Demon King, you just need to conquer, and your husband will come up with the solution.

After all, if they want to go to the Demon King's City, the first place they have to face is Troll Ridge, where the Troll King is guarding. Although he has always been disrespectful to the Demon King, he will definitely not agree to let humans set foot in his territory."

After hearing this, Engla also reacted. Yes, he was only thinking about this group of humans coming to snatch the king's husband. This was a heinous crime and was against Tiangang.

However, no one has ever thought about whether this group of human troops has the ability to break through the long series of obstacles and dangers on the way to the Demon King's City.

Apart from other things, the first thing the Doron Empire army has to face is Troll Ridge. The trolls are not easy to deal with. Even the local forces in the Demon Realm have to think carefully before invading Troll Ridge.

What’s more, it’s an alien human army?

Thinking of this, Engla suddenly felt that his previous panic was indeed unnecessary. He could almost foresee the end of this human army being defeated halfway.

But among the four people present, one clearly didn't think so.

"Don't underestimate Katarina's army... they will definitely reach the bottom of the Demon King's Castle."

"Relying on a ninth-level Grand Duke Longgu? Although the Troll Demon King has not yet reached the ninth level, he has the advantages of terrain and race. He may be able to force Grand Duke Longgu back."

Ains shook his head and said, "No, Grand Duke Long Ku is just an insurance policy. The real power is the Duolun army itself...

I trained the army under Catalina's command, and I know their situation very well."

Chapter 76: The Maciards

"Don't underestimate Duolun's army. I oversaw the reorganization of them... um... but that was six or seven years ago. I'm not sure whether Catalina has continued to implement the policy I pointed out over the years."

Halfway through his words, Irons' tone began to become uncertain again. After all, he had not paid attention to the military situation of the Duolun Empire for a long time.

It is not known whether Catalina continued to promote military reforms.

Facing Ains's narration, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Although there was still a hint of surprise in their eyes, since it was Wang Fu who evaluated Duolun Absolutely in this way, it would be better to be cautious.

After hearing this, Engla stroked his dark brown mane, looked at the map on the round table, and muttered, "If Duolun's army is really as His Excellency Wang Fu said, it should not be underestimated... then, do we need to notify the Troll Lord?

After all, after the invasion of Duolun’s army, the first to bear the brunt was Troll Ridge. Although he is not a demon king loyal to the Demon King, he is still a major force in the Demon Realm. If he makes a mistake, it will not be a good thing for the Demon Realm. "

"Not a good thing?" Margaret rolled her eyes when she heard this and said ruthlessly, "Yes, it's not a good thing, but it's definitely not a bad thing either.

That guy whose brain is not even as developed as a dog... No, to say that is an insult to dogs, the only reason he can stay in the position of the Thirteen Demon Lords is because his father was the previous Demon Lord, and his grandfather was the previous Demon Lord.

Of course, his father and grandfather are also a group of abstract things. With their worrying IQ and anthropomorphic behavior, their family can be considered to have achieved perfect unity..."

Obviously, Margaret's resentment towards the Troll Lord is not low at all, but compared to her thorough disgust towards the Corruption Lord, Margaret's attitude towards the Troll Lord is more inclined towards disgust.

It's just like a young girl seeing a cockroach appearing in the corner. Her first thought is to use her slippers to slap the thing to death. She also feels disgusted that this will contaminate her slippers, so she wants to throw away the slippers along with the cockroach's corpse.

Irons noticed Margaret's subtle emotions and asked curiously, "So, what is the situation with this troll demon king? It sounds like he is a guy who is hated by heaven and man."

Margaret rolled her eyes speechlessly and said, "Ah... that... that thing is not only hated by heaven and man, but also has a bad brain and a very violent personality. He levied heavy taxes on the trolls in Troll Ridge.

When he was managing Troll Ridge, he never considered the group of trolls under his command as his own kind. In his eyes, Troll Ridge was his private property, and the same went for the trolls on Troll Ridge.

In his eyes, the trolls were just a group of tools, a group of livestock that looked like trolls. Nearly eighty percent of the trolls in the entire Troll Ridge were his slaves.

Not only slaves, but also food. That guy even has the bad habit of cannibalizing his own kind. The Troll Lord will occasionally get a whim and kidnap and eat newborn trolls because he thinks the meat of such troll babies is the most tender..."

