[Chapter 348 Urbanization]

As long as there is no real succession, many things will not go smoothly. The Kingdom of Lordaeron always feels constrained when dealing with various matters.

In this regard, including the Regent King Fording, the ministers all demanded that the Royal City of Lordaeron be repaired as soon as possible, even if only the main roads and some blocks and the royal palace could be repaired. As long as the necessary areas for the ceremony were repaired, the succession ceremony would be held immediately.

Otherwise, Jia Liya’s orders now lack authority, and she can’t issue any truly useful policies.

“So, the Royal City of Lordaeron has been repaired almost?”

“Thanks to the help of the Diggers some time ago.”

During the time when David was away, Fording borrowed several Diggers to the Kingdom of Lordaeron. It was with the help of the Diggers that the repair speed of the Royal City of Lordaeron was accelerated, and now various preparations for the succession ceremony have begun.

“By the way, I haven’t congratulated you yet! Grand Duke of Glamorgan!”

The last time he came here, Fording heard that David had become the Grand Duke, which meant that Winter City had become a duchy. David was no different from a real king except that he had not yet become a king in name.

“I am one step closer to achieving my goal.”

“Thank you.”

David accepted Fording’s congratulations with a smile. At this time, there was no need to pretend to be a loyal subject of Tiran. He had long stopped hiding his true thoughts.

Since he began to issue orders and announcements, announcing that the Duchy of Winter would not use the feudal system, many people guessed the Duke of Glamorgan’s true thoughts.

Although the Duchy of Winter did not adopt the feudal system, and one could not become a lord by pledging loyalty to the Duke, it did not mean that one could not become a noble.

Judging from the treatment of knights announced earlier, the Duke would not treat his meritorious officials unfairly.

So David’s men were still full of motivation. They were working hard and looking forward to the day when the Duchy of Winter would become the Kingdom of Winter.

“It’s a pity that Mark hasn’t come back yet.”

“It should be soon! We can return to Winter City at the latest in winter.”

The first few people to come to Winter City were Fording, Laura and Mark. They spent the longest time together and naturally had the closest relationship.

However, with Fording returning to the Kingdom of Lordaeron and Mark boarding the “flight” back to Earth, only Laura often stayed in Winter City.

“Sometimes I often think that if I can retire and spend the rest of my life in Winter City, it should be a very good choice.”

“Ha!” David didn’t wait for Fording to say more, and directly shattered the dream of this legendary paladin: “Don’t dream, if you stay in Winter City, you will definitely become the first paladin of Winter, command countless paladins to fight north and south, and become a founding father of the empire.”

“…” Fording was speechless. Although David was telling the truth, was it really okay to say it so bluntly? In the past, he thought that David needed to hone his face if he wanted to become a king. Now he realized that David’s face didn’t need to be hone at all. He didn’t show it before, purely because his strength didn’t allow it.

“Besides, you can’t possibly be idle.”

“That’s right!”

Fording had the opportunity to say goodbye to everything and live in seclusion as an ordinary old man.

But when he knew that his world was about to face a huge crisis, he stood up without hesitation!

Whether it was because of David’s influence or Fording in the original world line, he was not the kind of person who ignored the rampant evil and quietly found a secret place to spend the rest of his life.

“In addition, Renault and Sally have been here for a long time, and it’s time to return to the Kingdom of Lordaeron.”

Renault Mograine and Sally Whitemane have broadened their horizons in Winter City. The most important thing is that without Alexandros Mograine’s forceful separation, the relationship between the two is now very stable, and there is no resentment. The Dreadlord will not lead to his dissatisfaction with old Mograine in his heart, and come up with a classic drama of fatherly love and filial piety.

Because there is no high pressure from his old father, Renault Mograine has demonstrated his ability very well, which can be regarded as indirectly proving his ability to his father.

In addition, old Mograine hadn’t seen Raynor for a long time and missed his eldest son very much. He suggested to Fording more than once that his son come back to help.

David didn’t know the specific content of the discussion between the two paladins.

In short, Fording hoped that after Calia Menethil succeeded to the throne as the queen of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Raynor and Sally would return to the Kingdom of Lordaeron to serve.

“Who is the Kingdom of Lordaeron going to send to take over the position of diplomat?”

The official identities of these two in Winter City are diplomats, paladins, and holy light instructors of the Kingdom of Lordaeron stationed in Winter City, which are part-time jobs for the two in their free time.

“Taran?”

“No, Taran has to go back too.”

Taran Fording was sent by old Fording to learn new knowledge and broaden his horizons. He felt that with his son’s intelligence, he should have learned a lot in such a long time, and it was time for him to go back to help him.

