William knew his shortcomings from beginning to end.
He was not talking about combat power. The improvement of combat power depends on experience and time. William could only walk at a snail's pace and slowly move up. What he lacked was power.
In the early stages of the game, it is impossible to rely solely on players. He was a player in his previous life, so how could he not understand what a player feels like
I rely on the strong and beat up the weak. I will go wherever the benefits are good. This is what a player is...
Even if William thinks he is so handsome, he is loved by everyone, flowers bloom, and cars are carried in cars.
but…
Relying on good looks to attract people is unreliable. At most, it will attract some girls with slightly lower combat power. This is not in line with his nature of striving for strength and not wanting to rely on his face to gain a position.
Of course, this is also the reason why William worked so hard to develop the City of Dawn.
And what crisis is the City of Dawn facing now
First, the territory it occupies is too small, most of it is forest, and there is slightly less land that can be planted.
Second, there are mineral vein resources, and there are quite a lot of them, but he does not dare to expose them easily. As the players said, the reason why there are so many BOSSs in the City of Dawn is because the population density is too high, so they are often discovered by players.
But William is self-aware. There are two transcendent version professionals in the two human principalities, 7 legends, not too many epic NPCs...
He is still far from being able to compare with the two human principalities. If he really exposes the precious mineral resources, he will definitely start a war. Not to mention that they will destroy him, it will not be too different.
Third, the population is too small. Even if he buys some slaves every month, the current population of the City of Dawn is only 60,000, the army is only 4,000, and the mercenaries are 800. Counting the 800 tauren clan warriors, there are still But only 5,600 people.
Even if the overall rank and equipment of the army are very strong, when faced with sheer numbers, the only option is failure.
Fourth, the overall background is too poor. Unless William reaches the version limit in advance, that is, a high-level professional, he can fight alone in such a small place and defend a city.
"In this case..." William sat at the head of the conference hall and looked at the many officials under his command and said solemnly: "There are two paths before us. One is to develop the elite model, and the second is to increase ordinary troops. Build an army on a large scale.
Otherwise, when two human beings go to war, no matter whether we want to avoid the war or not, we will be involved because of the terrain. "
Alec looked at William with admiration and said, "My lord, what you said is true. The intelligence agency you asked me to set up has just found out some news that a war between the Steel Principality and the Black Rock Principality is imminent.
Even if we delay further, the war will start completely in half a year. We will still be so weak by then. With the ambitions of those in power, we will definitely be forced to take sides, but no matter which side we choose, we will suffer huge losses.
There is also a key piece of information, which is that the Principality of Steel sent many spies to sneak into the City of Dawn, but I don’t know what their intentions are. "
As he spoke, Alec glanced at Odom, who was responsible for the city's security and logistics, with the intention of blaming him.
"Sir, my subordinate did not know that there was a spy in the city. It is my fault. Please punish me, Lord." Odom glanced at Alec and immediately stood up and bent down to apologize.
William nodded expressionlessly: "The crime is true, then I will fine you 3 months' salary. You don't have to care about those spies anymore. As long as you can settle the new civilians, I will give you a salary increase after the year." ”
"Thank you for your grace." Odom smiled and raised his eyebrows at Alec proudly.
It seems to be saying that I am the lord's number one PY, and you, a baby, have to wait in line behind me.
Odom shook his golden wavy hair and sat down slowly.
Pay equal attention to kindness and power, and punish with punishment. This is something that those in power must master.
Strength can represent everything, but it cannot truly win people's hearts.
William thinks that his talent is awesome enough, but talent doesn't mean everything. Everyone's thoughts are unpredictable. Just looking at the favorability score is not accurate enough, unless it is maxed out...
Lautner said worriedly: "However, the City of Dawn cannot afford a large-scale increase in troops!"
"Then find other ways." William lifted the cloth behind his back, and a brand new map appeared in front of everyone.
The area covered by the map is not large, but it is very detailed. It includes almost all cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, and various forces in the southeast corner.
He pulled out the Thunder Sword and pointed at the offshore beach in the south of Rainbow Lake: "The next expansion direction of Dawn City is to expand the surrounding territory, including the coastal areas."
As soon as this statement came out, the four epic senior officials Lautner, Odom, Alec, and Eric were a little confused.
Expanding territory they understand.
Sea area
What is there to develop
When William saw their expressions, he knew what they were about to fart, and said decisively: "Perhaps you have forgotten one thing. A long time ago, our legendary continent was still a small part of the continent of the gods.
The war once tore the continent of the gods apart. In addition to several other continents, there were many small islands on the sea.
The navigation and fishing industries are our development direction in the second half of the year.
Our food production is not high, so naturally we cannot gather too many troops, but I once found a map of my father. He clearly marked that there is an island with rich products just south of us, hundreds of nautical miles away.
With the development of the navigation industry, the food obtained can also alleviate the great food crisis. "
The four of them looked at each other, with a mixture of helplessness and a wry smile on their faces. The lord had moved his missing father out, and if he refused, he would not give face to the dead man.
So Lautner asked cautiously: "What does the Lord mean?"
"Go all out to develop the navigation industry and build a mountain road from Rainbow Lake to the south, starting tomorrow!"
"However, no one in Shuguang City can build sea ships, let alone battleships..." Anyone who has seen the sea will be impressed by the rough waves.
The endless ocean, the weird and unpredictable weather, and the legendary marine creatures are enough to make land races fearful. Epic NPCs like Lautner are also very afraid.
"Well, it really depends on Uncle Lautner's help..." William looked at him with a smile.
Lautner's anus tightened, what did he hear
The two most terrifying words in his heart, uncle...
Unfortunately, in the conference hall, he felt that he could not fly.
He could only say in a hoarse voice: "I wonder what your orders are?"
"Tomorrow you and I will go to the City of Night. Whether it's kidnapping, stealing, or robbing, we must get back the shipbuilding blueprints or the shipbuilding master." When William said this, Lautner's face turned dark. There is nowhere to put your hands...
The other three people opened their bright eyes!
The legendary city of night.
It was an Elf King City with a population of millions.
In the entire Black Leaf Forest, at least one-third of the pure-blood elves live in this forest city.
Tens of thousands of potion elves…
Huge diamond dragons, metal dragons, silver dragons...
There is also the black-leaf sacred tree that makes the black-leaf elves proud.
Rumor has it that the black-leaf sacred tree growing inside the city is ten thousand meters high and is an indescribably huge thing.
However,
No matter how magical this city is and how many legends there are, it is a rare existence for outsiders like them.
It can even be said that most people can’t even find this city!
William's words also express a message!
He wants to re-establish a relationship with the City of Night!
But the difficulty...
Just look at Lautner's old chrysanthemum face and you can feel it.