After listening to Margaret's narration of the troll's anthropomorphic operations, Irons' expression suddenly became strange. This troll really implemented Massierism thoroughly.

"It seems that the stereotypes of the bards about the demons are not groundless~"

Irons grinned and teased Margaret, who suddenly looked embarrassed and said, "That... the cruelty of the Troll Lord is just his personal problem and has nothing to do with the Troll race.

Ains, you have also seen them in the Demon King's City. The trolls in the Demon King's City are all quite honest and decent residents. Even though they have stronger bodies than other races, they will not bully the weaker races. "

"Well, that's true..."

When Margaret mentioned this, Irons immediately thought of Batum, the troll who grew yams. He had heard him mention the hardships of Troll Ridge in a few words before, but Irons had no idea about it at that time.

Now that Margaret explained this, Irons finally understood how terrifying the haunted place Batum was talking about was.

However, after learning about the current situation of Troll Ridge, Irons' thoughts suddenly became active. As an idea came to mind, a plan unfolded quickly like a fountain.

After some thought, he suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "Margaret, what is the climate of Troll Ridge like?"

"The climate of Troll Ridge? Ah..." Margaret recalled and said, "As a gathering place for trolls, the climate of Troll Ridge is not bad. Although it is not as good as the conditions in Demon King's City, it is indeed suitable for people to reproduce."

"It can give birth to humans...Apart from the trolls, is it suitable for other races to survive?"

"It should be possible. I've been there once and experienced it. Compared to the Demon King's City, the biggest difference between Troll Ridge and Troll Ridge is that it is much drier. The water source in Troll Ridge is less than that in the Demon King's City."

"Hmm..." After listening to these conditions, Ains's expression became brighter, and the feasibility of the plan in his mind increased a bit.

Margaret naturally also sensed the change in Ains's expression, and curiously came up to him and asked, "Ains, what are you thinking about? Is it a good thing?"

"It's a good thing...but so far, the information I have is still a little insufficient."

As he spoke, Ains leaned over the map on the round table, pointed at the Demon King's City depicted on it, and said, "Margaret, don't you think that the Demon Realm has only one Demon King's City, which is a bit too crowded?"

As he spoke, Irons rubbed the map's already somewhat fuzzy texture, frowned, and added, "Also, don't you think this map really should be redrawn? It's really too old."

Margaret looked embarrassed and said apologetically, "Don't worry, Ains, I will find someone to redraw it in a few days. Let's just make do with it today... First, you said that the Demon King's Castle is too small! Ains, what are your plans?"

"I plan to...I plan to solve the current population problem of Demon King City. In fact, the number of residents that Demon King City can currently accommodate has reached saturation. I'm afraid that the surrounding farmland can hardly feed all the residents of Demon King City."

As soon as Ains said this, Engla immediately showed his doubts, and he said: "Mr. Ains, although the outer city area around the Demon King's City is indeed overcrowded, it is still a bit too arbitrary to say that the surrounding arable land cannot support the residents of the Demon King's City, right?

At least, so far, there has not been a large number of residents starving to death due to food shortages in the Demon King City. The vast majority of the demons in the Demon King City can still solve the problem of food and clothing. "

In response, Irons shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Engla, that's not the case. It's true that so far, there hasn't been a large number of residents starving to death in Demon King's City, but Mr. Engla, do you remember those scavenger hounds?"

"Those carrion hounds planted by the Lord of Corruption? Of course I remember, but what does this have to do with the food problem?" Engla couldn't figure out the connection between the two for a moment.

"Mr. Engla, the number of that group of scavenger hounds was quite large. You had the army burn for two whole days to clean up their corpses. Where did such a large group of scavenger hounds get their food from?

The answer is the mass grave outside the Demon King's City. Rather than a mass grave, it is more like a corpse dumping ground. A large number of corpses of the Demon King's City residents were abandoned in that area, becoming a granary to feed the pack of scavenger hounds. "

"...But, Your Excellency, there aren't that many residents of the Demon King's City who died of starvation. Most of them actually died in gang fights in the outer city."

As soon as Engla said this, Ains immediately snapped his fingers and said, “This is the key, Mr. Engla, countless residents of the Demon King’s City die every year due to public security issues.

