Chapter 278 Maintaining Stability
From the coup in Black Rock City to the last city being brought under the control of the War Council, this somewhat absurd civil war lasted less than two months despite the rapid growth of the army.

Although both Roland and the top leaders of the Border Region faction felt like they were punching cotton.

Although the army advanced for two months, fighting broke out between it and local factions.

But if these battles really had to be categorized, most could be considered small-scale conflicts that were won with ease.

It can be said that the entire civil war was more like an armed parade. If the troops on the front line had run faster, the civil war might have ended faster.

However, no matter what, it is a good thing that the civil war ended so quickly.

And because the Civil War ended so quickly, the War Council had not yet made any post-war plans.

Just one month into the civil war, the committee had just begun mobilizing for war, and halfway through the mobilization it discovered that victory was in sight.

By the time Roland and the top leaders of the border region had discussed the results, spent time to slowly appease the people, and suspended and ended the war mobilization, the civil war would have been won.

There was no time to celebrate the victory in the civil war, as the victors were faced with an unprecedentedly difficult situation.

Although the committee took less than two months to capture all the cities, both those that were captured by the committee's military in the first half of the civil war and those that lost order and fell into anarchy in the second half due to the escape of local factions.

No matter how fast the army rushed, these cities suffered damage of varying degrees. A large number of city residents became refugees in the war, and the fragile economies of the cities were once again crushed.

Moreover, although the War Council controlled all the cities and the vast rural areas remained calm under the Council's powerful military force, they were still in an unknown situation and no one knew what the specific situation was in the vast rural areas.

In addition, as local order was violently shattered, banditry arose in rural and remote areas.

The War Council was not yet prepared to face these problems, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and start solving them under Roland's leadership.

Except for Roland, most of the committee members were from border areas and were better at fighting but not very proficient in local governance.

But they are all powerful extraordinary beings after all. Even the knights have upgraded brains. Under Roland's leadership, they can still make appropriate policies.

Under the order of the War Committee, a large number of intact houses were requisitioned as temporary shelters, a large amount of military rations that had just been transported to various places were used as disaster relief food, and soldiers were transferred to various places to assist in sending supplies and repairing facilities.

At the same time, the Engineering Department of Jiuqi was incorporated into the War Committee, and the officials of the Engineering Department were urgently transferred to various places. Relying on the rich experience in organizing various large-scale projects in Jiuqi in the past two years, they surveyed the terrain of various places, quickly organized various projects, and crammed all the refugees from various places into the projects.

As for the vast rural areas, the War Committee also tried its best to treat them with a conciliatory policy, shelving disputes and leaving them alone as long as they were honest and did not cause trouble. However, Roland also arranged patrols for each rural area to maintain order in the rural areas.

Gather elite cavalry and extraordinary people to form a special mobile team to strike hard against banditry in various places.

In order to eliminate the banditry as quickly as possible, the War Committee will also assign two Four-Ring Knights to the special mobile team to ensure that the banditry in various places can be easily crushed.

As for the destroyed economy, the War Council was too lazy to care about it. Since it couldn't be saved anyway, it just implemented a rationing system.

After this series of combined blows, order began to be restored in an orderly manner in various places. For the people of Donnar who had experienced the green tide disaster, as long as they had food to eat, they did not care who ruled them.

Local factions, border factions, rebels, or this so-called war committee.

As order was gradually restored in various places, the War Council successfully gained a firm foothold. After gaining a firm foothold, problems within the War Council also surfaced.

In order to prepare for a coup and civil war, Roland mostly talked about military issues when communicating with the top leaders of the border region.

Therefore, although the War Council had already established the new government to replace the Locke Rebellion before the coup, only the military part of the design has been completed.

In Roland's opinion, the current War Council can at best be regarded as a temporary wartime government.

It was fine for use during the Civil War, but now that the Civil War is over, unless the War Council wants to become the second rebel army, it needs to be carefully designed.

Because before the coup, Roland had already discussed the various institutional problems and hidden dangers of the rebels with the top leaders of the Border Area Faction. The top leaders of the Border Area Faction were smart people, and after being pointed out by Roland, they also realized the problems of the rebels.

That was why they firmly supported Roland in disbanding the rebels, starting all over again, and forming a brand new government: the War Council.

Therefore, after various places gradually stabilized, in order to establish the future system of the War Committee, better rule the various places, and fight against the green tide, the first plenary session of the committee was imminent.

Originally, according to the original plan, this general committee meeting should have been held in Black Rock City.

As the place where Locke and other founders announced the establishment of the resistance army, Black Rock City undoubtedly has great representative significance.

However, due to the coup in Black Rock City, Roland and the Border District Faction massacred the local factions in the city, and the entire Black Rock City was destroyed.

Moreover, the quick end of the civil war meant that the reconstruction of Black Rock City could not be completed in time. Now, with construction going on everywhere, Black Rock City is really not a good place to hold a meeting.

Besides, Locke was not dead after all. He had been in Black Rock City the entire time. Announcing the disbandment of the resistance army in front of him and convening a general committee meeting to criticize the institutional problems of the resistance army was really a slap in his face.

Taking this into consideration, some committee members do not want the conference to be held in Black Rock City. After all, no one can deny Locke's contribution in fighting the Green Tide, and although the rebels have many problems, their intentions are always good.

Moreover, if Locke had not organized the resistance, this place would have been occupied by the Green Tide long ago, and it would not have been their turn to form a war committee.

So, after much consideration, the committee finally decided to move to another location.

First of all, the original territory of the local faction is not good enough. Safety should be the top priority when holding a meeting. It is impossible for a supernatural being to suddenly appear and kill us in the middle of the meeting.

Secondly, the city where the meeting is held cannot be too chaotic or too bad. After all, it is a very important conference, so it is better to make it look decent.

After much consideration, the most prosperous Old Qi City came into the eyes of the committee.

As the first city ruled by Roland in Donnar, and currently the most prosperous city in all of Donnar, Jiuqi is at least more famous than other candidate cities, and all the committee members have heard of it.

Moreover, it was a foregone conclusion that Roland would officially become the chairman, and holding a meeting on Roland's territory would also make it convenient for the committee members to observe the development of Jiuqi.

Therefore, taking various factors into consideration, the first plenary session of the committee was scheduled to be held in Jiuqi.

(End of this chapter)