There were no temples in the Northern Citadel. At least, none of the temples had noticed this place yet. Without a temple, there were no priests. Fortunately, the buildings in the Northern Citadel had health attributes, so the humans living here rarely fell sick. Even if they did, they could still survive.
However, the refugees and slaves who had just migrated here could not do so. They had experienced the orc war and had to hide in the wilderness or work in the camps. Their bodies were not in good condition. Even after a few days of recuperation in the Blackstone Fortress, they still could not recover their health.
Then there was the long journey to the Northern Citadel. Many of them fell sick. Kris was caught off guard by this situation. After all, she was a succubus, not a doctor. Fortunately, Hathaway was also here. As a wizard and an alchemist, she knew how to concoct potions. She immediately began to concoct potions when she discovered that the migrants were sick.
It was not difficult to concoct potions to treat common diseases. The only problem was that they were in high demand. In order to cure these people as soon as possible, Hathaway recruited a group of alchemists and had them concoct potions according to the steps she taught them.
Being chosen by Hathaway to become a pharmacist was simply a joyous occasion for those refugees. The spread of knowledge in this world was very slow. Ordinary people would have to pay a very high price to learn knowledge. Most of the time, children would inherit their father's work.
Therefore, in this world, there were many fathers who were blacksmiths, sons who were blacksmiths, and even grandchildren or grandchildren's sons were blacksmiths. The nobles were also happy to see this. This way, there were very few people who could cross the social class gap. They could always be nobles.
These lucky people who were chosen by Hathaway were given the opportunity to cross the social class gap. Therefore, they were all eager to absorb the knowledge taught by Hathaway.
Hathaway had only taught him some basic formulas to treat some common diseases. But even for such common diseases, if the body wasn't strong enough, there was a high chance that the disease would slowly become serious and eventually die of illness. Hathaway did not brew a lot of potions, but the effect was very good.
With the help of these herbalists, and the fact that Northern Town City had always paid attention to personal hygiene and hygiene, the diseases did not break out at all. They only spread in a small area and were soon under control.
Su Lun had a professional regulation for the acceptance of refugees. After arriving at the Northern Town, all the refugees had to take a bath, clean up their personal hygiene, and then distribute clean clothes. They also needed to be isolated in a temporary camp for a period of time.
The harsh environmental conditions of this era forced Suhlen to do this. After finally confirming that there were no problems, these people were assigned to various work groups.
With the help of the pharmacists and the artificial quarantine, the condition of the refugees and slaves was soon under control. The Northern Town City was not affected at all. Together with the forty thousand people that had migrated here, the population of the Northern Town City had finally exceeded a hundred thousand.
However, Northern Citadel couldn't accommodate so many people. Chrissy had built a dozen or so temporary settlements near Northern Citadel for the refugees and slaves from the Blackstone Fort to live in.
At the same time, Northern Town City had also started the third phase of construction. The first thing to be built was housing. Northern Town City had trained a group of excellent construction workers through a large number of infrastructure projects. These workers started building according to Suhlen's blueprints. The entire Northern Town City had become a huge construction site.
In addition to the construction, the farmland in Northern Town City also continued to expand. Because there was enough manpower, the amount of farmland reclaimed was at least a hundred thousand mu, which was double the original amount of farmland. Out of the original fifty thousand mu of farmland, only a part of it was planted with food. This amount of food was still enough for Northern Town City, but with the arrival of a large number of people, if Northern Town City did not expand the farmland, there would be a shortage of food.
The arrival of the equivalent population brought a series of problems to Northern Town City. The most obvious one was that the number of grassroots officials was once again insufficient. It could be said that the entire Northern Town City was now overloaded.
.....
Just as Suhlen's migration was in full swing, the Orc Chieftain Rogthus in Calt City also received the news of his defeat.
"Bang!"
A loud noise was heard. Rogthus slammed the table in front of him into pieces. He was still angry. "A twenty thousand Orc army was defeated by a mere five thousand humans?"
"I'm … I'm sorry, chieftain. Three thousand Wolf Knights were also killed." The messenger was sweating profusely as he said nervously.
"Twenty thousand Orc army! Even if twenty thousand swine beasts were lined up for you to kill, how long would it take? Twenty thousand Orc army was completely annihilated. We have been besieging Calt City all this time, but we have never suffered such a heavy loss. "Rogthus roared in anger.
