Open-pit mining went very smoothly, and Richard mobilized a few hundred slaves in the prime of life to mine 500 tons of coal in a day.

It was difficult to transport coal to forts such as Fort Gunstation, Fort Sophia, Fort Vik, Fort Iron Mountain, etc.

Richard could only cross the mountains by wheelbarrow, but fortunately these castles were only sixty or seventy kilometers away from the coal mines, which was not too far.

Despite this, the cost of transportation is quite substantial.

Because the threshold for coal mining is very low, in order to prevent illegal mining, Richard has enacted a strict law, and anyone who is found to be mining illegally will be fined ten times.

If you don't have money, you have to sign a contract and become a contract slave to pay back.

Coal mine revenue is part of the territory's fiscal revenue, and whoever dares to dig a wall on it is in a dilemma with Richard.

Time passed slowly, and it was December.

Richard once again gathered the officials in the realm to make a year-end summary.

In addition to last year's attendees, there were also two newcomers, Flora and Otto.

Flora was in charge of education in the territory and served as the principal of Riverbank Primary School.

Otto was the judge of the territory, and he was accompanied by several minor students, who studied law with Otto, memorized the code, and was an assistant judge beside Otto.

The laws of the Haaland Territory largely follow the Code of the Kingdom of Grant.

However, Richard believed that many of the laws in the Code of the Kingdom of Grant were problematic, too lenient and strict in the administration of the people, and selective enforcement when enforced in the law, so there was little fairness at all.

The state is the instrument of the ruling class, the army is the violent apparatus of the ruling class, and the law is the embodiment of the will of the ruling class.

Richard knew this when he was in middle school.

Otto, on the other hand, studied law for 30 years and gradually figured out the mystery behind the law.

Because of the leniency of governing the people, Otto was also more lenient in his trials, and would not copy the code for minor crimes and execute those who had made mistakes.

In addition to the vicious cases of homicide, assault, robbery, and rape, the death penalty will be imposed.

In general, in cases of theft, fighting, destruction of property, etc., where the circumstances are relatively minor, fines will be chosen.

If there is no money, they are sentenced to short-term slave contracts until the compensation is paid.

Otto was in charge of the law, and his younger brother Rogge was appointed by Richard as the civil affairs officer of the realm, where he was responsible for managing most of the civil affairs of the realm.

Because the fruit wine is selling well, the net profit of the industry under the management of Mrs. Ola is 1,200 gold coins this year, which is a little more than last year.

Although the fruit wine has only been brewed for more than three months, it has already brought a lot of profits, and with the liquor industry, this year's income is 13,000.

The output value of the brown sugar plantation this year has exceeded 500 gold coins, and the sales are far from saturated, and they are still developing rapidly, and the output value of next year will exceed 800 gold coins.

Brick kilns, lime kilns, wood retort kilns, and coke kilns do not have many orders this year, and the territory does not sell cement and coke to the outside world.

The glass kiln has developed well, not only competing with the glass kiln controlled by Viscount Rohmon for the market, but also opening up new markets through the manufacture of high-end fruit wine, and this year's net profit has reached 400 gold coins.

With the continuous improvement of the technology of burning glass in the territory, Richard decided to end the excess profit next year, reduce the price of glass by half, continue to compete with Viscount Rohmon for the market, and by the way, wait for the summer to open a fruit cannery, make new goods, and promote new industries.

Even if the canned fruit that had just been produced was not marketable, Richard would stabilize the order through military purchase contracts and support the development of this new industry.

Coal mining is a new industry in the territory this year, and after only three months of coal mining, the output value has reached 600 gold coins, and as the population grows and the freedmen become richer and richer, this industry will continue to grow.

The Zitoufeng industry in the territory has returned to the heyday of the Stopa family this year, with the output value of honey reaching 2,000 and royal jelly 1,000.

Purple Head Peak Royal Jelly is one of the main materials for refining second-order healing potions.

Richard exchanged the recipe for the second-order healing potion from the Dawn Church, and after giving it to Sophia, he successfully refined a batch of healing potions.

This year's royal jelly, Richard did not exchange for gold coins.

Even the money from the sale of honey was spent, and other materials for refining healing potions were purchased, and Sophia was given to refine healing potions.

This batch of healing drugs is basically used to treat the wounded.

In addition to liquor, the largest industries in the territory are grain and steel.

This year's steel production is still increasing, because of the war, the steel business is particularly good, and the net profit for the year has reached 18,000 gold coins, almost double that of last year.

The reason why Richard was able to expand the number of recruits in ten squadrons in one go was entirely because he had money this year.

The recruits have not made any military achievements, and for the time being, they are still indentured slaves and do not need to be paid. But the clothes worn by the recruits, the weapons and armor used, and the golden drum banners in the barracks cost money.

Eating, drinking, and daily training also cost money.

Most of the ten infantry squadrons and cavalry brigades of the old territory have made great achievements this year and become free people.

The number of veterans was close to fifteen hundred, and the annual salary of officers, plus officers, exceeded fifteen thousand.

In addition, hundreds of soldiers who are disabled and killed in battle need pensions, and this year's pension expenditure is already 2,000 including materials.

The food expenses of more than 3,000 soldiers are also a lot of money.

Because of the high intensity of training, it is also necessary to repair the breathing method, and nutrition is indispensable.

A soldier needs an average of two catties of grain and one catty of meat a day, plus the cost of fuel, salt, condiments, and pickles, and the food he eats is far better than that of ordinary people, and he consumes three copper coins a day.

A month is three silver coins, and twelve months in a year, three gold coins are consumed to feed a soldier.

Of course, you can also save money on food, but it is impossible for a soldier with insufficient nutrition to practice breathing, and it is impossible to practice every day.

The Wild Lion Legion in which Richard once served spent two gold coins and four silver coins per soldier on food every year.

Even if the logistics are greedy, it's basically not much worse.

The soldiers in Haaland's territory ate better than the main army, there was no shortage of meat every day, and the lambs saved by thousands of sheep-headed men grazing were cheaper than the rough men in the army.

Although the recruits have been in the army for less than a year, this year they have invested more than 10,000 gold coins in raising the army.

This year's grain harvest is still bumper, and despite the war, there has been no war in Haaland's territory.

The population that poured into the territory last year has opened up 12,000 hectares of dry land this year, which translates into 180,000 acres of acres.

Even if the dry land depends on the sky for food, this year, the goddess of the dawn and her old man have enjoyed the meal, and the grain production of the territory has reached 18,000 tons.

All this grain was sold, and he could earn 36,000 gold coins.

It is impossible to sell grain, and if the more than 50,000 people need to be fed, they need 12,000 tons of grain.

The remaining 6,000 tons of grain need to be brewed into liquor, which will be used as a reserve grain to prevent disaster years.

Because of the support of more than 3,000 soldiers and the gold-swallowing beast of the army, although this year's income is very large, more than 30,000 gold coins, which can be called explosive growth, Richard still does not have much cash in his hands.

At the end of the year, the balance was less than three thousand gold coins, which was just enough to pay off Lady Ola's arrears.

If there is no war next year, steel sales will definitely drop sharply, and the army's spending will have to increase a little, and if there is no deficit, Richard will have to find a way to continue to make money.

(End of chapter)