You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Chapter 365 The Creation of Heaven and Earth!
Tashina said, "If you help me conquer a territory, I can pay you a great reward."

Oakland is far away and in a remote location, so it can offer limited help to Princess Stainless Steel.

If she wants to dominate, she first needs to acquire a piece of land, a territory rich in resources and densely populated, so that Tashina can gain a foothold.

It is impossible to conquer cities and territories with only a few hundred elite units; a large number of infantry units are needed to cooperate in the battle.

And Roman just happened to have that condition.

One side has more resources than it can spend, while the other is desperately short of them. Cooperation is the only way out for both sides.

Roman thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Princess White Steel sent someone to fetch an old map, covered with lines depicting the course of mountains and rivers. Its four corners were curled up from being rolled up for so long, and Tashina used a dagger to fix it to the table.

Roman was tall and imposing, and the princess was also tall and slender; they were a perfect match, as if made in heaven. Standing together at the long table, looking down upon the entire Black Iron Land, they seemed to be selecting a suitable plot of land.

Tashina had already planned her future conquests, and she drew a circle on the map with her fair, hard-skinned fingers.

“I want this,” she said. “Lionhold, the fiefdom of the Earl of Felin.”

Roman was no stranger to Earl Felin, as he was one of the forces behind Apple Town.

After Appletown was plundered by Roman, the lord of House Felin accused him of violating the law in Blackburg and requested the Black Iron King to punish him.

But at that time, the Iron King desperately needed powerful allies and had no choice but to suppress the impeachments.

When the Dark Iron Kingdom and the Papacy went to war, the Felin family immediately chose to raise the banner of rebellion against the court, becoming one of the many lords who rebelled against the Dark Iron Kingdom.

If that's the case, it's not worth Princess White Steel making such a fuss.

However, Lion's Headland is a strategically important location, where multiple roads converge, leading to the Central Valley.

Princess White Steel wants to launch a counterattack on the Black Iron Lands, and Lion Territory is the most suitable stepping stone, without exception, and is a strategically vital location.

Moreover, Lion Territory has a thriving economy, fertile land, and abundant resources. It is famous for its wines, which are second only to those from Rosary Territory in taste.

The Felin family is only slightly weaker than the Black Iron Dukes, but they are still among the top feudal lords on the land.

In Roman's eyes, it was a powerful feudal territory.

From a broader perspective, if Tashina takes over Lion Territory, she can extend her influence to the very edge of the Valley King's reach, allowing the two forces to support each other and act as a protective shield.

"Okay." Roman nodded gently.

Putting aside everything else, Tasina has a very long-term strategic vision.

She added, "Taking it down is secondary; you also need to help me manage it."

Roman said with great interest, "Oh? You not only want to hire my army, but also my officers?"

Tashina replied matter-of-factly, "That's right."

All I want is a talent for internal affairs. Even if I can't win your heart, I have plenty of ways to get things done for me!

Tashina set a condition: "I want you to govern Lion Territory as well as Origin City."

Don't you think I'm being too radical?

"I think you're too conservative. Lord Roman, let me put it this way: you have no respect for nobles, you're undisciplined in your military, you've abolished slavery laws... you've done many things you should never have done. But I don't care about that; I just think you're moving too slowly..."

She said, “There is a proverb in the Conqueror family that says, ‘Heavy is the only thing that is heavy.’ My father also said that everyone has a destined duty and mission. As for me, my duty comes from the late king, because I often feel that the late king has been resurrected in my body. I am Ionus himself. My duty is to conquer everything. I was born with this responsibility. I don’t care about anything else.”

She was dressed in white military uniform, like a dazzling white flower. Her beautiful face was radiant and bright. She placed her right hand on her chest, her eyes radiating an air of unwavering confidence. Roman narrowed his eyes, re-examining Tashina, who met his gaze without flinching.
Roman laughed: "Then this price is not cheap."

As is well known, he utterly despised feudal aristocrats.

But now, he actually likes this princess a little and wants to pin her down on the table and have sex with her.

Let me check if your academic credentials are genuine!
How is your brain structured? This is such an advancement!

What he detested most was the backward system of the Middle Ages, where feudalism and slavery coexisted. Ionus was a great king of his time, but he was also limited by the limitations of his era; his Iron Laws also decreed that slaves must obey their masters.

A society where slavery exists is necessarily a backward society, because it dictates that anyone can be a slave, and Tasina could be a slave too.

The conflicts on the Black Iron Land are now more acute than ever before, and are on the verge of exploding.

An unprecedented war among kings nearly destroyed the entire Tianma Plain.

Roman, though confined to a corner of the country, still lost two or three thousand lives.

What was the outcome of this war?
But Roman could be certain that without him in the Middle Ages…

So!

Nothing will change!!
Countless slaves, peasants, soldiers, and nobles died, and in some places, nine out of ten houses were empty, and in some places, half the population was lost.

But in the end, nothing will change!

The dead are the only means to alleviate the conflict between land and population.

The peasants and slaves below are replaced by a new batch, and the nobles and royalty above are replaced by a new batch, but in the end, the old backward system is still used to rule, until the contradictions accumulate to the point of the next outbreak.

In Roman's understanding, this process is called a change of dynasty, or repeating the same mistakes.

What Iotashina was going to do could be described as a complete transformation—the original house was old, so she was going to rebuild a house just like the one in the past.

What Roman wants to do is to create something new—what kind of dilapidated house is this, leaking from all sides? I'll kick it down, kill everyone in the house, and build a wonder of civilization on their corpses!
This behavior is too ahead of its time, too outrageous.

In Roman's eyes, everyone in the world was a damned reactionary!

In this situation, how could Tasina possibly want to improve?
I was moved to tears!!
Tashina was puzzled, probably because she saw a notification pop up above Roman's head that indicated a +30 favorability rating—she had the insight to see into people's hearts, so she could tell. She couldn't help but wonder why Roman was moved by her.

She simply felt that totalitarianism was extremely efficient, but the cost of ruling was also extremely high, making it difficult to replicate.

Therefore, she hired a professional team to help her with this kind of work.

This is fine!

The valley had a total population of over 200,000, but Roman managed to amassed over 10,000 soldiers, which rounded up to a military-to-civilian ratio of ten to one. As a result, various labor services, construction, and land reclamation were not delayed.

Family members, she was so envious of the mobilization efforts that her eyes welled up with tears.

The population of Lion Territory is estimated to be two or three hundred thousand. She can't even imagine how awesome it would be to have an army of ten thousand men under her command!
Without even a moment's mourning for the collapse of the Conqueror Order, what rushed to the battlefield was—an even more powerful Conqueror Order!
Ionus' ultimate goal in establishing order was to unify the power of the entire human race and resist the Dark Ages.

The former king has passed away, and the end of the Iron Age has come to an end. She is a descendant of the conquerors, and at this moment she must stand up without hesitation and follow the path of Ionus once again.

This is her destiny, her innate responsibility.

As long as she achieves this goal, she doesn't care about the process at all!

(End of this chapter)