Chapter 417 Rand is back, and the cultural strategy! (5000! There should be more to come, don't wait

Snow, cold wind.

Bishop Kahn closed the Crimson Book.

The wall of fire also went out.

The surrounding temperature returned to normal levels.

Bishop Kahn put his cassock back on, covering his muscular body.

"You can pay the ransom for Vanilla, and then she will be free." Bishop Kahn said.

In fact, if Vanilla lived frugally, she could have redeemed herself, but she didn't want to.

What Vanilla signed was not a labor reform contract, but a redemption contract. The labor reform contract contains a component of atonement. It is useless to just pay Rand money, and as for the redemption contract... Anyway, there is no reason for Rand to not release people until the money is in place.

"How much is the amount?" The elf elder took a deep breath and asked.

He was ready to be ripped off.

Bishop Kahn looked at Vanilla. He didn't know how much ransom Vanilla owed.

Vanilla shook her head: "Ahaha, forget about the redemption issue, I think this place is pretty good."

The elf elder looked at Vanilla in disbelief.

Could it be that...

Vanilla knew what the elf elder was thinking. He had the same idea as Fengling, that she was pregnant.

Vanilla and the elf elder explained for a long time.

After the elf elder paid his fine for causing trouble, he left.

He knew that redeeming Vanilla would not be easy.

Besides, this old bishop has already got a hold of me. As long as Vanilla is here, even if he lets me go, I will come back, right? Vanilla was a little disappointed watching the elf elder leave. She actually hoped that her teacher would stay and help her with the work.

Now I guess I have to go back and think of other solutions.

…

Another half month passed.

The great Grand Duke of Lander returned to his loyal Duchy of the Moon Phase.

Although compared to the previous Earldom of the Moon Phase, it only became a Dukedom in name.

The rest hasn't changed much.

The family territory of the Marquis of the Stag will be moved to the vicinity of the royal city, but this will not be completed in a short period of time.

The Bucks family has been operating their territory for a long time.

Relocation is not something that can be accomplished quickly.

After all, if a normal noble wants to develop his territory, it is absolutely impossible for him to develop it to such a scale in such a short period of time like Rand did.

Population, wealth, reclaimed land, and built castles all take several generations to accumulate.

This is the heritage of the old aristocracy.

The Bucks family is an old-fashioned aristocratic family, and the Marquis of Bucks himself is good at socializing and has many "friends" both at home and abroad.

This time, the Marquis of the Stag was brought to the royal city by King Marcus to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his family's territory was also moved to the vicinity of the royal city.

The Marquis of the Stag probably wanted to run the new family territory as quickly as possible, but no matter what, the relocation would not be fast enough.

It will take a long time for Rand to take over this land.

But Rand was not in a hurry.

Even if it were handed over to him now, there would be no one to govern him.

The talents trained in the church schools, as well as the talents of the Mother Goddess Sect and the Torch Church, are not enough for him to govern the existing territory.

Because Rand governs his territory differently from other nobles.

Rand needs to refine its governance to suit its own economic and political development needs.

After Rand returned to the hideout, the first thing he did was to try to bring Taner together with the current princess of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

The Thorn Family is indeed a suitable ally.

It's just that Rand is not very good at matchmaking.

Rand went to the teaching department of the holiday villa and entrusted the vanilla that had been brought back from the Crescent Moon to the sister of the current Grand Duke of Thorns, the legitimate daughter of Marcus, to arrange for an introduction to the general of the hideout, Taner.

But when Vanilla was halfway through the action, Rand called a halt.

Rand discovered that his thinking was very different from that of this world.

When Marcus' letter was handed to his daughter, the legitimate daughter of the Thorn family accepted her fate.

Members of the nobility in this era had to accept the arrangements of their family.

Even Marcus' aunt did not go against the family's will.

Although they may not be very willing, but rebelling against the family...

