Lord Harland.

Compared with most lords in the Morning Continent, the pensions for the soldiers in Harland Territory are very good.

For the soldiers who died in battle, their families can receive 50 kilograms of food every month, and there is also a death subsidy of one gold coin every year.

This kind of pension can be received continuously for twenty years.

In addition, every year during the Dawn Goddess’ Christmas, the territory will give some holiday money to the families of martyrs.

Last year's festival expenses were three taels of brown sugar, ten catties of mutton, one roll of linen, and three silver coins.

Although the supplies are small, they are enough for the martyrs' families to have a good holiday.

The pension given by the territory every year is enough for a family of three to barely support their family.

The pension policy designated by Richard is better than the treatment of the regular army of Grant Kingdom.

Central legions like the Northern Legion, when the soldiers died in battle, they only gave ten gold coins as a pension, and the comrades and officers collected a little, which was a one-shot deal.

When pensions run out, the living standards of families of fallen soldiers will plummet.

The pension issued by the Haaland Territory is not a one-time settlement, but lasts for twenty years. For many soldier families who are not good at financial management, this pension is a guarantee of survival.

Because of the implementation of a good pension policy, the soldiers in the Harland territory fought desperately.

In several wars, more than 400 soldiers have been killed in the territory. The annual pension, including food, needs to be spent about gold coins.

As the number of casualties continues to increase, the pressure on pension payments will also increase.

If there is no new source of finance, the capital chain will become tighter and tighter, and eventually the territory will go bankrupt.

The brick order brought by Baron Sharp has been completed, and the largest cash income in the territory now is the sale of steel.

The heavy trebuchet blueprints were exchanged for more than a thousand kobold slaves, and now they are all sent to the mines for mining, and the output of the steel plant has also increased.

The territory consumes half of the steel production capacity, and sells the remaining half.

Steel sales are increasing every month, and last month it exceeded 300 gold coins. The profit after deducting expenses is quite considerable.

After completing Baron Sharp's order, Richard did not let the brick kiln stop, and continued to burn bricks.

In addition to supplying Sophia Fort with the fired bricks, Richard is also planning to build several roads, and the river terminal will also be expanded.

Next year, Richard is also planning to build a new military fortress, Iron Mountain Fort, near the steel plant and add a squadron of soldiers to protect the mine and guard against spies.

This year's grain harvest has once again ushered in a bumper harvest. After deducting the rations left by the citizens, the grain reserves in the territory have exceeded tons.

Richard only plans to store 3,000 tons of grain. If the remaining grain is put into the market, the price of grain in Heihe Fort will drop a bit.

Moreover, grain trade requires a lot of transportation capacity. If you want to transport grain, you need to build roads and build grain ships.

If you hire outside grain ships, the profits will be eaten up by others.

The investment in road construction and shipbuilding was not small. Richard calculated the cost and felt that it was not very cost-effective.

Especially in recent years, the territory is still very short of money, and it is a little bit to save a little.

In a short period of time, Richard only planned to build Fort Sophia to Fort William, Fort Sophia to Iron Mountain Fort, and Fort Sophia to Bobi Brick Kiln Factory to connect the castles in the territory.

These three roads undertake the task of military dispatching, and the priority is higher.

Since food cannot be transported, the territory needs cash income.

After thinking about it, Li Cha decided to build a brewery to brew grain into liquor in exchange for money.

The liquor market in the Kingdom of Grant is mainly wine, and there are some fruit wines. Grain wines are relatively rare.

Through long-term observation, Richard discovered that the northern region prefers spirits.

If high-alcohol wine is brewed, sales should not be a problem. The key is to keep the secret of the brewing process.

The brewing process of distilled wine is very simple, and it can be faked just by looking at it.

The high-alcohol trade may not be monopolized for too long.

There is also grain wine in the wine market in Heihebao, but the brewing process is very backward. Not only are there many impurities, but the wine is also very turbid and tastes sour.

Li Cha has carefully studied the brewing process of grain wine, and found that this primitive grain wine uses the fermentation method.

Using fermentation method, not only the yield is low, the time is slow, the degree is low, but the taste is also very average.

Switched to the distillation method, the taste is much better, and the cost is also reduced.

Richard used the distillation method to brew a batch of liquor on a small scale and let the soldiers in the army taste it, which won praise and recognition from the soldiers.

Of course, this batch of baijiu is relatively strong, and noble ladies don't like it very much, and it is not suitable for noble banquets.

But as long as the market for Northern Legionnaires is captured, it will be profitable to open a brewery.

After brewing liquor on a small scale and gaining popularity, Richard immediately began to build a brewery.

Richard originally planned to go to the Grand Duchy of Stanik to purchase a group of slaves and use these slaves who were not involved with the Grant Kingdom to build a brewery, but he did not expect that more than two thousand refugees would be recruited.

These refugees have nothing to do with the lords of other regions in the north, so they can just choose a group of brewers.

When these people came to the territory, Li Cha took them to the south of Bobby Brick Kiln Factory, across the Burnie River.

The other side of the Burnie River is still barren, and dozens of hectares of paddy fields can be reclaimed.

The winery was built at the foot of the mountain, about five hundred meters away from the river.

It is now late autumn, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

In order to speed up the construction of the winery, Li Cha mobilized serfs to help refugees cut down trees and build houses.

By mid-October, rows of brick houses had been erected at the foot of the mountain, the refugees had successfully settled in, and the construction of the winery had been completed. Highly distilled liquor began to be produced on a large scale.

Because the degree of distilled alcohol is very high, it can often reach more than degrees, and it tastes too strong.Li Cha mixed some water and felt a little better.

The wine mixed with water and grain was born, and it immediately became popular in Heihe Fort and swept through all the major taverns.

This kind of wine was named Heart Fire by Richard.

Soldiers, mercenaries, and hunters are loyal customers of distilled liquor.

In the cold winter of northern Xinjiang, drinking a glass of strong wine can warm up the body and resist the severe cold.

Moreover, the price of distilled liquor is also very affordable. You can buy one kilogram for three copper coins.

Normally, three catties of grain can make one catty of wine.

The cost of food for one kilogram of puree wine is only two copper coins. If labor and investment are added, the cost is still higher than three copper coins.

Richard sells blended wine, so the cost is lower.

Calculating that one kilogram of blended wine is less than one copper coin, the profit has already doubled, and the double profit is enough for capitalists to sell the noose that hanged themselves.

Whether it is the previous life on Earth or this life, the wine industry is a high-profit industry.

If the brand effect is formed and the profit exceeds 200%, it is actually very common in the beverage industry.

It's a pity that the productivity of Grant Kingdom is not yet the time to pursue brands, and there is no brand effect.

I had something to do in the afternoon. I went to the county to buy an electric bicycle. Today is still ten o'clock.There are ten changes every day from the first to the fifth, eight changes every day from the sixth to the tenth, and five changes every day after the tenth. By the next month, the saved manuscripts are basically gone, and only words can be updated every day.

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