Lord Harland.

Chapter 233 Tower of Lightning
Because the Venus family built an artificial magic well and built a magic channel to supply energy to the mage tower, the defense of this mage tower is not bad, and it can release ten flame storms a day.

The semi-finished Mage Tower built by the Tower of Death uses the magic core of the legendary monster as the core of the energy room. Even if the legendary magic equipment Thunder Staff is used to save mana energy, it can only release ten chains of lightning.

The defensive power of the two mage towers is actually not much different. One has stronger magic power and the other is blessed with legendary magic equipment. Even if there are only low-level mages in the magic tower, it is enough to resist the sneak attack of high-level mages. The Magic Kingdom of Home is considered a high-level mage tower.

After Richard occupied the mage tower, he immediately destroyed the teleportation altar and removed the teleportation gate.

The teleportation altar is the coordinates of space teleportation, destroying the teleportation altar is equivalent to erasing the teleportation coordinates.But this mage tower was built by the Venus family. I wonder if the Venus family left a secret door?
If he was unprepared and was attacked by the Venus family, he might suffer heavy casualties.

Now the number of magicians in Harland's territory is small and their strength is weak, so it is not suitable to be scattered in two strange wizard towers. Besides, there are many magic research rooms in Fort William, and some people need to be left behind.

I can't chew more than I can chew, the Venus family's mage tower, Richard is not going to leave the magician here for the time being.

This mage tower is mainly used for magic research, focusing on magic wells and magic power supply.

Li Cha is going to focus on the semi-finished Mage Tower built by the Tower of Death first.

This mage tower was named the Tower of Lightning because Li Cha inscribed a series of lightning defense spells.

The Tower of Lightning will take another two months to complete.After the mage tower was completed, Richard decided to move most of the mage power in Harland's territory to the Tower of Lightning.

Richard moved the magic organization to the swamp basin, and together with the garrison protecting the mage tower, the population of the swamp basin has exceeded [-].

Although the marsh basin has been developed for more than a year, due to the lack of investment, only more than 1 mu of paddy fields have been reclaimed, a ditch has been built, and only a few floors of the mage tower have been built.

With this little achievement, more than dozens of middle-aged slaves died of illness one after another.

Even though the territory of Harland belongs to the middle temperate zone, the number of mosquitoes is relatively small, and there is no serious malaria, but it still takes a lot of life to develop the swamp.

With the presence of magicians and troops, Harland Territory's investment in the swamp basin will increase significantly.At least when it comes to building infrastructure, magicians can help a lot. When repairing gutters, a spell of turning mud into stone can play a key role.

After the Goddess's birthday, He'an Primary School started school again. This year, because the tuition fee was reduced by half, the number of new students reached 300.

Now there are more than a thousand students in the Harland Territory. Waiting for all these people to graduate in a few years will bring a great impetus to the development of the Territory.

Among the more than 300 freshmen, seven of them have the qualifications of magicians. Bereka has the best magic talent, and her affinity for earth elements has reached the middle level.These seven children with magical talents can't be counted on for the time being.Before learning the meditation method, one needs to learn the basics. At least a few months later, one has to know some characters and understand some magic terms before starting to practice the meditation method.

Counting these seven freshmen with magical qualifications, there will be more than 40 members of the Harland Territory Mage Association.

The 40-member magician organization has surpassed the four eastern marquises in scale.Today's Harland Territory Magic Association is already one of the top ten magic organizations in the Kingdom of Grant.

The countries in the northern part of the middle mainland are economically backward and poor in society. One is a magic desert, and a magic organization of 40 people is placed in the Makholm Magic Kingdom. It can only be regarded as a small magic organization, and it cannot be ranked at all.

There are more than [-] mage towers in Makholm Magic Kingdom, and more than [-] large and small magic organizations.Even the Holy Halo Empire felt a headache when they saw thousands of mage towers on the map.

Even though the Magic Kingdom on the southwestern coast is very disobedient and often challenges the authority of the Holy Halo Empire, the Holy Glory Empire has no plans to send troops to fight a war with little chance of winning.

According to Sophia's narration, placing the Mage Association of Harland's Territory in the Makholm Magic Kingdom can roughly rank three hundred.

From the hidden base of the Venus family, Richard obtained weapons capable of equipping two thousand elite soldiers.

