The Knight's Journey to the Empire

September 4878, 9 in the Knight Continent calendar, today is destined to be an extraordinary day for [Setting Sail Island].

Because the island had received news from the ships that had arrived in advance, they knew that the fleet carrying Countess Katis would arrive at [Sailing Island] today.

Therefore, at this time, the deep-water port of [Qihang Island] was crowded with people, noisy and filled with people who came to greet them.

These people, led by Sir Colbert and Lord Woolf, were eagerly waiting.

Sir Colbert is the only upper knight on [Sail Island] today, commanding the only army of 2000 people on [Sail Island]. Needless to say, his status is very high.

Although Woolf's title was relatively low, his outstanding ability in handling internal affairs and construction planning demonstrated during this period of time also impressed many people.

In addition, he has the support of Sir Colbert, who holds real power, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the second person on [Set Sail Island].

Of course, this refers to the period before Sauron and his companions arrived on the island. After they arrived on the island, things were a little different.

Soon, a ship appeared on the distant sea surface, followed by more and more ships... In the end, these dozens of ships actually looked like a thousand ships competing with each other.

After five days of sailing on the sea, the transport fleet that Soran and his crew were on finally arrived safely at the [Angliss Islands] and docked at the newly built port of [Sailing Island].

Now, after such a long period of development and construction, the deep-water port of [Qihang Island] has changed beyond recognition and has become brand new.

With its large area and numerous berths, it can accommodate more than 120 ships from three transport fleets. It can be said to be a large port.

Of course, although the overall construction of the port has been completed, some details are still a bit rough.

Therefore, the scene like before where large-scale groups of people came together to organize and build things no longer exists.

Only a small number of construction workers, divided into small teams, carried out constructive repairs on some of the port's imperfect facilities.

……

The tallest and largest ship was towed slowly to the shore, and someone walked down from it.

The first of those who came down were Countess Katis and Prince Mercristin, followed by Baron Soren, Butler Mark and Master Oliver.

After many days, they finally stepped on solid land again, so everyone felt a strong sense of satisfaction and security.

So at this moment, everyone had smiles on their faces, without any other emotions, except for a sense of relief for surviving the disaster and happiness from the bottom of their hearts.

Upon seeing this, the crowd around burst into warm applause and cheers, warmly welcoming everyone's arrival.

Countess Katis even ignored the difference in status and waved to them.

This immediately received even more enthusiastic applause from the crowd.

Over there, Sir Colbert and Wolfe also led some people of higher status who had landed on the island first to greet them, such as Magellan, Andre, Canard, Aldrich and Plant.

"My Lord Earl, Baron Soren, and Butler Mark! You are finally here! We have been looking forward to your arrival on the Sailing Island for a long time!" Wolfe was the first to speak out and welcome everyone.

"Everyone, long time no see. Thank you for your hard work in the construction of [Qihang Island]!" Countess Katis also greeted everyone warmly.

Judging from the current construction of the port and its surroundings, Countess Katis is still very satisfied, so she did not hesitate to praise it.

"And Prince Mercristian and Master Oliver! You are also very welcome to our [Departure Island]!" Sir Colbert followed suit and welcomed them.

But the tone in which he said this was somewhat ambiguous.

Especially in the words “our [Departure Island]”, he emphasized the tone of emphasis.

Because Sir Colbert and his men already knew that Prince Mercristian and his men were here to pick peaches!

Although they had to agree due to the situation at the time, everyone still had a sense of resentment in their hearts.

So now that I have the chance, I naturally have to speak out, not only to vent my anger, but also to disgust them.

But unfortunately, Sir Colbert's punch was like hitting cotton - it was powerless.

First of all, there is Master Oliver. He is powerful and respected, and he also understands that there was something wrong on his part, so he naturally would not bother with Sir Colbert.

Of course, that's all. If Sir Colbert dares to go further, the dignity of the powerful Knights of the Pillar State will not be so easily offended.

As for Prince Mercristian, he did not hear the meaning of the squeeze in Sir Colbert's tone at all. Instead, he thought that Sir Colbert was greeting him enthusiastically.

So he responded with a smile: "Thank you for your welcome!"

Sir Colbert curled his lips immediately, feeling a little speechless!

Of course, this verbal battle was just a small episode.

Since the parties involved didn't hear it, the others naturally didn't bother to pay too much attention to it.

So everyone began to meet Countess Katis and her group, and with the cheers of the people on both sides, they walked towards the depths of the port city of [Sailing Island].

……

To the northeast of the port city of [Qihang Island], there used to be a large hill.

But now, the hill has been leveled by Wolfe's men and a new small castle has been built there.

The castle does not cover a large area, only about five or six acres.

But this is where Countess Katis and her companions stayed after arriving at [Sailing Island].

Of course, this is just a temporary castle.

Because in future plans, when the largest island in the Antilles, Greater Antilles, is officially developed, a large castle will be rebuilt on it.

After all, in the future, [Greater Antilles] will be the political and economic center of the entire [Angliss Islands].

The interior of this small castle has now been paved with things moved from the Seagull Castle, and the missing parts have also been fully supplied.

Apart from the fact that the decoration is a bit rough, there is no problem at all!

