Lord: Taken away from inheritance at the beginning

Chapter 348 Huge Harvest

After Elron left, the second person to come over was Chahar.

"Master, you are finally back!"

Chahar ran over from nowhere and was panting.

Ronin looked him up and down. His former steward, now the financial officer of Wubei Territory, had improved his dress.

Although Chahar's original clothes were decent, they were far less gorgeous than the current ones. The fabric should be made of high-quality woolen cloth.

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"I haven't seen you for two months. You look much more energetic."

"Hehe."

Chahar couldn't help but look at himself and said helplessly: "There is no way. Going out to do business represents Wubei Territory. It would be embarrassing to dress too poorly."

Roning signaled Bella to pour some tea for Chahar. After taking a sip, the latter said: "Master, if you don't come back, I will be worried about the funds in the territory!"

"What, the money is all gone?"

When he left last time, he left thousands of gold coins in the territory, so it shouldn't be all gone.

"That's not the case, but we have spent a lot of money in the past two months on purchasing and renting shops in the Horse Herding City."

Chahar quickly explained: "And you may not know that the number of extraordinary people in Wubei Territory has reached 24. According to the standard you set, the monthly salary needs to be paid nearly 280 gold coins, plus the servants, caravans, village heads, team leaders, assistants..."

Faced with such a large expenditure, Chahar always thinks about it when he goes to bed. If the lord does not come back in time, how should he explain the unpaid wages to these people?

People like village heads and team leaders are easy to say, but he does not have enough confidence in front of those extraordinary people.

In fact, Roning's expenses on territory personnel are indeed large now.

After all, in addition to Wubei Territory, there are also Giant Stone City and Rapids Island. The personnel in these places add up, and the monthly salary alone costs more than 500 gold coins.

"I will give you another 3,000 gold coins as reserve funds."

Ronin said, "But you also have to manage the financial income of the territory well. You have to quickly establish sales channels such as ironwood workshops, papermaking workshops, porcelain, cattle, sheep, fish and shrimp."

"I understand!"

Chahar reported, "Two batches of ironwood weapons and equipment have been sold to the outside world, and the gross profit has been more than 500. The other items you mentioned are still stabilizing production, and it is expected that they will take effect in more than half a year."

"The nobles in the capital need more than 70 sets of silk dresses. This is their order."

Ronin handed the order to Chahar, "Go back and let someone notify Ziguo Village to make it according to the style and strive to complete it before June next year. In addition, let..."

"Okay, okay, I'll let someone notify them right away!"

Since Chahar became the financial officer, he has been particularly sensitive to gold coins. At this time, looking at the order worth three or four thousand gold coins in his hand, his eyes lit up.

The last to come was Wilson, the Minister of State, who was said to be in charge of the reclamation of paddy fields in the fields.

He could see that the lord valued "rice". In order not to affect the spring plowing next year, he paid special attention to these experimental fields.

"Sir, this is the population situation of the territory."

The population register that Wilson handed to Ronin now was recorded on the new paper produced in Shanlin Town.

When he used this kind of paper, he felt convenient and did not feel heartbroken.

If parchment was used to record this information, it would cost an unknown amount of money.

According to Chahar's story, such paper would definitely sell well in the market. The lord is really a genius.

"During this period, Rogner brought back 25,000 people from your father, Earl Wiggins, and 10,000 people from Brilliant City, as well as two batches of slaves brought by Anthony and free people who surrendered on their own. Now the population of Wubei Territory has reached more than 55,000 people."

"Not bad!"

Ronin was very satisfied with the population growth.

Wiggins brought him 25,000 people at once, which was quite impressive.

However, although more than 55,000 people may seem like a lot, they are still too few for such a large earldom.

Wilson continued, "These people have been distributed according to your instructions. Now the populations of Shanlin Town, Sanfang Town, Black Soil Town and Swamp Town have all exceeded 10,000."

As soon as Luo Ning got it, four lines of text appeared in front of him:

["Prosperous Population" achievement achieved, attribute points +300, energy essence +600]

["Prosperous Population" achievement achieved, attribute points +600, energy essence +1200]

["Conquer Cities and Conquer Territory" achievement achieved, attribute points +400, energy essence +800]

["Conquer Cities and Conquer Territory" achievement achieved, attribute points +600, energy essence +1200]

He smiled with joy.

He got 1900 attribute points at one time, which was enough for him to break through and become a level 7 transcendent!

Luo Ning called up the achievement interface and checked the new content of these two achievements:

[Prosperous Population: The registered population of the territory reaches 100,000, Reward: Attribute Points +1500, Energy Essence +3000]

"Adding the population of Giant Stone City, Red Mountain Town and Rapids Island, I wonder if this achievement can be completed?"

He looked at the next achievement:

[Conquer Cities and Territories: Own five towns with a population of more than 10,000 at the same time, Reward: Attribute Points +1000, Energy Essence +2000]

The population of the four towns in Wubei Territory exceeds 10,000. With the addition of Chishan Town and Boulder City, this achievement can be completed.

By then, Ronin's total energy essence will rise to a high level, which should be enough to support Elron to become an eighth-level magician.

If he is a magician, the attraction to the outside world will be greater, and perhaps many magicians will join Wubei Territory.

"You did a good job on this matter!"

Ronin was in a very good mood. "Now that the population of Wubei Territory has increased dramatically, the construction team should hurry up to build temporary residential houses in the territory. In addition, there is another important thing. You have to organize people to prepare for the construction of docks and ports next."

Wilson's heart moved, and he thought of the visitor from Pointed City a while ago.

"Knights Krumi, Juwitt, and Sim are accompanying Baron Hammett and his party to find a suitable location for building a port. Now that nearly a month has passed, I wonder if there is any result."

"There should be a result soon."

Ronin ordered: "In a short time, Pointed City will send a group of craftsmen and experienced workers. When the survey results come out, you have people build houses and store food near the construction site in advance."

"I am already doing it."

Wilson has considered these things since meeting Baron Hammett. He has already made relevant plans, which can be regarded as a certain advance preparation.

Ronin briefly described the details of the cooperation with Pointed City so that the Minister of State has a bottom line in his mind.

"There is a new variety of food called 'potatoes' placed in the corridor outside. It will be planted in March or April next year. The planting process is similar to planting wheat, but potatoes need soft and breathable soil to grow, and they also need to keep moisture."

This batch of potatoes is similar to the rice Ronin collected before, and they all exist as seeds. After one or two years of planting and cultivation, it is possible to promote it on a large scale.

Wilson was still unsure about rice planting, but he didn't expect that there was a new crop. He suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and he was afraid that he would lose the seeds.

However, he couldn't complain to the lord, after all, these things were entrusted to him, which was a trust in him.

After thinking about it, he could only record all the precautions that Ronin said, and then plan a few more test fields to sow separately, so that eggs cannot be put in one basket.

After meeting with Elron, Chahar and Wilson, Ronin announced that he would hold a Wubei Territory meeting in the fortress hall of the Swamp Castle in three days.

This was not only a public meeting with the newly joined extraordinary people, but also an opportunity for him to formulate the next development plan for Wubei Territory.