Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 48 Wangbo Port

Uther chose to give these slaves the status of freemen because most of these people were not born slaves. Before being brought to the New World, many of them were freemen.

If a noble wanted to turn a free man into a slave, it would be very easy and he could do it with just some tricks.

In order to send people to the plantations in the New World, it was normal to artificially create some slaves. It saved time, effort and money than buying them. Especially for the Duke of Durham, this was probably not even something worth the Duke's concern.

The current Cremona camp does not need slaves. The rapidly developing camp needs free people with strong subjective initiative. In order to live a better life, each of the free people is working hard to contribute to the construction of the camp.

The camp’s policies give them a strong sense of belonging. The better the camp is built, the better their living conditions will naturally be. Now everyone has a relationship of shared success and shared loss.

These slaves would certainly not be motivated to work, and because they were not used to their slave status, they might even cause trouble and cause unnecessary unrest in the camp.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to let them directly restore their status as free citizens and join the camp like ordinary immigrants. The camp is not afraid of having too many people now, but it is afraid of not having enough people.

The slaves kept cheering and praising the benevolent policies of the camp. For the slaves, this identity was not easy to get rid of.

No one is born a slave, but some people are indeed born slaves. Once they become slaves, they are slaves from generation to generation, and their identity is branded.

For these slaves, if they returned to the rule of the Duke of Durham, they would still be slaves because their household registration had been downgraded to slaves. If they wanted to get rid of their slave status, there would be basically no possibility unless the noble lords showed mercy.

However, if they joined the Cremona Camp and did not return to the rule of Duke Drum, they would be free people in the Cremona Camp, which was enough to make these people staunch supporters of the camp and greatly increase their work enthusiasm.

After registering their household registration and confirming that they were truly free citizens, the two hundred or so people were naturally grateful again.

[Taking Half an Orange in One Bite] recorded this scene and felt proud of it. Unlike the main cities in other games that were prosperous as soon as you arrived, she had watched this camp grow up almost all the way, and the players also made great efforts to build the camp.

"No, we need to quickly finalize the registration of the strangers' identities."

Banju clapped his hands and thought about this problem. Due to the special nature of strangers, there was no household registration for them in the camp. This was not acceptable. Banju felt that players like them should also have household registration so that they would have a greater sense of belonging.

Thinking of this, Banju immediately put away the notebook and went straight to find Lyle. Lyle now has a lot of say in the camp, and Lyle can also talk to Karen directly. He should find Lyle first and then let him pass it up layer by layer.

Banju's departure did not affect others. The subjects who had just obtained the status of freemen were all waiting for job assignments.

There are not many professional technical talents among these people, and there are only a few craftsmen of various types. The others are mostly farmers who have been farming for a lifetime. After all, this is a plantation.

But there are also a few who can barely be considered agricultural talents, who know how to grow special economic crops. This provides more options for future planting projects in the camp, but the planting priority of these crops must be behind "self-sufficiency".

The current agriculture in the camp is based on "self-sufficiency" first, and cash crops and the like are not considered for the time being.

The artisans were assigned to various workshops, and the "industrial zone" northwest of the camp had been somewhat standardized. Each worker had their own designated area, ensuring they wouldn't interfere with each other. It was also easier to find someone if they needed anything, and shipping and receiving goods was more convenient, eliminating the need to wander around the park. The farmers, on the other hand, were all assigned to John, who was responsible for land reclamation and planting. He was now the "Minister of Agriculture." His sole goal was to achieve self-sufficiency in the camp, starting with reclaiming at least 1,500 acres of land.

Uther also took the opportunity to select some of these people and fill them into the camp guard. They are definitely the most loyal group.

The camp's guard team has now expanded to a permanent strength of thirty people, twenty more than before. As the camp is getting bigger and bigger, expanding the guard team is imperative.

Kevin has now been appointed as the captain of the camp guard team, and Uther has not ignored his contribution. Kevin's abilities can indeed be put to use in this area. He trains soldiers every day, leads patrols, and maintains order in the camp.

Now the entire camp has expanded more than one circle, the number of people has doubled, and the layout of the entire camp has changed accordingly.

The entire camp was constantly moving towards the jungle in the west. Trees were cut down to make room for new living areas. It was also constantly expanding in the north and south directions, and the overall size was twice as large as before.

According to preliminary estimates, there is at least an area of four or five square kilometers, which leaves space for the immigrants who will arrive next.

From a simple camp, it has now developed into a village, with arable land being cultivated and more and more houses being built.

Even the warehouses were expanded to store various supplies. This time, they brought back a lot of grain seeds and various economic crops, making them worthy of being the vanguard of the plantation.

"Master Cullen, we should come up with an official name for the camp."

After arranging these two hundred people, Uther found Karen and proposed his idea. Now that they have basically established their foothold, it is time to give the camp a formal official name.

"Yeah, what suggestions do you have?"

Karen had no objection to this. It was necessary to give it a formal name, which could better enhance the cohesion of the people in the territory.

"Why not call it Wangbo Port?"

Uther obviously had an idea in mind, but Karen felt that the name he came up with was a bit too ordinary and sounded completely unattractive. Of course, Stone Forest Port also sounded ordinary, but it did not affect its becoming a trade hub in the New World.

"Okay, this is it."

Although he felt it was very ordinary, Karen did not discourage Uther's enthusiasm. It was just the name of a camp, so he just gave it to Uther. After all, this was the result of half his life's work.

That evening, when everyone was getting off work and returning home to rest, the news that the camp's name was officially set as "Wangbo Port" was announced. Several cavalrymen circled the camp and shouted it loudly several times. This way of notification was very simple and unpretentious.

(End of this chapter)