The reason for this is also very simple.

　　 The twenty-odd nobles were still on Richard's territory before, spending lavishly every day.

　　 If it were not for these two dozen nobles, the foreign grain trade would have basically ceased during this period of time. Even if the residents of Richard's Territory consume a lot every day, they will still be unable to make ends meet.

　　Because the residents of the territory are paid by Richard, they will spend the money on Richard through various commodities provided by Richard, but after all, some residents will choose to save money.

　　 Money circulates within the territory, and it is impossible for Richard to recover all his wages.

　　 However, these two dozen nobles are foreigners, and their gold coins are not in the hands of Richard.

　　 Richard’s territory made money from them and other wealthy businessmen during this period of time.

　　 This is the importance of trade.

　　 It’s definitely not good to always play stand-alone, after all, the territory’s population is limited.

　　 Finding a way to make outside money is the most important thing.

　　 After reading it, Richard didn't think there was any problem.

　　 Then he found Fred again and learned about the operation of the city in the recent period.

　　 "Congratulations to the lord for becoming an earl!"

　　 After seeing Richard, Fred sent his congratulations to Richard.

　　 Richard said: "How is the population situation in the territory? Do those refugees want to go home?"

　　 Fred said: "There are very few refugees who are willing to go home. Their homes are almost robbed by the rebels. In the lord’s city, they can eat and drink without worries, receive wages, and enjoy all the conveniences of life.

　　 As for the population, the population in Zijing City is now 100,000. In addition, I have sent cavalry and clerks to the territory to look for other refugees and gather them all. "

Richard threw a map to Fred and said, "From now on, this piece of land will be my territory. There are a few small towns to the west. We will send people to take over, and then we will call in there. In addition, we will send clerks to other cities. The city recruits workers, and the salary is 200 copper coins per month, one meal."

　　 When he heard Richard's words, Fred's eyes flashed with surprise.

　　 Fred did not know the agreement between Richard and Earl Ike.

　　 He only knew that Richard had become an earl, but he didn't know that Richard's territory was so big.

　　 So, suddenly he was taken aback.

　　 However, he quickly suppressed his surprise and said: "Yes, Lord. But Lord, how much do you need to recruit?"

　　 Richard said lightly: "How many tricks are there."

　　 Fred got it.

　　 From the second day on, a vigorous construction began on Richard's territory.

　　 Richard has not sent anyone to mine the iron ore, but first builds the road and reclaims it!

　　 Richard is not prepared to adopt the strategies of other nobles.

　　Other nobles generally contracted part of the land on the territory to the residents on the territory, and then levied half of the tax.

　　 In addition, the residents of the territory must pay a high tax of at least 30% in all transactions on the territory.

　　 Taxation is very scary.

　　 However, Richard was not prepared to do this.

　　 His land is not going to be contracted out.

　　 Richard plans to turn all the residents in the territory into working for him.

　　 It is enough for Richard to pay them wages.

　　 Of course, in order to prevent laziness, Richard also sent a lot of people to supervise, and then set the task indicators every day.

　　Like the girl Ellie, one of the people sent by Richard.

　　 Now that Richard has become an earl, he can appoint a large number of officials in his territory.

　　 The city official of the entire territory is still Fred, and the old baron Richard is more relieved.

　　 Then Richard will appoint some civil officials, agricultural officials, sheriffs and so on.

　　He intends to establish a complete system to manage the entire territory with an efficient system.

　　 After all, the current territory is so big, it's not the same as the previous only a few hundred square kilometers.

　　 "Master, it's so lively!"

　　From this day on, Richard’s territory was full of enthusiasm.

　　 On a piece of flat land selected by Richard, a large number of people are reclaiming the land, turning the land into a long stretch of land, and then planting potatoes.

　　 On the other hand, the potatoes that Richard had planted in the greenhouse have already begun to harvest.

　　 Rabbit Ear Lady Daisy became the agricultural chief appointed by Richard, and she guided the planting of potatoes everywhere every day.

　　 On the other side, the road construction team is also quite large.

　　 Tens of thousands of captives cooperated with the Tauren, and the progress of road construction was quite fast, and several kilometers could be repaired every day, so that it would take less than a month to repair to the edge of Richard's territory.

　　 And the team that Richard sent out to recruit workers also gained a lot.

　　 A large number of people heard that they were working on Richard’s territory and they could get 200 copper coins and a meal every month, and they all rushed over.

　　 Especially the people from Shibao City.

　　Earl Ike soon discovered that in just a few days, the people in Stone Castle had run more than halfway.

Chapter 0124 Harvest! The ability of the rabbit ear mother! Amazing yield!

　　 "Report to the Earl, people heard that workers were recruited in the land of Earl Richard in the north, and they all ran over."

