It can be said that the third-level territory is the stage where the strength of each territory really begins.

Two territories of equal strength, if one of the territories has already obtained the title of marquis, while the other territory is only the identity of a tabula rasa.

Then the territory of this feudal lord, whether in terms of development or hard power, will have the advantage of crushing another territory.

Li Min only saw on the Internet that other territories had a tendency to break through the third-level territory, but he didn't know the changes after being promoted to the third-level territory.

Now only Luo Qing himself knows the importance of being promoted to a third-level territory.

When Li Wenchang and others reported the situation before, Luo Qing's brows furrowed, in fact, he felt that the population development of Sword Island was a little too slow.

For such a long time, it has a population of less than 40,000, and it is almost impossible to be promoted to a third-level territory.

Because of the particularity of the third-level territory, the existence of the third-level territory promoted first can definitely gain a great advantage.

Therefore, even if Sword Island can't become the first territory to be promoted to the third level, it definitely can't lag behind the other territories too much.

Otherwise, the development advantages of Sword Island in the early stage will be gradually caught up by other territories.

"I'm afraid that those territories with skyrocketing populations are expanding their populations like crazy because they have developed the benefits of territorial level improvement. Luo Qing muttered secretly in his heart.

Unlike Sword Island, almost all of the top 30 territories in the Midsummer region were formed by powerful forces in reality.

There must be professionals in these territories who are responsible for formulating strategies and plans for the development of the territories.

They may not know the benefits of the population skyrocketing and stepping into the third-level territory, but they can definitely speculate that there are huge benefits to stepping into the third-level territory first.

This is also the driving force behind the frenzied expansion of the population of these territories.

Luo Qing muttered in his heart for a moment, looked at Li Wan and said, "According to your estimates, how many people can there be in the most populous territory now. ”

Li Wan said: "There are at least 70,000 people, which is a full 30,000 more than our Sword Island. ”

With a population of 70,000, as long as there are 30,000, you can be promoted to a third-level territory.

This is nearly double the current total population of Sword Island, even if Sword Island starts to catch up with it from this moment, it will be difficult to catch up with the other party.

You must know that the increase in the population of a territory is not only a simple increase in population, but also a supporting level of science and technology.

For example, the supply of iron tools in the blacksmith shop, the grain production in the fields, and the jobs where they were housed, etc., all need to be supplied sufficiently.

Otherwise, there will be so many more people in the territory at once, and these extra populations will not only not improve the strength of the territory, but will become the biggest drag on the territory.

Sword Island's current level of science and technology is definitely the top among all the territories.

But in other aspects, especially in terms of providing jobs to house them, it is much worse.

Even for cultivating the fields, the number of people needed on Sword Island is much smaller than that of other territories.

Who made Luo Qing cheap, and made a lot of fantasy crops like golden seeds, and forcibly reduced the proportion of the agricultural population in Sword Island to a point where people were speechless.

"With the increase in population, the development of territory is no longer just a simple matter of food and clothing, but a complex social issue. Luo Qing muttered secretly in his heart.

Li Wan hesitated for a moment and continued: "Lord, according to the current situation on Sword Island, even if there are tens of thousands of people here, it can be accommodated, but the problem is that these tens of thousands of people coming to Sword Island are of no use at all, and the overall strength of our Sword Island is limited, how should this situation be solved." ”

Luo Qing glanced Li Wan up and down, and the corners of his mouth showed a little indifferent smile.

Li Wan deliberately asked like this, obviously wanting to assess herself.

Although he has been away from Sword Island for many days, the planning of Sword Island has been prepared from the moment he was reborn, so how can he make such a small problem difficult.

Shaking his head, Luo Qing said, "You tell me what you think first." ”

Li Wan was a little speechless and said: "My idea is very simple, first recruit the population needed by Sword Island, as for what these people will do in the future, you can discuss it slowly, and once Sword Island breaks through the third-level territory, there will definitely be a lot of changes, and these people should be able to come in handy at that time." ”

"The idea is very good, if it is changed to a general territory, this method is indeed very suitable for development, but we in Sword Island can't do this. Luo Qing shook his head and vetoed Li Wan's idea.

Although Li Wan was a little unwilling on her face, she didn't say anything, but stared at Luo Qing, wanting to see what Luo Qing had in her opinion.

Luo Qing said with a smile: "From the moment Sword Island is established, the route that Sword Island will take is the elite mode route, within Sword Island, as long as there are high-level elite members and an average quality population, I will not allow them to enter Sword Island." ”

What Luo Qing said was indeed the truth, which can be seen from the many previous expeditions on Sword Island.

Li Wenchang led his people to sweep the surrounding territories, and there were many people in these territories. However, Luo Qing did not take the population of these territories over and fill the population of Sword Island, but only selected the professional and technical personnel among them and let them join Sword Island.

As for the general population who had little ability, they were all given up by Luo Qing.

It is precisely because of this strict requirement that the population of Sword Island is growing so slowly. Even if someone is attracted to Sword Island, Sword Island is no longer like at the beginning, everyone accepts everyone, but must pass the test of Sword Island, and after passing, you can become a member of Sword Island.

In this way, of course, the population in Sword Island can be made absolutely elite.

However, this also greatly limited the population of Sword Island, causing the total population of Sword Island to lag behind other territories.

Li Wan said a little anxiously: "Lord, you want both the elite population and the total population, the two are fundamentally contradictory, and it is impossible to coexist. ”

Luo Qing nodded and said, "I know, so I plan to use another way to solve the problem of the total population of Sword Island." ”

"In what way?" Li Wan looked at Luo Qing curiously.

Luo Qing looked at Li Wan, and said with a bit of coldness on his face: "There is a territory development model, called the slave model, two slaves can be as good as an ordinary lord, as long as I capture 120,000 slaves from the outside world, the population of Sword Island will exceed 100,000, and it will be the first to reach the standard of a third-level territory." ”

Li Wan looked at Luo Qing with a stunned face, a little completely dumbfounded.