When Han Xin and the others attacked the city and plundered the land in the outside world, Han Ji was also trying hard for the development of the territory.

If you want to say what is the most important thing in the territory, Han Ji will tell you, people!

Population is the most important cornerstone of a territory or even a country, and in the era of cold weapons, population is one of the indicators of a country's strength.

Originally, Han Ji's biggest concern was that there were not enough materials to feed so many people, but now the trouble is that the population is too small.

After exchanging all the buildings needed for the civilization upgrade task, Han Ji still has 678 people's heart points.

There are still 322 points short of the 1,000 points needed for upgrading, so there is no need to keep it, Han Ji simply exchanged 10 Huaxia villagers, so that the population of the territory increased from 2019 to 2029, although Han Ji didn't know what the battle situation was, but the population in the territory had only lost two people from 2021 when they went on the expedition to now, indicating that Han Xin's situation should be good.

Population! Population! Han Ji's main concern now is the number of people in the territory.

To this end, he deliberately promulgated a plan to encourage fertility in the territory, encouraging married families to have more children, and the territory is responsible for their needs to raise children.

At the same time, those unmarried young men and women are also encouraged to start a family, and the territory will also give certain preferential treatment to couples after starting a family.

When such a policy was issued, it was immediately warmly welcomed by the lords, whether it was a Chinese villager or a Calradian slave, but I really had never heard of a lord king who would reward a woman who had more children.

Therefore, many couples have already mustered up their strength, and they want to make some little dolls to come out and be rewarded for their meritorious service!

At the same time, the territory also ushered in a wave of family craze, with more than 100 young men and women of school age forming families in accordance with the territory's policies.

In this way, the territory will definitely usher in a wave of baby births within the next year, but this naturally born population is far from meeting Han Ji's needs.

The more people you have, the more points you can get, and the more points you have, the more you can exchange for the more Huaxia villagers.

It's a good cycle, like a snowball, and the population will grow more and more in the future.

However, it all takes time, after all, population growth is a long-term business.

At this time, Tulsky had also arrived in the territory, ready to report to him and ask for instructions.

"Sir! Everything is fine at the station, both in the production of whiskey and in the trade of the caravans! This is thanks to Mr. Gandalf and the work of Knight Arthur and Knight Zhao Yun! Of course, Agnes' contribution to the day-to-day running of the residency is also significant! Turksky was reporting to Han Ji in the hall in the center of town.

It has been nearly 2 and a half months since Han Ji left Rivading City, and during this time, Han Ji's focus is obviously on the construction of the territory.

Luckily, he still has a number of powerful helpers who are helping him with the affairs of the garrison and the mercenary group.

"Sir, the production of whiskey has been completed, and we have a total of 15,000 barrels of whiskey in stock, and we are waiting for the time to start selling and recoup the funds!" Tulsky first gave a report on the situation of whiskey that Han Ji was concerned about.

"Huh! How can there be so much! Han Ji was a little surprised, because according to his estimates, the number of ales that had been negotiated was definitely less than 10,000 barrels after distillation, and how did this extra come about.

"Sir, it's all thanks to Agnes and Mr. Gandalf! It was they who used your credibility and reputation and strength as a guarantee to re-establish an agreement with another supplier of ale and increase the quantity of ale again. Turksky said to Han Ji.

"However, after making this batch of wine, we now owe several suppliers, almost 20,000 dinars, which will be paid off in one year. At the same time, the funds in the residency are close to drying up after this period of recruitment and production expansion, so it's time to wait for the whisky to come to market to change that for us. Turksky looked at Han Ji and said.

"Excellent! Tulsky, I'll leave the preliminary preparations for this matter to you! I have an order here, it is a few nobles from the Nord Kingdom, you can find someone to inform them to come and pick up the goods! Han Ji took out an order, which was his harvest at the banquet in Sagoth, and it was from the forces of the Malaal faction.

"Tursky, how is the matter of recruiting new soldiers, forming our army?" Han Ji asked at Tursky.

"Sir, the recruitment of recruits is in the hands of me and Arthur Knight, and 500 brave lads have been recruited and are being trained by Mr. Gandalf!" Tulsky said to Han Ji.

"That's good!" Han Ji nodded with satisfaction, after all, this group of people will be his strength on the surface in the future, and he doesn't want to expose Huaguo Mountain for the time being.

"These people are loyal and reliable, aren't they?" Han Ji asked with concern again.

"Sir, please rest assured, we specially selected those free people with simple families with difficult backgrounds, not only gave them a generous settling-in fee, but also promised that when Sir has a territory in the future, we will give their families enough land, so the loyalty of these people can still be trusted!" Tulsky nodded in the affirmative.

"In that case, I'm relieved!" Han Ji nodded and looked at Tursky and said, "I won't go to Zhivading until a while, and now there are some things that you need to do,"

"Sir, please command." Turksky said modestly to Han Ji.

"That's right, weapons and equipment can be produced in the territory now, but there are also some materials that need to be obtained from the outside world, and here is a purchase list, which will be handed over to you." Han Ji handed a list to Turksky.

"Yes, sir, leave it to me! Do you have any other instructions? Tulsky took the list, looked at it a little and asked Han Ji.

"Then there is the old and weak slaves in Zhivading City, now that the production of whiskey has ended, it is time for them to come to the territory to report, after all, there is a need for people everywhere in the territory, and those slaves also want to be reunited with their families, this matter is left to you."

"At the same time, we need to buy another batch of slaves, the more the better, now that we have enough money, we need to turn them into strength." Han Ji looked at Tursky and said.

"Population is our biggest shortcoming, and now we have not officially obtained fiefdoms, so we cannot openly recruit displaced people. However, we can secretly use generous conditions to bring some poor people to settle in the territory, and I believe that many people will be tempted, but this needs to be kept secret. Han Ji looked at Tursky with burning eyes and said.

"Sir, I see what you mean!" Tulsky pondered for a moment and then nodded at Han Ji and said.

"Very well, I'll leave it to you!" Han Ji said to Tulsky with a smile.

At this time, Han Xin and his entourage happened to return with the army, and at the same time, they also brought the harvest of their trip, which was so large that Han Ji couldn't help but be dumbfounded.