Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 666 - 054: Heading South

Under the severe natural disaster, the farmers living near the Border Great Wall, who were in dire straits, were fleeing, seeking refuge in the Blue Dragon Kingdom that had taken control of the Border Great Wall.

In fact,

Over these years of development, various commercial and industrial products of the Blue Dragon Kingdom were flooding into the Southern Countries through the transport of merchants. Even those high-end and luxurious products like Crystal Lamps, which the people in remote mountain villages had never seen,

at least they had witnessed the purchase of low-priced, exquisite snow salt and cheap, durable heavy fabrics.

It is through the dumping impact of these affordable goods that the power of the Beastman Kingdom in the south no longer seemed so terrifying.

After all, these street-peddling merchants, who could buy these goods from the Beastmen and transport them here, surely indicated that the Beastmen over there weren't as scary as imagined, right?

Moreover, some merchants were born with the gift of the gab, enjoying bragging, and this was when their experiences in the Blue Dragon Kingdom came in handy.

Perhaps in the Blue Dragon Kingdom, they were not much different from a country bumpkin visiting the city for the first time.

But these villagers in the vast rural countryside had seen even less than them, making them seem like worldly types in the eyes of the rural farmers and peasants.

The various experiences in the cities of the Blue Dragon Kingdom were not only loved by children but were also appreciated by the strong elderly in the countryside.

It is precisely because of this,

that over these years of subtle influence, the impression of the Beastman force allegedly under the Giant Dragon from the south gradually changed in the eyes of the vast majority of farmers.

Previously, the Beastmen, in the eyes of the large-scale farmers, were terrifying, evil, bringing destruction and disaster.

But as the dumping of goods from the Blue Dragon Kingdom continued, as farmers became accustomed to purchasing the cheap necessities from the Blue Dragon Kingdom, these views changed bit by bit without anyone noticing.

The change of heart wasn't noticeable in the past.

But when the natural disaster struck, the fields reduced yields and went barren, and facing the possibility of bankruptcy without paying the land rent and taxes, that side became the only lifeline.

Several days later,

After struggling for several days, seeing that the crops in the fields were beyond saving, suddenly recalling Abel's persuasion, he finally made up his mind to lead his family and start the road of migrating southward to escape the famine.

As the village's only hunter, old Abel often went to town and knew more about the news.

Since the other side said that it should be fine over there, they should be able to find a way out, then it should be fine.

Otherwise, should they just sit here and wait to die?

Selling off the few pieces of dry land, along with the old house that had withstood countless years of storms, for a bit of travel money, Bill's family packed up and left the village where they had grown up.

In fact, it wasn't just Bill's family that left.

After three continuous months of drought, this year's harvest in the fields was doomed to be a complete loss, staying in the village was nothing but a dead end.

Bill's family wouldn't be the first to leave, nor the last to leave.

The road ahead was bleak, just walking southward with a heart full of trepidation.

As time passed,

on the road south, more and more refugees gathered into groups, heading towards the Border Great Wall.

That's because,

the refugees who had previously tried to migrate and seek refuge had all been properly settled by the Blue Dragon Kingdom. Once these fleeing people entered the vicinity of the Border Great Wall, and into the domain controlled by the Blue Dragon Kingdom army, the penniless refugees would be gathered by official organizations, provided with food, and employed uniformly in various construction works.

As for those with a little more savings, unwilling to join the official ranks, they were allowed to head to the Border Great Wall or cross it into the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

As long as they had hands and feet, they could basically find work and survive in the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Not to mention those emerging factories like mushrooms after the rain, the booming real estate and construction industry, even shining shoes and pulling carts on the street wouldn't leave you starving unless you were naturally lazy, and that's a different story.

However, those who wanted to beg wouldn't have much opportunity, the first time they were discovered by city management, they would be introduced to work, but if seen begging again for no special reason, they would be taken to a shelter.

Although this had a hint of cutting corners for political achievements, at least the city's appearance improved significantly.

Under various shelter policies, the refugees initially heading to the Border Great Wall with trepidation were basically taken in and properly settled by the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Thus, the news continued to spread as merchants sold goods.

As the Blue Dragon Kingdom breached the Border Great Wall, the surrounding regions were included in the kingdom's domain.

At the same time, the construction of the Border Great Wall also drove a series of economic developments, incorporating the entire Border Great Wall region into the economic circle of the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

In this context, traveling merchants could obtain goods from the Border Great Wall that previously required reaching the periphery of the Kawa Great Forest.

Without the tariff from the Border Great Wall checkpoint, costs further reduced, which also stimulated further business development. More merchants obtained grain, snow salt, white sugar, and other goods from the Border Great Wall, transporting them to various parts of the Central Earth World.

Instead of halting this warped economy, the war promoted its development in another sense.

While enjoying the benefits,

merchants who traveled to remote mountain villages never hesitated to speak well of the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Thus, the broad farmers learned from the merchants that the Blue Dragon Beastman power in the south was gathering disaster victims, giving a way out to penniless refugees.

In the increasingly severe backdrop of natural disasters, more bankrupt farmers left home and headed south to embrace the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

In this gradual evolution, a series of waves of disaster victims formed.

For the disaster victims seeking refuge, the Blue Dragon Kingdom welcomed them all without rejection, organizing and integrating them into the Blue Dragon Kingdom, becoming a part of its foundational strength.

Fortunately, with the spectacular development of the magical industrial revolution within the Blue Dragon Kingdom, production levels significantly increased, and these years they did not forget to cultivate fields and plant crops.

Therefore, during the years of disaster, the Blue Dragon Kingdom's grain output not only did not decrease but increased significantly due to greater production efficiency and more arable land.

With abundant food,

the influx of disaster victims heading south made absolutely no waves in the entire Blue Dragon Kingdom.

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Writer's block, one update today.