"Secondly, although we have obtained a promise from the Green Dragon not to attack our Storm Shadow Fortress, a single pillar can't make a hall, and a lone peak can't withstand a flood. If there's only one solitary Blood Mist Hill standing in the Blood Pine Forest, we can hardly say we've effectively gained control of the thousand miles of fertile land on the west side of this Blood Pine Forest."
"Therefore, we must offer rewards of gold to attract our people to the west of the Blood Pine Forest for colonization. Only with a large number of settlements and fortresses echoing each other, a considerable number of farm guards, Free People's Corps, and regular garrison troops cooperating, can we reduce the pressure on both sides and enhance our ability to control this area. Otherwise, our troops may be attacked by monsters as soon as they step out of the fortress, and mining carts could be plundered once they leave the mining area."