This batch of equipment is very sophisticated, no less than the Nolan Guards.Enchanted armor, enchanted bows and crossbows are all available, and now they are all cheaper, and Li Cha is equipped with the infantry of Harland's territory.

With the wealth of weapons and equipment, Richard immediately decided to expand the army on a large scale, forming two recruiting brigades, and expanding the army by 600 people.

The recruit brigade temporarily organizes and trains four recruit squadrons. After the recruit training is completed, it will be mixed with the veterans of the third and fourth infantry brigades.

After the expansion of the army is completed, Harland's territory will have six infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades, plus guard squadrons and headquarters personnel, with a total strength of more than 500 people.

Recruits are mainly selected from indentured slaves to save costs.

Last year, more than 6000 indentured slaves were added to Harland's territory, and it was easy to select [-] soldiers.

As long as the serfs at the bottom are given a chance, in order to change their fate and make a comeback, the serfs will enthusiastically join the army, and they are not afraid of death and sacrifice.

Entering the second half of February, the conscription work has been completed.Now that the territorial army has been formalized, there is a dedicated person in charge of recruit training, so there is no need for Richard to worry about it.

Because of the influx of a large number of people last year, the task of spring plowing this year is a bit heavy.

In order to complete this year's spring plowing task, Li Cha also asked the army to participate in the spring plowing.

The vicinity of Gravessen Castle is the key area for spring plowing this year. From last year to this year, a population of 5000 will be arranged here, and 30 mu of farmland will be reclaimed.

The terrain of this area is flat, water is easily obtained from both sides of the Black River, and the agricultural potential is very large. Unfortunately, it is at the front line of the orc invasion, so it has not been effectively developed.

Now the Harland family is building Flowers Castle in the north of Gravessen. If they can block the orc army in Flowers Castle, Gravesson Castle can become the rear, and large-scale development is feasible.

However, there are still great risks in developing the vicinity of Gravessen Castle.

Once the Blossom Castle falls, or the orcs bypass the Blossom Castle, Gravessen Castle will be easily attacked by the orcs, and the population living in this area will be captured by the orcs.

To develop the land near Graveson Castle, one must be strong.

After analyzing the situation, Li Cha believed that as long as the main force of the orcs did not invade from the direction of Gerda Province, the strength of the Harland family could already withstand the attack of most of the orcs.

Although the Harland family's fiefdom is large, there are relatively few areas suitable for agricultural development.

The two territories of Dirham and Stopa have basically been successfully developed.If you want to get more farmland, you can only build terraces and develop hills.

Building terraced fields requires a lot of manpower. According to the current manpower in the Harland Territory, building terraced fields is a bit of a waste of effort. Now the territory is underpopulated and there is a lot of cultivated land per capita.

It is not yet time to build terraced fields and reclaim hillside farmland.

Although some farmland can still be developed in the river valleys near Fort William and Fort Sophia, there are many factories and mines here, which are the core of Harland's territory. In order to prevent technology leakage, it is not suitable to arrange too many people.

The areas suitable for agricultural planting are only near Graveson Castle and the swamp basin.

The farmland near Gravesson Castle is less difficult to develop, and trees were felled and roots were excavated last autumn.

After the spring of this year, first excavate the isolation zone, and then set a fire to burn the dead grass, vines, and shrubs, pick out the stones in the land, and use iron horned horses to plow them deeply.

As for the water conservancy project, part of it was built last year, and the remaining canals can be repaired after cultivation.

Large tracts of farmland in Graveson are on both sides of the Heihe River, and the water from the Heihe River can be lifted into the canal by using waterwheels.

This area can reclaim one million mu of fertile land, enough to feed 60 to [-] people.

In addition to Gravessen, which is the focus of development, Richard also arranged more than ten thousand people in the vicinity of the bustling castle and the military station.

There are a lot of roses growing near the Blooming Castle. Richard plans to use these wild roses to make rose perfume and sell them to Nolan's noble lady.

According to Richard's observation, Nolan does not yet have a perfume manufacturer, and there is no need to compete with vested interests to create rose perfume.When the rose perfume is produced, Harland's territory will add a monopoly commodity to earn profits for the territory.

Even if someone is jealous and develops a perfume formula, they don't have a lot of rose resources, and they are unable to compete with Harland's territory.

