Any large family would have their own worries.
As for the Allen Family, they had been rooted in the Karo Kingdom for hundreds of years, and during this period, they had produced many clansmen, which had reached a huge number.
Of course, having such a large number of people was a good thing, but it was also a burden.
With the Elland family's strength, it was not enough to support so many people.
After all, no matter what, the Elland Family only had one noble title and it was impossible for them to divide their territory.
After all, if they slowly split up their territory, it would be fine for a short period of time. However, as time went on, the territory that the Elland family could control would become smaller and smaller. In the end, they might even become a pile of loose sand.
When that time came, the Elland family would most likely cease to exist.
As such, in order to prevent this situation from developing, the Elland family's territory could not be split up. As for those who did not inherit the title, they would at most give them some financial support.
However, this kind of support could not be given too much.
It was also because of this that, apart from the few members of the Elland Family who were represented by Xilifu, most of the other distant relatives of the Elland Family did not have good days.
In order to help these people settle down, Xillia had thought of some ways in the past, such as arranging for these people to work for him in his territory.
However, it was evident that this was not enough.
Even though his territory was not small, compared to the Elland family's massive population, it was not much.
Now that Chen Heng had appeared, he had a new opportunity.
After Chen Heng went to his territory, no matter if it was to maintain the territory, he would need people, especially trustworthy people, to help him.
As such, these Elland family members would be of use.
From a certain perspective, this was a win-win situation.
Chen Heng had obtained enough people, while those people had obtained a good opportunity.
As Chen Heng continued to develop, he would definitely have good achievements in the future, and even the royal family would try to rope him in.
Not to mention the future, just the current him was already extremely powerful.
A Level 2 Warlock, with this level of strength, would have no problem supporting a territory. Even if there was the big problem of the Beastmen invasion, it was enough to reap his own territory.
From how Xillia saw it, Chen Heng's future was bright.
As such, it was necessary to invest appropriately.
That was what was happening before their eyes.
Zhan Li was his biological child. Although he was not his eldest son, he was still a child that he valued greatly. He was one of his favorite children.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he liked it, he only had one title.
Moreover, compared to his eldest son, Zhan Li's performance was also very ordinary. He did not show any talent for life force.
This was why Xillia had arranged for him to be under Chen Heng.
This was a kind of investment and also a kind of care.
From how Xillia saw it, following Chen Heng was a low-risk, high-reward thing.
If his child behaved well in the future, he might even be able to earn a title on his own.
As such, after hearing Chen Heng's reply, Xillia smiled and felt much more relaxed.
In the room, they continued to chat for a while before getting up and silently leaving the place.
After walking out of the room, Chen Heng did not have anything else to do and returned to his own room.
At this moment, a figure was standing outside his room.
It was a tall and well-built young man with ordinary looks. He wore a long robe and stood outside his room as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Chen Heng was not unfamiliar with this person.
"Zhan Li …"
Standing there, looking at the young man in front of him, Chen Heng looked quite surprised and smiled, "What are you doing here?"
"Lord Eckart."
Hearing Chen Heng's voice, Zhan Li immediately turned with a respectful expression and a trace of excitement, "According to my father's orders, I have come here to wait for your instructions."
"Is that so …"
Standing there, Chen Heng thought to himself and did not say much. He only nodded and said, "Come with me."
With that, he turned around and left, heading towards the outside world.
Behind him, Zhan Li hurriedly walked up and followed Chen Heng.
Soon, they came to a spacious training ground.
It was still daytime, and the sun was shining brightly outside.
Under the faint sunlight, Hedoshiri was holding a longsword on the training ground, seriously training other soldiers.
After a few months, the number of soldiers under Chen Heng's command had once again increased.
Now, including Hedoshiri and the other two, he had more than 400 people on his side.
In terms of numbers, it was even more than the army that Xillia had on hand.
The origins of these soldiers were quite complicated: there were people who had been rescued during the raids and captives.
However, after going through some simple training, these people looked decent now.
Standing in front of Chen Heng, Zhan Li looked at the training soldiers and felt quite confused.
"Sir …"
He probed, wanting to know what Chen Heng wanted him to do.
