Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 192 Lizardman's Ambition
Slaco returned to "Wangbo Port". Now he is full of energy and vigor, and he looks like a vigorous lizard when he walks.

There was no way around it. This time he had really done something big, enough to make him hold his head high. He wanted to chat with everyone he saw, and asked everyone, "How do you know that the number of lizardmen has increased several times?"

The old residents of "Wangbo Port" are of course quite familiar with Slaco. This lizardman who can speak human language often appeared in "Wangbo Port" before. Many people even chatted with him out of curiosity, so they naturally would not be frightened by his appearance.

But the new residents panicked when they saw Slako's appearance. How come no one cared about the Lizardmen who had invaded the city?!

Of course, although they were frightened, they didn't dare to do anything and could only watch from the side. After all, Slaco didn't come alone. He was accompanied by several lizardman guards. Slaco himself was not scary, but those lizardman guards were intimidating enough.

This time, Slaco came back with the Obsidian Transport Team, which stopped at "Bloodstone Castle".

All the obsidian is stored in the warehouse of "Bloodstone Castle". It is also a precious material. It can be used to make obsidian runes and can also be made into jewelry.

"Hiss! It's really a good thing I brought a few guards."

Walking on the road, Slaco felt a little emotional. He felt that if it weren't for the four lizardman guards around him, these people would definitely come up and attack him. The look in each of their eyes when they looked at him was very dangerous.

The height and shape of ordinary green lizards are indeed not very intimidating to humans, especially when there are a lot of people around.

If it were just Slako himself, he might really be pinned to the ground by the enthusiastic citizens. Of course, that was if Slako didn't resist. In fact, Slako's fighting ability was not weak, and these ordinary villagers definitely had no way to subdue him.

However, after seeing the four tall and strong lizardman warriors, the enthusiastic citizens were no longer enthusiastic and all stayed away.

Only the old people in Wangbo Port who knew Slaco's background didn't care and didn't regard these lizardmen as anything special.

Of course, although Slaco had four bodyguards with him, he was still very well-behaved and did not act arrogantly on the streets, which also made the newcomers to Wangbo Port marvel.

There was no way. Where had they seen this kind of operation when they were outside?

The "Beast Man" appeared openly on the street, and people on the street were not afraid at all, and even seemed to be used to it. This was so outrageous that it was like a dream.

"Hiss, there are more people in Wangbo Port now."

Slaco looked around and he could see that compared to the last time he came here, "Wangbo Port" had developed a lot, the population had increased, and the whole city was bustling.

This realistic discovery made Slaco's mentality return to normal to some extent. It turned out that they were not the only ones who had improved, and everyone had not been idle during this period.

After arriving at the high elves' residential area, Slaco's eyes widened. He could still see the difference between high elves and ordinary humans. These were obviously not humans.

"Hiss, what's with those long ears?"

Arriving at the "Governor's Mansion of Wangbo Port", Slaco asked curiously.

The main reason was that there were too many high elves. If there were only a few, Slaco would not be surprised, but the huge high elf block really scared him.

If he had gone to the high elf residential area first, he would definitely have thought that this "Wangbo Port" was actually the territory of the high elves.

"Don't worry, they'll be moving away soon. They'll build their own separate city and won't be mixing with humans."

Uther began to explain.

"Hiss! I get it! Just like the Lizardmen live in the obsidian mines."

Slako understood Uther's words very well, because the lizardmen did not live together with humans. The lizardmen were all in the obsidian mines, and it was thought that the high elves were the same.

"Well, that's understandable."

Uther really wanted to say that "Lizardmen" and "High Elves" were not the same. The former were in the obsidian mine because it was indeed difficult for humans to live together with Lizardmen. As for the latter, living together was still acceptable, at least the gap between them was not that big.

"Hiss, let's get down to business. We've really gathered a bunch of Lizardmen tribes this time. We've gathered most of the scattered Lizardmen in the woods near Sword Bay."

Slaco didn't pay much attention to the high elves. It didn't affect them anyway. He started talking excitedly about the lizardmen. That was the key reason for his return this time.

"Are there only about 3,000 Lizardmen in the entire Sword Bay area?"

Uther was a little surprised. He felt that the number was a bit small, at least less than he thought. The entire Sword Bay area was quite large, and there were only three thousand lizardmen in such a vast forest. He found it hard to believe.

"Hiss! Of course not. I told you they were just scattered tribes, and they all lived near the outskirts of the forest. There aren't many lizardmen outside the forest to begin with, otherwise more would have come to harass Wangbo Port long ago."

Slaco then began to explain, and Uther finally understood.

Sure enough, there are more than just these few. If you look at the forest area outside the obsidian mine, there are more than 3,000 lizardmen, which is indeed not a small number.

This area was originally under the management of the obsidian mine. It was Zandata who conveyed information to these lizardmen. Now it is not surprising that they can all be gathered together and incorporated.

Of course, I wasn't surprised after knowing the reason. I was quite surprised when I first heard about it. After all, more than 3,000 lizardmen are already a considerable force. If they were to gather together and send out their entire army, ordinary human colonies would not be able to withstand it.

"Hiss~ Governor Uther, we'll still have to rely on Wangbo Port for food supplies. There are too many Lizardmen, and we simply can't catch enough prey. We haven't come up with a good solution yet."

The reason why Slaco came here in person was, firstly, to explain the reason of the matter, and secondly, of course, to continue "begging".

It would be more sincere to come here in person. Otherwise, Slaco could have explained everything directly on the "phone".

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Uther remained silent, pondering how to resolve the Lizardmen problem. In fact, the situation Shlako and Zandata encountered was the main reason why the Lizardmen Empire was a "bulk empire." They lacked true "agricultural production capacity" and relied entirely on abundant natural resources for support.

