The natural empire of ocean dragons

Chapter 226 Shenlongtian resolves the crisis

Once the idea of ​​attacking the city came into his mind, the flames could no longer be suppressed. Attilan rubbed his two claws and narrowed his eyes slightly to look at the north.

"How much food is stored in the granary I asked you to build now?"

After hesitating for a moment, the old fish man finally told the truth.

"The Dragon Lord asked me to build two granaries in Qinglin Town, Shuijiao Town, Dajiao Town, and Shibao Town, but only one granary was built in Qinglin Town and Dajiao Town."

"Dajiao Town produces the most grain, but only stores more than 300,000 jins of wheat and 500,000 jins of black beans. There is no excess grain storage, so I made my own decision and did not spend manpower and material resources to build granaries."

Attilan frowned and realized that things were not simple.

“How much farmland is there now?”

"When the Dragon Lord was sleeping, we cultivated less than two million acres of farmland. In recent years, as the population has increased, the number of farmland has rapidly expanded to more than five million acres."

"On the contrary, the average yield per mu is not as high as when Master Long personally took charge. It is obviously based on the pasture left by Master Long for one year, wheat and black beans for one year, but the yield is getting lower and lower every year."

"If the population of the kingdom continues to increase, everyone will probably have to reduce their daily rations. Otherwise, I think there will be a shortage of food and we won't be able to wait until the new food matures."

Attilan nodded thoughtfully. The only fertilizer that supported the increase in farmland output was some farmyard manure. Farmyard manure was still not as effective as chemical fertilizers, but in this world, the manufacture of chemical fertilizers could not be based entirely on the experience he knew.

Some druids have mastered the use of various materials and spells to make potions that nourish plant growth.

Attilan believed that a similar method could be used to create a magic world version of fertilizer. He had previously vigorously cultivated priests with spellcasting abilities. In addition to valuing the priests' combat abilities, he actually valued the priests' logistical capabilities more.

The magic fertilizer made by Druid is very effective, but the output is not high. Attilan actually wants to develop a magic fertilizer with better universal applicability, even if the effect per unit area is relatively poor.

But as long as the materials used are cheap enough and the output of magic fertilizer is large enough, Attilan believes that it can easily feed a population of 100,000, or even an army of 100,000.

In addition to the reduced yield caused by fertilizers, Attilan knew that another important reason was that the land occupied by the kingdom lacked druids to coordinate various natural energies.

Originally, all kinds of energy only need to be evenly distributed to the two lands of Hexi and Hedong to effectively promote plant growth. However, if they are not coordinated, the excess energy of a single species will hinder the growth of seeds.

If a piece of farmland suitable for farming was so easy to cultivate, the kingdom of Attilan would not have been able to develop so easily.

If you want to obtain a food-producing area with a suitable environment, the best way is to let the druid first plant various plants in this land where certain elements are rampant to make the movement of the elements coordinated and stable.

The forests are then cut down and converted into farmland.

Of course, if it is an area with stable natural energy and fertile soil, you can directly settle and cultivate farmland to thrive.

However, although the wastelands and wetlands controlled by Attilan have been basically managed by him so that they can grow food and have been renamed Hexi and Hedong, they have not yet been fully adjusted.

Low grain yield is actually a process of domestication.

Without the intervention of magical power, as long as intelligent life persists in growing food on this land for decades, this land will become a comfortable residential area.

For example, the three towns where halflings currently live are the areas with the most stable environment and the most fertile soil that they found when they migrated. One place cannot support the migrating halflings.

They could only disperse to settle in three suitable areas, and through their hands, they would transform the soil around the settlements little by little, in conjunction with some inexplicable talents of the halflings.

Eventually these three high-grain-yielding areas were formed.

Halflings may have this talent to make the soil where they live fertile. Dwarves do not enslave halflings and make halfling towns their granaries.

In fact, there are also considerations in this regard. If halflings lose their happiness, they will not be able to use their abilities and make the soil fertile.

Dwarves and halflings are all the darlings of the earth in a sense. Since they are all relatives, there is no need to use despicable methods such as slavery.