There are many cases where families have declined and lost their glory, and this is also the case with the education they received since childhood.

On the contrary, Taner, being born into a commoner family, did not have much sense of family.

After thinking for a while, Rand decided to ignore all this nonsense.

After confirming that Marcus' daughter was not very resistant.

Rand let Tanner decide for himself.

Rand even went to meet with Taner to talk about this matter: "In short, it depends on what you like. Consider it carefully, otherwise it will not be good for anyone if the family is not harmonious in the future."

After Rand finished speaking, he and Taner went to the upper hideout for a meeting.

The overall strategy of this den needs to be adjusted.

So all the people with higher status in the den came, including Fenris and Tanr.

Bishop Kahn and Karin also came as deep partners of the Mother Goddess Sect.

Taran, Seth, Serai, Tata and Shasa were also present.

The Centaurs also sent representatives.

Vanilla and Ayesha also came.

"We have what we have today... all thanks to everyone's hard work." Rand said a few words and then stopped, feeling that it did not fit in with the simple office style of the den.

So I didn’t continue talking about anything that was not important.

He took out a form.

In short, it is a salary increase, and part of the dividends from the development of the den will be fed back to the middle and senior management of the den. The grassroots will also have benefits, and then the forms will be posted in various places in the core territory of Rand.

"But we are also facing many problems now." Rand went straight to the point.

Then Rand signaled to Scribe Olenna with his eyes.

Olenna reported on the recent demand for manpower, the speed of training talent, and areas in the territory that needed to be developed due to a lack of manpower.

RAND is expanding much faster than its talent pool.

"That's the current situation," Rand said. "The current growth rate of our talent and population is far slower than the growth rate of our economy and territory."

The middle and senior executives in the field remained silent.

This situation is indeed rare.

The speed of Grand Duke Rand's expansion is indeed unheard of.

If it was an ordinary noble, he would have obtained a piece of land like Crescent Territory during the civil war.

It is estimated that the castle has not been repaired yet, and the population is estimated to be only a few thousand, or even less.

And Rand is already a famous Grand Duke.

Although the population is only 30,000.

"Our strategy needs to change," Land said.

All the middle and senior management waited for Rand to continue.

"I have two strategies. The first is to wait until the country is more stable and, after discussing with King Marcus, push for the migrant worker bill."

Rand explained what the Work Act was. In short, it allowed villagers and citizens to come to the Duke of Moon Phase to work and earn money during the non-farm season.

If you are a talented person, we will also provide pick-up, food and accommodation.

For example, blacksmiths and carpenters.

"Another thing is that we can attract some talents from other countries," Rand said.

Ordinary villagers who want to move across borders must obtain the consent of local nobles.

However, high-level professionals, mages, scholars, alchemists, and some caravan leaders will have their own ways to cross borders.

Rand felt that he could attract some talented people from outside to come and work.

Indeed, the talents we train ourselves are more trustworthy.

But the training speed is not fast enough.

"How do you plan to attract talents?" Bishop Kahn asked.

Now that the cooperation between the First Born and the Mother Goddess sects is deepening, Rand's strategic shift will also affect the First Born sect.

Bishop Kahn is still very concerned about this.

The Torch Church's strategy will also adapt to Rand's strategy.

"Villa!" Rand stood up, coughed lightly, and changed his voice to a dramatic tone, "This world is full of dangers, this world is full of war and death."

"But the resort has not experienced war for five years."

Rand has been fighting all the time, but no one can reach Rand's core territory, holiday villas and hideouts.

"Compared to dangerous areas, our place is not only peaceful and tranquil, with good public security and a high standard of living. Can't we attract talents from other places to work for me?" Rand looked at everyone.

The middle and high-level leaders of the hidden forces are of course well aware of the charm of the holiday villa.

But how to attract others?

Description alone seems a bit thin.

But soon, someone thought of it.

Crystal photo.

The photo crystal is the product of the combination of alchemy and ancient technology.

