I, the yellow-haired noble, hypnotize the beautiful wife from another world

But in the new Crusader State, things were different.

The wealthy Crusader continued to purchase large quantities of cotton clothing from the South and supplied them to the immigrants at cost price or on credit, as well as sufficient food, salt, and even meat protein.

After solving the problem of food and clothing, even the cold climate cannot stop the enthusiasm of new immigrants.

The exploration of the Nightmare Forest and planned logging began to proceed in an orderly manner.

The adventurers and hunters among the new immigrants are constantly going deeper into the Nightmare Forest to hunt, gather, and take risks, and fight against various monsters in the Nightmare Forest.

At the same time, the route to the Giant Mountains was opened again. More sledges and carriages appeared on the frozen river. The difference from before was that there would not be so many bandits and monsters robbing them this time.

After more than a year of the Crusades, the bandits on the snowfields were almost extinct. More goblins and orcs also knew that they could not afford to offend these guys holding the black cross flag, so they stayed away from them.

This also created a new problem, that is, many mercenaries who relied on escorting caravans for a living lost their jobs.

Some of them chose to return to the countryside and became self-employed peasants of the Crusaders, while others fled to the south to join the impending war.

After the trade routes were opened, the three Frost Giant kingdoms were happy to deliver the goods.

Although they were wary of Aslan's Crusader Empire, they still had to do business. The Giant Mountains could not feed so many people, and they would starve to death if they did not trade in food. At the same time, the luxury goods needed by the Frost Giant nobles had to be obtained through imports.

As a result, high-quality steel, copper, rare magic metals, star iron, refined gold, mithril, and the most valuable magic crystal ore from the Giant Mountains have become increasingly in short supply in recent times.

Because the tension between the countries on the continent is becoming more and more intense, and various countries and forces are working hard to expand their armaments, these military supplies are becoming more and more valuable.

Of course, it's not just the raw materials that are valuable. High-quality dwarven weapons are also a big part of the export.

The trade routes that were once monopolized by the city-states in the Northern Territory were now controlled by the Crusader Empire.

In addition, the largest grain exporter, the Norse family, was also controlled by Aslan. The middle and upper reaches of this trade were all controlled, which further increased the profits and made Aslan rich.

As trade progressed, the treasury, which had been depleted by the war, was replenished again.

At the same time, the number of immigrants from southern countries has also been steadily increasing.

This time, it was not just the desperate refugees who came, but also merchants, some skilled workers, and even the gentry and small nobles who became part of the immigrants.

The reason for this situation is the increasingly tense atmosphere between countries.

Many smart people who were worried about being affected chose to flee to the relatively peaceful Northern Territory when the war was about to begin.

Aslan believes that the current wave of immigration is just an appetizer. As time goes by, after the war in the south officially breaks out, the number of immigrants coming to the North to escape the war will definitely increase significantly.

This is both an opportunity and a challenge for the Crusaders.

If the situation can be properly handled and the large number of immigrants can be absorbed, then the Crusader States will truly have the strength of a world-class power, rather than being like it is now, with land but no population or productivity, and only able to rely on the empty shell of military strength to scare people.

However, if this problem cannot be handled properly, at best there will be complaints, Aslan's good reputation will be lost, and the Crusaders will lose a crucial opportunity. At worst, due to excessive immigration and dysfunctional governance, the country will eventually fall apart.

"We will succeed."

In an internal analysis meeting, Aslan said to his cabinet members - and of course the harem members: "The Crusaders will eventually obtain this most valuable treasure. And then rise to become one of the most powerful countries in the world."

Of course, although it was called an internal meeting, the Crusader generals did not actually participate. Although somewhat helpless, the Crusader Knights still adopted the actual feudal system. The captains of each flag were almost equivalent to small independent kingdoms in their respective territories. They would execute Aslan's laws and orders if they wanted to, and not execute them if they didn't want to.

