There was a reason why Houdini was so shocked.
No matter how powerful a country was, it had to face the most basic problem of food production. Feeding the people was the foundation of economic development. As one of the higher-ups of the Lachiman Kingdom, Houdini naturally understood the efforts of the mages to increase food production. Among them, artificial rainfall had always seemed to be the easiest to solve, but there had been no breakthrough so far.
This also had to do with the climate of the Lachman Kingdom. Due to the lack of rain, irrigation was much more difficult than in the Kingdom of Karen, which was full of rivers. The energy consumption of the floating space tower was enormous. Although some people had proposed the idea of using the floating space tower to create artificial rainfall and successfully experimented on a small scale, it could not be popularized to the whole country because of the high energy consumption.
However, such a difficult problem had been solved in a "magical wasteland"? Houdini's first reaction was disbelief, but when he confirmed it with his divination spell, his old face almost wrinkled like a steamed bun.
"Elson … Elson … Who is the lord of this city?"
He suddenly remembered the line of words that Merlinsera had reflected in front of him, and his mind began to waver.
The lord of Elson City, whom he had been talking about, was sitting in front of his desk, deep in thought. He did not seem to be proud of the dazzling magic buildings in the city — or rather, he did not know the actual situation of the Lachman Kingdom. He did not even know the name of the Lachman Kingdom's ambassador.
Roddy stared at the "city construction column" in front of him, thinking about future strategic steps.
The city level of Elson City was composed of a blue "Level 9" and a gray "Level 17". This meant that the city used to be Level 17, but the current level of construction was only Level 9. A few months ago, when Roddy had just become the lord of the city, the city was deserted Level 4. Now, it had risen to Level 9 at the speed of a rocket launch, which could be said to be a miracle.
But Roddy was not satisfied.
It wasn't that he thought the development was too slow, but when he stood in the position of City Lord, he had already seen the "limits" of the city ahead of others.
Elsen City was built as a fortress city for military purposes. Although it was much more powerful than the "castle fortresses" in the Kingdom of Karen, the basic structure had already determined the future of the city. Even if Elsen City was upgraded to level 17 in its heyday, it still could not meet the needs of Roddy's next strategic goals.
To gain a foothold in the kingdom, Roddy needed a highly-developed and well-planned "main city" — a "super city" that could maximize the use of resources and become the heart of the kingdom.
Elson could not do this. Although its core technology was ahead of the whole kingdom, more than half of the buildings in the city were military-related. If there was a truce in the future, there would be sufficient funds to run these military factories, barracks, and other buildings. Then the city would obviously fall into an awkward position.
At this stage, there was nothing wrong with vigorously developing military technology. But what about after this period of turmoil? When he had to face an economic war, the originally powerful military buildings would become the "shackles" that confined development.
Of course, it was a little early to think about this when facing the triple attack of the Orcs, the undead, and the royal family of the Karen Kingdom. But now, Roddy was no longer a ranger who could eat his fill. The titles of Prime Minister of the Cabinet and City Lord of Elsen City were not just for show, but also meant that he had to control the future of countless people.
"What a headache …"
Roddy deeply realized that one person's ability was too limited. Even if he had the advantage of being reborn, he still felt deeply powerless in the face of such a huge, multi-faceted plan. Camilla was responsible for enough things, and now there was no time to discuss this. So, Roddy finally understood why those commanders in the past had a "team of advisors," business groups had a "think tank," and a group of "secretaries" under them.
In battle, Roddy could find the best choice in the shortest time possible. But in the complex construction aspect, one person could not do it at all.
"Now the biggest problem is the lack of people …"
Roddy could not help but sigh and lay down in the armchair, a little tired.
Although he had built and trained a lot of talents, such as Sodelor, Natha, Akasha, Erwin, and today's "Dragon Lance Knights," they could only be regarded as the smallest group in the raid team. According to Roddy's vision, in the future, he needed to lead a team to explore a dungeon or area, which required at least a team of thirty or forty people. This kind of "team" could not be easily made up of the number of knights. In the face of those extremely dangerous or strange enemies, Roddy needed all kinds of professionals to help him …
Assassin Thief, Blood Warlock, Knight of Holy Light, Prophet, Druid, and so on hovered in Roddy's mind. Every profession in "Earthbreaker" had its unique characteristics. If it was properly grasped, a standard RAID team of thirty people could completely make Roddy invincible on the road of "Wasteland." The ancient underground city that no one cared about, the rare treasures left by the ancient civilization, and the expensive mineral veins all needed such a team to explore and discover.
Roddy's established strategy was to rely on "treasure excavation" -style raid activities to quickly increase the wealth and technology of the territory, and at the same time to consolidate the existing advantages of Elsen City horizontally, and step by step lay the foundation for the stability of the future economy.
Then, putting aside the crisis that he had to face now, the matter of recruiting outstanding talents had to be done in advance. Roddy sat up, rubbed his temples, and began to carefully recall the powerful NPCs that he had seen in various places. He began to write down the area where they lived, their characteristics, and their names …
"'Tree of Life' Fantney. He should be in the Silent Forest now. He probably hasn't become a mentor yet."
