After Luke officially took office as the king of the Dragon Kingdom, he set up his ruling team as quickly as possible. However, he soon discovered that the situation in the Dragon Kingdom was more serious than he imagined.

There has been no king's governance for thousands of years, and the dragons have been completely scattered. Coupled with the natural laziness, the entire dragon civilization has suffered a serious degradation. The entire social structure is even looser than that of the western barbarians of the empire, and their creative ability has almost been completely lost.

It can be said that the millennium after the war was a completely blank period for the Dragon Kingdom. Even the magic that the dragon is good at, related research has almost stagnated.

The Dragon Kingdom is completely resting on its laurels, and the increase in national power is all due to the increase in the number of giant dragons. As for how many giant dragons there are in the Dragon Kingdom now, even King Tyron and King Seer don't know.

There is no information for reference, no effective governance system, no treasury belonging to the Dragon Kingdom's assets, and no young dragon education system...

Now as the king of the Dragon Kingdom, Luke can have whatever he wants.

Still being stared at by so many dragon eyes.

He only felt that he was one head and two heads above the others.

They are already so poor. I really don’t know where the dragons’ arrogance comes from.

If he hadn't been the chief auxiliary of the Golden Shield Empire and had some management experience, and a new leader came to power, he probably wouldn't have known where to start rectifying things.

The first is taxation!

King's Peak issued a one-time tax order to all dragons in the Dragon Kingdom, requiring all dragons to hand over one-tenth of the treasure in their dragon nests to the Dragon Kingdom's treasury.

Luke knew that it would not be easy to dig out the treasure from the dragon's claws, so he followed this one-time tax order and issued an explanation.

This tax order was born out of the "Treasure State-owned Order" executed by the Dragon Kingdom during the ancient war. During the war, all dragons no longer owned private treasures. All treasures were owned by the Dragon Kingdom and were used for the needs of the war.

The one-time tax order only requires the dragon to hand over one-tenth of its private wealth, and the Dragon Kingdom will no longer tax the dragon in the future.

Part of the tax collected this time will be used to rebuild the Dragon Magic Cliff in the Dragon Kingdom and reopen the magic research belonging to the dragon; part of it will be used to build the Magic Academy of the Dragon Kingdom so that all young dragons can receive the most systematic and formal education.

education; part of it is used to invest in the business of the Emerald Forest, and obtain the resources needed for the Dragon Kingdom through the now prosperous world trade.

If there are any remaining funds, they will be used to arm the King's Dragon Legion.

Luke particularly emphasized: The taxation is to cope with the crisis that the Dragon Kingdom will face in the future. Any dragon that actively pays taxes will have priority in receiving the Dragon Kingdom's subsequent welfare and support policies.

After the one-time tax order was issued, it quickly received a response from the dragons who supported the Gluttonous King.

In the past, it would have been almost impossible to move treasures from the dragon's nest. Collecting and storing treasures was the dragon's special hobby.

However, the gradual chaos in the world has allowed the dragons to choose their king again after a thousand years. They must know which is more important, the strength of the dragon kingdom or their own treasure.

Moreover, King Taotie only collected one-tenth of the tax and promised not to collect taxes in the future.

So after a period of busy work, the king's dragon nest was filled with treasures.

Now that you have money, you can do many things.

Luke first wrote a letter to Agatha, asking the Empire to find a way to cash in the various treasures it had received, and then purchase various materials that the Dragon Kingdom was most in short supply on its behalf.

Then write a letter to the Three-Leaf King of the Emerald Forest, asking the forest elves to help the Dragon Kingdom rebuild the Magic Cliff: requesting the Emerald Magic Academy to help the Dragon Kingdom build the Dragon Magic Academy: requesting the Emerald Lake to send an economic and trade advisory group to the Dragon Kingdom to discuss how to build it

Dragon Kingdom’s trade advantage items.

Finally, he wrote letters to Shuojin Civilization, Angel Civilization, Hell Civilization, and Shadow Civilization respectively, telling them that the Dragon Kingdom has a new king and that he is willing to maintain harmonious relations with all ancient civilizations. Especially in his letter to the Shadow Civilization, Luke strongly expressed

I hope to get an invitation to visit from the Shadow Civilization.

After sending several important letters, Luke ordered the formation of a dragon world tour group. He wanted to express to the world that the Dragon Kingdom was ready to actively integrate into the current world system and participate in world trade activities.

The machine of the Dragon Kingdom, which had been dormant for thousands of years, finally started to move under Luke's day and night operation. However, various sedimentation problems were gradually exposed with this movement.

Luke put almost all his energy into governing the Dragon Kingdom, and worked harder every day than he did in the Empire.

Although the chief minister of the empire has a lot of work, the imperial court has a complete bureaucracy. Luke sometimes disappears for several months, and the empire's government affairs system can still operate normally. In the Dragon Kingdom, King Taotie is not in the King's Dragon Nest for a day.

