Chapter 380: Development and Construction Corps

Although he didn't know who was supporting the Silver Emperor behind the scenes, Roland quickly made a decision on the issues raised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Both missions could be accommodated.

The War Committee is not a pushover. There is no need to take sides. Just remain neutral and watch the show. We will make friends with whoever wins.

Although Roland believed that the six silver families had a higher chance of winning, so what if they won? Could the silver families give anything to the war committee when they rewarded the merits?

Regardless of whether the Silver Emperor consolidates his position or the six silver families overthrow the emperor, with the current strength of the War Council, the relationship between the Silver Empire and the War Council will not be too good, nor will it be too bad.

As for how the official contact between the Silver Empire and the War Council will be during this period, the committee will talk to whoever can make the decision. If both can make the decision, the committee will choose whoever offers better conditions.

As for the conflict between them, as long as they don't hurt the people in the committee, it doesn't matter even if they fight each other privately and beat each other to death.

The core of Roland's instructions was that everything should be based on the interests of the War Committee.

Of course, in the order sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Roland also asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to place the two delegations separately, preferably keeping a certain distance between them.

The future of the Silver Empire is uncertain.

Even if he gets support from other forces, the Silver Emperor will most likely not be able to defeat the six silver families, but who can be sure of the future?

Roland's founding of the War Council, the killing of Kan'ozu, and the containment of the Green Tide have profoundly changed the world. The wave of change has spread out from Donnar to the surrounding areas.

The fate of hundreds of millions of lives has been changed, a large number of extraordinary people have been born, and huge commercial activities have taken place.
This is not just the small fight that Roland had with Sinar in the North before. The change in the overall situation in Donnar has already pushed the future of this world towards another unknown future.

Even though Roland has mastered a large amount of knowledge and knows countless secrets and the future, he cannot predict what the future of this world will look like. The change that the Silver Emperor was not overthrown as in his memory is only the beginning. As time goes by and the War Council develops, there will be more changes in the future.

As the future continues to change, Roland's advantage in foresight will become weaker and weaker.

However, Roland didn't care much about this. When he walked through the border gate and entered the territory of Donnar, Roland was already prepared to cause a huge uproar.

Roland didn't like this strange yet familiar world. He tried to change it, but it turned out that even after being reincarnated into this world and having several years of experience growing up in the Savage North, he couldn't adapt to this world of grooves.

So, since he cannot change himself to adapt to this world, he should let the world adapt to him.

Roland was never afraid of change. He did not want to be a "prophet" who knew everything but was afraid of change and dared not interfere in anything.

The establishment of the War Council is just the beginning, and Roland will not stop.

Of course, Roland's current thinking is still relatively conservative. He only wants to manage the War Committee well and has no great desire for expansion.

In addition to the issue of the two delegations sent by the Silver Empire, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also brought Roland good news.

When the War Council entered its development stage and other departments were busy with internal construction and development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also not idle.

Although the Silver Empire had urgently recalled the delegation before, their absence did not mean that the committee could not take the initiative. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also took the initiative to send personnel to the Silver Empire.

Although the diplomats sent to Ginza achieved limited results due to the struggle between the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family, they only reconnected with the Radiant Knights.

However, the diplomats sent to the various vassal states of the Silver Empire reaped quite good rewards.

Due to the feudal system of the Silver Empire, the vassal states within the Silver Empire all maintained a high degree of autonomy, and therefore the vassal states had great power.

Even the Silver Empire cannot keep forcing them to do things they don't want to do. Even if the War Council reaches an agreement with the Silver Empire on commercial trade, if they want to open up the markets of the vassal states, they still need the nod of the vassal states.

Compared to Ginza, which has some internal strife, most of these vassal states do not have so many problems. Although power is not necessarily in the hands of the princes, the political situation is mostly relatively stable. Therefore, when facing the diplomats of the War Committee, they can still send powerful representatives to negotiate.

Therefore, with the efforts of the War Council's diplomats working day and night, dozens of vassal states signed trade agreements with the War Council and opened their markets to each other.