It's not like dwarves can't make enough money to buy food.

In the past, Attilan did not have such a deep understanding of halflings. It was his two and a half years of practice in the Emerald Dream that gave him a more thorough understanding of himself, nature, and the races he came into contact with.

Only then did he realize that his method of nibbling the halflings by boiling frogs in warm water was actually the right decision, because he brought the halflings more substances that could make them happy from the forest and Greenscale Town.

Only then can the high-yield farmland of the halflings be expanded again. Otherwise, the food production will only increase after the halfling population slowly increases.

Now that Attilan is here, he believes that with his promotion, the three halfling towns will soon turn into one halfling city.

Halflings are definitely still the dominant race in this city, but snake dancers, tauren farmers, centaur herdsmen, murloc sailors, and murloc chefs will also become residents of this city.

Not to mention the dwarf blacksmiths, there are several dwarf blacksmiths opening blacksmith shops in the three towns themselves. When this city is built, the number of dwarf blacksmiths will be even greater.

But the main force is not the dwarves of Hanshan Kingdom, but the wandering dwarves in the east who were forced to scatter to the major human countries in the north due to the expansion of the swamp dragon and the destruction of the country.

In the past two and a half years, he has indeed been practicing wholeheartedly, but in his free time, he is also thinking about the development of the kingdom.

It's a pity that his soul is not strong enough, otherwise he could communicate through the connection between the Dragon Lord and the priest, and the government affairs of the past two and a half years would not be delayed.

Thinking of the dwarves, Attilan immediately asked:

"I asked the old blind man to send people to collect the stray dwarves scattered in all directions. I wonder how he did?"

"It's not bad. Those dwarves are too scattered, and many of them are quite stubborn. They are unwilling to leave the blacksmith shop that guards them. They only recruited a few hundred young dwarves who want to establish a dwarf kingdom."

"Although he was a little reluctant, Silver Ring still gained their recognition and became the leader of these dwarves, including the dwarves who came to him from Hanshan Kingdom."

"Yin Ring now has almost a thousand dwarves under his command, which can basically meet everyone's daily needs for farm tools and weapons. The armor that requires more ore is still left to the Hanshan Kingdom."

"Actually, I think the weapons forged by the dwarves under Silver Ring are still not as good as those in Hanshan Kingdom, but they are still enough for our warriors."

"It just so happens that the tauren, centaurs, and lizardmen are all very powerful, but not of sufficient quality. It would be okay to make the weapons a little bigger."

"Dragon Lord, now we can dispatch more than 20,000 warriors at a time, and it will not affect food production. I wonder when we will attack the black dragon in the east?"

"In this tripartite meeting, the elf rangers want to unite with us to launch a dragon-slaying battle against the black dragon and her relatives who attacked the elf village."

"If you want to ensure that the black dragon will not escape, you can't do it without the presence of the dragon master."

Attilan nodded with satisfaction, the old fishman's compliment was indeed very comforting.

"The black dragon has so many henchmen so quickly that he can launch an attack on the elf village?"

"Actually, we also got some help from the dark elves. The black dragon's men are all stupid and disorderly guys, and they still use weapons made of stone and wood."

"But the Dark Elf sent instructors and also supported the Black Dragon with some iron weapons. I heard that there is a shortage of everything else underground, but there is no shortage of ore, and a large number of weapons can be made."

"The dark elves send weapons to the black dragon in the hope that the black dragon will lead his followers to attack the elven villages from the north, so that the dark elves can open up the defense gap of the ranger troops."

"Attacked the elven villages in the east and got the elven slaves they wanted."

The corner of Attilan's mouth twitched. Sure enough, the dark elves would do anything to harm others and not benefit themselves in order to fight against the elves on the ground.

"So, the elves really need our help?"

The old fishman nodded, took out a piece of bark paper, opened it and handed it to Attilan.

"This is a letter sent by the Elf Ranger General. It records some collusion between the dark elves and the black dragon. Because the dragon master is not here, what we can do to help the elves is actually very limited."

