Chapter 375: Karin and Lysa's Meeting (5000)

"Do you really want to pay compensation to Rand?" The Minister of War stared at the king like a hawk.

"What else?" The King of Bolun Kingdom was a little annoyed. "Didn't you tell me that we can't launch a large-scale war to get everything back? Do you have any other ideas?"

The Minister of Military Affairs said calmly, "There is no way Rand would really cross the border defense line to plunder. I have studied Rand's character. He would never do something that would cause great losses but little benefit to himself."

"In other words," the Minister of War said firmly, "Rand can only disgust us with some exhibition he made up. He may not even hold an exhibition."

The Minister of War wanted to say, "What's there to be afraid of?"

But after thinking about the situation, he didn't say it out loud.

The King of Bolen fell silent

He hated Rand, the young man who had killed his brave son, the legendary hero Alex, on the battlefield.

He took away a piece of land as large as an earldom.

He sent out the highest-level assassination team, but they returned empty-handed after losing a life.

And now there is the Second War.

Dual operations by land and sea.

The men he dispatched were all elites.

The Knights on land are the elite among the elite.

However, the Knights were completely wiped out, and the fleet at sea even encountered a sea monster.

For the first time, he discovered that a count could make him feel helpless.

How could this happen? I can't kill him, I can't beat him.

Unless a large-scale war is launched.

But can we really win a large-scale war? By then, the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom will personally participate in the war, and they will definitely not use conscripted soldiers to deal with Rand like they do now.

"Go down and leave me alone." said the king of the Kingdom of Bolun.

The Minister of War did not linger too long, nor did he speculate too much about the King's thoughts.

He was not the kind of fawning court official who specialized in trying to figure out the king's thoughts.

Or maybe he had done enough as a great noble of the Kingdom of Bollen and the Minister of Military Affairs.

He didn't want the king to be really scared, but even if that was the case, what could he do?

The Minister of War was a little irritated.

Seeing that the king was also annoyed with him, he said goodbye and left the palace.

…

At this time, Rand was counting the effects of military farming on the border of the Burning Land.

If soldiers are allowed to farm and train at the same time, the amount of grain they grow will definitely not be as much as that grown by full-time farmers.

But the results were beyond Rand's imagination.

The amount of food grown was much more than expected.

It feels like the numbers are filled in randomly.

In this era, the relatively warm and fertile south, if converted into measurements that Rand could understand, would yield about 111 kilograms per mu.

In the colder north, the yield per mu will drop to around 49 kilograms.

Although Rand's territory is classified as in the north, it is actually located at the junction of the north and the south.

After Rand continued to improve farming techniques and breed wheat, rye, oats, and some legumes and vegetables.

The average yield per mu in Rand's territory is about 110 kilograms.

This is equivalent to Rand using farming technology to overcome the disadvantages of climate and land.

In this era, 600-700 kilograms of food are enough to feed an adult.

In other words, it is about five acres of land to support one person.

At the border of the Burning Land, after the grain was dried and the seed consumption was deducted, the yield per mu reached an astonishing 140 kilograms.

This is the land cultivated by the garrison soldiers.

Although Rand did send a number of agricultural experts to provide guidance, the output was still too exaggerated.

The increased yields and advantages that agricultural farming technology can bring are unparalleled.

For example, one person can only grow enough food for 1.1 people.

Then the land of 1,000 people can only support 100 unemployed people, including lords, various unemployed merchants and nobles.

And if one person can grow enough food for 1.3 people.

Then the land for 1,000 people can feed 300 unemployed people.

If all these three hundred men were used in combat.

Then a territory of the same size would bring a three-fold advantage in military strength.

This is an extremely terrifying number.

There is not much land on the border of the Burning Land, but if it can all be used effectively, it might be able to feed 5,000 people.

You know, after this period of development, the total population of the Earldom of Rand is only more than 20,000 people.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the output report that Fenris gave to Rand was not falsified.

