The first batch of immigrants from the Gray Feather Kingdom arrived at the Skare Kingdom, and the blood crystal beast disaster has been initially brought under control... This indicates that the first phase of the mission of the Upper City Ship has been completed.
The task of the second stage is to explore this world and find the earth vein core of the Gray Feather Kingdom that was corroded by the Blood Crystal Beast.
Therefore, Lucheng also needs to send special investigators to infiltrate the Far South Empire to collect intelligence.
"Why not just raze the Far South Empire to the ground? But the benefits would be too small."
Lu Cheng leaned on the side of the Shangcheng ship and looked at the endless coastline in the distance. In Lu Cheng's imagination, as long as the Shangcheng ship opened fire at full power, the most powerful country in the Far South Continent would collapse in an instant.
But rabbits are not war maniacs. Fighting for the sake of fighting is the most foolish behavior. Everything must be based on benefits.
The rabbits have many ways to control Far South. One of the more effective methods is to secretly eliminate the upper nobles in Far South and then unify the management of the ordinary civilians below.
If Yuannan didn't have the ability to control the blood crystal beast, perhaps Lucheng would try this method.
But if the Far South Empire is pushed into a corner and feeds its own earth vein crystals to the blood crystal beasts, then it would be a real loss.
"The legendary 'I'll use my own life to threaten you not to kill me'?" Lu Cheng really didn't expect this situation to happen.
Another thing that Lu Cheng finds tricky is that... the cohesion of the Far South Empire is terrifyingly strong.
Different from the seven clans of the Gray Feather Kingdom who are fence-sitters, the native residents of Far South have a strong sense of honor. They are proud to be from Far South and are so loyal that they would rather die than betray Far South.
The way to maximize the benefits now is to gradually extradite marginal residents from the Far South Empire, and then consider the next step after the immigration boom starts.
"Contractor, why do I feel that you regard the Far South Empire as... a school of silver-scaled fish?"
The seal appeared at Lu Cheng's feet again. This time, it had been secretly observing the actions of the city ship.
"A school of silver-scaled fish? What kind of fish are those?" Lu Cheng had become accustomed to the sudden appearance of this seal and Scarre's crystal spirit.
"My children raise a kind of edible fish. When the number increases, our children will harvest it with a net and eat it," said the seal.
"That's probably what it means."
Lu Cheng squatted in front of the seal and put his hand on its wet nose and pressed it down. The seal's head instantly shrank back into its body like a turtle and turned into a ball.
"Contractor, could you fatten me up before eating me?" The seal's head retracted and poked out again.
"You're not raised to be eaten."
Lucheng opened a portal behind the seal.
"It's about time to go back and check on the situation in the Skare Royal City."
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A month did not bring any major changes to the surface of the Royal City of Skare, but the interior of the city was greatly changed by the rabbits.
The most important part is that the functions of the City Hall and the Public Security Bureau are fully launched. The City Hall is mainly responsible for personnel registration and unified management, while the Public Security Bureau is responsible for maintaining order in the entire city.
General Hubert served as the "educator" and "leader" of the Public Security Administration. Although it was education... in fact, it was just listening to the various opinions given by the Crystal Spirits and selecting those young people who were just and willing to dedicate themselves to Scarre.
There are not many young people like this in Scarre today, but Hubert is pleased to find some among the surviving soldiers, and there are also five or six young people among the slaves who have the potential to serve as law enforcers.
What impressed General Hubert the most was the young man named Derek, who was the leader of the slave rebellion. If it were an old Scarre noble, he would probably send this guy directly to the guillotine.
But after Scarlett's political system was reformed, Derek finally realized his wish of "coach, I want to be a sheriff".
This can be regarded as another way for Derek to maintain the rights of the lower class people.
Now, this ideologically evolved Skare has welcomed a new group of residents, the half-elves who came here from across the ocean.
"If it were the old Scarlet, they would have been arrested, right?"
Lu Cheng moved a chair and sat in the city hall, watching the half-elves line up for registration.
"Caught? Why?"
Elena is now sitting next to Lu Cheng. She was snatched back from the construction site by Lu Cheng, so Elena is now wearing a safety helmet on her head.
As the queen of Scarre, Elena should wear the crown to welcome her new subjects, but... Scarre's crown was smashed by Elena with a pistol, so Elena had to make do with a helmet for a while.
"Foreigners, aliens, heretics, the old nobles of Scarre have many reasons to persecute this group of people." Lu Cheng said, pointing to his ears.
The half-elves' characteristic of pointed ears was retained, and they were easily identified in the crowd. The old nobles would not allow these foreigners to shake the foundation of their rule, and the Skares in the past would most likely capture them and make them slaves.
But when the rabbits come to this world, they will bring changes. Now there is no aristocracy in Scarre. There is only Elena, the vase queen, but the one who really manages the municipal affairs is her sister Mela.
Mera's power is doubly restricted by the Crystal Spirit and the rabbits, forcing the agent to make decisions that are beneficial to all members of Skarre.
"But they no longer exist, do they? Everyone in the royal city is living well." Elena was maintaining her queen demeanor very seriously. When some citizens in the city hall looked at her, she smiled and waved. Unfortunately, Elena was wearing a safety helmet on her head.
“It can only be said that this is a reform with Skarre characteristics.”
A few days ago, Lucheng received a briefing from the sociologists in the camp on Skarre's reforms. The beginning of the briefing was "An Impossible Regime Change."
This smooth reform was built on three foundations. The first was that the population of Skare was very sparse and the royal city had many vacant buildings. The second was the existence of the Crystal Spirit surveillance system, which could nip crime in the bud. The third was the assistance of the rabbits.
These three points have contributed to Skare becoming a highly inclusive political system. After completing identity registration and receiving an ID card, half-elves can become a member of Skare and can also be allocated a house.
"Grant them citizenship of Skarre, Your Majesty." Lu Cheng poked Elena, who was trying to smile beside him, with his elbow.
The first half-elf of the Dark Green Clan has completed his identity registration, taken a photo and received a simple ID.
Under the guidance of the staff of the City Hall, he came to Elena, ready to accept the mark of Scarre and truly become a member of Scarre.
"Welcome to become a citizen of Skare, a guest from afar."
Elena stood up and spoke to the first half-elf using the speech Lucheng gave her. Unfortunately, her tone was as stiff as ever, and the helmet on her head made her lack any dignity as a queen.
The mark representing Scarre flowed into the half-elf's body under the flickering of the holy crystal on the back of Elena's hand. The half-elf accepted the mark very obediently, and a pattern of an inverted triangle and a diamond with a vertical horizontal line in the middle appeared on the palm of his hand.
The moment the half-elf saw the pattern under the inverted triangle, he suddenly knelt down in front of Elena and burst into tears.
"What's wrong? Lu...Lucheng? Did I say something wrong?" Elena panicked when she saw the half-elf crying bitterly.
"Excuse me."
Lu Cheng pulled open the sleeve of Elena's left hand, and the original inverted triangle mark on her white arm now had a diamond pattern.
This is the mark of the Gray Feather Kingdom.
This group of half-elves fled all the way to Skare, where they were forced to be labeled as foreigners, which would make anyone feel uneasy, painful, and many other negative emotions.
Koskare's crystal spirit has merged with the Gray Feather Kingdom's crystal spirit.
The moment the half-elf saw the diamond pattern, he realized that he was still a citizen of the Gray Feather Kingdom.
Who would be willing to leave their hometown if they had no choice
Lu Cheng looked at the half-elf young man who was crying bitterly, and felt that he should retract his previous statement that the people of the Gray Feather Kingdom were all fence-sitters.