Everyone lives a nomadic life in a certain area, relying on picking and hunting for a living. With abundant resources and a large area, they can naturally live well. The lizard people can use weapons and tools, and are strong and healthy. Even if they encounter large predators, they can defeat them and stand at the top of the rainforest ecology.

Therefore, everyone can live quite well if they are nomadic on their own, but once they unite and gather together, unless something big happens, everyone will starve.

A large number of lizardmen gathered together for a long time, and it was definitely impossible to meet their survival needs by picking and hunting.

The scattered nomadism of the Lizardmen is actually a good thing for humans. Even if they encounter a Lizardmen tribe, the pressure will not be too great. The number of those small tribes nomadic in the outer forests basically does not exceed one hundred.

If there were tribes of hundreds or even thousands of lizardmen everywhere, the human colonies would really be worried every day, fearing that one day they would be sleeping and suddenly be bitten off their heads by lizardmen.

Moreover, unless something really happens that threatens the survival of the Lizardmen, they will basically not gather together in large groups, as the cost of doing so is too high.

"Of course there is no problem in providing food."

Under Slaco's expectant gaze, Uther spoke.

Wangbo Port has food, and the farmland area is still expanding. The natural environment of three or even four crops a year, the greatly improved agricultural production technology, and the intensive farming model have made food production in Wangbo Port no longer a problem.

Let’s put it this way, the current grain production of Wangbo Port is really a bit of an overkill for a total of more than 6,000 people, so it has even begun to be provided to "Yinye Port".

There was no way. Although the high elves of "Silver Leaf Port" brought a lot of food, they would eventually run out of food after eating without producing anything for several months.

It is not a solution for more than 12,000 people to eat up all the food they have, but they have been mainly building residential areas before and have not developed agricultural production at all. Naturally, it is impossible for them to create food out of thin air.

It will probably take quite a long time for "Silver Leaf Port" to be truly self-sufficient. Before that, it will probably have to rely on "Wangbo Port" for relief.

But this kind of relief will definitely not be free. The high elves will also have to buy it or take out some goods for exchange.

Of course, the purchase price is very favorable, and the price will not increase just because the high elves have nothing to eat. It will be treated as a normal market transaction.

After all, food has a cost. It's okay to eat it yourself, but if you give it to others, you have to charge a little. It can also be considered as taking care of the self-esteem of the high elves.

No matter what, buying is better than "giving" it away. After all, if it is called "giving", isn't it actually "giving" it to them as alms?

Given the character of the high elves, it is obvious that the latter is difficult for them to accept. Although they will eventually accept it for survival, there is really no need for "Wangbo Port" to deliberately make things difficult for others. Doing so now is actually a favor.

The people of Wangbo Port were willing to give them food to eat and let them buy it, and they also sold it to them at a very low price. The high elves were naturally very grateful for this, and they also clearly felt the good intentions of the people of Wangbo Port.

Recently, Okanina has also been arranging people to learn the agricultural production technology of Wangbo Port, and John, who is in charge of agricultural production, has also taught it to them without any reservations.

John is Uther's good brother and an old friend who started the business with him from the beginning. He has been in charge of agricultural production since the early days of land reclamation and is still holding related responsibilities now.

John, like Uther's other good brother Trevor, is now a reserve vampire.

Trevor is now mainly responsible for the urban security management of "Wangbo Port", that is, the police of "Wangbo Port".

This matter was previously under Kevin's responsibility, but Kevin is now in charge of the "Alien Special Forces", and this important responsibility is handed over to Trevor.

Uther still has a firm control over the entire "Wangbo Port". His people are in the main positions, so "Wangbo Port" can work together and no one can hold him back.

"I think you lizardmen can also learn some planting production technology."

Thinking of this, Uther continued to speak.

The high elves can learn agricultural production techniques and go back to farm their own land, so why can't the lizardmen do the same?
Monitor lizards and lizardmen are not capable of this, but green lizards are agile and intelligent and can fully complete the work of farming. Just picking fruits is really a waste of their talents.

"Hiss, we don't have this habit. It's not like we don't have it at all. Big cities also plant fruit trees and raise wild animals, but ordinary nomadic tribes wouldn't go to such lengths."

Slaco scratched his head. In fact, the Lizardmen still had the ability to raise livestock and plant crops, but due to the limitations of the natural environment and living habits, most tribes simply did not do it.

Come to think of it, you plant trees and raise livestock, and I pick wild fruits and hunt, the result is the same. But it takes more trouble to plant trees and raise livestock, so why bother?
To put it bluntly, it is the result of too many resources. When the day comes when we can no longer eat enough by picking wild fruits and hunting, we will realize the benefits of stability.

"Then do you still want them to continue their nomadic life?"

Uther asked, and he actually wanted to complain, what a bullshit nomadism, these lizardmen are simply "nomadic", there is no "herding" at all, it is indeed very primitive.

But there is no way around it. After all, the Lizardmen are just slightly civilized beastmen. Only the green lizards are a little more civilized, and they cannot be compared with the green-skinned orcs.

"Learn, you must learn!"

Slaco made a prompt decision. He certainly didn't want to let the lizardmen go again. If he wanted to keep the lizardmen, he had to develop agriculture and meet their basic needs for food and drink.

It is obviously not a good idea to always rely on "Wangbo Port" for food support. The Lizardmen must also be independent, self-reliant and independent, and become an important force under the "Blood King"!

Slaco actually didn't think so much about it. Including absorbing and controlling those lizardmen, they were all Zandata's ideas. Slaco was just an executor. He was like that before when he was under the "Magic Toad Holy Spirit", and it is still the same now when he is under Karen.

The only difference now is that Slaco is willing to do it. After all, his relationship with Zandata is different from before.

(End of this chapter)