"In fact, there are almost more than one hundred and twenty dwarves. Including the dwarves who settled before, there are more than seventy outstanding dwarf warriors and crossbowmen." Langni raised his head, and the dwarf leader said proudly: "If we and

We fight against Orks, despicable goblins and other stupid guys. Although we dwarf warriors cannot fight one against ten, we can still win easily one against three or one against five! I believe the people of the mountains, the dwarves are far better than you think.

More tenacious!"

Lailan shook hands with the three dwarf clan chiefs one by one: "Well, I believe in friendly dwarf friends, and even more in the holy alliance between the empire and the mountain kingdom. Since I have accepted your clan, in my territory, I hope you can

Abide by human laws, and Yamashita also upholds the principle that those who work harder will get more. If you want to drink endless barley wine, you need to work hard to redeem it."

"Equal decision, we never accept good intentions from human friends in vain. We all see this prosperous territory. Likewise, we believe that the heroes of the empire will treat the dwarves equally." Hani Dorati, the leader of the Sons of Gena clan, said seriously.

Nodding, he said angrily: "The most important point is that if war comes, dwarves are never afraid of fighting. Warriors will do their part for human friends! Protect our new home!"

"Very good." Lailan nodded: "The governance of the dwarf community will be left to you. I will treat everyone equally when it comes to arranging housing and land. However, there is a wood elf stronghold in the north. Try not to argue with the elves.

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"No problem, Baron!" Langni nodded repeatedly, and the iron rings decorated on his beard collided with each other and made a sound: "We want to build a dwarf brewery to meet the daily needs of the tribesmen. You also know that the dwarves'

Beer is as indispensable as bread for human beings, so here comes the problem. There are not so many open spaces in the community. I hope the baron can approve an open space. The construction costs will be borne by several of our clans. As for the land rent commission, taxes are also negotiated according to the highest standards.

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The dwarf spoke directly from his heart, and the communication between the two parties was effortless, so Lailan and the bearded men quickly reached a consensus. In the middle of the conversation, a trader from the Overland Chamber of Commerce found Rosamina and said

She said that a batch of magic herbs and scrolls she purchased had just been delivered, and the sorceress had no reason to mess around anymore. Anyway, she didn't like the pungent smell of the workshop, so the sorceress left.

Not long after, Baron Draco, Chief Langeni, and Adrian went to the dwarf workshop on the banks of the York River. They had important matters to discuss.

The workshop has almost doubled in size, and the dwarves have become more proficient in the water-milling machinery used for forging. Next to the coal pile that is built into a hill like a corner, human apprentices are constantly shoveling the broken coal into the large furnace to keep the fire burning.

The human apprentices stood aside to watch and learn, doing some chores. Most of them were dwarf blacksmiths swinging hammers. They took the forging iron materials and forming molds from the water mill, and used the ancient iron smelting methods of the Mountain Kingdom to

and forging technology, to create exquisite weapons and armor, and to assemble the army of Baron Draco.

"Baron, this is a new batch of forged halberds. Please take a look at them." Langni, the dwarf rune blacksmith, picked up a halberd from the shelf. The bearded man couldn't help but boasted: "That fat businessman?

Fran sent two pieces of meteorite iron, but they were too small, and together they were only about the size of two fists. We had to use the few pieces of meteorite iron for sharpening, but what is certain is that the meteorite iron is sharpened.

The weapon, both in terms of material and armor-piercing damage, is at least 20% higher than the original one."

"Meteorite? Isn't that the hardest rare metal? I remember that the Dwarf High King of Eternal Peak had issued an order not to sell it!" Adrian said in surprise.

"Young people are young people. His Majesty, the High King Grimgor, only ordered that the meteorite salvaged from Blackwater Lake be prohibited from being used for trade. Each fortress in the Mountain Kingdom has some meteorite veins. It's just a matter of more or less.

"The dwarf rune blacksmith stroked his long beard and said in a lecturing tone: "The new generation of bearded people have not yet grown into long-bearded people, and they are not qualified to use more powerful weapons. This is also a violation of tradition.

