Chapter 334 Extra Chapter: Ahmuqi
After being chased out of the tent by Chang Tianchen with a look of disgust, Su Weihua's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant.

He stood sulking in the open space outside the tent for a while, and just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly realized that he still had documents under his arm. Only then did he remember that he had come to see Chang Tianchen for something important.

I'm so angry I'm going crazy!

After calming herself down, Su Weihua turned around and lifted the curtain of the large tent, walking inside with a somber expression.

This time, the two did not argue again because Chang Tianchen was injured. Although the injury was not fatal, the military doctor instructed him not to make any strenuous movements for three days, and to sleep on his stomach. If he developed a high fever, it was necessary to pay close attention and call a military doctor for treatment immediately.

Chang Tianchen felt that this was just a minor injury, but he was still afraid that Su Weihua, who was in charge of the paperwork, might secretly complain about him in her letters to Ling Chengen. So he restrained himself and planned to rest and recover for three days.

Su Weihua was fully responsible for the post-war cleanup and coordination work.

Su Weihua had no objection to this. It wasn't his first time working under Chang Tianchen. He was very skilled at handling all kinds of follow-up matters and didn't need Chang Tianchen to draw up any rules or give any instructions.

……

The Battle of Swamp Creek shattered the peace of the East District.

Ling Chengen did receive news of Chang Tianchen's injury from Su Weihua's letter. As usual, he sent Chang Tianchen a batch of medicine and tonics, and wrote a letter to him, hoping that he could be more prudent and make good use of his soldiers, instead of rushing to the front of the battlefield as soon as the war started.

Although he fought fiercely, the army needed a clear-headed general, not a reckless brute who charged blindly.

After receiving Ling Chengen's letter, Chang Tianchen stormed over to Su Weihua, slammed the letter on his desk, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Didn't we agree not to tell her about my injury? How can you be so untrustworthy?"

Su Weihua sat calmly in his seat, put down his charcoal pencil, and replied unhurriedly, "Who told you that? Your health is of utmost importance, and your injuries are not minor. They are related to the overall combat strategy of the army. Reporting the truth to the City of Ten Thousand Beasts is what I should do."

"Traitor!" Chang Tianchen said bitterly, "You only feel at ease when she writes a letter to scold me, right?"

Su Weihua raised an eyebrow and said, "My wife is a kind person; she doesn't usually swear."

The implication is that unless you deserve to be scolded!

Su Weihua reached for the letter on the table, but Chang Tianchen was quick-witted and snatched it back, stuffing it into his pocket and saying, "What the hell are you going to read the letter she wrote to me?!"

Su Weihua: "Didn't you throw it in front of me? I thought you insisted on making me see it..."

Chang Tianchen sneered and pointed at him: "You brat, I'll remember you!"

We'll see!

After watching Chang Tianchen leave in a huff, Su Weihua rested her chin on her hand and twirled the charcoal pencil in her hand. Then she opened the drawer in front of her, took out a letter, and ran her fingertips along the crimson floral stamp on the edge of the envelope, a slight smile playing on her lips.

……

Considering that Chang Tianchen's personality definitely needed further refinement, after the Battle of Zhaoxi, Ling Chengen ordered Chang Tianchen's army to remain in the garrison, while Lin Ying and Bai Ba led their respective teams into the eastern region, splitting into two groups to continue expansion.

The primary objective is to reclaim all the territory north of the Huiye River occupied by Ujah and Daxing.

They then replicated the unification strategy of the central region, negotiating with the surrounding tribes before engaging in warfare.

They're already very familiar with the tactic of "courtesy first, then force."

However, the progress of unification in the eastern region slowed down in the middle stage, mainly due to the terrain of the eastern region.

Most tribes living in the plains surrendered without a fight because the plains lacked natural defensive advantages. So even if some tribes were unwilling to submit, it was difficult for them to resist the tens of thousands of troops of the City of Ten Thousand Beasts.

However, the southeastern region is characterized by numerous mountains and peaks, as well as many canyons and rivers. Coupled with the language barrier, negotiations were generally unsuccessful from the outset. The only recourse was to discuss martial virtue with the stubbornly resisting tribes.

Ling Chengen no longer participates much in frontline combat guidance; her focus is now entirely on resolving local livelihood issues in the newly incorporated territories.

Conquering territory is easy, but managing it is extremely difficult.

Work at the grassroots level is especially difficult.

Ling Chengen doesn't do grassroots work, but she has to deal with a lot of problems collected and summarized from the grassroots every day. They are all kinds of problems, which give her a headache. The key is that these problems cannot be left unresolved, otherwise they will only cause greater conflicts and even lead to a small number of orc riots.

This has happened several times.

The most typical examples are the indigenous uprisings in Ahmuch and Helsingborg.

Ahmuqi is located in the southeastern part of the northern wilderness. It is a basin with a very complex topography and climate. Although it is geographically located in the south and has a relatively humid climate, which is very suitable for plant growth, the area suffers from severe disasters every year, especially summer droughts and floods, which are showing a trend of getting worse.

The orc population in the territory of Beast City is growing, so more food needs to be grown to ensure that the people in the territory will not suffer from famine in the future.

Therefore, while expanding its territory, the City of Beasts would send its grassroots personnel to the new territories to persuade the local orcs to engage in agriculture and grow food.

Especially in the eastern regions where the climate is more suitable for tree wheat growth.

However, the grassroots personnel sent to the Ahmuqi region were somewhat inflexible and did not conduct a thorough investigation of the local environment. Upon arrival, they began to promote the planting of tree wheat.

Although they didn't understand each other's languages ​​very well, the local orcs saw that the sent officials were busy growing food so that they could fill their stomachs and avoid famine during the cold season, so the local orcs were cooperative at first.

However, a small number of orcs, who were sensitive to plants, warned Ahmuqi that tree wheat was not suitable for cultivation...

But this voice had long been drowned out, so much so that in the summer, first there was severe flooding, followed by extreme drought, and hundreds of thousands of acres of trees and wheat either died from the flooding or from the drought.

Before autumn even arrives, everyone can see the outcome... there will definitely be no harvest at all.

All that hard work in spring and summer, and this is what happened.

In addition, a lot of vegetation was cut down in order to expand the planting area and obtain more land for planting.

This practice has led to severe soil erosion in the area.

In particular, Ahmuqi is surrounded by mountains, and during the rainy season, areas near the mountains are prone to natural disasters such as mudslides.

Moreover, misfortunes never come singly; during the dry season, Ahmuqi also encountered an earthquake with a magnitude exceeding seven...

Many people were killed or injured.

Because roads were blocked after the earthquake, relief supplies could not be delivered in time, and more than a dozen riots of varying sizes broke out in Ahmuqi's area, resulting in considerable casualties among the soldiers who had been suppressing and rescuing the rioters.


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