　　 In Stone Castle, Earl Ike received a report from his subordinates.

　　 "Employing workers on Earl Richard's territory? Then let them go."

　　Earl Ike pondered for a moment, and said.

　　 After the uprising, the food in Shibao City was reduced a lot. After all, there were so many insurgents coming from the south, and they ate a lot of food.

　　Earl Ike is worrying about the food problem.

　　 This kind of recruitment in Richard's territory, in his opinion, just solved more than half of the problems.

　　 However, Earl Ike will regret it later, because after those people passed, they would never come back.

　　 After all, Richard's land is better treated, and it also gives people more hope.

　　 "Lord, the recruitment plan is very successful. In the past few days, we have recruited tens of thousands of new workers, all of whom have been sent to reclaim the land in accordance with the lord's request."

　　 In the city hall, Fred reported the results of the recent period to Richard.

　　 These days, a steady stream of people have gathered from the south.

　　 Richard's conditions are extremely rich.

　　 not only has copper coins, but also takes care of a meal.

　　In the eyes of many people, that meal is even more important than copper coins.

　　 After all, the situation in Northeast China is that money does not necessarily afford food.

　　 Now the price of food outside is not generally high.

　　 Some people only eat once a day or even two days.

　　 Therefore, a large number of people flocked to Richard's territory madly, and after registration, they officially became Richard's workers.

　　 Richard has more than 100,000 workers available.

　　 Richard pondered for a while, and asked: "How many citizens are officially registered for naturalization?"

　　Leaders, that is, residents who formally join aristocratic territories after registration. Such residents will be more restrained. Of course, in general, they also mean more loyalty.

　　 Like the first group of people on the territory, many of them were entrusted with important tasks by Richard.

　　 In general territories, there are two distinctions between leading citizens and ordinary residents.

　　 And because the insurgents killed a large number of nobles this time, the people in those noble territories have also become ordinary residents, and many people have poured into Richard's territory and become refugees.

　　 Of course, it is not so easy to become a leader.

　　 has to go through some tests.

　　 Fred said: "There are more than 10,000 new citizens."

　　 Richard said: "Okay, keep hiring."

　　 Fred said: "Yes, Lord!"

　　 Then, Richard went to the barracks again.

　　 In the barracks, there is now an additional thousand-man army.

　　In other words, there are now four thousand-man legions under Richard's.

　　Earl can maintain an army of five thousand men in peacetime, and can expand in the past during wartime.

　　 Richard was naturally not prepared to comply with this rule.

　　 The number of soldiers in his hand has already exceeded five thousand.

Among those two thousand crossbowmen, the older ones were replaced with those under 35 years old. With these two thousand crossbowmen and four thousand-man legions, the number of soldiers in Richard's hand was exceeded. Six thousand.

　　 Not to mention there are orcs.

　　 The so-called sky high and the emperor is far away, it is his situation.

　　 In the current Northeast region, nobody really cares about him.

　　 Even if Earl Ike knew, he probably would have closed one eye.

　　 In addition, in case someone is serious, Richard can also say that he is in a wartime state. After all, the insurgents in the interior have not ceased.

　　 The last war has already been rewarded for meritorious deeds.

　　The soldiers who have done meritorious service have all been rewarded.

　　 As long as the soldiers who fought bravely, they can get an extra month's salary, which boosts the morale of the soldiers.

　　 After inspecting the military camp, Richard went to the place where the greenhouse was.

　　 There, a large number of workers are grabbing potatoes from the ground.

　　 "Wow, a lot!"

　　 When some workers were digging, they exclaimed from time to time.

　　 The production of potatoes is really too big, which scares these people.

　　 Compared with wheat, the potato output here is not a little bit bigger.

　　 And potatoes are simple and convenient to eat, just cook them in water or roast them over fire.

　　 It doesn’t have to be as troublesome as wheat, and it has to be slowly ground into a flour to make hard and unpalatable brown bread.

　　 "The output is really big!"

　　 Seeing these potatoes, Daisy Rabbit Ears both eyes are staring.

　　 In the recent period, Daisy Rabbit Ears has been responsible for taking people to maintain these greenhouses and take care of the growth of potatoes.

　　 In addition, Richard also bought a lot of books for her to read.

　　Tu Erniang learned a lot of planting knowledge.

　　 She is also quite familiar with the greenhouse.

　　 Potatoes are still fertile in the area where this large shed is located. Richard plans to grow various vegetables here to meet the needs of Bauhinia City or sell them.

　　 All these need to be hosted by the rabbit ears.

　　The rabbit-eared girls do have some specialties in planting.

　　 For example, Richard discovered that he didn't apply much pesticide, and as a result, there were not many pests.

　　 This time, Richard felt that Daisy the rabbit ears could be magical.

　　 But this is not magic actually.