king of the castle

Chapter 224

"My lord, I have made a clear investigation. There are currently 17 residents in Kent Town. In addition, there is a village called Shanlu in the southwest of Kent County. There are more than 100 people. [] There may be sporadic people living in other places. people, but the number will not be many, so I estimate that the people in your territory will not exceed 1000." Eddie read according to the parchment in his hand: "There are only 89 people who grow food among these people, and most of them are concentrated in the southwest. Shanglu Village. However, because the land in this county is poor, the grain produced is not enough, so we have to go to the neighboring counties to buy a large amount of grain every year."

For a lord, population and food production are the most important indicators to measure the strength of a territory.And a place as big as Kent County has a population of less than a thousand, which is not good news for Roger.What's more, it's too bad that this broken territory can't even be self-sufficient in food.

So after hearing Eddie's words, everyone present showed deep worry, even Lisa was no exception.Only Roger didn't care too much about it. He just nodded slightly and said, "As long as there are enough opportunities here, people will naturally come to settle here. As for the food problem... I have a solution, don't worry too much .”

"It's my turn to say it!" Roger's voice, the impatient Chris said loudly: "I checked the fortifications of the town these days, and found that the situation is not too bad. The walls everywhere are intact and damaged, as long as With enough soldiers, a massive attack can be defended."

What Chris said was also expected by Roger. After all, Jason still relies on this town to make money for himself, so it is reasonable to spend some money on defense.This is also good news for Roger, at least he doesn't have to spend much time on the defense of Kent Town.Thinking of this, Roger's eyes fell on the female knight and Lisa, and asked them with a smile: "What supplies are there in the warehouse in the town?"

Speaking of this, Bonnie didn't get angry, and replied with some depression: "I and Lisa are the two most leisurely people these days. There is nothing in the warehouse except some wood and stones. We even Not a single grain of wheat was found!"

"Jason is really a bone-sucking guy, and he searched this place so clean!" Bonnie's words also surprised Roger, and he couldn't help but shook his head bitterly: "It's cheaper to cut off his head with a sword. You should use a more cruel punishment to deal with this bastard!"

Mike is an honest man, and he waited until Roger finished his anger before slowly saying: "I have checked around the town in the past few days, and found that most areas are relatively peaceful, only the direction near the sea has signs of murloc activities. However, according to the residents of the town, there are often orcs in other places in Kent, and they occasionally come to places very close to the town, so we must be on our guard."

"Well, let me summarize the situation in the territory." Most of the news Roger got today was bad news, and Naidi said to everyone: "The total population of the territory is only about [-], but the food produced still cannot feed everyone. , there is nothing in the warehouse except inedible wood and stones. There are murlocs active on the seaside near Kent Town, and orcs are rampant in other places. The only good news is that the fortifications of the town are still strong, but before the guards I've hanged them all, so now Kent is left undefended. That's the state of the estate, isn't it?"

The others saw Roger's dispirited look, and although they all wanted to comfort him, the current situation of the territory was indeed like this, so everyone didn't know what to say, so they could only remain silent in embarrassment.

"Although I knew that the territory was troublesome, I didn't expect it to be so troublesome!" Roger complained, scratching his head: "Why can others live comfortably when they get a territory? I managed to get a territory, but it turned out to be a big Tired."

Seeing that the lord was so troubled, Chris and Eddie, who were followers, quickly lowered their heads and said, "My lord, please forgive us for not being able to share your worries."

"It's none of your business, it's all caused by Vettel and Jensen." Roger waved his hand to the crowd and said, "This account must be settled with them if there is a chance!"

Bonnie was closer to Roger than anyone else, asking him very directly, "What are we going to do now?"

"Of course it's important to stabilize people's hearts first. Only when the territory is too peaceful can there be a chance for development." Roger quickly cheered up and said: "I found many houses of the owner in the town. These houses are sorted out and ready to welcome other people. After other people arrive, Eddie, you should arrange for people to go to the nearest town to buy food as soon as possible. If you have food in hand, don’t panic, and don’t let the territory happen.”

"Obey!" Roger gave the order as the lord, and Bonnie and the others immediately agreed in unison, and went busy looking for his orders.

Two days later, a large number of people protected by the Duke's Guard finally came to the town of Kent.A large number of people, troops, and horse-drawn carriages all poured into Kent Town, which quickly revived the town that had been silent for a long time.

The townspeople learned that so many carriages were filled with the lord's luggage, and they all believed that Roger really regarded this place as his home, and they had a lot of confidence in the future.In particular, some well-informed people found out that among the newcomers, there were actually two students of the puppet master Addison and the alchemist BASF, both of whom immediately came to Kent Town with the hope of re-prosperity.

So some quick-witted people began to look for ways to buy all the houses of the town's owners at a low price.Although buying these houses is like throwing money into the water right now, as soon as Kent Town becomes prosperous again, these houses can be sold at ten or even twenty times the price immediately.Especially the shops on the side of the street, even if they are not sold, they can be rented to merchants from all over the place at a high price.

However, these people were finally told that all the houses of the lord had been owned by the lord.If you want to buy it, you can talk to the lord directly.

This disappointed everyone, and if the house fell into someone else's hands, they might still be able to find a way to buy it.But now it has become the property of the lord, and the others have no choice but to give up the idea of ​​speculating in real estate in Kent Town.This incident also made many people feel that the lord is very sure about everything. He knew that Kent town would be prosperous again, so he took all the lord's houses as his own one step ahead.

Although these people failed to benefit from this incident, they had even more confidence in the town.The rumor that Kent Town will definitely re-prosper spread more and more widely, and this rumor even spread to several nearby towns, which attracted the attention of many people.