Path of Light.

Chapter 866 867. Decentralization
"I want Captain Helic to be the captain of the Padstow City Defense Guard."

Roy looked at Mulin and said.

Mu Lin asked in surprise: "Aren't you afraid that he will seize your power in Padstow in the future?"

"Padstow is full of supporters of Captain Helic. The fact that he was able to start a city-wide riot in Padstow is enough to prove that he has a very high reputation in Padstow..."

The room was very quiet. Roy lowered his voice and said:
"With Resander as the governor of Padstow and Captain Helic as the city's security officer, we can at least suppress the Free Brotherhood, the Jungle League, and the Half-Blood Elf Law Society that have sprouted up in Padstow recently. Alas, we have paid too little attention to Padstow recently. I didn't even know that the half-blood elves actually had so many associations."

Mu Lin said doubtfully: "It is said that they all came from the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. Can they still stir up any trouble in Padstow City?"

Roy rubbed his forehead in distress and said:
"They have always been a shady existence in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, but they have become more visible in Padstow. Once they have developed a group of followers, they will inevitably make a fuss to join the Council of Elders. The half-blood elves have finally found a place to live, and I don't want to see Padstow turned into a mess by them."

Mu Lin didn't expect Roy to be so disgusted with these associations, and immediately said:
"I will conduct an investigation among the mine guards and try to clear out all the association members."

"I came to Plateau City this time mainly because I was worried about what might happen in the prisoner-of-war camp." Roy said, "The total number of prisoners in Plateau City has now grown to 150,000. I am most worried about a large-scale riot in the prisoner-of-war camp. After all, we have no way to suppress the training of those plateau headhunters and gray dwarves. Once a prisoner in the concentration camp is promoted to a second-level strongman, that will be the biggest trouble."

Mu Lin should have thought about this, but she might not be able to do anything about it.

Roy said to Mulin:

"So you have to disperse the high-risk prisoners in the prisoner-of-war concentration camp as much as possible. The outermost wall of Sun Island Bay, the seawall built on Kui Island, and the headhunter prisoners sent out must be rotated regularly."

"Who would have thought that in just a few years, the number of prisoners of war in Plateau City would surge to 150,000... When we first built Plateau City, didn't we build this small city for a population of 100,000 half-elves? Look at how crowded the city is now!"

Mulin complained to Roy.

Roy pondered for a moment, thinking of Miss Qian Ning who built a mine in the Nicobar Mountains, and asked Mu Lin:
"How is Channing doing in Nicobar? How many gray dwarf prisoners can be stuffed into the mines there?"

Mulin smiled at Roy and said:
"You should ask her yourself about this matter. She just came back from the Nicobar Mountains the day before yesterday, and this time she is going to take away a group of gray dwarf prisoners."

"Has she returned from Nicobar?"

A sweet voice came from outside the office door...

"Boss, you finally remembered me!"

The door was pushed open.

Channing Sitney walked in from outside.

She is still as beautiful as ever, her eyes reveal maturity, and her straight nose makes her beautiful face even more resolute.

Wearing a gorgeous long dress woven with white feathers, her temperament exudes that of a noble girl of the Silver Moon Elf.

Noble, elegant, with pure and flawless eyes and a hint of sadness, it is hard to imagine that she is a capable and resourceful mine owner.

She had her long golden hair tied up and wore a white collar ribbon around her neck. Her round shoulders, delicate collarbones, and a large area of ​​snow-white chest were almost all exposed outside the feather dress. Her sky-blue eyes stared at Roy with a smile.

She walked up to Roy step by step and knelt down to salute him, like a white swan showing off its gorgeous feathers.

Roy stood up and asked Miss Channing to sit down opposite him.

It’s been more than a year since we last met.

When Qian Ning looked at Roy, there was an undisguised joy on his face...

Roy picked up the teacup and took a sip of water before asking:
"How are the mithril mines in the Nicobar Mountains recovering?"

Qian Ning pursed her lips and said with an elegant smile on her face:

"The first mine started producing minerals half a year ago. Now there are five mines in operation. I came back this time to bring back some gray dwarf miners. Boss, do you have anything to ask me?"

"How many gray dwarf prisoners are you going to take this time?" Roy asked.

