Lord Harland.

Chapter 227 Resettlement of Immigrants
In October, the northern Xinjiang area began to cool down, and the task of coal mining in the territory was intensified.

Because more than a dozen workers have been added this year, the output of the coal mine has continued to rise, and up to now 3 tons have been mined.According to the coal mine's estimate, this year's coal output will reach [-] tons.

Now there are more than 300 workers in the coal mine. If all of them go down to dig coal, the output of the coal mine will exceed 20 tons a year.

It's a pity that the territory doesn't have such a big market, so naturally there is no need to explode production capacity.

However, for future development, Li Cha really needs to train a group of coal miners, especially skilled workers. Overstaffing is more serious.

Now more than 300 coal miners work in shifts.There are more than 60 mining workers in each shift, and the rest are responsible for infrastructure construction outside the mine.

The infrastructure of the coal mine will be completed this year, and there will be no need for additional workers next year. According to market demand, the output of the coal mine will also increase sharply, reaching [-] tons.

The territory's industrial coal needs more than 2 tons a year.

Coal has not completely replaced charcoal in various kilns.If coal is fully replaced by charcoal, the production capacity of [-] tons of coal is estimated to be insufficient.

From next year, Li Cha will formulate a decree to prohibit random felling of trees.

The territory of Harland is a mountainous territory. If the forest is severely damaged and soil erosion is caused, it will become very difficult to manage it.

This winter, [-] indentured slaves in Harland's territory will be transformed into free citizens.

Counting the meritorious servicemen and the families of the fallen soldiers, the number of freedmen will reach 5 when the population is counted at the end of the year. Although the new freedmen have not yet divided their fields, they do not need to pay taxes this year.

But next year's tax sources will expand a lot, and the land tax will increase to 1 gold coins by the end of the year, which is already a lot of money.

According to the military pay level of Harland's territorial army, the land tax revenue can support [-] officers and soldiers.

Next year, the land tax revenue will be second only to that of official land planting, steel, and wool spinning, and its contribution to the territory's finances will also increase significantly.

Because Li Cha continued to transform the serfs into free citizens, and after nine years, Li Cha kept fulfilling his promises, and the serfs became more motivated to produce.

The indentured slaves seem to have seen the dawn of being promoted to free people, and all of them are working hard.The sight of supervisors waving their whips to urge serfs to work has disappeared in the territory of Harland.

Richard has developed a work task subcontracting model in the contract slave. In this model, it is enough to check the progress of the work, and no supervisor is required.

Of course there are overseers in the Harland Territory, but the overseers are basically in the mines, supervising the orc prisoners of war and working on the criminals in the territory.

In the territory of Harland, as long as you become a freeman and work a little harder, you can basically solve the problem of food and clothing in the third year, and occasionally you can consume some slightly more expensive commodities such as brown sugar, white wine, and pork.

Li Cha didn't think that serfs were stupid people, except for a few geniuses, the IQ of serfs was no different from that of nobles.

Although the serfs were uneducated, it does not mean that they had no ideas.

On the contrary, the vast majority of serfs are very realistic, as long as they see hope, they will burst out with very strong enthusiasm.

After building a magic alchemy furnace and producing a small amount of alloy, the efficiency of mining has also improved.

After using alloy rolling bearings, the speed of the mine cart was much faster, and the track of the mine was also replaced with a layer of manganese-iron alloy nailed on the outside of the wooden track.

The conditions of the mine have improved a lot, and the casualties of the orcs have gradually decreased.

Orcs are an intelligent race, although Orcs have serious racial rivalry with humans.Li Cha has no idea of ​​genocide, and his character is not so extreme and ruthless.

The treatment of orc prisoners of war has been improved a bit, and the intensity of resistance has also been reduced.

The current Harland territory has an annual income of more than [-] gold coins.It's just that some gold coins exist in the form of grain, woolen cloth, brown sugar, white wine, steel and other materials.

The income of [-] gold coins is already close to that of the counties in the south.

The earl family in the south has an annual income of between 20 and [-] gold coins, which can support about [-] to [-] regular troops.

The Marquis family in the east has an annual income of more than 30.

The duke families in the northwest have different incomes. The income of the Duke of Jonathan exceeds 150 million, and the treatment of soldiers is no less than that of the Central Regular Army like the Northern Army.

