The current Kanna Territory is several times larger than before, bordering the Warcraft Mountains to the south, although there are no plans to develop it for the time being, but it does belong to Ryan in terms of ownership.

Much of the north side was in contact with the original Breslin, but it was now in the possession of Chels.

The west side is connected to the Barony of John, sandwiched together by two viscounts, and on the other side is the Warcraft Mountain Range, Baron John has completely lost the space for development and can only survive in the cracks.

To the south, it is directly connected to Martonshire, which is a buffer zone of wasteland and hills, from which the orcs invade the southern border, and can be said to be one of the frontlines of the entire southern border.

But because this is not the direction of attack of the orc army, there is no pass and a border legion stationed, and everything has to be defended by the nobles on the border.

Among them, Chelt City is the first to bear the brunt, and is at the forefront of Lintonshire's defense against orcs, so Chelt City is permanently inhabited by most of the population of Chelt Territory, and the remaining small part lives in the four small towns behind the city.

In the past, if the orcs could not capture the city of Chelt, they would make a detour to attack the Kana Territory in the rear, which seriously affected the development and construction of the Kana Territory.

The current situation is very embarrassing, there is a large plain between Dorman City and Chelt City, whether it is to develop agriculture or build a small town.

But because of the annual invasion of the orcs, Ryan didn't dare to throw it into it vigorously, for fear that the bamboo basket would be empty.

Even if eight towns were built before, they didn't dare to leave Dorman City too far, just to be able to evacuate the people in time when the orcs invaded.

In view of this embarrassing situation, Ryan has already made a change of plan, starting with making the city of Celt a semi-military fortress with a large number of soldiers stationed and a bridgehead against the orcs.

And in order to further improve this defensive circle, Ryan chose to build a new city near the Demon Beast Mountain Range, if the orcs choose to bypass the city of Celt, they will inevitably pass through here, and there is no other way for the orc army to pass through it than to siege the city.

Of course, in order to establish this defensive circle, it is definitely not possible to rely on these two cities alone, and Ryan has more details to slowly fill in, and finally truly build a copper wall.

In this way, the city of Celt and the new city will form a strong defensive line, protecting the hinterland of the plain from the threat of orcs.

At present, the construction of the new city has been going on for almost three months, and the first city wall has been built, and the speed can be said to be very fast.

This is all thanks to its geographical location, with its steel mills, cement mills, a coal mine and a copper mine all located not far from it, and its proximity to the mountains, which makes it quite easy to get the material.

This is another purpose of Lane, who wants to make this new city into a city of smelting, handicrafts, manufacturing and other industries in the near future.

At that time, the paper workshop, the alchemy potion workshop, the sugar mill and so on will all move here.

This is not destined to be a goal that can be completed in the short term, and the current population gap in the Kanna Territory is too large, so Ryan negotiated with the nobles of several surrounding territories and recruited a team of more than 10,000 migrant workers to participate in the construction of the city.

If Ryan wants to buy them directly, these nobles will definitely not be willing, but if it is hiring, there is not so much resistance, after all, the lords of the border are not very rich, and this is also a way to increase income.

What's more, most of this money is going to flow into the lord's pocket, and they can't find a reason to refuse, after all, Ryan gives too much......

Ryan stood on the top of a low hill and looked at the busy construction site below, not knowing what to think.

Levi, who had been promoted to an intermediate knight, was puzzled: "My lord, can the finances of the territory support the recruitment of so many migrant workers?" ”

Ryan smiled, pointed to the construction site below with the horsewhip in his hand and said, "Of course I can't afford it now, but I can do it later."

I don't know how many of these people are spies they have planted in them, and they all have various purposes.

I didn't care about that, after all, what they saw was what I wanted them to see, such as cement, such as liquor, paper, shoddy iron farm tools, etc.

Although these things are not difficult, they are not something they can figure out for a while, it is good that they are not moved, once they are moved, it is time for us to cut leeks. ”

Levi nodded thoughtfully, the speed and effect of cement construction are obvious to all, as long as the price is right, no nobleman can refuse.