In addition to the smooth diplomatic activities against the vassal states, the diplomatic relations between the War Committee and the nobles in the border areas were also relatively smooth.

Although the border nobles were thrown out by the Silver Empire as cannon fodder to resist the Green Tide, and they all emerged from the war, their military force is quite strong.

Therefore, the vassal states on the border were worried that they would not be able to defeat them after absorbing them. Also, in order to avoid being dragged into the fight against the Green Tide, no vassal state was willing to accept them.

The Silver Empire did not want to care about these border nobles. After all, in their minds, these border nobles were just cannon fodder. Therefore, the Silver Emperor, who was busy with political struggles, granted them a high degree of autonomy privileges equivalent to those of the princes.

However, the land of the border nobles was newly developed, and they have few subjects. The military force only consists of themselves and their personal soldiers. Agriculture and handicrafts are almost zero, and they are still very weak.

Even with this privilege of high autonomy, individual border nobles are no match for the weakest vassal states within the Silver Empire.

Therefore, although they had autonomous privileges equivalent to those of the princes, the border nobles still chose to stick together and form a small group of border nobles to fight against other vassal states and the malice of nature.

The diplomats of the War Council established diplomatic relations with this small group.

After a brief exchange, the border nobles and the war committee quickly reached a consensus on the issue of the buffer zone. The buffer zone was divided into three parts. The land close to the Silver Empire that had been developed by the border nobles belonged to them, while the wild land close to the War Committee that had not yet been developed was assigned to the committee.

As for the part in the middle, it can be developed freely according to one's ability, and whoever controls it first will own it.

This agreement is undoubtedly relatively biased towards the committee. The committee did not pay anything, but got one-third of the land in the buffer zone. As for the free development part in the middle, the border nobles who can only rely on themselves cannot compete with the war committee. Even if the war committee is busy with internal construction, they can just take out some funds and send some military extraordinary people to take it.

In addition to reaching a consensus on the buffer zone issue, the border aristocratic group also signed a trade agreement with the committee to open markets to each other, and also negotiated a business agreement.

Since no vassal state was willing to accept them, the border nobles were often heavily overcharged by the vassal states when purchasing pioneering supplies. Therefore, the border nobles hoped to purchase cheap pioneering supplies from the War Committee.

Compared with the vassal states that were exhausting all resources, the price offered by the War Committee was not low, but at least it was within the acceptable range of the border nobles. Therefore, the border noble group placed a large order with the committee.

However, the nobles in the border areas are now relatively poor and can only use the parts of various extraordinary creatures to pay off their debts.

Although the buffer zone is dangerous, it also has its advantages. The uninhabited and dense elemental environment has given birth to a large number of extraordinary creatures in the buffer zone. Although these extraordinary creatures are a threat to the development of the buffer zone, they are also an important source of funds to support the development of the border nobles.

However, before they got in touch with the committee, they could only sell to the vassal states of the Silver Empire, so the prices were kept very tight.

But the price given by the committee is quite fair. You can buy it according to the market price, and if the quantity is large, the price can be raised a little bit.

The committee's diplomat had originally been prepared to bargain with the border nobles, but unexpectedly, when he stated the highest price set by the Ministry of Finance, the border nobles agreed to it at the speed of light.

It can only be said that the princes of the Silver Empire were too cruel to the border nobles and squeezed them to death, so that when the committee conveyed a little goodwill, the border nobles accepted it with gratitude.

Looking at the report submitted by the noble diplomat who was sent to the border area, Roland could also see the diplomat's surprise and surprise from the text.

It can only be said that it is no wonder that in memory, the border nobles finally banded together to form the Blade Border, which became the most rebellious vassal state in the Silver Empire, and later stabbed the Silver Empire in the back.

It would have been fine if they were sent to the border to be cannon fodder against the Green Tide, but in the end not only did they not get any support, they were even suppressed, restricted here and there, and their last economic value was squeezed out. This shows that they do not regard the border nobles as their own people at all.

Roland shook his head, said nothing, and put the reports down.

