Of course, the main character won't start the exploration right after he returns. There will definitely be new plots. I'll try to compress these constructive words. They'll mainly be about adventures and battles.
Some of the warriors behind Geyi were familiar to Salin, while others were unfamiliar. Geyi said enthusiastically, "Sir, the mages want to pick you up. I'm afraid something will happen to the temple, so I'll stay here …"
"You did well. Geyi, you've worked hard. I'll send you to Rex's place later to learn. "
Geyi was overjoyed. He could learn swordsmanship with Salin, but he had to go to Rex's place to command troops and learn politics. Salin didn't have any corresponding talents here. Salin's words meant that he was ready to promote him.
"Sir!" The mages came to greet him. Salin looked at the familiar faces and felt a little excited. Christian, Fareins, and Basta were all here. What made him the happiest was that including Passatro and Cornuco, these mages were all level-five. There were even two level-four mages who advanced!
There were more and more people he could use around him. Unfortunately, there were no Magic Shooters. There was already a huge team behind Salin, all the way to the temple.
The newcomers, including the four demons and familiars, were all stunned by the temple's imposing manner.
The temple was completely built. It had six floors and a width of 800 meters. It looked imposing. In Salin's eyes, the temple had clearly been remodeled. Each floor was 12 meters tall. Six floors made it 72 meters. This height already exceeded a level-nine magic tower.
A level-nine magic tower was only 54 meters tall. In the future, the temple would have special buildings stacked on top of it. Jason had the blueprint of the Sky City. Although it couldn't be copied, he could build a small building — a floating tower!
He finally had some capital! Salin couldn't hide the joy in his heart. He led everyone into the temple.
As expected, the temple had been remodeled. Inside the door, there were two floors. Soldiers were stationed in the two floors. The entire first floor was also broken through. In the center was a six-meter high platform. More than 60 huge pillars were evenly distributed around it. The pillars were hollow. Inside, there was a spiral staircase leading to the second floor.
Outside the pillars were stone carvings. Salin only needed a glance to know what they were carved. It turned out to be some legends passed down. The war between humans and gods!
Walking up the stone steps, Zhang Xuan raised his head and saw that the top of the platform was empty. It was a patio that led straight to the highest floor of the shrine.
At this moment, the four corners of the atrium had a retractable metal staircase, and everyone walked up the stairs to the second floor. Daniel said, "The second floor is where the bodyguards are stationed. The conference hall is on the third floor."
"Don't start the meeting yet. Everyone is tired," Salin said.
"It doesn't matter. The construction has been completed, and the facilities are very complete." As they spoke, they arrived at the third floor. Daniel led them through a long corridor and arrived at the conference hall. He said, "Sir, there's a lounge here. You can take a bath there. If you want to eat, you can do so in the conference hall."
"No need. There's a restaurant here, right?"
"Yes, this floor is where the lord discusses matters. It can accommodate over a thousand people. However, I didn't recruit any servants, so you can consider using some puppets. "
Salin nodded. After all, this temple was hiding some secrets. In the future, only the people of Seriger Island would live here, so they couldn't let outsiders live here. When there wasn't enough manpower, it was better to use puppets.
Some of the soldiers brought Eleanor and the rest to wash up and rest. These soldiers were also swordsmen from Serg Island. Many of the sailors on the sea had been trained, and the construction of the port's defensive facilities had been completed. Two warships were patrolling outside the port, using pirates and a few newbies. Daniel was being cautious by recruiting these people he trusted into the temple.
Salin didn't need a bath. With the Cleaning Spell, a Magician's bath was just a pleasure. Eleanor also stayed behind. She didn't feel comfortable letting the swordsmen serve her.
Daniel and Diabinus brought Salin, Eleanor, and Neris to a small room. It was a small conference hall. A large conference hall could accommodate over a thousand people, so there was no need to open it. Following them were the Magicians from Seriger Island.
After everyone sat down, Salin asked, "Daniel, tell me what happened after I left."
Daniel then began to speak tirelessly. When Salin and the others had just left, a large number of nobles had come to seek refuge. Some of them were from Phoenix, while others were from Garoulan. It turned out that when Rex went to the Caucasus region, he had recruited a group of Garoulan nobles.
Since Duke Garoulan had died in battle, these nobles had lost their support and land. Many fled to Qin Yin, while others fled to the Rhine Duchy.
Daniel followed the precedent and sold some houses and land to these nobles. The customs of the duchies affiliated to Qin Yin were all similar to Qin Yin. When these nobles fled, they didn't forget to bring their craftsmen with them. Large numbers of soldiers, craftsmen, servants, livestock, Magicians, food, gold, and so on were swept up by these nobles from Garoulan.
Those who were willing to come here were people with more foresight. Although this place was remote, it definitely wouldn't be threatened by the flames of war for the time being. When Rex invited them, he had already promised them new land and new titles. After these nobles arrived, they were led out of the city to find land that could be farmed.
