Lord Harland.

Chapter 185 Friendship in War

After hunting the giant-toothed tiger, Li Cha distributed a bounty to the members of the demon hunting team.Although the amount is not much, it is equivalent to one year's salary.Thirty or so demon hunters were allocated [-] gold coins.

After receiving the reward, Su La invited Jennings, Julian and other old friends to dinner.

They are all the first batch of slaves, and this year is already the seventh year of joining Harland's territory.

Of the [-] comrades who joined the army together, more than one-third were killed and more than one-third were disabled.In addition to those who have retired from active service and are still working in the army, there are only a dozen people left.

These dozens of people have different talents, some have developed well and have been promoted to the third level, while some have not developed and are still middle-level fighter students.

Su La led everyone into a restaurant. Jennings looked at the signboard of the restaurant and asked rather strangely, "When did Fort William open a restaurant?"

In the past half a year, Jennings has been leading troops outside. After returning to Fort William, he felt a strange feeling.

There were some commercial activities on the streets of Fort William.

You must know that before the orcs invaded last year, Fort William was still a military fort, and it was also managed militarily, and there were no businessmen at all.

"Jennings, you've been outside for too long, and the territory is changing very fast now."

Su La smiled, and greeted several people to sit down, called out the owner of the restaurant, pointed to the owner and asked Jennings, "Do you still remember him?"

The owner of the restaurant looked to be in his forties, very capable, with a military style.It made Jennings feel a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Forget it, it's the big head Odaye."

"Odaye, you have changed too much. We haven't seen each other for four or five years, right? I'm very sorry, I didn't recognize you."

Odaye was also a comrade in the squadron of Jennings and Sura. He and Sura were in the same squad, sleeping in the same tent and eating the same pot of food.

It's a pity that his physical talent is very average, and he cannot withstand the high-intensity training of the army.

Not only did the breathing method progress very slowly, but he also vomited blood during a training session and injured his internal organs.

In the end, Odaye was considered unsuitable for combat, received part of the subsidy, and retired from the No. [-] Squadron.

Odaye was injured due to training, and although he did not make any military exploits, he was restored to his status as a free citizen in advance.

In recent years, I have been working in a tailor shop.

After several years of cultivation, Odaye's body finally recovered a lot.

After the war, Odaye met his good friend Sulla in Fort William.

They haven't seen each other for a few years, and the situation of the two is already very different.

Su La is now the squadron leader, with a monthly salary of three gold coins, plus various rewards and allowances, the annual income exceeds forty gold coins.

Not only the income is high, but the status is also high. They have achieved a class transition and entered the upper middle class of the territory.

Although Odaye became a freeman a few years earlier and saved a little money, compared with Sulla, his status is already very different.

Back then, Odaye took good care of Sura because of his fellow villager.

In the slave market, in the army, he helped him like a big brother.At that time, their relationship was like relatives.

After Odaye retired from the No. [-] Squadron, he couldn't accept the reality, so he didn't contact his former comrades-in-arms. He recuperated while doing some work within his ability in the clothing factory.

Seeing his old friend again, Odaye suddenly felt ashamed.

He was just about to pretend not to know him, but Su La stopped him.

Knowing Odaye's recent situation, Sura also lent him 100 gold coins to help him open a large restaurant.

Sulla served in the army for seven years and was restored to freeman status four years ago.He was not married, and his income increased greatly after becoming a professional military officer. It took several years and several meritorious service rewards to save more than 100 gold coins.

Being able to lend 90.00% of her property to a friend at one time, Sura is undoubtedly a person who does not value money but affection.

Odaye is not only a comrade-in-arms with Sura, but also has a special relationship with Jennings.

When Jennings was suffering from the plague, before being rescued by Richard, Aodaye happened to bring him meals.

At that time, Su La was also suffering from the plague. In order to take care of this little fellow countryman, Odaye offered to send meals to the sick slaves.

Because he was responsible for delivering meals to slaves suffering from the plague, Odaye was quickly infected.

They were bought together by Richard, and joined the Harland Territory after they survived.

Because of this relationship, Jennings was very excited when he saw Odaye.

"I remember that you don't know how to cook, how can you open a restaurant?"

"Time changes everything. Seven years changed Jennings. It changed Odaye."

Seeing that Jennings is still willing to associate with himself, an inferior person, Odaye felt his true feelings.He patted Jennings on the shoulder and made a joke.

"It is the respected lord, Viscount Richard, who changed everything about us."

Because Li Cha changed the fate of the Jennings family, he is very loyal to Li Cha, which can also be shown in his daily chats.

If people who are not familiar with him meet Jennings, they must think that he is a person who is good at flattering people.

"I really should be grateful to Lord Li Cha. Without him, everyone would not have a good life. I am the owner of the restaurant, and I don't need to pick up a kitchen knife to cook. Our restaurant employs three contract slaves, and one chef is very skilled. .”

"Aren't the contract slaves in the territory always directly managed by the government?"

"The legal provisions have changed since last winter. The current contract slaves are divided into official slaves and private slaves. Official slaves are slaves directly managed by the government, and private slaves are slaves bought by free people from the outside. Everyone knows that official slaves sign five One-year contracts, private slave contracts can be signed for ten years."

After the goddess's birthday this year, and in 3259, there are already [-] freemen in Harland's territory.

Most of the free citizens in the territory are the families of soldiers who were killed, disabled, or made meritorious service, and there are more than [-] of these people.

As long as you join the army, the threshold for becoming a freeman with your family is not high. As long as you have fought a few times in battle and cut off the head of an orc, you can basically make military exploits.

There are 90.00 veterans in the territory, more than [-]% are criminals.

Except for the families of soldiers, most of the freedmen were slaves in the first two years.In addition, those who have contributed to the development of the territory and have been recognized and commended by Li Cha will also become free citizens in advance.

The [-] free citizens have now saved some money because of the low tax policy formulated by Richard.

Many bright-minded people have already started business activities.

Engaging in business activities is naturally inseparable from employing personnel.

However, the indentured slaves in the territory are all controlled by the government, and they cannot afford to pay too high a price for hiring free people.

The first group of merchants in the territory were all quick-witted people. They approached Justice Otto, hoping to amend the law and let them buy slaves from the outside world.

Otto thought for a while, agreed to the merchant's request, and decided to talk to Richard.

Letting go of the private purchase of slaves, although it is easier for spies to mix in, is also of great benefit to the development of the territory.

Because of raising too many troops, Li Cha has no money to continue buying slaves for the time being.

If the population size is to continue to increase, it is necessary to rely on the power of the people.

Many private businessmen are family members of military officers, and they have accumulated a lot of money in their hands.

If this money is stashed in the cellar, it will only cause deflation and will not do any good for the fiefdom economy.If used to buy slaves, it will increase the strength of the territory.

The larger the population, the larger the market size and the development of the economy.

The power of a territory does not depend on the amount of gold and silver in the hands of the lord?But how many supplies, how many people, how many soldiers, how many extraordinary powers are there in the territory?
(End of this chapter)