Aledia gave Ryan and the others the territory of four provinces, plus the new provinces that emerged from the merger of Isopaton City, Proka City, etc., Ryan and the others had a total of five provinces of land in their names. This is exactly the same as the number of strong figures among Ryan and others who have domain-level combat capabilities. It is difficult not to think that this is Aledia's careful arrangement. However, these territories are nominally awarded to Ryan alone. In this regard Aledia did not use any other means, which made Ryan and the others very satisfied. Only an ally who cooperates wholeheartedly can make Ryan and others continue to maintain the desire of this alliance.
After acquiring the territory of these five provinces, Ryan also became the largest lord in the territory under Aledia's command. However, this largest lord only existed for less than a day, because the four provinces captured from the Rakshasa demon On the day he received Aledia's authorization, the province was cut into small pieces and awarded to the dark elves who had made contributions to La Nina's legion. Ryan only left a piece of land in each of the four provinces. A city is planned to be built on each of these four pieces of land. They will be controlled by the Hrudian family. This is also Ryan's reward for Matron Maris and others' service to the dragon.
In Ryan's overall layout, the land in other worlds will only be given to the dark elves. It is already chaotic enough here, so it is better not to involve other allies. As for the Netherworld, it is the colony left by Ryan to the Six-Party Alliance. Of course Such a large plane cannot be developed by the strength of humans, elves and dwarves alone. If Tisiris of the Naga tribe and Silenweina of the Siren tribe are willing, they can also join in the governance of this plane. Among them, as long as Ryan and the others maintain a strong deterrent, I believe that no matter who they are, they will obediently abide by the rules set by the strong men in these fields.
The five provinces soon got their own names. Ryan and the five of them each obtained the right to name one of the provinces. The province on the side of Aesopaton City was named "Star" by Ryan, and they are now The province where the land he was standing on was named "Alfa" by Faras. Ryan knew that it was to commemorate the first time Faras met him in the mercenary guild in the small city of Alpha. Scenes,
Ryan and the others concentrated on the land in Alpha Province, mainly for the city being built here. These four provinces are not bordering each other. When they first divided these lands, Aledia also consulted Ryan’s opinion is that if the land of the four provinces is to be merged together, because the area is quite huge, there must be many deserts and sand dunes in the territory. It is a place with almost no production and is very desolate. On the contrary, if it is separated, The area with the richest surrounding product resources can be divided into it, so after discussing with Victor and others, Ryan agreed to Aledia's suggestion,
Since the four territories are not adjacent to each other, Ryan decided to concentrate his efforts on governing one of them first. The province of Alpha, named after Faras's proposal, is located in the center of all the newly occupied lands by the dark elves. It is naturally necessary to A large city was first built here. With the city, there will be residents, and there will be caravans going back and forth. Only then will it form the political, military and commercial center of the Alfa Province, and this will highlight Ryan's interest in this province. Only with the right to rule can the plane trade that Ryan plans to carry out,
When he was in Cassano, Lane already had experience in building cities, so this time he was personally responsible for the design of the new city, with the strength of Lane's enchantment master, coupled with the unimaginable resources and sufficient slaves obtained from the war , everyone believes that this city named "New Hermida" will, without exception, become the center of the new territory of the dark elves.
"The construction here needs to be accelerated. The distance from Alpha Province to Star Province exceeds tens of thousands of kilometers. Without these long-distance transmission magic arrays, we can only rely on our own strength." Ryan said to him with his hands behind his back. The dark elf subordinates in front of them said: "If you have any problems that cannot be solved, you can come to me directly. I hope to see a complete and usable magic circle next month."
"Yes." A large group of dark elves' subordinates agreed in unison. One of the dark elves hesitated for a moment and then said: "Mr. Lane, there is a question... You said that these slaves should be given enough food and time to rest and sleep, but In this way, these damn lowly people may not be able to work peacefully, and they will have more energy to focus on escaping.”
