In another scene, it was the once beautiful Silverpine Forest.
All the trees had either been burned or chopped down to the last.
Between the two huge camps, there was a dead, uninhabited area for more than five kilometers. The earth was completely scorched, and so were the corpses. There were rarely any corpses on the battlefield that weren't black.
The fire burned almost everything. Any corpses that weren't collected on the same day would be burnt in the battle the next day.
Almost everything was burned by the fire. Any corpses that weren't collected on the same day would be burnt in the battle the next day.
Aurelia couldn't take it anymore. "You're just going to leave your compatriots' corpses in the wilderness?" Many times, the tribes attacked the farmers who collected the corpses, and even the ogres ate the farmers alive. "
Aurelia was disgusted.
"Apart from the Dalajan and Alterac, almost all the countries in the Alliance have been affected by the war. Every country has suffered great losses. Because of the conscription, a lot of land is unfarmed. It's not hard to imagine that the coming winter will be terrible. "
The elf's long eyebrows drooped. "Then, what happened to our people?"
Duque was satisfied that the beautiful elf used the word "our". He waved his hand. "Come here. Let's talk."
"I'm warning you, you're not allowed to freeze the road," Alleria added with a lingering fear.
Duque was a little embarrassed. "As long as you don't run away."
Ever since that night in the state guesthouse, Aurelia seemed to have a shadow in her heart. She refused to let Duque follow her, and whenever Duque made a move, she would run away quickly.
"Promise me first!" Aurelia emphasized.
"Okay, okay, I won't force you." Duque made a gesture of surrender.
Only then did Aurelia sit down.
Duque said in a low voice, "Actually, the situation in Stormwind is better than in most countries."
"Huh?" Aurelia found it odd.
Duque pointed at the map and said, "The Hillsbrad Hills are one of the few areas that have not been affected by the war. Even though we have more than 600,000 refugees here, after we turn all the grasslands into fertile fields, we can basically have 80% of us become self-sufficient. "
Aurelia was about to ask what to do with the remaining 20%, but she suddenly realized that Duque was pointing at the Western Wilderness of the old Stormwind territory.
"Here?"
"Yes, this is the place." Duque smiled mysteriously. "The Beastmen are a hunting race. They like to eat meat. On their planet, there are many huge and extremely large prey. Usually, one is enough to feed hundreds of people for a few days. Therefore, in their eyes, only lands with large amounts of wild prey were good territories. The Western Wilderness is too barren for them. "
When Duque said this, Aurelia couldn't help but burst into laughter. She had been to the Western Wilderness. Other than having more small monsters such as Gnolls and wild wolves, the open plains were definitely the best place for humans to farm.
"The Horde prefers the Elven Forest, so when I asked my subordinate Edwin Van Cleef to build a base behind the enemy lines, he forbade everyone from going near the Elven Forest to farm. A large number of sentries and warning systems were set up 100 kilometers away from the forest. The area 200 kilometers away from the forest up to the sea is the planting area. "
Duque took out a report and said, "This is the list of summer grain harvests. It's a pretty good result, enough for 600,000 people to eat for a year."
Aurelia's beautiful eyes sparkled.
Farming under the eyes of the Beastmen, Duque had thought of it and even done it.
"In order to prevent the grain from spoiling due to moisture during shipping, I also invented a method to transport the grain in rubber bags after it is dried. This can reduce most of the wastage on the sea. Previously, every bag of wheat would spoil on the way. Now, only one bag spoils for every ten bags. "
Sitting in front of Duque, Aurelia rested her elbows on her knees and cupped her face in her hands. She stared at Duque and said, "I really don't know where you get so many ideas from. Sigh, it's because you're so outstanding that I thought you were omnipotent. "
"Ahem!" Duque coughed dryly. "I'm not the God of Creation."
"Alright, in your expectations, can we kill all the Horde?"
Duque spread his hands and admitted, "We can win, but we can't kill them all. I've calculated that even if you kill every Orc in the World of Azeroth, there are at least two million tribes on the planet called Draenor opposite the Dark Portal. "
Aurelia's expression was a little gloomy.
"However, I will let the flag of the Alliance be planted in every corner of Azeroth as much as possible."
At this time, a slim figure appeared at the top of the stairs.
Aurelia frowned and said, "Cirvanas, how many times have I told you that our identities are different now? You have to knock on the door to see Duque."
"I really want to knock, but what if I miss something good?" Queen Sylvanas had a sly smile on her face.
Aurelia blushed and bit her lip gently. "Sister, that's enough!"
Duque smiled and asked, "Cirvanas, what's the matter?"
"Nothing, I just want to confirm whether our Windrunner Family's Ranger is your free mercenary, or is he really your vassal?"
"Sister, don't cause trouble for Duque." Aurelia was a little anxious. She thought that Duque was just helping her out that day. After all, in the human kingdom, there had never been a precedent of conferring a High Elf as a hereditary noble.
Queen Sylvanas shrugged and said, "We have more than 200 people joining. Many of them are just looking for hope. It's not like I want to ask. It's fine as long as I have a forest. "
"Oh, I see. Then I'll just give it to you all." Duque was prepared and took out a document. "Can one of you please call Sasha and Lilas over as well?"
The Windrunner sisters were dumbfounded.
This was a conferring document personally signed by King Laing Wrynn. As an almost independent duke, Duque had the power to confer titles below baron, but viscounts and counts had to be approved by the king.
In this era, the nobles were the vassals of the king's vassals, not the king's vassals. Duque could have no more than three counts as his direct vassals, and Duque's vassals did not have to follow the king's orders.
The Windrunner sisters did not expect Duque to move so quickly and actually get the document approved.
Aurelia was the Countess of the East Elven Forest.
Cirvanas was the Countess of the East Twilight Forest.
Sasha's fief was the original Stele Lake, now Wind Lake, so she was the Countess of Wind Lake.
Lilas's fief was the Blackwell Pumpkin Farm, so she was the Baroness of Blackwell.
All hereditary titles.
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