"Chieftain, it's not that we are useless. Those humans are just too cunning!" The Orc general kneeling on the ground said dejectedly.
"It's not that I didn't give you a chance. In fact, I gave you two chances. But what did you give me? A twenty thousand Orc army completely annihilated? "Rogthus said with a cold expression.
"Men, drag this coward out. Chop off his head and use it as a sacrifice to our fallen comrades!"
Rogthus's authority was fully displayed at this moment. A few tall and strong Orcs came in and walked up to the general. Ignoring the Orc general's expression, they dragged him out of the tent.
Then, a scream came to an abrupt end. Soon, a bloody Orc head was brought in.
"Chop it up and feed it to the dogs!" Rogthus said coldly.
Soon, the Orc general's head was brought out. Rogthus looked around the tent and said slowly.
"The loss of twenty thousand Orc army has put our rear camp in a precarious situation. Once they break through the camp where we store our food, the consequences will be unimaginable. So, we need to get rid of this human army as soon as possible."
"Chieftain, our main forces are fighting in Calt City. The number of soldiers left is limited …"
"Send ten thousand elites from the frontline …"
"Chieftain, I'm not sure if you've noticed the special characteristics of this human army," the old Great Shaman suddenly said.
"Great Shaman, what special characteristics do they have?" Rogthus asked curiously. The other Orc generals also looked over.
"Cough, cough … Did you notice? Although this human army is attacking our rear camp, the camps they're attacking and occupying are the ones where we keep our human slaves?" The Great Shaman said slowly.
"Yes, that's right!" After the Great Shaman's reminder, Rogthus also realized what was going on.
"Why do they only attack the camps with humans?" The Great Shaman continued to ask. Without waiting for the other Orcs to answer, he continued, "There's only one answer. This human army is here for the human slaves we've captured."
"Human slaves!?" Rogthus's face was filled with shock.
"Yes, human slaves," the Great Shaman said with certainty. "Look, there were a few times when they could have broken through the camps where we store our food, but they didn't. Also, although the logistics teams were also robbed, they left as soon as they came in. They didn't stop at all. "
"These people are looking for the camps where the humans are kept."
"Why are they doing this?" Rogthus was puzzled. Was rescuing the humans worse than cutting off the food supply of the Orc army to help the humans win?
"That's the problem. There's only one reason these humans are doing this. There's a problem within the human kingdom," the Great Shaman said with a wise face. It was as if he had already seen through everything.
"You're saying that there's a conflict within the human kingdom?" Rogthus's eyes lit up. If there really was a conflict within the human kingdom, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them.
.....
Suhlen didn't know that his actions of rescuing the refugees had caused the Orcs to be on high alert. These Orcs were also imagining things on their own. He was still recruiting refugees in the Blackstone Fortress. Other than him, there were other nobles who were also recruiting refugees. These nobles were completely forced by Suhlen. If they didn't recruit refugees, all the refugees would be taken away by Suhlen.
At that time, even if they successfully drove the Orcs away, they wouldn't be able to rebuild their territory without the refugees. Although the Northern Wilderness had experienced a war, the casualties weren't too serious.
Other than the original cities in the Northern Provinces, there were also many villages scattered around the cities. These villages didn't have tall walls to protect them, so they were easily breached by the Orcs. After a round of robbery, a large number of humans escaped into the wilderness.
In order to recruit more refugees, Suhlen took out the two recruitment tokens he had obtained from the previous battle.
He played with the tokens for a while and chose to use them.
"The host has used the recruitment token. The effect of the recruitment token has been activated. Suhlen's attraction to the refugees in the surrounding wilderness has greatly increased."
After using the recruitment token, Suhlen didn't stay idle. He began to prepare the soldiers. The recruitment token was very effective. In just half an hour, Suhlen received a report from a guard.
"Sir, there's a large number of refugees coming. They want to join our Northern Town City," a guard said excitedly.
"How many people?" Suhlen asked.
"I'm sorry, sir. I didn't count, but there are at least a thousand people."
"A thousand people? The recruitment effect is so good this time?" Suhlen was a little surprised. The recruitment tokens he had used before weren't as effective.
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