Tauren Overlord

But to be fair, Lu Heng's camp is obviously mainly composed of the living, which is really not very compatible with this kind of undead magic.

If the Death Cloud is really used, it will be very easy to accidentally injure one's own people, which makes it difficult to promote in the military, and the damage handed to the enemy is also difficult to estimate.

Relatively speaking, the new "Cloud of Life" is much more useful.

Although Lu Heng’s troops already have multiple recovery abilities, the true power of magic is not limited to combat, it can also be used to support agricultural development!

If the cloud of death can bring withering to life, then wouldn’t a magic that can accelerate the growth of life be an accelerator for agricultural development?

Although the North is vast and rich in resources, the land is not fertile.

If agricultural output is too low, a large amount of manpower will inevitably be invested as agricultural population, thus dragging down the industrialization of the entire camp.

After all, everyone is busy farming, so who will be a soldier and who will go to the city to be a worker or businessman?

Since reducing the necessary agricultural population is the prerequisite for industrialization, the importance of improving agricultural efficiency is self-evident.

If there were some magical power that could increase agricultural production, it would undoubtedly allow the agricultural development of the North to fly higher and go further!

Only in this way can the wasteland that Lu Heng reclaimed as Earl William better support his war with the empire instead of becoming a burden.

Lu Heng secretly activated the question-and-answer art again, and got to know the magical effects of the Cloud of Life better, and discovered more surprises.

My goodness, this kind of magic does not directly inject the power of life into living organisms, but stimulates the vitality of the living organisms themselves.

Similarly, when wheat is surrounded by the cloud of life, its roots will increase, its stems and leaves will become more developed, and it will be able to absorb various nutrients from nature more quickly.

These fully upgraded plants not only avoid the waste and loss of nutrients, but also absorb nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from the soil below two meters in the ground.

The metabolism of the entire plant will also be significantly accelerated. The Taimenia rye, which originally harvested six times a year, may now harvest twelve times a year.

Higher yields mean that Lu Heng doesn't have to grow the most filling but nutritious crops.

He could also plant more Taimenia psychic potatoes, which are also a plant that does not require high soil fertility but has a certain amount of psychic energy;

For example, Tamernia white wheat. Putting aside the yield, this plant is much better than Tamernia rye, both in taste and nutrition.

As spellcasters in Lu Heng's camp become more and more popular, they also need to eat more psychic-rich food.

At the same time, plants with stronger vitality will become more cold-resistant than normal, which also increases yields to a certain extent.

Once this magic is put into agricultural production, farmers in the North will be able to get greater output with less input.

Once the most basic food problem is solved, animal husbandry will also develop.

After all, animals’ lives are also lives. Naturally, they can grow faster and taller under the magical blessing of the Cloud of Life, thus providing more meat and fur for people.

With abundant meat, people's physique will be enhanced and more people will be attracted to settle down. At that time, Lu Heng can select the best ones for admission.

The output is sufficient and can also be exchanged with external forces.

The current international environment is that although the Holy Fortune Empire has not yet officially declared war on the Sea Alliance, a trade embargo between them has begun.

If the Sea Alliance wants to obtain high-quality products, it may really need to take a closer look at what Lu Heng in the north can produce.

All in all, although Elsa is still the undead priest of the Sea Alliance in name, given her current state, she is obviously not worthy of the title.

In addition to the Cloud of Death, she also lost several types of undead magic that she could have used.

For example, she could have used the corpses of her enemies to create a bone turret, thereby establishing a defensive position with powerful firepower;

For example, she could have built a Cursed Corpse Tower to reduce the efficiency of the enemies within the target range...

And most importantly, although the existing undead servants still have a mental connection with her, she has lost the ability to create undead servants again.

Fortunately, the money that kept flowing into her account diluted the sadness in her heart.

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Author's words: Thanks to [盖了帽了] for the coins and tickets for urging updates ww

224. House viewing and city defense planning

When a woman has money, she always thinks about buying a lot of things.

But these things have to be put somewhere, so Lu Heng took the opportunity to promote them to Elsa:

"How about you look at the room?"

According to Lu Heng's policy, as long as soldiers or new immigrants apply and it is approved, they will basically be allocated their own accommodation.

But apart from distributing money everywhere through the Minotaur Bank, he also has to make some income to maintain the economic balance, right?

So, in his capacity as Earl William, he asked his subordinates to classify all kinds of abandoned houses in the city of New Timinia.

Houses that are habitable but have problems with size, environment, etc. will be classified into one category and allocated according to the needs of the residents.

This way people can have the most basic security without having to empty their six wallets just for a place to stay.

As for those large villas with large areas, excellent environments, and often with back gardens, Lu Heng bought and sold them.

The selling price is not too expensive.

For Elsa, who had just made a significant contribution, there were several large villas with an indoor area of ​​800 square meters in the city for her to choose from.

Elsa was indeed attracted to such a house, but she also felt deeply conflicted.

Wait a minute, I’m the Undead Priest of the Sea Alliance, why should I buy a house outside the alliance?

Do you plan to settle here, or will you return to Volachia in the Sea Alliance after this mission is over?

In my current physical condition, can I go back?

If I can't go back, would buying a large, comfortable house in a neutral country be a form of protection?

So am I a warrior of the Sea Alliance, or a new immigrant in this city?

It’s bad. If this continues, I, Guigui, will really go into schizophrenia!

Elsa really wanted to talk to her ghost companions about this thorny issue.

But on second thought, it's daytime now, and those fierce ghosts must be sleeping.

Especially Lilia, the vampire loli, she hates being disturbed when she is sleeping.

She was helpless, and finally, under Lu Heng's suggestion, she tried to relieve her depression by looking at houses...