Everything will come to a standstill.

For this reason, Luke had no choice but to write another letter to Agatha, saying that he might have to wait a while longer before returning to the empire...

Luke is just busy for the Dragon Kingdom.

The information about the Dragon Kingdom also gradually improved, and then he discovered that those Dragon Kings who did not support him were also integrating their forces.

They even imitated themselves, issuing tax orders to the dragons they controlled, establishing a ruling system, and expanding their military power.

For a time, the Dragon Kingdom seemed to have entered the Spring and Autumn Period.

As the orthodox king of the Dragon Kingdom, King Taotie controls about 40% of the land and dragons in the Dragon Kingdom, and the other 60% is ruled by dragon kings who do not support him.

Forty percent seems like a lot, but King Taotie has no foundation in the Dragon Kingdom. This 40% is actually controlled by the Dragon Kings, who will abandon their king at any time.

What Luke really owns directly is probably the Twilight Dragon and King's Peak.

In order to enhance the strength of his direct subordinates, Luke actively attracted the small dragons to join his king's dragon group. He even set his sights on the wild dragons that he had previously looked down upon, and the dwarf Liba general filled his king's dragon group.

The days were spent in such a fulfilling way, and Luke's group of king dragons expanded from seven twilight dragons to thirty-five dragons. After the King's Trial of the Dragon Kingdom, King's Peak finally had a group of dragons surrounding it.

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One day, Luke received a message.

The visiting delegation from the Golden Shield Empire landed in Jinjing Town, asked King Taotie to allow them to enter, and went to King's Peak to meet the King of Dragon Kingdom.

The leader of the Golden Shield Empire visiting delegation is...the eldest princess of the empire, Agatha Augustine.

Luke was very happy to hear that Agatha was coming.

This accident caused by the King of Dragon Kingdom made Luke not see Agatha for more than three months, and he could not help but think of her when he was busy.

So Luke immediately issued an order to allow the Golden Shield Empire delegation to enter, and sent the black dragon Bale to lead a team of giant dragons to greet them.

Just when Luke was looking forward to Agatha's arrival soon, another piece of news came.

The delegation led by the Three-leaf King of the Emerald Forest has landed in the Dragon Kingdom and will soon go to King's Peak to pay tribute to the new King of the Dragon Kingdom.

Calculating the time, it was time for the Three-leaf King to come, but he came at the wrong time.

There is no other way, Luke can only meet the Golden Shield Empire delegation and the Emerald Forest delegation at the same time.

The King's Peak is covered with ice and snow, and cold winds howl in the mountains all year round.

In the King's Dragon's Lair in the ice, Luke is sitting on the throne in the middle, and the Twilight Dragon in human form stands on both sides of the throne, surrounded by dragons on the ice platform.

In front of the throne were the visiting Princess Agatha of the Golden Shield Empire and the Three-leaf King of the Emerald Forest.

Agatha wore a white ferret coat, her long golden hair was tied into a bun, and she wore a princess crown, looking graceful and luxurious.

She knew that King's Peak was the highest mountain in the Dragon Kingdom and was covered with ice and snow all year round, but she did not expect that the climate here was even worse than she imagined. The air was thin, the temperature was cold, it was in the open air, and there were no servants to take care of it.

After the surprise of her husband becoming the king of the dragon kingdom passed, Agatha felt heartbroken when she arrived at the king's dragon lair.

If the Three-Leaf King of the Emerald Forest wasn't still there, she would have rushed over and hugged her husband.

Agatha, who was in charge of the Imperial Secret Service, did not express her feelings. She bowed to King Taotie according to etiquette and expressed the purpose of her visit to the Dragon Kingdom.

The Golden Shield Empire wants to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Dragon Kingdom, exchange diplomats, open the markets of the two countries, and conduct more economic and trade cooperation.

At the same time, a request was made for the Dragon Kingdom to join the free trade body.

This was originally a matter for the two of them to huddle together and discuss, and Luke could only give a very formal reply.

"As the king of the Dragon Kingdom, I am actively promoting the Dragon Kingdom to integrate into the current world. It is my wish to establish friendly relations with all countries in the world. However, the Golden Shield Empire is at odds with the Shuojin people. As a civilization at the same time as the Shuojin civilization,

The Dragon Civilization does not want to get into unnecessary disputes. After all, the Dragon Civilization and the Shuojin Civilization have an unpleasant history. Too much contact may cause accidents.

Therefore, it is inconvenient for the Dragon Kingdom to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Golden Shield Empire, but this does not hinder our trade cooperation and exchanges.

Jinjing Town is the window for exchanges between our two countries. It would be better if the Golden Shield Empire could crack down on crime in Jinjing Town."

Luke's meaning is very clear.

I have become the king of the Dragon Kingdom, does the empire still care about diplomatic relations on the surface?