In addition, there will be a large market for liquor and paper, and in his opinion, the market is bigger than the so-called shoddy farm tools.

No matter how shoddy it is, it is also iron, and it can greatly increase efficiency when used in agriculture. When it melts, it can be turned into a weapon.

Not every nobleman owns a large iron mine like Ryan, and steel has a fatal attraction for border lords.

The profit margins of these things are very large, and the relative selling price is not cheap.

If these lords were tempted, with their stingy nature, most of them were offset by the remuneration of the laborers, which would have played into Ryan's favor, and he would have been able to afford to replace the actual coins with cheap cement, paper, and sugar.

Sure enough, as Ryan expected, but in half a month, after these lords found that they couldn't get the production process of these things, they sent people to find Ryan and put forward the intention of buying or cooperating.

All kinds of orders flew in like snowflakes, and in the end, not only did they completely pay off the cost of hiring migrant workers for a year, but also made a lot of money.

That's not all, after this wave of operations, more and more thoughtful merchants noticed the borderland of Canal, and for a while, more and more caravans came to Dorman City to trade.

They brought spices, salt, cloth, and other things in exchange for and bought liquor, paper, sugar, cement, and other goods, which were then sold elsewhere, and then sold at high prices, so that these merchants could eat a lot of money.

Their success also attracted more merchants to Carna, and Dorman City gradually became lively and busy, and became much more famous, becoming a veritable second city in Lintonshire......

"These people bought white paper from us for five hundred pieces of silver and sold it for close to thirty silver dele, and these people are really ruthless."

The financial officer Fitlore looked at the report of his investigation, and couldn't help but be stunned, he thought that it would be enough for him to sell ten times the price of five hundred pieces of paper that cost one silver Dele, but he didn't expect these second-tier dealers to sell it for nearly thirty times the sky-high price, and the sales were quite good.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that paper has always been a proper luxury, and it used to be made of animal skin paper, which was thick and rough, and the price was calculated by the sheet, and the price of five hundred pieces of animal skin paper of the same size is now about one hundred silver Dele.

And paper, although in many ways inferior to animal skin paper, but thin and delicate, writing more smooth and beautiful, these are very sought after by the aristocracy.

What's more, the price is also much cheaper than the expensive vellum paper, and 500 pieces of 30 silver deleks is really about the same price as cabbage for them, so it is not surprising that they sell well in such a comparison.

"It's a really eye-popping gain, and it's time for us to get a piece of the pie." Fitrol's fingers flicked lightly with the information in his hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth......

The next day, Lane officially issued an order to reopen the water trade route, and the originally mothballed Chert Collar Pier was officially put into use, and a suitable site was selected to build a second pier in the river near Dorman City.

With no previous experience trading by water, Ryan ordered the recruitment of experienced crews from all over the territory, and Fitrol, the treasurer, personally led the team.

The first time was to accumulate experience, so Ryan didn't ask them much, so as not to put unnecessary pressure on them.

Before the Chert Territory, the water trade routes had been relatively mature, and many people relied on the water for food, so the crew was quickly recruited.

The most important ships in the trade are very simple, just use the ones left by the Archie family before, a total of eight large ships, and Ryan did not leave any of them, all of them were allocated to Fitrol.

Each of these ships can carry more than 100 people, and the cabin space is large, and it can carry a lot of cargo.

Ryan had modified the ships before that, six of them were merchant ships, each with a twenty-five guard, each carefully selected from the army to conduct at least normal water warfare.

Each one was armed with a sword at his waist, carried a bow and crossbow, and wore light leather armor.

In addition, each merchant ship must be equipped with a miniaturized trebuchet, which is the latest achievement of the craftsmen on the trebuchet, which is greatly reduced in size, but can maintain seventy percent of the power of the original, more than enough to deal with wooden boats on the water, enough to serve as a deterrent to the small ones.

