Durin's Diary

Chapter 1030 Boarding the Ship

The location given by Luo Houtu was at the border between the Northern Kingdom and the Sidney alliance, in the north. After Dulin flew into the sky, he checked the map and the actual location with his naked eye and finally found that this location was quite close to Duke Alkin's territory.

If that’s the case, then it’s easy to say.

When Durin arrived at the Dukedom of Altyn, he got out of bed, opened a door, and pulled Tanya back from her stroll.

The girl was very surprised when she heard that the refuge Dulin was looking for was supposed to be right under the feet of her territory: "Is there such a thing? How are we going to find this refuge?"

"Let's search with great fanfare." Dulin said, dragging Eleven over as well—with him there, if the shelter's AI could still speak human language, the two sides might be able to catch up. If they didn't have to fight, that would be a good thing.

Upon hearing Dulin's idea, Eleven strongly agreed: "Leave it to me then. Besides, I think a large-scale search is also a good idea. Maybe there are people from the refuge in the Alkin Territory."

Since this shelter can 'produce' humans, there might be such beings in the neighboring Alkin territory. Making a big fuss about searching for them would indeed put pressure on them, but it would be even better if they recognized Eleven and were willing to take the initiative to chat.

It's better than hiring thousands of people to dig up the whole area.

However, we should hire as many people as possible, and find some to dig holes in suspicious places. This will also give the other side a heads-up—I know you're here, but I don't know exactly where you are right now.

It sounds convoluted, but Dulin believes the AI ​​should understand what he's trying to say—what? In short, you can escape the monk, but you can't escape the temple.

Alkin territory now treats Dulin as their own young master. Although the old duke went out to play mahjong, the family butler took Dulin's money and quickly began to gather people. At the same time, he asked the young men under him to inquire about any nearby ruins or relics of the Old Era.

Dulin, feeling perfectly fine, started discussing the differences between Changtang and Aljin Territory with Tanya.

Tanya said that if it weren't for the fact that this was her ancestors' property that she couldn't abandon, she would also like Dulin to live in Changtang. However, she had a better idea than Yara's. Yara was in the Great Woodland, fighting green-skinned orcs every day. Tanya felt that her plan had a kind of patriotic knightly virtue.

Alkin territory only needs to employ an official who graduated from Poole to manage it. She had long been prepared to live in Changtang and make plans after her child with Dulin was born—if it was a boy, she would let him come back to have children and continue the family line; if it was a girl, she would let her come back to choose carefully.

In short, the Altin family must continue, but Tanya is also somewhat pessimistic about the future of the Western Lands—she doesn't like politics, has no goodwill towards the Kriegren family in Paris, and as long as the army is still there in Dulin, her Altin territory has nothing to fear.

After discussing it with his daughters, Dulin also felt that selling all the land was not a good idea. Instead, he would gather a group of clans from the Eastern Territory to move east and merge the Eastern Territory with Dulin's territory. Dulin would give up the position of king but receive the land payment from the Circle of Truth.

After the Eastern Territory becomes stronger, it can not only serve as a backing for the Great Woodlands, but also keep ambitious individuals from getting their heads in check when they cause trouble, so they don't seek their own demise at the drop of a hat.

Dulin will talk to Poole and find him a suitable position in the Circle of Truth.

As for how he would become stronger, Dulin thought it would be enough to just enlighten his elder brother—what kind of talent could compare to the effort and sweat brought about by Dulin's finger? The next day, the farmers who had come to do odd jobs because of the off-season in the fields received a personal audience with Dulin. Hearing that he was there to dig up some artifacts from the Old Era for their beloved Lord Dulin, the son-in-law of their lord, the farmers said they had no problem with it.

The farmers' enthusiasm was greatly boosted, especially after receiving their wages in advance from Dulin.

At first, they thought it was just the lord wanting to clear land, then they found out that it was young master Dulin who was recruiting them, and then they found out that young master Dulin was paying them real money.

"The farmers' enthusiasm has really been fully mobilized. Money really does move people's hearts." Tanya couldn't help but sigh as she watched the farmers, led by the young men in the fields, head to their assigned positions and begin their work with high morale after being divided into teams.

“Money can certainly be tempting under normal circumstances, but sometimes it’s different,” Dulin said.

“I understand, like the story you told about the worker grandfather coming.” Tanya had heard Dulin talk about history, and she nodded in understanding: “Although I found it very unbelievable at first, when I thought about how capitalists are essentially a group of nobles who don’t have to be responsible to their subjects, I understood why the common people were so eager for them to die.”

"Of course, no matter who you are, if you can treat your people well and make them compare themselves to others, and truly understand that they are living a better life than others, then you will gain their understanding and support. If you don't treat people as human beings, then people won't treat you as one of their own. Although in history, such mutual understanding is really rare."

As Dulin spoke, he exclaimed, "I can't even imagine how long it will be before those atrocities of history happen on this land in the West where capitalism is already beginning to sprout."

"You'll take care of it, right? After all, you made a grand promise."

“But I can’t personally hang every bad person. I will only help those who are willing to save themselves, so that they are not harmed by supernatural and extraordinary forces. After all, if people don’t learn how to save themselves, they can’t learn how to save others.” As Du Lin said this, he saw a lot of children. They should all be the farmer’s family members. They were now at the excavation site with baskets on their backs, collecting the branches that had fallen from the felled trees from time to time.

"Are you preparing firewood for the winter?" Du Lin asked the young man in charge of the site, who quickly nodded.

He may have misunderstood Dulin's meaning: "Isn't it wrong to do this?"

“No, I think just picking up a few branches might not be enough. Tell them that all the wood cut down in this job will be distributed as evenly as possible to each family. Get some axes for the older boys and let them chop the wood themselves. Tell them there will be no lunch, but those who work will be paid. After you finish chopping, calculate the number of families in this work area and let the children divide it equally,” Dulin instructed with a smile.

Dulin sent the boys to cut down the logs because he wanted to see which kids were strong; such young men were excellent recruits.

When children divide the firewood, they will restrain each other and try to be as fair as possible, making it impossible for some piles to have too much firewood and then belong to themselves.

These are all just petty tricks to manipulate people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)