In order to cope with the development of the city, Suren organized the city hall to manage the city, and the officials of the city hall were also from the previous clerks, and the consul was temporarily served by him personally, unlike the previous life, which had already popularized compulsory education, in this era, except for nobles, clergy, merchants, scholars, wizards, etc., the vast majority of civilians were illiterate.

It is basically impossible to select suitable officials from slaves and outcasts, and Su Lun has no choice but to pull generals from among the dwarves, in order to make them qualified grassroots officials, Su Lun deliberately did not go to Chrissy and Hathaway for a week to exchange body fluids, but opened a crash course for grassroots officials.

The literate people were selected from among the serfs and outcasts, and Suren himself went to give them intensive training for a week before they were put to work.

Suren is already considering whether to build a school in the territory, this school does not need to teach too advanced knowledge, only teaches them to learn to read and write, and some basic knowledge, compared to the school in the previous life, it only teaches Chinese and mathematics, and the level is at the elementary school level.

It's not that he doesn't want to build better schools, it's that there aren't enough teachers, and for the officials of the realm, these things are enough for the time being.

It's not easy to open a school, it's easy to say about the venue and materials, the key is the teacher, there are too few people who know knowledge, the clergy don't have to think about it, they come here and directly make the school a seminary, as for the nobles, except for those nobles who want to open up their territories, other nobles will come to the northern wasteland when they are full.

Is it that the masquerade is not fun, or is it boring to be in front of the guardian knights, or do you think that the wind and snow in the Northland are more comfortable than the maid's warm bed?

The only thing Su Lun can fight for is the bankrupt merchants, most of these merchants have some culture, they are more proficient in mathematics, and because of the bankruptcy, they definitely want to make a comeback after enjoying the previous wealth, so they can invite people with some money, Su Lun thinks very well, but unfortunately now that the Northland Wasteland has entered winter, it is too difficult to send a caravan to Zhenbei Fort.

The idea of starting a school can only be postponed for the time being, and what Suren has to do now is to exchange land and houses for the homeless. The land exchange policy of Zhenbeibao is limited to ten acres of land per person, except for the land exchanged for military merits, which can be tax-free for three years, and the land obtained by other means needs to pay normal taxes.

The tax of Zhenbei Fort is not high, according to the land harvest of 30%, many nobles in this era are taxed by ten taxes of five, and in addition to these taxes, they also collect poll tax, city gate tax, and all kinds of strange names are even accurate to an egg, a firewood.

Everything in the territory belongs to the lord, the beasts on the mountain are not allowed to be hunted without the permission of the lord, the hares in the field are not allowed to be beaten, even if the lord's horse tramples on the farmer in your field and eats the seedlings, you can only let it step on it and let it eat.

Compared with these nobles, the tax of Zhenbei Fort can be said to be pitifully low, Su Lun abolished all the taxes on a piece of firewood and an egg, and at the same time stipulated the abolition of the poll tax, the implementation of apportionment into the mu, and only the field tax. Change all the taxes that are too complicated and cumbersome.

The abolition of those complicated taxes has also greatly reduced the space for corruption and corruption of those low-level officials, and it is almost impossible to completely eliminate this kind of problem, even if the society in the previous life was technologically advanced and the society was prosperous, it was even more difficult for him to sit here.

Therefore, the monitoring system is a must, and Suren will not use money to test human nature. The commercial tax is now very low in Suren, only thirty taxes and one, who made him too desolate here, except for those caravans that came to buy sugar and rum, there were no other caravans.

And for those grain, cloth, salt and other daily necessities are now tax-free, of course, this is also temporary, when the territory develops to a certain extent, the commercial tax will definitely change, he is now just to attract others to trade.

Just after Su Lun established the Consulate, the sound of the system sounded in his ears.

"Congratulations to the host, your territory town North Fort has reached the upgrade requirements, and the territory has been upgraded. ”

"Territory: Zhenbei Fort (large town/small city)

Lord: Suren in the Northern Wastelands

People's Heart: 85 (Your Subjects Respect You)

Taxes: 18 gold narls and 13 silver narls

Income: 6,000 kinnars (grain/year) 35,000 kinnars (sugar trade/month) 4,800 kinnars (wine trade/month) 3,000 kinnars (caravan trade/month)

Treasury: 56,343 (Jinnar), grain: 25,000 units (100 catties per unit), dried salted fish: 35,426, dried meat: 18,543, sugar: 1,300 catties, wine: 324 barrels, iron ingots 58,352.

Population: 6,353 (excluding goblins, kobolds, gnolls)

Livestock: 103 cattle, 233 impalas, 17 camels, 360 horses.

