Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Rollin has been in the territory for more than a month, the first ten days he was in Levine County, and the rest of the time he basically stayed in Maple Leaf County.

In the past month, in addition to practicing martial arts every day, the rest of the time has been spent to understand the situation of the territory.

Maple and Levine are both in the northernmost part of the Duchy of Lehman, and further north are the snow-capped Godring Mountains, which block the chill from most of the Far North.

To the north of the mountain range, it is naturally the extremely cold Far North, which is the homeland of the Frost Giants, the Terran Absolute Domain, and several expeditions have been organized in history, but they have never returned.

It was also the Godring Mountains that prevented most of the Frost Giants from moving south, so that the Duchy of Lehman did not have to worry too much about the threat of the Frost Giants, compared to the Kingdom of Aoraki in the west, which was not so lucky.

Then there is the economy within the territory.

Levin County is basically plain, mainly dependent on animal husbandry, wool is the largest export, to the slight delight of Rollin, there is also a good horse farm here, producing the explosive fire moon war horses, up to 1,000 a year.

Red Maple County, as the name suggests, is a place full of maple trees, the main income depends on a kind of maple sugar boiled from the sap of the maple tree, this is a specialty, the only one in the whole continent, is a dessert on the table of the nobility, the price is very expensive, a bottle, a liter, is five gold coins.

Of course, in addition to maple sugar, there are also various tough woods from the cold zone for sale, but the proportion of income in this area is not large, far from being comparable with maple sugar.

As for agriculture, it is self-sufficient in food, barely enough to feed the 800,000 people in the territory. If the year is bad. That would be a bit of a tragedy. In winter, people will starve to death.

All in all, these two counties are so-so, not very good, but not bad enough for Rollin to live a prosperous life, but it is impossible to think about doing anything, such as training a regular army that is completely out of production.

In fact. According to the decree of the principality, with the title of Count of Lorraine, he could train a thousand regular soldiers, two hundred cavalry, and ten knights. There can be insufficient personnel, but they must not be exceeded, otherwise there will be suspicion of rebellion.

After thinking about it for a month, Rollin realized that he had made the right plan with Horn and the others.

These two counties are under the nose of the Grand Duke, and large-scale military training will definitely not work. But there is not much scruple about engaging in the economy and making money. And Fix Island. The location is remote, far overseas, the news is closed, and the population is sparse, which is just right for military training.

If you want to engage in the economy, animal husbandry is nothing to do, this thing needs good seeds, and it takes time to cultivate good seeds, but he doesn't have so much time. Therefore, it mainly has to fall on the maple sugar produced in Maple Leaf County.

Once the route has been decided, the next step is to do the details.

As a lord, but also a lord who parachuted in directly, he is completely unfamiliar with the affairs of the territory, and the officials in the territory do not trust his ability, and his reputation among the people is basically equal to zero.

Therefore, Luo Lin studied the king of Chuzhuang on the earth, and 'reigned for three years, without an order. As it was, he himself only listened and looked around, rarely expressing his opinion.

Of course, Luo Lin's current situation is much better than that of King Chuzhuang, he has absolute force by himself, he doesn't have to worry about his own safety, and at the same time, the status of a nobleman naturally gives him great authority, so he naturally doesn't need to be silent for three years, one month is enough.

Now that he has watched it for more than a month, he can be regarded as having a basic understanding of the situation, and in general, every qiē in the territory is so-so, and the worst is those soldiers, who are very lazy, have no formal training, and basically have no combat effectiveness.

These soldiers have all become soldiers, and Rollin is ready to dismiss them all.

The administrative officials of the territory are not good, most of them are lazy, corruption and bribery are common, all kinds of unspoken rules are rampant, and the network of interests is intertwined, if you really want to dig deeper, you can definitely dig out a bunch of shady scenes, but fortunately, these officials can still do things, so Luo Lin has no intention of overturning and starting over, but rectification is necessary.

However, the road must be taken step by step, the steps are big, it is easy to talk about it, and things should be slow rather than urgent. The first step is to gain enough prestige!

How do I gain prestige? The military can't be engaged, and now there is no war, so you can only engage in the economy, make money, and make a lot of money!

