Chapter 90 Prohibition of Logging

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since the official reward was accepted and the town of Twilight was established, and it was close to late autumn, and the people who had been relocated before the arrival of winter had all been settled.

Although the construction in all aspects is relatively hasty, but there is no tofu slag project at all, each family lives in a single-family pine house, sturdy, spacious and durable, compared with the shack-like houses of these mountain people in the former mountain villages, it is undoubtedly much neat, beautiful and comfortable.

The crops planted in the spring and summer have now been basically harvested, the grain warehouses in the territory are full, the people are well fed and warmly clothed, and there will basically be no shortage of food before next spring. Winter wheat is already ready for planting, and it only takes the first snow for the seedlings to emerge.

All of the above made the people of the Silver Moon Lord's reverence for their lord reach an extremely high level, and it also made them quickly integrate into this land, and truly protect Dalaran as their home.

"It's been a bumper year!"

Donald, who was patrolling the territory, sighed at the piles of wheat straw left behind in the fields after harvesting.

William, the political officer behind him, chimed in:

"Yes, Lord Lord, because of your magic potion, the harvest of the territory is at least thirty percent more than the farmland of our neighbor Red Maple Town, and there are few diseases, and the seeds are full, I hope that next year's winter wheat will also have such a harvest!"

"What about the benefits of greenhouse vegetables?"

"Lord Hui, the production of several crystal greenhouses is unified by the subordinates sent to Boulder City and Red Maple Town to sell, among which the nobles order the most, followed by rich merchants and several taverns and inns, a green vegetable can be sold at more than ten times the usual price, this is still the result of our lack of price increases, if this continues, the production of the greenhouse in a month can be compared to the income of black tea!"

"Well, you're doing a good job! But after all, greenhouse vegetables have seasonal restrictions, and the income will be much worse in winter, and then several greenhouses will be dedicated to cultivating magic plants and cherishing spices, and the people in charge must be selected, so don't make any mistakes in this regard!"

"Yes, my lord, I will strictly supervise it!"

Although the outside world has been cold and windy, and the autumn leaves have withered and yellowed, because of the existence of the natural enchantment of the Tree of Life, the temperature in the manor and territory has dropped far less than the outside world, and it has not been affected much, and it is still green.

In particular, several plantations have greenhouses with crystal ceilings and windows for high-value vegetables and crops, and are arranged to provide ample sunlight and a warm environment, and the plants in them are very luxuriant.

This allows the territory to eat fresh vegetables during the winter months and sell them to neighboring Red Maple Town and Boulder City, earning hundreds of gold soles a month, and the sale of other medicinal herbs can also bring a lot of profits.

Combined with the two major productions of moonshine wine and black tea, Dalaran is currently earning close to tens of thousands of gold soles in just one month.

There are similar greenhouses in this world, and they are not the only invention of Donald. However, the true greenhouse is called the Arcane Garden, which is a spell building handed down by ancient Arcanists to cultivate precious magical plants, and later generations of mages will also build such an Arcane Garden in the Mage Tower to maintain the cost of research in the Mage Tower.

The nobles imitated the mage's idea and built simple greenhouses on their estates to provide light and temperature for the crops in winter, in order to enjoy the rare fresh green vegetables in winter.

However, because the cost of building a greenhouse is almost enough to buy a new manor, only a few large nobles and royal families can enjoy this treatment, and the local nobles and lower nobles can only occasionally buy some fresh vegetables and fruits from the market to eat. Even so, it is enough to be the envy of civilian families.

Although the greenhouses that Donald renovated according to the scientific concepts of his previous life are far inferior to the arcane gardens in those mage towers, because he is willing to invest, there are a large number of crystal ceilings and crystal windows, and the greenhouses are spacious and bright, and there is also a constant temperature alchemy circle in them, which is powered by elemental scriptures, and the effect is much stronger than the greenhouses built by those nobles.

"During this time, many low-level demonic beasts have run to the territory in order to prepare for the winter, how are the security precautions in Gray Wood Village and Wind Chime Village going?"

"Your Excellency, you ordered them to form a hunting team, and with the patrol of the hunting team, these demonic beasts not only did not cause trouble to the territory, but also increased the benefits of the villagers!"

"Then I'm relieved! You told them to let go and do it, as long as they don't leave the territory range, they will basically not be attacked by high-level magical beasts without crossing the border line. ”

Because of the relationship between the natural barriers, and the fact that there are many evergreen trees in the two forests in the territory, it is still green so far, and after Donald officially named these two forests, it distinguishes them from the forests deep in the green cloak. The border is guarded by ancient trees incarnated by the Ancient Guardians, which can effectively predict and stop the threat of powerful magical beasts.

