Time passed slowly, and before I knew it, five years had gone by in the blink of an eye.
Five years have passed and a lot has changed.
During this period of time, many things happened.
For example, in the Kingdom of Kutu, King Kutu died of illness, and then Princess Orliman and Prince Gris competed for the position of King Kutu.
The two were opposed to each other and a war broke out at one point, but in the end, Princess Orliman prevailed.
With the help of Chen Heng and many other followers, Princess Orliman won by a narrow margin and became the queen of the Kutu Kingdom.
In this process, Chen Heng played a huge role.
He once faced the three great knights of the Kingdom of Aulis alone on the battlefield, and killed them all by himself.
After this battle, he was also hailed as the new generation of royal guardian knight, replacing Coribo's position.
After obtaining the position of King Kutu, in order to repay followers such as Chen Heng, Orliman deprived a large number of lords who followed Gris of their territories and gave them to her own followers.
After that final battle, the situation in the Kutu Kingdom gradually stabilized.
As the queen of the Kutu Kingdom, Orliman sits in the city of Kutu.
Chen Heng stayed in his Soda as usual.
Five full years have passed, and Soda is no longer the same as before.
If someone who has been to this land saw what Soda looks like now, he would be shocked by the changes in this land.
Compared with five years ago, most areas of Soda are still desolate, but many earthen forts have been built around them.
This is a military building that Chen Heng simplified based on the castles of this era. Although its defensive power is not as good as a real castle, it is simpler to build and has good defensive power.
At least those orc thieves who had no siege equipment and whose training was very sporadic would most likely be unable to capture the city.
Scattered earthen forts covered the border of Soda, blocking out many alien tribes from the desert.
The cities in the rear therefore gained good opportunities for development.
In five years, the city built by Chen Heng has gradually become lively. Although it still looks very simple and there are very few pedestrians, it exudes a sense of vitality.
If you look closely, you can see many strange-looking aliens farming in the farmlands outside the city.
These were the alien slaves that Chen Heng obtained from the desert. They were widely used in construction and labor and became the biggest targets of exploitation.
Every year, a large number of slaves appear in the battle with the desert.
This is because slaves are very useful and can be used in many places.
Those who are obedient are used to farm, while those who are disobedient and likely to hurt others are taken to do more dangerous things and treated as consumables.
It is precisely because of these new objects of exploitation that Chen Heng's territory can flourish and develop so rapidly.
Ironically, a considerable number of these slaves were actually sold by their own tribes.
Unlike previous lords, after Chen Heng came here, he was fighting against the aliens in the desert on the one hand, and at the same time he was also looking for ways and means to negotiate with the aliens.
He knew that although these alien races looked different from humans, they also possessed self-awareness and intelligence, but their level of civilization was much lower than that of humans.
But no matter what, as long as there is self-awareness and wisdom, there is a possibility of negotiation.
Therefore, after coming here, Chen Heng has been working hard in this direction, wanting to negotiate with those alien races.
Finally, after some twists and turns, he successfully established contact with several alien tribes and reached an agreement with them.
These foreign tribes provided Chen Heng with various specialties and slaves from the desert, and Chen Heng exchanged them for food.
To put it bluntly, to people of this era, Chen Heng's actions were extremely horrifying.
In the past, some people may have thought about trading with alien races, but most of those people ended up dying at the hands of those alien races or even becoming their dinner.
The vast majority of alien races are cannibals.
There must not be many people like Chen Heng who not only successfully established connections with alien races but also reached trade agreements.
In this way, he successfully obtained a large number of specialties and slaves from the desert aliens.
Slaves can be used for personal use to extract surplus value, while those specialties originating from the desert can generate high profits simply by transporting them to the south.
All Chen Heng paid was some food.
Food. This might be very difficult for other northern lords, especially such a large amount of food.
But for Chen Heng, who controlled a business route and had been engaged in north-south trade for many years, it was not too difficult.
Today, after all these years, under the leadership of Orliman, some nobles have also begun to engage in the North-South trade, and some of them are now successful.
However, in this field, Chen Heng has accumulated experience in the past, and his position cannot be broken by others for a while.
Therefore, Chen Heng still occupied the lion's share in the North-South trade and made huge profits from it every year.
"Your Majesty Orliman, has he killed someone again?"
In the quiet courtyard, sitting upright in his room, looking at the person in front of him, Chen Heng asked.
"Yes."
The man in front of him sighed and continued, "This time, three families were charged with rebellion and suppressed by His Majesty Orliman, and several lords had their territories taken away..."
"Your Majesty Orliman, what exactly do you want to do?"
Hearing this, Chen Heng couldn't help but frown.
In the past few years, as Oriman ascended the throne, her temperament became more and more terrifying.
As early as when she was still a princess, influenced by her mother, she had the habit of adopting lovers, and it is said that she had three or four lovers.
After ascending the throne and becoming queen, she let herself go. It is said that she collected beautiful boys from all over the place and kept them all in her palace.
This behavior was a bit too much even for the nobles who were known for their disorder.
Of course, these are just personal style issues, and may not matter to others.
But after the queen ascended the throne, her style became more and more tyrannical.
It was fine at the beginning, but later on, almost every once in a while, some people would be forced to death by him, and from time to time, he would even deprive the nobles of their territories for various reasons.
This practice inevitably caused panic among many people.
But Oriman showed no intention of stopping, and instead showed signs of becoming more terrifying and violent.
Even Chen Heng couldn't help but frown when he saw it.