It is blasphemous, so in many mountain fortresses, meteorite weapons are not used by anyone and can only be sealed in the ancestral treasure house. Naturally, a small part of the newly mined meteorite ore is used for trade."

"By the way, Baron, the demand for our workshop's production is increasing day by day, and there is an endless stream of orders. If you agree, the workshop will sell the weapons in its inventory." Langone said: "The gold earned can only be as much as

Quite a few.”

Lailan pondered for a while and said: "If it is to meet the current demand, there is nothing wrong with selling some inventory. Let's count out a batch of old weapons first, and then talk about the rest slowly."

"The workshop obeys your orders unconditionally! Baron, you are the master here, and we all obey you!" The long-bearded dwarf smiled disapprovingly, and his shiny and shiny beard attracted the envious eyes of many young dwarves.

For dwarves, beards are a symbol of status, strength and age. Beards often take time to take care of to keep them shiny and shiny. The essential oils used to take care of them cost a lot of money, so the beards of dwarves who have been wandering for a long time will dry up.

Dirty and unwelcome in any hillfort.

After inspecting the workshop, Lailan and others came to the rune blacksmith's exclusive workshop. The Baron took the opportunity to express his plan: "Mr. Langone, I have a newly delivered batch of full sets of knight's plate armor. The Emperor

The number of commendations given to me by His Majesty is forty. I would like to ask you to slightly modify these armors, preferably into rune plate armor."

"Well" the long-bearded dwarf frowned, and he said with some embarrassment: "Brother Lelan, forty pairs of rune armors is not a small number. A rune weapon requires several days of carving and careful sharpening. For example, if you

The long sword inlaid with flame runes held by the knight under his command, Nikas Francis, took me two weeks to successfully inlay the runes. Given the difficulty of the rune armor, I'm afraid it will take even longer.

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"If we speed it up, can it be completed in late spring next year?" Lailan took a deep breath. He knew that the rune craftsmanship was extremely complicated, and said in a consultative tone: "Let's see, I don't even have a single copper coin for the cost of armor modification.

As for the brewery and canteen you want to build, the territory will also bear part of the construction cost. What do you think, Mr. Langeni?"

"Seal engraving takes time. Brother Lailen. Since you have offered generous terms, I think Shaden Barrow, the leader of the Gravel Clan, can help with the production. He is also a rune blacksmith, but he doesn't know many runes." Lange

Nilian nodded and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Baron, please give us more time. Forty pairs of rune armors are too difficult. Some small mountain fortresses in the black mountains don't have that much in stock."

Dwarf rune crafts have been in a state of extinction. After mastering rune magic, the inherently stubborn dwarves have become more and more like a stone.

The more runes a master-level runesmith has, even some long-bearded dwarves will complain when they come into contact with them. The harsh requirements make the runesmith apprentices miserable. Therefore, since the decline of the dwarves' golden age, mastering rune blacksmiths has become more difficult.

There are fewer and fewer masters of rune crafts. Nowadays, the leading rune masters have also settled in the big fortress, and the rune weapons and rune armors that have been circulated are becoming increasingly rare.

After Lailan reached a deal with the dwarf rune blacksmith in his territory, all the plate armor sent by the emperor was sent to the dwarf workshop. Chief Langeni even stayed in the private workshop of the workshop behind closed doors for a long time.

Inside, separated by an iron door, the sound of anvils being hammered was constant all day long.

Things have been arranged one by one, and the territory has entered a new round of expansion. In a newly planned open space in the dwarf community, a dwarf brewery and a large canteen are being built. The dwarves who have settled in Oak Town are all participating, and they are extremely enthusiastic about the construction.

The construction of their own race is almost fanatical, speeding up without sleep or food, seems to bring them closer to the once respectable ancestors and gods.

The land planned for the new barony is more than seven times larger than the original territory. The closer the land is to the Dracowald Forest, the more desolate and remote it becomes. This does not include the abandoned Walder Castle deep in the forest.

Among them, otherwise it could be increased three or four times more.

Facing the endless green skins and beastmen, Lailan always orders to kill without mercy. Only the dead orcs are good orcs. The wandering bandits and rogue knights are also human beings, and they will be afraid of them. However, Baron Draco has led the army.