These deaths balanced the number of demons immigrating from other places, causing the overall population of the Demon King's City to grow at a slower pace. This low growth prevented the food problem from becoming a major issue for the time being.

But as the Demon King City develops, we must first crack down on the various illegal gangs of Lin Li in the outer city and solve the public security problems in the outer city. After solving these problems, Mr. Engla, what do you think will happen next? "

Engla was not stupid. After being reminded by Ains, he quickly reacted and said, "After that, the population of Demon King City will enter a period of rapid growth, and the food problem that was not obvious before will quickly erupt, and the residents of Demon King City will start to starve."

Ains nodded immediately, followed Engla's thoughts and continued, "Yes, once food resources are insufficient, disputes over resource allocation will arise.

Once disputes arise, the residents will form cliques, and once the residents of Demon King City form cliques, everything we have done before will be in vain."

After hearing what Ains said, Margaret and Engla immediately gasped. They never expected that such a public security issue could be related to the food problem. Developing a Demon King's City actually laid so many traps for them to step on?

Chapter 77 I want to build a new Demon King’s Castle!

"Then how should we solve this problem? Should we make preparations in advance to increase food production?" Margaret frowned and asked worriedly.

Ains shook his head and commented: "This is the dumbest method. In essence, it is to share the population pressure with the already tight land resources in the Demon King's City. This is just like transferring the injury from the left hand to the right hand."

"Ah..." Margaret scratched her hair in distress, stared at Ains and said angrily: "Although my method is not very good, don't judge someone as the dumbest so directly, right? I am not good at this myself..."

Irons smiled knowingly and responded, "Then you have to try to be good at it. Obviously, you are still not very good at it after staying with me for three years and then leaving."

"Woo..." Margaret's face immediately turned red with embarrassment after being commented on by Irons. She shouted directly at Irons: "So what! You will be my husband soon anyway!

"When the time comes, what's yours will be mine! Your brain will be my brain! As your wife, can't I just use your brain when I have something to do?"

"..."

Wow, that's really convincing. I couldn't refute it for a moment.

Margaret's desperate response made Irons laugh and cry. He shook his head and reminded her, "Yes, you can use my brain first when you encounter anything.

But don't forget, Margaret, you are the devil, you need to use your brain. Think about it, Margaret, think about it, is there any way to solve the current situation? I have already mentioned the conditions before. "

"Ha..." Margaret frowned in distress. She had naively thought that after getting Irons, a useful external brain, she would be able to relax a little.

But obviously, Irons, the external brain, has his own ideas. He thinks your lazy idea is wrong and decides to give you a good training.

Not only am I not feeling relaxed now, but I even have more things to consider than before.

This process was quite strenuous for Margaret, but she also knew that she could not escape.

So she started to use her brain, recalling what Irons had said before, and trying to keep up with Irons' thoughts.

Fortunately, although Margaret didn't like to use her brain, she was quite smart. She quickly realized what Ains was thinking. She frowned and asked, "Ains... Are you planning to move all the extra residents in the Demon King's City to Troll Ridge?"

Ains immediately snapped his fingers and admitted, “Yes, that’s my idea, or to be more precise, I plan to build a second city in the Demon Realm.

This is also something that must be done. Just like work requires division of labor, urban construction also has division of labor, agricultural cities, industrial cities, economic cities...

If the Demon Realm wants to develop, it is impossible to rely on a single Demon King City to drive the entire Demon Realm. No matter how advanced and developed the Demon King City is, it does not mean that the Demon Realm is advanced and developed.

Moreover, only when the Demon Realm as a whole becomes more advanced and developed can it feed back to the Demon King City and make the Demon King City further developed. And I plan to take the first step in building a new city at Troll Ridge."

Apparently, Irons had made enough important remarks today. When he uttered this sentence, the atmosphere in the parliament hall was even somewhat calm.

Everyone has become somewhat numb, so even if Ains said he wanted to build a new Demon King's Castle, they probably wouldn't have any emotional fluctuations.

After thinking for a while, Engla said, "Your Excellency, are you planning to build a second city in the Demon Realm in Troll Ridge to solve the current population problem in Demon King City... It is indeed a solution, but we cannot guarantee that the residents of Demon King City are willing to migrate to Troll Ridge, right?"

Engla’s doubts were indeed correct, and Ains nodded in acknowledgement, saying, “You are right, Engla, so this idea is just an idea for now.

