But after Zuo Si came to power, in order not to become the chicken that killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, his attitude made a 180-degree turn. The purpose was just to keep his position.

But who would have thought that pretending to be nice would actually produce results.

Judging from this posture, it may even be recorded by historians as a famous example of a virtuous minister.

Therefore, Shaud Tarovan is very motivated to work now and enjoys the feeling of having great power and building things everywhere.

Most importantly, he believes that as long as the current growth rate is maintained, the West Coast Empire will inevitably grow into a formidable behemoth by the time he retires or dies.

As one of the founders of the empire, he is bound to gain immense fame and praise from thousands of people. Even hundreds of years after his death, the entire family will benefit from it.

Facts have proved that there are never absolutely treacherous ministers or loyal ministers in this world.

Some are just the needs of the monarch and the influence of the political environment.

"Haha, in that case, please do your best.

Please remember that every decision you make is making history, and every construction you make will benefit countless imperial subjects.

Because before this, Faerun had never given birth to such a large and highly centralized country.

If we do well, then all countries in the world will inevitably use us as the standard for evaluation.

But if we fail, then the road to a centralized empire may come to an end.

I once promised the gods that I would let them see some different scenes and possibilities.

So let us work together as mortals to create miracles that will shock and admire the gods."

After that, Zuo Si turned his attention to the map made with high-level magic not far away.

Through this map, you can clearly see every road under construction, every airship connecting cities in the sky, and every sea and river dotted with light spots representing ships.

There are also water conservancy and irrigation projects under construction, and a public school rising from the ground.

There is no doubt that building this kind of behavior will make people involuntarily addicted and produce an unparalleled sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

Just look at the shining eyes of the cabinet members at this moment and you will know that they, like Zuo Si, have become enthusiastic fans of this game.

……

At the same time, far away in the east on the other side of the Falling Star Sea.

The gunboat commanded by Jalusel has arrived at the Araul province, which originally belonged to Ser and has just been ceded to the West Coast Empire.

After looking at these two empty islands that had been ravaged by pirates, with only a group of abandoned old, weak, sick and disabled people left, she couldn't help but sigh slightly and complained, "If I had known I could take ownership of these two islands, I would have

Those pirates are no longer allowed to come here and plunder unscrupulously. Now it's good, even if they want to rebuild, there are not many people available."

"It doesn't matter.

There is never a shortage of population in this area.

Mulholland and Unther on both sides of the Arambonne Sea in the south are standard slave countries.

I believe that as long as you set out conditions and declare that any slave can obtain the status of a free citizen after coming to the Araul Province, there will definitely be many slaves willing to fight for the rest of their lives.

In addition, you can also give orders to the pirates to attack towns and villages along the coast of Mulhorand, free local slaves and bring them back, and distribute rewards according to the number of people rescued."

A relatively high-level female dragon knight gave her own advice.

From the eye-catching marks on the armor, it is not difficult to tell that her identity should be the supreme commander of all the dragon knights on the airship, and also the adjutant of the Iron Princess.

"A reward? It will cost a lot of money, right?"

Yalusel was obviously a little embarrassed about this costly means of rapidly increasing the population.

After all, she is from the Kingdom of Cormyr, and her father, Assan IV, is aggressive in military affairs, so the country's finances have always been tight.

So whenever I hear that a large expenditure is needed, I subconsciously want to avoid it.

But the female dragon knight shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "What are you afraid of?

Are you still afraid that the empire will run out of money?

Or do you know how much money His Majesty Soth spent on building our Dragon Knight Legion?

In his eyes, wealth has long become a series of meaningless numbers.

I once visited a warehouse when I was selecting armor and weapons. It was densely packed with countless gold nuggets, gems, and standard magic equipment neatly arranged in uniform specifications.

Therefore, as long as he can achieve the set goal, he will not even blink an eye even if he spends millions of gold coins."

"Well, maybe you're right."

The corner of Yalusel's mouth twitched slightly uncontrollably, and for the first time in his life, he felt what it means to be wealthy.

It's just that she didn't understand why Zuo Si sent herself to do such work that obviously belonged to the internal affairs department, and also gave her the title of governor.

She is obviously just a military commander who can only lead troops to fight.

