Lorraine led 150,000 men who were armed to the teeth, and more than 100,000 civilians with luggage, a total of nearly 300,000 people. After taking a short rest in the city of Croni, they immediately marched toward the prairie in a mighty manner.
Even though the prairie is now full of vitality and the grass is green, when the army's iron hooves stepped on it, everything was crushed into hard ground.
Behind them, there were countless contractors and workers, building a wide avenue in accordance with the empire's first-class standards.
The avenue passes through the city of Croni and is connected to the capital of Naian, Naider City, building a transportation network with a network structure.
The cost of this project is also quite huge. The money is spent like water.
Normally, Lord Lorraine would have screamed in pain like pulling out teeth, or he might have returned to his childhood - he would often wake up crying in his sleep, and then cry himself to sleep again.
But now he doesn't care at all.
After all, his war this time is not just a raid and invasion, but to take root here, sell all the land, and make a huge profit from it.
In order to achieve this goal, he must establish a complete transportation network to transport materials and make it easier for people to live here.
At the same time, it was also to facilitate his own deployment of troops. Once there was a rebellion in a certain place, or another attack by orcs, he could also use the highway to quickly deploy troops to suppress it, and nip the turmoil in its infancy.
Just like when the American devils robbed the Indians, they were grabbing land and building roads at the same time. This was the right way.
When the roads are built and transportation is convenient in the future, of course more people will gather together, and this territory will naturally belong to themselves.
Although the money spent is indeed very painful for Lord Luo. But as the famous saying goes, 'If you want to be rich, build roads first~!'
With Lord Lorraine's incomparable splendid knowledge of civilization and history that transcends the times for five thousand years, he knows that this statement may not be correct for the common people.
Because the people often emptied their wealth to build roads, but as a result, the environment was polluted, soil and water were lost... all kinds of imaginable or unexpected bad things happened.
Everyone's head is getting bigger.
But~!
But for Lord Luo himself, this sentence is an unbreakable and absolute truth.
Whether it's building roads or collecting tolls in the future, he can play a big role in the process, and he will definitely become rich.
This southern transportation line will definitely become the main artery and lifeline of Nai'an in the near future, carrying countless vehicles.
He had already made plans and handed over the management rights and toll collection rights of the highway to the Flying Eagle Company in the form of a contract. And the contract period was three hundred and ninety-nine years.
Although according to Lord Lorraine's intention, this road should be covered for at least three thousand to five thousand years, the three hundred and ninety-nine years is already the maximum period of the empire.
This is because the ancestors of Princess Catherine and the emperors were not all fools~!
This kind of thing about the structure of government and business in a place is inevitable in every dynasty and every generation. Although those elders are aloof, they have seen a lot.
Although there are still loopholes in the laws they enacted, the general framework is absolutely not allowed to be shaken.
After that road is built, it will become the main artery of Nai'an.
In the era before Lorraine, any road toll company could easily earn 2 billion by doing nothing a year. This is just an approximate figure on the book. It does not include various
The secret to making money.
Think about it~!
Once that road is built, how much money will Sir Luo make?
Moreover, this scumbag has already thought about it. After the road is repaired, it will be put into trial operation for thirty to fifty years. However, during the trial operation stage, it cannot be counted as the official contract period.
As a result, it will take at least four hundred and fifty years for this road to be handed over from the Flying Eagle Company.
When the time comes, if we think of ways to take some bad risks and make a few small moves, the contract period can be extended by tens or even hundreds of years.
According to Lorraine's own estimation, even if he handed over all the finances of the entire empire to him and let him scratch the territory for a year, after deducting various expenses, the remaining money that would fall into his pocket would only be the same as this.
The toll on the road is the same for a year.
Lord Luo looked at the figures on the account, his eyes were dazzled, and his mouth was watering. He sighed: No wonder the American devils had to waste the energy to have babies in order to build the railway.
This is indeed making money~!
But after drooling, he also knew that if he wanted to make this money steadily into his pocket, he must cheer up, fight this war well, and bring the orcs into submission.
Otherwise, wait until the orcs calm down before attacking again. All his early investment will be wasted. By then, not a single copper will be left of the money he has worked so hard to earn in the past two years.
Returning to his appearance as a little nobleman in the countryside, he could only use a mule as a Ferrari.
Under his leadership, the army advanced southward in a mighty manner.
However, the army walked for seven or eight days in a row, but they did not see even a tribe of orcs. The officers and soldiers in the army were a little anxious.
Everyone is sharpening their knives and preparing to kill the orcs. The various strange weapons that have been prepared are already practiced in their hands. When the orcs come to the door, they will catch them.
Then exchange it for gold coins to spend good money and bad money.
However, these young guys have been holding back this dream of getting rich for several days, but they are surprised that there is not even a tribe of orcs. You can imagine their frustration.
Leo was very happy during this period. During the march, he rode a baby elephant and took Melina back and forth among the troops. When he saw something curious, he went up to investigate and met a group of soldiers.
