and Eva often chatted with her, which helped her master the new language faster. Now she could not only use the Brunnian Common Language to talk to people well, but also had no accent.

“It’s just that I feel embarrassed to be taken care of by you all the time.”

Hood felt that her injuries had long been healed. After so many days of recuperation, her body gradually recovered to its best condition. It

was really embarrassing to always eat and drink like this. She ran to the roof today, actually wanting to ask David if there was any suitable job for her in Winter City?

“You want to find something to do?”

“Yes.”

“What do you want to do?”

It was a very common question, but it stumped Hood.

What do you want to do? Hood had never thought about this question since the day she was born!

Because she was a battleship, from the day she was born, she had an innate mission: to gallop across the sea and fight the enemy!

In addition, she had never thought about what she could do, nor did she know what she could do? If David hadn’t asked her, she wouldn’t even have thought about this question.

To some extent, sacrificing in the war is the best fate for people like them. Otherwise, where should they go after the war?

“This… I only know how to fight.”

David looked at Hood, who was confused, and simply led him to the west side of the roof. He looked at the wide river not far away and introduced it to Hood: “That’s the Winter River.”

Hood knew this because she was fished out of that river. The vast river reminded her of the ocean where she could gallop freely.

“This river can lead directly to the sea.” David introduced the situation of the Winter River to Hood. There was no need to say too much about the upper reaches, but the lower reaches led directly to the sea, which made Hood seem to realize something: “Winter City can enter the ocean and reach another country through this river; similarly, the other party can also come to me through the Winter River.”

“I understand.” Hood nodded and squinted at the magnificent river in the distance: “This is a job that suits me very well.”

She was willing to help David protect Winter City. Anyway, she didn’t know anything else, so she might as well do what she was good at.

“Actually, I’m building Winter City’s own navy.”

David specifically chatted with Hood, not just because he wanted a thug, but because he hoped that Hood could help James Norrington better train sailors and cultivate a group of modern navy seedlings for Winter City as soon as possible.

He knew that this idea was unrealistic, very difficult and with a low success rate. After all, the illiteracy rate of Winter City’s army was still very high. Even if James Norrington worked hard to select a group of less illiterate soldiers and actively trained them, it was still difficult for all sailors to grow into excellent modern naval officers. But no

matter how difficult or unrealistic it was, we had to start doing it. We couldn’t really wait until Winter City’s cultural knowledge was popularized before we started the navy, right? How many years would it take?

“Compared to you personally helping to defend the enemies from the sea, I hope you can help me train more talents who can defend the sea for Winter City.”

“Ah, this…” Hood realized that David originally wanted him to help him train excellent navy, but he didn’t know if he could do it well, and he was embarrassed to refuse directly: “I’ll try.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry about not being able to do it well, because there is no one in the whole Winter City who can do better than you.”

Hood didn’t know that David was telling the truth, and thought he was simply comforting himself and cheering himself up: “Lord Earl, you are such a gentle person!”

“…”

The other party seemed to have misunderstood something, but David did not explain, but gave Hood a bright smile facing the morning sun, and then watched Hood leave the roof of Glamorgan Castle and go to Eva to ask about the specific situation of the Winter City Navy.

Dang~

David looked at a blue square in surprise, which appeared out of thin air at the place where Hood had just stood, and fell on the ground in front of him.

“…”

He bent down to pick up the cube, looking at the blue Rubik’s Cube, wondering if this meant that Hood’s favorability towards him had increased again?

Would Hood give him a Rubik’s Cube every time his favorability towards him increased? But what was the use of this thing?

“Can’t you give me a manual as well?”

Speechlessly throwing the Rubik’s Cube up and down, David simply studied it again on the roof. It was not until noon that David left the roof and went downstairs to the office to listen to Megatron’s report through the communication device.

Since the formulation of the Northern Plains Cleanup Plan, Megatron has been in charge of commanding the work in Snowforest Castle. According to Megatron’s report, the Spartan heavy infantry is currently steadily clearing the orcs in the area east of Snowforest Castle, and the Winter Knights have successively destroyed several orc villages, towns and factories. At this efficiency, it won’t be long before the orcs in the Northern Plains will completely become a mess.

“My Lord, do you want to withdraw your forces appropriately and give the orcs a chance to regroup?”

Megatron meant to withdraw the army of Winter City, so that the orcs would think that Winter City would not continue to hunt them down, and then regroup. In this way, Winter City only needs to seize the opportunity to solve the orcs’ trouble at one time.

“No, it’s a good opportunity to train the soldiers well.” It is not a good thing to keep the Spartan heavy infantry in the barracks. Letting them out to fight a few battles can also let these “rookie recruits” see blood.

Moreover, this long-term and tedious task can hone the soldiers’ mental will and allow commanders and soldiers to develop more tacit understanding.

The scattered orcs outside can also give the Decepticons more opportunities to attack, effectively reducing the probability of the Decepticons causing trouble after staying at home for a long time.

“That’s it! When all the orc villages and towns are completely destroyed and there are no more orcs gathering in the east, you can return to Winter City.” “Okay

!”

Megatron obeyed David’s orders unconditionally, and judging from the situation during this period, Megatron also controlled the Decepticons very well. The Decepticons did begin to integrate into Winter City and did not cause any problems.

David was not sure whether it was good or bad to absorb the Decepticons as residents of Winter City.

Now everything is developing in a good direction, and he can breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he contacted Gareth Stanton, the commander of the Winter Knights, who was now sent to Iron Tree Castle by him.

“My lord.”

“How is the situation over there?”

“It’s okay, but the war situation in Iron Tree Castle is much more intense than expected.” Gareth reported while transmitting some pictures.

David played the pictures directly, and a very realistic holographic image appeared on his desk.

With just a glance, David recognized that the fortress was the defensive fortress on the northwest side of Iron Tree Castle. At this time, countless human soldiers of Iron Tree Castle were fighting with the elves, and the most conspicuous on the battlefield were the giant trees on the elves’ side, which were not sure whether they were creatures or plants.

These giant trees were rampaging on the battlefield, and they could knock away several heavily armored soldiers with their arms. This was also the key factor for the elves to gain an advantage on the battlefield despite their disadvantages in numbers and equipment.

However, there were not many giant trees, and the human soldiers and knights of Iron Tree Castle were not completely unable to deal with them, so the human side was only slightly at a disadvantage, and it was not so easy for the elves to win.

But even so, the dark cloud of war also shrouded Iron Tree Castle. The nobles in the inner city were not in any trouble, but the civilians in the outer city had begun to panic.

They were not worried because the elves did break through the outer defense line and attack the outer city area, but the follow-up force could not keep up, and they eventually retreated back to the Iron Tree Forest.

“Now, not only the people who were forced to relocate want to leave Irontree Castle as soon as possible, but also many local civilians in Irontree Castle want to leave.”

The only problem is that these people are worried about being attacked by elves on the way to Winter City, so they dare not go north. After all, if they go north, they have to walk a long way along the Ironwood Forest.

“I’ll let Optimus Prime take a team of Autobots and Spartan heavy infantry to escort them.”

David didn’t expect to encounter such a good thing. The elves’ crazy attack on Irontree Castle can also increase his population?

But think about it, this is normal. Whenever a war breaks out, civilians are always forced to move to avoid disaster. This kind of thing has happened many times in history, and it may even promote the development of originally desolate areas.

“If the entire Kingdom of Tilan is trapped in the quagmire of war, the development speed of Winter City can be faster.”

Thinking further, David can also lead his army south under the banner of “suppressing rebellion”. At that time, he will claim to have an army of 830,000 and scare these guys to death.

(End of this chapter)