After returning to Agares, Allen was not in a hurry to go to Demonic Ring City. There was still a long way to go before Spenak's invitation, so there was no need to rush to meet the two Sovereigns. On the contrary, he needed to spend some time in the territory to deal with some affairs. He left Melanie to deal with the affairs of the territory. Melanie's ability was not bad, but Agares was not Earth or Heavenly Star. On this planet where martial power was respected, Melanie, a civil and political official, obviously did not get enough respect. Even if Allen put Twilight, an expert, by his side to support him, it was not enough. The people in the territory only knew Dark King Allen. As for Melanie, she was barely an agent. If it was just Mokedan and the wastelands, Melanie would still be able to handle it. However, Spenak had also given him two provinces of territory, and Melanie's influence was not enough.
After returning from Mo Suo Star, Lamar returned directly to Demonic Ring City, while Allen headed for Mokedan. As for the Baltic fleet and the Nelm army that followed him, it would take a day or two for them to arrive. After all, the speed of the transport starship was not as fast as his private ship.
Right now, Allen had a lot of troops. Spenak had given him a hundred thousand soldiers, and Mo Suo Star had incorporated ten thousand Nelm people, plus the surrendered soldiers from the original war. Putting aside Allen's own Burning Legion, there were as many as 130,000 alien soldiers in this army alone. Fortunately, Spenak had drawn out two provinces. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to maintain the funds for this army with Allen's previous territorial income.
It was still daytime when he left Mo Suo Star, but it was already late at night when he arrived at Mokedan in Agares. Getting off the ship, Allen saw Melanie at a glance. Twilight was standing beside him, and Melanie's complexion was not bad. There were also some other people beside him. Apart from some familiar faces in Mokedan, Allen also saw a few unfamiliar faces. When he walked off the ship, those people even walked past Melanie and half-knelt before Allen in fear and trepidation. They all shouted, "Greetings, Your Highness Allen" and so on. Allen narrowed his eyes and roughly guessed their identities. He was not in a hurry to let them get up. Instead, he nodded at Melanie and said, "Did anything happen while I was away?"
Melanie was just about to kneel when Allen stopped her. "Let's get down to business."
Melanie smiled faintly. Allen had made those people kneel, but had not allowed him to salute. It was obvious that he was doing it for someone with ulterior motives. At the same time, he was hinting at her position by his side, paving the way for her to act more conveniently in the future. He said in a clear voice, "Business is important, but Your Highness, it is not appropriate to let these lords continue to kneel. Can you let them get up first?"
Only then did Allen wave his hand, and the unfamiliar faces stood up. When they looked at Melanie again, their expressions were somewhat different. Allen turned to them and said, "I know that you are from the other two provinces, and I also know that you are feeling uneasy at the moment. But as you can see, I have more important matters to discuss with Melanie. Go back and rest first. I will give you some time to meet tomorrow, and we will talk again then. "
With that, he made a gesture, and Smoker called for a group of guards to escort these important people from the other provinces back to their residences.
A road carriage stopped in front of Allen, and he got into the carriage. Melanie, Lola, and Twilight were also in the carriage. The road carriage drove toward the city lord's mansion, and along the way, the street lamps intertwined with each other, creating patches of alternating light and dark. Inside the carriage, Melanie briefly explained to Allen the changes in the territory over the past month.
Now that the wastelands had been unified by Allen, it was no longer in chaos. Melanie had organized a merchant group, which included food buyers, equipment merchants, mining agents, and so on. The chairman of this merchant group was stationed in the wastelands, and they would plan the business market in the wastelands to rectify the previously disorderly business environment. In addition, Melanie had also assigned a group of tax officials, road toll collectors, customs officers, and so on, in order to establish a complete and long-term business network.
As for Mokedan, on the basis of maintaining the original development, Melanie had begun the development plan that Allen had approved. These plans were all set up for Mokedan's economic growth. Melanie had emphasized that only if Mokedan's economy continued to grow and its revenue doubled could it support Allen's expansion. Regarding this, the alliance with the Specter Kingdom provided a lot of opportunities to implement Melanie's plan. He had even contacted a few big merchants from the other empire through Dobia's agent, Sutt. When the time came, they would establish an interconnected trade network with Mokedan as the center. If there were no accidents, Mokedan would usher in a new golden age. In Melanie's vision, there would be large amounts of food, equipment, armaments, and minerals flowing through Mokedan to the two empires. All of this would bring Allen unimaginable wealth.