If you want to guard against the black dragon, you can only gather together numerous masters from the Kingdom of Atlantis such as the minotaur Lista, the fishman Fisher, the centaur Chai Feng, the snake-man Opea, and so on.

They can only fight on the ground. If they want to fight against the flying black dragon, they can only kill the black dragon by concentrating their strength, but it is not high.

The black dragon will most likely run away, and they won't be able to stop it.

In the absence of interests, the opinions among these governors, commanders, and internal affairs officers were not unified, so no appropriate decision was ever made.

"Is the food shortage because you did not support the elves, so the elves also reduced the food sold to us?"

The old fish man quickly explained:

"Although we did not take the initiative to help the elves attack the black dragon, we also sent manpower to help them defend against the werewolf tribe in the west, so that they could allocate more manpower to deal with the black dragon and dark elves."

"The werewolf tribe in the west? Are there still established forces in the south of the desert?"

The old fish man nodded and said:

"The land in the south of the great desert is not fertile, but it is not very barren either. To the west of the Water Elf Kingdom are some scattered tribes of werewolves, wild boars, and centaurs."

"Because the life of the centaur tribe is relatively good, very few people responded to the old blind man's recruitment. Rather than working, they prefer to rush into the elves' villages and grab the food they need for half a year or even a year at a time."

Attilan's eyes were a bit evil.

"I don't know how to commend myself. Since some guys don't want to be dependents, let them become slaves. Some of them have joined me relatively early. I'm afraid they have been farming for five years."

"It's time to let them live a better life. It's just right to catch some unruly guys and come back to farm, herd, and fish."

<divclass="contentadv">The old fish man coughed twice.

"In the rainforest to the east, some tribes who are unwilling to surrender to us are now slaves of the kingdom. They are doing the jobs that are difficult and have high mortality rates."

"Don't tell me, kobolds are not good at anything else, but as supervisors, kobolds are indeed much better than tauren and centaurs."

Yes, there are kobolds too!

"How's the situation with the kobolds?"

The old fish man curled his lips.

"Because the dragon master could not be seen for a long time, some kobolds born later became restless and even wanted to join the black dragon. These guys were dealt with by the kobold leader."

"Then he consciously limited the number of kobolds. Now there are less than 10,000 kobolds, but compared to the kobolds they gave birth to randomly before."

"The kobolds born in the last year are obviously taller than the ones before. There is even a little guy who was born with a pair of small wings on his back."

Attilan became more energetic.

"Where is the winged kobold, a rare breed? Let me see, whose species is it?"

"It's the leader of the kobolds. He didn't know when he got involved with a druid in the forest. He drank a lot of potions and rolled on the ground in pain every time."

"But there are gains. Each of his sons has better talents than the last. Compared with those kobolds who can only do work, his sons have the potential to become warriors and warlocks."

"It's quite impressive."

At this time, the whole pig feast that Attilan wanted was finally served. Attilan grabbed a pig leg and swallowed it without even taking two bites. Before, he said that Zhu Bajie was in such a hurry to eat ginseng fruit.

Now he feels it.

He hadn't eaten braised pork leg for two and a half years, and he was really a little anxious.

“Let the kitchen cook some more pigs!”

The old fish man nodded happily.

"Don't worry, Master Dragon. Now Qinglin Town can stably slaughter three hundred pigs weighing more than 200 kilograms a month to supply the entire kingdom, although there is not much meat left in everyone's mouth."

"But you can still taste the smell of meat after all. There is a lot of ready-made pork in the kitchen to ensure that the Dragon Master can eat enough."

To be honest, Attilan didn't even know how much pork he could eat at one time with his open belly.

Attilan was more elegant this time, picking up the pig leg and biting into it slowly.

With a bang, the door of the banquet hall was pushed open. Attilan took a closer look and saw that it was the Leopard Girl who had rushed in hastily.

"Leopard girl, what's so urgent? Have you eaten? Do you want to eat something together?"

"There is no time to explain. Please gather your men quickly and come with me to rescue Vereesa!"

Attilan looked at the Leopard Girl in great surprise, frowned and asked:

"Vereesa? Since when did you know her and still take the initiative to help her?"

