Running across the endless swamp, Hudson felt mixed emotions.

Once such a vast territory is developed, the strength of the mountain territory will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes.

Unfortunately, the development of swamps takes a long time. If you want to open up sea transportation lines in a short time, the vast swamps will be a trouble.

"arrive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant bear's body shrank rapidly. Hudson was caught off guard and almost fell from the tree.

Looking at the innocent-looking Bear Stearns, Hudson felt angry.

It doesn't matter if you stop suddenly, you were reminded after all, but you have to stay on the ground anyway?

Even if you like to stay in a tree, you should at least choose a bigger one. The tree where Hudson is now, if you are not careful, it will be an accident.

Looking around, Hudson regretfully discovered that the thing under him could barely be considered a tree within what seemed to be visible to the naked eye.

The ground is covered with shrubs and weeds, and experience tells us that this is a saline-alkali land under the feet of the Hudson.

As expected, there are very few swamps in coastal areas with low salinity.

The salinity of the swamps developed by ourselves is slightly higher than that of ordinary soil. However, it is not much higher and does not affect food cultivation.

These coastal areas are often impacted by seawater, and the plants that can grow here are salt-tolerant species.

After a slight estimation of the distance, this place is about two hundred miles away from the territory.

The formation of such a large swamp is likely to be related to the nearby topography in addition to seawater erosion.

The southeastern province has abundant rainfall, and the accumulated water from the Salam Mountains flows into it, which is the area currently developed by Hudson.

There is also the Black Rock Mountain Range next door, which is also an area with abundant rainfall. It is inevitable that the accumulated water will flow in.

The origin of the swamp is not important, the key is its current development and utilization. One man and one bear advanced along the coast, and the rolling seawater made Hudson frown.

With his poor common sense, he knew that if he wanted to develop the coastal area, he must first build a sea defense embankment.

Without keeping the sea water out, it is impossible to reduce the salinity in the land. Only a small number of crops can be grown on high-salt land, which is extremely cost-effective.

After all, the issue of the port has not yet been determined. It would be very irresponsible not to conduct on-site inspections of this sea area and only rely on shore observations to select sites.

On this issue, Bear Stearns can't help. The Earth Bear is only awesome on land, and it's nothing in the water.

Teaching "Bear" to swim?

As soon as this idea came up, Hudson decisively killed it.

Species’ talents must be respected. No matter how good aquatic people are, they are still terrestrial creatures and cannot live in water for a long time.

Thinking about it, "bears" are similar. Maybe after living by the water for eight thousand years, it is possible to evolve the ability to survive in the water, but Hudson doesn't think he can wait until that day.

"Let's go, Bear Stearns. Take a walk around the swamp, and today's mission is completed.

Slow down a little, I want to observe the terrain."

Slowness is relative. On the back of a bear, Hudson still enjoys the treatment of flying.

Except for the height issue from the ground, there is actually no difference between Bear Stearns running wildly and flying.

Hudson strongly suspected that Bear Stearns could fly. After running hundreds of miles in the swamp, he didn't even get a trace of mud on his feet.

Unfortunately, Bear Stearns insists that it doesn't know how to do it. For the incident of the flying bear flying in the air with all four legs off the ground, it gave the explanation - talent.

In the continent of Aslant, talent is the most unreasonable thing. There is no way to explain the strange talents possessed by many races.

Usually, everyone attributes these strange events that cannot be explained to the gods. Either good gods do it, or evil gods do it.

Other theories are only spread among special professions such as magicians and arcanists. The mainstream concept is that gods created everything in the world.

Running all the way to a mountain range, based on his geographical knowledge, Hudson came to the conclusion of the Blackstone Mountains at a glance.

This time it is a real mountain range. It can be seen from the towering mountains. It is not comparable to the small earthbags in our own territory.

Mountains are connected with mountains in endless stretches. Hudson had no idea how vast the Blackstone Mountains were, but he couldn't see the end of them with the naked eye.

"Bear Stearns, are there powerful monsters in this mountain?"

As a neighbor, you should be concerned. The Blackstone Mountains can block the connection between the Alpha Kingdom and the Hessian Kingdom, and it is definitely not just a geographical factor.

Simple geographical difficulties, moving mountains and seas, cracking mountains and cracking rocks, the extraordinary world is not impossible to achieve.

Even if neither party has ambitions, opening up a trade route is not too much, right?

