For several days in a row, Arthurs and Kanepal had not returned, which made Xia Lan a little anxious, but she did not stop working for a moment.
In the flat area not far from the camp, the curved plow designed and built by Xia Lan has reclaimed several acres of land under human power, hoping to plant another crop of wheat at the end of early summer.
There are too few wheat seeds in Koka Nepal. In the past, he only planted them for him and his ravens, but now it is obviously not enough. There are no high-yield crops such as potatoes and corn.
Moreover, the blast furnace used for steelmaking last time was an emergency measure used by Xia Lan. It was very crude and cracked after being fired a few times. It was necessary to manufacture refractory bricks and build a blast furnace with better sealing performance.
There's also the construction of access roads to the mines, arranging people to mine, and all the complicated things...
"Your Majesty, Lord Arthurs and his men have returned, and they brought a boat with them!"
Xia Lan, who had been working in the captain's office of the Silver Deer, immediately put down the pen she was using to make plans and walked out when she heard the news.
At this time, a two-masted sailboat came upstream from the lower reaches of the Emerald River, dragging several long pieces of wood behind it, and Arthurs happened to stand on these long pieces of wood.
There were several figures standing at the bow of the ship, and Kanepali was one of them. Beside him was a blonde beauty with a ponytail.
When the ship docked, the men working in the camp stopped what they were doing and ran to the simple dock that had been built in the past few days to watch. A few of the dishonest men even whistled at the blonde beauty.
"thump!"
The whistling guys were pulled out of the crowd by He Li and thrown into the river one by one. Xia Lan didn't say anything about it. If these scum were not taught a lesson, who knows what they would do next.
"Your Majesty, these are the exploration team from White Wave Island. They are looking for a new island to settle on. Arthurs and I encountered them when we were exploring the outer seas." Kanepali introduced them to Xia Lan after getting off the boat.
"Welcome to Faox." Xia Lan walked forward to greet him.
Based on the information in the Kanepali Cave, Xia Lan also gained some understanding of the situation at sea. Bailang Island is one of the Baltic Islands and is the closest large island to Boravice. Sixteen years ago, Kanepali's fleet was replenished there.
"Your Majesty, Carmenla greets you."
The blonde woman on the boat got off the boat and gave Xia Lan a not-so-standard aristocratic salute.
After Xia Lan returned the gift, she welcomed all the people on the fleet off the ship. There were more than twenty people in total, including men, women, and several children.
Entering the hall in the center of the camp, this hall made of wood looks like a large warehouse. There is a tiger-skin throne on the steps of the hall, and there is only a large table with a few chairs in the middle of the hall.
Kan Nepal felt that these things were very familiar, as if they were all from his own cave, but since there were guests around, he didn't say anything.
Both parties took their seats, and through conversation Xia Lan learned the identities of this group of people. They were a group of wanderers expelled by the lord.
Both Bailang Island and the Polo Islands in the north belong to the Zilan Kingdom. This country was established four hundred years after the Stormfall incident, that is, one hundred years ago, with the joint investment of nobles from various countries in the Western Continent.
At that time, even including Bolavis, Zilaner Island, which was ranked the fourth largest island in the world in terms of area, was as desolate as Bolavis today after the storm fall incident. However, because it was close to the western continent of the Atrium, after the sea calmed down a hundred years ago, nobles from various countries frantically stuffed people in, and built a kingdom.
Thirty years ago, Kanepali completely opened the era of maritime frontiers, and also brought the kingdom's territory into a period of explosive growth. They followed Kanepali's fleet westward and swallowed up the entire Baltic Islands.
But the entire kingdom is complex, with more than a dozen countries and more than a dozen factions. As for how many factions there are, even they themselves are not clear.
Thirteen years ago, during the Snowy Night Disaster, the barbarians from northern Iceland attacked the royal capital, massacred the entire royal family, and reduced the kingdom to pieces.
Today, the Earl of Brownsea Island, Tone Sudin, belongs to one of the thirteen noble councils of the Zilan Kingdom and was granted the territory ten years ago.
After his arrival, he forced his subjects to switch to growing spices, then sold grain at high prices and imposed heavy taxes on fishermen in order to collect gold coins.
Carmenla was dissatisfied with his rule, so he led people to destroy spices and grow crops instead.
After Tone Soutine learned about this, he suppressed the resistance. Carmenla and his supporters fled to the sea and met a man and a dragon who were recording ocean data on the sea.
After pondering for a moment, Xia Lan said to Carmenla, "The kingdom is just beginning and we really need people. If you want to stay here, on behalf of the Kingdom of Faox, I welcome you."
"Thank you for taking me in." Carmenla thanked her.
"He Li, you will be in charge of taking care of the women on the boat." Xia Lan said to He Li who was carrying a heavy sword. After she patted her chest to make the promise, she asked everyone to leave, leaving Kanepali alone.
"The Zilaner Kingdom is in great chaos right now. Many nobles in the Polo Islands have fought several large-scale naval battles in their quest for trade routes. Only on Zilaner Island, with the Thirteen Nobles' Council suppressing the situation, is the situation somewhat better.
I still remember their fleets roaming the seas, but I never imagined that in sixteen years, so much has changed.”
While Kanepal was lamenting the changes in the world outside, Xia Lan was wondering if she could get a piece of meat from this bloated kingdom.
"Why is Tone Soutine from Brownsea Island so extreme? He's really trying to get more than he deserves."
"The main conflict in the northern Zilaner Kingdom right now is the conflict over the distribution of interests between the Balo Islands and the main Zilaner Island. Even within the Balo Islands, the Zilaner faction that emerged from Zilaner Island is dissatisfied with Zilaner Island.
Zilaner Island stood between the Baltic Islands and the countries of the Western Continent, sucking blood. If the Baltic Islands had not been disunited, the two sides would have been ready to go to war long ago.
That Tone Sudin is from the Thirteen Families of the Main Island. He probably knew from the beginning that he wouldn't be able to stay in the Baltic Sea for long, so he wanted to make a killing. However, the two sides haven't fought each other in ten years."
Kanepali was indeed a legend on the sea. He was able to get a general idea of the situation outside just by riding his dragon for a circle.
"Bohravis cannot be exposed now. You keep a close eye on these people." Xia Lan instructed Kannipal.
"Don't worry, I'm not senile yet, and without me to show the way around the sea, ordinary people can't get in or out." Kan Nepal said confidently.
Seeing this, Xia Lan didn't know what to say anymore, so she just asked one last question: "What's going on with Arthurs now?"
Hearing this, Kanepal's face looked a little strange. "Lord Arthurs said he was afraid that you would cheat his baby, so he wanted to stay away from you."
When Xia Lan heard this, she was not embarrassed at all. Instead, she approached Kannipal and asked quietly, "What treasure did he get?"
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