The area from Tiedinggang to Mihe City is the most war-baptized place.
Dane's northern expedition was fought up from this line, and Kangli's southward attack on Dane's territory was also fought down from this line. These two wars have caused considerable damage to the territory in this area.
Especially when Kang Li went south.
Dane just plundered a lot of troops. Anyway, the discipline of his legion is relatively good—at least it is many times better than Schindler's warlord. The robbing of property usually involves looting local rebels or collective warehouses in villages and towns. Although some ordinary people may also rob some things, they will not rob everything, let alone kill people for no reason.
But demons are different. Their passage caused terrible damage to the area from Iron Spike Hill to Arnold Territory and then to Mihe City.
However, it was precisely because of this that this area was, on the contrary, besides Dane's own core territory, the land under his strongest control.
These two wars almost uprooted all the forces that could make a difference in this area.
It was also because of this that it became very easy for Dane to control this area after the war.
Dane also gave his new territory a new name—Central County.
There are no big cities in the central county. The only ones with a small scale are Tiedinggang and Mihe City, as well as a place called Tonghammer Town in Arnold's territory in the past. But although there are no large centralized cities, the land in the Central Territory is still relatively large.
As a result, Dane sent three consuls to the Central Territory to be responsible for the work of three small towns.
This is a test, and Dane hopes that through this method, he can check the effectiveness of their respective work, so as to choose a more suitable administrator who can help him manage the territory.
After such a period of time, the recovery of Copper Hammer Town is the best. This also made Dane pay attention to the new mayor of Copper Hammer Town who has just taken office for less than half a year. veteran.
Latchford used to be a white wolf guard, and was later recruited by Dane's White Wolf Fort training camp. His talent is not bad, and he was a mercenary for a period of time in his early years, and he has rich experience, and finally achieved the position of squadron leader. Later, during the attack on Nail Hill, during the fierce battle on Cecum Street, he lost his entire right arm and was stabbed in the chest at the same time.
If it weren't for the chaplain accompanying the army, his life would definitely have been lost.
When the body recovered, Ratchford did not continue to return to the army to serve. Losing one hand, he can no longer be a white wolf guard wearing armor, holding a heavy shield and a battle axe. But he is not willing to just spend the rest of his life with the pension. Fortunately, he has some other skills.
For example, literacy and arithmetic.
This point, for Schindler, who has a very high illiteracy rate, is already considered a pretty good talent. So, as a veteran, he put the general's medal back into the honor box and took up the post of assisting government affairs.
Therefore, in the new position, Ratchford glowed with the second spring of his career.
His work ability is still quite outstanding, he has made some achievements, plus he has military merits, he has won a medal for bravery, and he is a hardcore figure under Dane's influence, so he was appointed by Dane as one of the three administrators of the Central County. One, and stand out among the competition among the three.
Dane is still very satisfied with the results of his work. At the beginning, Ratchford just took a small team of soldiers and took office directly. However, only three months later, Tonghammer Town, which suffered huge losses in the war and lost almost half of its population due to death and fleeing, miraculously took the lead in recovering in just three months. Gave a certain vitality.
The copper mines around Tongchui Town have restarted, and some small workshops and processing industries have also opened up one after another. He even led people to dig a few wells and reclaimed some land.
If none of this explains anything, then in the last month, Copper Hammer Town paid Dane a tax of two thousand gold coins, which was the most direct proof of Ratchford's ability to work.
That being the case, Dane no longer continued the test. Although less than half a year may be a bit short, it is not easy to make achievements in such a short period of time. What's more, the central county really needs a consul, a person who can see the overall situation.
Then there is nothing wrong with Latchford being the governor of the Central County. If there is a problem, just replace it.
As for Latchford, who took office, Dane also directly gave him a new task - to negotiate with the Sequoia Chamber of Commerce and the Shire United Chamber of Commerce on the cooperation project of the two mines.
Li Haoke, the exploration expert, was conducting exploration in Central County before being transferred back to the vicinity of Shaduole. He didn't find any large high-quality ore veins, but he found two mines of average quality and not too large in scale.
Now that the Central County has been completely controlled, the system has determined that the land that the White Wolf Fort can directly control has also expanded. Although those two veins are not very high-quality, but under the power of the system, they will be expanded in the future. After the system mine is built, the output and quality will increase a lot.
But the development of these two mines requires money. Although Dane still has some money in his hand, he does not intend to pay for the investment himself. Sequoia and Shire have been taken advantage of here. Let them pay the money. The subsequent mineral quotas can be more inclined to them, and they can also repay the large amount of money they borrowed from Dane. Favor.
The benefits Dane certainly has. He always wants to develop those minerals, so after the two chambers of commerce bear the development costs and the initial operating costs, the ore produced can be used to pay off debts until all the owed money is paid off, which is not bad.
In the territory, everything is developing in a better direction. What needs to be rebuilt and revived is already on the right track, and the new land in Central County is also slowly glowing with new vitality. In the future, Dane's power will be further expanded.
But hidden dangers are not without. Right now, there is one thing that needs him to solve it as soon as possible.
The soldiers of the Beast Blood Fort Legion are making trouble again. More than two hundred soldiers and officers assembled, and they wanted to go home.
This matter can be said to be big or small. The rally was broken up after half an hour without consequence. But this incident made Dane realize that this was the superficial effect of his lack of control over this army.
He decided to talk to Airdell.