You don’t need to ask to know that the reason Zuo Si did this was to cultivate the Iron Princess’ national governance capabilities.

After all, she will return to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Cormyr in the future, and then work with Sambia as a staunch ally and satellite country of the West Coast Empire on the Falling Star Sea.

If the governance level is too poor, how can one legitimately be crowned queen?

Riding a young dragon and flying around the two islands, Yalusel was suddenly surprised to find that although the pirates looted the wealth here and killed countless Serres who tried to resist, they did not carry out large-scale arson.

and destruction.

Not only are the housing on the island basically intact, but also a huge dry dock dedicated to shipbuilding and repair can be seen near the port.

This also means that the Araul Province has extremely strong shipbuilding capabilities.

As long as those craftsmen are gathered together and the corresponding wood is purchased from surrounding countries, various warships and merchant ships can be continuously built here.

After understanding this, Yalusel quickly ordered an inventory and screening of the surviving population on the island, and also ordered the plundering pirates to bring back more slaves.

In this way, the two small islands standing in the sea south of Serre began a vigorous large-scale production and construction movement.

With the help of professionals, the Iron Princess formulated a simple plan to increase the island's population from a few thousand to at least 50,000.

The first step now is to build a mage tower and a stable portal to ensure that support from the rear can be obtained at any time in the event of an unexpected event.

She did not realize at all that her every move was actually seen and remembered by the red-robed mage Ser across the sea.

Sazastan, who had always been highly hostile and wary of Zuo Si, was currently watching through the magic crystal ball as countless laborers dug the foundation under the command of more than a dozen mages, and then placed the hard granite stones one after another.

Put it in.

It is not difficult to judge from the scale of the foundation and the labor force used that this is definitely a large or even giant mage tower.

After several minutes, he finally interrupted the spell connection, raised his head and stared at the other chief, Demetra Vlas, who was sitting opposite and drinking tea leisurely, and asked straightforwardly, "About this?"

This mission and negotiation, do you have anything to say?"

The latter put down the tea cup and shook his head gently, "No.

According to Kalaya's report, His Majesty the Emperor did not make things difficult for her, nor did he embarrass her.

They agreed to our conditions very simply.

This can be seen from the fact that Sayre's ships can now leave the port without being attacked.

I think you're overreacting."

"Overreaction?

No, I'm not overreacting.

If you know something about Soth, you will find that he is more insidious and cunning than any enemy we have dealt with before.

Never be deceived by his reasonable, harmless disguise.

I fell in love with this guy because I was right, but in the end I got nothing after paying the price of two artifacts.

What's more, do you think that with Sel's current state, he is really capable of resisting huge threats from the outside?

Aznar Sruel and his allies are simply a bunch of idiots, sabotaging my plans time and time again because they think they are smart.

Now that things have happened, I think it’s time to initiate a revolution to reshape the Red Wizards organization and the entire Ser."

When he said these words, Sazastan did not hide the boiling murderous intention in his heart.

A series of small actions by Aznar Sruel led to the cession of the Araul province and the complete loss of more than 90% of the naval warships. This completely made him intolerable and planned to end the ridiculous and incompetent political system of the Chief Council.
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By observing the rise of Zuo Si and the West Coast Empire, the legendary lich clearly realized the importance of centralization.

Only when power is concentrated in their own hands, can Serge and the red-robed mage organization completely put an end to the endless internal fighting and holding back each other, and concentrate their efforts to realize a grand plan.

Now that Zuo Si has successfully established a huge magic empire on the west coast of my country, Sazastan also plans to follow suit and establish an equally powerful magic empire on the east side of the continent.

His plan was to first remove the chiefs who opposed him one by one through assassination, frame-up and other means and replace them with cronies, then send troops north to devour Seleiman who was close at hand, and then turn around and head west to capture Cesk.

Jugu, Nafir.

In this way, Sayre can keep pace with the West Coast Empire in terms of land area and resources.

Although it may be lacking in population, it can be made up for by the number of slaves.

After the integration of resources is completed, we will consider whether to continue to encroach westward, or to seize the opportunity and directly go south to destroy Ser's former suzerain country-Mulhorand.
To be continued...