In the following days, Galen rose early in the morning to warm up, and after breakfast, he went to the camp to train with his brothers in the Scarlet Flame Army. When he returned in the evening, he used his mental power to connect to the base.
At this time, the base was on the right track, and various resources had been sufficient to cover the consumption generated by the training troops. With surplus resources, Galen also constantly increased the number of farms.
During this time, Galen also discovered another ability of the farmer, which was the ability to build buildings that were not affiliated with the Heart of Origin, such as a barn behind the town hall and the city wall being built around the base.
Neither the barn nor the city wall were buildings on the Heart of Origin's base list. It was the militia captain Cliff who suggested to Galen that the wheat on the farm was piled up like a mountain and that a barn could be built to store the food.
Galen was very surprised by this and asked Cliff if he had any other abilities. Cliff's answer opened the door to a new world for Galen.
Farmers were miners, lumberjacks, grain collectors, and builders, so in addition to the buildings on the base list, as long as they had blueprints and someone to direct them, they could build them.
So Galen got the blueprints of the a Stromgarde barn, and under Cliff's command, the cut wood was not sent to the wood storage, but piled up behind the town hall, and several farmers began to build the barn.
Later, Galen had an idea and wanted to build a wall around the base, so he deployed a sentry tower every ten meters, and then asked Cliff to prepare the stones collected from the mine to build a stone wall to connect the sentry towers.
In this way, a small fortress base emerged.
For this purpose, Galen specially sent the Archmage Gandalf back to the base, asking him to lead his troops to capture the Highland Wild Horses around the base and build trucks, while he set off for the southeastern mining area. The base also sent a construction team composed of farmers. In addition to building a new town hall to divide the mine, they could also build walls.
Originally, Galen was planning to recruit workers to build the city walls, withdraw after completion, and then let the base's farmers come to build the town hall. Now he no longer needed to do that. All the work would be done by the base's farmers. When the time came, Gandalf would lead the troops to patrol and surround the construction site. There would be no need to worry about anyone discovering anything unusual in the construction of the town hall.
At that moment, Galen had a bold idea. He didn't need to wait until he inherited the throne to fulfill the condition of the Altar of Kings—the Royal Road, governing a city with a population of more than ten thousand people.
He had no cities, so he built them himself. He had no population, but he could train in bases and raise his troops. The more people there were, the greater the bonus he would receive from the Altar of Kings.
After this, Galen felt that the wait was going to be long.
Finally, a week later, a convoy arrived from the west along Kingdom Avenue.
It was a team of more than a dozen wagons, escorted by a team of nearly two hundred people. The wheels pressed against the blue stone of Kingdom Avenue, producing a creaking sound.
It wasn't until the convoy stopped at the gate of the manor that Viscount Garson came over to tell Galen that the gold coins had been collected and delivered.
Galen arrived at the gate of the manor with excitement and saw the heavily guarded convoy.
At Viscount Garson's signal, a guard opened one of the many boxes on the carriage. The moment the box was opened, it seemed to shine with a dazzling golden light.
In fact, it was just the reflection of sunlight on a box full of gold coins.
"Your Highness, these are the gold coins that our three families have gathered. Please check them."
In the human kingdom, and even among the various races of Azeroth, gold coins were not the most widely circulated currency. On the contrary, gold was a scarce and valuable commodity no matter where it was.
People usually used copper or silver coins as daily currency. Large amounts of gold coins only appeared when exchanging goods, such as when mages bought experimental materials, sold magic items, or traded between countries. Most of the time, gold coins were only placed in the family treasuries of nobles, waiting for the day they would be used.
One hundred thousand gold coins was equivalent to almost a year's tax revenue for the kingdom's treasury.
"What an enviable group of wealthy aristocrats!"
Galen was dazzled by the gold coins. As a prince, he had never experienced the kind of life that nobles led, where they spent money lavishly.
In fact, this kind of aristocratic life was just his imagination. If the sons of aristocrats were so wasteful, they would be on the verge of decline and would not be able to pass on their inheritance for several generations.
"No need to count. I have great trust in Uncle Garson, Master Dabyrie, and Viscount Newo."
"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness. What will you do with these gold coins?"
"Please ask Viscount Garson to help me move the gold coins to my barracks."
"No problem, Your Highness." Garson turned and said to the team leader, "Merry, lead the team to His Highness's camp."
After leading the convoy to the camp, Viscount Garson's men retreated, and Galen also bid farewell to Viscount Garson.
"Uncle Garson, thank you for your care these days. Now that the gold coins have been delivered to me, I am ready to set off for the Southeast Mine."
Garson did not try to persuade Galen to stay and said directly, "Your Highness, I have gathered people in the fief these days, and we will set off tomorrow after the team is in place."
Viscount Garson paused and continued, "Viscount Newo's fief is located at the western end of the kingdom. We are already on our way. Earl Dabyrie has already led his team to the southeastern mine to conduct preliminary exploration and camp construction."
Galen was surprised by their efficiency, but not surprised. If they started working earlier, they could have produced a day earlier. Otherwise, it would be a pity to see the fleet of gold coins right now.
After saying goodbye to Viscount Garson, Galen asked Omar to gather the troops and prepare to set off. Galen arranged for three hundred guards brought by Gandalf to escort the caravan.
On the other side, at the base, Gandalf also received a mental message from Galen and began to prepare to gather the farmers. He was ready to send almost three hundred farmers, waiting for orders to go north to open a mining branch.
Before leaving, Galen released a royal falcon and told Danath of Goshek Farm about his itinerary and some plans, hoping this would help him pay attention to the movements of the trolls in Deadwood Village.
The reason why Galen and several nobles chose this time was that the high-ranking trolls in Deadwood Village had already passed through the Alterac Mountains and headed to the Shadra'lor-Deadwood tribe's headquarters in Hinterlands to participate in the grand memorial service for the spider Loa Shadra.
Taking advantage of the time difference between the arrival and departure of the trolls, they accelerated the construction of fortifications, gained a firm foothold, and blocked Deadwood Village from the south and north by joining forces with the militia led by Danath of Goshek Farm.
Galen had already told his father his plan and obtained his permission, and gave Danath the right to act according to the circumstances.
It was precisely because of the king's gesture that the three great noble lords were so active in contributing manpower, money, and effort, not just for the triple benefit of the mine.