Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1488: Black Gorge

After returning to Agares, Alan did not rush to Demoic Ring City. He was still a long way from the date of Sbernak's invitation, so there was no need to rush to meet the two Autarchs. On the contrary, he needed to spend some time dealing with some matters in his territory, He left Melani to handle territory affairs. Melani's ability was not bad, but Agares was not the planet of Earth and Paradise. On this planet that respected military power, Melani, a civil servant, was obviously not respected enough. Even if Alan placed Twilight next to him, it would not be enough to support him. The people in the territory only knew about Dark King Alan. As for Melani, he was barely an agent. If it was only the affairs of Mokedan and the Wilderness, Melani would still be able to handle it. However, since Spenak had given him two provinces, Melani's influence would not be enough.

After returning from Mo Suo Xing, Lamo returned to Demoic Ring City, while Alan went to Mokedan. As for the Barbarian fleet and the Nelm army that followed him, it would take them a day or two to arrive. After all, the speed of the starship was not comparable to his private seating ship.

Currently, Alan's army was quite large. Spenak gave him 100,000 soldiers. On Mo Suo, he had recruited 10,000 people from Nelm. In addition, he had surrendered from the previous war. Ignoring Allen's own Burning Legion, the army of alien soldiers alone numbered 130,000. Fortunately, Spenak had set aside two provinces. Otherwise, with Allen's previous territory income, it would have been difficult to maintain the funding for this army.

It was still daytime when he left Mo Suo, but it was already late at night when he arrived at Mo Kedan in Agares. After getting off the ship, Alan saw Melanie at a glance. Twilight was standing beside him, and Melanie's complexion was pretty good. There were other people beside him. Apart from the familiar faces in Mockdane, Alan also saw a few unfamiliar faces. When he got off the ship, the few of them even passed Melanie and bowed half-kneeling in fear to Alan, shouting, "Greetings, Your Highness Alan." Alan narrowed his eyes and roughly guessed their identities. He wasn't in a hurry to get them up. Instead, he nodded to Melanie and said, "I'm not here for this period of time. Is there anything wrong with me?"

Just as Melanie was about to bow down, Alan stopped him and said, "Let's get down to business."

Melanie smiled faintly. Alan made those people kneel, but he didn't bow. He was obviously trying to show them to someone who wanted to see him. At the same time, he hinted at his position beside him, so as to pave the way for his own convenience in the future. He said loudly, "Of course, business is important, but Your Highness, it is not appropriate to let these adults continue to kneel. Can you let them get up first?"

Only then did Alan wave his hand, and the faces of the students rose. Their expressions when they looked at Melanie were slightly different. Alan turned to look at them and said, "I know you're from the other two provinces, and I know how uneasy you are at the moment. But as you can see, I have more important matters to discuss with Melanie. You guys go back and rest first. I'll give you time to meet tomorrow, and we'll talk about it later."

With that, Smoker gestured for a group of guards to send these important figures from the other provinces back to their residences.

A land vehicle arrived in front of Allen and he got into the carriage. Along with Melanie, Laura and Twilight. As Lu Xing drove towards the City Lord's Mansion, streetlights along the way constantly interweaved in the carriages, producing patches of alternating light and darkness. In the car, Melanie briefed Alan on the changes in the territory over the past month.

Now that the wasteland had been unified by Alan, it was no longer as chaotic as it used to be. Melanie organized a consortium that included grain purchasers, equipment dealers, mineral agents, and so on. The guild leader was stationed in the wasteland. They would plan the wasteland's business market to rectify the disorderly business environment of the wasteland. Apart from that, Melanie has also deployed a number of tax officials, road toll collectors, customs officers and so on, in order to establish a sound and long-term development of the business network.

As for Moktan, on the basis of maintaining its original development, Melani began his previous development plans approved by Allen. These plans were all aimed at Moktan's economic growth. Mr Melani stressed at the time that Mr Allen's expansion could be sustained only if his economy continued to grow and his revenues doubled. In this regard, the alliance with Demonic Shadow Empire offers significant opportunities for the implementation of Melani's plans. He even contacted several of the great merchants of another empire through Dobia's agent, Shutter. At that time, he would set up an interconnected trade network centered on Moktan. If nothing unexpected happened, Mok Dan would usher in a new golden age. In Melani's vision, large amounts of food, equipment, armaments, and minerals would flow to the two empires through Mokedan. All of this would bring Alan unparalleled wealth.