"'Exploder' Arustad. Forget it, there's something wrong with this guy's head. He'll only be a scourge even if he comes …"
"'Shadow Step' Reynolds? Tsk tsk, it'll be rather difficult to find him. "
After all, the advantages of being reborn were difficult for ordinary people to achieve. Many of those characters who would have great achievements in the future were still in a state of obscurity. After all, the large-scale war had yet to break out, and these "gold" had yet to be tested and shine. Now that Roddy had ample funds and power, it would be a waste not to recruit these low-investment high-return people in advance.
After writing down a few names, the floodgates to his memory seemed to have been completely opened. Roddy not only wrote down the names of the people needed for the RAID team, he also wrote down a large number of famous blacksmiths, leather-makers, enchanters, rune makers, mechanical builders, spell material merchants and so on in the future. He made a long list.
Roddy was so engrossed in these things that he did not even notice a series of subtle footsteps behind him. When the familiar light fragrance filled the air, Roddy realized that she had been standing beside him for more than ten seconds.
"Why didn't you say you were here? What are you looking at so sneakily?"
Roddy rubbed his eyes that were bloodshot due to fatigue, stretched his back, and put down his pen. He wanted to continue speaking, but found that Naifei's expression was not very good, so he asked, "What's wrong? Who bullied you? Or did someone make you unhappy? "
Naifei didn't speak, she just silently raised her hand. Roddy just sat there, a little curious about what this quirky little girl was going to do. Unexpectedly, Naifei actually helped Roddy massage his temples and whispered, "Someone bullied me, and he didn't stop bullying me."
"Ah? Who is it? Tell me, I'll go and teach him a lesson! "
Roddy's brain was muddled because of the previous writing, so when he heard Naifei's words, he didn't doubt her for a moment.
"Well, that guy stays in the study until very late every day, and sometimes he doesn't even rest, but he is very strict with me. Even if I go to bed one second late, he will call my mother to scold me … Can you help me teach him a lesson?"
How could Roddy not know who she was talking about? Although he was speechless, he felt warm in his heart. After all, Naifei obviously used this kind of protesting tone to express her concern for him. After thinking about this, Roddy pulled over the parchment that had already written a few pages and said, "I don't want to tire myself to death, so I'm going to find some people to help me."
Naifei was obviously a little surprised. In fact, she came here today to "recommend herself" — she could already do a lot of things for Roddy now, why did he still let her go through the boring magic training every day? But after hearing Roddy's words, she couldn't help but be curious about what was written on the parchment. She took it over and flipped through it. The densely packed names, places, and physical characteristics suddenly surprised Naifei.
For a moment, Roddy also didn't realize how complicated the distribution of the people on the list was. There were all kinds of places in the deep mountains and wild forests. Naifei even hadn't heard of one-third of the places on the list. Such a complicated list was enough to let the little girl realize the gap in "experience" …
So, the way she looked at Roddy was a little bit different.
"Brother Roddy, these people … Have you seen all of them?"
"Uh, no, most of them I've only heard about. When I passed by those places, I know some of their deeds, so I hope to invite these guys to Elson to help me. Of course, it's good enough if half of the people on the list can come. "
Naifei didn't say anything more, but her eyes stayed on the names that seemed to be female on the list for a while. Her sly eyes narrowed, and she snorted and put the list back. Now she had returned to her usual eccentric look. Seeing her like this, Roddy was relieved. He patted Naifei's hand and said, "Okay, okay, you feel much better after rubbing it. Sit down and rest for a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, Naifei squeezed into the armchair and sat side by side with him. Rody knew that Naifei had a jumpy temperament. However, he had always been indulgent and let her do whatever she wanted. That was why he did not stand up. He just leaned to the side and asked, "Why did you suddenly think of asking me these questions?"
"Brother Roddy, I heard those people in the city are talking about the war. Is it coming soon?"
"War …"
Roddy nodded meaningfully and said in a low voice, "In fact, it has already begun."
The wind whistled past Natha's cheeks, and the Needle Tail Sand Cone spread its wings, leaving a shadow on the vast grassland. While the Lassiman Kingdom and Charles II were arguing with each other, and the magic buildings in Elson City were activated one by one, the Wood Elf Ranger had been flying on the Nehemiah Grassland for ten days.
In her field of vision, the flat and open grassland was unobstructed, and the Orc's camp was like a black sore.
Every war had more than one "decisive battle". Reconnaissance, supply, transportation and so on, each of these could affect the outcome of a war. So when everyone's eyes were focused on the Kingdom of Karen, as the first ranger under Roddy's command, Natha had already started her mission.
With her air superiority, Natha hovered unscrupulously in the sky, not worried at all that she would be discovered. After three days of continuous observation, she had confirmed the composition of the enemy's army, roughly calculated the number of supplies, and even sorted out the proportion of members of each tribe.
In other words, this was the advantage brought by the unequal information. When the Orcs were still not sure where the Warlords had gone, Roddy had already seen all their movements.
After completing her last patrol mission, Natha hid the map that she had been perfecting the night before. Then she slowly pulled the reins and changed the direction of the Needle Tail Sand Cone. However, in front of her was not the road back, but the towering Gondola Mountains and the gloomy and depressing Black Forest in the distance.
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