Although there were many troubles along the way to Beijing, the Igor family was surprisingly peaceful along the way from the imperial capital.

The only thing worth mentioning on the road is that when I passed through Sunset Forest and Chunye Town again, the Lord stayed to have a meal with Joyce Halladyen, who is now the earl, and then continued on his journey. After learning that there might be a war in the Soul-Splitting Land, Joyce also found more than a dozen local shooters and gave them to Frost Fengling:

This is actually not about the overall situation at all, but it still demonstrates Joyce Hallady's generous character of gratitude.

The biggest "accident" along the way, even after they set foot on the Soul-Splitting Land:

It was already early November, and the sky of the Soul-Splitting Land was covered with clouds, and there was a faint trend of snowflakes falling.

Xiahou Yan, wearing a big red goshawk-patterned velvet jacket exclusive to the Duke, and wearing a command knife with His Majesty the Emperor, sat on his white horse "meteor". He looked back at the flagpole raised high and floating above the convoy, and felt a little like a different world.

A year ago, the Igor immigration team, who had just escaped from the infection area and the siege of Yanxi City, probably arrived at the Soul-Splitting Land at this time;

A year passed quietly, and now he has obtained the title and honor of his family and returned to his territory as the Imperial Special Mission of the President of Southern Military Affairs;

And in the near future, there may be a bloody racial battle with orcs, waiting for the Frost Maple Ridge, waiting for the Igor family, and waiting for this soul-breaking place lingering in the dead.

Xiahou Yan, who has been busy since he traveled to this world, somehow, under the shadow of the soul-breaking place, all the trivial matters that had been lingering in his heart suddenly disappeared, leaving only a clearness in his heart.

"I'm back." Xiahou Yan looked at the horizon and whispered.

A slender hand brushed against his back.

Xiahou Yan turned his head and saw Katerina who was also riding on the horse.

The siblings looked at each other and smiled slightly.

Since His Majesty the Emperor restored the title of the Igor family, the sadness that always lingers in the eyebrows of the noble lady for the year has finally been wiped out - Katerina's mood is even good. Even though her younger brother has been hanging out with Alice and Lina all day long along the way, she has not made any comments as usual.

——The father’s rebellion case and the decline of the family are the pressure that Katerina Igor can never let go, but his good brother can actually win over the world in just one year. The prosperity of the Igor family is even more prosperous than that back then. So how can it not make Katerina feel relieved?

Allen Cousins ​​also rode his horse from the other side.

"Report to the President!" The Knight of the Frost Maple Ridge happily reported, "We will arrive in Frost Maple Ridge soon!"

——Since the Lord beat His Majesty the Emperor and asked for a command knife of "Interim President Southern Military Affairs", some of the poor people in the family have changed the title of boss from "Lord Lord" to "President".

Logically speaking, the temporary commander-in-chief of the southern military is actually much higher in power and status than the noble lords whom even cats and dogs can be. This title is also a kind of flattery;

But Xiahou Yan always thinks this is unlucky.

He was about to return to the territory, but Xiahou Yan felt that there was no need to be anxious. He let the "Meteor" cruise at the pace of the convoy, and turned his head toward the Cavalier Cousins:

"Along the way, I feel that the Soul-Splitting Land has become much calmer..."

The Knight Cousins ​​laughed:

"It's winter almost. It's the peaceful season on the wasteland, not to mention that the bandits in the Soul-Splitting Land have been almost wiped out - you haven't heard that old guy from Mayor Faulkner in the town of Left Bank. During these days, Mountbatten and Karen LePeg have plowed back and forth several times on the wasteland, and there are no bandits left at all..."

Xiahou Yan said "um" and smacked his lips:

"It seems that life in Left Bank Town has been doing well recently."

