The meeting lasted a whole day, and at noon everyone continued after the buffet.

Through the meeting, Justin had a clearer understanding of the various strengths of the territory:

First, the population of the fiefdom reached 4 million, of which freemen accounted for 0.1% of the total population, mostly original slaves and the first purchased slaves, as well as government officials of all levels and merchants and craftsmen who had moved to the city in other cities;

2. The population of 81 cities and towns is basically 10,000, and the number of well-developed villages and towns has even reached 100,000. Since the sea area of 200 nautical miles adjacent to the land was ceded by the Sea Crab Demon King to the Thorn Lord, the nine coastal villages and towns expanded greatly after learning the news, and finally the government affairs department supplemented a large number of slave labor, which made these nine coastal villages and towns develop rapidly;

Third, the business is developing rapidly. After more than a year of development, Baiwei Zhai has been stationed in nearly 100 cities of the Demon Cloud Empire, including principalities and kingdoms;

Department Store is in line with the development of Baiwei Zhai and Xiangxiang Pavilion, in nearly 100 cities to open business, all kinds of seafood sales are the most prosperous, followed by all kinds of grains and pastures planted on the land cultivated by the ash eaters, the price of the grain with the word thorn collar exceeds the price of other grains by 30%, and the various livestock that eat the grass grown on this land is more than 50% of the price of other livestock;

The most important thing is that Justin has made an important breakthrough in the essence of flowers that he asked to make, and the perfume made from all kinds of flowers planted in patches is even more expensive, in fact, it is also the alchemist that Justin asked Vivian to find is particularly biased, and he loves to study this strange idea, so he gathered nearly twenty alchemists to complete the refining formula, and it was set as top secret. Due to the low production, most of them went to the Elven Empire, and a small amount was sold at a high price through the Fragrance Pavilion.

The elves of the Elven Empire are crazy about this perfume, second only to the spiritual liquid that nourishes the Elven Sacred Tree. Now the Elven Empire is excited about the inability to establish trade relations in the first place, and now Jia Na and other people who were strongly opposed to trade at the beginning are regarded as a mouse's eyes by the Elves, and the family power has been weakened a lot.

At the same time, in terms of delicate paper, ink and pens, Thorn Collar gathered relevant craftsmen to conduct research for more than half a year, and finally produced gorgeous paper, various scented inks, and various beautiful writing pens and painting pens. Due to the fact that these goods can be produced in large quantities, they are not only sold to the Elven Empire, but also sold to major cities through department stores, not only the Elves have replaced the original way of keeping records of leaves, but other nobles are also proud to use various items from the Thorn Collar.

Fourth, the prosperity and development of various research institutions and training institutions. Seeing that the original model of developing seafood recipes in the territory led to the popularity of seafood eating, the government affairs department has set up research departments among craftsmen from all walks of life, and borrowed the method of dividing dishes to reward innovative discoveries and creations, so that all walks of life have developed rapidly.

At the same time, the territory also set up a variety of technical training schools, which can be said to be the first in the whole Cangmang Continent, because there are only magic and fighting spirit and other related colleges on the Cangmang Continent, and the handicraft industry as a low-status job, most of them are hereditary development, at this time, after having a school, it broke the technical monopoly, making all kinds of restaurants, various handicraft workshops, etc. bloom everywhere, not only in the territory to be supported, but also open all over the major cities.

5. In terms of foreign affairs, the Elven Empire has repeatedly urged the Thorn Leader to establish a commercial relationship between the two places, but the Thorn Leader has been delayed again and again, all because the Thorn Leader has doubts about the trade between the two places because he was rejected last time, so he has postponed the upgrade of the two places to normal trade relations.

Not to mention the Ogre Clan's side, although Dubibi has been in retreat, the Thorn Collar has never sent less food, and often sends more according to the increase in the number of Ogre Clan's demon mouths, winning the approval of all Ogres.

