There is a territory, but there are no people, which is no less than eating meat without salt, of course, it is light and tasteless!

Although those barefoot farmers and territorial lords have little to no assistance to the Crimson family, they still have to waste a lot of time and effort to plan a livelihood for them. But for the sake of long-term considerations, this step is an iron threshold that must be crossed!

Where do wizards come from?

They can be recruited and hired, but such wizards are always outsiders, and it is difficult to train them to be family wizards who are loyal to the Crimson family. Therefore, the appropriate craftsmen and commoners were gathered to establish a stable ruling order, and from which to select gifted wizard apprentices......

Only in this way, so that the apprentices from the family territory can rest easy, and all their net worth and life are maintained on the rise and fall of the Crimson family, it is possible to cultivate a family wizard who is truly loyal to Grim.

There are thousands of wizards from outside, and they come for profit, and they will naturally go for profit. Once you encounter a difficult situation that requires you to sacrifice your life and forget your life to get through, the only ones who can go up are those family wizards.

Therefore, even if the cost of cultivating a family wizard is very large, the Crimson family can only build the family hematopoietic system step by step!

Now that the family has its own territory and there are no enemies around it, it is the perfect time to recruit troops and play a banner. Therefore, as soon as she took control of the White Tower, Meryl couldn't wait to discuss the issue of the territory with Xuefu.

This is actually a very headache!

The Ice Wind Territory was originally a bitter cold place, and it was adjacent to the Black Forest, and there was no wizard tower to protect it, so within a few hundred miles of the surrounding area, even if all the heads were gathered together, it would not be able to reach a hundred.

It would be extremely difficult for someone to build the prototype of the Ice Wind Collar family's territory with this alone.

So in the final analysis, there is a shortage of people in the Ice Wind Leader, and there is a shortage of a large number of people!

Of course, there is no shortage of legends among the Northland witches in the past, who have overcome obstacles and led the majority of the people to carve out a witch territory in the Black Forest. But those legendary witches in the story can start from scratch without such a complete self-made as the Crimson family.

They either have the support of family forces, or they have the support of witch factions, in short, they need manpower and manpower, and force and force. Even so, it will take hundreds of years and repeated see-saw times before it is possible to fight back a stable territory from many powerful monsters that is enough for the wizard family to thrive.

And in the process, those civilians who died in harsh environments, from plague diseases, from wild miasma, from ferocious beasts, and from terrifying monsters, there are countless civilians. It is only by relying on the accumulation of human lives and the perseverance of witches that it is possible to achieve final success.

But now, the Crimson Family Witch Tower has it, and the wizard has it, but the only thing missing is a large number of people who can make the territory vibrant.

"Lord Shephe, I want to know what kind of methods the past Northland witches will use to recruit some lords?"

"The Lords are the most valuable asset of every witch faction, and they will not be sold easily. If Mistress Meryl is really in dire need of a group of lords, I can return to some of the hereditary territories of the Witch of Destiny and force a group to be recruited. But ......"

Speaking of this, Xue Fu couldn't help but pause.

"It's too harsh and there's no supplies for life. Even if some are forcibly recruited, it will be difficult to survive here. We can't let those farmers and merchants live in the Wizard's Tower!"

Listening to Xue Fu's complaints, even Meryl, the principal, couldn't help but feel worried.

Yes, even if people are recruited, how to survive in this kind of ice and snow is a huge problem! Could it be that a group of people are brought in, and they are not allowed to do anything, but let the Crimson family raise them?

"Why don't we find a way to relocate a group of goblins from the goblin plane to serve as a lord for the time being? they have the brains, the skills, and the ability to help the tower with some maintenance and management......" Meryl hesitated.

"Meryl, there's one thing to warn you about. If there are too many aliens in a territory, it will be difficult to recruit those who are unemployed and freed. Chev kindly reminded.

Meryl couldn't help but be gloomy.

It's also something that can be imagined.

Once there are too many aliens in the territory, it will definitely affect the perception and security of those human subjects. Once they have scruples and stop moving, it will be difficult for the number of human lords in the Icewind Lords to increase. Scare these human lords away, will they recruit some goblin apprentices, ogre apprentices, and dwarf apprentices in the future?

"So...... Lord Xuefu, apart from these normal people, is there any other way here that can obtain a large number of human civilians in a short period of time?"

"You mean human slaves, right?" said Xuefu.

