For Elder Pudde, no matter how many times he heard rumors from the outside world, it was not as good as what Ian himself said to him.

Although Ian has been arraigning Port Harrison recently and reporting good news, this time the good news is undoubtedly the biggest.

"Noble Reward!"

Hearing Ian say the word to himself on the other end of the telecomm, Elder Pud felt his heart stop beating for a moment.

The old man of the White People, who had the characteristics of a dwarf, stood by the window of his elders' hall in a daze, and for some reason, Elder Pude suddenly felt a gust of autumn breeze blowing, which matched the warm midday sun, which made him feel a little drunk.

The end of the year is approaching.

The old man looked out the window at Harrison Harbor, where he had come to a small wooden fortress on the Southridge Frontier with four or five scattered gathering places, and at that time he wanted to vomit when he smelled the fishy smell of the tide.

But now, whether it is the blue sea in the distance or the clear blue sky, he feels familiar and nostalgic, and even ...... Bring the warmth of home.

He'd lived here far too long, longer than the imperial capital, longer than he had been with his family, Port Harrison had become his second home, the soft sunlight of the coastal city flowed on the windowsill before his eyes, the clouds and wind in the sky changed, and the thriving White Folk community was built with sturdy and comfortable buildings.

But soon, he will have a third home.

A hometown that is far away, but represents greater hope.

- Finally, can the family finally become great again?!

[Elder? 】

The old man heard Ian's somewhat puzzled voice, and smiled a little teasingly: "You won't cry, will you? There's no need, my achievements will be even greater in the future, I'm so excited now, how many times should I be excited in the future]

"Nonsense!"

The old man rubbed his eyes, and he scolded the junior, who had never been very good at talking: "It's just good news, you won't communicate with me." Say, how many more people? ”

Elder Pud knew Ian very well, and the other party was very sensible, and he definitely didn't need to worry about the planning of the territory himself—so if he sent a special communication, it was definitely not for the sake of simply reporting the good news—this guy didn't have that sense of ritual at all, everything was taken for granted to him, and failure was more curious to him than success.

After all...... Surely the prophet is so unpleasant.

[A batch is indeed needed]

Ian: [But more important is the family coat of arms and the surname - shall we revert to the surname Chehalorvo, or should I think of a new one?] And heraldry.,I don't know how to design this thing.,I'm too lazy to bother]

"Not enabled."

The elder settled down, and he said in a deep voice: "Chehalorvo is the alliance name used by several white people clans in the Northland Silver Peak back then, it doesn't mean anything in the first place, and there is a stain behind this surname, and it may not be good for you to use it again." ”

Although the old man has spent his whole life looking for the glory of the family, he is not stupid, and now who can represent the future of the family and itself, Elder Pude can still tell the difference.

After thinking about it, the old man gave a compromise answer: "If you don't mind, you can directly use 'Yinfeng', after all, that is the origin of the family." As for heraldry...... This generally depends on the landmarks of the family's original territory, and our coat of arms back then was the 'Mountain of the Five Peaks', which represented the five White People clans that originally united into the family. Of course, there is a complete fusion later. ”

"As for now, I remember that the current Lai'an Territory has a lake and a mountain, and it should be a mountain peak, surrounded by lakes below......"

In fact, the surnames of many of Terra's nobles are like this.

For example, the Settar of the Settar Empire means the ordinary 'Skylight' or 'Thousand Suns', which refers to 'all the light sources in the sky', in other words, it can be called the 'Celestial Light Empire', the Eternal Day Empire, or the 'Thousand Suns Empire'.

The Heavenly Court can also be called the 'Court of the Heemores', and the Khan family is the Heemol family, which means both 'the sky', 'everything in the sky and the earth' and 'the vastness'.

The same is true of the Silver Peak, pronounced 'Aljomon', which means 'majestic and indestructible' and 'the mountain that supports the heavenly vault', and is a well-known mountain in the mythology of Ancient Terra, which is very much in line with the vision of the boy himself.