Leopard Girl waved her hand impatiently.

"Why do you have so many problems! You haven't shown up for so long and it's so hard to come out. Why is it so difficult for me to ask you to do something? You just say whether you can help or not?"

Attilan shook his head and explained:

"As a friend, if you ask me to help your friend, then I can go there in person, but you ask me to send out an army to help Ranger General Vereesa."

"That will be different!"

Leopard Girl stamped her foot anxiously.

"What's different? Let's go quickly. If you don't go, Vereesa will be killed by the black dragon and the dark elf mage!"

Attilan frowned and said:

"Don't worry, Vereesa has that level 20 Grand Druid grandma, so she will definitely not die."

Leopard Girl's expression became even more anxious.

"It's because her grandma is not here that she needs your help!"

"What did her grandma do?"

Leopard Girl said quickly:

"I heard that I got a treasure and had an opportunity to break through the legendary druid, so I went to a secret realm to retreat to prepare for a breakthrough. That secret realm cannot receive information from the outside."

"I don't know how the dark elves knew that the Archdruid was not here. They seized the opportunity and led troops to raid the important elves' towns in the east. There were thousands of elven elders and children inside."

"Once the city is broken, they will all be killed by the dark elves or taken away as slaves."

Attilan frowned, feeling that there must be something fishy here. If it was so easy to get a piece of treasure that would be helpful for the Archdruid to break through, this old woman had really lived too long and had lost her head.

I hope I won't die in the secret realm.

Attilan always felt that this was a deal between the Mage King of the Water Elf Kingdom and the dark elves, which had the implication of preferring friendship to a friend rather than a domestic slave.

"You and I will go take a look first. As for whether we need to send out an army, it depends on what conditions Vereesa can give."

Attilan opened his palm and placed it in front of the Leopard Girl.

"Come up, I'll fly you directly there."

Leopard Girl said with some uncertainty:

"Although you are a lot bigger than you were two years ago, your palms are not big enough to stand on, right? Are you sure I won't fall mid-flight?"

Attilan rolled his eyes at her.

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to stand in the palm of my hand. I will use a magic shield to protect you inside and ensure that you arrive at the battlefield safely!"

The leopard girl stepped on the palm of her hand, and a round shield like blue dragon scales protected her. She tapped the shield with her hand and found that it was indeed very strong.

Attilan soared into the sky and let out a loud dragon roar when passing by Rainforest Town.

The people working below, whether they were fishmen, tauren, centaurs, lizardmen, or snakemen, all raised their hands and shouted in unison:

"The Dragon Lord is back! The Dragon Lord is back!"

Then they all knelt down and worshiped in the direction where Attilan was leaving.

Arriving at the central town, Attilan repeated the previous operation. The huge dragon body and the suffocating power of the dragon made his subjects kneel down and worship.

Leopard Girl knocked on the shield hard.

"Can you walk in a straight line? If you want to show off your power, when can you not do that?"

Attilan had a smile on his lips.

"I walk in a straight line."

"I'm talking about flying directly towards the elf city where the battlefield is."

"Don't worry. If the elves couldn't stop it, the city would have been destroyed long ago. How can we wait for you to send reinforcements? If we can stop it, we won't lack this little time."

If he rushes to help, the elves may not take him seriously. If the city is destroyed, it would be a good time for him to step in and turn the tide.

Before even seeing the edge of the city, Attilan felt strong magic fluctuations in the distance.

"The dark elves are bullying the wood elf rangers because their spells are not powerful enough and they plan to use mages to break the city!"

Leopard Girl said anxiously:

"I know you shouldn't hurry up!"

When Attilan arrived, he happened to see a huge ball of magic energy hitting the city wall, directly exploding a huge gap. The murlocs and lizardmen under the black dragon filed in under the leadership of the dark elf warriors.

Even the black dragon is also hovering in the sky, always ready to rush into the city and kill.

Attilan immediately announced his arrival with a dragon roar that resounded throughout the world.

He didn't expect that with just a dragon roar, the black dragon would turn around and run away.

"What's going on with this black dragon?"