As for the two new provinces, they also had their own advantages.

The territory of Demonic Shadow Empire could be divided into two lines: the southeast and the east. It was the frontline against Tobias, the stage for the war, and the best choice for the Barbarians to reap the harvest. Cities on the eastern frontier have been destroyed, destroyed, and often an inconspicuous small city has been rebuilt several times, and those important strategic capitals have been rebuilt many times. In such an environment, there were very few large cities on the east side. The cities in a province are mostly small and medium-sized towns. Only the provincial main city has a certain scale out of strategic needs.

The southern line was a different story. Because it was behind the battlefield, it was needed to support the war on the eastern line. Even though the southern cities were originally small towns, as workshops piled up, merchants gathered, and the economy developed, they would often expand and eventually evolve into a large city that could accommodate 100,000 or more people. As for the provincial main cities in the south, needless to say, these main cities were basically big cities that could accommodate a million inhabitants.

The two provinces that Spenak had assigned to Alan were Reese and Petty. The former was one of the empire's granaries, and Reese Province was located on the Fengting Plain. This plain was rich in resources and fertile soil. Grain factories were everywhere in Reese Province. After sorting and processing the raw materials with mature food processing technology, they produced various kinds of battlefield food rich in energy. It was one of the important supply chains of military grain for the eastern battlefield; As for Pei Ti Province, it was a huge arsenal. Every city in the province had at least ten equipment workshops and even a series of supporting industries. Some people describe this province as a place where as long as you send raw materials to Petty Province, it will give you a steady stream of weapons and even a series of firearms such as combat airships. It could be said that this province possessed a tremendous amount of energy.

It was no exaggeration to say that Sbernak had given the two provinces to Allen, almost in one breath laying the foundations for him to become king over Agares.

'"When Lord Ramo was in Mokedan, he mentioned more than once that countless royal nobles in Demoic Ring City were jealous of His Highness. At the same time, he was puzzled as to why His Majesty was so generous. Although His Majesty had never played cards according to common sense, it was too generous." Lu Chu had already arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. Melani got off first and stood at the side waiting for Alan to get off.

Ellen took Laura's hand and jumped out of the car. "Sbernak wouldn't do anything meaningless," he said. "He gave me these two fertile provinces to show his sincerity and also to warn me. To him, the wealth on Agares isn't in his eyes. He can give it, and it can be destroyed. If I break my promise."

'"No matter what, with these two provinces, His Highness Allen's career will develop much faster. Those people just now came from these two provinces, and they are all people with eyes above their heads. It is common sense for His Highness not to blame them for not letting me go. Otherwise, not only will my work not proceed smoothly, there will also be many obstacles in the future."

"You think of them. Don't worry, I will take care of them."

After entering the City Lord's Mansion, Melanie said, "There's another thing about Lord Hubble."

"Oh, have you heard from Hubble?" Alan asked. Before that, he had Hubble bring Number 300 to explore the grey area west of Moktan. Counting the time, it was almost three months.

Melanie nodded, "Lord Hubble sent word a month ago. They came out of the Mokedan and crossed the Barren Lands to discover a large barbarian settlement. The area known to Lord Hubble as Dark Black Mountain Gorge is said to be abundant in water and rare minerals. Of course, their arrival was unwelcome. According to Lord Hubble's feedback, I believe that is a place worth developing. Therefore, without Lord Hubble's consent, they sent a mixed army of 5,000 men to Lord Hubble. Now we have set up an advance base at the Dark Montenegro Gorge, and the supply route is under construction. After a while, when the situation around the base stabilizes, we can transport troops there. A barbaric settlement of tens of thousands of people won't last long. When we capture them, we will have tens of thousands of workers and slaves. "

Alan nodded and said, "Hubble's luck is pretty good. I wonder if he broke through."

"You can ask him personally about this tomorrow." Melanie smiled.

"Oh, will he come back tomorrow?"

"Calculate the time. We should arrive tomorrow." Melanie replied, "We have already established a basic communication link with the Black Gorge base, and Lord Hubble knows of your whereabouts. He also complains that you did not bring him to Planet Mo Suo."

"This guy is really a battle maniac." Alan happily said, "It's good to be back. I'm going to Demoic Ring City next. I just happened to bring him along."