When Richard returned to the territory, he immediately gave Löster a long vacation to visit his relatives in the kingdom of Lane.

Richard fulfilled his promise, which moved Lossher so much that he fell to the ground on one knee, gave Richard a salute of allegiance, and simply left Haaland's collar.

This trip to the kingdom of Lane is more than 3,000 kilometers round trip.

This farewell may not have the opportunity to meet in the future.

After Loster's departure, Claude took over as squadron leader of the 8th squadron.

When Richard returned to the territory, it was already early May, and the territory had already completed spring ploughing.

In recent years, the better cultivated paddy fields in the territory have been reclaimed, and 4,000 hectares of paddy fields have been reclaimed in the 5,000-square-kilometer territory, which is less than 1 percent of the total territory.

The yield of paddy fields is very good, and the yield per mu can reach 300 catties in a normal year, and it will be higher in a bumper year, and the 4,000-hectare paddy field can produce 9,000 tons of grain.

Nine thousand tons of grain is enough to feed 25,000 people in the territory for a year.

In addition to paddy fields, the territory has reclaimed 6,000 hectares of dryland.

The kingdom of Grant is close to the coast, and the territory of Haaland is less than 400 kilometers from the sea, where precipitation is abundant, reaching 600-800 mm per year.

Even in dry fields, there is actually no particular shortage of water.

The yield of dry land is only 120 catties per mu, and 6,000 hectares of farmland can produce 5,400 tons of grain.

If this batch of grain is sold, it will be worth about 10,000 gold coins.

Now the development of Haaland's territory is on the right track.

Relying on the steel and liquor business, he has a net income of 500 gold coins every month.

Brown sugar, honey, royal jelly and other miscellaneous incomes add up to 1,500 gold coins every year.

Bricks, cement, charcoal, coke and other materials are now mainly supplied to the territory, and after the completion of Baron Sharp's order, the kiln factory has no profit.

Today, 1,300 brown sugar trees have been planted in the brown sugar plantations, and the brown sugar trees planted last year have grown a lot taller, and the yield of brown sugar can be doubled this year.

According to Richard's estimates, the output of brown sugar this year can reach three tons, and according to the output value, it can reach 240 gold coins a year.

With the passage of time, the production of brown sugar is still increasing rapidly, and when the brown sugar plantations are planted with brown sugar trees, the output of more than 2,000 tons is not a problem.

At that time, even if the price is reduced tenfold, there will still be huge profits.

There are tens of millions of people in northern Xinjiang, even if the population with spending power is only two or three hundred thousand, the vast majority of the consumer population are military families, grassroots officials, monster hunters, high-level mercenaries plus some craftsmen with high technical level, and a small number of opera and drama singers.

Brown sugar is now sold for a kilogram of silver coins, and even people with spending power can only taste a little occasionally.

If you want to expand the market scale, price reduction has become inevitable.

Because the scale of consumption of nobles who can afford high prices is very small, there are more than 100 hereditary barons in the northern Xinjiang region, plus high-ranking bureaucrats, and the total population is only a few thousand.

How much money can be made in the market of a few thousand people, even if it is monopolized?

Moreover, it has to compete with honey, and some nobles prefer honey.

The lower strata of the market are popularized to two or three hundred thousand consumers, and if the northern Xinjiang market is done well, it is not a problem to earn 30,000 gold coins a year.

But it is estimated that it will be difficult to develop to the south of the Kingdom of Grant.

There were several provinces in the southern part of the kingdom, and both dukedoms had a large beekeeping industry.

This is not a world of free trade, and it is simply impossible to sell competitive goods in other people's spheres of influence.

But the profit of 30,000 gold coins is already very impressive.

Moreover, Haaland's territory can develop its own market, if there are hundreds of thousands of consumers in the territory, even if the income of brown sugar is reduced by ten times, the annual profit will increase to fifty or sixty thousand gold coins.

Although the brown sugar business is now very small, it is actually as promising as the steel market.

Although the profit of liquor is high, the brewing process is too simple, even if Richard strictly guards, it is difficult to monopolize the process for too long.

After all, there is already a grain wine brewing process in northern Xinjiang, and the grain fermentation technology has matured, and as long as a distillation process is added, liquor can be brewed.

It is estimated that in a few years, competitors will appear.

This year, the territory's finances are very good, not counting the 10,000 gold coins delivered by Jeram in winter, it is estimated that there will be a lot of income left.

Seeing that it had been peaceful for two years, Richard began to prepare for war.

This year, after Richard bought slaves, he formed a new Eighth Squadron.

Counting the eighth squadron, the Harland family already had eight infantry squadrons in their hands, with more than 1,200 professional soldiers.

This year Richard is ready to create a cavalry squadron.

Now the Harland family already has thirty iron wildebeests, plus five horses from the Soros family, barely half of the Warcraft cavalry squadron.

In addition, a group of professional officers have been trained in the territory, and there is barely a talent reserve.

To set up a small-scale Warcraft cavalry, the conditions have already been met.

The Warcraft Cavalry is the strongest fighting power in the human kingdom.

The reason why the Orc Empire is afraid of the human kingdom and does not dare to launch a full-scale war is that it is afraid of the Warcraft cavalry of the major kingdoms.

There are many types of Warcraft cavalry in various countries, and the most powerful Divine Radiance Empire has a two-legged flying dragoon regiment with a strength of one hundred and eighty people.

Every bipedal wyvern knight is a mid-level or above professional, the junior officers are all high-rank, and several commanders of the bipedal wyvern regiment, each of which is a legend.

This cavalry regiment of less than two hundred men could easily defeat any of Grant's main legions.

You must know that the bipedal dragoon regiment is an air superiority army, which can strike at any town and any army of the opposing side.

There is a powerful bipedal dragoon in hand, which is enough to block a thousand with one, and the deterrent power is stronger than that of an army of 200,000.

In addition to the bipedal dragoons, the human kingdom also has various flying arms such as the Lion Cavalry, the Flying Tiger Cavalry, and the Pegasus Cavalry.

Each flying class is the trump card of a powerful country.

In the Grant Kingdom, there is no large-scale flying Warcraft army.

Of the several nearby countries, only the Kingdom of Ryan has a Lion Knights with less than three hundred people.

In order to deal with this cavalry regiment, the Harpys need to concentrate thousands of professionals in order to suppress this griffin flying regiment.

In addition to flying Warcraft, the Human Kingdom also has powerful ground Warcraft troops.

For example, the Earth Walking Dragoon Regiment, the Earth Giant Bear Cavalry Regiment, the Unicorn Cavalry Regiment, etc., these powerful magical beasts are not weaker than those of high-level professionals, even if they are scarce, they can still exert strong combat effectiveness.

Within the Duke of Jonathan, there is a team of twelve earth-walking dragoons, and the members of the squad are all high-level professionals trained by the Jonathan family.

This small army, on the battlefield, captured the flag, and made countless military feats, their strength is enough to kill the legend.

(End of chapter)