Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 361 Changes in the territory after 30 years
The Northern Glory Alliance was originally Owen's joke, but 30 years later it has become a behemoth, with a population of one million directly under it and hundreds of thousands of affiliated people, adding up to less than 200 million people. It is a famous local emperor in the Northland.

Don't think that this population is not as large as a city in the previous life, but in this world it is enough to be called Wang Jianguo.

However, with a large power and borders with many parties, the affairs involving all aspects are very cumbersome and troublesome, which makes people look overwhelmed.

Fortunately, Maya knew Owen's temperament, so she specially sorted out the information and projected it from the upgraded Nuan Baobao, replacing the original sand table, so that he could feel the changes in the territory more intuitively.

Seeing that the banners of Northern Glory were densely planted in a small area of ​​the Northland on the projection, Owen nodded in satisfaction. Although he did not have any credit for himself, it did not delay his pride. After all, everyone is his subordinate, and this credit is not counted. Who owns his.

The Northern Glory Alliance has a large population, but because they know that there is an upper limit to the population conversion of the territory, Maya has been controlling the population of the North City for these years. Now it is about 90, all after the system conversion.

Although this caused many small nobles in the alliance to travel outside the core and were difficult to control, it made the whole of Beicheng as solid as gold, and the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

Of course, it is impossible for the nearly one million people in Beicheng to live in the city. Even if Beicheng has been expanding, it cannot accommodate it. Only 40 of them live in the city, and the remaining 50 are distributed in the surrounding villages and towns.

Although a large number of people are scattered outside the city, there is no need to worry about safety issues. First of all, there is the upgraded Mara City in the south, the growing buffalo tribe in the north, the unfathomable green city in the east, and even Bella in the west. It is not easy to break through the outer defenses and invade the hinterland of Beicheng.

In addition, Maya also used two sub-city quotas, one is Ferrier City and the other is Solari City. Yes, these two cities are both within the sphere of influence of the Northland Noble Alliance, and they are not small cities.

In this way, if there is any movement of the Northland Noble Alliance, it cannot be hidden from Beicheng at all, let alone the two cities are more young and strong, and they are well-trained to obey orders. The army formed is the main trump card of the Northland Noble Alliance.

However, the barbarian tribe across the river has declined more and more in recent years, and more and more barbarians joined the bison tribe. For this reason, part of the population quota had to be transferred to Beicheng to build multiple barbarian villages and towns, otherwise it would have exceeded the sub-city by five. There is a population limit of [-], so it can't be a threat.

As for the alliance between the Barbarian Kingdom and Beiguan border city, strong is strong, but they are far away. Even if the army is dispatched, it will give Beicheng enough time to respond.
Of course, the real strength of Beicheng still comes from the productivity and army of the territory.

30 years is enough time for the territory to enter the steam age, but the factories are hidden in the dungeons and underground ruins. After all, the painting style is different, so it is better to hide it. Only agricultural machinery will pretend to be puppets to plow and harvest in spring and autumn. occasional use, and even external sales.

It's a pity that no one buys it, even if everyone knows that these machines are more efficient and save manpower.

The problem is that for most lords, the cost performance of using steam machinery is too low, because one agricultural machinery is enough to hire hundreds of farmers and let them work to death.

This is not the North City’s random asking price. The metal itself is not cheap, and the manufacture of steam machinery requires a large amount of steel and complex processing, which is even more expensive.

You must know that a set of steel armor and weapons is enough for a feudal knight to live on soil for a year or two, and how much armor and weapons can be made with the metal consumed to make a farm machine.

Those noble lords are not crazy to spend so much money to buy a puppet that plows the land.

The extensive use of steam machinery has not only greatly improved the agricultural water conservancy advantages of the territory, but also can dump a large number of commodities, ranging from agricultural tools, firearms, armor, and cloth, which are the most indispensable best-selling products in the Northland.

Because of taking the initiative in trade, although the size of the Northern Glory Alliance is a bit weaker, its status is not low at all.

Of course, having wealth without swords and guns is not enough. After all, it is more popular here for neighbors to store food and mine to store guns, so the army in the territory has also begun to be replaced.

The old-fashioned muskets were eliminated first, and breech-loading rifles using paper shell bullets began to be equipped.

The breech-loading rifle can only be loaded once at a time, and it is also prone to moisture, and the barrel needs to be cleaned frequently because of insufficient combustion. In addition, the excessively long barrel makes cleaning more troublesome, but overall it is still good.

The length of nearly 1.5 meters makes this gun have a high range and hit rate. With a bayonet attached, it becomes a spear. The most important thing is the rate of fire, ten rounds per minute. It also has low requirements for shooting posture, usage and structure. It's also simple and perfect for mass rigging.

In addition to guns, there are also cannons, small-caliber infantry cannons, despite their small size, the caliber is only [-]mm, and their range and power are not bad. They use copper shell bullets with integrated ammunition, and high-explosive warheads. This, Beicheng can beat all the invincible hands in the Northland.

These are only infantry equipment. Thanks to the large-scale use of agricultural machinery over the years, steam tanks have also been greatly developed, and relatively mature light steam tanks have been equipped in the army.

A light steam tank with rivet homogeneous armor weighs only three to four tons, and a full load of ammunition, fuel and water is less than five tons.

This type of steam tank can reach a speed of 30-40 per hour when the steam is sufficient, comparable to an electric car. The main weapon is an [-]mm steam smoothbore gun and two [-]mm steam nail guns.

It's a pity that resources and production are limited. Although there are new equipment, it is difficult to expand. Currently there are only [-] infantry and [-] light steam tanks.

In the normal era of cold weapons, this army is enough to flatten any enemy.

The problem is that this world is not normal. Let alone how much ammunition is needed to deal with the sea of ​​undead bones. The legend of being able to tear tanks with one hand is not enough for these simple weapons to deal with.

But the most troublesome thing is resources, because the steam machinery and guns in the territory need magic horn trees, and they can eat as many as they have.

With the current steam industry and the size of the army in the territory, if it is not restrained, the magic horn forest will not have time to grow, and it will only be a matter of time before it will be cut down, unless the super farmland is used recklessly, and a large number of magic horns will be born in a short period of time at the cost of destroying nature. Horn tree.

No one would be so short-sighted. Even if the current area of ​​the Magic Horn Forest was large enough for Beicheng to bomb all the way to the imperial capital, Maya did not approve the expansion of the army, only the number needed to maintain the defense.

The various restrictions of the knights made Beicheng unsuitable for expeditions, because the new army relied too much on ammunition and fuel.

But on the contrary, there are almost no opponents in the defensive battle in Beicheng. Even if the army of the barbarian kingdom dares to come, it can make the opponent unable to eat.

In addition, Maya is implementing the same strategy as Owen. These are all on the bright side. The real hole card of the territory is the 500-strong guard.

(End of this chapter)