The relationship between the beasts is relatively poor, and since almost the entire fox clan has migrated to the Thorn Realm, there are only a few left that cannot be easily left. The other orcs heard the propaganda of the fox clan and the orc slaves living in the thorn realm, and also sent people to investigate it many times, although the thorn realm did not reach a commercial cooperative relationship with the beast kingdom, but except for some groups hostile to the fox clan, the other races all did business with the thorn collar openly or covertly.

In terms of sea routes, the orcs of the Thorn Territory finally contacted the fish-people after several twists and turns, and after negotiation, they were considered to have a relationship, and the fish-people transported the goods to the nearest bay of the northern wasteland, and then the orcs sent people to pick up the goods. The opening of this trade route made the goods of the Thorn Realm be marketed to the beast clan, especially the various high-end livestock and grain of the Thorn Realm, which was especially loved by the high-level of the beast country. The Fish-People are also willing to go with the flow and are willing to establish a business relationship with the Thorn Collar when they get 20% of the net profit.

The Thorn Collar not only transports goods to the beast country, but also imports various ores and other materials from the beast country to make various weapons and agricultural tools. Due to the Thorn Collar's vigorous research and development of sea vessels, the load of sea vessels has also increased from thousands of kilograms to tens of thousands of kilograms, which greatly reduces the time and cost of transporting goods.

The Sea Clan and other ethnic groups are still in zero contact due to the difficulty of finding traces, so the development of the Thorn Realm's foreign affairs still needs to be explored.

6. In terms of army building: First, the Thorn Leader has established a 500-man ogre team, which will provide all kinds of training; second, Zhuyuv's infantry team has expanded to 30,000 people, of which 10,000 are purchased prisoners of war; third, Lombir's cavalry team is limited by only 5,000 horses, and it is only a light cavalry team; finally, according to the characteristics of transporting a large number of soldiers by sea ships, Justin has trained a sea and land combat unit suitable for landing and fighting by sea, and has formed a separate army, totaling more than 5,000 people. The training of these four major arms has been on the right track, and a large number of auxiliary troops such as longbow teams, short bow teams, and spear teams have also been set up, and the number of Terran troops has reached 50,000. The training of these units Justin watched many times, and due to the lack of actual combat, Justin was noncommittal, but still very happy.

7. Financial: The territory has fully realized a net income of nearly one million gold coins, which is still achieved on the basis of a large purchase of various materials and slaves. The main reason is that the goods sent to the elves are too profitable, such as perfume, pen, ink and paper, which completely exceeds the total profits of other trades. Since the Thorn Collar also buys a lot of elven products to sell, it can also earn a lot of price difference.

At the meeting, Justin vigorously commended the hard work of the ministers, and at the same time decided that Kellens should formulate reward rules to benefit the government personnel at the grassroots level. The reward will be in the form of a shopping voucher that can be exchanged for various goods at the department store, which was proposed by Vivien and approved by the Chancellor.

Karlens asked euphemistically that Lekdi and the other two men and their slaves had been imprisoned for more than a year, and they didn't know what the lord would do?

Justin asked, "Has the Lord of the Ark ever said something?"

Karlens smiled wryly, "Ignore it." The imperial capital thought that what Lekedi did was completely private and could not represent the will of the Ark City Lord, so he ......"

Justin thought for a moment and asked, "What are the consequences of setting up a card to collect taxes, offending the fiefdom lord, and trying to assassinate the fiefdom lord?"

Karlens replied: "The first two are not serious, and the last is punishable by death." ”

Justin said, "The last time I had a casual conversation with the ogre king Dubie, he mentioned that there might be mineral deposits two hundred kilometers southwest of the Thorn Realm, or he learned about it through the ash eater, so it should be accurate. So send those people to mine, waste recycling. ”

Karlens hesitated, but finally agreed to Justin's decision.

After the meeting, Justin spent a few days alone with Vivian, Jia Ling, and Qing Jiuling, and at the same time praised Jia Ling's progress in magic cultivation, because Jia Ling was already close to a ninth-level magic apprentice and would soon be able to become a junior magician.