"I plan to take away 10,000 gray dwarf prisoners."

Roy hesitated: "Are you sure you can eat it? These gray dwarves are pirates on the sea. You have to be careful when managing them."

"Boss, are you concerned about me?"

Qian Ning raised her pretty face, the sunlight shone through the window lattice onto her body, making her skin glow with a layer of fluorescence...

Roy smiled and asked, "How many mines do you manage now?"

"Two in the Sudarso Mountains, three in the Gasi Mountains, six in the Nicobar Mountains, four in the northern glaciers, and currently we control fifteen mines on the Pagisto Plateau." Qian Ning replied.

"Look... you control half of the mining resources on the Pagisto Plateau. As the boss, I will of course be concerned about the personal safety of the mine owner I rely on the most."

"These gray dwarves are a group of desperate criminals. You need to explain to them the welfare benefits in the mines and the conditions for these prisoners of war to gain freedom. Let them always have some hope in their hearts. This way, you can better manage these prisoners of war."

"Otherwise they will explode at irregular intervals like bombs, plunging the entire mine into chaos," Roy reminded Channing.

Qian Ning said confidently:

"I will take good care of these gray dwarf prisoners. As the owner of the mine... I am the most professional."

Although Channing appeared confident, Roy couldn't help but remind her:
"You have to find a way to establish a set of standard rules and regulations and work processes in these mines. In addition, you have to form a professional management team so that you have the opportunity to free yourself from the busyness. After you have done all these things, you will be a real mine owner."

"..."

Miss Channing sat opposite Roy, staring at him with fighting spirit in her eyes.

Roy suddenly realized that the pie he had painted for Qian Ning seemed a little too big...

Mu Lin didn't want to continue sitting in the office and watching Miss Qian Ning's performance, so she took the initiative to stand up and said:
"Let's go to the concentration camp and see the prisoners..."

As Roy turned and walked out of the room, Miss Channing glared at Mulin.

Mu Lin smiled and turned her head away, ignoring Miss Channing.

Roy, Mulin and Miss Channing walked out of the city hall.

The three of them stood on a long stone staircase in front of the city hall. This was the highest point of the Plateau City. Looking down from above, the stepped buildings covered the entire mound. Roy could only see some longitudinal streets. The circular streets built around the mound were blocked by the densely packed buildings.

The airport terminal at the edge of the city wall in the distance seemed unusually busy, and the streets below were crowded with cargo carriages. It seemed that trade between here and the city of Padstow was quite frequent.

According to Leisander, since the ticket price of the magic airship has been reduced seven times in a row, there are now very few caravans that bypass the Barrier Town from the southern part of the plateau and then cross the entire jungle south of Padstow to reach the city of Padstow.

Now everyone is used to riding the magic airship...

Most of the half-blood elves in the city knew Mulin. When they saw her, they would bow to her but would not come up to disturb her.

Roy and Miss Channing stood on both sides of Mulin and followed Mulin through the busy streets. Now there are many handicraft workshops built on the banks of the Tolai River. When Roy stood on the Tolai River pier, he saw that the row of handicraft workshops were filled with brass utensils.

"The metal ingots from the mines were transported to the Plateau City, which led to the construction of so many handicraft workshops here..."

Roy exclaimed.

Across the river was a prisoner-of-war concentration camp, and further south of the camp was an endless wilderness covered with weeds.

It is the rainy season now, the wild grass on the prairie is lush and green, and some herds of one-horned buffaloes can actually appear in sight.

In recent years, the beef eaten by headhunters was all obtained by hunting one-horned bison. Those plateau headhunters kept driving the one-horned bison herds southward. Who would have thought that they could still see one-horned bison herds in the northern part of the wilderness near the plateau city...

The plateau city has unique geographical advantages.

To the south is the endless wilderness, and to the north is the Jiaxi Mountains with snow-capped mountains...

To the east is the Nicobar Mountains, which almost isolate the entire collapsed land from the plateau.

To the west of the Plateau City is the Caldeum Mountains. There are still some wild plateau headhunters in the mountains. They are the main cleanup targets of the Mine Guard Assassin Corps. However, after so many years, these plateau headhunters have not been completely eliminated.

