From Wild Mage to Wizard King.

Chapter 421 Gathering Refugees
With the joint assistance of the Radiant Knights, the War Council, the border nobles and other forces that sympathize with the veterans, the first batch of veterans and their families have crossed half of the Silver Empire and entered the territory of the border nobles in a mighty manner.

With the help of manpower provided by the War Committee, temporary towns were built one after another in the territories of the border nobles and basic survival supplies were provided. These veterans and their families were settled in these temporary towns. After ending their escape, they officially began to think about their future.

In response to this, both the border nobles and the war committee extended olive branches to them. The border nobles had local advantages, so their invitations were not so formal. But it was different for the war committee. In order to attract as many people as possible, the committee found the Sinnar veterans' settlement in the territory in advance and recruited a large number of veteran volunteers to come here to help recruit people for the committee.

Whether it is the border nobles or the war committee, both need population. The former needs population to open up wasteland, while the latter needs a large amount of labor to accelerate economic construction.

Faced with the olive branches extended by both the border nobles and the war committee, most of the veterans and their families chose the border nobles and the war committee.

Although some veterans originally planned to flee to the Northern Kingdom in the north, or the human countries in the south, faced with the border nobles and the war committee who took the initiative to extend an olive branch and help them escape, the vast majority of veterans eventually chose them.

However, the border nobles are all poor after all. Even if they want to accept veterans, they can't accept many. Even if they rely on collecting tolls and reap the dividends brought by the War Committee, this still cannot change the fact that they are poor.

Moreover, they did not prepare in advance, and could only absorb 10,000 to 20,000 people at most. They could not afford more than that. Therefore, under the persuasion of the Sinnar veterans who joined the committee, most veterans believed what the Sinnar veterans said and chose the War Committee.

Of course, even if he is ultimately unwilling to join the War Committee, the committee will not completely ignore him and will continue to distribute relief food as usual. The committee is not short of food anyway, and spending some food to win people's hearts is quite profitable.

The border nobles had no objection to the war committee building towns in their territories and winning over veterans.

The reason is very simple. With so many people, the border nobles really cannot feed them. Moreover, the War Committee gave too much.

Not only were all the previous weapons and equipment given to the border nobles, but the towns built on their territories also became theirs. The committee was even willing to sell them a batch of grain at a low price to help them alleviate the food problem brought about by accepting the veterans.

In addition, unlike the vassal states of the Silver Empire, most of the vassal states have only established trade relations with the War Committee through chambers of commerce, and there are very few official contacts.

But it was different for the border nobles; their relationship and contact with the War Committee was even closer, and official secret communications had never been interrupted.

After all, the vassal states around them were on guard against them, and there were countless restrictions, both overt and covert. Since they could not get support from the Silver Empire, they naturally had no choice but to establish good relations with the War Committee.

The committee sold their supplies privately not only cheaply but also in large quantities. Even if it was weapons and equipment that the vassal states had to defend with all their might, the War Committee was willing to sell them as long as they were paid. Moreover, when they sold things to the War Committee, the War Committee would not frantically lower the price, but would charge according to the market price.

It is thanks to this secret trade route with the committee that the border nobles have been able to develop so smoothly. Otherwise, without weapons and equipment, and without sufficient food and material supplies, the border nobles' development would have been at the cost of human lives.

On one side are the silver lords who are on high alert and trying every means to exploit China, and on the other side is the war committee that is open, friendly, and advocates fair and equal trade. Even a fool would know which one to choose.

Moreover, after learning about Ginza's bloody suppression of the veterans, the nobles in the border areas also felt some empathy, as their situation was the same as that of the veterans.

The Green Tide was beaten back by the War Council, and they had lost their usefulness just like the veterans. They were worried that like the veterans, the border nobles who had been abandoned by the Silver Empire would naturally not cling to the Silver Empire, and they would also look for new backers. So, they turned their attention to the War Council.

