Randall's first stream reservoir is located in a low-lying area in the southern part of the territory, which was originally a dense purple cane forest, but since the Ant-Man army gnawed away the purple cane, the fertile land has become a natural pasture overgrown with wild alfalfa.

Thousands of cattle and sheep leisurely nibble on the fat and tender alfalfa, and the abundant food makes them fat and strong, and some picky eaters and dexterous ones even climb up the mound in search of more delicious young leaves.

The herdsmen don't catch these mischievous and bold cows and sheep, and the clever sheepdogs will drive them down before dark. It doesn't matter if there are some fish that slip through the net, there are no dangerous beasts here, and there is no difference between livestock spending the night on the hill and spending the night in the meadow.

Victor didn't care how many sheep and cattle he had, he was attracted by the bright lake.

This artificially excavated lake has an area of 45 acres, which is larger than 4 football fields combined, and the surface of the lake is sparkling, and the cool water vapor blows in the face, dissipating the heat of the fire season, Victor can't help but praise: "It's beautiful!"

"Is it pretty?"

Lilia looked at the dirt piled up by the lake, and at the messy shacks, blinking in confusion. Victor laughed, took Lilia into his arms in full view, and kissed her on her tender little face.

"I mean, you're doing a pretty job!"

Lilia, whose face was flushed, whispered, "Victor, I'm sorry. The castle hasn't been built yet, and I've let you down. ”

Two days ago, Victor returned to the Centaur Hills, and instead of rushing back to Pinghu Town, he went to meet Nicole first.

Nicole is Victor's true lover and the woman who loves him the most in the world, and Victor always feels that he owes her a lot.

Although the two are close to each other, they have limited time together. Nicole has to monitor the movement of the entrance to the swamp, if she leaves the barony for a long time, more than 10,000 laborers will be panicked, and the Randall family is also in the stage of rapid development, the territorial administration system is not perfect, and many things need to be done by Victor himself.

Therefore, Victor chose to visit Nicole as soon as possible, not only to complain to each other, but also the main canal connecting the Jinshui River is also where Randall's core interests lie, and more than 10,000 laborers cannot make trouble. Both in public and private, Victor must care about the progress of the project.

The Barony's development was even better than Victor had expected. In the past seven months, the York family has successively sent another 3,000 people, the number of young people has increased to 11,000, the main canal has been repaired for 3 kilometers, and the reservoir will be almost connected in three or four months.

In terms of agriculture and animal husbandry, the barony planted 10,000 acres of sweet potatoes, opened up 7 pig farms, stocked more than 3,000 pigs, and raised more than 1,000 cattle, sheep and livestock, which greatly eased the logistical pressure of the York family, and even Victor also benefited from it, and the Randall family's expenses for relief workers were reduced from 900 gold soles per month to 600 gold soles.

Victor spends the day with Nicole, and Lilia comes to greet him with the upper echelons of the family. After saying goodbye to Ni, Victor embarks on a journey back to Pinghu Town. On the way, he saw the first stream reservoir.

According to Lilia's mouth, in 272 days, Randall has dug 4 stream reservoirs, and the 5th is being excavated, of which the 1st and 2nd reservoirs have been filled with water. After entering the season of the earth, Nicole transferred 10,000 young men in batches and asked them to go back to build the main canal, so the fifth reservoir was built independently by the Randall family, and it is still being excavated.

Before leaving, Victor asks Lilia to repair 5 streams and reservoirs and build a castle. However, due to the shortage of manpower, the castle in Pinghu Town will take another 2 months to complete. Lilia blames herself for not having a task.

"Dear Lilia, you've done a great job! Victor gently hugged Lilia, turned to the surrounding village chiefs and Nelson and said, "Everyone has worked hard, and I am very satisfied with your results!"

Farmers from other worlds are generally strong and powerful, and they can still walk like flying with hundreds of pounds of burden, but the reservoir project is not as simple as tens of thousands of people digging and transporting mud together. More than 10,000 young and strong people must be properly arranged for dispatch and coordination, logistics and supply, clothing, food, housing and transportation, and even work-related injury compensation.

Lilia's success is a testament to her abilities, but the responsibilities and pressures she bears are difficult for ordinary people to understand. Victor can imagine Lilia directing the project in the cold rain and resettling the people. Just by looking at the heartfelt respect of the village chiefs, you can know that Lilia's status in the hearts of the people has surpassed Nelson and become the number two person in the family.

Now, Lilia's body always exudes a calm and noble temperament, even if her appearance is not as good as that of the Alina sisters, they still unconsciously maintain a posture of looking up in front of Lilia.

