The trip to Khaki is now over.
Relatively speaking, during this trip, Chen Heng's harvest was pretty good.
Not only did he know the location of his territory, but he also took this opportunity to obtain part of the support of the Carlo Kingdom, as well as the private promises of some nobles.
Yes, promise.
During the recent period, Chen Heng has not been idle.
In fact, during this period of time, he has been actively visiting some nobles in the Carlo Kingdom.
The list given by Sirivo played a very good role in this process.
It is precisely because of this list that Chen Heng can know which people have good intentions for him and which ones are hostile to the Ailan family.
This is a relationship network belonging to the Ailan family, and it was only borrowed by him at the moment.
To some extent, this is also an unavoidable thing.
Although he was born in the Hatim family, as Chen Heng's mother family, Chen Heng is destined to have no way to break away from the Ailan family.
We are not fools, even if it is useless to cover up.
And as long as they knew about his relationship with Sirivo, the rest of the people would naturally put the Alan family in the same camp as him.
This is unavoidable and unnecessary.
Since the relationship is doomed to be impossible to separate, then to a certain extent, the position of the Ailan family is naturally his position.
Those who are hostile to the Alan family will subconsciously hostile to him because of his relationship with Sirivo, and those who are friendly with Sirivo will also have goodwill towards him because of this.
This is an innate network of relationships, so there is no need to use it for nothing.
And Chen Heng's hard work during this period has also yielded a lot of results.
At least, in the face of his initiative to visit, many people showed some kindness.
Faced with Chen Heng's request, many of them expressed their willingness to support Chen Heng in gaining a foothold in the north and give some support.
Of course, it is not without conditions.
It's just that most of these conditions will not require Chen Heng to fulfill them immediately.
But anyway, at least in this way, in the short term, with the support of these people, Chen Heng should not have to worry about food for the time being.
Thinking of this, Chen Heng turned around silently, and then left here silently with Hedoxili beside him.
Then, more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.
On a barren land, an army is advancing.
"Is it so barren?"
Looking at the surrounding territories, he rode his horse and walked beside Chen Heng, Heduosili couldn't help but frowned: "This area, it seems"
It is an indisputable fact that the Carlo Kingdom appears to be very empty.
It's just that when it's in the south, even though it looks a bit empty there, at least a lot of land is still cultivated and cultivated.
But in this place, the situation has changed.
There are barren scenes everywhere, and there are not many people at first glance.
Everywhere is barren.
This unique scene seems to be much more serious than other places in the Carlo Kingdom.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Hedoxili couldn't help but frowned, not knowing what to say at this moment.
"If it weren't for this, we wouldn't be able to take all of such a large area."
On the side, looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Heng's expression was very calm, and he seemed not surprised at all: "The current situation is quite normal."
He had already expected the scene before him.
Before coming here, he had already done his homework and collected information about this area from various places.
The area in front of me is very large. In terms of pure scope, there are few territories in the Carlo Kingdom that can be larger than this area.
In fact, this is not a complete territory, but a collection of many territories.
In the past, there have been many names here.
Of course, by now, the past names here are not important.
According to the practice of this world, the future name of this area should be taken by Chen Heng, who is the lord. Generally speaking, his surname will be added in front of the name, that is, Hatim Territory.
Cemacho and Hedoxili were walking around, and Chen Heng walked forward slowly, patrolling around.
The area in front of me looks really barren, with weeds growing everywhere, and it looks like an undeveloped area at first glance.
Of course, even if it is a place that has not been developed, under normal circumstances, refugees from other places will always come to occupy this area and slowly reclaim it here.
A large part of the reason why this area maintains such a barren scene is because of those orcs.
Along the road, Chen Heng has already seen many orcs.
Compared with the relatively calm and safe south, the number of orcs in this area has greatly increased, and those creatures are everywhere.
Chen Heng has also studied the orcs in front of him.
Unlike other orcs he had seen in the past, these orcs in the Kaluo area looked more ferocious.
Their stature is generally about 1.5 meters, shorter than normal adult men, and their physique is thinner.
But their fighting power is even more fierce, with sharp claws and fangs growing on their bodies.
If ordinary people were not wearing armor, it would be very dangerous to face them.
Moreover, these people were different from the orcs Chen Heng had seen in other worlds.
In other worlds, those orcs are closer to intelligent life.
But in this world, these orcs have very low intelligence and cannot communicate at all.