Speaking of the Caldeum Mountains west of the Plateau City, the Silver Pegasus Legion sent Silver Moon Elf officers several times to operate three silver mines, but unfortunately they all ended in failure...

Roy pointed to the Caldim Mountains and said to Channing, "There are three silver mines in the Caldim Mountains that you need to run as well."

Qian Ning, who was sitting in the car, looked at Roy quietly, and seemed not to have heard clearly what Roy had just said.

Mu Lin, who was sitting next to her, had to secretly poke Channing to wake her up, and then whispered to her what Roy had just said.

Qian Ning turned his head away, ignoring Mu Lin's mocking look.

Then he took the initiative to look Roy in the eye, and agreed generously.

She is an elf!
……

Roy stayed in the Plateau City for only one day, rejected Channing Sitney's invitation, and boarded the magic airship to Sun Island Bay early.

In fact, he was still a little worried about Qian Ning, after all, she was just a slave owner.

Now I have to manage 10,000 gray dwarf prisoners, which is quite dangerous...

Roy stood on the deck and looked down at the prisoner-of-war camp from high above. Because it was morning, densely packed prisoners were standing in the yard.

Leah stood behind Roy and said to him:
"Your Miss Qian Ning, who is in charge of the mine, has at least dozens of guards following her. They are a group of mercenaries. They usually wear ordinary clothes and hide in the crowd. Their presence in the Plateau City is no less than that of Lord Mu Lin."

"Have you discovered the mercenary group hired by Channing?" Roy asked curiously.

Leah wrinkled her nose and said:
"I can smell the scent of them..."

When the magic airship took off, it rose slowly as Roy requested.

With the help of the north wind, the magic airship continued to drift southward, so that it would fly a distance over the wilderness, and the herds of beasts on the wilderness kept falling into Roy's sight.

At this time, Roy saw a group of very young plateau headhunters. They should be the new generation of the plateau headhunters.

They have lived in concentration camps since childhood and are accustomed to life in the plateau city, so they are not so resistant to this kind of life in the concentration camp.

That's why they were sent to the wilderness to herd the one-horned bison. They drove the one-horned bison in the southern part of the wilderness to the north...

Although their fathers always talk about how free their lives were in the past and how they once hunted elves all over the plateau, these young generation of plateau headhunters are not interested in their fathers' glorious deeds.

They have become accustomed to life in the prisoner-of-war camp. When these young plateau headhunters see a magic airship flying across the sky, they will ride on their horses, waving their scarves, and chase the rising magic airship across the wilderness.

Roy stood at the bow and waved to the plateau headhunters.

……

The Sun Island Bay finally ushered in a period of peace that lasted for several months, and the Dark Faceless Army disappeared without a trace.

Roy walked down from the magic airship. The North Coast Pier was full of small fishing boats, and the drying ropes on the beach were full of dried fish...

Compared with the tuna caught by the Naga tribe on Kui Island, the dried fish drying in the bay of Sun Island is obviously not as good as expected.

It is these small dried fish that are now all over the large and small stalls at the street corners of Plateau City and Padstow City. These dried fish are the best food for half-blood elves to replenish their physical strength. Not only are they cheap, but they also have a strong sense of filling. At the same weight, the price of small dried fish is only one fiftieth of that of elf biscuits.

The wind and waves on the north coast were very strong. Waves rushed towards the beach and the ships moored at the pier were shaking violently.

Sun Island Bay is very quiet and there has been no war here for a long time.

The half-blood elves in the mine guard camp were very happy to see Roy return...

Roy just rested for a while in the regiment tent, and then let Kaka take him to Sun Island. Roy wanted to know what happened to the Dark Faceless Legion in the western waters.

When he arrived at the Sun Island, Roy found that there were nearly ten thousand Naga sea creatures gathered on the island.

The Naga warriors of the Alcesa tribe are conducting formation training in the shallow sea area under the leadership of Jie Zena.

Roy landed on the beach. Zeena swam ashore in a hurry and said to Roy when she saw him:

"Boss, you came just in time. Master Taizexiko just sent me an invitation, and I was still wondering how to get it to you! I didn't expect you to come straight here..."

(End of this chapter)