Counting the income from slave hunting, the Duke of Guise's annual income from the territory is less than 60.

The gap between the duke families is very large, and the strength of the territory is not much comparable.

The annual income of the Grant royal family is as high as 600 million gold coins, but the royal family needs to support seven main legions of about 16 regular troops, in addition to six second-tier legions, which add up to more than 10 people.Military expenditures exceeded 400 million gold coins, plus local expenditures, there was hardly much fiscal balance.

King Roger, like Richard, still has to worry about military expenses every day.

After entering October, a large number of people flooded into the territory. In order to settle these people down and avoid too many people from freezing to death due to bureaucracy, Li Cha started a two-month inspection.

The place Li Cha chose to inspect was not fixed, and he would not notify the local officials. He took a few soldiers and directly entered villages, construction sites, logging camps, mines, and factories.

This approach of directly contacting the lowest-level civilians caused a headache for the bureaucrats in the territory.

Although many bureaucrats persuaded Li Cha with safety issues, including Li Cha's brother-in-law Rogge, Rogge's face turned red in the face of Li Cha's dazzling eyes.He himself did not believe that someone could assassinate Li Cha.

This fall, Li Cha was promoted to a fifth-tier fighter, and his physical attributes were improved again, reaching eighteen points in strength.A person like him who cultivates both magic and martial arts has very few shortcomings in battle. Even a ninth-level melee fighter is not a match for Li Cha in a solo fight.

A ninth-level magician is not absolutely sure of winning.

To threaten Li Cha's safety, a legendary assassin must be dispatched. Of course, such a high-end assassin would not choose to assassinate a small viscount.

Since Li Cha cannot be prevented from contacting the grassroots, it is difficult for the bureaucrats to use deceitful methods. In addition, Li Cha has absolute power in the territory, and he can decide life and death with a single word.

As long as he is staring at things, the bureaucrats don't dare to fool them easily.

During the founding of the country, the administration of officials was relatively clear, because the founding king had deterrent power.

There is extraordinary power in the plane of dawn, and the authority of the lord depends partly on his own might and partly on the crowd.

In the face of a lord like Li Cha who is strong in himself and has prestige in the territory, the bureaucrats want to keep their position, so they can only do their best to do the things they have explained.

However, as the territory grew larger and larger, relying solely on Li Cha to manage, patrol, and deter bureaucrats had become somewhat powerless.

The population of the territory has exceeded 20. Although there is no industry, the difficulty of management has far exceeded that of a town.

The territorial area has reached more than 8000 square kilometers, which is slightly larger than a prefecture-level city.

With more and more messy things, even though Li Cha selected many assistants and shared a lot of work for himself, he still felt more and more busy, and gradually felt powerless.

This autumn, because of too many government affairs, it even affected my practice of breathing.

For the nobles in the Dawn Plane, their own strength is the most important thing. Only a lord with great strength can have prestige in the army.

Only by grasping the military spirit of violent institutions can we have the ability to turn the tables at any time, and only then can we have a deterrent effect on bureaucrats.For a nobleman, managing the territory is not a particularly important thing.You can recruit civil servants, and replace them if you don't like them.

"I should let go of a large part of the government affairs next year. I will entrust part of the government affairs to my uncle, Brother Luoge. I wonder if he can do it?"

In recent years, Li Cha has assigned some government affairs.Agriculture was handed over to Tang En, hospital, sanitation, and epidemic prevention work was handed over to Adrian, construction work was handed over to his second uncle Powell, and intelligence work was handed over to Hayden.

Li Cha is mainly in charge of the army and overall financial planning, and is also in charge of resettlement of immigrants.

Even so, he still felt that the burden of government affairs was a bit heavy.

Li Cha walked on the streets of Fort William with a few entourages, observing the flow of people on the streets.

Fort William was the earliest territory developed in the Harland Territory, and almost all the nearby villagers became freedmen.In addition, there are a large number of garrisons in Fort William, and the families of the garrison basically live near Fort William.

According to the statistics of the bureaucrats of the government department, there are already 5000 free folks near Fort William.

The 5000 free citizens have formed a small consumer market.

Especially soldiers' families not only have high incomes, but are also very willing to spend.

Thousands of soldiers lived in Fort William, and the annual consumption market of Fort William has exceeded [-] gold coins.There are various shops on both sides of the street, and walking on the street is no longer so deserted.

