But if you want to develop the brown sugar plantation to that extent, it will take at least ten years of operation, which is also a long-term task for the territory.

Today, there are only 26 brown sugar trees and hundreds of small saplings in the brown sugar plantation, and the brown sugar squeezed out this year is only a few hundred catties.

The large and small families of the Baron's Mansion add up to more than 100 catties.

Most of the remaining brown sugar was prepared to be supplied to the army to improve the living conditions of the soldiers. The remaining little brown sugar is reserved for the civilian officials of the territory.

The status quo in northern Xinjiang, civilian low-level bureaucrats, is indeed not as good as soldiers licking blood.

This point of brown sugar territory will be digested internally, and a large number of gold coins will not be exchanged for a year or two, and it is estimated that it will take more than ten years to make brown sugar an important source of wealth for the territory.

Richard made Sophia a glass of brown sugar water and sat comfortably on the chaise longue.

The sun was very warm today, and Sophia was lying lazily in his arms, enjoying the time of peace, and Richard was reluctant to move for a long time.

Ten years after coming to the Dawn Continent, Richard finally brought a little change to the Dawn Continent.

If the sugar industry can develop, Richard can also proudly say to others that he is the father of the sugar industry in the Dawn Continent.

If he had lived in a peaceful environment, Richard might have earned the reputation of Baron Brown Sugar.

It's a pity that in the northern frontier of the Grant Kingdom, even the upper-class nobles will face cruel competition.

Just near Harland's territory, the Stopa family was almost wiped out in the last orc war, most of Sophia's relatives died at the hands of the orcs, and the people were robbed by Baron Harden, and the territory that had been operated for decades was reduced to ruins.

This time in the orc war, the Dirham Baron became unlucky. Members of the Baron's family were slaughtered by the orcs, and the lords were swallowed up by the Harlands.

The old baron had only been dead for two years, and the heir he chose was not good, and the territory immediately went wrong.

If no one in the Dirham family wants to take over the mess, I am afraid that they will be removed from the knighthood and lose their status as nobles.

Through the grapevine, Richard heard that the Dirham family had chosen an unlucky man by lottery to become the next Baron of the Dirham. Those who didn't win the lottery took out a lot of gold coins to manage the territory together and try to maintain their aristocratic status.

Last year, the weather was generally good, the harvest in the territory was very good, and a large amount of grain was stored. In addition, Richard made war money, and received three thousand tons of grain accumulated by the dirham family for three years.

Counting the territory of the Stopa family, the amount of food resources that Richard could control reached 6,000 tons.

Even if more than 10,000 people pour into the territory, food security can basically be guaranteed.

In the spring of 3256, Richard arranged for a population of 2,000 to move into Stoppa's territory to grow grain.

The Stopa Territory has been in operation for decades, and a large amount of farmland has been reclaimed, and although it has been abandoned a lot in the past few days, it is not too difficult to restore it.

Of the three territories, the Stopa Plain has the largest number of fields, with more than 1,600 hectares of paddy fields reclaimed. If the dry land of the territory is reclaimed, the area will reach more than 30,000 hectares.

By developing this territory, Stopa can feed 100,000 people by growing food.

Three thousand people entered the territory of Stoppa, and even the farmland that had been cultivated and the villages where they lived could not be restored.

In order to restore the food production of the territory without being destroyed by the orcs, it is necessary to increase the population by 2,000 to resume farming.

The population controlled by Richard was about fifteen thousand.

The Stopa Territory is now the most populous, with as many as 6,000 people, and most of its vitality has recovered.

The orientation of the territory is mainly agricultural, and the population is almost exclusively farmers.

William led two reclamation camps, forming two larger villages. Camp 1 was the largest, and was named Rhino Horn Village because of the discovery of rhinoceros beasts.

Six hundred hectares of paddy fields have been cultivated near the village of Rhino Kok, the farthest farmland is three kilometers away from the village, and 1,600 people live in the village.