This is the majesty and confidence that power and success bring to Lilia. The 21-year-old mercenary girl has become Victor's right-hand man.

"It's fire season and the reservoir shows no signs of drying up. Victor nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Relying on this stream reservoir, we can reclaim 15,000 acres of cultivated land, settle 1,000 people, and help me control 400 square kilometers of territory." If the canals are connected, the population and arable land will double. Looks like I need more village chiefs!"

The village chiefs nodded their heads again and again, and the village chief of the first village, Mo Lin, smiled: "My lord, you are so wise, we are all too busy." ”

"You're all too busy, so I don't even have time to rest?" Victor shook his head and smiled.

Randall's affairs are not only internal affairs and reservoir projects, Hammer's Warhammer mercenary group has returned, Mercury's Barrett has also returned, Buryatia has to be implemented, the smuggling caravan in Pinewood Town needs to be arranged, the problem of repairing the Alchemy Tower needs to be solved, Sylvia is still waiting for a meeting, Raven Town in the far north has to be inquired about, and Victor must be busy rolling all over the ground.

"Let's go, go back to Pinghu Town first, and then tell me all the problems you encounter." Victor took a deep breath and boarded the carriage in good spirits.

When he arrived in Pinghu Town, Victor saw that many people were busy building the castle, and he didn't bother to ask the overseer about the progress, so he went directly to the municipal hall.

Victor glanced at the number of people attending the meeting, and there were still 14, namely Lilia, Captain of the Guard Nelson, Sheriff Linda, Military Instructor Barritt, Chief of Village 1 Morin, Village 2 George, Head of Brick Kiln Village Dean, Village 3 Ferro, Village 4 Haig, Village 5 Kent, Village 6 Benson, less Buts and Old Hamm in Raven Town, but more Alina and Alice.

The current backbone of the Randall family is a dozen or so people here, and compared to the various stewards of other lords, Victor's subordinates can only be described as thin.

For example, the Duke of Wellington had stewards, interior officers, clerks, city defense officers, sheriffs, military officers, staff officers, captains of the guards, captains of personal guards, heralds, as well as caravans, hunting chiefs, agricultural and animal husbandry chiefs, workshop chiefs, and horsemen supervisors, mill supervisors, town chiefs and village chiefs, too many to count. In this regard, Victor is not only envious but also envious.

However, even Victor himself, the lord, is chasing ducks to the shelves, and he can only lead this group of ducks to try to toss out of the world.

"Let's get started. ”

Lilia nodded, took out a parchment scroll, and read, "Currently, we currently have 1,925 cows。。。。。 ”

"Wait. Victor raised his hand and motioned for Lilia to stop, "I know that there are more and more cattle and sheep in the family, so save the surprise for me for the harvest celebration." Today, I want to know about the problems and difficulties faced by the family. ”

"There is a shortage of manpower. Lilia sighed, put down the scroll and said, "During this time, more than 3,000 displaced people have entered the Randall Territory, and the population we now control has reached more than 12,000 people, although we are enough to accommodate more people, but these people also bring many management problems. Those who came after them, because they were not allocated the land for themselves, began to make trouble, to make a commotion, and to go to Father Miller to plead their case, and to ask for money,"

Victor's eyes narrowed, "What is Father Miller's attitude?"

Father Miller advised them to keep to themselves. ”

Victor showed a relaxed smile: "Go on." ”

"Those who led the troubles were sentenced to two years of hard labor and sent to dig canals. Some found that there was no land to divide and that they were paid little, so they left. In the end, more than 2,100 people remained, but they did not necessarily want to join the Rand Territory, and some of them were passive and slacking off, not paying attention to hygiene, and even hunting privately. ”

"Kick him out of the territory, and whoever stays there will be punished with two years of hard labor!" said Victor in a cold voice.

"That's what I did. But it doesn't seem to work. Lilia smiled bitterly and said, "The people who came later also had the same phenomenon. ”

Victor's eyes flickered and he asked, "Then what do you think?"

"I need more people to manage the displaced people. Lilia hesitated and said, "I have appointed many female dependents of members of the division system, and there are still not enough ...... manpower."

Nelson raised his hand and said, "My lord, I don't have enough people. 250 guards plus 50 ...... The militia can't control the borders of the territory anymore, and every day people run to Randall's territory to poach and poach, and we escort and drive them away, and we have to maintain sentry posts and patrols..... My lord, I ask for more manpower. ”

Victor rubbed his forehead, there were nearly a thousand members of the division of work, divided into more than 280 families, and Nelson recruited 250 young guards from them, plus 50 alchemy militias, which was already the limit of the territory. Nelson's so-called increase in manpower was by no means recruiting guards among the freedmen, he was fighting the idea of the alchemy militia. But Victor only has 1,000 alchemy militia, and they still have to control the vast mountainous area, so they can't draw many manpower at all, and using the alchemy militia as a guard can only temporarily relieve the pressure, but cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

There will be more and more people joining Randall's leadership, even if Victor takes out all the alchemy militia to control the situation, how long can it last? Now it is more than 10,000 people, but what about the population reaching 20,000? According to Victor's plan, the territory will accommodate more than 40,000 people, what will happen then?

