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Chapter 369 - 369 369 Departure Land Grabbing

369: Chapter 369: Departure, Land Grabbing 369: Chapter 369: Departure, Land Grabbing “Get ready for this task.

It’s just right next door, very close, so it can also be used for some practice.”

As Miller was about to leave, Zhao Guang suddenly said, “Go and call Coscola over.”

It didn’t take long for Coscola to arrive at Zhao Guang’s side.

Given the guy’s sweaty appearance, he must have been cultivating just now.

Nowadays, Coscola has nothing else to do—every day is either cultivation or training soldiers.

Or perhaps he was cultivating while he trained the troops.

The soldiers who had received the Breathing Technique were growing stronger rapidly.

Give them a shovel, and these men could dig faster than an excavator.

Seeing their performance, Zhao Guang, who originally wanted to buy an excavator, gave up the idea.

Instead of spending time teaching them how to use the excavator and wasting time on fuel, better to let them do it themselves.

At most, they would go through a few more shovels, which could also serve as training.

Because of the excavation work for the foundations, Zhao Guang had also awarded them many merit rewards.

If things continued this way, in at most a month or so, it’s likely that someone would become a new commoner, freeing themselves from slavery.

“Master, what do you command?” Right now, other than training troops, I basically have nothing else to do.

As for fighting, there really aren’t any enemies around—winter has arrived, and even the Undead Mages from the North don’t want to come out.

Zhao Guang pointed at the map, “Our southern neighbors have been probing us lately.

I think Marquis Coruas is preparing to deal with us.” Hearing this, Coscola’s eyes sharpened.

Originally becoming a slave, I thought everything was over, but I didn’t expect to meet such a kind master.

Perhaps I may not be able to rid myself of this status, but a hopeful future is in sight.

I believe that if I achieve merit in the future, the master will not be stingy with rewards.

I’ve even written to my family, hoping they can arrive here as soon as possible.

The sooner they come, the more likely it is to earn merit.

“Does master need me to deal with them, which place should we attack?”

Zhao Guang shook his head, “No, no, no, how can this be done overtly.”

After all, although the two sides are already hostile, as long as Zhao Guang doesn’t make the evidence public, there’s still room for easing tensions, and it’s not the kind of situation where faces are torn outright.

If that’s the case, then at most we can let some thieves attack, but we cannot actively attack ourselves.

Zhao Guang pointed at the map, “I need you to go out and stake our claim.”

“Stake our claim?” Coscola didn’t understand the meaning of the word.

“What do you think, if Marquis Coruas is going to deal with us, what means will he use?”

“Block our transportation, or perhaps, directly bribe Thief Gangs or something of the sort.”

Zhao Guang nodded, “Those are just routine methods.

They haven’t completely encircled our territory, so a blockade is not entirely possible.

As for Thief Gangs, Xue Feng has fallen; what Thief Gang would dare to make a move easily.”

“So, what will they do then?

They surely can’t be thinking about sending someone to assassinate you, right?”

Zhao Guang was taken aback.

This possibility wasn’t out of the question; surely, he still needed to have enough strength.

However, Zhao Guang was not very worried, because he was quite good at protecting his own life.

Strong defenses, strong recovery, and at any time, he could open a Space Gate and leave this world.

Unless they could attack another world, there was no threat to him.

Then, Zhao Guang shook his head and continued his train of thought, “Their most likely plan is to use small territories to encircle us, preventing us from expanding.”

What pioneering lords fear the most isn’t strong enemies from the outside but being completely surrounded by other lords’ territories.

Once it comes to that, how can one expand?

Any move would mean encroaching on someone else’s territory.

“It’s tough for most people to come by a pioneering permit, but this isn’t difficult for Marquis Coruas.

Even he can issue a pioneering permit every year, and the Empire will approve it directly.”

Zhao Guang pointed to the surroundings, “If he uses his own channels to get many pioneering permits, then finds people to surround us, how can we develop then?”

Their current territory isn’t large.

Seeing that small point on the map, Coscola felt troubled.

“But, didn’t His Majesty already grant us this region?”

“His Majesty did grant it, but we haven’t fully occupied it.

They can simply claim that we are unable to control it, causing these territories to no longer belong to us.” This was a sophistic technique, but it was very effective.

In fact, if you look at past records, you’ll find that some people indeed used this method.

Moreover, it’s not uncommon to use this kind of tactic on the border because it’s really effective.

“So, I need you now to run around this region and put up a signpost at every intersection.

Just write on the signpost, ‘Welcome to Xuanwu Territory.'”

Zhao Guang thought for a moment and gave his territory a name.

He was in the North, and the North is the direction associated with Xuanwu.

The name bore a good omen.

Although Coscola didn’t understand the rationale, he knew what Zhao Guang wanted to do.

“Just a signpost, will that be useful?”

“Of course, it’s useful.

The signpost itself isn’t much, but the significance it represents is completely different.

With this signpost, it means we have claimed this region.

If we have the capability to reach this place, then it is our territory.”

“Once you’ve marked the surrounding territory, I will send an application to the Imperial City.

Naturally, they will recognize that this region belongs to us.

For the next year, no one else can pioneer a new territory within the range of our territory.”

As for after a year, we’ll apply again.

If necessary, we can give the Noble Committee more money; they’ll be quite willing to help us with the application.

Looking at the vast circle that Zhao Guang had drawn on the map, Coscola understood.

This vast territory, if Marquis Coruas wanted to deal with them, he could only build outside of it.

Even if he wanted to, it’s unlikely anyone else would dare to take that risk.

Because that circle had already reached into the Northern Plague Swamp and the Beastmen’s territory to the west.

If they dared to go there to build a territory, that would certainly be a dead end.

As for the signposts, they would be recognized by the Chirali Empire and the nobles, but not by the Beastmen and the Undead Mages.

So in their eyes, the signposts were just that, and they wouldn’t likely attack them directly.

Indeed, the master always thinks more cleverly than I do.