Of course, this doesn't mean one can only sit and wait during this period.
In fact, the pest eradication plan is just one of countless important matters.
In the period when the Royal City was about to shift into an expansionist war regime, there were numerous things that needed preparation.
In the Supreme Council, after days of negotiation, the King and the Elder Council finally reached a consensus.
The Elder Council made many concessions, even agreeing that the King would have full control of the war efforts, and they were not to intervene unless absolutely necessary.
This way, even if there were some unreasonable expansions, the Elder Council wouldn't be able to stop them.
The reason the Elder Council was able to do this was that Rod's sharing of the Star Town expansion experience during the negotiations played a critical role.
Of course, this was also slightly related to Rod's increase of the True Silver Vein's output share, from twenty to thirty percent.