They also don't know how to farm. They usually hunt around like wild beasts and even eat people.
Along the way, Chen Heng has seen many similar situations.
In many abandoned villages, there are always dense bones covered, including both human and orcs themselves.
But there is no doubt about these corpses, all the meat on them has been eaten up.
These orcs seem to eat anything, not only people, but also their own kind.
The same kind of dead is also a good delicacy in their eyes, they will be eaten by them, and there will be nothing left.
It can be called a food-saving creature.
It is precisely because of the existence of these orcs that the area in front of us has been able to develop without fail.
Everyone in Chen Heng understood this very well.
"It seems that the first thing we do when we come here is to clean up these things."
Looking at the scenes in front of him, Chen Heng shook his head and said, "Otherwise, in the coming year, these things will proliferate everywhere."
"That was a really bad scene."
As if thinking of something, Hedoxili frowned and said so.
In this world, those orcs are not only very aggressive, but on the other hand, their ability to reproduce is also very strong.
They go into heat once a year and seem to be able to give birth to four or five babies each time.
If not restrained, under normal circumstances, their cubs only need four or five years to develop and take part in reproduction.
The whole speed can be regarded as extremely fast.
From Chen Heng's point of view, the reason why this group of orcs still wear the word "herringbone" is probably only because they can stand up and walk like humans.
Other than that, these orcs bear no resemblance to humans at all.
If there is no accident, for a long time to come, what Chen Heng needs to face should be such an opponent.
Walking on the road, this thought flashed through Chen Heng's mind.
As the team moved forward, they continued to move forward.
Soon, he came to the only city nearby.
Of course, rather than a city, it would be better to say a larger town.
There are probably less than a thousand people in the town in front of you.
At the threshold where the lord was either killed in battle or evacuated, they formed a guard of their own and barely repelled several orc attacks.
But that's about it.
In Chen Heng's view, the strength of their guard is still insignificant.
After experiencing some twists and turns, he entered this town.
Of course, with his entry, around the town, some seemingly robust men had already fallen to the ground, and each of them seemed to have no strength, and passed out directly.
This is the result of Chen Heng's shot.
When Chen Heng brought people in, this group of people seemed to be trying to resist, even seeing that Chen Heng only brought a team of dozens of people, they were about to expel them.
Regarding this, Chen Heng was also very calm, and just waved his hand.
A group of fainting spells fell, and people around fell down immediately.
For ordinary people without the slightest mental resistance, the spell of mental deterrence is very easy to use, and it is basically accurate when used.
After that, Chen Heng's goal was achieved.
No one dared to prevent them from entering the town anymore.
Afterwards, Chen Heng checked the situation around.
"Is it so miserable?"
After roughly checking it, Chen Heng couldn't help frowning.
The condition of the town before us was dire.
Because of the arrival of the orcs and the destruction of production, most of the people gathered in this town in front of us are refugees.
Because of the disaster, these people's living conditions are also very bad, and many people seem to be starving.
In this situation, even if Chen Heng does not come, they seem unable to maintain it for a long time. As time goes by, problems will inevitably arise.
Of course, because Chen Heng took over this place, these problems have also been transferred to his head at this moment.
"trouble."
In the room, he shook his head, then looked at Zhan Li in front of him: "When will the food promised by His Majesty Karimu arrive?"
"It will take a while."
In front of him, Zhan Li quickly opened his mouth and said, "However, it's coming soon."
"In addition, after a while, the soldiers brought by Mr. Lamu and the support given by my father will also arrive."
Previously, Sirive had promised to give Chen Heng a certain amount of support.
This support includes food.
Lamu was left in the territory of the Ailan family by Chen Heng, and was responsible for transporting these things.
Counting the time now, it should be almost here.
Hearing the news, Chen Heng nodded.
Anyway, there is good news.
So, he thought for a moment, and then continued: "Send someone to take out our food, and at the price of providing a lunch, hire those refugees to serve us."
"At least, let's repair this place."
He thought for a moment, then spoke like this.
The environment of this place is very bad.
Under the chaos of war, many original orders have already collapsed.
In this town, many places are missing and need to be repaired.
Those refugees were just available.
By the way, you can also take this opportunity to establish your own authority.
So, the place in front of me slowly began to function.
With the support of Zhan Li and others, they took out part of the food to hire the refugees, command them, and clean up the place.