However, due to the delay in winter, the two forests attracted many ordinary beasts and small demonic beasts to come and forage for food, so that Dalaran's newly built hunting team opened several times to the city, adding a lot of meat and fur harvests to the territory.

It can be said that the past few months have been the happiest time in the lives of these mountain people who moved to the Dalaran Territory.

At this time, a cool breeze of late autumn was blowing from afar, Donald had a strong physique, and his strength was also there, although there was no legendary cold and heat, but he didn't feel anything about this small cool breeze. William, who is an ordinary person, is different from a few entourage, even if he wears more warmth, he also feels a little cold.

Donald saw that they all cringed a little, and couldn't help asking:

"Winter is coming, how are the families preparing for wintering, and have they been affected by my logging ban?"

At this time, most of the people in the north began to stock up on various materials for winter, among which the most needed firewood for heating in winter was firewood.

However, a few days ago, the second edict issued by the lord Donald was a ban on logging.

The decree stipulates that forest trees shall not be cut down without cause, especially those over 100 years old, and trees under 100 years old may be cut down with restrictions, but for each tree cut down, at least two new trees must be planted in the same place in the following year.

William replied:

"There are some effects, the leaders need to avoid trees that are more than 100 years old when they are logging, which requires them to go deeper into the forest, but fortunately, there is no major danger in the twilight forest and the moonlight glade, and the men go to the logging in groups, but the distance is farther, and everyone has no complaints. As for the order of the adults to replant the trees, it will be necessary to wait until the next spring is warmer. ”

After all, although the existence of the forest is important, it also has to take care of the lives of the people, and firewood for the winter is indispensable.

"Yes, my lord!"

Donald's edict left many people, including the realm officials, confused, but Donald didn't give an explanation. As a lord, his decrees are enforced, and there is no need to explain them to the following unless necessary.

In his previous life, Donald lived in a smoky city, and he had long since felt much of the beauty of nature, and he was half an environmentalist at the time, and he would participate in most of the protests in the city.

And since in this life, this vast territory belongs to his own land, then it has been decided to take the tree of life of the elven race as the foundation, and a series of elven defense buildings need a large amount of natural vegetation to be able to gain more strength, so it is undoubtedly important to protect the forest vegetation from being destroyed by the wilderness.

As for the harvest of the fields after burning the forest, the damage caused by the destruction of the ecological environment will be greater. There are already enough economic and food sources in the Dalaran territory, and the population is not large, and it is also following the elite route similar to the previous European and American countries in the world, so there is no need to wantonly destroy forests to create conditions.

The previous qualification test and the current ban on logging are just the beginning.

In such a relatively primitive era, the knowledge that Donald possessed, although it was common in his previous life and was not a secret, was too much beyond this world to take a little bit out of it might attract the attention of many people. For example, the architectural concept of the villa he built in the previous life. So he can only take it out little by little, and slowly integrate some of his ideas into this world.

Among the human nations, the Kingdom of Celt is known for its small population density, and Donald's Dalaran is even more sparsely populated, with less than a thousand people now.

However, Donald thought that some developed countries in his previous life did not also have low population density, but their economic strength, military strength, science and technology and other aspects were much stronger than those of some developing countries with large populations.

Take, for example, many countries on the vast African continent, some of which are arguably the poorest and most backward places in the world, where many young children are born because they are not well cared for. In some parts of Southeast Asia, the population is exploding, but the economy is in crisis, and it is not uncommon for entire countries to go into debt.

Therefore, Donald had no intention of developing the population and encouraging fertility, because it was difficult for him, the lord, to feed the population.

His future plan is to build his territory into a rich home that everyone in the outside world envies, although the population is small, but everyone is an elite, and a single person who comes out of the territory will be respected by the outside world.

In this way, not only can Dalaran's stability and prosperity be maintained for a long time, but it will also bring greater benefits to himself.

With the existence of the Book of Truth, this plan is not a pipe dream, but a completely achievable goal!

The only problem that needs to be solved is the loyalty of those talents to Dalaran and his lord after cultivating the people of the territory into talents in various fields.

He didn't want to spend a lot of resources, but the talents he cultivated were poached by other forces or simply left the territory to betray him, and finally did useless and thankless work.

So far, there is no effective means of control, Donald is very cautious about the selection of cultivated talents, all of them are close to him, and there is an innocent family, and the intimacy shown in the spiritual vision of the Tree of Life is at least above the yellow light.

As a result, the development of his elite plan will be very slow, but both Dalaran and Donald themselves are very young, and he will have to wait for this time. No matter how slow the development progress is, he doesn't want to be in a hurry, but in the end there is an accident and cause greater losses to himself.

(To be continued)