The corners of Archduke Jonathan's mouth twitched, revealing a meaningful smile.

After the two parties clinked glasses, Zong Shen raised his hand and opened a small dimensional passage in the open space next to the banquet.

Two heavily armed soldiers "escorted" Prince Carter out.

Prince Carter, who has been imprisoned for a while, is in pretty good condition.

Her face is rosy and her clothes are neat.

But there was a hint of fear in Zong Shen's eyes after walking out of the dimensional passage.

In fact, Zong Shen never abused him.

Of course, some necessary deterrence is also a process that cannot be avoided.

Otherwise, according to Carter's temperament, he would not be imprisoned obediently.

Zong Shen never treated him badly when it came to eating and drinking.

In the small dimensional world, a small manor was built for him.

Prince Carter, who came out at this time, first glanced at Zong Shen, and then looked at Grand Duke Jonathan.

His eyes that were filled with fear suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly ran to the Grand Duke's side.

"Uncle Jonathan!"

"Did you redeem me?"

It was common for nobles to be captured and then ransomed.

The other party in front has family and roots.

In order to squeeze out more value, the winner rarely kills.

After being captured, they will choose to have the other party's family or relatives pay a large ransom.

As for those little noble knights with no background, after being captured, they either surrendered or became slaves.

If you are unlucky, you may be killed directly.

Anyway, there are many ways in the Endless Continent to squeeze out a person’s value as a trophy.

Archduke Jonathan breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Carter, and then became stern.

Before awakening, he would also worry about his apparent dignity in order to prevent others from suspecting him.

After awakening, it didn't matter anymore. He was surrounded by his own people, and Zong Shen was the chosen one.

So he yelled sharply.

"Bastard thing."

"If you hadn't trampled on our agreement with the Lancaster family at will, how could the giant city of Lentax have fallen?!"

Prince Carter was startled by the sudden scolding.

His face turned red and white, and he subconsciously wanted to refute, but before he could speak, Grand Duke Jonathan, who had already stood up, slapped him twice.

The crisp sound of a slap in the face echoed in the banquet hall.

Everyone was silent in unison.

Zong Shen also watched the show with great interest.

What a scene of a father beating his son.

But it was a one-man show, because Prince Carter didn't know that he was the child of Grand Duke Jonathan.

What's more, before this, although Grand Duke Jonathan always regarded himself as an elder in front of him, he was also a duke with real power and his reputation was astonishing.

But he still maintained due respect for him.

But the changes now made him feel unexpected.

Prince Carter subconsciously wanted to get angry, but the life of imprisonment made him restrain his temper.

And he knew now was not the time to get angry.

If he offended Grand Duke Jonathan, who would be willing to redeem him?

Holding back a breath of resentment, he lowered his head.

"Yes...I'm sorry, Uncle Jonathan."

Seeing this scene, Grand Duke Jonathan's expression remained stern, but he said nothing more.

He turned to look at Zong Shen and forced a new smile.

"As you wish, the relevant population and soldiers are already ready."

"It's in an open space next to the camp."

"You can hand over at any time after the dinner is over."

Archduke Jonathan's mentality has indeed become much calmer during this period.

From a reckless "old guy", he became an old fox.

Zong Shen nodded and continued to eat without looking at Prince Carter.

There were also dancers making music during the period, showing off their dancing figures on the stage of the banquet hall.

After about an hour, the banquet was completely over.

Zong Shen didn't waste any time and led his people to follow Grand Duke Jonathan to the handover location.

As for Prince Carter, that good-for-nothing had long been forgotten by him.

It's like chewing sugar cane, leaving only the dregs.

For the awakened Grand Duke Jonathan, his ambitions were also inflated, and he was no longer willing to serve Prince Carter, his younger son, when he came to power.

From a practical point of view, Prince Carter's abilities are indeed insufficient.

Not even as good as any of Jonathan's upper-middle-class officers.

His level is simply that of a bastard among bastards.

If it weren't for his status as a prince, Carter would be worthless.

Zong Shen naturally has no interest in him.

Both parties had the intervention of the system contract and concluded clear terms of exchange.

In exchange for Prince Carter, Zong Shen will be able to get the following benefits from Grand Duke Jonathan:

[The population with an appropriate male to female ratio is 20 million, and the age range is between 16 and 45 years old]

[1.2 million soldiers, including corresponding knights]

[A craftsman group of 5,000 people, the craftsmen in it should at least start as apprentices, and there should be no less than 50 senior craftsmen, any type of technology is acceptable]

[20,000 third-level spell casters]

[There must be at least 1,000 dragon mages, of which the number of sixth-level mages must be no less than 200, and there must be three seventh-level magisters as the finale]

[Four sixth-level space masters]

…

That's all in exchange.

You can see that all Zong Shen exchanged was population.

Contains the general population, craftsmen, soldiers and spellcasters.

This is also one of his reserve plans to further enrich the territory's population.

After all, there are not many opportunities to gain a large population without war.

Someone in this sect still values ​​this very highly.

Archduke Jonathan was riding in front of a group of magnificent military horses.

Zong Shen and others followed behind.

It didn't take long before we arrived at the temporary resettlement site.

It occupies a large area and is densely packed with tents as far as the eye can see.

On the inside are the soldiers and spellcasters selected in advance, and on the outside are the general population.

Since the total number reaches more than 20 million, the area is indeed quite large.

Just temporary resettlement will probably cost a lot of effort and materials.

Zong Shen activated the strategy module to quickly conduct verification and screening, confirming that Grand Duke Jonathan did not play tricks on the population. It seemed that he understood the power of loyalty, and he did not even place spies among so many people.

Zong Shen was impressed by Duke Jonathan's sudden change of wit.

Standing in front of the resettlement area, Grand Duke Jonathan turned back and said.

"This is the population agreed to be handed over."
Chapter completed!