The departure of Emperor Junero shocked the whole Orc Empire. It was even more shocking to the orcs than Sui Xiong's annihilation of the Iciz organization.
In the past hundred years, under the leadership of this "weak scholar," the Orc Empire had been growing stronger and stronger, and the construction of the national system had become more and more orderly.
If Sui Xiong had killed all the way from the westernmost part of the Orc Empire to the easternmost part of the Orc Empire during Hogg Bell's reign, it would have been a serious blow to the reputation of the Orc Empire, and even the rule of the Orc Empire would have collapsed. Because at that time, most of the senior officials of the Orc Empire and even the local officials were members of the Iciz organization.
But after Junero came to power, the first thing he did was to suppress this extremist organization and limit the spread of all kinds of extreme ideas. Because Hogg was still alive, he didn't revoke the official identity of this organization for the sake of the old emperor. But he used various means to remove the members of this organization from the positions of officials at all levels. It took him more than 30 years to reduce the Iciz from a huge force that could influence the political situation of the Orc Empire to a civil organization with an official identity.
At that time, everyone thought he was destroying his own martial arts and breaking his own hands and feet. Later, the Orc Empire and the Eagle Kingdom lost the war, which made many people question whether this scholar could really control the country.
However, Junero quickly made everyone understand that their doubts were wrong.
Generally speaking, he pushed for several things.
The first thing was to strengthen farming.
The Orc Empire had always been nomadic. This made everyone in the country good at fighting, and almost all the people were soldiers. But it also made the country's food production relatively low. Often in winter, there would be famine everywhere. After a big snowstorm, it was not surprising that thousands of people would starve to death.
In this case, the conflicts and killings between the various orc tribes were extremely tragic. After all, everyone was not only fighting for honor, but also the survival of their parents, wives, and children!
Junero sent people to contact the Goddess of Harvest and paid a huge price, which made all the orc tribes want to join forces to rebel. Finally, he persuaded the Goddess of Harvest to grant "fertility" to the prairie controlled by the orcs as much as possible without affecting her priesthood.
And correspondingly, he vigorously promoted farming in the orc society.
Because of traditional culture, the orcs respected the brave herdsmen and discriminated against the weak farmers. Junero, on the other hand, believed that farming produced far more food than grazing, so he greatly supported it.
It took him decades to finally stabilize the grain production area in the eastern part of the Orc Empire, giving the orcs a relatively reliable source of food.
After the failure of the Southern Expedition, the agriculture industry began to support the animal husbandry industry, causing the food production of the Orc Empire to increase steadily. For many years after that, although the orcs still lacked food in the winter, they rarely saw the tragic scene of starving people all over the wilderness after a heavy snowfall, or even the entire tribe freezing to death.
It was precisely because they had agriculture as a foundation and a good harvest as a guarantee that the population of the Orc Empire was rising steadily. So much so that after the battle of "Sun's Dying Day," they actually did not suffer too much. They could even prepare for another war with the Kingdom of Light.
The second thing Junero did was to strengthen the centralization of power.
The Orc Empire was a tribal country. The emperor was not so much the ruler of a country, but rather the leader of all the tribes. Although he was very authoritative, the officials below him might not have any authority. Especially when the tasks they carried out conflicted with the short-term interests of various tribes, most of the tribes would not take them seriously and continued to do things their own way.
After all, the Orc Empire was essentially a theocratic country. Various tribes, especially the larger tribes, could build their own temples, contact the gods, and ask for oracles. With the orders from the gods, who would take the emperor's orders seriously?
In response to this situation, Junero went to have a long talk with the Orc Master God, Lefon. When old acquaintances met, they sighed.
Five thousand years passed, and Junero stepped into the demigod realm. To be honest, this result was not bad, but compared to Lefon, who was already a great Divine Power, it was not worth mentioning.
However, Lefon appreciated his foresight and the concept of governing a country, so he stood up for him and ordered the Orc gods not to casually issue oracles. If their ideas conflicted with the Orc Emperor's orders, then they should come to him. Everyone had to discuss and coordinate first, and they were not allowed to directly confront him.
A snake could not be without a head. The Orc gods needed a reliable and authoritative leader, and so did the Orc Empire.
The last thing Junero did was to build cities on a large scale.
He thought that the Orcs' lives were too wandering and not stable enough. This led to poor mobilization of the country, and the social order was also more chaotic. So he chose places in the Orc Empire with abundant water sources and few floods, and built many cities.
Of course, the Orc Empire had cities in the past, but the number of cities was very small, and they were all large cities. Small and medium-sized cities were generally not necessary, so they basically did not exist.
Junero was the Orc Emperor for more than a hundred years, and built more than a hundred small and medium-sized cities. These cities were like a chain that connected the scattered Orc tribes together, gradually forming a whole.
The current Orc Empire's mobilization ability and efficiency were far from what it used to be.
This series of actions, of course, made all the countries and even the various god systems very vigilant, especially the human god system, who were very afraid of him. During the years he was the emperor, there had been more than a dozen assassinations, whether overt or covert.
These assassins were very elite, and their determination was also very thorough. But Junero was not really a weak scholar. Even though he suppressed his strength, his realm was still there. So all the assassins returned without success, and many even lost their lives in vain.
When Sui Xiong annihilated the organization "Iciz," many people were waiting to watch the show. Many people secretly hoped that Junero would lose his mind, or lose his face, and go against Sui Xiong. However, not only did Junero not do so, but he secretly helped Sui Xiong, which disappointed those who were expecting. They secretly cursed that this guy had no ability, but was smart enough.
Now that he finally showed his true strength and left the Main Plane, the leaders of the countries were shocked, but they could not help but secretly rejoice.
If this guy continued to be the Orc Emperor, even if it was only for 50 years, the strength of the Orc Empire would definitely be further strengthened, and then it might really be the power to sweep the world.
Now that he was gone, the next Orc Emperor might continue to move forward according to his path, but after all, it would be impossible to have his talent. This sharp sword hanging over the heads of the countries around the Orc Empire was finally gone.
So according to reliable sources, after the news of Junero's departure spread, the Kingdom of Light, the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs, the Commonwealth of Gold Coins … even the barbarians on the northern ice fields held large-scale celebrations to send off this abominable guy as if he was a god of plague.
"When will he come back?" Sui Xiong asked after listening to Morani's narration.
"Probably in a few decades, maybe a little longer," Morani said. "It's also possible … that if he leaves this time, and does not become a god, he will not return to the people's sight again."
Sui Xiong was silent for a moment, then raised his wine glass. His divine power flowed, and Junero's figure, which had disappeared in the golden light, appeared clearly in his eyes.
"Let me toast you, have a safe journey."
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