Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 172 The moment of war
The royal castle that originally belonged to the owner of the dragon group and represented the highest power in the Golden Land now welcomed its guardian. The bronze dragon Alina sat high on one of the eight castles, shouldering the heaviest responsibility and pressure in history.

There were eight thrones standing tall in the empty hall of the royal castle, while the other seven were empty, and there was no sign of the king on the throne in the center.

Nearly half a year has passed since most of the dragon lords in the dragon group fell into slumber. The bronze dragon Alina has also begun to get used to coming to this palace on time every day and living a life of hard work.

Bronze Dragon Alina, as the governor who replaced the Red Dragon monarch and was in charge of all government affairs in the Golden Land, also took over Kalon's responsibilities and handled many important matters sent to her here every day according to the procedures.

Originally, the bronze dragon Alina wanted to choose another place as the temporary governor's residence, but was given the power to guard the royal castle by Kalon.

Charon is never afraid to share his power with other dragon lords. This is one of the reasons why Bronze Dragon Alina and Copper Dragon Alfred were able to quickly integrate into the dragon group, because this is the spirit of a king.

But Alina's initial pride has now turned into numbness.

"Hey, as a red dragon, how can Kalon endure the loneliness and restlessness in his blood, staying in this cage every day, dealing with these things that make the dragon head feel painful day after day?"

Bronze Dragon Alina turned her head and looked at Chariz, the head maid beside her and now her right-hand man in handling government affairs, and asked curiously.

"The master's heart is as deep as the ocean, and his will is as hard as steel. How can I guess what the master is thinking, Lady Alina?"

Charlize bowed slightly and answered respectfully.

Bronze dragon Alina curled her lips. She was so tired of hearing this clever maid's bragging about the red dragon that her ears were callused. She took the document that needed to be processed from Chariz and read it carefully.

This is a rough population statistics of the territory. According to Karon's advice before he fell into sleep, the bronze dragon Alina needs to deploy and divert the population around three large cities to establish a smooth and connected town network.

Although the floating population in the Golden Land is huge now, the permanent population is around 50,000. The King's Capital ranks first with a permanent population of 150,000 because it has accommodated the original relatives and many immigrants.

During the development of Gulfstream City in recent years, due to its remote location, the total population has only reached about 30,000.

But the largest number of people are those who live outside these cities and cultivate forests and fertile fields. These residents spontaneously gather into villages, and according to rough statistics, there are nearly 300,000 people.

Thanks to the conquest of the Green Forest plane, a large number of elves were added, providing a large amount of labor for the development of the territory.

Moreover, the combination of elves and humans or other races is not as difficult as the combination of elves and humans. Although the fertility rate is not as high as that of pure human combination, it is still much higher than the fertility rate of the original elf race. In the past two years, a large number of elf hybrids have been born.

"Let's plan it based on a scale of 50,000 people per city, 3,000 people per town, and 500 people per village. Let the officials and scholars determine the route and town planning as quickly as possible, and then submit it to me for review."

Bronze Dragon Alina threw the document in her hand to the maid Charizard, asked the maid to mark it according to her opinion, and then took out another document to read.

"This machine that can convert so-called thermal energy into kinetic energy and potential energy looks really good. It can actually use most things as output power. However, only those dwarf craftsmen who are good at making it can make it now."

Bronze Dragon Alina looked at the document and couldn't help but sigh, "If this thing can really be manufactured and used on a large scale, I'm afraid that the idea proposed by Caron will not be far from being realized."

"But these officials are a bit stubborn," Bronze Dragon Alina threw the document to the maid Chariz who had just stopped writing, and said dissatisfiedly: "Let them advance on both routes simultaneously, but it doesn't mean they are incompatible. If the forging technology is not enough, we can use magic rune technology to make up for it."

"Tell those officials to recruit dwarven craftsmen, magic scholars, and related alchemists, and set up a new research department under the original alchemy workshop to specialize in researching and improving the production of this steam-powered engine."

