Warlord: King of All Clans

Runadov shook his head and said, "It's very bad. Master Bobak hasn't rested for a long time. We, the younger generation, can't stay in front of the Gate of Disaster for too long without his care."

"You don't have to worry too much. The master said that when he has some time, he will go back to High Court and ask a few friends for help."

Leo fell silent after hearing that. For ordinary people like them, being told by a Saint that the situation was bad was already a world-destroying crisis.

Moreover, Master Bobak is planning to go back and ask for help. It is obvious that the situation is really not optimistic.

In comparison, the natural disasters and man-made disasters in the North are nothing.

It was a problem that even a demigod and five saints could not handle, and these scattered forces could not help at all.

This can only be achieved by establishing a centralized state and having everyone united as one.

No wonder Master Bobak always says not to be anxious, because being anxious is completely useless.

Leo gritted his teeth and said, "Please send my regards to Master Bobak and the saints. I will do my best on the Empire side."

Runadov looked at him and laughed. Even the Saints couldn't do anything about the situation in the empire, and yet this young boy, who was not very old, had such a big mouth.

After seeing off the Great Wizard Runadov, Leo continued to work in Anhurst.

At this time, there was no war in the south, and the north was caught in a tug-of-war. With the assistance of Al, Rio's government pressure was reduced by half.

In addition to soothing Freya's little emotions, Leo also has time to manage his own territory.

Because he had promised Freya a year ago that they would go to the imperial capital to see the little mice after the spring, but now he was trapped in Ancestor and couldn't make the trip, Freya started to get angry.

The little groundhog, with his hands folded and his back to Leo, was determined to give her something delicious that she had never tasted before in order to calm down.

But Leo felt that he was being targeted because he hadn't had time to play with her for a long time.

Six and Fraser followed suit, but all they got was a slap in the face from Leo.

At the beginning of this spring, the Earldom of Riverbend began a comprehensive industrialization process.

The Great Falls Hydropower Station has been planned and is being slowly constructed. It is actually not a hydropower station but a hydropower hub project.

The smallest of them has already started setting up machines and conducting trials, while the medium and large hydropower stations are still building dams.

Once the dam is completed, in addition to generating electricity, it can also regulate water volume, making the entire river bay area more prosperous.

The mountain road from Hekou Town to Xingtao City has also entered the construction stage and is expected to be open to traffic by the end of the year. At that time, a large number of industrial equipment in Hewan will no longer have to travel thousands of miles from Abros City to Xingtao City.

As for the mine in Hongshanbao, blast furnaces were built, and mining sites and iron smelters sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

The metallurgical industrial team of Hewan Territory migrated to Hongshan Fort in large numbers.

Their first batch of steel orders were for rails from Ulangal to Xingtao City, and from Xingtao City to Hekou Town.

A railway with a total length of 500 miles is a project that no force in this era can afford. Even with Hewan's growing steel production capacity, it would take up 30% of it.

But it has to be repaired. Without the import of coal from the west, Hewan’s heavy industry will have to come to a halt.

In addition to these two major projects, the four cities of Isenpore, Abros, Vidanlan and Xingtao also began to build new assembly line factories, shipyards, cement plants, textile mills and other light and heavy industries, and began to expand wildly.

With a little training, the city's craftsmen can become excellent factory workers.

With steam machinery and assembly line operations, these factories have a minimum production efficiency of ten times that of traditional manual workshops, and can easily defeat competitors in all walks of life.

Many small private business owners in Hewan, who could not compete with the workshops in the Lord's Palace in Hewan, went to other cities to start their own businesses with a few technical backbones and backward equipment, and became pioneers in the industry in a blink of an eye.

Real estate developers like Stein who made early investments are now considered wealthy.

Before that, Leo will also consider the impact and try not to let the River Bay industry expand too rapidly and cause resistance from various forces.

In the past, Hewan’s industrial products were sold well in the three realms, but after all, their scale was not large and could be easily digested by other forces without causing the collapse of their own industrial chain.

This situation came to an end with the industrial expansion of the four cities. As the industry of the Earldom of Riverbend grew tenfold, it had a devastating impact on the traditional industries of other earldoms.

But now Leo is too lazy to pretend. River Bay’s military force is sufficient and its ruling power is stable.

In the past, there was resistance from others, and there was also the danger of being colluded with by both internal and external forces to divide it up.

Now that they are being resisted, the resistance forces within the territory can only be suppressed, and outsiders can only condemn again and again.

Moreover, from what Leo has seen over the past few years, there are not many good people among the feudal nobles of the empire.

From the perspective of the nobility, the northern earls each have their own strengths. Count Hermann is flexible, Count Hard is righteous, Count Grant is noble, and the Grand Duke of the North is an almost perfect ruler.

But from the perspective of ordinary people, it is really hard to say.

Almost all feudal rulers do not care too much about the living conditions of the lower classes. Their only purpose in managing their territories is to strengthen themselves.

In that case, Leo was too lazy to continue playing along with them.

The tiger's claws and fangs finally gradually revealed themselves.

The River Bend is at a critical moment of expansion, but Leo, Freya and Fesha are not in the territory, so all progress has been delayed.

So after the Grand Duke of the North officially "awoke", Leo asked Freya to take Fesha back to the River Bay to continue assisting Olivia, and he only left Six, the mascot, to keep him company.

In a tavern in Anhurst, the senior swordsman Gerard was meeting with his old friend.

The other party is also one of the Kurolov family's priests. He has been lurking in Anhurst to collect intelligence. Only core members of the family like Gerard know his identity.

While drinking, the old friend complained to Gerard, telling him about his miserable experiences over the years. At the end, he said enviously: "Now you are lucky, you have become a prisoner of Hewan. The Earl of Hewan is reluctant to kill you, and dare not use you. Instead, you don't have to do dirty work anymore."

Gerard's life was indeed pretty good. After getting through the initial tough period, he was living the life of a retired senior official in River Bay. Now the River Bay Lord's Mansion was even giving him a salary.

The two chatted for a while about the current situation of the master's family. They were both worried about the future of the Kurolov family. Gerard couldn't help but said, "If it doesn't work out, you can just go to Hewan. Count Fabti has lost the support of the people now, and it will be difficult for him to achieve anything."

His old friend shook his head and said, "The Kurolov family has done me a favor. Besides, my family is still there. How can I just walk away?"

"As for your wife and children, Master Locke has always taken good care of them. You can't escape this favor."

Gerard drank in silence, and as he drank, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Under the surprised gaze of his old friend, Gerard wiped the corner of his mouth as usual, stood up and said, "I should go."

After being tortured by the blood curse many times, Gerard finally realized that the blood curse Al cast on him would not be fatal.

But it won't be easy either. Vomiting blood every day, even high-level transcendents can't stand it. If Gerard can't find Freya in time, he will even fall back to the middle level.

Before leaving, Gerrard finally made up his mind and said to his old friend: "Give me a list. It's time to re-align and get you out of the way."