When the chat was over, I just joined in and listened to the fun.
The soldiers all knew that this little kid riding a white elephant was the future emperor, but Leo had no airs at all. In the eyes of the soldiers, Leo did not have the annoying bad temper of the nobles, and was an ordinary person.
Like a child, the soldiers did not avoid him when they were talking nonsense.
Leo ran around a lot below, and the anxiety of the soldiers below naturally affected him.
When Lorraine unfolded the map and gathered with Catherine and the others to discuss countermeasures, Leo's chubby head arched, he came close to Lorraine, and jumped up and down the map table with his calves.
Holding his head and frowning, he said: "Boss, boss, how long will it take to block a nest of orcs?"
Lorraine looked at the map and said, "I can't tell. Orcs are very mobile. I can't tell when I can catch a tribe of them."
Leo pounded the table with his pink fist and said: "These sons of bitches, eggless turtles, they look like a bunch of women, why don't they come out and let them be caught?"
Quiet, the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, Leo could hear the distant whistling sound blown by the wind.
First, there was a "Gababa" blowing sound from behind Leo, and then a soft, slightly magnetic voice said word by word with a cold tone that seemed to be blown from hell: "You~
Say~what~!”
Leo's heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself: It's going to be bad~!
As expected of his practice, he first covered his buttocks in a conditioned reflex, then shrank his neck to hide his head, then turned over like a carp, jumped off the table, and shouted to the right, "Don't run, watch me catch you."
you."
As he spoke, his body swayed, but this was a false move, deliberately leading the opponent to block him. Then, his steps slipped, he turned around and ran away.
It's just that this little gangster is now under the guidance of Lorraine. Although he is as cunning as a little fox, he can't defeat a good hunter.
At least at this stage, he still can't escape the palm of a certain beautiful girl.
Before Leo's short legs could step out, he felt himself already in the air. Catherine grabbed his collar and lifted him up, then pressed against his ears and lectured like thunder: "Usually.
How did you teach me that? You don’t have a long memory at all, but you dare to say dirty words to me~!
It’s really been three days since I took a shot, and my skin is itching again~!”
Then he pressed Leo on the table very skillfully, raised his delicate palm, and slapped him mercilessly.
Leo screamed, kicked his calves, and said anxiously: "Did I just say that casually? It was an unintentional mistake. Boss, please help me."
Lorraine looked at Catherine's majestic face and glaring almond eyes. She wisely decided to stay out of the matter. She shrugged helplessly at Leo and pretended not to see Leo's expectant eyes. Lorraine also noticed it. Don't look at Catherine.
The slap on Leo's butt made a loud sound, but it actually didn't hurt at all, otherwise Leo wouldn't have screamed so happily.
Lorraine raised her eyes and said casually: "Hey Vera, your braids are so beautiful."
"Is there any? Young master, I don't have any sparse braids." Vera said stupidly.
Adele and Pu Chi burst out laughing, and even Catherine, who was raising her palms, couldn't help but pressed Leo down and laughed.
However, Catherine understood that this was Lorraine's intention. After laughing, she grimaced and gritted her teeth and said to Lorraine: "You two are bad guys."
Lorraine walked over and rescued Leo from Catherine's hands, threw it aside, held Catherine's hand and said: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, Leo just feels fresh, just say it casually, you
Just tell him not to say anything."
Leo rubbed his buttocks and shouted behind Lorraine: "That's right, that's right, if you don't let me talk, I won't let you talk. It's not like you have to beat someone."
Then he muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "Violent woman."
Catherine pinched Lorraine angrily, which made Lorraine take a breath of air and secretly thought: This is much harder than when she hit Leo.
Catherine said with a dark face: "No matter what, if he is like this, others will not say anything about him, they will say that I can't teach him well. It's not all your fault for indulging him."
Lorraine smiled and patted Catherine's hand and said, "How can you say it's indulgence? Haven't you always been in charge?"
Catherine snorted, glared at Leo, and said, "Stay by my side and don't run around."
"Ah!" Leo yelled, then shook his little head like a rattle and said, "No, it's not fun at all with you."
Seeing Catherine's anger rising again, Lorraine said: "Nicole, you don't want Leo to become the emperor without knowing anything about the soldiers at the grassroots level. Let the people below fool you. You don't want to look like Almohad."
See how rotten their armaments are."
Catherine said distressedly: "I understand the truth, but he always acts like a scoundrel. Isn't that ridiculous?"
Lorraine turned to Leo and said, "You are not allowed to say bad words in front of others in the future."
Then give Leo a wink, realize that you should quickly get off the slope.
Leo was very colorful and said loudly and confidently: "Okay, okay, I promise not to say anything."
Catherine took a breath, rolled her eyes, and said leisurely: "I can't trust your promise. If you do it again, I won't beat you. I'll add you 1% of the tax. If you do it once, I'll add a little more."
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Leo lost his voice and said: "It's too cruel."
