When Renard returned to the territory, he once again went into a state of idleness.

Now that the development of the territory is on the right track, he doesn't have to do everything himself, what he has to do is to coordinate the overall situation, and then reconcile the contradictions between various departments, as well as drinking tea and fishing.

The sound of the horse's hooves sounded, and Heidi's figure gradually appeared in the field of vision, she came closer, turned over and dismounted, and handed a few documents to Renard, who was fishing.

Then she kneaded Lei Ye's shoulders very skillfully, and complained at the same time: "I feel more like a secretary, and you are the real owner of the territory. ”

Renard looked through it, and these materials were the population, fields, and shops that the nine doglegs spent three months counting data, and the content was very detailed, indicating that they were not lazy.

Today, the county of Meredith is prosperous, with 150,000 civilians settled, more than three times as many as before.

With a population of more than 120,000, the city of Plenty alone is about to surpass the city of Ignaz a few years ago.

More than 130,000 people in the realm depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, and most of the county's 2,000 square kilometres of land have been fully and efficiently utilized.

There are more than 200 large and small chambers of commerce and commercial houses stationed here, with a total of more than 840 commercial shops, and as many as 3,000 or 4,000 business travelers temporarily living here.

With the development of the city of bounty and the improvement of taxation, more and more people have come to settle down, and the city has reached a point where it is overcrowded, and housing prices are rising slowly.

People who bought houses before felt that their decision was very wise, and they were more determined to buy a house if they had money.

In order to accommodate the more than 200 refugees brought by Renard, Heidi began to build a new village, which was arranged near the estates of the nobles.

The nobles naturally had no complaints, after all, having a population meant that there was a market, and having a market meant having profits, and they wished that they would get more people near their estates, so that it would be easier to recruit tenants.

Of course, with the rapid development of the territory, hidden dangers also appeared frequently, such as the beginning of public security, the lack of agricultural tools and cultivated cattle and horses, the increase in the number of unemployed vagrants, and the lack of the number and personal quality of grassroots officials.

Law and order problems can be easily solved, such as recruiting troops again, or stepping up patrols, and failing to make an example of them.

If there is a shortage of agricultural tools, cattle and horses, the best solution is to purchase large quantities from merchants, which can also promote business exchanges and capital flow.

The problem of unemployed vagrants is more difficult to solve, and most of the people who are practical and willing to work have gone to the fields, and these people are basically lazy and have no ability.

It's almost the same as Lei Ye, but it's a pity that Lei Ye has a good background, a good face, and the capital to be lazy, why are you so lazy?

Renard thought for a moment, then ordered: "According to the bill drafted by Ignaz City, we have also enacted relevant laws that require those who do not have jobs to pay an additional double the city cleaning tax. ”

Heidi frowned when she heard this: "Isn't this not good, after all, a considerable proportion of people are refugees who have been exiled here, it's not that they don't want to find a job, but they can't find it, and the labor force in the territory has entered a saturated state." ”

Renard sighed silently, pondered again, and finally gave a new solution: "If the territory wants to continue to grow and develop, it must strengthen infrastructure and recruit some people to build roads." ”

He stood up on the riverbank, pointed to the tulip town looming in the distance, and said, "I don't expect the roads to be built in the whole of Nanhuangshire, but the roads between the city and the countryside of the county of Meredith should be wide and smooth. ”

He roughly calculated: "First allocate 3,000 gold coins to repair the road between the city and the village, and use the hardest bluestone slabs to ensure that they will not be broken within a hundred years." ”

Heidi opened her mouth when she heard this, she wanted to ask what it meant, but she held back, she knew that everything the other party thought was right, so she didn't bother to know too much, so as not to bother herself.

Immediately afterwards, two cold rays flashed in Renard's eyes: "If there are any more unemployed vagrants looking for information to make trouble and disturb the peace, they will be directly arrested and thrown into the mine for labor reform, after all, the troubled times should be used as a heavy code." ”

Heidi felt that it made sense, and then turned over on the horse's back: "I have to hurry up and order, I can save some time, and I have one more thing to discuss with you, and I will transfer your nine subordinates to my use." ”

Where she was discussing, it was simply an order, and after she finished speaking, she left directly with someone without waiting for Renard to reply.

Renard hurriedly shouted in the back: "What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine, we don't have to be so clear." ”

Heidi shook her head and laughed, then sped up her whip.

When the other party left, Renard sat back in his place again, staring at the undulating fish drift in a daze.

After a while, he suddenly asked Alka, "Is there any movement in the royal capital?"

Arka replied respectfully, "Ten days ago, His Majesty King Arthur Ferdinand had already arranged for an envoy to rush to the territory, and it is estimated that he will be able to arrive here in another four or five days. ”

Renard nodded, and then asked with a smile, "Does your Rowling Kingdom arrange eyeliner in other countries?"

Lei Ye's hand can't reach outside the territory for the time being, but the spies of the Rowling Kingdom can, so he proposed to Queen Rosa to share the news, of course, it is only the most basic information, and it is naturally impossible for the other party to reveal it if it is too secretive.

Altyn was silent for a moment, and then said truthfully: "The surrounding countries are generally arranged with eyeliners, but they are only observing the general military trends and more important political affairs of each kingdom. ”

The other side did not lie, and the spies in this world could not be as pervasive and supernatural as the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and at most they bribed parliamentarians and feudal officials to make political decisions that were beneficial to their own country, or provided some secret information.

Renard had the intention of building a spy department similar to the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei, but he thought about it and gave up.

After all, such a secret service is based on the unity of state power, and the Constantinople Empire may be able to, but he definitely can't do it, and he doesn't have the talent to do it.

Lei Ye nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, we will wait for the arrival of this envoy in the past few days to see if he brings us good news or bad news." ”

As soon as the words fell, the fish drift suddenly sank, and Lei Ye's eyes were quick and he directly lifted the fishing rod.

The rod is very heavy, and the catch must be a big one.

Sure enough, when Lei Ye slipped it ashore with great effort, he found that it was a grass carp weighing only about ten catties, and he couldn't help laughing: "This big fish is really fat!"

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