Lord Harland

Chapter 81 New Territory

After getting married, the two had no time for their honeymoon and were busy every day.

Sophia needs to resume the construction of the territory and supervise and manage the final autumn harvest.

Richard needs to worry about the construction of the new territory, which is very close to Platos Castle.

Three kilometers east of the Platos castle group, it entered the territory of Richard.

Although the territory is large, there is not much flat land. Only the upper reaches of the Bernie River can reclaim some farmland.

The purely agricultural conditions are not as good as William's collar, let alone Sophia's collar.

After Richard and Sophia got married, they re-registered the name of the territory in order to distinguish it from the territory entrusted by their father William.

Harland Territory was renamed William Territory, and Richard's newly sealed territory was renamed Richard Territory.

The entire Li Cha territory is more than 30 kilometers from east to west, and [-] kilometers from north to south, almost reaching the depths of the Eagle Mountains. After organizing personnel to survey the terrain, Li Cha found that the farmland that can be reclaimed is less than [-] hectares.There are only [-] hectares of paddy fields with high yields, and even if they are all developed, the yield will not exceed [-] tons.

Two thousand tons of grain, if people are full, can only feed six to seven thousand people.

Although it is not suitable for growing food, Li Chaling's products are quite rich.

There is a large forest in the territory, and there are a lot of wild animals living there. Every year, a hunting team is organized to catch prey and sell their skins in exchange for a lot of money.

After the territory was demarcated, Li Cha and his new wife Sophia carefully surveyed the new territory.

It was found that Richard collar is suitable for logging, hunting, and breeding, but not very suitable for farming.

Through the orc war, Li Cha already had abundant human resources in his hands.

More than 9000 people poured into Harland's territory, and hundreds of orcs were captured. Naturally, Richard would not let them eat for nothing.

For more than a year, the production efficiency of Bobby brick kiln factory continued to increase.

The population of the brick kiln factory has been designated as workers by Richard.

After the slaves in the brick kiln factory regain their freedom, the materials produced will need to increase the cost.

In order to squeeze the fruits of the labor of the slaves before the cost increased, Richard decided to build a castle in the new territory.

The castle is located in the upper reaches of the Burney River, [-] kilometers northwest of the Bobby Brick Kiln Factory. It is named Sophia Castle, which commemorates the love between Richard and Sophia.

Fort Sophia is relatively close to the Fortress of Prato, less than fifteen kilometers away.

Although the site of the castle is located in the forest, the transportation of Sophia Fort is quite convenient.

The Burnie River has plenty of water, and ships with shallow drafts can pass through it. There is a Bobby brick kiln factory along the way, and the No. [-] reclamation base is supplemented. Various materials can be easily transported to the vicinity of Sophia Castle.

Especially for bulk materials such as food and building materials, Harland's territory can be self-sufficient, and the remaining small commodities can be transported by pack horses, and it takes only a day or two to travel tens of kilometers of mountain roads.

It is now late August, and the climate in the northern border is already a bit cold.

Richard organized a labor force of as many as 3000 people and began to excavate the foundation of Fort Sophia.

These more than 3000 people are all citizens of the Barony of Dirham.Some of them were serfs and some were freemen.After these free people were captured by orcs, they lost their status as free people.

If they want to survive, they must sign a contract with Li Cha to repay Li Cha's kindness for rescuing them from the claws of the orcs.

These newcomers to the territory need to sign a contract and serve the Harland family for five years before they can resume their status as freedmen.

If a territory wants to develop, the most important thing is to have a large number of free people who can consume.

Only when there are a large number of consumers in the territory will a consumer market be formed. With a consumer market, the goods produced in the territory can be sold and productivity will increase.

If all freemen were demoted to serfdom, this territory would be a pool of stagnant water without any vitality at all.

Even the feudal system was more advanced than the serf system.

Richard is still a benevolent lord, and the people who were assigned to Baron Rice and others were directly reduced to slaves, basically unable to stand up.

After the contract expires, no matter whether these people choose to settle in the Richard Land or return to the Dirham Baron Land, Richard will not interfere.

As people from northern Xinjiang, they should understand how important it is to go to a lord who can protect themselves.

Richard led 3000 people to build the castle, and the housekeeper Bernard started to build the camp with some contracted slaves.

Bodna was once captured by orcs, lived in the orc empire for many years, and is proficient in many kinds of orc languages.

In this war of orc invasion, Richard captured more than 500 orc slaves, most of these slaves were kobolds and goatmen.

Kobolds lived on grazing in the Orc Empire, and were also good at mining ore. They had some iron-making skills, but they were not very skilled.

In addition to herding, kobolds can also gather, hunt, and fish.Living habits are similar to primitive humans.

Sheepheads are vegetarians. This creature has a very special stomach and can survive like a herbivore.

In winter, the sheep-headed people will collect dry forage, wild fruits, and light fires to resist the severe cold, and live in the caves together.

The southern foot of the Eagle Mountain Range is the environment where the sheep-headed people like to live.

Li Cha bought a lot of cattle, sheep, horses, and deer, and gave them to the sheep-headed man to graze. He also arranged for the kobolds to build orchards, prepare to plant a large number of fruit trees, and rely on cash crops to increase funds for the territory.

After the fruit tree planting industry develops, they can rely on river transportation to sell near Heihe Castle.

Even if Heihe Fort can't digest so many fruits, it can still build jam factories and canned fruits.Candied fruit creates new consumer demand and accumulates more funds.

The entertainment conditions in Chenxi Continent are very scarce. Although Li Cha has become a hereditary baron, his life is actually very boring.

The cooking of food is very simple, and there are only three common types: roasting, boiling, and frying.

Fire frying is still very rare, only popular among nobles.

Ironware is still relatively expensive in Chenxi Continent, and ordinary people are not yet luxurious enough to use iron plates for cooking.

There are few types of spices for cooking, and the price of pepper is very expensive. Even hereditary nobles are reluctant to use it for every meal.

Salt is also not cheap. Li Cha has never seen white sugar. Nobles like to use honey instead of white sugar.

Rich nobles also like to use monster honey. In the past, the important income of Stopa Territory was to breed Zitoufeng.

When the orcs conquered Fort Vic three years ago, Li Cha picked up a part of the honeycomb and handed it over to Sophia.

Sophia has re-hatched Zitoufeng by studying the craftsmanship recorded by the Stopa family and combining the power of magic.

However, the size of the bee colony is still very small, and only a small amount of Zitoufeng honey can be produced after a year.

It will take at least three years to restore the former size of the Stopa Territory.

When the orchard is completed and the jam is put on the market, Li Cha is also planning to study the plants in northern Xinjiang to see if he can find plants with high sugar content to domesticate and plant them, so as to produce brown sugar on a large scale.

As long as these industries are successful, they can bring a lot of gold coins to the Harland family.

With gold coins, you can buy population, expand your army, and make contributions in the orc war.

If the cycle goes on, Harland's territory will become more and more prosperous.

Li Cha has great confidence in this.

Although the past 30 years were ordinary and a large part of the knowledge he learned was useless, the advanced social environment and good education in the previous life gave Li Cha a broader perspective, allowing him to go far beyond the ordinary people in the Chenxi Continent.

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