Counting the old and weak, each person has an average of five acres of land.

A strong laborer family needs to cultivate about 30 acres of farmland, and the labor intensity is already relatively heavy.

This year is the fourth year of indentured slave farming, and in the spring of the following year, they will become free people.

Later, when freedom was restored and thirty acres of land were planted, Richard's taxes were lighter than those of other lords, and there should be no doubt that ordinary people would have enough to eat.

Reclamation Camp No. 2 has a population of about 1,000 people and has cultivated 400 hectares of paddy fields.

In addition, hundreds of people live in the Bobbi brick kiln factory, and hundreds of people in other lime kilns and wood distillation kilns combined.

On the contrary, Fort Wilhelm was filled with soldiers and their relatives.

There are less than 6,000 people living in William's territory.

Richard was still in a barren state, 3,000 men were still building Fort Sophia, and the remaining few hundred began to plant brown sugar wood after spring.

As Sophia Fort was slowly built, the scale of brown sugar cultivation also increased, just enough to absorb this part of the population.

The rest can be put into cultivation.

In recent years, Haaland has been able to provide for most of his bulk of supplies.

The only bulk of the goods that need to be purchased every year is cloth, plus some small goods.

Although it is still in a state of net input, the balance of income and expenditure has gradually returned to balance.

If the rich grain of Haaland's territory is sold, the benefits will far outweigh the expenses, and the funds can be harvested for 3,000 gold coins a year.

The income of 3,000 gold coins is not enough to pay the soldiers according to the standard of the main army.

Fortunately, the soldiers in Haaland's territory were all slave soldiers, and only those who made meritorious contributions could be restored to their status as free people.

After this battle, almost all the soldiers of the two main squadrons were freed, although their salaries were only half of the main army for the time being, and the two squadrons of officers were still required 2,400 gold coins per year.

If you can't increase your financial resources, the pressure on the territory is actually very heavy.

Sophia's territory was slightly better, with only one squadron of soldiers.

The soldiers of this squadron also participated in the war, and almost all of the soldiers became free people.

It costs 1,200 gold to raise an army.

The income of the Stopa Territory is also more than that of William's Territory, the surplus grain can be sold for 4,000 gold coins, and the production of honey in Zitou Peak has also begun to increase, and the financial pressure is relatively light.

Now the surplus grain of the territory Richard is not ready to sell, so he can only continue to invest money.

Fortunately, in last year's war, Richard and Sophia made war money, and they received 12,000 gold coins in cash from Marte Castle alone.

After that, the two led troops to follow the main army, attacked the orc tribe and seized some gold coins, and the northern legion sold orc slaves, both of whom had dividends.

In addition to the rewards for soldiers and officers, the two also had 10,000 gold coins in their hands.

This 10,000 gold coins, under the premise of not expanding the army, can raise the army for three years.

However, with the addition of new territories, the expansion of the army has become imperative.

The new squadron under the command of Soros was the first to complete the formation, numbered the third squadron.

The soldiers of this squadron only had a small number of free men, most of whom were slave soldiers, and the pressure to raise the army was not very great, only four hundred gold coins per year.

In addition, Richard selected one hundred and fifty men from among the strong slaves and formed the Fourth Squadron.

This squadron is completely a slave army, the equipment is very inferior for the time being, the armor is basically absent, the weapons are mainly wooden spears, in addition to food, there is not much cost to raise the army.

Today, the Haaland family has trained five squadrons of soldiers, with a total of 800 soldiers.

For these 800 soldiers, the annual salary is 4,000 gold coins, plus the expenses for food, clothing, weapons and equipment, and 6,000 gold coins a year.

According to the income of Haaland's territory, it can only be barely afforded. It is no longer possible to throttle, and open source is imperative.

After the expansion of the army, Richard also planned to continue to buy a number of slaves to accelerate the development of the territory.

The Haaland family owes a debt of 4,000 gold coins, which Richard does not plan to pay off for the time being.

(End of chapter)