With his surname, Ian doesn't feel bad.

Only by remembering his origin can he have a future, and without the support of Bai Zhimin, he didn't even have the soldiers he brought at the beginning.

What's more, this must be something that Elder Pude has been thinking about all his life—he himself doesn't care, of course he listens to the old man.

"It's all up to you."

Standing on the third floor of the town hall, Ian stared out the window at the layers of green mountains of the Bison Mountains, the moist air and the cool breeze made the skin feel a little wet, but as the sun shone on the earth, the wind became dry and comfortable.

It is late autumn at this moment, and the emerald green of the mountains has begun to drape a layer of brown, red and brown in the depths, and the colorful colors herald the arrival of the next season and the beginning of a new era.

The construction of the territory has begun to enter the right track, and the total number of people who have signed up for the tax officer examination in the first batch has exceeded 500 people, from all walks of life, all kinds of identities, it can be said that those who have a certain confidence in their mathematics and cultural level, and the people who have a little strength in their families have basically participated.

The next step is to prepare for the exam, and in addition to the written test and interview, Ian plans to secretly conduct another 'political censorship' - not to really censor any political leanings, but to find out whether these people's social backgrounds are unreliable and whether they will be easily seduced by the mountain people or the Flying Flames.

The census and the rough estimate of cultivated land are underway, and because of the help of sublimators such as Qingchao and Blue Electric, the speed is extremely fast, and the preliminary results will be available in about a few days.

Now, of course, the closest thing is the huge construction site being erected next to Lake Xiahui – on a rocky ground on the shores of the lake, artisans have cleared a large area of flat land and are carrying out exploration work there before excavating the foundations, and it is called the 'New Agricultural Experiment Pilot Area'.

The craftsmen from Mr. Silverfang's side have not yet arrived, and the most important hydroponic liquid of the hydroponic farm is still being developed in the alchemy workshop, but thanks to Baron Ryan's previous experiments, Ian does not have to start from scratch, but he has invested a lot of new money.

Thinking of this, Ian ended his imagination about the development of the territory, and he continued to say to the other end of the communication, "Elder, I do need a group of people. You don't need to be more elite, but you must be innocent and a little more reliable, and then I will transfer a file to the past, and I will screen people according to that condition. ”

[Within the clan or the entire port?] Elder Pude was still a little fluttering, and he knew that his very happy voice came from the sound: [The clan has prepared a lot for you, and if you want to mobilize a word, the outsiders in the port will need time]

"Both." Ian said calmly, "Also, I remember that recently, the Sequoia people have also been allowed to work in Hong Kong, right?" I need them too. ”

【Indigenous?】 That's easy, but I don't know your standard ......]

Elder Pude was a little puzzled, but he still agreed: "Just do as you say]

Buzzing...... In the Hall of Elders, a layer of text appeared on the crystal board.

The old man picked it up and read: "First, I was born innocent, and my parents have traces for three generations. ”

"Second, there is no criminal record in the family, and neither the parents nor the children are considered."

"Third, it is best to have hostility towards the Flying Flame Land, and it is best to have enmity with the Flying Flame Land at home."

"Fourth, be willing to try new things."

"Fifth, if you can read and hyphenate words is the best, you must at least have a written foundation."

After reading the contents of the documents on the crystal board, Elder Pude frowned slightly: "If you continue to screen like this, there are not many people who can pass. Especially the indigenous people, they don't have a single literate person, and it is even more difficult to have traces to follow. ”

[Words are not a hard and fast indicator, and besides, the review on my side will only be stricter] Ian said on the other end of the communication: [What I need is a group of basic backbones, the kind of reliable people who can directly appoint characters after being educated, so don't worry that I don't need them]

[As for the natives, it is a bit of a special use, anyway, I will not discriminate against them, but their blood is indeed special, I have a little guess that they need to be tested, which can clearly tell them, I will use the standard of alchemy observation to pay them]

"Ian." Elder Pude reminded: "The officials of your territory must not all use our own people - it is better not to do this, you should also allocate a little official position to the people in your territory, otherwise, they will not be able to work." ”

"You are now a lord, not the head of a large family, these are two completely different realms."

