After the identities of all the 3,000 refugees transported by Captain Sina were registered, they were all properly arranged.
These refugees were assigned new housing. As for where these refugees should be placed, it was not Lu Cheng’s business, but that of Mela, the city’s acting manager.
After finding out where these immigrants came from, Mela rode her walking beast all the way to the ferry to talk to Lucheng.
Lu Cheng had just sent away the drunken captain when Mera, the seventh princess of Scarre, appeared in front of Lu Cheng.
Although Mela and Elena were not born of the same mother, there was still a bit of Elena's appearance between her eyebrows, except that this woman paid more attention to her appearance than Elena.
Lu Cheng can find corresponding traces of some modern women's cosmetics, such as nail polish and lipstick, on Mela's body, but what she uses are similar substitutes in this world.
The beautiful woman hurried into the tent after getting permission from the soldier guarding outside.
The feeling she had when she saw Lu Cheng again was indescribable. The first time Mela saw Lu Cheng was when Lu Cheng and his sister Elena shot the king to death.
At that time, she felt pure fear for Lucheng, fear of a powerful invader.
Until now, the situation in Scarre has been stable. Mera has regained control of Scarre's government as she wished. She will include Elena in her views on Lucheng.
That means Elena really found a good partner!
Given the current situation, it would undoubtedly be most beneficial for Mela if Elena could get closer to Lucheng.
The problem is that Elena is stupid. The last time she returned to the royal city, she sat with Lu Cheng and their relationship was just that of a friend. Mela also remembered that the princess of the neighboring kingdom seemed to have a good relationship with Lu Cheng in the camp.
Thinking of this, Mela felt a little anxious, so anxious that she wished she could go on stage herself.
Wait...she can indeed take part in the competition herself. Although Meila thinks Lu Cheng is a little young, she is still very confident in terms of her beauty.
But today, Meila didn't come here to get closer to Lu Cheng.
"Mr. Lu Cheng, are all your refugees from the Far South?"
When Mera discovered that the first batch of immigrants were all half-elves, she wondered where these half-elves came from, but there were only a hundred of them, so Mera did not ask much about the origins of these half-elves.
But this time there were as many as three thousand immigrants, one tenth of whom were half-elves. Meera vaguely realized that something was wrong. She asked the refugees and found out that they were from the Gray Feather Kingdom. The core of the Gray Feather Kingdom's earth veins was eaten by the Blood Crystal Beast, so they came to Skare to escape.
The Gray Feather Kingdom is a vassal state of the Far South Empire. Anyone who dares to touch the Gray Feather Kingdom is basically provoking the Far South.
"Are you afraid of retaliation from the Far South Empire?"
Lu Cheng immediately saw why the 'acting ruler' was rushing over.
"Every country on this continent will be afraid of the Far South, Mr. Lucheng."
Only after Lu Cheng nodded his permission did Meira find a chair and sit down.
"Do you think we are better or Yuannan is better?" Lu Cheng asked.
"It must be your country."
Mela gave this answer without even thinking. If the blood crystal beasts of the Scarre Kingdom became the army of the Far South Empire, they would probably be completely wiped out by the fire of heavenly punishment.
"But the problem is that you and your country can't protect us forever, right?" Mela still expressed her concerns.
Mela knew very well that Scarre's current stability came from Lucheng and the country behind it, and Scarre's future development also depended on this country.
But the question is...what if Lu Cheng gets upset that day and takes the rabbits away? The more terrible situation is that he breaks up with Scarlett directly.
The latter situation was something Mela had no way of dealing with, so she had not considered a response plan. Mela had been thinking about what to do if the first situation occurred.
"Yes, you are very smart. In some aspects, you are smarter than Elena. Even Elena is confident that she can defeat the Far South Empire. Don't you have the same confidence?"
Lu Cheng put his hands on the table and looked at the woman with exquisite makeup. No matter every time Lu Cheng met Mela, she was always under the armor of makeup.
"Elena is still young, she doesn't know what Far South is... That country has a population of tens of millions." Meila said, "Even if Skarre develops for ten years, it will still be a small sapling in front of Far South, unless you can..."
Lu Cheng made a hushing gesture to Meira, and she quickly shut up when she saw the gesture. If it were Elena, she would definitely continue to talk a lot of useless things to Lu Cheng.
"No unless, Miss Mela... A large population does not mean a strong country. You should agree with this point of view now, right?" Lu Cheng asked.
Mela subconsciously bit her thumb which was painted with red nail polish. Her past experience in politics taught her that the most important criterion for determining whether a country is strong or not is its population.
The larger the population, the more land that can be cultivated, the more things that can be produced, and the more soldiers there will be.
But Mela had seen those automated golems, the golems mining in the Black Flame Stone Mine. The power of one golem was enough to match the efficiency of tens of thousands of slave miners mining in a day.
Skarre can buy these golems from the rabbits, but who will be the operator? And after owning these golems, the mining slaves are no longer needed... The manpower is freed up, what should they do
Meila bit her thumb and thought for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion.
"Mr. Lucheng, I remember General Hubert once told me a... a common saying in your country." Meila said.
"You mean proverbs." Lu Cheng knew that Meira was also learning Chinese, but some Chinese words were not so easy to understand.
"Yes, the proverb is 'No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education.'"
Meira finally stopped trampling on her nails, stared at Lu Cheng with her red pupils, and spoke these words word by word.
"When I first heard this, I thought it was wrong. If we let the common people and slaves learn new knowledge, who will do the work? But as long as the common people learn the knowledge, they can also become magicians, clerks, and... the inventors of these golems!"
"Isn't this something you should have known long ago? The princess who came from Xiu Enzhe had already figured this out." Lu Cheng said.
"The princess from Xiu Enzhe? Am I too short-sighted?" Meila never expected that she would lose to that little girl in such a matter. "I want to open a school, a school for magicians and researchers... This is the focus now, not considering what kind of golems to buy from your country."
"Although I don't want you to be so anxious, I will support you in my personal capacity."
Lucheng did not interfere in Scarre's development, mainly because he did not have the energy. However, with the guidance of this princess, Scarre's future would not develop too badly.