As for the two new provinces, they each had their own advantages.
The territory of the Demonic Shadow Kingdom could be divided into two lines: the east and the south. The eastern territory had been at war for many years. It was the front line of the confrontation with Dobia, the stage of the war, and the best choice for the Balts to reap battle merits. The cities on the eastern front were destroyed and destroyed. Often, an inconspicuous small city might have been rebuilt several times, and those important strategic capitals had been rebuilt many times. In such an environment, there were few large cities on the eastern front. The cities in a province were mainly small and medium-sized towns. Only the main cities of the province would have a certain scale out of strategic needs.
The southern front was different. Because it was located at the rear of the battlefield, it was needed to support the eastern front. Even though the southern city was only the size of a small town at first, as workshops gathered, merchants gathered, and the economy developed, it would often expand, eventually evolving into a large city that could accommodate 100,000 or even more people. As for the provincial main cities in the south, there was no need to mention them. These main cities were basically large cities that could accommodate millions of residents.
The two provinces that Spenak had assigned to Allen were Lys and Peti. The former was one of the granaries of the empire, and the Lys Province was located on the Wind Court Plains. The plain was rich in resources and fertile soil. Lisi Province was full of food factories. Using mature food processing technology, the raw materials were classified and processed to produce a variety of energy-rich battlefield food. It was one of the important supply chains for military provisions on the eastern front. As for Peti Province, it was a huge munitions factory. Any city in the province had at least ten equipment workshops and a series of supporting industries. Some people described this province as long as they sent raw materials to the Peti Province, it would be able to continuously create weapons and even a series of armaments such as combat airships. It could be imagined how much energy this province possessed.
It was no exaggeration to say that Spenak had given Allen these two provinces in one go, almost helping him lay the foundation for being the king of Agares.
"When Lord Lamer stayed in Mokedan, he mentioned more than once that there were countless royal dukes and nobles in Demonic Ring City who were jealous of Your Highness. At the same time, he did not understand why His Majesty was so generous. Although His Majesty had never played cards according to common sense, this was too generous." The road had already arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. Melanie got off first and stood to the side waiting for Allen to get off.
Allen held Lola's hand and jumped out of the car. "Spenak won't do anything meaningless. He gave me these two rich provinces to show his sincerity and to warn me. To him, the wealth on Agares was not in his eyes. If he can give, he can destroy. If I break the agreement. "
"No matter what, with these two provinces, His Highness Allen's career will develop much faster. Those lords just now were all from these two provinces. They were all arrogant people. It was common sense for them not to put me in their hearts. Your Highness, please don't blame them for this. Otherwise, not only will my work not be able to proceed smoothly in the future, there will also be many obstacles. "
"You're thinking about them. Don't worry, I'll take care of myself."
Walking into the City Lord's Mansion, Melanie said, "There's another thing. It's about Lord Hubble."
"Oh, there's news from Hubble?" Allen asked. Before that, he had Hubble take 300 to explore the gray area west of Mokedan. Calculating the time, it had almost been three months.
Melanie nodded and said, "A month ago, Lord Hubble sent someone back with news." They left Mokedan and crossed the barren land and discovered a large barbarian settlement. The area that Lord Hubble called the Dark Gorge was said to have plenty of water and rare minerals. Of course, their arrival was not welcomed. According to Lord Hubble's feedback, I believe that it is a place worth developing. Therefore, without Lord Hubble's consent, I sent Lord Hubble a mixed army of 5,000 people. Now, we have established a forward base in the Dark Gorge, and the supply route is under construction. After a period of time, when the situation around the base has stabilized, we can transport troops there. A barbarian settlement of tens of thousands of people won't be able to hold out for long. When they are defeated, it will be equivalent to having tens of thousands of workers and slaves. "
Allen nodded and said, "Hubble's luck is not bad. I wonder if he has broken through."
"You can ask him yourself tomorrow," Melanie said with a smile.
"Oh, is he coming back tomorrow?"
"Looking at the time, he should be arriving tomorrow." Melanie replied, "We have established a basic communication line with the Dark Gorge base, and Lord Hubble knows your whereabouts through it. He even complained that you did not bring him to Morsostar. "
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