This involves the overall plan for the territory, so Rand must investigate it carefully.

Rand stood up and said to Lysa who was wandering around the room, "Get ready. I'm leaving for the border of the Burning Land now."

Lysa turned her head, her golden eyes fixed on the other living person in Rand's office.

Karin, the Crimson King.

Today, Ellie, Olenna, and Elsa formed a team of adventurers to explore the ruins on the Specialty Road.

The road from Crescent Moon Territory to the White Kingdom has now been jointly named the Specialty Road by Rand and the White King.

The initial exploration requires a strong person to start.

The three of them just happen to form the protagonist group.

The protagonists of the game "Deep Moon" are Ellie, Elsa, and the rat man Quirrell.

News from the south said that the ratman Quirrell might be within the jurisdiction of the New Holy City.

The exact location has not yet been found.

Ellie was originally going to rebuild the White Kingdom after the death of the White King and become the new queen of the White Kingdom, but this will definitely not be the development path now.

Elsa's fate was far from over, it was just temporarily away from her.

Olenna is a character that Rand did not meet in the Deep Moon game, but she is definitely not an ordinary person.

The three of them are almost invincible when exploring together.

Lysa stayed behind to protect Rand's safety.

Karin appeared in Rand's office today, not to protect Rand's safety.

The war was basically over, at least Karin didn't know that Rand had written a provocative letter to the King of the Kingdom of Bolen demanding war reparations.

Karin came here today to discuss some cooperation matters between the Novice Faction of the Torch Church and Rand's Mother Goddess Faction.

Now many Torch Church churches have arranged for the Mother Goddess sect to be stationed there, but many details still need to be discussed.

Moreover, not all members of the Novice Torch Church are willing to cooperate with cultists.

Then Karin met Lysa.

Karin doesn't really dislike Lysa. This elf is very reliable when she is serious, but unfortunately, Lysa is not serious very often.

In fact, before entering Rand's office, Karin discovered Lisa through temperature sensing. She decisively gave up knocking on the door and planned to leave.

But I didn't expect that Lisa's perception ability was also amazing.

Just before she turned around, Lysa came over and opened the door.

Then, Karin, who couldn't think of a reason to leave, was forced to enter Rand's office.

Then she felt that this was an extremely wrong decision!

She could hardly bear Lisa's gaze.

Even though she couldn't see it.

But she still felt uneasy under Lisa's gaze.

Fortunately, Rand seemed to have to leave for something.

Karin breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, in Karin's perception, Lisa walked in front of her.

Spread your hands.

Karin didn't understand.

Lisa still had that arrogant expression on her face and said, "Give me the money."

Karin fell silent. She did owe Lisa money because she took Lisa's special props.

It's really not good to return it after she has used it. That was something that Lysa gave to Rand, and it's really not good for her to just take it away.

Lisa said calmly, "Admit it, everyone knows it, there's nothing wrong with admitting it, everyone is the same, if you admit it, it'll be given to you for free."

Karin breathed rapidly and gritted her teeth, "How much?"

Lisa maintained her arrogant look, thinking that this saint was really hypocritical. She was a pervert, so what! There was nothing wrong with admitting it.

But after thinking about it, Lisa felt that it was understandable. After all, Karin was still a saint and might not be able to publicly admit her hobbies.

Lisa said calmly, "I'll just charge you for the materials, which is 60 silver coins."

After saying that, Lisa thought for a moment and said, "Do you want the cat tail? It's only 40 silver coins. I researched it myself and I guarantee it will be useful."

Karin's face turned red, and she forced herself to stay calm: "No need."

Then the specially made "High Power" vibration communication device was sold at the cost price of 60 silver coins.

Rand then said, "What's the matter?"

Karin hesitated, but still said, "Something happened."

"Can we talk while we walk?" Rand asked.

"It's okay. It's fine."

Now that the people were gone, Karin felt that she could completely ignore this elf, so there was no need to waste time talking about business.

