The Most Lord

Chapter 9 Gather the people and open up wasteland

In Allen's mind, the most important thing for the rapid development of the territory is the population. Without the population, no matter how large the territory you enclose, you will have no way to develop it. You want a hundred residents to support a big city, is it possible? Therefore, population is the most basic thing in a territory. After having enough population, as long as the funds and resources can keep up, new farmland can be cultivated and the territory can be expanded and developed.

When it comes to expanding the territory, the kingdom's management of the territory is very loose and irregular. For example, Allen's territory is Tru Village. How much land does Tru Village occupy? This is something that the empire has not recorded. Even if Alan expands the village of Truu several times or more, the kingdom will not punish Alan for the crime of expanding the territory without permission.

In fact, if Alan can develop the small village of Tru Village into a town or a small city, the kingdom will not only not punish him, but may even give Alan some rewards, especially when Alan has the background of the Senlan family. case.

"Lord, what can I do to ask the old man?" Village Chief Jill bowed and asked after knocking on the door and entering Alan's room.

"Village Chief Jill, please sit down," Alan kindly greeted Village Chief Jill to sit down: "I asked the village chief to come here today to discuss with you how to develop the territory in the future. I don't know if the village chief has any good suggestions. "

Village Chief Jill was a little excited after hearing what Allen said. Is the lord finally going to start developing the territory? Very good! Village Chief Jill sorted out his thoughts and said, "My lord, I don't know much about the old man, but the most important thing for my lord to develop his territory is the population. I'm afraid these people in the village alone won't be able to help my lord too much." .”

"The village head thinks the same as me," Allen said with a smile, "but I don't have a clue where this population came from. The village head has a good idea."

"If we talk about other parts of the kingdom, there may not be any good solutions, but on the border, it is not too difficult to gather the population." Village Chief Jill said.

The words of Village Chief Jill made Alan rejoice: "I would like to hear more about it!"

"The lord also knows that our villages in the border area are often attacked by wild beasts or even monsters in the wilderness area because they are adjacent to the wilderness area. In addition, the nearby thieves are rampant, so the days of most villages, It’s not a good life. As long as the lord can provide enough force protection to prevent them from being invaded by wild animals and thieves, I believe many villages are willing to move the whole village.”

"In fact, over the years, many villages have been destroyed due to the attacks of monsters and thieves. The people who survived these villages will basically join the nearby villages, and the nearby villages are also willing to take them in. After all, no one can say for sure. It's your turn now."

When Village Chief Jill talked about these things, he was full of bitterness, and at the end he almost shed tears, and hurriedly wiped them away with his hands.

After hearing the words of Village Chief Jill, Allen felt a little blocked, and his heart was full of sympathy. He didn't expect that the life of the border residents was so difficult, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was precarious. At the same time, Allen also felt a little disgusted with Earl Benedict, the lord of the city of Nice. He didn't believe that the lord of the city was really helpless against the thieves nearby. According to Village Chief Jill, Santo Benedict had sent troops to encircle and suppress thieves several times in the past few years. I am afraid that the Santo did not gain much after seeing several times of encirclement and suppression, so he was afraid of trouble and did not want to waste money, food and soldiers in vain.

Monsters are natural disasters, but thieves are man-made disasters. If Lord Benedict spends a little bit of time fighting against thieves in the past few years, Allen believes that these thieves will not be so rampant. But now that he has come and has the most lord system in hand, these thieves will not have many rampant days to live easily! When I have enough strength, I must take these hateful thieves first!

"As Village Chief Jill said, since the living conditions of the nearby villages are not very good, we might as well absorb them into the territory. With Galen and Lux ​​around, I believe ordinary thieves and monsters can't harm the village. In this way We can not only have enough population to develop the territory, but also provide protection for the villagers who migrated nearby, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone." Allen said.

"What the lord said is that I will go to the nearby villages to lobby for them to join our territory."

Allen nodded: "But don't be too hasty, just contact two or three villages temporarily. After all, we have limited funds, and if too many people flow in, we can't afford it." Allen instructed.

Allen's character has always been to act immediately when he thinks of it. It can be said that he acts vigorously, or he lacks the consideration of thinking twice before acting. Now that he had discussed the solution to the population problem with Village Chief Jill, Allen immediately called Alex and asked him to bring four guards to protect Village Chief Jill to lobby in other villages.

After Village Chief Jill, Alex and others left, Alan came alone to the open space where the wood was stored in the village. Before Allen went to explore the wilderness area, he arranged for seventeen captive thieves to mine wood nearby. These captive thieves naturally did not dare to be lazy under the supervision of the guards. At this time, the open space was already full of wood.

Since villagers from other villages are to be relocated, it is natural to help them solve their housing and land problems. The fields are easy to say, the village is surrounded by waste land, as long as people are sent to reclaim it, it can be used immediately. The problem of living houses will be solved by these woods.

Fortunately, the autumn harvest has just passed, and new seeds have been sown. Most of the villagers are now at home, and there is enough labor on the territory. It is worth mentioning that the main food crop in the Eastern Continent is a crop called rice and wheat. Farmers on the mainland grow this crop throughout the year and can harvest two crops each year, namely spring harvest and autumn harvest.

Allen asked the young adults and thieves and captives in the village to gather together, announced that villagers from other villages might be merged into the territory, and then assigned tasks to everyone to log, build houses, and cultivate new lands. farmland.

The autumn sowing season is not over yet, and now we can cultivate new fields in time for this autumn's autumn planting. When the villagers heard that other villages were going to be merged into the territory, they were all very happy, and they were also very happy to work. They may not understand the development of the territory, but living in the border area, they still understand the principle that there are more people and more power.

In the afternoon, Village Chief Jill and others returned to the village, and brought three representatives from other villages, two old men and one adult.

"Hello Lord, the village head Jill has already talked to us, and we are happy to join your territory and become your people. But our village has just finished autumn planting. If we migrate here now, I am afraid that we will not even have food next year." I can't eat it!"

After the three of them saluted Allen respectfully, they expressed their concerns. Living on the border, the security provided by Allen is something their three villages cannot refuse, but leaving their village means losing their fields, which is what they are most worried about.

But for Allen, this is not a big problem at all: "You don't have to worry, I have arranged for the villagers to reclaim wasteland. After you move here, every household will be assigned a new field, and the seed territory will be provided for free. Now that you have moved here, you can plant in time. As for your original fields, I will send someone to take care of them later, and after the spring harvest next year, the harvested grain will be distributed to everyone, so you don’t have to worry about the grain problem.”

"And I have arranged for people to build houses. After you move here, you don't have to worry about the housing problem. If there are any other difficulties you can tell, I can help you solve them together."

After Allen finished speaking, he stared at the three people in front of him, waiting for them to make a choice.

After the three of them listened to Allen's words, they were completely moved. They really didn't expect that the young lord in front of them was not only willing to provide them with protection, but also helped them solve their most concerned problems: "My lord is merciful! We are here Go back and arrange for the people in the village to migrate here."

Following such a benevolent lord, life must not be bad in the future!

All three villages decided to move here, which made Allen very happy. In a short time, he didn't have to worry about restricting the development of the territory due to population problems. Allen simply asked Galen, Lacus and the entire bodyguard to protect the migrating villagers so that they could migrate over safely. After all, the relocation of the entire village is not a small project, and Allen doesn't want to be robbed by nearby thieves.

And where the new residential buildings will be built, Allen also needs to plan carefully. After all, the territory intends to continue to develop. If you don't plan ahead now, it will be very troublesome to demolish and rebuild later.