Now that we have reached a consensus with the nobles in the border areas, it is almost time to start developing the buffer zone. After the committee completes the coreization of the occupied area, it is time to allocate manpower to develop the buffer zone.

Although the War Committee does not lack land now, it still has to send people to take over and develop the buffer zone. At least the important nodes and the difficult-to-attack and easy-to-defend terrain in the buffer zone must be controlled, and the mithril mine buried deep in the buffer zone must also be obtained.

Controlling advantageous terrain and building fortresses can effectively ease the committee's defense pressure on the border.

In Roland's memory, all these territories will be controlled by the Blade's Edge in the future, so that the East Nar countries rebuilt in his memory are forced to make concessions to the Blade's Edge in many aspects. Moreover, relying on the advantageous geographical location, the commercial exchanges between East and West Nar are also influenced and controlled by the Blade's Edge.

In short, these places are all very important, and some of them are in the free development zone. It is better for the committee to send personnel in advance to encircle them all. The other lands in hand can be slowly filled in after the population is sufficient.

As for the land that was not enclosed, it was given to the nobles in the border areas. Anyway, the value was not very high and it was not an important terrain, so the cost-effectiveness of developing it was too low.

However, the War Council's current population is limited, and the buffer zone is quite dangerous, with countless supernatural creatures and natural threats. It is not suitable to transfer ordinary people there.

Moreover, Roland wanted to give priority to controlling important terrain, which meant that the committee had to develop areas deep in the buffer zone. Establishing a town deep in the buffer zone might leave the town isolated and helpless for a long time, and letting ordinary people go there would be no different from letting them die.

Therefore, after taking into account Roland's opinions, the administrative department and the military department jointly planned a plan called: Development and Construction Corps.

Roland pulled out the plan that he had prepared long ago from the bookshelf beside him.

This is a special legion preparation plan planned jointly by the administrative department and the military department. Although the buffer zone is dangerous, it is not that dangerous for the legion soldiers. No matter how strong the wild supernatural creatures are, can they defeat the organized legion soldiers?

Even if they are isolated and helpless, the legionnaires can defeat most threats in the buffer zone. Even if they encounter problems that they cannot solve, they will be able to hold on until support arrives.

Moreover, all the legion soldiers have left their life marks in the Fountain of Life. Even if they accidentally die in the buffer zone, they can be resurrected in the Fountain of Life.

Therefore, the plan is to select soldiers from the legion to form a special corps: the Pioneering and Construction Corps, and give it the responsibility of garrisoning and guarding the border.

Let them go deep into the buffer zone, build fortresses at various important locations, implement a unified military and political militarized management system, and settle and guard the border.

Of course, this is undoubtedly a tough job, so the soldiers of the Pioneering and Construction Corps adopt a rotation system. Soldiers are rotated regularly and receive treatment from psychic spellcasters after the rotation to avoid psychological problems for the soldiers.

At the same time, if you stay in the Development and Construction Corps, you will receive a special subsidy every month.

At present, the first batch of soldiers of this pioneering and construction corps has made almost all the plans. As long as Roland gives the order, they will rush to the buffer zone and go deep into the buffer zone to farm and collect ashes.

Farming and collecting dust are basic skills for the legionnaires of the committee. Basically, they all know how to do it. Moreover, they don't think there is anything wrong with farming and collecting dust.

After all, most of the legionnaires of the committee are of civilian origin, and farming and ashes are just the basics, at least they know a little bit. And after joining the army, in addition to daily training, the legionnaires are often pulled together to farm and ashes.

After all, the War Committee has always had a labor shortage problem. When there is no war, the army's hundreds of thousands of well-trained and high-quality laborers must be utilized.

Anyway, the legion soldiers still focus on military training, and occasional farming and dusting will not reduce the combat effectiveness of the legion soldiers.

Of course, even the extraordinary people are no exception. They have to farm and do the work, and they have to lead by example. Therefore, even the soldiers and extraordinary people of noble birth have basically mastered the skill of farming and doing the work.

In short, the committee’s army, from top to bottom, is not only capable of fighting tough battles, but is also good at farming and raising ashes.

(End of this chapter)