Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 214 Summer Harbor and the Blood Oath

If you want a larger population, you have to keep expanding and absorbing people. Relying on natural reproduction will be too slow to grow.

After all, the base number is here. With a population of just over 50,000, no matter how many children there are, there won't be many.

Natural growth is certainly necessary, but it is definitely not something Karen can expect in the short term.

What's more, among these more than 50,000 people, there are more than 10,000 high elves, and the fertility contribution of these more than 10,000 high elves is basically negligible.

However, the next generation of newborns also have advantages, that is, it is easier to train them to be loyal believers of Karen. Believers should be cultivated from an early age and ideas should be instilled into them from an early age, so naturally loyal believers can be cultivated.

In this world, in the battle for faith, it is certainly safe to say that one die-hard fan is worth tens of thousands of casual fans.

Newborns are obviously a good breeding ground for die-hard fans. Newborns grow up under the influence of the environment under Karen's command, so they are more likely to become fanatical believers.

But that will happen at least more than ten years later, and we have to wait for the new generation to grow up. For now, we can only imagine the fanatical believers, and there are probably only a few of them.

Of course, if you want to truly achieve brainwashing control over the new generation, you must make corresponding deployments in advance and arrange corresponding educational policies.

Education is the most critical thing. We should focus on education not only to improve the literacy rate of the population and cultivate more capable people, but also to better promote culture and beliefs.

Cultural infiltration is the key to the vampires' rule. They must make the people under their command gradually accept the vampires' culture and dilute their own culture and beliefs.

The [Fanatical Cultivation Program] is the focus of future educational work for all forces under Karen's command, and the high elves and lizardmen cannot slack off either.

By systematically brainwashing newborns, in the next ten to fifteen years, Karen will form a generation of fanatical believers who will completely accept the rule of the vampires.

These new generations will naturally recognize the legitimacy of the blood clan's rule and will also believe that Karen is the true sacred leader. They will become the core force to maintain the blood clan's rule.

Among the new generation, the original culture of each ethnic group will be systematically erased in the process of intergenerational inheritance. Even if it cannot be erased in one generation, it will gradually disappear in the future.

This practice of instrumentalizing education is inevitable. Regardless of the country or ethnic composition, one of the important functions of the "education system" is to be a "tool for the dissemination of ideology."

On the surface, education is intended to improve people's literacy and skills, but in reality it is to strengthen the worship of vampires, shape vampire ideology, and erase native culture.

Of course, in addition to education, the domination of visual symbols is also very important, and vampire cultural symbols should penetrate more into public spaces.

A large number of vampire cultural symbols, vampire-style buildings, etc. can subtly strengthen the sacredness and unchallengeability of the vampire authority, and deify Karen as an immortal and eternal ruler.

Karen was not unfamiliar with this set of things, because the original blood clan empire did this.

Cultural infiltration combined with economic control and power manipulation will eventually completely destroy the independence of other ethnic groups.

All people will form the underlying logic of "obedience is survival", and other races will become cultural vassals and production tools of the vampires.

In the council hall of Bloodstone Castle, Karen summoned his key generals.

Uther, Lyle, and Kevin and his son sat together, Hellion and Motrio sat together, Werner brought a few younger generations of the Desolate Family, Okanina and Isaacs represented "Silver Leaf Port", and Slako and Zandata represented the Lizardmen.

In addition, Granny Oak, who is in charge of craftsmanship, John, who is in charge of farming, and Trevor, who is in charge of security at "Port Hope", also attended the meeting.

There were even Banju and Wangchuan Qiuku representing the "strangers". This meeting could be said to have brought together all the forces under Karen, without leaving any one behind.

The light in the conference hall was not bright. The candlelight emitting a faint blood-red color kept dancing on the twelve snake-shaped iron candlesticks, making the surrounding blue-gray stone walls look like peeling skin.

The towering dome is carved with murals created by Granny Oak based on some of Karen's deeds.

