Through meetings with the managers below, Richard gained a general understanding of the economic situation of the territory.

The population of the territory is estimated to be more than 43,600, most of whom are indentured slaves, and the number of freedmen is less than 2,000.

Freedmen were grassroots administrators, soldiers who had fought in battle, or family members of disabled soldiers who had died in battle.

However, by February of the following year, the first group of indentured slaves would become freemen, and this group was counted at about 3,600 people.

When these indentured slaves regain their freedom, the population structure of the territory will be slightly more normal.

If the freedmen have money, they will of course consume, and the tertiary industry in the territory will develop.

With a population of more than 40,000, it is already possible to form a small-scale market and complete a little internal circulation.

After the meeting, Richard wrote a letter for Butler Gibson to bring to Lady Ola.

In recent years, with the help of the Haaland family's prestige, the business controlled by Mrs. Ola has developed considerably, and in a few years, she has accumulated 3,000 gold coins of private money.

After receiving Richard's letter to borrow money, Lady Ola's face was a little ugly.

Although she is a young lady of a merchant family, she has a long-term vision. William, who was more than ten years older than her, was selected, and he caught a golden beetle son-in-law, allowing him to achieve a class jump.

The children of Lady Ola also became members of the nobility. Even her brother Rand has benefited a lot, and the scale of the business has expanded a little.

Because Richard was so prominent, Lady Ola had learned that it would be difficult for her children to inherit the land.

Richard's influence now surpassed William's in Haaland's territory, and Lady Ola did not dare to let her children compete with him for inheritance.

The struggle for inheritance between nobles is life-and-death, and the slightest carelessness can even be life-threatening.

She didn't dare to fight for the territory, but she was going to leave the gold coins and her own business to a few children.

Although these words were not explicitly stated, they were agreed by William, and Richard would not have any objections.

The gold coins that Lady Aura had saved from doing business in the past had already supported the development of the territory.

Now that he has managed to save some more, Richard is going to borrow a letter again.

Lady Ola was willing to object, but she was a little afraid to offend Richard. After all, she is not Richard's biological mother, and now she is a little old and decrepit, and William's favor is a little less than before.

For what she has gained now, Lady Ola cherishes it very much.

She clearly knew that she could obtain such a status, let the noble ladies flatter, and earn more than 1,000 gold coins a year, far more than her father and brother, and the most fundamental reason was the bloody struggle of the men of the Haaland family.

Late at night, she sometimes touches the scars on her husband William's body, and naturally knows how difficult it is to get everything now.

Richard created such a big situation, I don't know how many dangers and hard battles he has experienced.

For Richard, the strange son, Lady Ola was very afraid, it was a fear of power.

In William's absence, she didn't even dare to speak to Richard.

Richard asked for money, and despite Lady Ola's displeasure, she took out the gold coins and lent the money.

Having borrowed the money from Lady Ola, Richard took out the 1,000 gold coins he had in his vault and bought 2,000 tons of grain, raising the grain reserve to 11,000 tons.

There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart.

Richard was going to take a break and wait until after Christmas to buy another 2,000 gold coins and another 1,000 tons of grain.

At that time, even if the climate is abnormal next year and the grain harvest fails due to natural disasters, the stored grain will still be enough for tens of thousands of people in the territory to eat for a few months.

After purchasing food, Richard immediately began training for the two new squadrons.

Captain Richard of the 9th Squadron appointed Lost.

Lester was a nobleman of the Kingdom of Lane who was reduced to indentured slavery after his defeat and worked for slave traders.

Because the contract was almost sold to Richard by a slave trader.

After Richard bought the contract, he let Lluster return to the kingdom of Lane to find his relatives, and it has been five months now.

Loster was born in the Baron's Far Branch, he has a good talent and awakened the blood of knights, and he was already a second-order knight before he was captured. After being captured, his baronial cousin was unwilling to pay him a ransom, making him a slave, and his wife committed adultery with her cousin.

Leaving three sons to rely on their old parents for their lives, they became citizens, although they still have some money, and their wives occasionally help them, and their lives can be passable, but there is still a world of difference from before.

When Roster returned, he took his parents and son and forgave his wife.

Because he knew in his heart that his cousin had already coveted his wife. As a woman without strength, she can't protect herself at all.

It was not his wife that Lloster hated, but his stingy cousin.

He was captured fighting for his territory, and his cousin's unwillingness to pay the ransom made all of this happen.

After meeting his family, Lloster decided to pledge his allegiance to Richard and returned to the realm to advance to the third rank.

A third-order knight whose combat power exceeds that of a fourth-order warrior.

Today's Lostster has surpassed Martin, Heyman and other veteran third-order professionals.

It only cost Richard eighty gold coins to obtain the allegiance of a third-order knight, which was a very cost-effective investment.

Lossster was previously the leader of the 8th Squadron, and this time Richard was ready to let him take the recruits and serve as the Captain of the 9th Squadron.

Squadron Leader of the 10th Squadron, Richard chose the young Jennings.

Jennings has a good talent and can compete with a talent standout like Willian.

He studied the breathing method for five years, and without much resources, he advanced to the rank of second-order professional.

Hayden and Ron have practiced breathing for more than ten years, and they can often take Tenghui potions, but the results are still not as good as others.

This officer who came out of slavery, if he had not fallen in the flames of war, according to Richard's estimate, should have been promoted to the fifth rank.

The Haaland Silver Wolf Breathing Method comes from the Stopa family, and it can be advanced to the fifth order at most.

Jennings' luck, I don't know if it's good or bad.

Saying that he was lucky, Jennings met Richard when he was young, and was rescued by Richard after suffering from the plague. After joining the army, he easily learned the breathing method, relied on his talent to stand out from the soldiers, and became a squadron leader at a young age.

It's simply a template for ordinary people to struggle.

It is said that he is unlucky, the upper limit of the silver wolf breathing method he learned is not high, and he wastes his excellent talent, and he may never be promoted to the high level in this life.

After the appointment of Lossster and Jennings as squadron commanders, Richard also promoted seven newly promoted professional officers.

Richard participated in blocking the plane passage and obtained a batch of potion resources rewarded by the Grant Kingdom.

In addition to the promotion of Soros to the sixth rank, this batch of potions also trained seven new professional officers in the Haaland Territory with one hundred Tencel Elixirs.

Richard selected two of them and appointed them as deputy squadron leaders of the ninth and tenth squadrons, and the remaining five were enriched into the Warcraft cavalry squadron.

With the addition of these five new professionals, the number of professionals in the Warcraft Cavalry Squadron has reached thirteen.

Although it is far from the Warcraft cavalry like Duke Roger, where everyone is a professional, compared with the Warcraft cavalry under the command of Baron Harden, the professional has reached forty percent of Baron Harden's Warcraft cavalry, and the combat effectiveness has also increased to about half of Baron Harden's Warcraft cavalry.

(End of chapter)