It is not appropriate for the Dragon Kingdom to directly contact the Nushuo Jin people now. An undisclosed relationship is more in line with the interests of the empire and the Dragon Kingdom.

Agatha could hear what Luke was saying, and she also knew that the Empire and the Dragon Kingdom were now one family, and it would be interesting to hide this relationship and trick Shuojin together.

These are just excuses for Agatha to come to the Dragon Kingdom, and of course they are just a pretense to show off to the Shuojin people.

Agatha immediately said: "What a shame! The Golden Shield Empire welcomes further relations with the Dragon Kingdom at any time.

During this visit, I brought a trade team with me, hoping to conduct on-site trade negotiations with Longguo."

Luke replied: "Of course I welcome business. I have several good trade cooperation projects now that I can talk to Her Royal Highness.

Of course, the Emerald Forest cannot be missing."

Hearing that he was mentioned, the Three-Leaf King immediately saluted Luke.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to ascend the throne and become the king of the Dragon Kingdom so quickly. Thank you for your help to the forest elves in the headhunter war. The forest elves are willing to fully support all your decrees.

This time I brought the elf you asked for."

King Sanye's support for the Taotie Kingdom comes from the bottom of his heart.

During the headhunting war, King Sanye had a great impression of this special dragon king, and this dragon king understood the current world.

In fact, after the news of the Dragon Kingdom's trial reached the Emerald Forest, King Sanye was worried about who would become the new king of the Dragon Kingdom.

If the elected king interferes too much with the forest elves, it will definitely cause huge harm to the Emerald Forest.

Fortunately, the Dragon Kingdom was lucky enough to choose King Taotie to become its king.

The letter King Taotie wrote to himself after he ascended the throne also shows that this is a king who knows the direction of the world very well. The Dragon Kingdom will soon become a force that can influence the world, which is a great benefit to the Emerald Forest.

Therefore, the Emerald Forest spares no effort to support the Dragon Kingdom in restoring its strength.

This time, the Three-leaf King brought everything that the Taotie King wanted, and he believed that the Emerald Forest would definitely reap huge benefits from it.

At this time, Luke had already seen the list of elves and supplies brought by the Three-leaf King in advance.

The Emerald Forest has a modern foundation, has the ability to help the Dragon Kingdom quickly catch up with this era, and also shares the investment that the empire needs to make.

Luke was very happy and said to the Three-leaf King: "The only intelligent creature in the Dragon Kingdom is the giant dragon, which is too deserted, and the number of giant dragons is too rare for the vast Dragon Kingdom.

I hope that I can take the opportunity of the construction of Magic Cliff and Magic Academy to allow some forest elves to migrate into the Dragon Kingdom, so that more dragons can know what kind of world is outside now."

This is definitely an unexpected gain for the Three-leaf King.

The Dragon Kingdom is one of the few undeveloped places in the world, and it is full of treasures. The Dragon Kingdom has always been closed to the outside world and has never allowed other intelligent creatures to enter the Dragon Kingdom. This time King Taotie allowed the forest elves to migrate into the Dragon Kingdom, which is equivalent to giving a gift to the Dragon Kingdom.

Countless opportunities in the Emerald Forest.

King Sanye immediately thanked Luke: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will definitely restrain all forest elves who migrate to the Dragon Kingdom and abide by the laws of the Dragon Kingdom."

For the Dragon Kingdom, the introduction of forest elves can solve the current shortage of labor in the Dragon Kingdom, which can be regarded as a mutually beneficial and win-win policy.

Luke immediately decided: "The forest elves can obtain a sea port and two inland lands in the Dragon Kingdom to build an autonomous territory for the forest elves.

The forest elves can conduct geological surveys in the areas I designate and help us find minerals that can be exported. The Dragon Kingdom has no industrial base and can only export raw materials for primitive accumulation.

If Emerald Forest wants to build a factory in Dragon Kingdom, I can give you special preferential policies."

King Sanye immediately asked: "Can the Emerald Forest engage in the mining and trading of fire crystal mines in the Dragon Kingdom?"

After asking the question, King Sanye couldn't help but look at Agatha.

The fire crystal trade is the source of the conflict between the Golden Shield Empire and the Shuojin people, and it is also the reason why the Golden Shield Empire dares to challenge ancient civilization.

Can the Emerald Forest get involved in this hugely profitable business?

Luke answered directly: "No! If I had known that the fire crystal trade would bring so much trouble to the world, I would not have agreed to give the Dragon Kingdom's fire crystal mining rights and trading rights to the Golden Shield Empire.

However, all the fire crystals obtained by the Golden Shield Empire from the Dragon Kingdom were transferred by Her Majesty Queen Clear Sky as compensation for the destruction of the World Tree in ancient wars, so I have no power to terminate this trade.

But we will not give any party the mining rights and trading rights of Huojing to prevent more unexpected bad events from happening!"
Chapter completed!