The picture in the conference hall is a picture of the "Blood Oath Knights" charging on the battlefield, and the leader is naturally Karen, who is fully armored and holding a sharp blade.

On both sides of the long table, dozens of exquisite stone chairs were arranged in a circle. The backs of the chairs were inlaid with fang-shaped obsidian decorations. People sat on them and chatted with each other.

No one actually knew why Lord Karen summoned them here, and they could only exchange information with each other.

"Buzz!"

Sulfur smoke rose from the bronze brazier in the center of the long table, rushing straight to the dome. Karen's figure suddenly appeared at the top, holding a crystal cup in his hand. As the cup was gently shaken, the scarlet liquid in the cup dragged sticky lines on the wall of the cup.

"grown ups!"

Seeing Karen suddenly appear, everyone immediately stood up and saluted with an extremely respectful attitude, and no one dared to neglect him.

"Well, everyone, sit down."

Karen shook his wine glass gently and gestured for everyone to sit down and start the meeting without being polite.

"Yes, my lord."

Everyone bowed and thanked him again, then sat down on the stone benches with peace of mind. It didn't look like a bad thing.

To be honest, this stone chair is not very comfortable to sit on. It is very hard and cold. My butt will hurt after sitting on it for a while.

However, no matter how uncomfortable this chair is, people will still flock to it. The meaning of being able to sit in this position is enough to offset all the discomfort.

"Wangbo Port, Yinye Port, Obsidian City, and Hellrank City, four cities with a population of over 50,000, are still far from enough."

Karen opened the meeting straightforwardly. As soon as he said this, many people's expressions changed, and they obviously realized the purpose of this meeting.

"From now on, the area between Wangbo Port and Yinye Port will be included in our sphere of influence, and all the colonies in between will be taken over."

Karen then spoke, and the order he gave was indeed to continue expanding outward.

It was similar to what Uther, Okanina and the others had guessed, except that Sword Bay could no longer meet the needs of the current "Wangbo Port".

"Yes, my lord!"

Uther and Okanina immediately stood up and accepted the order, which was not difficult for them.

There are no major forces between "Wangbo Port" and "Yinye Port", only scattered small colonies, which are not difficult to clean up.

"Well, go ahead and do it."

Seeing that Uther and Okanina understood what he meant, Karen nodded, then he looked at Lyle Cremona.

"I plan to build a new city between these two cities as the main city in the middle area. Lyle, you will be the governor." Under Lyle's puzzled gaze, Karen spoke slowly and gave Lyle a big surprise.

Lyle has always served as a deputy in "Port Wangbo", responsible for helping his father Uther to manage it.

If you say that Lergan is unwilling to accept it, then he is definitely unwilling to accept it.

But he can't really act like a loving father and a filial son, nor can he kill his cheap father just to get a permanent job.

Lyle was ready to endure it. Now that he could become a vampire, it was unlikely that he would be able to outlast his father Uther.

But he can hold on until his father Uther is promoted and transferred. If Uther is transferred, then he, as his deputy, will definitely be able to take over.

But what Lyle didn't expect was that before Ao left his father Uther, he actually waited for the establishment of the new city, and he was actually sent out to be the governor of the new city!

Although the new city certainly cannot be compared with "Wangbo Port", Lyle certainly does not want to give up this opportunity.

After all, no one knows how many years he will have to endure before he can force his father Uther to step down from the position of "Governor of Wangbo Port".

"As you command, my lord!"

Lyle immediately stood up and accepted the appointment, a smile breaking out on his face that he really couldn't hold back.

It wasn't just Lyle who was surprised. Everyone else also looked surprised, because Lyle was indeed too young, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old!

Even among short-lived species like humans, sixteen or seventeen years old is just the beginning of adulthood. Among immortal species like high elves, sixteen or seventeen years old is still a child.

Look at other people who are sixteen or seventeen years old and have already been sent out to be the governor of a city. Then think about yourself when you were sixteen or seventeen, it is really true that comparison makes one feel depressed.

"At least 80% of the new population gained from clearing this area will be allocated to the new city."