After all, the real estate market in New Taminia City is ridiculously low, giving people the feeling that if you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again.

The reason why Lu Heng set such a low price and even gave away cheap houses for free was of course to attract more immigrants and soldiers.

However, this city in ruins does have a reason for low housing prices - at least a large section of the city wall is still collapsed.

It was because the previous lord of the city failed to defend it that it was Lu Heng's turn to manage the city.

Although Lu Heng will definitely strengthen the city’s defense in the coming period of time, future expectations are not reality after all.

In the eyes of ordinary immigrants, anyone who settles here does have to risk their life.

This is the vast and sparsely populated northern continent. The tough guys from the Progressive Education Association are only a small part of the Wasteland War Gang.

Most of the warbands are not humans at all, but other species such as orcs, goblins, dogmen, and donkeymen.

However, this group of robbers were already considered highly civilized residents of the Northern Territory.

There are beast tides here every year, especially when winter comes, when a large number of giant beasts will follow the snow line and invade southward continuously.

The beasts would not accept surrender, which resulted in the fact that although the New City Republic was the largest force in the northern continent, the actual rate of land development was very low.

Because once a beast tide attacks, they have to hide behind the city walls and survive before trying to develop.

But the problem is that sometimes they can't even survive.

Aside from savage warbands and unruly beasts, roaming groups of treemen are the most formidable threat.

They have both technology and the ability to work together, their individual combat power is strong, and their numbers are large, but they are more difficult to accept peace talks than war gangs.

The New City Republic also lacks sufficient military strength to wipe out the Ents.

This highly decentralized country is more like some kind of loose business alliance.

They were originally founded by a group of merchants who followed the Lord of All Suffering, and at the beginning they were just a subsidiary force of Lunayuan State and the Lord of Suffering Church.

The immigrants on the land were basically recruited by the Church of the Sufferers, and they had to build the city walls by themselves. If something happened, they would hide inside the city walls and be beaten.

If you can survive, then survive. If you can't survive and die, you can recruit someone else.

There are basically only two reasons why this vast and sparsely populated country has survived to this day:

First, conquering this country across a vast and cold land would inevitably result in huge military losses.

Even if the invaders achieve military victory, the military expenditure they spend on manpower may very likely be greater than the wealth they plunder.

Relatively speaking, the Lunain State suffered from being too wealthy and was severely beaten by the empire.

Second, although the land in the New City Republic is difficult to develop, its strategic location is very important.

For the Sea Alliance, if the empire of the Western Continent wants to launch a full-scale attack, it will have to transport a large number of troops across the sea, and the journey may take a day.

Once the Sea Alliance's air force locates the Empire's main attack direction, this landing force will basically be doomed.

But the East Continent is only separated from the North Continent by a shallow strait.

The nearest places can be reached in one hour even by fishing boat.

Once the Empire has captured the New City Republic, it can encircle the Sea Alliance from the north.

Considering that the Empire has already made significant progress in the south and has deployed tens of thousands of troops in the New Luna City, if the North is surrounded again, it would be a complete encirclement.

Therefore, the Sea Alliance has guaranteed the independence of the New City Republic. If the New City Republic is attacked, the Sea Alliance will send troops to provide assistance.

In order to completely resolve the threat from the north, the Sea Alliance has repeatedly invited the New City Republic to join the Sea Alliance.

But the people of the New City Republic prefer to play it both ways and have never accepted the proposal of the Sea Alliance.

The Empire also did not want to lose the opportunity to encircle the Sea Alliance from the north, and they also guaranteed the independence of the New City Republic.

Therefore, the weak New City Republic has been surviving under the protection of the two superpowers.

As the Duke of the Northern Territory, Lu Heng basically doesn't have to expect the "central government" to send any decent reinforcements.

If you really encounter a tough battle, you have to bear it yourself.

Fortunately, Lu Heng's troop strength has improved by leaps and bounds with the help of magic props.

Even though there is still a huge gap in numbers between them and the Empire or the Sea Alliance, it is no longer a problem to deal with small war gangs.

So what we need to do next is the same as the "Blind Man's Battle" series that Lu Heng played in his hometown:

If you cannot destroy the enemy for the time being, then transform your military advantage into an economic advantage as quickly as possible;

After the economy is developed, all economic achievements will be converted into military strength, thus forming a snowball-like positive cycle.

In the specific environment of the North, the typical way to convert military advantage into economic advantage is to expand the city of New Taimenia.

Lu Heng didn't just want to change the name of Weibei City, he really wanted to give this city a new life.

The city surrounded by the original city wall was too small, so Lu Heng planned to regard it as the inner city.

The land outside the city walls must also be developed as soon as possible so that the economic hinterland can be continuously expanded.

This emerging economic circle certainly needs defense, but Lu Heng does not intend to focus the defense on the city walls.

He wanted to deploy firepower points in different dangerous areas and use the strong firepower of his own troops to establish defensive depth.

If you really need to build fortifications, trenches are better than city walls.

This is not only because the cost of building a city wall is higher than digging a trench, but Lu Heng also values ​​the flexibility of the trench in combat.

Whether defending or counterattacking, Lu Heng can flexibly adjust the position and depth of the trenches according to the specific movements of the enemy.

It is different with city walls; once built, it is difficult to make major adjustments.

Moreover, fixed city walls would hinder their own mobility, making it difficult for various units to reinforce them.

At least in terms of material conditions, Lu Heng could not encourage them to "remain as still as a mountain when friendly forces are in trouble."

Of course, none of the above are the most decisive factors.

What really made Lu Heng make up his mind was that a large section of the original Weibei City wall had collapsed under the enemy's attack.

Since the enemy has already mastered the method of defeating the city wall, even if the old city wall is repaired, how can it prevent the next attack?