Generally, it is used to record some important pictures.

But there are also many flaws.

There is no sound, the picture is not very clear, and the recording time is limited.

And the price is extremely high.

Also, a piece of crystal can only record a picture once and cannot be deleted afterwards.

Likewise, the images in the Photo Crystal would not be too convincing, and although the technology to modify the contents of the Photo Crystal does not exist, it is possible to shoot the images out of context.

All in all, using photo crystals for photography is not popular and does not make much sense.

Rand was well aware of this.

"The next step in the base's technological development will be to put the technology of recording crystals on the agenda."

Technology can be developed, Rand believes in the great alchemist Ayesha.

Ayesha calmly shifted her chest to make herself more comfortable.

Then, at an angle where Rand couldn't see, she curled her lips.

She acknowledged that Grand Duke Lander was a good lord to follow.

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Thinking of this, Ayesha raised her limp arms from under her shawl.

Today she wore a snow-white shawl with a long fleece skirt underneath.

As a veteran perfume shop owner, Ayesha is very good at dressing.

She herself is in good shape.

I just don't feel very well.

"What's going on?" Rand asked.

"I work too much—" Ayesha bit her lip and motioned Rand to have pity on her.

But Rand was unmoved! However, after thinking for a while, he thought that it would be bad if Ayesha really gave up, so he said, "I heard that on the other side of the sea, between the mountains and hills, there are dwarves who are good at engineering and ordnance. The hideout will recruit talents in this field as soon as possible to help you share the work of engineering and ordnance."

Ayesha nodded with satisfaction. It seems that acting pitiful is still useful. She should use it more often in the future.

There are actually dwarf adventurers in the holiday villa, but their number is very small, and not all dwarves are good at ordnance and engineering, so there is currently no suitable engineering master.

But Rand believes that there will be one in the future.

"Then there's the second thing." Rand spoke again.

The top brass at the den continued to listen attentively.

"I think the development of ancient ruins is very important, and our intelligence system also needs to be further expanded. To this end... I plan to assist poor areas and develop the local economy." Rand finished.

As for why aid to poor areas, development of the local economy, expansion of intelligence and development of relics can be achieved, there are naturally some reasons for this.

The forces in the den are already somewhat familiar with this kind of tricks.

In the past, they preached to the surrounding areas first, then taught knowledge, made the villagers rich, and then sold their goods.

Now that Rand has brought it up again, there may be other strategies, but given Rand's character, it will definitely not lose money by assisting other regions, at least not in the long run.

No one in the den had any objections.

After that, there was some routine content, which was quickly finished.

Fenris was heading to the border of the Burning Lands, and Taner was still assigned the task of being a tour guide for Marcus' daughter.

In line with the consistent concise style of the den, Rand did not waste any time after discussing the matter and adjourned the meeting directly.

Next, Rand will continue his evil research.

…

At the national border of the Kingdom of Lunsa.

I don’t know how many mornings it has been.

The defense line was littered with rotten flesh and bone spurs.

Humans and undead attack in turns.

The undead attack at night, and humans attack during the day.

The undead are weakened during the day.

Skeletons and zombies become weaker and more vulnerable during the day.

Ghosts, on the other hand, will be hurt directly by sunlight.

Undead wizards master the spell to cover the sky, which is called "Dark Sky".

However, the Snow Fox Countess's precise raids made the Undead Mage no longer dare to release a large area of ​​dark sky at will.

Therefore, it was the human side's turn to attack during the day.

Thanks to the advantage of the defense line, the offensive of the undead has been gradually resolved.

Victory is at hand.

The Snow Fox Countess touched her still pretty face.

The noble commanders around him also breathed a sigh of relief.

The undead pressed towards them in a dark mass, which indeed put a lot of pressure on them.

But all I can say is that the Snow Fox Countess is worthy of the title.

The ability is indeed impressive.