[Hmm]

And Ian seems to have thought about this problem for a long time, and he calmly responded: [There are a lot of things that need to be done next, but they haven't been cultivated yet, and I definitely won't forget to leave a channel for the locals to rise]

[However, if you want to develop at the fastest speed, local talents are definitely not enough, at least not enough to use them]

After finishing getting down to business, Ian smiled and asked, "How is the city lately?" Is there anything big going on? How about Elam? 】

"Elan is very good." Elder Pude sighed, "His recent signs of psionic energy have become more and more obvious, and some time ago I could even sense that you were in a good mood directly from the church—not long after, I received a communication from you that you had completely defeated the mountain people's forces. ”

"However, this ability is not effective from time to time, and there is still a long way to go before it is fully awakened. The body is getting better and better, although the training in Huaiguang is mainly meditation, but the food nutrients of various specialties are worth learning, and I plan to learn a little bit to cultivate the young people in the clan. ”

"As for the big ......"

Elder Pude thought for a moment, and then teased: "Recently, two goblins came over and went to investigate the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, but halfway through the boat, they were hit by the steel armored shark again. ”

"Some time ago, there was a group of elves who also wanted to investigate the South China Sea Labyrinth, and they were also hit by the steel armored shark - the big man who led the team, it seems that the oak master is quite happy, saying that this shark is very healthy, and it will definitely become the third energy level in the future, Ian, you really didn't see Ayers's black face......"

Elder Pud of course knew that Birch and Frostbutterfly were friends with Ian, and the two had even communicated remotely, and the two goblins had also come to visit the White People.

And Elder Pud also knew that the shark shark was Ian's partner, so after knowing that the shark had hit the elf's boat, he was not only shocked, but also a little wanted to laugh.

- Grass, the shark hit its own boat!

After hearing the news, Ian had a hard time holding back in his heart.

He didn't expect the shark shark to be so bold, not to mention the goblin of the second energy level, even the boat of the third energy level powerhouse of the Oak Master dared to crash!

Fortunately, the other party just likes sharks very much, and I guess it's quite fun to be hit...... But what if you encounter a third level with malice?

And although the birch frost butterfly can fly, he doesn't have to worry, but this shark is too energetic, right? How do you feel like you hit a boat when you see it?

I'll have to find a time to contact remotely, this shark just isn't reassuring!

As for Viscount Grant's black face...... Hey, whatever, anyway, Ian told him that the Viscount's ship can't be hit, and he can come in if he wants.

That's about it.

Elder Pud plans to send two groups of relocated people to Ryan Collar before the end of the year. The first batch is all white people, more than 200 people, and the second batch depends on how many people can be recruited in the port.

After determining this, Ian sat in a chair in the town hall office and calculated in his heart: "Of the fifteen thousand thalers' start-up capital, more than nine thousand have been spent, and there are about five thousand four hundred left." Most of the construction of the Ryan Collar was a batch of funds left by the local Chamber of Commerce and Baron Ryan, and now it is almost spent. ”

"It's really still like running water."

Although more than 5,000 thalers can be regarded as a huge amount of money anywhere, it is enough to cultivate a sublimator, but if you think about it the other way, you can also cultivate a little more sublimator.

Not to mention anything else, Scott's potion materials are also on the way, if Ian himself is not an alchemist, the recipes are all ready-made, so much money, he is estimated to have trained his deputy into a sublimator.

"We've got to figure out how to get some money."

However, if you want to make a whole money, it is not an easy life.

"Today, the main population of Lean Ling is about 70,000. Among these 70,000 people, more than 80 percent of them are engaged in farming, while the other 20 percent are basically simple sand mining, logging, mining and stonemasonry, and only a small number of people are engaged in oil processing and alchemy material processing. ”

The next evening, the census and the inventory of cultivated land were largely over.

