Chapter 350: Chapter 325: Land Base (Part 1)
Having sessfully upied Backhill Vige, Rocky immediately started arranging various tasks to takeplete control of the area as quickly as possible. He knew he did not have much time to prepare because, on one hand, thend was restless with Demons possibly attacking at any moment, and on the other hand, he was concerned about the Proud Dragon Commerce Guild and feared that they would not give up easily.
Thus, at his instruction, everyone around him immediately got busy.
Liliya began to handle the transfer of prisoners of war to Thunderhawk City in batches, so as not to let these captives stir up trouble in the vige. Monte and Lin Feng, meanwhile,manded the Guard Corps to repair the damaged walls from the battles and prepared themselves for potential conflicts with Demons.
Meanwhile, following this development, Thunderhawk City also started flying toward Backhill Vige and arrived above the vige the next day.
When Thunderhawk City arrived, Rocky boarded the captured Fleet and made a trip back to the city, and as he had said, he reorganized the Second Fleet of Thunderhawk City.
After driving away the Proud Dragon Commerce Guild, Rocky had captured three fourth-generation Escort Ships and eleven Reconnaissance Ships. With these, and including two warships captured from Wild Horse City, Rocky now had a total of fiverge warships, consisting of four Escort Ships and one destroyer.@@novelbin@@
Of these five warships, the single destroyer was added to the First Fleet. In the first battle against Wild Horse City, the First Fleet of Thunderhawk City had suffered minimal losses but had a Escort Ship sunk. Therefore, Rocky added the captured destroyer to the First Fleet, maintaining its fleet size at ten warships.
As for the remaining four Escort Ships, he incorporated them into the Second Fleet. With this, the Second Fleet of Thunderhawk City now had six Escort Ships along with several dozen Reconnaissance Ships, which constituted a considerable force, at least sufficient to be effective in battles against Demons.
At the same time, he met again with n, owing to matters concerning the mines of Backhill Vige, in which the Sky Alliance also had a stake. After securing the mining operations, Rocky met with n to report the situation to the Alliance and request an inspection to confirm the status, and to discuss issues concerning the Proud Dragon Commerce Guild as well.
If this had been before, Rocky would have had to face these issues alone, but now it was different. As a member of the Sky Alliance, the Alliance was his backing. Not only did the Sky Alliance have a share in the mines of Backhill Vige, but they would also support him in such matters, so naturally, Rocky needed to inform n about it.
“Oh? Is that so?”
When Rocky finished detailing the situation, n frowned and then his face turned angry.
“The Proud Dragon Commerce Guild really has the audacity! How dare they target the Alliance?!” n red at Rocky and huffed, “City Lord Rocky, rest assured, I will report this to the Alliance immediately. If the Proud Dragon Commerce Guild dares to cause trouble at the mine, I will join you in confronting them, and we’ll see what they dare to do!”
“With your words, I am relieved,”
Nodding slightly to n, Rocky also showed a smile. Although he was not afraid to take on the Proud Dragon Commerce Guild, using the might of the Sky Alliance to coerce without fighting was certainly the best strategy. Thus, n’s stance truly eased his mind.
And due to the lingering issues in Backhill Vige, the day after next, once n had reported the matters of Backhill Vige to the Alliance, Rocky took him to leave Thunderhawk City, and the two returned to the mine together.
When Rocky returned to the mine, it was already the third day after the upation. In these three days, all prisoners of war had been transported back to Thunderhawk City under Liliya’s personal arrangement. The previously damaged city wall had also been repaired diligently and was nowplete. Therefore, when Rocky arrived on a warship, Thunderhawk City’s guards were already stationed atop the wall.
“Not bad, this ce is really nice…”
After disembarking from the warship with Rocky and touring Backhill Vige, n couldn’t help but say, “City Lord Rocky, no wonder the Proud Dragon Commerce Guild wanted to upy this ce. You have indeed found a great location!”
After the two returned to the mansion within Backhill Vige and sat down, n said with a smile to Rocky, “This Backhill Vige has a strategic advantage, with walls outside for defense and mines inside for mining. It’s truly a great ce. If you can build this into your own stronghold onnd, then upgrading Thunderhawk City to a mid-sized Sky City is just a matter of time!”
Watching Rocky, n seemed very excited as he spoke these words.
“Heh heh, I’ll take your auspicious words then.”
Facing n’s statement, Rockyughed heartily, not bothering with false modesty or courtesy because this was indeed what he had in mind!
Backhill Vige was definitely a great ce, and its advantages were not limited to mining alone. What truly made it enviable was that not only were there mines to exploit, but the location itself was easy to defend and difficult to attack—a ce ripe for greater development!
In today’s world onnd, there are many upied resources, but ces like Backhill Vige, naturally safeguarded by terrain, are extremely rare.
Currently onnd, most resources are isted; for instance, mines in certain mountainous areas can also produce minerals but are just solitary mines. Easy to upy, they are hard to keep under the constant threat of demons. Numerous Sky Cities have invested astronomical amounts to hold onto such isted ventures, and even then, sometimes they fail to hold them.
But this issue doesn’t exist in Backhill Vige; because it was originally a vige, and mining is just a part of the vige, it has a unique advantage. Not to mention the tall walls at the vige entrance, fortified by the Proud Dragon Commerce Guild—just these walls alone could resist the assault of hundreds of demons.
It is because of such unique advantages, merely exploiting Backhill Vige as a standalone mine would be excessively wasteful. This ce can not only produce minerals, but it also has the potential to be developed into a terrestrial base!
After visiting Backhill Vige, n clearly saw its potential, and that’s why he made his earlier statement, believing that if Rocky could develop this ce well, then using it as the foundation onnd to upgrade Thunderhawk City into a mid-sized Sky City is inevitable.
In fact, after upying Backhill Vige, Rocky had also realized this point. Not just him, undoubtedly, the ousted Proud Dragon Commerce Guild thought the same, or else they wouldn’t have both constructed walls and buildings, and even carved tforms on the cliffs on either side of the vige to dock skyships—evidently, they too aimed to build it into their ownnd base!
COMMENT
0ment
Vote
3 left
SEND GIFT