"In the following period of time, you will join this group of people and undergo training here with the others," Chen Heng said.
He looked at Zhan Li and asked, "How is it? Can you do that?"
Undergo training here with ordinary soldiers?
Hearing this request, Zhan Li felt quite surprised before quickly coming to his senses and nodding, "Yes, I can."
"Very good."
Hearing his words, Chen Heng nodded in satisfaction. After thinking for a moment, he said, "In a few days, I will be leaving this place and heading to Kachi's place.
After that, I will be heading to my own territory and will need many people. "
He looked at Zhan Li and smiled as he said, "Zhan Li, I wonder if you would be willing to help me with something.
"In order to deal with the problems I might encounter in my territory, I hope to recruit a group of people to help me complete the various quests.
"Hmm, about ten people should be enough."
Hearing this, Zhan Li paused for a moment before realizing something and a look of delight appeared on his face, "Sir, this is very easy."
Over the past few months, because of Chen Heng's actions, many people in the castle had become aware of his power.
Many people believed that following such a powerful knight would be an extremely honorable thing to do, and they would definitely be able to reap great rewards.
As such, if Chen Heng was willing to say that he needed followers, many people would be willing to follow him.
This was what Xillia's words were for Chen Heng.
Now, with his strength and status, it would not be too difficult for him to recruit a group of people.
This was just like how it had been with Hedoshiri and Kachi.
Chen Heng had not spent much effort in recruiting them. He had only revealed a portion of his strength, as well as the fact that he might be a successor to a god's bloodline, and the two of them had taken the initiative to kowtow and even brought their own rations. Not only had they not spent any of Chen Heng's wealth, but they had also given their wealth to Chen Heng to use.
This was the same for the soldiers.
As captives, they did not resist Chen Heng's recruitment at all. Instead, they immediately accepted it and felt quite happy.
Why was this so?
It was because they believed that following an expert like Chen Heng would bring them great rewards in the future.
In this world, there had always been all sorts of legendary stories. Among them, there was no lack of stories of knights leading their followers to explore other regions and eventually establishing a huge empire.
In fact, many countries in this world were established in this way.
This sort of thing spread throughout the world, giving them clear expectations. They felt that following an expert like Chen Heng would bring them great rewards in the future.
It was because of this that Xili had worked so hard for Chen Heng, and he had even taken the initiative to give his children to Chen Heng.
After realizing these things, Chen Heng's thoughts started to change.
From the current situation, he indeed lacked people and urgently needed some people to help him.
Right now, it was fine, but when he went to develop new territories, he would most likely need people everywhere.
Rather than having to work so hard to recruit people, it was better to make preparations now.
Standing there, Chen Heng thought to himself.
In front of him, Zhan Li had received his orders and was confidently leaving. It seemed that he was going to find other targets.
Looking at him like this, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head and silently left.
Zhan Li was much faster than Chen Heng had expected.
Not long after, in just two or three days, he had found ten people.
Just as Chen Heng had expected, these ten people were mostly people who had nothing at all and were the second sons of wealthy families.
As second sons, they would not be able to inherit their families' titles and wealth. As such, if they wanted to live a good life, they could only rely on themselves to find opportunities.
From how they saw it, Chen Heng was such an opportunity.
As such, they had come here and were quite eager to find him.
Chen Heng only looked them over for a moment before agreeing.
Zhan Li's eyes were quite good.
Even though most of them were second sons, they had come from wealthy families, so their basic qualities were passable. They might not be very powerful, but they could at least write.
To Chen Heng, this was enough.
It was not that his requirements were too low, but that he had no other choice.
Just like any traditional feudal society, in this world, the literacy rate of ordinary people was quite low. This was the case in the Makdo Kingdom, and it was the same in the Kalo Kingdom.
In fact, it could be said that because the Kalo Kingdom was constantly in chaos and had been invaded by the wilderness races, it was even worse in this regard.
In this sort of environment, being able to read and write proficiently was already quite good.
At the very least, it would not be a problem for him to be a low-level Administrator.
That was what Chen Heng thought to himself.
As time passed, it was soon half a month later.
