To show respect for High Priest Alonsus Faol, Galen chose to return to the Eastern Continent ahead of time, leaving Galen's Harbor to be guarded by Gandalf.
Gandalf possessed group teleportation, and his teleportation distance could already span the Eastern and Western continents. Which base he garrisoned was no longer important to Gandalf. Anyway, he could come and go without a trace. The main reason he stayed in Galen's Harbor was because of Gandalf's superb wisdom, which allowed him to independently use various policies to attract various races to Galen's Harbor to do business.
Galen's Harbor's main commodities were still large-scale grain transactions.
Galen discovered that among the various races of Azeroth, only humans and high elves, and the pandaren still in the mists, had the habit of planting crops. Even the high elves mainly planted orchards. Only humans planted wheat, and the pandaren planted various edible crops.
Tauren mainly engaged in grazing and raising kodo beasts. Quilboar would raise some wild boars for food. Night elves worshiped nature and generally only picked natural fruits. Even dwarves could only raise mountain goats in the icy and snowy lands. The grain used for brewing still had to rely on imports from various human countries.
Therefore, the grain trade was a very promising business on the Western Continent, which was also the business that goblins would always be doing in the future, exporting grain to the orcs who crossed the sea to Kalimdor in exchange for the ore mined by the orcs in the Barrens.
So Galen left Gandalf behind, hoping that he could use the grain trade to build good relationships with the various races on the Western Continent.
Since Stromgarde moved more than 50,000 people to Hammerfall, the entire city no longer seemed so crowded, but Galen still felt that Stromgarde City was too small. According to the standards of a military fortress, it was qualified, but as the capital of a country, it could not accommodate enough citizens.
Back then, Stromgarde City was built according to the scale of stationing 200,000 soldiers. After the Thoradin family inherited this land, it took more than a thousand years and more than a dozen generations to restore the population to just over one million. Thoras also did not expect that Stromgarde would one day become crowded, so he let the advisory group make an immigration plan.
But Galen felt that immigration alone was far from enough. In his previous life, he had seen too many cities with millions or tens of millions of people.
Moreover, he had the trump card of a farm that produced grain, so he was not afraid that the grain supply would not be able to keep up. A city with a million people, especially Stromgarde, also had a Bay of Faldir. After the expansion, building the largest port in the Eastern Continent, then the daily throughput of this city would be amazing, and the flow of wealth would also be immeasurable.
The expansion of Stromgarde may be put on the agenda after the orcs are defeated.
The arrival of High Priest Alonsus Faol was earlier than Galen expected. He had just visited his father yesterday, bragging about his experiences in Northron, the dwarves of the Wildhammer Clan, the gryphons of the Wildhammer Clan, the Wildhammer's ale, and the friendship of the Wildhammer tribe. Today, he received the news that the Holy Light Church's team had entered the city.
It seems that the expansion of the Shadow Agency needs to be put on the agenda, otherwise, just monitoring the Plaguelands will restrain half of his Shadow Agency members.
In the morning, after breakfast, Galen came to the northeast area of Stromgarde, which was the church area of the city, and behind the church was the cemetery of the Thoradin family's ancestors.
Passing through the independent city gate of the church area, in the huge courtyard at the entrance of the church, Galen saw Alonsus Faol, who had come from afar. The old man was already waiting for Galen at the entrance of the church.
"Good day, High Priest! You must be tired from the journey."
"Good day, Galen, my child."
The two found a place to sit in the atrium, which was usually where the Holy Light believers in Stromgarde rested after their prayers.
"Galen, do you remember that I mentioned to you before that I wanted to introduce you and Bishop Aragorn to several candidates for paladins? This time, I brought them here!"
Faol was very excited. As the High Priest, he had always been worried about the fact that the priests of the Holy Light Sect were unable to protect themselves in the face of danger. The emergence of the paladin lineage undoubtedly made him feel that this was a great transformation of the Holy Light Church.
"I wonder if they came with you?" Although Galen asked, his eyes had already turned to the inside of the church, where there were several undisguised auras, very powerful.
The High Priest also noticed Galen's gaze and smiled knowingly. Then he made a gesture, and four men walked out of the church.
They strode towards the atrium where Galen and the High Priest were. All four of them were wearing shining plate armor, carrying long swords, and the emblem of the church was printed on their breastplates and shields.
Although the equipment on their bodies was brand new, the aura of high-level professionals emanating from them made Galen dare not underestimate them.
In fact, even if they did not have high-level strength, Galen would not underestimate them. According to Galen's understanding of the plot, he could guess who the High Priest recommended with his little finger.
"Galen, please allow me to introduce Uther, Dathrohan, Tirion Fordring, and Turalyon!"
The High Priest's face was full of pride. At this moment, his face was ruddy and radiant. At the same time, he also introduced Galen.
"This is Galen, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Stromgarde, the current Duke of Thoradin."
The five people met each other for the first time.
Galen looked at the four people in front of him, and they were also observing Galen. Because the appearance of the paladin was brought forward by Galen by five years, the four prototypes at this moment were still very young, especially Turalyon, who was still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.
Uther was tall and strong, with firm eyes. At a glance, one could tell that he was a devout believer. Dathrohan looked more like a warrior than Uther. The armor could not cover the bulging muscles all over his body, and his face was rough. Tirion Fordring looked the most refined among these people, which may be related to his background. After all, he was not only a believer, but also a powerful lord with territory, who had seen the world. The young man Turalyon seemed a little at a loss.
In fact, Galen's age was the youngest among the people present, but he had been practicing martial arts for many years, and his strength had increased by leaps and bounds in the past year or so, and his body was also soaring. At this moment, he was nearly 1.9 meters tall, a little taller than Turalyon, who was a few years older.
These people were all disciples of the High Priest, and they were also the people the High Priest trusted the most. They also possessed high martial arts skills and devotion to the Holy Light, and were the most suitable candidates to become paladins.
Because Galen understood the plot, he also knew the future achievements of the four people like the back of his hand. Looking at them, his eyes were full of appreciation. The four future prototypes did not dare to underestimate Galen. Although they had long known that the Prince of Stromgarde was diligent and hardworking, after meeting him, they realized that Galen's aura was the strongest among them. The four of them were also people with extraordinary talents, but they had not yet broken through to the ninth rank. The strongest Dathrohan also only had the strength of the eighth level peak.
The first meeting of the five people can be described as a mutual appreciation. They were all young people and quickly became acquainted. Even the most restrained Turalyon relaxed in the process of understanding each other. Even a few people had a few warrior sparring sessions in front of the High Priest.
Galen and the High Priest agreed to set off early tomorrow morning to the Holy Light Church in Holy White City, where Aragorn would preside over and guide the Holy Light power of the few people, so that they could become paladins after Galen!