As for the person who took over Renault Mograine’s position as a diplomat, it was his younger brother Darion Mograine.

“Why are all of them Mograine? Is there no one left in the Kingdom of Lordaeron?”

“To be honest, there are indeed no talents.”

The Scourge and the Scourge have brought great harm to the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Not only have the lives of the people been destroyed, the people have been displaced, the land has been polluted, and a large number of soldiers have died in battle.

It also includes the death of a large number of lords and nobles, which is devastating for a feudal kingdom!

Such a large place is unmanaged, and the only people that Calia Menethil can use are these people, and the outstanding talents of the younger generation are only Mograine’s son, her own son, and the girl of the Abidis family.

In this case, it is not surprising that these young people are given key training – sending them to Winter City to learn various knowledge is a way of key training, and ordinary people are not qualified to be sent here.

However, not all forces regard Winter City as an excellent study abroad destination. The wizard city of Dalaran has another idea.

Although they learned a lot about Winter City from Jaina, they also have some understanding of this city in another world.

But the mages don’t think Winter City is anything special. In comparison, they value the fact that Winter City is far away in another world: it is simply the perfect place to deal with some troublesome mages.

The mages of Dalaran have decided to send the most troublesome mage Rhonin to Winter City to replace Jaina as Dalaran’s diplomat in Winter City.

As for Jaina? She will not be recalled to Dalaran, because she represents Kul Tiras in addition to Dalaran, so she will continue to stay in Winter City.

Why did this news come from Fording? Because Dalaran directly sent Rhonin to the Kingdom of Lordaeron.

This mage will first represent Dalaran to attend the coronation ceremony of the Queen of Lordaeron, and then go to Winter City.

After arriving in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Rhonin directly visited Fording and told the regent of Lordaeron about his next arrangements, so Fording knew all this.

“Rhonin? He is still so unpopular among his fellow mages!”

“This shouldn’t be a problem for you.”

Although Rhonin is not welcomed by other mages in Dalaran, he is indeed a powerful mage and his character is trustworthy. David should welcome his arrival – as long as he doesn’t blow up Winter City.

After chatting about Azeroth for a while, Fording also asked about the situation in Winter City.

He often came to take a look at it at first, but later he came less and less. Occasionally he came to see the general situation in Winter City. After confirming that everything was fine on David’s side, he didn’t ask too many details.

Today, I have time, so I asked more questions.

I only found out that Winter City has changed so much!

Not only does Winter City cover a larger area, but the naval base has been built to the area on the other side of the Winter River. There is even a new development plan: to completely connect Winter City, Frost Watch, and Snow Castle to form a huge urban cluster!

“It’s amazing.”

Fording had learned what a modern urban cluster was and knew that this design was in line with the future development direction, but after all, he lived in a relatively backward (?) world. The castles, cities, towns, and villages he had seen since childhood had formed a fixed impression in his mind.

Even David’s place was initially developed in the way he was familiar with.

As a result, David’s Winter City had just begun to prepare for a modern urban cluster as soon as it had the atmosphere of a big city. This leapfrog development method made him feel a little dazed.

“In fact, this is not a metropolitan cluster, it’s just connecting the scattered land in hand into one piece.”

At least it has to wait until the entire northern plains are developed before it can be considered a real urban cluster, and then gradually radiate outward.

The ultimate goal is that there is only “one city” on the entire Brunnia continent, or even only Winter City on the entire planet.

“It sounds magnificent.” Fording said that he had learned it. He seriously thought about whether the Kingdom of Lordaeron could do the same?

He didn’t have to worry about the technology. Since Winter City could do this, it proved that they had the relevant technology. He only needed to consider what kind of chips to use to buy the relevant technology from David.

“By the way, there is something I want to hear your opinion on.”

After listening to David’s detailed account of the various changes in Winterfell during this period, Fording wanted to ask David, a ruler who was becoming more and more mature, what choice would he make if he were faced with such a problem?

“After Her Majesty the Queen ascends the throne, should she continue to quietly clean up the impact of the natural disasters and restore the strength of the Kingdom of Lordaeron? Or after initially stabilizing the situation in the kingdom, should she immediately mobilize the army and go on an expedition to Northrend with other allies?”

Although the succession ceremony has not yet been held, the direction of the development of the Kingdom of Lordaeron after Her Majesty the Queen ascends the throne has been discussed many times, but no consensus has been reached.

“This matter… From my plan for Winterfell, you should be able to see my inclination, right?”

(End of this chapter)