Only in times of war must they unconditionally obey Aslan's military orders and dispatch enough troops for Aslan's use.

The reason why Aslan, the leader of the Knights, seemed so powerful was that his direct territory occupied more than 70% of the entire Knights' Kingdom. Many knights who could not get enough fiefs in their own countries eventually chose to swear allegiance to Aslan.

The best of them will be professionalized and form the new Imperial Knights' Banner. Some of those with good brains will undergo military school examinations and training to become grassroots officers of the newly formed Aslan Phalanic Legion. Finally, those who are not good enough and cannot keep up with the times will become rich farmers and gentry, serving as grassroots supporters of Aslan.

……

After the war, during the period of recuperation of the Crusader Order, each territory began to act on its own.

Although Aslan also issued some administrative exhortations, he still could not resist the other flag captains' speculation and self-righteousness.

Therefore, now, Aslan no longer cares about domestic affairs. All he needs to do is continue to improve the strength of the direct jurisdiction and eventually form a crushing advantage over the domestic princes.

……

"To achieve this grand goal, the most important thing is food." When he said this, Aslan's eyes flickered:

Yes, it's still food.

Although it is very desirable to enter the industrial age instantly and discuss all issues related to food, up to now, the Crusader State is still an agricultural country.

Of course, considering that most countries in the world today are backward agricultural countries, this is not a big deal.

“We need more efficient ways to get food.”

Aslan turned his head and looked at Yelena beside him.

As the most important woman behind Aslan, Yelena usually works hard in the laboratory and rarely participates in the political activities of the Crusaders. So this time, the purple-haired beauty appeared here, which was still a bit worrying.

“After many rounds of breeding, a rye variety suitable for growing in the northern region has been successfully completed.”

Yelena didn't seem to be very suitable for this kind of occasion. She had some problems with her grammar, but her meaning was still very clear.

The pie that Aslan had drawn before was cleared.

Everyone who heard the news became interested and asked one after another:

"Be more specific, how many seeds can be provided in a year?"

"Can we cover the entire Northern Territory in one go?"

“What is the specific yield per mu?”

"Ah, well, this..."

Just like what I said before, Yelena was not used to this kind of situation. When questioned, she could only stammer. In the end, Aslan waved his hand. Then the head maid Robelia stepped forward and told him all the data:

"The current yield per acre of the first generation of Northern Territory rye can reach 150 kilograms under normal circumstances. In the test field, after using the latest druid magic fertilizer and magic insecticide, and improving the planting technology, it can reach 300 kilograms."

The units of measurement used by the Crusader Order are similar to those used by the Golden Eagle Empire.

Fortunately, because of the existence of magicians, the Elan world needs precise calculations very often, and therefore a more standard and scientific method of weights and measures appeared earlier.

The mu used by the Crusader Knights today is basically the same as the earth's mu, and the same is true for the kilogram and the meter.

And when Robelia announced this data, many people became even more excited.

In this era of extremely poor agricultural technology, even the per-acre yield of wheat in irrigated land is usually only about 150 kilograms, while the per-acre yield of normal dry land is about 100 to 120 kilograms.

Very bad, very bad, very low.

Even the Knowles family, famous for agriculture, is about the same level.

The long-term backwardness of agricultural technology is one of the important reasons for the long-term shortage of population in the Elamite world and the long-term stagnation of social productivity.

Without sufficient food production, it is impossible to feed enough non-agricultural population. Without enough non-agricultural population, it is impossible to develop handicrafts and carry out industrial production. Everything is out of the question.

But now, if what Robelia said is correct, then the situation in the whole world will change.

Double, or even triple or quadruple, food production would be enough to drive the entire Elam world crazy. Double or even more population would be enough to turn the world situation upside down.

Aslan: "Of course, to achieve this per-acre yield, we need more magical fertilizers and pesticides, which requires more chemical plants and more professionals. It cannot be achieved in a short period of time - rye agricultural technology also needs some time to be promoted. So in fact, in a short period of time, we cannot significantly increase the agricultural output of the Crusader Knights."