Justin sorted out the items in the secret room in his bedroom, except for books related to cultivation and other items, he had sold all the other treasured jewels through Vivien, and the large boxes in the past were gone, only the boxes containing the books on magic training and swordsman cultivation remained. Every time Justin returned to the fort, he would bring a few of these books to the cultivation place to read, and he was already completely proficient in memorizing them. Take out the books suitable for the cultivation of junior magicians and the skill books of the first-level water system spells, which are prepared for Jia Ling.

After putting the inventory in the chamber in order, Justin walked out of the chamber. Then ask Jia Fang and Jia Fei to hand over the book to Jia Ling. For some reason, Justin had a strong premonition that he was likely to go to the imperial capital in the near future, so he had to arrange everything in order and not miss anything.

Justin knew that the trip to the imperial capital would not be smooth sailing, and that he would likely encounter all kinds of unpredictable risks and crises, and he had to be extremely cautious.

After many meetings with the ministers of various departments, Justin arranged all the affairs of the government before leaving for the ogre tribe. Warmly welcomed by the ogre priests and elders, Justin proposed to let the ogres pay more attention to the Thorn Collar, and hope that the ogres would rescue them if they encountered an invasion by masters. The elders and priests of the ogre clan were full of answers.

Although Dubibi was still in retreat, Justin did not see him, but he was satisfied, after all, he was second only to the ogre king Dubie in popularity. Then a thought resurfaced in his heart - to absorb and merge the ogre, and make it his vassal.

In a hurry, two months passed, and eight more months were Justin's sixteenth birthday. The development of the Thorn Territory has long been coveted by the powerful families of the Empire, but the position of the Thorn Territory determines that they cannot divide or embezzle the development results of the Thorn Territory, but can only choose to cooperate. It's just that Justin is only willing to give up a small part of his interests, and he can't let those powerful families look at it at all, so they unite to have the empire issue an edict summoning Justin to the imperial capital.

Vivien had already rushed to the imperial capital a month ago, hoping to dredge up some relations for Justin, so that Justin could have some help in the imperial capital, but with little success, after all, the power to covet the development of Justin's thorn collar was too great, and many princes were involved. So Vivien was also uneasy.

Justin naturally didn't know that Vivian's efforts were hindered in the imperial capital, and during this time he had been insisting on meditation and swordsman cultivation, and mainly focused on swordsman cultivation, and finally broke through to the realm of the Great Swordsman. His spiritual power has already reached the level of a magician, but he still hasn't broken through to the realm of a great magician.

Half a year before he was sixteen years old, Justin received an envoy from the imperial capital, issued the imperial decree, and asked Justin to accompany them to the imperial capital to prepare for the award.

After Justin had set up the envoys, he summoned all the ministers to discuss the affairs of the territory and arrange all the matters properly, so he wanted to gather Durala and lead a hundred ogres to follow him north. Jia Fang and Jia Fei thought that the ogre clan could not serve Justin well, and insisted on following Justin north. Although Justin is accustomed to hardship, he will not let go of comfort and enjoyment, so he has to mix with a group of ogres, and finally agrees to Jia Fang's request to be accompanied by Jia Fafei.

The next day, facing the rising sun, Justin followed the envoy on the road to the imperial capital.

(Volume 1 of the Chronicle of the Thorn Realm has ended)

The Imperial Capital is about to begin:

pretending to be a fool and causing trouble;

The emperor made good friends and took advantage of the situation to establish his authority;

make trouble in the imperial capital, and have the courage to fatten himself;

Sincere study, the tutor is pleased;

Gifted students, abide by the rules of our college;

All the hearts of the people, I return to my heart.

Alliance Baibao, Jia Wei is a good match;

Seeing that the situation is not good, he got out of danger by backdoor.

Diving into the sea, there is a lot to do.