The reason for this is to reduce the incidence of disease.
Before that, the city was full of people, and all kinds of excrement were randomly piled up around, and the smell could be regarded as indescribable.
At this moment, I just took this opportunity to clean these up.
And as the food was distributed, the surrounding area gradually stabilized.
Those who lost everything got food, their emotions became a little more stable, and they no longer rejected Chen Heng, the new lord.
Things seem to be slowly improving.
Another half a month later, Lamu also brought people over.
He brought the remaining soldiers, more than 300 people, over.
And with him came a large amount of food.
These grains were supported by Sirivo, representing the support of the Alan family.
Afterwards, some teams from other families also rushed over slowly and handed over the support promised in advance to Chen Heng.
With these supports, Chen Heng's hands are no longer so tight, and there are more things he can do.
He began to try and let Hedoxili take some people out to sweep away the orcs around him.
Even though you already have a batch of food, it is absolutely not advisable to sit and eat.
For long-term stability, production activities must resume as soon as possible.
In order to achieve this goal, those orcs everywhere must be wiped out.
Otherwise, with those orcs wandering around outside and attacking civilians, not many people would be able to give birth normally.
For this reason, Chen Heng did not hesitate to personally expel the scattered orcs in the surrounding area, ensuring the safety and order of this area.
After doing this, they were relieved.
"Is it just ahead?"
In a barren wild area, a carriage is struggling to move forward on the road.
Looking at the town in front of him, a middle-aged man looked very excited, and seemed to be a little happy at this moment.
"It looks like we've arrived, that warlock's territory."
"According to the rumors, he should be there now."
Inside the carriage, another young man was also full of excitement, and said at this moment: "Bless the goddess of magic, we finally found this ghost place."
"God knows, why did your Excellency come to this place to be the lord!"
He couldn't help complaining.
"alright."
Looking at the complaining young man, the middle-aged man smiled, and said at this moment: "Anyway, under the care of the goddess of magic, we finally found this place."
"Come on, for our plan, let's contact each other and see if we can reach a cooperation with each other."
He said so, and when he spoke, his face was full of excitement.
On the side, as if thinking of something, the young man was also full of excitement. At this moment, he walked in slowly with the middle-aged man on the side.
They slowly walked into the town in front of them and made contact with the personnel stationed there.
"What?"
Sitting quietly in his room, Chen Heng couldn't help but frowned listening to Hedoxili's words in front of him: "Two mages?"
"Are you sure?"
Looking at Hedoxili in front of him, he couldn't help asking.
No wonder he asked that.
In this world, mages are notoriously noble professions.
A real mage is often a nobleman, and no matter which country he goes to, he can easily obtain a noble title.
And in this world, the status of a mage is very high, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as one of the most noble professions in the world.
And in such a wilderness, it is no wonder that Chen Heng was puzzled when he suddenly heard the news of two mages coming to visit.
Because under normal circumstances, characters like mages would only stay in bustling big cities and rarely come to the wild.
Unlike warriors, mages need to travel frequently to hone themselves.
Relatively speaking, they are more like wizards in the wizarding world. If it is not necessary on weekdays, they will often hide in their own laboratories and do various experiments.
Therefore, at this moment, hearing the news in front of him, Chen Heng was so surprised.
In fact, not only he, but even Hedoxili in front of him were also very surprised when they heard the news.
At the beginning, he even thought that they were two crooks, trying to come here to defraud property.
For this reason, he also personally tested it, and then confirmed the identity of the other party, and came to report to Chen Heng.
"Let them in."
Sitting there, Chen Heng frowned, then raised his head and said so.
In any case, since someone came to visit, even if it was out of etiquette, one should meet with the other party.
Moreover, the other party's status is not low, as a mage, his own status is no worse than that of ordinary nobles.
"yes."
In front of him, Hedoxili nodded, and then walked out silently.
"Our lord invites you two to enter."
In a spacious room, Hedoxili looked at the two people wearing robes in front of him, and said so.
The room in front of me was quite spacious, and it looked a little shivering inside, but it was still clean and had been carefully cleaned.
In the room, the two mages who had come to visit before were staying inside at the moment.
"Then please lead the way."
Looking at Hedoxili in front of him, among the two mages, the older middle-aged man spoke, looking a little impatient.
On the side, the young man didn't speak, but just looked at Heduosili in front of him. Seeing this, he also seemed a little excited.
(end of this chapter)