Sheriff: Harrison, Tax Collector: Marens, Chief Guard: Boulder, Garrison Officer: Johnson, Town Archon: Suren, Castle Steward: Chrissy, Chief Lady: Chriss, Caravan Steward: Jean, Spell Advisor: Hathaway, Spell Advisor: Karina, Scout Battalion Commander: Ayton;

Social security: 80 (good law and order can give citizens a better sense of belonging and also promote business development)

Prosperity: 15 (A thriving market can attract more people to settle and trade)

Population required for upgrade: 10,000

Owns Army: Barbarian Guard: 74, Pikemen 85, Archers 87, Drow Elven Guard: 21, Spirit of War: 13

Town Defense: 75 (protected by tall walls)

Territorial specialties: sugar, salted dried fish, dried meat, potatoes, furs, ironware

Territorial buildings: castle lord's mansion, private houses, barracks, trading markets, warehouses, farmland, blacksmith shops, aqueducts, cisterns, taverns, sugar workshops, breweries, port docks, mines, brick kilns, etc."

After the town is upgraded, some things are unlocked in the Suren system, the most intuitive manifestation is that some buildings can be upgraded, such as the blacksmith shop, and the previous junior blacksmith shop will be upgraded to the intermediate level, and the additional attributes will also be strengthened to varying degrees.

Blacksmith (Intermediate): The blacksmith can forge better iron. Blacksmith has +4 learning speed, +2 production speed, and +2 ironware quality. 】

The effect of the upgrade of the private house is that the comfort and warmth performance have also been enhanced, and the attraction of the tavern to the wandering heroes has been strengthened after the upgrade, in short, after the territory is upgraded, basically all buildings can be upgraded once, and various attributes have also increased.

Originally, Su Lun still thought that when the harvest altar was completed, there would be no major projects this winter, but now that the town has been upgraded, it is natural to upgrade all the buildings, and all the buildings must be neatly organized.

After the construction of the outer city walls, a large number of displaced people and slaves began to build houses in the outer city, and the inner city would become the residence of the lord of Suren, some houses would be demolished, and some buildings would be expanded.

At the same time, the town hall was also separated from the castle of the lords, and a town hall was built in the outer city, and the lord's palace became a higher administrative unit.

With the investment of a large number of human and material resources, the construction progress of Zhenbeibao is getting faster and faster, and the Northland wasteland is already a white expanse at this time, even the Hongsha River and the Baishui River have frozen, and the ice surface near the big waterwheel needs to be re-chiseled every day.

Time passed in this busyness, and the Harvest Altar had been built for two months, and now it was finally time to complete it, and the 27-meter-high altar could be seen clearly from outside the city, and the three-story pyramid structure made it look magnificent.

On each level of the pyramid, there are a large number of fine marble sculptures, and a staircase leads from the ground to the top of the altar.

At this time, at the top of the pyramid, a circular altar had been built, and the circular altar was stacked with five-colored soil, and Suren was standing next to the altar to prepare for the final step of the harvest altar.

Although the current Harvest Altar is magnificent, it is still an ordinary building, and it is not qualified to be called a wonder building at all, and it also lacks a key thing, earth spar. Only by placing the Earth Spar into this Harvest Altar can the power of the altar be truly activated.

Su Lun took out the earth spar from the storage space, the fist-sized spar looked very beautiful, and as soon as it appeared, it moved the earth element in the surrounding space.

Some earthy yellow aura also appeared around the earth crystal, and even the surrounding gravity changed somewhat.

Taking a deep breath, Suren made his way to the center of the altar and placed the earth spar on the marble-carved base.

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With a soft sound, the earth spar was placed on the altar tightly, Su Lun pushed back a few steps, only to see a yellow-green energy suddenly gushing out from the earth spar, this power penetrated the altar dome and went straight into the sky, and it took a while to converge.

Immediately after that, this power entered the five-colored earth altar, and then instantly merged into the earth, and at the same time, a strange force spread out from the altar, and the entire Zhenbei City was enveloped in the breath, and then this power did not stop at all, and continued to spread to the periphery, directly enveloping Zhenbei City and the territory outside.

"Ding, congratulations to the host, you have successfully built the Harvest Altar, a wonder building, and your territory will receive a Harvest Altar field bonus. ”

"Altar of Harvest: An imposing and spectacular building carefully built with Earth Crystal as the core and many materials, owning this building will give your territory great benefits. Harvest +50, popular heart +30, stability +20, prosperity +20, gain harvest areas, wind and rain. ”

Harvest area: The territorial environment has changed, the growth of crops in all farmlands, orchards, and pastures has been accelerated by 20%, all pests and diseases have been reduced by 100%, and the ice and snow cover environment has been reduced.

Wind and rain: the probability of locust plagues, floods and droughts in all seasons of the year is reduced by 100%, the degree of natural disasters is reduced by 100%, the growth of crops is accelerated by 10%, and the yield of crops is increased by 30%.

With the completion of the Harvest Altar, the originally cold environment began to warm, and the ice and snow in the territory began to melt, and even the Hongsha River and the Baishui River began to melt.

It's just that this situation only occurs in Zhenbei City, and out of this area, everything becomes the same again. The temperature in Zhenbei City did not continue to rise, but remained around 0°C.