In April, Richard and Sophia's second child, Philip, was born.Philip was born smoothly, and Margaret was not Richard's only heir.

Because it was the second child, Philip was born very smoothly.

In the past one or two years, the surgery department in the territory of Harland is still developing, and the obstetrics and gynecology department has been separated from the surgery department. Now the hospital has formed four major departments of internal and external pediatrics and gynecology.

But apart from surgery, the other three departments still can only rely on the experience of doctors to treat diseases.

Under Li Cha's guidance, the hospital invented forceps, and with the help of magicians, caesarean sections could be performed, and the mortality rate of pregnant women and newborns in the territory was greatly reduced.

Because of the development of medicine, the life expectancy of Harland's territory has far surpassed that of Nolan, the capital of the kingdom. According to statistics, it has increased to 46 years old, reaching the leading level of the Dawn plane.

Taking advantage of the Scarlet Horn to launch a rebellion five years ago, Richard snatched [-] refugees from Brenner County, and by this autumn, the contract was full for these people, plus a group of slaves purchased from the Grand Duchy of Sternik.

By this fall, Harland Territory will have more than 2 freedmen.

After the end of the year, there may be more than 6 free people in the territory.

Rich free citizens with a population of 6 have a fixed annual land tax of [-] gold coins, forming a small-scale consumer market.

With the consumer market, the Harland family's hematopoietic ability will be greatly improved.

Now the economic income of the Harland Territory mainly depends on various monopoly commodities, and most of the market is under the control of others.

Once the trade channel is cut off and the market is lost, the primary industry established due to poor information will fall into a situation beyond redemption.

With no funds in the territory, the only thing Li Cha can do other than squeeze the people is disarmament.

The current influence of the Harland family relies on thousands of elite soldiers.

After the disarmament, the influence will inevitably decrease, and it may not be able to withstand the continuous attack of the orcs.

Only when the territorial market is cultivated, the internal strength is well developed, and the domestic demand market is expanded, the economic foundation will be stable.With a stable economic foundation, Harland's territory can maintain the size of the army, and even be used to expand the army.The army has increased, and only by making military exploits and gaining more territories can the title be improved and influence increased, forming a positive cycle.

Every time a freeman is added to Harland's territory, the foundation of the territory will be solid.

After getting the magic energy technology of the Venus family, Li Cha was immediately attracted by this technology.

The Venus family has been researching the element melting furnace of the floating city for many years, and successfully built an artificial magic well. They also have a lot of research on the operation of magic energy and created new magic runes.

By studying these magic runes, Li Cha gained another layer of understanding of magic energy.

His thinking was very active. He thought of the rechargeable battery in his previous life, and immediately wanted to study the magic energy battery in this world based on his knowledge of magic energy.

The material is also ready-made, that is, the magic crystal that has exhausted its magic energy.

The magic crystal is a special kind of crystal in the Dawn plane. A standard magic crystal is worth ten gold coins, and the magic energy contained in it can release a second-level spell about once.

Generally, the magic crystals that have exhausted their magic energy will be ground into powder, and gold coins will be cast together with gold.

The magic crystal that has exhausted its magic power is also considered a low-level magic material, which has many functions.Generally speaking, the price of this kind of discarded magic crystal that has exhausted its magic power is about four silver coins.

If he can research the technology to recharge the discarded magic crystal, he will earn thirty times the profit.

If you want to study this technology, you need to know the difference in structure between a magic crystal full of magic power and a magic crystal that has exhausted its magic power.

To study the surrounding structure of the two crystals, advanced microscopes must be used.

The Harland Territory established an optical research department very early, trained mirror grinders, and wanted to manufacture microscopes.

But Li Cha underestimated the difficulty of this technology. Even after several years of research, the project has not made any progress. Although the mirror grinder's technology has been continuously improved, he managed to manufacture a monocular telescope only two years ago.

Of the more than [-] mirror grinders that have been trained successively, only two of them have a certain technical level and some optical knowledge, and can stably grind telescopes with high precision.

The remaining mirror grinders can only be trained as ordinary craftsmen to make ordinary telescopes with low precision.

In the past two years, Harland's army has been equipped with a large number of binoculars. The officers at the squadron level, plus the backbone scouts, have binoculars in their hands.

(End of this chapter)