Those who were observing and learning, and assisting in giving orders, all felt a lot of pressure.

The Snow Fox Countess, on the other hand, looked quite calm except for being tired.

At this time, a young and handsome nobleman, at the suggestion of his elders, wanted to put a piece of clothing on the Snow Fox Countess.

After all, the Snow Fox Countess does look quite thin.

She herself was not weak, but compared to the burly men in the army, she looked a little weak.

The point is that quite a few people are thinking about doing something.

The Snow Fox Countess had a fiancé, but unfortunately he died before they got married.

The Snow Fox Countess took over her fiancé's family territory to a certain extent, so it was difficult for her to remarry, and it has been like this until now.

In short, a widow.

However, the Snow Fox Countess could have several lovers. These handsome young nobles had this idea. If they could get close to the Snow Fox Countess, wouldn't it be easy to get some benefits in the army in the future? Besides, the Snow Fox Countess was not ugly.

Not a bad idea at all.

The Snow Fox Countess glanced coldly at the young nobleman who was holding a thick coat in both hands.

The fierce and cold almond-shaped eyes frightened the young nobleman so much that he dared not step forward.

The Snow Fox Countess felt bored, so she snatched the coat from the young nobleman and put it on herself.

At this time, a man dressed as a messenger walked over from afar.

Present a letter to Countess Snow Fox.

The Snow Fox Countess frowned after reading it and said calmly: "Just let him come."

It's for gilding.

The king of the Kingdom of Lunsa has the same plan as the king of the Kingdom of Frost Moon.

The eldest prince inherited the throne, and the second prince, who had the same father and mother, took charge of the military and firmly grasped the core power of the country.

However, compared to the mentally retarded Second Prince of the Frost Moon Kingdom, the Second Prince of the Lensa Kingdom is much smarter and has successfully gilded himself from the Snow Fox Countess several times.

Moreover, it does not take away from Countess Snow Fox's own military merits. Anyway, no matter how many military merits Countess Snow Fox has, it is impossible for her to receive more land rewards.

Some rewards of money and honor are insignificant.

The Kingdom of Lensa did not have any more land to give to the Snow Fox Countess.

Unless the Snow Fox Countess can go north and take a few pieces of meat from the Grand Duke of the Moon Phase.

"Next, we should go to aid the Kingdom of Bolun." said the Snow Fox Countess.

The several military nobles of the Kingdom of Lunsa had no objections, but said, "If we want to mobilize the army, we need the consent of His Majesty the King."

"You apply together with me." The Snow Fox Countess said again.

The military nobles had no objections.

It is a very clear truth that when the lips and teeth are gone, they will be interdependent.

At least these military nobles on the front line knew very well what kind of harm would be caused if their defense lines were breached by the undead.

Now that things here are settled.

Then it might not be a bad idea to help the Kingdom of Bolen.

Anyway, the soldiers who go to support will not be those of these leading nobles themselves.

…

Rand knew something about the undead invasion in the south.

In his memory as a cloud player, the City of the Dead was built in the North. The North suffered from the double dangers of the City of the Dead and the orcs. The White Kingdom was directly destroyed and the White King disappeared.

The main storyline of Ellie as the new Queen of the White Kingdom begins here.

But now…

At least in theory, the South is much richer than the North, has more troops, and a higher rate of armor.

But Rand was still unsure whether the army of the City of the Dead could break through the defenses of the Southern Kingdom.

Now we can only strengthen our vigilance. If the Scourge cultists break through the defenses of the Kingdom of Borun, then the Dukedom of the Moon Phase may be in danger.

Meanwhile, in the holiday villa.

Residential area.

Karin's residence has been replaced by the best brick house.

The room was decorated by Karin herself. She was very used to living here, at least much more used to it than the glorious temple in the old holy city.

At this time, she stood in front of the mirror, picked up the fox ears and the fox tail, and swallowed her saliva.

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