"The same goes for water conservancy facilities. We hope to build some water conservancy facilities during the off-season, but the problem is that in winter, the climate in the northern region is not suitable for production. In the summer, we have more agricultural production to do and don't have extra time to work."

"As for road transportation, there is almost no decent road in the entire Northern Territory. Our only artery is the Frozen River. However, during the melting period and the initial freezing period of the Frozen River, it is not navigable. To solve these problems, we must build additional roads... But in the Northern Territory, roads are difficult to build and maintain..."

"The same goes for the shipbuilding industry. We don't have enough skilled workers, even if we can get some from the south and the Iberval elves. There are also lumberjacks and miners. The number of people we need is simply too large."

……

Everyone at the meeting kept complaining.

Without enough manpower for production and construction, there will be insufficient productivity. Without sufficient productivity, there will be no way to feed enough people. Without sufficient population, there will be insufficient manpower.

This is an endless loop.

If it were an ordinary country, it could accumulate strength bit by bit, operate in a humble manner, rely on education, and introduce foreign immigrants to gradually promote agricultural technology and improve little by little.

In a dozen years or even dozens of years, the country will gradually prosper.

In fact, such actions were also the most common in the agricultural era.

However, Aslan has more and better tactics to do.

"puppet."

Aslan turned his head and looked at Yelena again: "We created more puppets to meet the shortage of manpower required by the Crusader State."

"As for the puppet production line..." Riven frowned: "I know that we have a new factory recently opened in a secret base in the North. But isn't that a military factory?"

"Yes, what I want to talk about is not those military production bases and military laboratories. It is another kind of production tool." Aslan said:

"These puppets are not puppets for combat, but puppets of flesh and blood used to perform the simplest and crudest tasks."

Aslan snapped his fingers while saying this. Then, a gray-skinned orc with a dull look and obvious stitches on his head appeared in front of everyone present.

"This is... an orc?"

Mrs. Arimeo frowned, then turned to look at Aslan: "What does this mean? Using orc slaves to carry out production activities? It's not impossible, but flesh puppets?"

In Korlia, where black magic is prevalent, and in the Jade Empire established by dark elves further south, orc slaves are a very popular means of production.

At the same time, in the Beast Tide Wasteland, as well as in the manors and mines of the revived Old World colonists, orc slaves are also a very useful prop - of course, slave riots, and various humanitarian and ethical issues will also arise.

But even so, using orc slaves and even forming an orc slave army is still a profitable business.

Aslan: "Yes, that's right. Using orc slaves and the advantage of low human rights to increase production speed is one of our plans.

However, we are not using ordinary orc slaves. Instead, we are using modified flesh puppets. The biggest difference from ordinary orc slaves is that this flesh puppet has no brain. Instead, it has a perfectly controlled, magical biochemical complex. "

Aslan turned his head and looked at Nana. The legendary archdruid of the wood elves raised his lips and revealed his signature heartless smirk:

"Yes, yes~ This is a setting similar to the Mind Flayer in the Underworld and the Formica Ant-Man - the control of the mind and the will of the swarm~ We have made a breakthrough in this area of ​​research. As long as we insert this biochemical imitation of the Formica Ant-Man's brain structure into the head of the orc slave, we will get a super invincible and perfect slave~"

"This slave has an excellent physique of orc-level, as capable as the strongest barbarian, and has a very high muscle conversion rate. The growth cycle is faster than that of ordinary orcs. In about six months, the size can grow to this size, and it has unparalleled obedience.

Because we have a control device called the "Artificial Queen Ant", we can order these orc slaves to work until they die.

They will work hard, do not seek treatment, and do not care about the harsh working environment, whether it is severe cold or heat, a dark mine or a dangerous forest, and the cost is very low.