After listening to the words of this dark elf subordinate, Ryan was silent for a while. A few days ago, he saw the slaves who were busy at the construction site working very hard, so he asked these dark elf subordinates to treat them well. However, it is obvious that the other world is not like Like Cassano, Ryan has no prejudice against these slaves. Those dark elves don't think so, and there were indeed several slaves escaping last night. These slaves were all captured by the dark elves in this war. They Seeing that the surrounding area did not seem to be very well defended, he wanted to escape back to the territory ruled by the Rakshasa demon. As a result, he was discovered by the dark elf archmage who had released the "magic eye" when he slipped out, but was immediately arrested by the duty team. came back, this also became the reason why the dark elf subordinates opposed Ryan's proposal.
Ryan pondered for a moment and said, "Then tell these slaves that after this city is built, I will sign a decree to cancel their slave status. They can live freely in the city they built and are subject to my control." They can also take shelter or leave on their own, I believe Princess Elissari will help them."
"Ah." None of the dark elf subordinates expected that Ryan would go the extra mile and give these humble slaves such good treatment. You must know that this "New Hermida City" will definitely become the center of twelve new provinces in the future. Center, I am afraid that ordinary dark elves will not be qualified to live here by then. Now Ryan actually wants to be kind enough to let these slaves have the right to live in this city. This is really outrageous. Even if Ryan is a strong player in the field, cannot make such a decision,
Ryan saw that these dark elf subordinates seemed to want to object, so he said first: "Don't panic, listen to me. The land under our feet originally belonged to the Rakshasa demon. Although it is now occupied by us, we want to Complete rule here will not happen overnight. We cannot completely exclude the indigenous people here. That will only put the dark elves in the position of invaders forever, which will be very detrimental to future rule. If we want to eliminate such It’s a contradiction, we can’t do it without respecting them, it’s very necessary to lift them from their status as slaves.”
Seeing what Ryan said, these dark elf subordinates did not speak. They were all smart people, otherwise they would not be qualified to be sent by Aledia to assist Ryan in his work. Although Ryan's words did not immediately eliminate their doubts, they did. Successfully aroused their thinking, Ryan paused for a moment and continued: "The defeated must have the consciousness of the defeated. They lost the war and naturally had to pay the price, so these people lost their homes and wealth. They have to pay the price." The city was built for us here as slaves. When the city was built, they paid a sufficient price for it. Why should we continue to enslave them? We can give these people a chance to integrate into our territory. This is what I just said The intention of those words.”
"But, but, I don't think these slaves will believe us. Mr. Lane, your order is too kind to them. It is impossible for these guys to believe it." A dark elf subordinate plucked up the courage to say this,
"I never thought that the state of hostility that lasted for thousands of years would be eliminated in just a few months." Ryan responded sternly, and then continued with a slightly gentler tone: "If you don't take the first step, you will never be able to do it." We can’t reach our destination, so what we have to do now is to send out such a signal. It doesn’t matter whether they believe it or not. What’s important is that we must fulfill our commitments thoroughly, and time will tell everything.”
"Then, what if those slaves still escape." The same dark elf subordinate said,
"Are there any free people of the non-dark elf race around here?" Ryan asked rhetorically. Although he did not say it explicitly, he expressed his meaning clearly. The surrounding areas were all small lords that Ryan had entrusted to him, and the lands further away were also completely It belongs to other dark elves. Even if slaves do escape, no matter which direction they go, they have to pass through thousands of kilometers of dark elf-dominated areas. It is almost impossible for some unarmed slaves to pass safely, let alone the wild. There are countless carnivorous monsters,
After seeing the people in front of him being rendered speechless by his questions, Ryan secretly sighed in his heart. After all, these guys were sent by Aledia, and they were not of the same mind as him. Whenever something happened, they would always Looking at the problem from the perspective of the dark elves, this is not in line with Ryan's interests. It's just that Ryan currently lacks such talents. Because the distance is too far, the power of Mother Maris can hardly support here. So Ryan can only make do with these guys in front of him to do things for him.
Thinking of this, Ryan lost the desire to continue talking, and he said: "I emphasize once again that we must give those slaves sufficient food, water, and sleep time so that they can regain their energy and serve me. If they are sick or injured, , we must also provide active treatment and rescue. Since I am the lord here, they naturally belong to my property. I will never allow my wealth to be lost due to your abuse. Of course, if they are still not satisfied with the conditions of such preferential treatment, If you don’t have the consciousness that a loser should have, and you still want to continue escaping, you will automatically lose the right to enjoy this, and you can do whatever you want."