So when Countess Katis and her companions arrived today, they could check in directly.

Even in the evening, Countess Katis held a small banquet here and invited everyone to participate to express her gratitude for everyone's efforts during this period of time.

In the end, the banquet ended successfully and everyone went home happily.

……

Two days later, on September 4878, 9 in the Knight Continent calendar, in the conference hall of the small castle, Countess Katis held her first large-scale meeting in the [Angliss Islands].

The participants of this large-scale meeting were mainly retainers loyal to the Earl of Curtis's family, such as Butler Mark, Sir Colbert, Lord Fatis, Lord Uhtred, etc.

As for other outsiders, there is no one else except Soren and Wolf!

As for Prince Mercristian and Master Oliver, not even an invitation was sent out.

"Lord Wolfe, I have been around [New Garnese City] and [New Garnese Port] in the past two days! The entire city and port are very clean and tidy, well planned, and there is no strange smell or garbage!"

"So you did a good job! Very good!" At the beginning of the meeting, Countess Curtis couldn't help but praise Woolf.

Originally, this newly built city and port on [Sailing Island] had no name. It can be said that Wolfe deliberately left it there and named it personally after Countess Curtis officially landed on the island.

Therefore, the two names, [New Ganese City] and [New Ganese Port], are actually the names given by Countess Katis to this new city and port in the past two days.

As for the meaning!

Countess Katis said that it was built to commemorate the former family inheritance territory.

But Soran knew that things were not that simple, but he couldn't guess what it would be.

Therefore, perhaps only Countess Katis herself knows the meaning of this.

Woolf was praised by Countess Curtis, and she did not show any modesty, but accepted it very calmly.

After all, isn't this why he does this?

Now that he has received recognition from Countess Katis, it means that he is one step closer to his goal.

On the other side, Soren and Sir Colbert felt a sense of shared honor when they saw Wolfe being praised.

Because Woolf was recommended and fully supported by them, so strictly speaking, Woolf was theirs.

……

"Then, please allow Lord Wolfe to introduce to us the specific situation of this new territory!" Countess Katis said softly.

They have only been in [Qihang Island] for two days now. Although they have visited many places, there are still many things they don't understand, so it is natural to ask Woolf, as a political officer, to introduce them.

Although Woolf was an "outsider", she did not suffer from any stage fright.

As soon as Countess Katis finished speaking, he stood up calmly and began to explain the basic situation of [Set Sail Island]:

"Now I will introduce to you the current situation of [Qihang Island] from the aspects of the number of people, territory construction, economic development, material reserves, military strength, etc."

"First, the number of residents: Currently, we have transported more than 10,000 residents from Ganise County to the [Sailing Island]. Half of them are healthy young adults, and they are also the main force in our development and construction of new territories."

"Also, among these people, although most are ordinary civilians or farmers, craftsmen with special skills such as tailors, blacksmiths, stonemasons, leatherworkers, etc., account for about one-tenth of them."

In any society with backward productivity, craftsmen with special skills are precious.

But compared to the huge population base, their numbers are also scarce.

Therefore, the current share of one-tenth on [Qihang Island] is already a very good number.

And this is the result obtained after careful selection in the city of Ganise.

"The second is territory construction: Currently, the construction of the new territory is mainly divided into two parts, namely [New Ganise City] and [New Ganise Port], as well as the towns and villages outside."

"In the [New Ganese City] and [New Ganese Port] sections, there are several functional areas divided into commercial areas, civilian residential areas, noble residential areas, administrative areas, port areas, factory operation areas, military camps, etc."

"The division of these functional areas plays a very important role in urban management practices, such as clarifying the division of responsibilities, centralized and unified management, and forming agglomeration effects."

As he spoke, Wolfe gestured in the direction of Soran.

Because this method of dividing functional areas was taught to him by Soran before he left.

Over there, Soran smiled and nodded upon seeing this.

"In terms of towns and villages, the new territory has built a total of 1000 towns and more than 2000 villages. The population of the towns is roughly around 200-500, and the population of the villages is roughly between -."

“This close population was settled in rural areas.”

"The remaining population, about 8000 people, have been placed in [New Ganese City] and [New Ganese Port]."

"My Lord Earl, you said that we should expand to the surrounding areas only when the population in [New Ganise City] reaches a certain number!"

"But after careful calculation, I found that this number was not in line with the healthy development of the territory in the future, so I made a decision on my own to reduce the population of [New Ganise City] by 2,000!"

"I made this decision on my own without informing anyone, please punish me, Your Excellency!" Wolfe said respectfully.

Countess Curtis didn't care about these things. After all, Woolf was the professional in knowledge about urban construction.

As an honorable hereditary earl, Countess Katis was able to manage the County of Ganise so well before. Naturally, she knew that professional matters still had to be handled with the advice of professionals.

So she simply chose to ignore Woolf's apology!

She also comforted him: "Woolf, these are actually small matters, just make your own decision! I believe you can do it!"

Wolfe grinned!

Obviously, he was very touched by Countess Curtis's comfort, and she said, "I believe you," which made him feel at ease!

So Woolf continued to confidently introduce his construction achievements to everyone.