The Randall family's current predicament is congenitally deficient - there are too few loyal and capable vassals!

Victor sighed and said listlessly: "If there are any other problems, tell them together!"

Linda hurriedly said: "My lord, during this time, there have been hundreds of fights, 34 thefts, 11 homicides, 18 people died, and 7 bodies were buried, and we dug them up again. I need manpower too!"

Victor noticed that Linda's abdomen was round and bulging, and smiled, "Nelson, Linda, you are about to become parents, and I haven't congratulated you yet." ”

Hearing this, Linda squirmed a little, and Nelson laughed: "There are two months left, and Father Miller said it was twins...... Hehe" he was quietly pinched by Linda.

Lilia interjected, "Victor, there are still more than 1,000 pregnant women in the territory, Father Miller is too busy, I organized a medical team according to your instructions, but there are only 74 people, and the other women are busy cooking for the young man." ”

"I know you're short of people. Can you let me solve the law and order problem first?" Victor shook his head and said to Linda, "Have you caught all those murderers?"

"All imprisoned in the dungeon. ”

There are alchemy crows hovering in the air during the day, and alchemy war mastiffs patrolling the field at night, these murderers think that they can kill people and bury corpses without knowing it, that is really the wrong place!

Victor smiled and said, "Do you want to be a mother and become soft-hearted?

Linda blushed and said hatefully, "I'd love to cut off the heads of those scoundrels...... But it's your right! And ...... Father Miller's consent is also required. ”

"It's good that you can think like this!" Victor was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "I will sign the death penalty order, and I will try my best to persuade Father Miller that these villains who dare to challenge me must be publicly executed!"

"Morin, what problems are you village chiefs encountering?"

Several village chiefs glanced at each other, and Morin stood up and replied, "My lord, the village is fine, there are no problems. ”

"It's okay?" Victor sneered and said, "Lilia has encountered so many problems, but your village has no problems? I think you are compromising with outsiders, right?!"

The village chiefs stood up one after another and said in fear, "Please punish your lordship!"

Victor waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down. If there are fewer police, law and order will be chaotic, and if there are fewer soldiers, the country will be in turmoil, because the lack of power to maintain order will lead to the establishment of a new order. Humans are social creatures, and everyone wants to occupy a higher position in the group, and when they find that Randall's sheriff and escort are understaffed, they will inevitably be ready to move. They established themselves through private battles in order to squeeze their way into the middle ranks of Randall's Domain. Murders, brawls, poaching, and tandem coaxing all come from this.

The village chief has relatively weak power and is unable to suppress the struggle of the displaced people, but will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, wait for the strong ones to emerge among the displaced people, and then win them over as his own minions. As for the lords, they don't care how the village chief manages the village at all, as long as they pay the offerings on time. The village chiefs under the feudal system are all considered soil emperors.

Although Morin and these people were promoted by Victor, they are indigenous after all, and they will only govern the village according to the rules of the village chief. If Victor is really an indigenous lord, they have no problem doing this, but Victor can't look down on the inefficient feudal system, he wants to fully control the manpower and material resources in the territory, whether Randall has 10,000 or 100,000 people, they have to live and reproduce under the rules he has set.

Lilia and Nelson may not understand much of the truth, but they are loyal to Victor's will. In this process, the War Bear mercenaries are changing little by little, moving closer to Victor, and one day they will gain a higher position in the new order.

However, far water can't save the near fire, and before the Battle Bear mercenaries grow, Victor is still facing the dilemma of manpower shortage. For now, Victor wants to kill all these homeless people who are jumping up and down. However, the lord's violence can't solve all the problems, and that's because he is not violent enough. With Victor's current strength, he can't establish a new order, and if he kills the heads of the thugs, it won't be long before Lilia can only visit him in the monastery.

Victor could only solve the problem within the framework of the Radiant Codex, but at this moment he thought of the Alchemy Tower, which was enough to overthrow the Radiant Codex.

"The issue is put on hold for now. Let's go back to work. Victor commanded with gusto.

After everyone had left the room, Victor stopped Lilia.

"My dear, you wait for me at Silvermoon Manor. I'll go to the hill camp first. ”