Way of Overlord-Chapter 272: Improve Economy, Fostering trade

This woman with the beauty to shame the Sun and Moon, to enchant deities and gods above the sky is the daughter of the chief of Fuxa tribe

She then look at her father and then ask

"Father, what will you do?" Fulqar sighed as he look up. And he shakes his head.

"Yan is in chaos. The Great Steppe is now full of war. Even if we run to Yan, we will not be safe. Yan does not treat our kind, good. Roma is too far. Yindu is too chaotic"

The woman simply listens

Fulqar paused for a second, sighs as he look at the ceiling of his tent and shakes his head

"As for Western Zhou, to cross there we have to be involved in the right and wrong of the west. It is now a place of contention for the western border tribes. Everywhere there is battle and a leader wanting to expand, wanting to become bigger. Is there no safe place for our tribe?"

Then he chuckles bitterly.

All of this would be avoided if the Kan did not come to their tribe.

But he came.

And since he came and said all of those words, it’s destined that his tribe now could not longer escape attention

Fulqar then said to his daughter.

"If we remain hidden and not been solicited by the Kan, we could remain incognito and not be harassed by other tribes. But, the news of what happened today would surely spread. By then, how could we remain as we are?"

Fulqar could already imagine it

"Wherever we go, the tribes there would surely seek us. They would surely wonder what attract the Kan to pay so much attention to us"

"The Kan....is cunning. He is putting us in a trap. His declaration of interest is like boiling us over hot water. He knows this. And that is why he does that"

Fulqar finally released what he felt in his heart. It is full of dissatisfaction.

His daughter nodded, but there is a smile on her face. Even though Fulqar could not see it clearly, he could tell that she is smiling, from the eyes.

"You seem to have some thought about this"

His daughter nodded.

"Join Brolgadhr then?"

Fulqar taps his finger on the ground and he nodded

"I don’t know what the young Kan wanted from us. Great gesture like this must have a great reason. The Kan is a proud young man. With the power of his tribe, he did not have to come personally to persuade us. It is a great honour for us a small tribe to be invited into his tribe. But it is also a great burden. Because I did not understand for what reason"

The woman smiles and when she smiles it light up a room.

That is how beautiful this woman is. And that is the reason why most of the time, when she is out of the tent, she would wear a face covering.

She has the kind of face that could bring down a nation.

"Father, I think it is because of our lineage" Hearing this Fulqar frowns.

"How did he know?"

"Who knows? But someone as powerful as the Kan must have his way of getting information"

Fulqar sighed.

He did not know what to think right now. If his daughter is right, then that means Aeryon wanted to use the reputation of his tribe for a rightful claim.

Rightful claim is rarely used as a reason for battle. But it would not hurt to use it. Aeryon is a person that like to mask his ambitions as right and just.

"The young Kan is very ambitious" his daughter nodded.

"Maybe, it is not that bad to bet on him. Now that it has come to this, why not help him?" And then the woman whispers a few words into the ears of her father and her father nodded

Fulqar look at his daughter and ask

"Is this something...you want?"

The woman nodded. For a moment, Fulqar did not know what to do. He sighed, look at his daughter face and after a few minutes of contemplation, he nodded to himself.

"Then, let’s proceed that way"

Outside the tent, the tribe waited for the decision of their chief.

...

With a firm grip on the reins, Aeryon urged his horse forward, the rhythmic sound of hoofbeats echoing across the vast expanse of the Steppe.

The wind tousled his hair and carried the scent of freedom as he galloped toward home

he has finished the second task and he even send his ultimatums to the Fuxa tribe. If the Fuxa tribe knows what is good for them, they would surrender to him tomorrow.

If not, Aeryon would take it as an insult.

But right now, he is more concerned about the task at hand.

Checking the system, he smiles. Even though the horse is not yet brought to the tribe, it already tick the second task

"It is complete" But then Aeryon look at the tick sign more carefully and he nearly laugh. Even though it is already tick, the tick symbol is quite transparent

"Does this mean if this these horses runs away the tick would also disappear. I never really could not let down my guard" he thought to himself.

It takes him a little time but he finally arrived near the Brolgadhr city.

"I should name the city when it is finished" the city is now built and even though it is not yet complete, it already has the shape of the city.

A newly built city like a beacon of civilization amidst the untamed wilderness and the greeneries of the Steppe.

The horizon stretched endlessly in the Great Steppe and a city is rarely seen in the Great Steppe.

There is large settlements in the Great Steppe but there is no city like this.

Aeryon could only attribute it to the fact that the location of his tribe is really good.

It is close to the Yan northern border and have that fertility of land that is just right enough.

The wind is harsh but not as harsh as those deeper into the Great Steppe.

Only the area around the Brolgadhr tribe, the lower part of the Southern Great Steppe, that would be able to build such city.

Aeryon himself made the city using stones. And it is one of the things that Aeryon hauled back from Nurshira.

At the same time, he also added his own stone into the warehouse. And if that is not enough, they could always ride south again and attack Nurshira again.

"It is a pity that I did not have someone to see whether the area is viable or not"

Aeryon decided the place to be the city according to his logic.

There is no large river that could flood the city, no immediate natural disaster, no harsh winds and tornadoes that would appear suddenly.

The lower part of the Southern Great Steppe is quite temperate in temperature when compared to the other parts of the Great Steppe.

Of course, compared to Yan the weather in the Great Steppe seems harsh for those farmers and shepherd.

Aeryon did not immediately return to the city but instead, walk his horse slowly as he inspect some of the outer boundaries of the city that is being built.

The city is set against the backdrop of rolling hills and endless plains.

It almost appears like the city itself rose from the Earth like a phoenix that burns itself down only to be reborn

It is said in the story of the Ashana, that in the past, during the time of the Old Empires of the Steppe, there is many cities, made from durable clay that could defend and repel magic attack.

His city of course does not have such clay, but stone is already a luxury. Aeryon has many plans for this city.

Once it is completed, only then the plans that he had made would be able to be fulfilled.

He looks at the walls and nodded to himself.

The wall on the northern side of the city is already half completed, the city rose from the earth like a phoenix, its walls half-completed yet already bearing the marks of ambition and ingenuity.

There is the marketplace that is being built in the center of this city. Most of the market is usually haphazardly open in all kinds of corners of the settlements.

Aeryon took the time to move all the traders, the merchants into the central marketplace when he first constructed the area.

Aeryon had focused on the marketplace first.

Even though it is just opened, Aeryon could see that some of the traders that passes the half-completed city would always stops in the marketplace.

It thrived but it is not yet to the level that Aeryon wanted

One day the streets would be alive with the vibrant colours of exotic wares from all over the Steppe, from the four lands that surrounded the Steppe and maybe even wares from lands far away from their knowledge would gather here.

Those who are Roma who travels south always sells their wares to the northern tribes. The northern tribes then trade it down toward the Central Steppe.

The Central Steppe then sell it to the rest of the other parts of the Steppe

As for the Southern Great Steppe, they would then sell it to Yan, to Yindu, to Western Zhou. The rulers of Yan supress business and encourage agriculture.

Aeryon on the other hand wanted to encourage business and foster trade, breaking free from the influence of foreign nations

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