Chapter 186: Fugitive Slaves

Purple blood vine is also a relatively rare plant in northern Xinjiang.

It has been about four years since Richard discovered that the sheep body man had stopped bleeding with purple blood vine.

For four years the territory has not only studied the formulation, efficacy of hemostatic ointments.

Sophia also studied the biological properties of Wicca Wisteria, using the power of magic to successfully catalyze a large number of Wideria seeds.

Because the research on the formula of hemostatic ointment is about to mature, 60 acres of purple blood vine were planted on the hillside last year, and this year it is ready to be expanded to 200 acres.

200 acres of purple blood vine, the output reached 40,000 catties.

40,000 catties of purple blood vine, plus all the royal jelly in the territory, can make 80,000 servings of hemostatic ointment.

Being able to sell these 80,000 copies of hemostatic ointment is also a lot of income.

The kingdom of Grant is a magical desert, and due to the lack of mages, the healing power in the army is also insufficient.

When war broke out, only officers could be treated first. Many veterans died of bleeding and infection.

If the hemostatic ointment does not have too many side effects, there should be no shortage of sales.

Richard could sell hemostatic ointment to the Northern Legion through William's connections.

Richard made a decision to speed up the progress of human trials of hemostatic ointment.

Some time ago, Adrian took the doctors of the hospital with him and already did a lot of animal testing.

In addition, the hospital used some hemostatic ointment for sheep and kobolds, and the effect was also very good.

However, animal testing is not the same as human testing, and there is no problem with using it on animals, but it is not necessarily okay to use it on humans.

It may take hundreds of human patients to observe the side effects to figure it out.

As he came out of the hospital, Richard met Jennings and said hello to their siblings.

As soon as he left the hospital, he saw Hayden running towards Richard.

"What happened to chase you to the hospital?"

"There's been a big incident in the territory lately, and I need to report to you immediately. In the past two days, there has been an influx of outsiders in the territory, all of whom are fugitive slaves from nearby lords, how to deal with this matter? You need to get an idea right away. ”

Since last year, there have been a large number of freedmen in Haaland's territory.

Because Richard set a relatively low land tax, the freedmen had accumulated a certain amount of income in a year, and their living standards had improved a lot.

Even if Richard made a decree prohibiting migration, the change of territory naturally could not hide the serfs of the neighboring noble domains.

After the goddess's birthday, many serfs began to flee and poured into the Harland territory. In the last two or three days, a massive influx has begun.

"Which lord's fugitive slaves are they all from?"

"The largest number is the barony of the dirham, and there have been more than 300 fugitives from the barony of the dirham in the last two days."

"The Dirham family hasn't elected a new baron yet?"

"It's really not, two consecutive orc invasions have made this family decline very badly, and it is estimated that it will fall from the hereditary nobility this year."

"The Barony of Dirhams doesn't have a large population, does it?"

Hayden nodded: "There are indeed not many people, and the total population is more than 2,000, and they are mainly old and weak. ”

"You send people to the barony of the dirham, and incite the remaining serfs to come to the Haaland territory."

Listening to Richard's words, Hayden hesitated slightly: "Will this have a bad effect?" ”

"I can see that all nobles are profit animals, what's the use of asking for a good reputation?"

"What about the fugitives from the other lords' families?"

"Are there fugitives from other territories?" Hearing Hayden's words, Richard was a little skeptical.

The population movement of the Dawn Plane is very small, especially in Geda Province, where many serfs have never been out of the house for almost their entire lives.

The Barony of Dirham, which borders the Barony of Stoppa, has in recent years devoted a large part of Richard to the development of the Stopa Domain, which has better agricultural conditions. So there is contact between the border lords of the two sides.

It is precisely because of the relatively close contact that there will be fugitive slaves in the barony of the Dirham.

"Yes, there are dozens of serfs in Barony Sharp, and there are a few fugitive slaves from Baron Rice and Barony Bazel."

"The fugitive slaves of Barony Sharp are all sent back, and the fugitive slaves of Barony Rice and Barony Bazel are all treated as private slaves and let the merchants of the territory take over. If Baron Rice sent someone to investigate, he would directly say that they were all slaves purchased in the market.

We didn't send people to other territories to hunt slaves, and the loss of their serfs was a matter of their own lax management, and they were determined to lose this dumb man. ”

"Won't this offend the nearby nobles like Baron Rice?"

"What if you are offended? I used to try to win over these people, but you see, what's the use?

Even our uncle, Baron Dark, came running over like a dog that eats. There's nothing good to kick you away, there's nothing to talk about.

I have seen through these people, and I can only use them, but I can't have deep friendships. ”

"In that case, I'll arrange for men to go to the Barony of the Dirham at once."

Upon his return, Hayden immediately sent intelligence officers into the barony of Dirham to incite the remaining serfs.

In order to have a good life, there are ready-made models to refer to, and it is also supported by Viscount Richard. The remaining serfs plucked up their courage and left the barony of the dirham together.

In just ten days, more than 2,000 people poured into Haaland's territory.

Although Richard did not have the money to buy slaves this year, he relied on the private purchase of slaves in the territory, and the influx of fugitive slaves from the Dirham territory, the population of Haaland's territory still increased by more than 4,000.

Counting the natural increase in the territory's population, Haaland's territory already has a population of more than 55,000.

There are about 15,000 young men who are adults.

Of the 15,000 men, more than 3,000 are in the army, which can be called a reckless army according to normal terms.

But to survive in the northern region, every lord needs to find a way to use all kinds of military force.

Otherwise, it's really someone else's grain, I can't get a gun, and someone else is my granary.

After Haaland's territory received a wave of fugitive slaves.

Human trials of hemostatic ointments have also begun.

The first to be used were military personnel.

The training in the army is intense, and many people are injured every day.

Then there were the miners in quarries, coal mines, lime mines, etc., and finally the freemen, serfs.

As the number of human trials increased, the side effects of hemostatic ointments were largely understood.

The side effects of the hemostatic plaster are minimal, and most users do not experience any discomfort, with only about three percent experiencing mild numbness in the mouth.

Hundreds of hemostatic ointments have been used in Haaland's territory, without any incidents.

After the successful development of the ointment, relying on William's connections, he quickly passed the appraisal of the medical team of the Northern Legion and ushered in the purchase order of the Northern Legion.

Soon after the Northern Legion purchased, the main legions such as the Wild Lions and Grizzly Bears also received the news and placed a purchase order for Richard.

(End of chapter)