If successful, the benefits will be multifaceted. First of all, the population of Demon King's City will be reduced due to immigration, which will greatly reduce the population burden. At the same time, it will also indirectly weaken the local gang forces in Demon King's City.

Because the biggest reliance of these gangs is the immigrants from the Demon King's City. In essence, they are some foreign demons who fight for resources in the Demon King's City and band together for warmth.

With the second immigrant city, it is like cutting off the main artery that supplies new forces to the gang. By then, we won’t even need to spend much resources to let the gang decline naturally…”

Ains listed one by one the benefits that building a new city would bring to the Demon King's City. After connecting them one by one, everyone realized that this proposal could actually solve so many internal problems of the Demon King's City at one time.

For a moment, everyone fell into inexplicable longing.

Engla couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, it has to be His Excellency Wang Fu who can come up with such a brilliant development plan..."

"Exquisite? That can't be said with absolute certainty." Seeing that everyone's expressions seemed a little too optimistic, Irons knew that he needed to put the brakes on everyone.

He reminded: "Don't forget, Engla, the question you raised yourself, how to ensure that the excess immigrants in the Demon King's City are willing to move to the new city in Troll Ridge?

On this point, I have to find time to go to the Demon King's Castle and learn some public opinion. In addition, building a new city is not a simple matter.

Although doing so can weaken the gang power in the Demon King's City, it will also lay the seeds for the development of new gangs in the new city in the future.

Especially in the early days of a city, the chaotic allocation of resources and the harsh conditions can even make it easier for gangs to emerge. How to prevent this is also what we need to end...”

Irons' series of reminders effectively woke up all the listeners. When these questions were raised, the passion in everyone's hearts was indeed dampened a lot.

Sure enough, ideals are full, but reality is always so skinny. This is still a hidden danger that can be raised in advance. There are still a lot of problems that have not been raised and are buried in the corners. The results can only be revealed when it is put into practice.

Margaret kept Irons' teachings in mind, then nodded and said, "Then next time, I'll go out for a walk with you, Irons."

Engla grumbled with some regret: "I hope to go on a private visit with His Excellency Wang Fu, but unfortunately, my appearance is still too iconic..."

Gasia, who had been listening without expressing any opinion, began to look at the human prince with a new respect after listening to the lecture. No wonder the Demon King was so enthusiastic about this human.

but……

"Well, everyone, I'm not trying to pour cold water on you, but I want to say that the Troll Ridge we are talking about now should still be under the rule of the Troll Lord..."

After being reminded by Cassia, everyone came to their senses. They were so focused on immigration that they forgot about the matter of the Troll Demon Lord.

But…is he important now?

"The Troll Lord is quite simple. At most, after I have completed the military command, I will lead my troops to beat him up, or even the Demon Lord will personally send him off. The Troll Lord died a worthy death as he was able to contribute to the progress of the Demon Realm."

Engla sentenced the anthropomorphic demon king who implemented Massierism to death without hesitation, and Margaret nodded in agreement.

They didn't care about the Troll Lord before because Troll Ridge was not a very good place and was not worth occupying.

The second point is that compared to the real troublemakers like the Corruption Lord and the Magma Lord, although the Troll Lord says he does not respect the Demon King, he just stays in Troll Ridge and bullies the people, and has never set his sights on the Demon King.

To put it simply, this guy doesn't attract much hatred, and Margaret was too lazy to pay attention to him before.

But it’s different now. Your husband has spoken. You, the Demon Lord, have to give up your things no matter what. If you refuse to give them up... then we can only help you give them up.

However, Irons calmly raised his hand to suppress the eagerness of Engla and Margaret, and said, "Don't worry, I think we may not need to do this ourselves... Someone will help us."

"You mean... Catalina?" Margaret curled her lips and then mocked, "Haha, I hope that woman has that ability. If she can't even pass the first level of invading the Demon Realm, I will laugh at her for the rest of my life~"

Chapter 78: Pagans

After chatting with Engla for a while, Margaret ended the parliament. Engla nodded respectfully and left the hall, preparing to return to the barracks to continue his military reform.

The banshee priestess Cassia did not leave immediately, but came to Irons. Although the banshee's eyes were covered with cloth, Irons could always feel that he was being watched.