Anyway, she can’t see! …

On the Specialty Road, Elsa, Ellie, and Olenna appeared at the entrance of the ruins mentioned in the intelligence.

According to the information from the Adventurer's Association, the ruins here are theoretically from the same era as the ruins in Crescent Moon Territory.

Maybe we can find a way to repair Rand's artifact.

And that is, bring some profit to Rand.

The estate here belongs to a minor noble family in the Duchy of Mist.

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The people of this principality are tough and brave. When Rand first came to this world and the Kingdom of Lunsa invaded, it was this country that blocked the attack of the Kingdom of Lunsa.

The ruins were developed jointly by Rand and the local minor nobles.

Rand provides guidance on the development of the ruins, early breakthroughs, and support in terms of manpower and material resources, while the petty nobles here provide property rights.

The profits are definitely smaller than when the ruins were developed in Crescent Moon Territory, but it is definitely profitable.

The materials produced by the ruins can also enhance Rand's territory strength.

Moreover, the Specialty Road is right next to it, and the products developed from the ruins can be easily transported back to the holiday villa.

The entrance to the ruins is already very busy.

Rand had already initiated the ruins development plan, and many adventurers from the holiday resort had already arrived in place.

Of course, there were also many local adventurers in the Principality of Mist who received notices from the Adventurer's Association.

Wait here.

Adventurers from the Duchy of Mist looked warily at the tauren who were selling dried meat and herbs there.

He held the weapon tightly in his hand and dared not let go.

The reason for not attacking was that another group of adventurers, who seemed to be from the Frost Moon Kingdom, were talking and bargaining with the minotaurs.

Are there minotaurs in this world who can speak the common language of the continent?

This made the local adventurers of the Principality of Mist very confused. Aren't minotaurs monsters? Minotaur are extremely difficult monsters to defeat. When encountered in the wild, it often requires multiple elite adventurers to defeat them.

And now, a tauren was chatting and laughing with the adventurers, and was selling herbs and dried meat from the holiday villa.

It's really too weird.

On the contrary, adventurers from the Frost Moon Kingdom are quite familiar with it.

To be honest, it is a bit dangerous for the Tauren to come to such a place, but sooner or later Rand will let the outside world know that he will use the manpower of other races.

So now it's an experiment.

Currently, the minotaur who came to the Principality of Mist to sell herbs is Rand's slave.

At least that's what was claimed to the outside world.

The local adventurers of the Principality of Mist may not be able to accept it in a short period of time, but they will get used to it sooner or later.

Then, the top leaders of the hideout appeared.

The adventurers of the holiday villa have completed all the preliminary work and are just waiting for the higher-ups in the hideout to come and open the gate to the ruins and deal with the guards of the ruins.

Assassin: Elsa, equipped with [King of Killers].

Swordsman: Olenna, equipped with [Dawn].

Mage and Alchemist : Ellie.

Ellie doesn't have any special artifacts, but she has a full set of magic-enhancing equipment, magic props, and magic potions, and her value is probably close to that of an artifact.

All three of them are powerful professionals at the protagonist level, and are by no means comparable to ordinary top-level professionals.

Just by standing there, he was clearly distinguished from the ordinary adventurers.

Of course, it may also be because they are too good-looking.

Elsa, a thief, opened the door to the ruins.

A synthetic beast rushed out of the ruins gate.

A fishy wind blew in my face.

A huge body with terrifying fangs.

It looks scary and weird.

The local adventurers of the Principality of Mist were once again in a state of tension.

A synthetic beast that is at least at the level of a senior human professional.

The Adventurer's Association clearly advertised that the ruins would not be dangerous in the early stages of development.

But this level of synthetic beast...

At this time, the adventurers in the holiday villa and the minotaur selling herbs and dried meat remained calm.

They didn't know the specific strength of Ellie and Olenna, but Inspector Elsa.

I can only say that I have seen it in person or heard about it.