Let everyone in the territory get more or less benefits, understand that following the lord and have a future, then his authority will naturally be erected.

Right now.

Rollin is in Maple Leaf County, Maple Leaf City, in the study of Maple Leaf Castle. On the table in front of him, there was a glass of maple sugar.

The thing is very sticky, brown and translucent, a bit like honey, and when you taste it, a rich sweet aroma melts in your mouth, which is endlessly aftertasted. However, after tasting it, Rollin found some tasteless residues.

To be honest, there is very little dregs, and ordinary people can't taste it, but Luo Lin is so sensitive that he feels it at once.

"It's delicious, but it doesn't seem to be very clean, and the flavor is too strong, a little pungent, and not mellow enough." Rollin frowned slightly.

The housekeeper of the castle was an old man in his fifties, named Jonny, and hurriedly said: "Master, this is already the finest maple sugar, you see, it is very pure, the same as amber, and there are no impurities." ”

"I know it's the finest maple sugar. It's still not good enough, though. With that, Luo Lin scooped a spoonful of maple syrup, put it in the quilt, brewed it with boiling water, melted it, and then waited next to it.

After about ten minutes, the bottom of the boiling water precipitated a trace of unfiltered filament-like dregs: "See? It's not pure, I need completely pure maple syrup so that I can sell it for a high price! ”

"But sir, the price is already very high now." The old housekeeper didn't understand Luo Lin's idea at all, no matter how high it was, would anyone still buy it? It's just dessert.

Luo Lin didn't care, and waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about it." You go to the territory to post a bounty, no matter who you are, as long as you can find a way to purify the purest maple sugar at the lowest cost, and you can't lose the unique flavor of maple sugar. Then you will get a bounty of 1,000 gold coins! ”

Although the level of productivity in this world is very low, there is a mature aristocracy, and the concept of luxury goods is also there, but it is not very mature and has not been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

What Rollin has to do is to purify the best quality maple syrup and make it into a luxury item that symbolizes status, and the price will naturally go up quickly.

He believes that with such a heavy reward, someone will soon find a low-cost way to purify maple sugar.

"A thousand gold coins?" Jonny looked at Rollin like a fool, a thousand gold coins is a huge amount of money, just for this kind of meaningless purification of maple sugar like fun? It's just nonsense.

From this it can be seen that Rollin's prestige is not enough, he is too young, and the position of earl has come too quickly, and people do not doubt his strength, but they all doubt his ability to govern the territory.

"Do as I say!" Luo Lin's voice was slightly heavier, his eyes were slight, and his face turned cold. It seems that he has been too gentle recently, and as a result, even this subordinate has trembled, and he dares to talk back to him repeatedly!

"Yes." The butler shuddered, and then remembered that the Earl was a powerful warrior, and although he disagreed with it to the extreme, of course he did not dare to refute it, but the Count was more fun-loving, and since he liked it, he did it.

One thousand gold coins, the earl still bears the ground.

When the housekeeper went down, Luo Lin dealt with some more texts.

For example, if a murderer is caught in a certain part of the territory and needs to be hanged, he must approve it, or if the harvest in that place was not good last year, and he must agree to apply for a tax reduction.

Lorraine didn't feel impatient with such a trivial matter, but took it seriously, he was learning how to be a good lord.

Both counties have mature administrative systems, and he just accepts them as they are, and there is no need to change too much for the time being, so there are not many documents that really need Luo Lin's eyes, and he will deal with them quickly.

The lords of this world are still very leisurely, and once the general lords are fine, they basically hold banquets, find beautiful women, walk horses, fight dogs, hunt, etc., all kinds of play, all kinds of enjoyment.

However, Luo Lin was not very interested in these things, as soon as he was free, he rested for a while, took a few military books to read, corresponding to his experience in military training, and after thinking about it for a few hours, he got up and prepared to practice martial arts as before.

In troubled times, one's own military strength and the ability to command an army were all first-class and most important things.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Angela waiting outside the door, and Luo Lin was a little surprised: "Why are you here?" (To be continued......) R1292