And that's just the defense of the merchant ships, the other two were converted directly into armed ships, each full of a hundred soldiers, also equipped with trebuchets.

That's not all, these two ships do not carry any cargo, and in addition to stone bullets, they are other expendable weapons in the cabin, which directly serve as the caravan's knife guards.

Considering the value of the caravan's cargo, Ryan also assigned a knight to each of the two armed ships, one of whom held a thousand-machine repeater, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

In this way, Ryan arranged for this caravan with 500 heavily armed soldiers as escorts, all led by Thea, the only female knight in the territory.

In addition, the caravan recruited a crew of more than 300 people, who would be responsible for the weekday operation of the fleet, led by the treasurer Fitrol.

Everything is ready and all it takes is the east wind, and as long as the cargo is filled with six cargo ships, the fleet can officially depart

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In February, the weather gradually warmed up, but it was still a little cold.

Not far from the city of Cert, the wide Linton River bypasses, a large river that runs through most of the southern border, and if you have a boat, you can follow this river to hundreds of territories along the coast.

This is the river vein of the entire South, containing great wealth, and the Archie family once relied on this river to hold the front line of the orc invasion for hundreds of years.

And now, Ryan will also rely on this river to make the economy of Cana Collar take off again!

Today is the day of the departure of the fleet, and the docks are very busy, and many coolies are constantly carrying the materials piled up on the docks one after another onto the merchant ships.

These goods may not be so precious in the Kanna collar, but they are "luxuries" sought after by many nobles outside, such as liquor, green sugar, perfumes, etc.

In order to prevent these laborers from making small moves, Xiya, who was dressed in fiery red leather armor, personally led the soldiers to stare at the dock, and the murderous appearance made the laborers present shudder, and they didn't dare to raise their heads.

And among these people, there is a peculiar existence, that is an unusually strong man, more than 1.8 meters tall, and he looks very honest.

He was wearing a set of short-sleeved linen clothes, and on his exposed half-bronze arms, the muscle lines were unusually perfect, and he looked like he had been specially trained.

He wears a broken straw hat on his head and a dark towel around his neck.

Hundreds of pounds of boxes, he carried one on his shoulder, but he still walked like flying, attracting frequent sideways glances from the people around him.

Xia Ya naturally also discovered this big man, she had been observing him for a long time, but the other party behaved very well, and his work was very neat, and there was no fighting spirit or magic fluctuations on his body, as if he was a strong mortal.

Although she felt a little suspicious, the other party didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and she naturally couldn't interrogate him for no reason, so she had to let people observe him closely.

After receiving the wages from the steward, he sat down with the rest of the coolies like the other coolies, and talked harmoniously with the others.

When Xiya asked, she found out that the strong man had been working as a coolie at the dock for almost a month, and his identity was a refugee who had fled from afar, and the officials had arranged a temporary settlement for him in the city of Cert, and he had no regular job to make a living as a coolie.

It didn't seem to be a problem, but just as Ryan arrived at the dock and was ready to send the fleet away, she withdrew her gaze.

The moment her gaze shifted, the tense muscles in the strong man's body finally relaxed, and he felt it from the first time Thea saw him, when he thought his identity was recognized.

He could feel that the woman's strength was not weak, and with so many soldiers on the dock, he might not be able to deal with it, and he was already ready to escape, but now it seemed to be a false alarm.

"Oh, that's the lord, he's a benevolent nobleman, and he's paid much more than the previous Lord Archie." A middle-aged man beside the strong man suddenly pointed to Ryan who was surrounded on the dock and said with emotion.

The strong man followed his finger and looked over, this was the first time he had seen Ryan, but he didn't expect the other party to be so young.

Ryan in the crowd felt something, turned his head to look at the crowd in the distance, and met the strong man's gaze.

The strong man was suddenly startled, and he was very shocked in his heart: "He found me?" ”

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(End of chapter)