"Without the bandits, the businessmen on the Left Bank will definitely be better!" Knight Cousins ​​smiled a few times and said with a frown, "But that old boy Faulkner may not be - he can become the leader of the Left Bank Town Alliance, and even the leader of the Left Bank Town Alliance, relying on the ability to protect the town with his Hanbian Village bandits? But now the bandits are gone, the threats on the Left Bank have disappeared, and the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys are cooking. Faulkner's right to speak on the Left Bank is also rapidly weakening! Didn't you see that the old boy is so worried that there are several wrinkles on his face..."

"This is best." Xiahou Yan nodded with satisfaction, "There is no need for a second warlord on the Soul-Splitting Land, no need for two hills! Alan, when we return to Phoenix Platform, you will worry about it in a few days. Whether it is soft or hard, you will find a way to incorporate Faulkner's troops! If this old boy dares to disagree, he will wait for the people of the Left Bank town to elect a new chairman!"

"Get orders!" Knight Cousins ​​gave a completely unstandard military salute to the Shuangfengling Ridge.

"Where is Karen?" Katerina asked suddenly.

It is probably because he was treated well during his capture by the Moon God Village, and he was somewhat sympathetic to Karen, who was turned into a zombie mother, Katerina seemed to have always been concerned about this female commander of the human-demon-blooded Suppression Chief.

Xiahou Yan and Knight Cousins ​​exchanged their eyes and pondered:

"The situation in Yueshen Village and Zuoan Town is different - Shuangfeng Ridge and Zuoan Town are close to each other, so we can protect Zuoan Town with our troops. Of course, Faulkner does not need to be self-respecting, but in the far west of the wasteland, we still need a reliable military stronghold."

"The title of the Suppression Chiefs cannot be used anymore..." Cousins ​​suggested with a grim look, "President, I think it's better to simply adapt the Yueshen Village into the 'Western Route Army' of the Igor Trailer!"

Xiahou Yanxin said that this is even more unlucky...

The senior executives of the three families whispered to discuss the future of the Soul-Splitting Land, and the convoy also traveled south on the barren land of the Soul-Splitting Land.

Then, a scout rushed back from the front in panic.

"What's wrong!" Knight Cousins ​​frowned and scolded, "Soldier, pay attention to your demeanor!"

The scout rushed to straighten his military cap and saluted the lord, saying tremblingly:

"Lord, Lord, there is Frost Maple Ridge ahead!"

"Oh, it's time to count it." Xiahou Yan smiled and looked at Cousins, "Little brother, why are you doing so panic?"

The scout swallowed and stuttered:

"Lord...Shuangfengling...It seems... something is wrong..."

Something was wrong? Xiahou Yan was stunned for a moment, and then stretched out his hand to the right.

Knight Cousins ​​quickly took out the "Dark Moon Glass Flyglass" from the saddle bag and handed it to the lord.

Xiahou Yan raised the telescope in front of him and pointed the barrel into the direction of Frost Fengling;

As a result, he almost shook his hand and threw the precious glazed telescope to the ground.

——Where is the Frost Maple Ridge that appeared in the field of view of the lens barrel?!

Created by Master Donald, he nailed and thundered his hands. The wooden wall "Green Dam" that guarded Shuangfeng Ridge in several wars disappeared. Instead, it was a dark gray stone wall made of neatly cut stones and plaster!

The emerald green vines lingering on the stone wall and spreading along the wall made the wall look like a dense forest suddenly popping up on the wasteland of the Soul-Splitting Land!

At the turning point of the stone wall, the grey stone watchtower leaning against the wall and the magic light looming in the tower shooting hole made the lord completely inconspicuous!

——If it weren’t for the Roman-style spire of the tower, and the ice-blue maple leaf flag of Frost Maple Ridge, Xiahou Yan would have almost thought that the convoy had taken the wrong path and had visited someone else’s territory!

Why did Shuangfengling suddenly become like this after a few months?!