Magic, isn't it amazing? "

As she finished her words, the transformed orc began to tap dance on the spot. Then he made an arch bridge, and then drew his sword without hesitation. Before everyone could worry about what he would do, he committed suicide without hesitation. His body fell to the ground and was teleported away.

"More importantly, we can produce this new breed of orcs ourselves." Aslan on the other side said calmly: "By using artificial insemination and scientific breeding methods, we can breed this kind of slave orcs in batches.

Using the production line method, the orcs were transformed when they were young.

We have used genetic modification to make the new species of slave orcs incapable of reproduction, just like worker ants. This can also eliminate many problems."

Hearing them say this, other people participating in the meeting, such as Lady Elizabeth, opened their mouths as if they wanted to say something, but in the end they didn't say anything -

This is too inhumane and unethical. However, most people except Lady Elizabeth, especially the black magic girl Riven, all showed great interest in the existence of this kind of slave beastman.

If what Aslan said was true, then the two most troublesome problems in the North, insufficient labor and harsh climate and difficulty in development, could all be solved.

Although there are still many jobs that require precision and precise operations that need to be done by people, 90% of the work can still be solved.

"Today, the first generation of slave orcs can only do the simplest physical labor. But I believe that as time goes by, we can produce more outstanding slave orcs." Aslan continued:

"In fact, we have already built three new slave orc production factories. They can transform 2,000 slave orcs every day. Next, the Northern Territory will import a large number of orc slaves and then transform them. At the same time, we will produce local slave orcs. This two-pronged approach will ensure that the development of the Northern Territory will not be troubled by labor shortages."

Chapter 52: Agriculture, Industry, and Magic Maids

At the end of 1001, some disturbing rumors came from many areas. The Crusaders might have lost to the orcs' craze, and orcs appeared in many areas. Of course, these rumors were soon declared to be false.

The Knights issued an official notice. These notices were spread to all cities and towns in the entire Northern Territory in the shortest time through magic transmission. Then, they were spread to every mine and town through the reindeer sleds of messengers.

In order to build the Northern Territory on a large scale, the Crusader States will import orc slaves on a large scale starting today.

In order to ensure the safety and obedience of the orc slaves, the Crusader State will use magical means to ensure the safety of the orc slaves, so please don't worry.

Because of sufficient prestige, these notices bearing the seal of Aslan were quickly accepted by people from the Northern Territory everywhere - whether they were new immigrants, old immigrants or native Northern barbarians.

After a brief panic, the people of the Crusader Knights quickly accepted this setting.

People living in the North were very receptive, so they were not surprised by this. So later on, although there were some people who had nothing to do and saw the orc slaves working hard, they would throw stones at them. But after they were caught, beaten with sticks for damaging state property, and then forced to do labor, this kind of thing became less and less common, and eventually disappeared.

Although the climate in the North was getting colder, the orc slaves had been working very hard since they appeared, not caring about the seasons or the climate.

They worked day and night, under the command of technicians, digging canals, excavating foundations, building water conservancy facilities, and a new road connecting several cities near the New Holy Light Port - technicians were usually priests of the Church of the Goddess of Light and puppet maids. There were also some ordinary humans who had studied physics, engineering and mathematics, and even professionals from the elves.

These new roads were made of asphalt, slag and gravel, and the excavated roadbed was filled with flagstones, pebbles and cement, allowing four rows of loaded carriages to run side by side at the same time.

Once the road is open, it will surely promote economic and trade, and further promote the continuous migration of immigrants to the inland of the northern region.

Speaking of which, at the beginning, the Silver Dwarves wanted to get involved in these projects to show off their dwarven engineering skills and make a lot of money at the same time.

After being rejected by the Crusader Order, these silver dwarves still made such brazen claims.

"The projects built by the dwarves can stand for a thousand years, but the little junk built by humans will collapse in about ten years." However, after the dwarf engineers visited the Crusader construction site and confirmed that the mathematical engineering technology of the Crusader Knights was not inferior to that of the dwarves, and that many magical equipment was even better, they left in disgrace.