Karen continued to speak. Although he felt that Uther would not give Lyle no start-up capital at all, he still had to emphasize what needed to be emphasized.

"Yes, my lord."

Uther naturally understood that this sentence was directed at him. He did not dare to be negligent and quickly made a promise.

Wangbo Port will certainly provide a lot of support for the construction of new cities. Now Wangbo Port is the blood cow, constantly providing blood transfusions to other cities.

Okanina didn't react to this, because Silver Leaf Port didn't need these human populations in the area between the two cities.

As for the high elves, if these places really exist, there are probably only a few scattered around, and they can be directly incorporated into their "Silver Leaf Port" without being emphasized separately.

They, "Silver Leaf Port", offered help, but they didn't get any of the population. "Wangbo Port" and the new city wouldn't necessarily have to compete with them for a few high elves that they didn't know existed, right?
"Let's call this new city Summer Harbor."

Karen named the new city to be built, Summer Port. There is no other meaning, it is simply because the climate of the "New World" is indeed like summer all year round.

Naturally, no one had any objections to the name of the new city. It was normal to think about it. Who would be so blind as to have an objection to the city name that Karen personally named?

After all, it's just the name of a city. Even if Karen named the new city "Capibara Port", others would praise the name.

This new city "Shengxia Port" is very important because it is an experimental field prepared by Karen, specifically used to experiment with various cultural education and cultural penetration.

If the assimilation policy is well implemented in "Shengxia Port", it can be slowly implemented in other cities. Karen is still relatively scientific and will not roll out the policy across the board without thinking.

"Slako, Zandata, the two of you, don't just sit there. Go gather up the roaming lizardmen and take control of the entire city of Hellrank."

After arranging matters on the human side, Karen turned his gaze to the two green lizard priests.

"Hiss~ Slako understands!"

Slaco accepted the task with great pleasure, and he was now extremely excited.

Both "Wangbo Port" and "Yinye Port" received the mission, and Lyle even went to build the new city "Shengxia Port". How could the Lizardmen be left behind?!
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Zandata rubbed his brows. Their mission was not easy, because the sphere of influence of "Hellrank City" was not small, and it would be very difficult to control it.

However, if they can absorb a large number of the lizardmen roaming around in the wild, it is still possible to bring all the forests within the scope of "Hellrank City" under their control.

As for the virgin forest, it is said to be under actual management, but in fact it does not require much effort to develop it. It is only necessary to send patrols to take a look from time to time.

Chameleon Scout Teams are best suited for this; they simply run around and act as sentinels in the woods, which is their usual role.

The Chameleon Scout Team and some Green Lizard Hunters are the border scouts. They wander in the forest, always alert to possible invasions.

"Now that our forces have become established, it is no longer appropriate to remain like this."

After giving all the orders, Karen continued.

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Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Is the integration of forces finally going to happen?!

In fact, they have already discovered this problem in their daily communication. Now the forces under Lord Karen are too scattered, and there is no clear command among them.

What kind of relationship should exist between Wangbo Port, Yinye Port, Obsidian City, Hellrank City, and now Shengxia Port? How should resources be coordinated?

The current one-on-one communication is not only inefficient, but also unable to truly bring out the advantages of multi-raciality. It is actually a waste of resources.

"From today on, our public name will be [Blood Oath Covenant]."

Karen spoke directly without giving anyone much time to think. It was obvious that he had already thought it all out.

[Blood Oath Covenant], very straightforward.

"Blood oath" represents the blood oath clan identity of Karen, and also emphasizes that the blood oath is the foundation of rule, and "covenant" embodies the joint rule model of multiple ethnic groups.

There are only four cities now, and including the newly planned experimental field "Midsummer Port", there are only five cities in total. It is not appropriate to directly call them "Scarlet Royal Court" or "Blood Clan Empire".

Karen also thought of other ones such as "Bloodstone Council" and "Eternal Night Territory", but they were all unsatisfactory. He still preferred the current direct one, just like the "Blood Oath Knights".

(End of this chapter)