The lord, who was surprised and suspicious, slowly moved the barrel of the "Dark Moon Glass Telescope" and looked towards the corner of the stone wall;

As a result, this made him open his mouth wide in surprise:

Originally, the settlement structure of Shuangfeng Ridge was basically a dumbbell type:

The standing Phoenix Platform and Tongque Platform each have a circle of wooden walls. Whether it is the production and life of residents' craftsmen or the living training of pioneer soldiers, they are carried out on the top floors of these two platforms;

But now the Phoenix Platform has been completely surrounded by the reinforced stone walls that Xiahou Yan saw through the lens barrel. At the foot of the stone wall and on the slope of the platform, brick houses of all sizes have been erected. The clothes that residents hung outside the windows and the farm tools leaning against the walls of the houses can even be seen;

As for the more periphery of this circle of houses, there are neatly cultivated farmland.

In the past, the planting and production of Shuangfengling was carried out on the coast of the small rivers in the north of the territory (feelingly called "Maoxin River" by the leaders - the super low-end version of Shixin River). A considerable number of farmers in the territory also lived among the farmlands by the stream;

But now it seems that the agricultural production of Shuangfengling has obviously expanded to the outer area of ​​Phoenix Platform!

Through the further observation of the lens barrel, Xiahou Yan pointed out the source of this change: between the farmlands outside the Fenghuangtai, he saw several neatly arranged irrigation canals - although it is now in the dry winter, as soon as the spring of the next year, these ditches can input the water of Maoxin River into the surrounding farmland!

If the core area of ​​Phoenix Platform surrounded by stone walls is regarded as a castle, the residential areas around the stone walls are regarded as towns, and the outermost farmland, then the structural pattern of the entire Shuangfeng Ridge is already similar to a typical, miniaturized version of the aristocratic city of the Central Plains!

Xiahou Yan quickly moved the lens barrel and looked at the direction of the Tongque Tower.

As the Igor pioneer army camp and the military center of the territory, the Tongquetai seems to have undergone drastic changes in these days:

The wooden fence walls around the Tongquetai did not change much, but there was a layer of plaster poured between the gaps in the wooden wall, which seemed to play a role in reinforcement and fire prevention at the same time;

But behind the wooden fence wall, there is an extremely magnificent dome building rising from the ground in the center of the Tongquetai!

Judging from the ubiquitous shooting holes in this building and the giant wooden thorns that suddenly pricked the outer edges like a hedgehog, this is obviously a small fortress full of military attributes!

Xiahou Yan slowly lowered the lens barrel and stayed for a long time without saying anything.

Then he handed the lens to Knight Cousins, and asked the Knight, Katerina, and Master Laurie who came from behind to pass it through one by one.

After looking at the telescope, everyone responded:

Silently choked.

Doubt about life.

Although the territory in front of me is undoubtedly the Frost Maple Ridge of the Igor family, the changes here are too great!

Where does the wall-building stone come from on this wasteland?

Just by Master Donald's urinary nature, can he create such a practical and beautiful military camp?

What exactly happened here in the past few months when we were not at home?

"I...grass..." Master Laurie's exclamation was more reflective of everyone's mood, "What's the situation in our Shuangfengling? Which dog family has Mayor Joel robbed?"

Xiahou Yan was silent for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief and pulled the reins of the horse:

"Only by going to the territory and taking a look, you can find the answer! I am at least the Duke of Frost Fengling. I won't have the territory changed, so I won't let me enter, right?"

——The result proved: No.

Not long after, the Lord's convoy was blocked outside the steel fence gate of the stone wall.

Facing the Chris Mann who was calling the goal, the new recruits of the Igor pioneer army shouted with great enthusiasm:

"Master Lawrence has an order that no foreign population can pass through the Phoenix Terminal Gate without a certificate!"

Chris said angrily:

"Prove that? This team is Lord Igor's team!"

"Master Igor? Who?" The doorman scratched his head in confusion, then stood at attention, and replied in a louder voice: "The regulations are regulations. Director Lawrence has an order, and Master Igor can't do it either!"

Chris quickly turned his head and looked behind him, and happened to hear the Lord roar on the horse's back:

"Let Tom Lawrence get this thing over here!"
Chapter completed!