Chapter 84: Stromgarde
Galin also slept very well, maybe because of the Tao Te Ching. What woke him up was not the dazzling sunlight, but Princess Caliya's hair.
That's right, Caliya's golden hair accidentally touched Galin's shoulder. The itching made Galin have the urge to sneeze, and he woke up.
A fresh fragrance instantly entered Jialin's nose. When Jialin woke up, he found that Princess Caliya was still hugging him.
Different from the cold feeling last night, this time, Galin felt that Caliya's body was equally hot. Coupled with the softness and body fragrance, he once again produced an evil fire.
"Ahem, Caliya..." Garin coughed twice, trying to wake up Caliya, because he was held tightly by Caliya and could not move at all.
What Jialin didn't know was that Jia Liya woke up before him, but the shyness of women made Jia Liya pretend to have just woken up, and opened her sleepy eyes to look at Jia Lin.
The two pairs of eyes were just a few centimeters apart and looked at each other. This ambiguous feeling made their faces turn red instantly.
During the day, Caliya once again returned to her beautiful and generous appearance. She said softly, "King Garin, I'm sorry, last night I..."
"It's not your fault, Caliya. You have endured too much alone." This time, Galin put his numb hand on the back of Caliya's head, and gently rubbed Caliya's little head. head.
"Thank you, King Garin."
After getting up, Galin and Caliya returned to the first floor together and found the peasant woman Karaba waiting for them with a smile on her face, and a sumptuous meal was prepared on the table.
"King Garin, Princess Caliya, did you have a good rest last night?"
Faced with the question from the peasant woman Karaba, Princess Caliya was too shy to respond, but Galin said shamelessly, "We had a good rest, Karaba."
After breakfast (lunch?), Garin and Caliya said goodbye to the peasant woman Karaba, left Newsted directly, and embarked on the journey back to Stromgarde.
Along the way, infantry patrols and cavalry patrols dressed neatly in the red standard armor of the Kingdom of Stromgard passed by from time to time. When they encountered Garin and Caliya, they would stop one after another and inflict heavy damage on the two. After paying the highest courtesy, continue patrolling.
This reminded Garin of the past. Not to mention the patrolling of soldiers, when the number of soldiers was slightly insufficient, they would be attacked by the nearby Stone Fist Ogres.
The huge changes now are all caused by him, allowing the Kingdom of Stromgard, which was too busy taking care of itself and almost lost its title of kingdom, to once again return to the strength of a top kingdom.
"King Garin, the weapon sets of these soldiers seem to be newly made, and they seem to be dwarf craftsmanship." As the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Caliya directly recognized the weapon sets of these patrol soldiers as dwarf craftsmanship. Among all the tribes in the Alliance, the most popular weapon sets made by the human kingdom are the weapon sets made by the dwarves. After all, the weapon sets made by the high elves of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas are basically not exported.
Garin directly returned to Caliya's question, "Yes, Caliya, in fact, you can call me Garin directly in private. Magni Bronzebeard, King of Khaz Modan Kingdom, is the Kingdom of Stromgard. It provided a lot of help, and later I hired a large number of dwarf blacksmiths and blacksmiths to come to Stromgarde. There is no doubt that the level of the dwarf blacksmiths is higher than our own."
"Okay, Galin." Caliya said with a smile. Sometimes a simple abbreviation can quickly bring the two of them closer together. After what happened last night, the relationship between Caliya and Galin developed rapidly.
If it weren't for their identities, their current behavior would be like a couple in love, riding horses leisurely and talking and laughing.
Happy times always come quickly. The walls of Stromgarde appeared in front of their eyes, and the elite Stromgarde defense troops stood on both sides of the Stromgarde Bridge.
"Welcome to Stromgarde, Calia."
Judging from its appearance, Stromgarde looks nothing like the ancient human capital with thousands of years of history. It feels to Caliya like a brand new city full of vitality and vitality.
Caliya had been to Stromgarde before, but the Stromgarde in her memory could not overlap with the current one. This huge change was undoubtedly made by Garin who was next to him.
After entering Stromgarde City, Caliya discovered that the roads in Stromgarde City were very wide, enough to accommodate several carriages traveling side by side.
The buildings on the roadside have preserved the ancient style of Stromgarde while incorporating modern elements into it.
A large number of store plaques told Calia about the prosperity of commerce in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, where she could see almost all races in the Eastern Kingdom.
Stromgarde City is also unprecedentedly clean and tidy. In the rebuilt Stromgarde Castle, there is a complete sewage system, and all garbage is processed uniformly. Therefore, Stromgarde Castle may be the first city in the human kingdom with such a neat interface.
Although the Kingdom of Lordaeron is the strongest kingdom in the Alliance, the city of Lordaeron does not have a good sewage system, and garbage is all over the streets, which makes the city of Lordaeron very dirty and filthy.
What made her cover her mouth even more surprised was that the huge ogre obediently carried the huge stones and wood to the new city in the east of Stromgarde.
In Calia's impression, ogres were more savage than orcs, and had a bad habit of cannibalism. However, such creatures were tamed into obedient laborers, something that even the Kingdom of Lordaeron had never been able to do.
"Garlin, how do you make these ogres obedient?" Jia Liya asked curiously, pointing at the ogres.
Garlin smiled and replied, "It's actually very simple. Just defeat their leaders, prove your strength, and then make sure they are full."
"Okay..." Jia Liya naturally couldn't understand the thinking of the ogres.
In fact, it is very simple to subdue the ogres. The ogres worship the strong. As long as you show that you have enough strength and then defeat their chieftain, you can basically get the loyalty of the ogre clan. It is even easier to get them to be obedient and not commit crimes.
The biggest pursuit of the ogres is only one, that is, to be full! If they can eat enough, the ogres will become extremely gentle. They are willing to work hard to be loyal to you in order to be full.
The first reason why the Kingdom of Lordaeron cannot subdue the ogres is that the King of Lordaeron, Terenas Menethil II, cannot be recognized by the ogres. In the eyes of the ogres, the chieftain of the Kingdom of Lordaeron is an old man who is powerless and unworthy of their loyalty.
As for feeding the ogres, the Alliance shelter was already short of funds, so how could they possibly feed the ogres?
Along the way, all the soldiers and Stromgarde militiamen greeted their king Garin enthusiastically, and even more enthusiastically forced Garin with all kinds of things.