If a country wants to be strong, it must have a lot of resources. Wealth resources such as minerals and timber are very important, and population resources such as the army and labor force are equally important. If you can have a super high population resources on the premise of having a large number of population resources, you can also have a super high population.

In terms of per capita wealth and resources, that would be even better.

The Kaldorei Empire has a lot of wealth, but its population is too small. With a population of hundreds of thousands and more than 100,000 square kilometers of land, it can be described as vast and sparsely populated. In this way, Zin Aissalin still occupies

half of the population, and Suramar accounts for about a quarter.

The fiefdoms of other lords are considered large if they have thousands of people, which seriously restricts the development of the Kaldorei Empire.

If it weren't for the large number of Kaldorei mages and the powerful combat effectiveness of the army, they would have been wiped out by the trolls long ago.

Azshara obviously realizes this, and her previous solution was to seek allies.

The pandaren living in the south of the Well of Eternity have a large population, but they are peace-loving. When the Kaldorei Empire has not yet developed, they can provide protection and resources for the Kaldorei Empire.

The Pandaren did not reject the Kaldorei, and the two sides had a very close relationship after the alliance. Just as Azshara imagined, the Pandaren's surplus labor did help the Kaldorei a lot. With the establishment of Zin Azshari, the Pandaren

No less effort.

However, the Kaldorei mages later learned arcane spells from the Well of Eternity. In order to enhance their own strength, the Kaldorei mages showed no restraint.

This caused dissatisfaction among the pandaren. They believed in the way of nature and expressed concerns about the uncontrolled development of the Well of Eternity. However, the kaldorei mages went their own way and only regarded their allies as jealous of them.

The conflicts between the two sides accumulated, and the interests of the two races began to conflict. In order to avoid war with their allies, the Pandaren chose to move south, away from the center of the continent.

Azshara expressed regret for this, but at this time the Kaldorei already had enough strength, so they did not hold back. Moreover, after the pandaren left, the Kaldorei could have the Well of Eternity to themselves. So Azshara stayed in Eternity

The Eternal Palace was built on the Well, and a large number of mage towers were built around the Eternal Palace, completely integrating the Well of Eternity into the territory of the Kaldorei Empire.

This is also the reason why the Well of Eternity is not big, but Zin Aissalin was built on one side of it instead of completely surrounding it.

After years of development, the Kaldorei Empire moved beyond the Well of Eternity and built Suramar and Narthalas Academy on the Titan ruins to the north. The empire's borders extended to Val'sharah further north.

The vast land brought a large amount of resources, allowing the Kaldorei Empire to develop rapidly and develop the current magical civilization.

However, magic cannot allow the Kaldorei Empire to continue to develop. Too many Kaldorei chose to retire after accumulating enough wealth, resulting in a slow increase in the empire's finances. The nobles and even Azshara herself were resting on their laurels, and even raising military expenses became difficult.

It becomes difficult.

The reason why Gale chose to open the forging factory was because of this. The mages were all studying spells and magic items, and did not see the benefits of arms at all. After the forging factory was built, it immediately filled the gap in this industry.

In the same way, because mages look down on manufacturing weapons and equipment, the high-end weapons market is severely sluggish. It is difficult to create epic weapons using the manual workshop-style manufacturing method. Without enchanting assistance, ordinary craftsmen may not be able to create epic weapons in their lifetime.

Weapons.

Therefore, it is imperative to start a war.

Moreover, Azshara must ensure that after the war begins, it can obtain a large number of troll slaves to serve as cheap labor.

At the same time, we must ensure that the casualties among the Kaldorei cannot be too great, otherwise there will not even be anyone to manage the slaves.

Gale was opposed to this, not because the Holy Mother's Heart disapproved of capturing troll slaves. It was because he was once again appointed quartermaster, responsible for the logistics of the entire campaign.

This completely disrupted his plan, and Azshara did not give him much military expenditure, but allowed him to have the right to exchange loot for military expenditure.

It seems that Azshara saw the benefits of Hedashar's handling of the loot without having to pay military expenses first.

Gale was speechless. Hedashar was just a special case. After all, it was a defensive battle, and it was easy to deal with the spoils.

Now that it is an offensive war, it will cost a lot to transport the loot back. Especially when there is a lack of manpower, transporting the loot is a very luxurious thing.

But the appointment letter has been issued, and Gale has no choice at all.

If you can't resist, you can only accept your fate.

Gale immediately placed an order with the forging factory for one million sanctions arrows. I don’t know how long this war will last, and there must be enough arrows.

The Sword of Sanction and the Power of the Wind also require 3,000 pieces (pieces). The former is used to reserve and replace damaged weapons. The latter is used to equip the entire army and use long-range attacks as much as possible to deal with trolls and avoid too many

Casualties.

Gale recruited a group of alchemists in Zin Issaline to produce regeneration potions in large quantities. This life-saving potion requires at least one bottle per person, which can be used to save lives at critical moments.

At the same time, he also issued a recruitment order to the Sisters of Elune to recruit some priests who were good at healing to serve as military doctors. He also merged the alchemists into the military medical team to serve as apprentices.

High Priest Dejana sent a sacrificial force of hundreds of people, most of whom were good at healing. The remaining small number were good at fighting to protect the sacrificial troops who were good at healing.

Maiev once again became the commander of this force.

Gale was very happy to see Maiev. The two have worked together many times and have already developed a tacit understanding, so it will be much easier for them to work together.

Gale included the five Navoli people into the logistics force and asked them to recruit some mercenaries to help deliver supplies.

As for supplies, Gale needs to buy them from the farms around Zin Aessarin and Suramar. The two cities also need to consume a lot of food. If they are purchased in the city, many Kaldorei will starve.<

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Despite this, Gale still failed to collect enough food and only bought enough food for an army of 10,000 men for one month.

Gale had no choice but to attack the fish in the surrounding rivers. But if he wanted to catch fish, he had to build a boat. During the time of Hedashar, the boats driven by trolls were used to rob the Vrykul. Gale also wanted to

Ask a Vrykul person to borrow it.

He led the logistics troops to Jadvik, only to find that the Vrykul there had already left their residence.

In their big house, Gale found the blueprints for shipbuilding. According to the blueprints, Gale used arcane magic to manipulate the wood and built a fishing boat.

The arcane magic is so simple. The shipbuilding process that the Vrykul took many years to complete, Gale completed in less than a day. The fishing net that was particularly troublesome to weave, Gale did not even use for an hour.
Chapter completed!