If the Silver Empire wanted to take action against them, the only one who could protect them would be the War Council. Therefore, after careful consideration, they agreed to the War Council's request to attract refugees in their territory as a gesture of goodwill to the War Council.

In addition to economic and political factors, the border nobles also have a good private relationship with the extraordinary people of the War Committee.

The reason was very simple. With the advanced spells brought by Roland, the War Committee possessed the most powerful medical system in the world. Even wounds at the extraordinary level could be cured by the Committee.

As the new nobles who emerged from the Rose War, the border nobles had more or less some problems after years of military career. Therefore, after knowing the medical level of the committee, they took the initiative to contact the committee and secretly ran to the committee for treatment.

At the beginning, the border nobles only sent their disabled soldiers here for treatment. Later, as the trust between the two sides increased, the children of the border nobles and even the nobles themselves came to receive treatment from the committee.

Although this led to some disputes among the border nobles over inheritance rights, for example: the second heir did not want to see the disabled first heir recover.

But these are all low-probability events, and overall, it is still good.

Moreover, since their wounds were all left by extraordinary people, the committee only sent low-level spellcasters to treat them. Therefore, it was impossible to cure them in one go. Most of them required multiple treatments. Therefore, after multiple treatments, the soldiers and extraordinary people under the border nobles, and even the nobles themselves, established friendly personal relationships with the spellcasters who treated them.

As for how much of a role these personal relationships played, it is hard to say.

With the War Committee actively trying to win them over and the border nobles also actively moving closer, the relationship between the border nobles and the War Committee, both official and private, was quite good.

The Silver Empire is too arrogant. They have not realized the changes of the times. They still firmly believe that the Silver Empire is the first empire of Sinar, and this status will continue forever.

Even after the bloody Rose War, the Silver Empire believed that their position was still unbreakable. Therefore, even though they openly used the border nobles as cannon fodder to deal with the Green Tide and threw them directly into the buffer zone, they never thought that the border nobles would betray them.

In their view, it is an honor for the border nobles to become nobles of the Silver Empire. Even if they are being exploited, so what? How many people want to kneel but don’t have the opportunity to do so?

Moreover, even if the border nobles wanted to rebel, who could they turn to? The weak human kingdoms in the south, or the fragile orc kingdom in the north?
As for the War Council? Except for a few high-ranking officials of the Silver Empire, in the eyes of most people, the War Council is nothing more than a beggar. Although it has some strength, how can a country that has only been established for a few years fight against the Silver Empire?
Even those who knew the committee well didn't know the committee's true strength. In their intelligence, they only knew Roland, a legend, and had no idea of ​​the committee's specific strength. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the Silver Empire was thriving, and no matter how strong the war committee was, it could not be compared with the Silver Empire. In this case, the border nobles would not betray the Silver Empire, and they still looked down on the border nobles and regarded them as cannon fodder.

In this case, don't blame the border nobles for moving closer to the War Council.

In short, due to the good relationship between the two sides and with the cooperation of the border nobles, the War Committee's action to absorb the escaped veterans went very smoothly and did not encounter much obstacles.

Of the hundreds of thousands of refugees, except for nearly 50,000 who chose to stay with the border nobles, the rest all moved to the War Committee.

Although the number is not small, it is not a problem for the War Committee. Even if they are all stuffed in at once, the War Committee can quickly accept and absorb them. Not to mention that these refugees come in batches, so it is easy to deal with them.

The War Committee has a wealth of experience in absorbing refugees. Ever since Roland came to Jiuqi and established the initial administrative system, the Jiuqi administrative system has been responsible for accepting and absorbing refugees.

From gathering refugees from the Old Qi period at the beginning, to refugees from nearby towns and villages, and finally absorbing refugees from all over the resistance army, the administrative team of the Old Qi period had established a complete refugee handling process.

After the establishment of the War Committee, the administrative team of the Old Qi period was seamlessly transformed into a committee administrative system, which swallowed up the entire Locke Resistance Army in one go, absorbing and solving the refugee problem in the entire resistance army's old land in an overloaded manner.

