Chapter 85 Handling Government Affairs

After returning to Stromgarde, Garin was detained by Marshal Oslet before he could take Jialiya to visit the rebuilt Stromgarde, because there were a lot of affairs waiting for him as the king to deal with.

In Azeroth, the king is almost the only one who has the final say, and there is no regent council, except for the elves of the Kingdom of Quel'Thalas who had the Silvermoon Council.

However, Garin also understood that some things must be handled by himself, such as the protests caused by the returning nobles because of their dissatisfaction with the confiscation of land and property.

For these noisy escaped nobles, Garin waved his hand and directly suppressed them militarily. Now the Kingdom of Stormgarde is loyal to him from top to bottom. These nobles who have lost their land and property and whose influence has dropped sharply cannot turn the world upside down.

Due to the growth of trade between the Kingdom of Stormgarde and Booty Bay, other goblin forces have also discovered the revitalized Kingdom of Stormgarde and saw this huge market.

Therefore, the trade princes of the major goblin consortiums have sent envoys one after another, hoping to trade with the Kingdom of Stormgarde.

In the past, in order to protect the monopoly of human merchants on trade with the Eastern Kingdoms, the Alliance has been resisting the power of the goblin consortium with high pressure, and has excluded goblin merchants through policies and taxes.

The Kingdom of Stormgard has not yet seen the rise of caravans, after all, it has just been revived, and the goblins who control most of the commercial exchanges in Azeroth have a large number of rare goods, which is exactly what the Kingdom of Stormgard needs.

In addition, in order to resist the Kingdom of Stormgard, the Kingdom of Stormwind has restricted the exchanges between the merchants of the Kingdom of Stormgard and the Kingdom of Stormgard. In the entire southern continent of the Eastern Kingdom, except for Booty Bay and Menethil Port, the ports belonging to the Kingdom of Stormwind have no commercial ships with the Kingdom of Stormgard.

The Kingdom of Stormgard now has a shortage of food, but everything else is in short supply. Trading with the major goblin consortiums on the island of Kezan is the best choice.

To this end, Garin made an unprecedented decision to set aside a part of the rebuilt Stromgarde Port as the exclusive area for the Goblin Trade Consortium. The Goblin Trade Consortium can build its own buildings in the area, and the Goblin merchant ships can be exempted from berthing fees when docked in the Goblin Consortium's exclusive port area.

Garin's ambition is to make Stromgarde Port the largest trade port in the Eastern Kingdom.

After seeing the exclusive area and preferential treatment approved by Garin, the Goblin Trade Consortium will definitely come in full force, which will bring prosperity to Stromgarde Port. At the same time, the goblins can build buildings in their own areas, which can also save the cost of the Kingdom of Stormgarde to build its own port.

After solving this problem, the next issue is about the people's livelihood and land of the Kingdom of Stormgarde.

With the influx of a large number of Lordaeron refugees and the return of the people of the Kingdom of Stormgarde, the land of Arathi Highlands has become saturated.

With the influx of a large number of refugees, the bottom of the refuge valley, the town of Hammerfall, and the village of Deadwood have become the newly raised towns of the Kingdom of Stormgarde.

The land saturation in Arathi Highlands means that the land promised to refugees in King Galen Trollbane's decree can no longer be granted in Arathi Highlands.

Then, it is necessary to expand beyond Arathi Highlands.

During this period of time, Galen has almost introduced the population to Arathi Highlands, even the population of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the Kingdom of Alterac, and the Kingdom of Dalaran in Hillsbrad Foothills.

That's because Hillsbrad Foothills was not safe at the time, and it was always necessary to guard against the Scourge from the Western Plaguelands, Silverpine Forest, and Tirisfal Glades.

Now, the Scourge has just experienced a great defeat, and the undead in Tirisfal Glades have awakened, gained free will, and are no longer loyal to the Scourge.

The Scourge troops in Silverpine Forest have been basically exhausted in a series of previous battles. The southern gate is guarded by dwarves from Ironforge, and the direction of Silverpine Forest no longer poses a threat.

The Western Plaguelands, Hearthglen and Caer Darrow Island are attacking Andorhal's lich caller Araj. The lich caller Araj has been defeated twice by Galin, and he must not dare to launch another attack rashly.

In other words, the land of Hillsbrad Foothills is basically safe and will not be threatened by the Scourge.

It's time to return to Hillsbrad Foothills.

Although Hillsbrad Foothills is not as rich as Arathi Highlands, there is only one large farm, Hillsbrad Farm. But it is still one of the few remaining areas in the northern continent of the Eastern Kingdoms that has not been infected by the evil magic of the Scourge, and the climate and land here still remain the same.

In comparison, Tirisfal Glades, Eastern and Western Plaguelands, Silverpine Forest and the Ghostland of Quel'Thalas have all been infected by the evil magic of the Scourge, making it difficult for those lands to see the sun all year round, and the land has become lifeless, making it impossible for animals and plants to survive normally.

As a result, the land of Hillsbrad Foothills becomes more precious, not to mention that Hillsbrad Foothills also has the ruins of Alterac and Dalaran, two large cities that were once human kingdoms.

It is time to implement the plan to return to Hillsbrad Foothills.

The refugees would definitely prefer to come to Arathi Highlands. After all, Arathi Highlands is safer in comparison. In order to make the refugees willing to stay in Hillsbrad Foothills, a more generous resettlement plan must be provided than Arathi Highlands.

At the same time, the people of Lordaeron, Alterac and Dalaran who originally lived in Hillsbrad Foothills and settled in Arathi Highlands should be mobilized to return to their former homes.

The reconstruction of Stromgarde no longer needs the constant supervision of the great architect Baros Alexston. The idle great architect Baros Alexston will be assigned to Hillsbrad Foothills to organize the reconstruction of the ruins of Dalaran and Alterac.

When the reconstruction of these two large cities is completed, the Kingdom of Stormgarde will no longer have to worry about the resettlement of refugees. By then, Arathi Highlands and Hillsbrad Foothills will be able to accommodate more than two million people.

After dealing with the most critical matters, other matters will be much simpler, which is nothing more than approving the allocation of funds to various aspects.

The money obtained from the rich man Revilgaz in Booty Bay has basically been used up, which is why the Kingdom of Stormgarde can be revived quickly.

Fortunately, the last time I went to the ruins of Dalaran, Garen the thief did not leave empty-handed and took away all the things that the Kirin Tor had not had time to move away from the ruins of Dalaran.

The mages are richer than you can imagine, and the Kingdom of Stromgarde no longer has to worry about financial issues.