By now, Chen Heng left the matters at hand to Ramu and took Hedoshiri with him as he headed towards Kachi.
They slowly walked towards their target. Along the way, they also observed the scenery around them.
"The land is quite barren …"
On the way, looking around, Chen Heng thought to himself.
Compared to the Makdo Kingdom, the Kalo Kingdom did not have many people, and it was not developed enough.
On the way, there were many places where no one was farming, and they were instead barren with weeds growing all over them.
This was evidently a great waste.
Looking at this scene, Chen Heng realized some problems.
Population and food.
The Kalo Kingdom did not have many people, which meant that it would be much more difficult for him to develop his own territory in the future.
Without enough people, even if he had land, he would not be able to farm it.
To a certain extent, population was a massive source of wealth.
Without population, he would not be able to develop his own territory.
Compared to population, the problem of food was even more serious.
It was foreseeable that they would not be able to produce food for a long time to come.
Under these circumstances, if they wanted to obtain food, they would have to obtain it from the outside world.
However, with the barren land in the Kalo Kingdom, adding on the chaos of war, production would definitely be disrupted.
Under such circumstances, to what extent would the prices of food everywhere rise?
Thinking of this, Chen Heng could not help but frown.
It would be quite difficult to solve this problem by just buying food.
Not to mention the fact that they didn't have much money to buy food, even if they had enough money, it wasn't easy to buy a large amount of food from the market in the current situation.
Now that there was a lack of food everywhere, many people would most likely be hoarding food and not willing to sell it.
Moreover, the Kalo Kingdom's food reserves were also quite limited.
It would not be an easy task to obtain food from this world.
As such, this plan was not very realistic.
As he walked, Chen Heng thought to himself before a thought appeared in his mind.
Nobles.
In the current situation, where could they find large amounts of food? That would be the nobles.
This was especially so for the nobles who had territory.
Just like the natives in his previous world, the rulers of this world also had the habit of hoarding food.
This was not only because it was necessary but also because a large portion of the taxes they received was from food.
They collected taxes from the people, and in the end, they obtained all sorts of agricultural products.
And these things had a very unique characteristic.
During years of good harvests, large amounts of food would not be easy to sell, and even if they were sold, the price would be very low.
However, during years of disaster, the prices of these things would rise, but those who had enough food would not be willing to sell.
This was especially so in a situation like this.
Those rulers definitely had large amounts of food.
This was just like Xillio.
Over the past few months, Chen Heng's soldiers had been supported by Xillio's territory.
But even so, the pressure didn't seem to be too great for Xillia.
From this perspective, Chen Heng could see some things.
If he directly targeted this group of people, perhaps things would be easier.
The only problem was how Chen Heng was going to take out food from this group of people.
It would not be easy to rely on these people to bleed.
Thinking to there, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head.
In the following time, as they inspected the area, they slowly moved forward towards Kachi.
Finally, after a few days, they arrived at this city.
Outside the massive city, there were thick city walls surrounding the entire city.
Chen Heng brought Hedoshiri along as he walked on the streets.
Compared to other cities in the outside world, this city didn't seem to have much of a problem. On the streets, pedestrians were walking. Even though many of them were in a hurry and had solemn expressions, at least it wasn't as miserable as other places.
At this moment, as the calamity began, many people could no longer survive and were reduced to slaves in various places.
However, this kind of situation was very rare in this city.
From the looks of it, although the disaster had descended and caused a very far-reaching impact, for the time being, it had not caused a lot of pressure to the city.
Chen Heng looked at this for a long time before turning and returning to his residence.
His residence had been arranged for him by the Karo royal family, and it was a very spacious manor.
The manor was very spacious, and even though it looked quite run-down, it was enough to accommodate Chen Heng's group.
Just like that, Chen Heng walked around this region and looked around.
From how he saw it, Kachi was quite ordinary. Let alone the cities he had seen in the past, even compared to some of the cities in the Makdo Kingdom, it was quite inferior.
However, perhaps it was because it was located on a wasteland and bordered the Outlanders, but the city's defenses were not bad. Not only were the city walls quite tall, but the defensive facilities were also quite complete.
Outside the city, there were a few other small fortresses surrounding the city.
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