Ian and his team held a meeting at the town hall, which also gave a lecture: "The reason why Lai'an City is in such a corner and has such good conditions but cannot be effectively developed is precisely because of the imbalance in the industrial structure - except for some of the equipment for the processing of alchemy raw materials, most of the other goods in Lai'an City need to be purchased from Nauman City, which is invisibly suppressed. ”

"That's why the capacity is not enough to meet the demand of the territory."

"We don't have a blacksmith shop, a workshop in alchemy of materials, it's not difficult to build in this area, I have the experience, I can also hire craftsmen from Nauman City, and I've already planned a new vacant lot in the west of the city to house the future large production workshop."

Qingchao, Scott was taking notes, and Adbert listened attentively.

"The population is completely insufficient, and we must liberate a part of the agricultural population and invest it in processing and industrial production."

Ian drew a circle on the plan: "In addition, although the refugees in the West have gradually ended with the actions of Grand Duke Thorin, the food shortage has caused many of the originally resettled West refugees in the South Ridge to be unable to sustain their lives - this is a good time to increase the population, Scott, you plan your outreach to attract those refugees and displaced people, and there is food in the territory." ”

"As for the raw materials for alchemy production, let's take a look at the summary of cultivated land here."

Ian took another document, and the water system essentia condensed strings of cold numbers and inscriptions in mid-air, showing the boy's excellent essentia manipulation ability.

He read the document himself, and presented it to the others in larger font: "There are more than 90,000 acres of cultivated land in the territory, of which 5,000 acres, that is, the sea of flowers surrounding the city of Lai'an and a few gentle areas on the shore of the lake, which are suitable for growing glow grass. This is an exaggerated number, but the number per capita is very small, and these key fields are even divided into more than 400 plantations, which are managed by the city's professional growers who grow the glow grass. ”

"Ninety thousand acres of land, plus the forest farm and the cultivation land of Xiahui grass, in addition to the cost of planting, urban consumption and various salaries, the tax revenue for the empire and the special products supplied to Nauman City and the imperial capital at a flat price, the net profit is about 150,000 to 200,000 thalers per year, most of which are in the 'spiritual energy nourishment extract' extracted from Xiahui grass."

"On the side of the Lord's Palace, that is, the net gold that is completely at my disposal, counting the profits and taxes of the Xia Hui Grass, it is about 70,000 tales per year, and the rest must maintain the territory, maintain the operation of the alchemy workshop, and various subsidies for other farmers. Viscount Ryan is generous, he basically used half of the money to support the people, no wonder when the census in Xiahui City was carried out, it was found that there were many literate people, and everyone supported him. ”

"If he hadn't secretly hunted passers-by and even the people as his experimental materials, the Ryan family's rule here would have been really solid."

Speaking of this, Ian concluded: "This year is a famine year, and Baron Ryan has already harvested all the glow grass, and if he wants to make money, at least this year, he can't count on it, so if he wants to make a profit in this area, he will either wait for a year, or wait for the construction of a hydroponic farm." ”

"Shadow, have you and Amber achieved anything?"

"Yes!"

Hearing Ian's roll call, Adbert reported to Ian very skillfully: "The 'high-energy crop cultivation liquid' that I helped the local alchemy workshop break through some time ago is actually the prototype of the 'Xiahui Grass Cultivation Liquid' that Ian asked for, but it is a special fertilizer, which is different from the 'hydroponic liquid' that Ian asked for, so we have been studying this recently, and after taking the water samples of Xiahui Lake, we have already had some results." ”

"The water of Xiahui Lake is rich in a large number of essentia and rare minerals, and this essentia fluctuation is the main condition for the growth of Xiahui grass, and minerals are necessary for the growth of Xiahui grass.