"Yes! I wonder if there's a way to get a lot of cheap human slaves in the Northlands. ”

"There are very few witch wars in our Northlands, and if there are occasional disputes, they are mostly resolved at the Witches' Council. Therefore, there is no such thing as war slaves here......"

Meryl's face couldn't help but darken.

"However, the scattered Tallinn region is a fertile ground for war, and there are constant conflicts between large and small wizard families. If you really need it, we can buy a batch from the middle of the continent under the name of Witch of Fate. ”

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Meryl's eyes immediately lit up, "If you buy it, how much will it be?"

"Once a family war breaks out in the middle of the continent, there may be losers. The loser's clan lords may be split up and sold to other wizarding families. And we Northland witches are also represented there, and are able to get a piece of the slave trade. The approximate number of slaves is 2,000-3,000 per year, and we Northland witches can get 400-600, and the price is about 500 magic crystals per 100 people......"

"It's a reasonable price! we want them all......" Meryl raised her eyebrows, her pretty little face showing ecstasy.

Xue Fu shook her head with a smile and said, "What I'm talking about is that the Northland Witch can get 400-600 war slaves as a whole, but if it is to be distributed to our Destiny Witch, there are only twenty or thirty people......"

"It's only twenty or thirty ......," Meryl couldn't help but be deflated again when she heard this.

At this rate of blood transfusion, even if the Crimson family has been cultivating in the Ice Wind Realm for a hundred years, it will not be able to support the framework of a complete wizard family.

"There are few suspects, so let's arrest them! War between witch families is not allowed in the Northlands, but there are constant disputes in Tallinn, the scattered lands. As long as you have a good reason, even if you destroy other wizard families, those old fellows of the Presbyterian Church can only stare dryly. At that time, the people and resources in the other family's territory will not be yours......"

Meryl rolled her eyes, although the other party's words sounded harsh, but the words were not rough, if there was really no other way, this method was not impossible to try.

Politely ending the 'pleasant' conversation with Xuefu, Meryl ran straight to the teacher with Wenliel and the compiled report materials.

In the thirteenth floor of the White Tower's residence, Meryl finally met the busy teacher Grim.

All these days, Grim has been busy building his own wizard suit.

Once the dragon skin is in hand, it also needs to be nitrated and tanned according to a complex process before use. Since this was the first time that Grim had dealt with such a high-grade magic material, if something went wrong in the whole process, it would seriously affect the surface smoothness of the dragon skin.

Moreover, the most precious thing about the fire dragon skin is the strange fire elemental power contained in it, and only by finding a way to draw out this power can the value of this high-grade magic material be fully exerted.

You know, even in those large wizarding forces or wizarding families, master leather craftsmen are as valuable as alchemists! After all, the fur of a powerful monster can only be used to its greatest effect if it has been properly and perfectly processed by their hands.

This kind of skill and technique is also a rare alternative knowledge!

"What do you say...... Subjects?" His mind was still immersed in piles of magic formulas and witchcraft experiments, and it took him a long time to understand Meryl's main purpose of asking to see him.

"Yes, teacher, our current territory is too short of people, and we must find a way to obtain a large number of people as soon as possible!"

"Well, in the long run, the people are necessary!" Grim muttered, but his young face had a kind of calmness and solemnity that only those who have been in the world for a long time have it: "However, the infrastructure of our territory is not yet complete, and even if we recruit the people, it will be difficult for them to survive." Therefore, in the short term, it is better to migrate a batch of goblins from the goblin plane to fill the number first......"

Meryl opened her mouth in surprise, unexpectedly that the teacher was not a few years older than herself, but she had a more comprehensive and detailed thinking than herself. The question he asked clearly coincided with that of Lord Chev.

"But...... Teacher, if there are too many alien lords, it will affect our subsequent recruitment of human lords. Meryl spoke her mind in distress.

"No, it won't. Grim smiled indifferently: "The first batch of goblins we recruited are mainly goblin technicians and engineers. Their main task after their arrival was to create a model of habitable houses and villages for the subsequent subjects, and to build a series of processing plants......"

"Processing factory?" Meryl was completely confused, feeling that she couldn't keep up with the teacher's train of thought.

"Of course, the processing plant must exist!" said Grim leisurely, "The Ice Wind Collar is too cold to be suitable for farming or animal husbandry, and if you recruit the people, you must give them a certain place to live." My opinion is that wizards and apprentices should be organized to gather and hunt in the Black Forest, and the monsters, beasts, and strains that are captured and hunted will be processed in the family factory for the necessary resources. Let the new lords turn them into craftsmen with certain specialties......"