Seeing Catherine sneer at the corner of her mouth, Leo covered his mouth with both hands.
After waiting for a long time, seeing that Catherine's anger seemed to have passed, Leo whispered: "Well, I can ask when we can meet a group of orcs."
Lorraine said: "It's almost time. It's all Volka's fault. They killed so hard that they drove all the orcs to Xingxing Lake. No one dares to come here anymore. However, according to Deipole's marking on the map
Yes, there should be quite a tribe active here."
After Lorraine put away the map and the whole army had a full lunch, they gathered enough energy to continue on their way. Lord Lorraine muttered "spring is sleepy and autumn is tired", fell on Vera's flexible thigh, and shook his head.
She fell asleep, and the refreshing fragrance of Vera's body filled her nostrils. Lorraine's mind was confused, and she was half asleep, as if she was floating in the clouds.
While in a daze, Lorraine seemed to hear that it suddenly became noisy outside, as if soldiers were cheering.
Then the car door was knocked twice, and Carter's rich voice said: "Your Highness, they found an orc tribe thirty miles away, with about four to five thousand people."
Lorraine suddenly woke up, started to do something, and said: "Surround them and let them run away."
Kalter said: "Your Excellency Volka has already led the large troops up."
Lorraine said without hesitation: "Send an order to Volka not to take the initiative, and call me the goblin Sha Jin."
At this time, there was a chaotic sound of horse hooves outside the window. Leo rode Xiaobai and whizzed past Lorraine and the others under the protection of the Guards knights. Leo patted Xiaobai and shouted: "Quick, quick
, if we go late, we won’t have any share in catching the orcs~!”
The surrounding soldiers shouted: "Catch the orcs."
"Those who arrive late will be gone."
The speed of the team suddenly increased.
Soon the goblin Sha Jin came to Lorraine's carriage. Lorraine didn't say anything nonsense and directly pointed the direction to the goblin and said: "There is a tribe of orcs over there. I asked them to hold off for a while. It's your man's turn to perform.
.Don’t let me down.”
Goblin Sha Jin bowed and said confidently: "Please rest assured, sir."
The Sanxiaxiang Sending Warmth Promotional Performance Team composed of orcs drove a caravan and rushed towards the orc tribe in great excitement. If you look closely, you can see that all these orcs are gearing up.
Although it is only a medium-sized tribe of 4,000 people, compared to the 150,000-strong Expeditionary Force for Justice, it is not enough to fill the teeth. However, after hearing the news, these legions all seemed to be on stimulants, howling and shouting.
Running south, the thirty-mile journey took half a day to reach.
Lorraine looked at the tribe in the distance, which was composed of a large area of yellow and gray animal skin tents. The orc tents were arranged neatly, like concentric circles along the center, surrounded in circles, and in the open space between the tents.
Crowded with orcs, cattle, horses and other livestock.
There are some orcs holding sticks and other simple weapons guarding the outermost part of the tribe.
Lorraine nodded with satisfaction. The size of this tribe was just right. It was too small to be worth the time of Goblin Shajin and the others. It was too big and required a lot of preparation work. It was not too big and not too small, just right for the cultural and publicity performance team to practice their skills.
Catherine and Adele were laughing and laughing around Lorraine, waiting to see the effect.
Lorraine said: "Let's start, there will be no more fun after dark."
Goblin Sha Jin said "Yes", then turned around and ran towards his men quickly.
The orcs of the cultural and publicity performance team were looking at the camp in the distance with their necks raised. Tens of thousands of troops surrounded this group, just like a group of tower-like men surrounding a little girl who had not yet been weaned.
The orc camp looked lonely and pitiful at the moment.
Everyone in the propaganda team knew that it was time for them to take the field soon. After months of hard training, it was finally time to show off their skills.
The eyes of these orcs have become eager, especially the orc prisoners of war who have not yet received green cards. Goblin Shajin has promised them rewards. If they do a good job, they can get visas directly and bring their whole family.
Come Naian.
Goblin Shajin rushed to these orcs, waved his thin arms, and said loudly: "Act according to the plan, send propaganda bombs first, and the negotiators will prepare."
Two trebuchets were pushed to the front of the formation, and the soldiers loaded special projectiles. With two bangs, two black figures were thrown into the air and flew towards the orcs' tent.
It can be seen that the orc tribe is in panic, and the orcs are running around to avoid the flying black shadows.
Two wooden boxes containing leaflets were smashed into the Orc tribe. One hit the open space and shattered after landing. The leaflets were spread all over the floor. The other hit the Orcs' tent and destroyed the entire tent.
Smashed down.
The leaflets were blown up by the wind and spread in the orc camp.
The orcs in the tribe saw that the falling black shadow turned into a white thin-skinned thing, and curiously rushed forward to pick it up.
Soon the orc tribe began to scramble for these leaflets.
As the negotiators under the goblins emerged in greater numbers, they slowly headed towards the orc tribe under the protection of a group of cavalry.