Inspector Elsa is an unpredictable shadow.

Mysterious, powerful, and incomprehensible.

Almost all criminals who have attempted to commit crimes in a holiday villa and then tried to escape have faced this absolutely invincible terrifying existence.

According to the adventurers' private knowledge, no one who committed a crime in the resort could escape for more than two days.

Often within half a day, the criminal would appear at the management office of the holiday villa, or in the dungeon of the upper-level hideout, or be sent to the crematorium.

Inspector Elsa is definitely a top-level professional.

She would sometimes rescue travelers in danger, adventurers in danger, or hunt wandering monsters.

Elsa has always been a legend in the holiday villa.

Many people have never even seen Elsa's face, but they must know her strength.

The synthetic beast, which was at least at the level of a human superior professional, had just finished roaring when Ellie stuffed a sticky magic ball into its mouth.

Then there is the slow technique.

The principle of the slow spell is to stick a large amount of magic power to the dust in the air, and then wrap the enemy, making the enemy as if soaked in mud and unable to move.

Then the synthetic beast had its mouth forced open and was tied up with the help of adventurers from the holiday villa.

A large portion of synthetic beasts’ meat cannot be eaten, but since synthetic beasts are magical constructs, some biological materials can be made into magic potions or magic weapons.

Ellie, Elsa, and Olenna entered the ruins first.

A classic agility team combination of warrior, mage and assassin.

Soon, the roars of synthetic beasts and the sounds of parts of constructed creatures moving could be heard from the ruins.

About half a day later, the three top leaders of the hideout appeared at the entrance of the ruins again.

Ellie looked at the adventurers in the resort and said, "Remember this. According to our observations, the ruins here have five floors. There is some strange power, as well as the power of the cultists, but the overall strength is not very high. If you are exploring the ruins, make sure there are cows, horses or cultists of the Torch Church in the team."

Ellie then looked at the local adventurers of the Principality of Mist and the local nobles who owned the ruins: "The dangerous creatures on the first floor have been cleared. If you encounter any problems during your adventure, you can seek help from the resort office."

Ellie pointed to the office that had been set up at the entrance of the ruins.

"The Count of Moon Phase will purchase the floors, lights, switches, metal materials, and synthetic animal biological tissues of the ruins. If you encounter minotaurs and centaurs, please be sure to report to the resort office. The Count of Land will reward the reporter generously."

Then the team of high-level adventurers from the hideout left.

The total adventure difficulty of this set of ruins is not high, slightly lower than the adventure difficulty of the ruins in Crescent Moon Territory.

But there is a strange power that I don’t recognize, which may be an evil god that I have never heard of, but at least it can be resisted by the power of the Torch Goddess.

Since it can be resisted by the power of the Torch Goddess, there is no big problem.

We will wait for the report from the adventurers in the holiday villa later. With the existence of the specialty road, it won’t be slow to get here.

Later, when it is developed to a certain level, they will come to see it again.

As for now, they still have their work to do.

Rand is a qualified lord.

But Rand wasn't a big fan of getting his hands dirty.

There are many things arranged for the top leaders in the den.

Of course, they don't hate work.

…

Rand soon arrived at the border of the Burning Lands.

Fenris arrived here immediately after the war to preside over the spring harvest.

Winter wheat is planted before winter and harvested in late spring.

After Fenris made statistics on the seed-to-harvest ratio, overall yield, dry weight and wet weight, he immediately sorted them out and sent them to Rand.

Fenris didn't know much about farming, but after doing the statistics, he showed it to the agricultural expert sent by Rand, who was amazed.

This was very useful to Fenris.

He discovered that he probably had a talent for agriculture.

Originally, Fenris wanted to analyze the battle against the invasion of the Kingdom of Boren to his core subordinates, but now that Lord Rand was coming to inspect, he had to put it aside for the time being.

It is more important to prepare for the review.

Well, it's definitely not flattery.

(End of this chapter)