Suren's lord's castle is being built in a hurry, and on the blueprint, his lord's castle is very spectacular and majestic, but considering the actual situation, he can only build part of it first, and keep the rest of the place for the time being, and continue to build it when he has enough time and money.

It's not that he doesn't want to capture more slaves to work for himself, the key issue is food. There is simply not enough food to feed a larger population. The first 500 acres of farmland have already been planted with potatoes, which will mature before winter at the earliest, and now Suren is preparing to expand the cultivation of potatoes even more.

The first land to be cultivated is very fertile, and even without fertilizer, the yield here will not be low. In addition to leaving some of these lands, Suren is going to distribute them through military rewards, external sales, or distribution to meritorious slaves.

As long as these lands are planted with crops, the territory will receive agricultural taxes, and the sale of the land will also get a sum of money, so that his territory will have a stable source of income, of course, this is the best case, now his territory is completely a place where birds don't, and there are no free people willing to come.

Therefore, this method ended before it began, and if you want to increase the population of your territory by attracting free people, it is better to buy slaves.

Suren's territory is like an inverted bowl, the camp is at the top of the bowl, and at the edge of the bowl is surrounded by two rivers, and the surrounding area is a plain area.

Then, after marking it out on the strategic map, we can make some calculations that the land that can be reclaimed is more than 200 square kilometers, and if all these lands are reclaimed, at least 300,000 mu of cultivated land can be reclaimed, and so much farmland is more than enough to feed 350,000 people.

Of course, even if the territory develops, it is also necessary to clear out the monsters in the wilderness.

Two days later, Johnson returned with dozens of barbarian women and children, and with these dozens of barbarian women and children joining the territory, the manpower in the territory was finally not so tight.

These barbarian women and children were very curious about the territory, but they quickly threw themselves into the construction, because according to the reward criteria set by Suren, these barbarian warriors were rewarded with land for their exploits, and could get rid of slavery status and become citizens of the territory. Knowing that they could get rid of slavery and become free people, these barbarians burst into a powerful passion and threw themselves into building their territories one by one.

To Suren's surprise, among the people who returned with Johnson, in addition to the barbarians, there was also a caravan. The caravan had forty four-wheeled wagons, and the whole caravan numbered more than one hundred and fifty people.

"Your Excellency, I am Owen, the steward of the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce, and it is a pleasure to meet you here. A man was a little chubby, and his eyes flashed from time to time.

"My caravan needs to pass through your territory, and we will pay the tax at the normal rate. ”

"Owen, your caravan is going to go to the depths of the wilderness?" Su Lun is very interested in Owen, the caravan that dares to enter the wilderness is not weak, with the danger of the wilderness, the caravan with insufficient strength has a high chance of dying here, this caravan actually dares to come to the wilderness to trade, it seems that the strength is absolutely strong.

At the same time, it also shows that they will definitely make a good profit on this trip, and if there is not a high enough profit, how can these unprofitable caravans come here at a huge risk.

Mr. Lu Xun said it well: If there is 10 percent profit, capital will be guaranteed to be used everywhere; with 20 percent profit, capital will be active; if there is 50 percent profit, capital will take risks; for the sake of 100 percent profit, capital will dare to trample on all human laws; and if there is more than 300 percent profit, capital will dare to commit any crime, and even risk hanging its head.

Su Lun is now about to go crazy with poverty, how can he let go of any chance to get rich.

Owen was also surprised in his heart, surprised that this nobleman in front of him had actually established a pioneering base here, as a caravan that often walked in the wilderness, they knew very well how difficult it would be to set up a camp here, and those gnolls tribes in the wilderness were not so easy to deal with.

With thousands of gnolls and a larger number of goblins, kobolds, and trolls, even a thousand well-trained elite human soldiers may not necessarily win, and more often than not, both sides will lose. Moreover, this territory has actually built a five-meter-high city wall, which requires many manpower and material resources to build such a stone wall.

You know, this place is more than two hundred kilometers away from the nearest Black Rock City, and to maintain a thousand human troops, it would take to build such a wall, and the cost of this would make most nobles bankrupt.

The young human nobleman in front of him dared to establish the city in this place, and what was even more surprising was that he found a large number of goblin kobolds and gnolls in this territory. This means that they have established themselves here.

"Yes, my lord, our caravan is preparing to enter the depths of the wasteland and trade with other races. ”

"Gnolls?"

"No, the gnolls prefer outright robbery. We are trading with the Elender tribe of the north, who are a group of centaurs. ”

"Centaurs?" Suren said in surprise.

"Yes. ”

Next, Suren wanted to continue to prepare to ask, but Owen didn't mean to say anything about the transaction. However, even if Owen didn't say it, Suren probably knew the materials they were trading with.

Nothing more than bows and arrows and horses, as well as some wasteland specialties, furs or magical materials. Centaurs are good at raising horses, and their tribe is also famous for their longbows. The caravans traded food and other necessities. At least ten times more profit back and forth.

"Well, I'll agree to let your caravan rest here, but you'll have to pay ten percent of the tax. Suren quickly agreed.

"Of course you can pay for kinnar or food. ”

"Thank you, your merciful lord, we will have the tax ready soon. Hearing Suren's words, Owen nodded, ten percent of the tax was within the normal range. In fact, Owen also considered not paying taxes, but after seeing the size of the territory, he dismissed this idea, and it is not surprising that few merchants who trade in the wilderness are good people, and they will even make frequent cameos as robbers, and even plunder some territories.

Although Suren's territory looks very simple, the power it represents is not something that ordinary people can do. Without the guarantee of strong force, it is simply impossible for them to defeat the monster army. Not to mention capturing so many wilderness natives as slaves.