In Terra, because of the flourishing of alchemy, the concept of 'hydroponic liquid' proposed by Ian does not confuse alchemists, but rather, most of them have the experience of cultivating some plants without soil, not to mention some psionic powers, sublimation plants are originally grown in water, and they don't need soil to live.

On Earth, hydroponic fluids are formulated, and different plants require different concentrations and nutrients, and if Adalbert and Amber can develop the first generation of experiments, Ian will soon be able to complete it into a complete whole.

"The biggest problem is the lack of arable land."

This is Scott's report, and after summarizing all the data that Ian said before, he couldn't help but shake his head: "Although the conditions of Xiahui City are very good, there are still too few Xiahui grass parks, and it restricts the development of the city - the sea of flowers has stuck the entire urban area of the city, and if we want to expand the scale of production in the future, we must open up new urban areas." ”

And even so, the city and the Xiahui grass park compete for the precious essentia-rich area close to the lake...... My lord, this is a big question. ”

"I understand."

Ian put down the document in his hand, and he nodded slightly: "Theoretically, there should not be a city around Xiahui Lake, this is a essentia enrichment area, and it is best to have all farmland. But this is not possible, essentia enrichment areas are also beneficial to the human body, and people are more important. ”

"But it's not really a big problem – because the most critical growing conditions for the grass are essentia concentration and some rare minerals, which can be met without soil, and essentia concentration is ...... It is a three-dimensional distribution process, in other words, there are many essentia and psionic fields in mid-air. ”

"Since there is not enough arable land on the ground, we will build high-rise buildings to produce!"

This concept, Ian has said many times.

The so-called hydroponic farm is essentially a technology that does not use land and only uses water to provide nutrients for plants to grow.

In Ian's previous life, the earth was a very mature technology, widely used in various space cities and satellite colonies, and the utilization rate of the three-dimensional environment was extremely high.

Lake Xiahui itself can provide a large amount of initial water source, and it is an excellent hydroponic base.

But in addition to the farm itself, there are still many technologies to overcome.

For example, air circulation, nutrient solution circulation, and artificial sunlight irradiation circulation all require intelligent AI to control...... Although there is AI in Terra, Ian has not yet built it, and until then, he can have a group of trained growers do it manually.

The effect is the same.

Because of the stable control of temperature and humidity, as well as sunlight and nutrients, the crops in the hydroponic farm will mature faster and better than normal planting, which can shorten the growth cycle by nearly half and increase the yield.

The cost will be large at first, but it will be reduced later.

And because of the multi-storey high-rise buildings, the utilization rate of the essentia environment around Xiahui City is higher, and the maturity rate is also higher - for example, in the original Lai'an City, there may not be a fully mature Xiahui grass in one acre of land, but in the hydroponic farm, one acre may be able to produce one or two!

In this way, it is likely that a building with nearly 20 acres of land can produce nearly 50 acres of land in the past.

As long as a few more buildings are built and the scale is formed, the available Xiahui grass arable land will be a fraction more out of thin air! This represents tens of thousands of thalers' net gains.

Compared to this benefit, the cost is simply insignificant.

You must know that in the entire Lai'an Collar, there are only 5,000 acres of area that can be planted with Xiahui grass...... If all the three-dimensional spaces contained in these plots are covered by soilless cultivation technology, taking into account the cost, growth cycle and maturity rate, then the yield can even be increased by four to five times in the optimization calculation!

In other words, the total profit of the territory may come to the huge of 600,000 thalers to 1 million thalers!

Of course, this is the optimal situation, and there is no such ceiling in the laboratory.

In fact, as long as the annual GDP can reach 300,000 thalers, the territory will be able to give back enough to Ian - not to mention that the armor can be dismantled at will, and the materials of the third energy level can also be prospected.

Of course, this is also the good foundation of Xiahui Lake, and in other barren territories, Ian would rather go hunting and do tasks to cheat research funds than run it.

There is a change at 8 o'clock, ask for a double monthly pass!

(End of chapter)