It left a deep impression on them, and the security in the territory improved greatly for a while.

Sir Gavin Clinton and Nikas Francis are mainly responsible for handling public security. The two sires are authorized by the baron to often lead their troops to destroy nearby orc tribes and bandit dens. One is to train troops, and the other is to "subsidize"

"Family", the first batch of thousands of refugees that Emperor Karl Franz promised to send has now arrived, numbering about 1,300 people. Baron Draco has an unprecedented arrival of 4,500 people.

More also means more work to do and more food to eat. Fortunately, Lailan was prepared.

The autumn harvest grains are stored in granaries that have been expanded three times, enough to last for three months. In order to prevent the refugees from being corrupted, a group of churches in Oak Town, headed by the Sigma Church, sent several pastors and clergy to check the degree of Chaos corruption one by one.

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Once discovered, those who were slightly corrupted were imprisoned in the church to eliminate the corruption, while those who had grown a third arm, horns, scales, a second head, etc., who were severely corrupted, were all tied to the stake.

They were burned to death, and no one was spared.

Lelan and Sigmar Battle Priest Luther Hus personally led fifty halberdiers and several templars to execute the burning.

Corruption must be eradicated from the source. Even if the corruptors who still have a trace of humanity on the stake cry hoarsely and struggle to shed tears of blood, the Baron still insists, because these mutants have only one ending, becoming Chaos lackeys and bringing death to mortals.

, their fate has been doomed and cannot be reversed.

As time passed, a heavy rain that lasted for several days completely took away the remaining temperature of autumn. By the end of December, the climate had become very cold. As the winter wheat in the territory was gradually sown, farmers also began to

Entered the period of slack farming.

The Winter Veil Festival was approaching, and the grain from the harvest was filling the barns. Pitman and the soldiers began to collect basic grain taxes, deducting 30% of the harvest, which made the farmers who had harvested a little feel a slight loss, but compared to other parts of the empire,

There are more than a dozen or even more than fifty kinds of miscellaneous taxes levied by local governments, which are fatal.

At least many people who fled from the Nordic Kingdom said that this was a good year for them.

The work-for-relief program has provided a large amount of manpower to the Baronial Territory. The lumberyard north of Oak Town is fully manned and can continuously transport wood. Road projects connecting the villages in the territory are also being carried out in an orderly manner. At the same time,

A total of more than ten guard towers were built at the intersections of various roads in the barony to ensure road safety and increase control.

The baron also promulgated a free movement decree, which means that all subjects with legal status in the empire in his territory can move freely in Baron Draco, speeding up the population exchanges connecting the five villages, and the emperor sent

About half of the refugees, more than 600 people, were resettled in Oak Town, and the remaining 600 people were resettled in various villages. A newly opened village along the York River is even closer to Dracowald Forest.

, plays a certain early warning role.

The market in Oak Town has doubled in size. People coming from far away can see most of the products from the three human kingdoms in the old world, and the best-selling goods from the wood elves and dwarves are even more popular.

Workers are being recruited everywhere. Less than half of the buildings in the territory need to be renovated. There are textile workshops on the banks of the York River east of Oak Town, expanded stables and horse farms, new water canals, and a larger training ground. There is no work in the off-season.

The people in the territory have a job. The people in the north have become accustomed to the busy life every day. The workshops are in need of manpower. The credibility of Baron Lelan, who has the title of Hero of the Empire, is unquestionable. With his endorsement, no businessman dares to violate it.

Promise that the citizens do not need to worry about not being treated fairly, all they need is fair treatment.

Among dozens of jobs, the best job is to become a baron's soldier.

Wearing a full set of chain mail and breastplate, with full arm armor on both arms, and a round helmet decorated with iris on his head, he enjoys the most generous treatment and a decent life. When the recruitment of soldiers was first announced, everyone in the collar

The young men came in droves, almost crossing the threshold of the town hall where the steward Pitman was.

In this way, in late January after the Winter Veil Festival, Baron Draco led the army, newly expanded to 400 people, and began to invest in maintaining public security and other matters.

Not only that, Lailan has a bigger idea in his mind waiting to be implemented.
Chapter completed!