There is no need for the two countries to take action. The profit-seeking businessmen will explore on their own.

"Yes! I can feel a few strong auras. No one knows how many high-level magical beasts are hidden in this mountain range.

You'd better not go over there and cause trouble.

If a fight breaks out, I won't have any problem, but your safety will be hard to say."

Bear Stearns said in an old-fashioned way.

The tone was as if Hudson was a naughty child who had caused trouble and needed his parent to deal with the aftermath.

Rolling his eyes angrily, Hudson immediately stopped exploring. Warcraft have a sense of territoriality, and it is easy to get into a fight if they break in.

Although Bear Stearns' words were unpleasant, his strength was also impressive. Hudson really didn't want to provoke someone who could make him fearful.

Having these neighbors in the way is, in a sense, a good thing. At least if the enemies in the south want to peek into the mountain territory, they must first ask these local snakes if they are willing to use the passage.

Spending a lot of money to push it all the way, it is better to change the target. The war-torn Aslant continent has never lacked opportunities for expansion, but only strength.

After completing the inspection, Hudson had a general idea in his mind. The swamp in front of his house was not that vast, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers.

The specific number will not be known until it is developed.

After all, the route taken by Bear Stearns is irregular, and the error is still very large if the area is judged by just the perimeter of a curve.

With confidence in his heart, Hudson's thoughts of heading towards the sea became more intense.

Digging a canal that is hundreds of miles long, even if it is a swamp full of silt, is no small project.

Calculating the distance, it is almost one-thirtieth of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. If he were not in the extraordinary world, Hudson would not dare to have this idea.

There is no need to calculate the amount of earthwork. It is an astronomical figure anyway.

The swamp is flat and can be developed into a large plain. There is no need to worry about water sources. The river can be filled with accumulated water from the Salam Mountains.

Insufficient flow during the dry season is only a minor problem. At the worst, we can just build a gate at the outlet to allow ships to pass.

What needs to be considered now is the width, depth of the canal, the amount of labor input, and the estimated time to dig the canal.

In times of war, such a large project must be carefully considered.

Once a large amount of manpower and material resources are invested, they cannot be stopped.

It would be embarrassing if the progress of the project does not meet expectations and there is not enough financial investment due to the subsequent impact of the war.

How about putting in a few thousand people first and digging slowly?

With the financial resources of the Mountain Territory, they could only set up a canal digging team, which would have limited impact on the development of the territory.

Or should we put the plan on hold for the time being and wait until the war is over to consider this issue again?

…

The Jade Palace has been busy since the war broke out.

Military reports from the front line are flying in continuously. Generally speaking, there are more bad news than good news.

Either there were heavy losses here, or there was a loss of troops there, or a certain fortress was breached by the orc army.

It’s not that the Kingdom’s army didn’t try to organize a counterattack, it’s just that their results were somewhat unsatisfactory and they were too embarrassed to use them for publicity.

For example, during the frontline days, the Kingdom's army won a complete victory at Helan Fort, annihilating more than 5,000 Piguet soldiers, and only suffered 800 losses.

From a purely numerical perspective, this was a definite victory. Unfortunately, the enemy was so small that when the kingdom promoted it, it could only say "Orc Army" instead.

No matter how many orc armies were annihilated, it goes without saying that those killed must be the enemy's inferior race.

If the elite orcs are annihilated, they will usually be named after the enemy's race.

For example, last week we killed a hundred Behemoth soldiers, which was described in detail in the battle report.

They were all forced out. In order to combat false reporting of military achievements, the kingdom had already made regulations that all military exploits on the front line must be recorded with a photo stone before they could be counted.

These are all real data, so the battle report is naturally not that good-looking.

Even if you try to beautify it as much as possible, it can still be seen right through to the higher-ups in the kingdom.

After taking a look at the compiled battle reports, he still couldn't find a classic battle that could be worth writing about. Caesar III said helplessly:

"Let the front lines be deployed according to their actual conditions. There is no need to take risks with elites for the sake of political propaganda.

For external propaganda, just use the total number of enemies annihilated!

One month after the war started, 150,000 orcs were annihilated, which was barely enough to appease the people.

The problem of losing cities and losing land means that the war situation is tense and we are fighting over these areas.

Inform the neighbors about the difficulties we are facing, and prepare more photo stones to send there.

If we don’t let them see the brutality of the battlefield, I’m afraid we won’t be able to provide enough support!”
To be continued...