Finally, after the War Council swallowed up the United Army, the United Army's complex refugee problem further trained the Council's administrative system's ability to handle and absorb refugees.

It can be said that from the time it was first established by Roland to the present, absorbing and processing refugees has always been the top priority of the administrative system.

In this situation, the War Committee can handle even a million refugees, let alone hundreds of thousands.

However, while the War Council was indeed capable, the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees was bound to cause some disturbance.

However, although the committee's various external networks were very busy due to the large-scale sale of civilian communication equipment, the news about the refugees did not attract much attention.

The reason is simple. All the external networks of the committee were caught up in a major discussion covering the entire committee, seven provinces, and all external networks.

After three years of reconstruction and several years of economic development, the development of the War Committee can be said to be quite good. Under the premise of the rapid development of the committee, even if you don't know anything, as long as you are willing to work, at least you can have enough food and clothing.

Moreover, due to the widespread use of strange machines and the popularization of compulsory education, the average quality of the committee has also made rapid progress, from the previous per capita illiteracy to the current per capita basic literacy.

In addition, after several years of peace, the people of the committee finally realized that the chaotic years were over. Without the pressure of survival and with the improvement of per capita quality, the people of the committee were finally qualified to start thinking about things other than survival and began to pursue a better life.

Take a walk, chat, plant some flowers, bask in the sun, and brag.
Experiencing these things that they had absolutely no energy to do in these chaotic times.

At this time, the external network was launched, and a large number of people in the committee had the energy and time to go online.

At first, people were just sharing their beautiful daily lives and gossiping on the forum, until one post became popular on the Apocalypse external website.

[General Part 1] Let me briefly talk about my experience and redemption during my escape and in the Old Apocalypse before the establishment of the committee.
The poster of this post, as a person involved, recounted his daily life in the monastery before the Green Tide broke out, his escape from the monastery after the Green Tide broke out, his hiding outside the Old Qi waiting for death, and his eventual rescue by the Chairman.

The author uses a first-person perspective to describe everything she has experienced and her struggles. Although the writing is not very good, the emotions are very well put into place. The poor but stable and lucky daily life in the monastery, the misery of the monks and children on the road to escape, and even the death by being cannibalized, the fear and struggle in the face of death, from a team of a hundred people to less than ten people surviving, huddled in a refugee camp waiting for death to come, and finally falling into a coma, and witnessing the warm holy light from Roland when waking up.

Finally, the poster also shared her current life. The escaped children have grown up and have stable jobs and new lives. She herself has also joined the Four Saints and One Church and become a monk. Her life is busy but also fulfilling and happy.

With the strong emotions injected by the poster, readers will smile at the daily life of the monastery, and will also feel regret and pain for the monks who sacrificed one by one on the road of escape, and finally waited for death, were redeemed by Roland, and had a new life. The people of the committee who also experienced the chaotic times can empathize with the whole process.

Afterwards, encouraged by the poster, the people of Apocalypse Province shared their experiences in the chaotic times and their new lives now on this post.

At this point, this post became a place for people in the Apocalypse Province to share their experiences of the chaotic times and their new lives. With countless people sharing and communicating with each other, this post became a popular post.

After that, similar posts gradually appeared on the external networks of other provinces.

After these posts became popular, some questions came to their minds: Why did such a chaotic era occur?

At first, people thought that it was caused by the invasion of the Green Tide. If the Green Tide had not invaded, the Donnar countries would not have been destroyed, and they would not have experienced the disaster of the chaotic era.

Then a new question arises: Why did the Donar countries perish? Because they could not defeat the Green Tide. Why could they not defeat the Green Tide?
The people gradually turned their attention to Donnar's traditions and culture.

After countless discussions among the public and scholars, they pointed out various factors that led to the chaotic era: heroism, dueling culture, exclusion of wizards, conservatism and xenophobia.
(End of this chapter)