Li Cha checked the time and found that it was already lunch time, so he took a few soldiers to a larger restaurant.

It was Odaye who opened the restaurant.By this year, seven or eight restaurants had appeared on the streets of Fort William, but the largest was the one run by Odaye and Sura.

Su La and Aodaye raise sheep in the countryside, and the restaurant has ample supply of meat. If there are any activities such as treats in the territory, they are basically held in this restaurant.

After entering the shop, Li Cha found that there were relatively few people eating, and most of them were officers and soldiers from the territory.

Seeing Li Cha coming in, the officers and soldiers were a little surprised and stood up one after another, ready to salute Li Cha.

Every year, Li Cha spends a lot of time in the barracks. Many soldiers know him, and many veterans have talked with Li Cha many times, so they can develop a little friendship.

"Everyone sit down and eat first. Are you all on vacation today?"

"Yes, sir."

"Everyone, don't be too cautious, I don't know how to eat people." Li Cha joked a few words with the soldiers, and the atmosphere instantly relaxed a little.

Li Cha ordered half a roast lamb, and when he was waiting for the dishes to be served, he suddenly stopped Aodaye and asked, "I see that you look familiar. Could it be that you are also a veteran of the No. [-] Squadron? What's your name?"

Hearing what Li Cha said, Odaye was immediately very excited. A little man like him never expected that Master Li Cha would remember him in his heart.

"Master Richard, my name is Odaye, and I am indeed a soldier of the First Squadron."

After becoming a magician, Li Cha's memory is very good, even though he hasn't seen him in six or seven years, he still remembers this person.

"I remember that you and Su La are from the same village, and you saved Jennings' life."

"Master Richard, this restaurant was invested and opened by Su La. If it weren't for the introduction of Su La and Jennings, there wouldn't be so many people eating in the restaurant."

"Is your business doing well this year, how many gold coins can you earn every year, and how many years can you recover the cost?"

"This year's business is better than last year's. Up to now, we have earned 23 gold coins. The business in winter is better than summer. At the end of this year, there should be a profit of [-] gold coins. Sura invested a lot of money, and it will take four or five years to recover cost."

Hearing that Aodaye's business is doing well, Richard said happily, "How much tax can you pay for the profit of thirty gold coins?"

"I have three shops here, and each shop has a tax of one gold coin a year."

"Although you have retired from the army, you are still a glorious soldier of the first squadron. You must operate with integrity and pay taxes on time. With taxes, we can pay the soldiers and the territory can be stable. If someone bullies you, you must take the initiative to pay the lord Write a letter to the government, I am your old officer, and I will make the decision for you."

After leaving the Odaye Hotel, Richard looked more and more happy at the increasingly prosperous streets of Fort William.

In the next period of time, Richard went to the coal mines and the villages and towns of Graveson.

Immigrants in recent years have basically settled in villages near Graveson.

23 large-scale villages and towns will be established near Graveson, housing about 4 people.

Since August, the territory of Harland has transported various construction materials on a large scale, mobilized tens of thousands of construction troops, and began to build infrastructure such as roads and houses.

By the time of the October frost, most of the villages had been built.

Because the houses are newly built and very humid, in order to avoid freezing to death in winter, Li Cha took a large amount of coal from the coal mine and distributed them to each household.

The serfs of the Cisse family heard Richard's promise and became free citizens five years later, and they did not choose to make trouble, and smoothly integrated into Harland's territory.

After the immigrants settled down, the time has come to November.

After the end of this year's war, due to the increase in population, Richard started to expand his army again.

The first to expand is the Scout.

After this fall, Morgan advanced to become a third-tier knight.

Morgan is four years older than Richard, and his talent can be considered outstanding.

At the age of less than 30 years old, with the fighting power of a mid-level professional, the progress of cultivation has caught up with those with outstanding talents such as Roland and William.

There are now two squadrons of scouts in Harland's territory, adding up to more than 300 people.

But in the war with the orcs, Li Cha found that the number of scouts was far from enough.Every time there is a battle with the orcs, the intelligence is almost unilaterally transparent to the orcs.

Because the orcs have aerial scouts, even if the scout squadron is expanded, it is still difficult to beat the harpies.

(End of this chapter)