Iron Harvest: When Farming Becomes Conquest-Chapter 395 - 25: Creating Heaven and Earth!

Tashina said, "If you help me conquer a territory, I can pay you a hefty reward."

The Oak Territory was remote and offered limited help to the White Steel Princess.

To dominate, she first needed to secure a land, one rich in resources and densely populated, to ensure Tashina could firmly establish herself.

It was impossible to conquer lands with only a few hundred elite units; a large number of infantry units were necessary for combat.

Roman just happened to meet this requirement.

One had resources too abundant to use up, while the other desperately lacked them. Cooperation was the only way out for both factions.

Roman pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

The White Steel Princess had someone bring in an old map that was full of lines representing mountains and rivers. Its corners were curled from being rolled up for so long, which Tashina secured on the table with a dagger.

Roman was tall and stately, and the princess was equally tall, making them a perfect match, like they were meant to be together. They stood side by side at the long table, looking down as if surveying the entire Black Iron Land, selecting the suitable land.

Tashina had already prepared a draft for her future campaigns and drew a circle on the map with her hard, pale fingers.

"I want this," she said. "Lion Territory, the domain of the Filin Earls."

Roman was familiar with Earl Filin, who was one of the forces behind Apple Town.

After Apple Town was plundered by Roman, the knights from the Filin family accused him of breaking the law in Black Castle, requesting sanctions from the Black Iron King.

However, at that time, the Black Iron King desperately needed strong allies, so he had to suppress those accusations.

When the Black Iron Royal Family and the Church Court went to war, the Filin Family immediately chose to raise the flag of rebellion, being one of the many who rebelled against the Black Iron Royal Family.

That situation alone wasn’t sufficient for the White Steel Princess to go to war.

However, the location of Lion Territory was crucial, where multiple roads intersected and led to the strategically significant Central Valley.

The White Steel Princess planned to counterattack the Black Iron Land, and Lion Territory was the ideal foothold, one of the prime locations that military strategists would contend for.

Moreover, the economic development of Lion Territory was robust; the land was fertile, resources were abundant, and it was famed for producing wine, second only to the wines from Rose Domain.

The Filin Family was only slightly less powerful than the Black Iron Duke but still ranked among the top lords of the land.

To Roman’s eyes, it was a potent feudal territory.

In the grand scheme of things, if Tashina captured the Lion Territory, she could extend her power to the edges that the River Valley King could reach, allowing both forces to mutually support each other and form a strategic alliance.

"You have my agreement," Roman nodded lightly.

He went on to say, not discussing other matters, Tashina’s strategic vision was far-reaching.

She continued, "Conquering it is one thing, but you also have to help me govern it."

Roman, intrigued, said, "Oh? You want to hire not only my army but also my officials?"

Tashina naturally responded, "That’s exactly it."

I just want a civil talent; even if I can’t have your heart, there are plenty of ways to make you work for me!

Tashina set her terms, "I want you to manage Lion Territory as well as Origin City."

"Don’t you think I’m too radical?"

"I think you’re too conservative, Lord Roman," she replied. "Here’s what I’ll say: you can’t stand nobles, you strictly control your army, you’ve abolished slave laws... you’ve done many things you absolutely shouldn’t have. But I don’t mind that; on the contrary, I think you’re too slow..."

She continued, "The Conqueror Family has a saying, ’one must bear the weight of responsibilities.’ My father also said that every person has their destined duties and missions, and me? My duty comes from the previous king, as I often feel he has been revived within me. I am Iaos himself, my duty is to conquer everything—I was born with this responsibility and care for nothing else."

Dressed in a white military uniform, she resembled a brilliant white flower. Her beautiful face radiant and bright, she placed her right hand on her chest, her eyes sparkling with an unrivaled determination.

Roman squinted his eyes, reassessing Tashina, who boldly met his gaze.

Roman laughed, "Then this price won’t be cheap."

As is widely known, he greatly disliked the feudal nobles.

But now, he found himself somewhat liking this Princess, wanting to press her against a table and ravage her.

"Let me check if there’s any fluff in your education!"

"How is your brain even structured? This is way too progressive!"

What he hated most were the backward systems of the Middle Ages where feudalism and slavery coexisted. Iaos was a great king of an era, but he too was limited by his times, his Black Iron Laws similarly decreed that slaves must obey their masters.

A society that has slaves is inevitably a backward society, because it implies that anyone could be a slave, even Tashina could be a slave.

The contradictions in Black Iron Land had now reached an unprecedented sharpness, currently at a tipping point.

A battle of the kings without prior precedent nearly devastated the entire Heavenly Pegasus Plain.

Roman stayed out of the fray, but still lost two to three thousand living souls.

What was the outcome of this war?

But Roman could be certain, if not for him in the Middle Ages...

Then!

Nothing would have changed!!

Many slaves, peasants, soldiers, and nobles died, some places nearly emptied, some manpower halved.

But in the end, nothing would change!

The dead were the only way to ease the tensions between land and population.

Peasants and slaves below replaced, nobles and royals above replaced, yet still governed by the old regressive systems until the contradictions piled up to the next explosion.

In Roman’s view, this process was called changing dynasties, also known as repeating the same old mistakes.

What Iota Hina intended to do could be called recreating the universe— the original house was old, and she simply built a new one just like the old.

What Roman intended to do, however, was to create a new world— look at such a leaky old house, I’ll kick it down, kill everyone inside, and build a wonder of civilization on their corpses!

Such an act was too advanced, too cruel.

In Roman’s eyes, everyone in the world deserved to die as reactionaries!!!

In this situation, Tashina actually wanted to make progress?

She was moved to tears!!

Tashina felt confused, perhaps because she saw a ’Favorability +30’ indicator suddenly pop up above Roman’s head— she had the insight to directly perceive people’s hearts, so she could see it and was somewhat puzzled, not understanding why Roman was touched by her.

She just thought that authoritarianism was highly efficient, but its governing costs were also extremely high, difficult to replicate.

So she let a professional team handle these tasks.

No problem there!

The River Valley had a total population of over two hundred thousand, yet Roman explosively recruited over ten thousand, rounding it to a one to ten civilian to soldier ratio, yet still didn’t hinder various forced labor and pioneering constructions.

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The population of Lion Territory might also be two to three hundred thousand, she dared not think how exhilarating it would be to have an army of ten thousand at her command!

Not a moment of mourning for the collapse of the Conqueror Order, immediately rushed to the battlefield — a more powerful Conqueror Order!

Iaos’s ultimate goal in establishing order was to unite the power of the entire Human Clan against the Dark Age.

The former king had passed away, and the tail end of the Black Iron Age had also concluded, and as a descendant of the conquerors, she was bound to step up without hesitation, retracing Iaos’s old paths.

This was her destiny, inborn responsibility.

As long as she achieved this goal, she really didn’t care about what the process entailed!