After the Dragon Territory opened up trade routes to many kingdoms in the northern continent and the Orc Empire, the Dragon Territory has begun to form a huge trade network through the efforts of establishing merchant groups.

Especially ore processing, after the successful production of this steam engine, will bring huge wealth to the Dragon Territory. It can also be used in the mining and construction industry. Most of the cities built in the Dragon Territory are made from forests, partly because the wood resources in the territory are rich enough.

On the other hand, if quarrying is used to build cities and houses, it will bring huge pressure on human resources, which is not worth the cost, because the development of other aspects of the dragon territory requires more manpower.

Maid Charizard silently raised her aching wrist and continued marking the document.

"Hey, the application for forming the Elf Archer Corps, the Kobolds, and the Goblin Rifle Corps should be submitted to the military department and finally reviewed by the blue dragon Akzi."

Bronze Dragon Alina said in surprise.

"This is in accordance with the original process. All legion expansion and construction needs to be reviewed and confirmed by the military, and then reviewed and approved by the master," said the head maid Charizard silently.

"Oh, then approve it. After all, those elves who are good at archery also have many brave warriors. The establishment of the musketeer group will also help to diversify the legion's battle plan."

Before the bronze dragon Alina could finish her words, she saw the figure of the young blue dragon Akzi appear outside the gate of the royal castle and walk up to her with heavy steps.

"Our test is here, Alina," the adolescent blue dragon Akzi is now slowly growing in size, and with the support of the territory, the blue dragon seems to have begun to grow to some extent.

A faint lightning mark was born between his horns, transforming into a spiraling pattern, making the blue dragon's seemingly discordant huge horn look like a work of art.

"What happened, Akzi?" The bronze dragon Alina jumped down from the black stone throne, which was a sign of respect for her equally hard-working companion.

"The Dragon Caravan's base in the Orc Kingdom was wiped out, but the remaining human caravans loyal to the dragons still sent back the news."

The blue dragon Akzi nodded to his companions. The two ox-horse dragons worked harder than the copper dragon Alfred and the law enforcer Naxon.

"The Orc Kingdom has determined that most of the dragon lords of the dragon group have fallen asleep. They think the opportunity has come, so they have formed an alliance with the Shahua fishmen in the deep sea, and want to set foot on the golden land and turn it into their kingdom."

Blue dragon Akzi bared his white fangs and sneered, "The orc tribes on the grassland have moved away from the dragon territory in the past few years, but recently the kobold guards stationed at the grassland lookout sent news that the orc tribes are also beginning to stir."

"Although the strength of the Orc Kingdom's troops has not yet been determined, judging from the ships docked like a mountain on the coast, the number is at least 50,000. The scouts of the merchant group are already trying their best to investigate."

Bronze dragon Alina did not show any panic on her face. She said calmly, "It just so happens that the dragon territory just lacks a war to establish a nation to unite these scattered races and make them truly identify with their own country."

"Although I have some experience in governing a territory, I don't know much about war. I have to rely on you, Akizi!"

The blue dragon Akzi shrugged, his two broad wings fluttering like the sails of a floating ship. He smiled and said, "I am good at fighting, not war, but Kalon said that we are rulers and do not need to be perfect. We just need to learn how to employ those talents."

"So I'm here to discuss with you that we need to hold a military meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter."

"Then let's hold a military meeting and see how the talents working for us demonstrate their abilities!" Bronze Dragon Alina also laughed, and the originally solemn atmosphere became a little more relaxed at this moment.

"Are you afraid, Akzi? In a war of this level, even a giant dragon would be in danger of falling," the bronze dragon Alina suddenly asked softly.

“I’m afraid, of course I’m afraid, but I’m not afraid of death. I’m afraid of not being able to protect the dragon group, just like before,” the blue dragon Akzi said word by word, “But this time, I will never give in!”

(End of this chapter)