Speaking of which, among the four empires, only Qin Yin's nobles treated their farmers well, so there were many farmers who followed them here. These weren't serfs, but farmers with property. Some of these farmers' wealth was even comparable to the lowest noble barons.
Now, large areas of land in the north of Metatlin City had been given to these nobles. Most of their wealth was stored in the imperial bank, and they couldn't take it out yet. So, they used loans. Daniel was responsible for helping them build a large number of castles.
Metatlin City didn't have much, but it had an inexhaustible supply of stone and wood. With a large number of slaves, it was easier to work. These nobles were almost all very satisfied when they came to Metatlin City. Although the conditions of the loans were a bit harsh, their new castles were all planned by Magicians.
Daniel was also very smart. The nobles' castles wouldn't be too far away from each other. This looked like they were looking out for each other, but in reality, these nobles couldn't expand their influence.
Although the fleeing nobles didn't lose much wealth, they were very poor in cash and couldn't support too many soldiers. Many private soldiers were absorbed by Daniel.
Now, there were more than 20,000 soldiers under Salin. Together with Rex's swordsman battalion, the city's defense finally had some progress. The three lords had summoned a large army of undead. If they were replenished, they could barely defend the city walls.
Metatlin City had been rebuilt several times, and the three walls were three kilometers long. Without tens of thousands of soldiers, it was indeed difficult to defend.
Ainphent and Helene also bought a large amount of food through their own channels. In the entire north, Phoenix's food was no longer sold to Qin Yin. Basically, it was bought in Metatlin City.
Of Salin's twenty thousand soldiers, eight thousand were newly recruited Caucasians. 4,000 barbarians, and the remaining 10,000 or so soldiers were those who escaped from Jialou Lan. Rex's men helped train these people and scattered them. They reorganized and formed two swordsman battalions.
The Roland Family and the Tiffany Family also extended their tentacles to Metatlin. They bought property in the east of the city and opened shops. Now, Metatlin City already had Qin Yin's four major families. The power of these four business families couldn't be underestimated. Half of Metatlin City's businesses were supported by the abilities of these four great families.
During this period, a battle broke out. Lianyun City's warships once came to Metatlin, obviously wanting to occupy the sea route. However, three warships were sunk.
The new Grand Duke of Lianyun City was defeated and was forced to use gold coins to redeem his warriors and damaged ships. From then on, the sea route was temporarily safe. Grand Duke Lianyun couldn't take out that much money to redeem his warriors, so he could only use slaves to pay the bill. There were about 4,000 captured soldiers, and each soldier could be exchanged for five slaves. Daniel didn't spend much money and obtained more than 20,000 slaves. Most of them were sent to the north to mine.
This test was obviously tacitly approved by Holy Rock City. After Metatlin City's victory, there was no more news from Holy Rock City. Several armies and war puppets fell to the west to guard against the Tanggulas Empire.
"So, I'm going to have a city again?" Salin heard that a new city was being built to the west of Metatlin City. With this buffer, Metatlin City could be considered to have a barrier.
"Yes, it's outside the mountain pass, less than 200 kilometers away from Metatlin. The foundation of the city has been laid, but the transportation of stone materials is too slow. The roads have been built, but we don't have that many vehicles. It'll be too expensive to hire them. "
Speaking of this, Daniel was secretly resentful. The Tiffany Family's asking price was too high, so he would rather the construction of the new city be slow than hire a convoy to transport the stone materials. The walls of the new city had to be built with white stone from Metatlin City. The local stone materials were a little soft and could only be used to build buildings in the city.
"The weapons sold by the Roland Family are cheap, sir. I think it's almost the cost price. If you include the transportation, they'll even lose money."
"Oh? Who's in charge of the Roland Family? "
"Baroness Guya, sir. She wants the weapons business here and agreed to sell all the weapons to us at this price in the future."
"Did you agree?"
"Of course not. You'll have to talk to her personally."
"It's impossible to give all the weapons business to her. I'll call the people from the four families and let them offer their own prices. You don't have to worry about this. Let me think about it."
Salin was happy to see that everything in his city had a scale. He asked again, "How many castles are there now?"
"Two medium-sized castles and 172 small ones. They're distributed in the west and east. However, the ones guarding the roads are all our own. Winter is coming, so we can't continue working. We'll only be able to surpass 300 castles next year. Those that haven't been repaired are all too far away. "
"So many! How can there be enough soldiers? "
"Rex's people came up with the idea. It's the baron. We're also in charge of building a castle for him. In any case, it's just a small castle for one or two hundred people. When they get their money back, they'll have to return it to us. We've already explored 1,500 kilometers in the north. There's a lot of land suitable for farming, but we need puppets. Otherwise, the cattle will be taken away by the demon wolves. "
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