Blue Dragon Emperor: Lord of Thunder

Chapter 56 Receiving the Territory
Ron looked down at the ruins in front of him, and then looked up at the weed-covered farmland outside Blackstone Town.

The lord of Blackstone Town died unexpectedly, and was lured by the devil to commit the evil deed of bloody sacrifice. According to the decree of the human nobles, even if his family still had blood, he could no longer inherit his territory. Taken back by the royal family.

In normal times, such a piece of unowned territory, even a small barony, would be worth spending a few days arguing over its ownership by the nobles in the capital council, not to mention the fact that the Principality of Boren is now in civil strife.

It can be predicted that for a long period of time, the nobles of the royal capital who were busy suppressing the rebels had no time to take care of this baronial land located in the most remote area of ​​the western border.

Those nobles who are still loyal to the royal family also cannot take over territories that do not belong to them at will. According to the noble decree, except for legal redemption, land acquired through glory wars during wartime, or opening up wilderness to establish towns, all other private annexations are Prohibited.

In this world, in a backward aristocratic human country, a territory without a lord means that there is no law.

Long felt that this territory urgently needed a leader to bring it back into production and revitalize it, and it just so happened that he had enough leisure to help the Principality of Polon take care of this land and its people.

"Old Haddo, how many living people are there in this town?" Ron asked.

Although Old Hador was shaking uncontrollably in front of the real dragon, he calmed down a bit and said in a trembling voice, "There are about four to five hundred people left, Lord True Dragon."

Ron nodded silently, and said to Old Hadow: "Tell those who don't want to flee the territory to become serfs, slaves, and those who want to continue to live, to stay here, and now this territory belongs to me."

Old Hado stared blankly at the real dragon in front of him, not quite understanding what it meant.

Ron didn't explain, and turned his head to look at Curelia who was walking with dragging wings.

"Thank you for your hard work, come on, let's go back to the territory first." Ron looked at Curelia, lowered one wing and put it on the ground.

Curelia nodded, transformed into a human form, and climbed up Ron's back along his wings.

Long Endao flapped his wings and said, "Hurry up."

Feeling that the legs under Curelia's skirt clamped the scales on his neck, the dragon's wings fluttered, and Ron flew towards the sky.

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Taking Curelia back to her dragon lair to rest, Ron ordered half of the tauren and [-] dragon vein kobolds to follow him to Blackstone Town.

Old Hadow, who was staying in Blackstone Town with anxiety, and a group of civilians gathered together suddenly looked up to the sky.

A giant blue dragon more than ten meters in length descended from the sky. Some people were so panicked that they forgot to run for their lives, and some were afraid that they would be targeted by the dragon instead of turning around and running away.

Under the terrified gazes of the commoners, the blue dragon spoke out: "I, a friend of the Royal Family of Bolun, the patron of the Platinum Dragon God, the supreme good dragon, and Long En, the lord of the Storm Mountain Range, announce to take over Blackstone Town and its territory. .”

"Your former lord, Baron Bray, who exploited the common people and colluded with the devil, has been given a fair verdict by me." Ron's majestic but not evil attitude, and the series of titles he said made the fear in the common people's eyes a little less, bringing a trace of fear. tribute.

Ron continued: "From now on, I will distribute enough food to you. In exchange, you need to work for me to resume production in Blackstone Town as soon as possible. In addition, excluding food, your daily salary is eight copper coins. "

Ron's attitude of only using words instead of threats of force made these civilians relax, but they still couldn't help feeling afraid in the face of such a behemoth.

And the content of Long En's words made them even more dumbfounded, working for this giant dragon, not only food, but also copper coins to get?is that a lie?

You know, even if they recruit civilians to work for the human lords, most of the time they are not paid, and some even require the recruited civilians to bring their own food.

In their view, working for the lord is the duty of the civilians under the lord's rule and protection.

But believe it or not, they stayed where they were.

Ron saw these changes in human emotions.

The common people in this world rely on the lord to survive. They live on the lord's land, abide by the lord's laws and orders, and pay taxes to the lord.

From the day they were born, what they saw and learned in life was how to survive under the rule of the lord, which made them extremely obedient.

Therefore, even though Baron Bray raised taxes so much and increased the exploitation of the subjects, they still endured all this and were forced to sell themselves to the lord as serfs or sell their bodies to earn a meager income, and they never thought of fleeing here.

After losing their lord, they were like headless chickens, not knowing whether they should stay here or leave like the others, becoming refugees without status.

It is also for this reason that they stand here together in the old Hador's lie that "a lord will soon take over Blackstone Town, and they should gather in this open space to meet the new lord".

After Long said that he became their lord and showed order and reliability, these civilians were still afraid, but finally they were no longer at a loss, and settled down as if they had found a backbone.

There was the sound of "rumbling" marching and the sound of iron armor colliding, and the civilians who looked up were horrified to find that a large number of terrifying monsters in iron armor surrounded them, especially the huge tauren, which made them feel frightened from the bottom of their hearts.

Long En said: "They are my subjects just like you. According to my law, subjects are not allowed to harm each other."

Then the terrified civilians saw that the brutal and bloodthirsty monsters in the mouths of the mercenaries and adventurers not only did not pounce on them as food, but instead pushed carts loaded with food.

Glengo, who came with the food delivery team, stood up and said loudly: "Follow the order of the great lord, and start to distribute food now! Each person can receive one kilogram of potato and half a kilogram of white wheat!"

Part of the food Ron bought before was used for sowing during this plowing period, and the rest was barely enough for the new family members in the territory to consume, but it would not be a big deal to feed a few hundred more humans. Just buy it.

Compared to kobolds and tauren, although Glengo is also ugly, its deformed and short body among the hill giants makes these humans feel at ease, at least it looks like a normal humanoid.

Amidst its shouts, a hungry commoner ventured toward Glengor, while a menacing-looking kobold stuffed ball potatoes and a sack of white rye into his bewildered hand.

He stood there in a daze, looking at Ron for a while, and the kobold who gave him food for a while.

There was a kind smile on Glengo's old and ugly face: "When you get the food, stand aside first, so as not to block other people."

The man who received the food came back to his senses, bowed and saluted, thanked him constantly, and stepped aside while holding the food in his arms tightly.

Seeing that someone really got the food, the civilians finally felt relieved and rushed towards Glengo.

(End of this chapter)