Duke Guise died in battle, and the people of the Guise family certainly did not give up. They united with the two dukes of Duran and Lorain, and constantly impeached Duke Harland at the noble council.

The three dukes joined forces, and they had a very high number of votes in the noble council, and the momentum in just seven or eight days was particularly large, and the power of the Haaland family in the noble council could not be suppressed at all.

As a last resort, Richard sent messengers several times to tell the noble council about his difficulties and explain the reasons why he did not send troops to help.

The envoy was questioned several times in the Council of Nobles, explaining that Harland was not dead and could not be saved, but fought two consecutive battles, with less than 4,000 soldiers, and could not be rescued at all.

Although Richard has a good excuse, the bitter lord of Duke Guise still does not give up, and has repeatedly initiated a bill to impeach Duke Haaland, in order to gag Duke Guise's mouth, Richard was forced to agree to give up part of his interests to make up for it.

In the end, after six rounds of negotiations between the two sides, Richard conceded 600,000 gold coins of the Delong Kingdom to settle the Guise family.

Having leveled the Guise family with a portion of the captured booty, Richard returned to Harland's territory with hundreds of thousands of people in late May, by which time the spring ploughing had already ended.

This spring, the 240,000 indentured slaves rescued from the Lotharna Basin have been serving Harland for four years and nine months.

Before the spring ploughing, the Haaland Leader pardoned them three months in advance according to the custom, and allocated them land, plus many freedmen who had made meritorious contributions and pardoned them in advance, the number of Haaland Led freedmen had exceeded 1.09 million.

With a consumer population of 1.09 million, the market size is far greater than that of Nolan Province.

In fact, the population of the Kingdom of Grant had spending power, except for a few nobles, mainly dependent on military families.

Now that the army has been transferred to the south, most of the family members have followed, and the consumption power of the south is already higher than that of the north in the land directly under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family.

After all, there were six regular legions in the south, plus the aristocratic armies such as Guise and Duran, with a total number of about 250,000 people. Together with the families of the soldiers, there are at least a million consumers in the south.

Because of the transfer of the legion to the south, the current Grizzly Bear Fort and Black River Fort are declining very quickly, and the commercial institutions of Black River Fort can reduce the profits that Haaland can hand over by 85 percent.

Last year, when the Northern Frontier Corps was transferred south, Richard seized the opportunity to recruit more than 3,000 veterans who were unwilling to leave their hometowns, and these soldiers were still being reorganized, and Richard was preparing to mix them with the 6,000 recruits trained this year to form six new brigades.

By the time the six new brigades are completed this year, General Haaland will have 39 infantry brigades and an increase in the number of regular troops by about 10,000.

This time he led his troops south, and Harland led the army to capture three hundred flame horses, and Richard was ready to use these three hundred flame horses to form the third Warcraft Cavalry Brigade, if the new three hundred Warcraft cavalry were added, the number of Warcraft cavalry led by Haaland would increase to 1,900 people.

Coupled with the expansion of the headquarters organs, by the end of the year, the number of regular troops will reach 66,000, and the number of auxiliaries will also increase by 8,000, and after the rectification is completed, the number of troops led by Haaland will exceed 100,000.

With an army of 100,000 men, the Duchy of Björk is a step ahead.

The south brought back 400,000 people, and now the population of Haaland's territory has 2.24 million, both in terms of territory area and population size, which is quite good for a dukedom.

With a population of 2.24 million and nearly 1.1 million freemen, although Haaland implements a light tax policy, the annual land tax can collect 300,000 gold coins, plus customs duties, business tax, corporate income tax, etc., this year's tax revenue is estimated to exceed 400,000 gold coins.

400,000 gold coins are estimated to account for about one-fifth of the fiscal revenue.

During the spring ploughing, Sophia and Rog migrated a portion of the population to the north of Hurricane Castle, totaling about 40,000 people.

Eighty kilometers north of Hurricane Castle is the Samba River, on which Haaland's army has now established a naval army, which is relatively small, with only six steam paddle steamers, but can already block more than 100 kilometers of the river.

Blocked by the natural defense line of the Samba River, the northern area of the No. 9 and No. 11 military stations has been relatively safe, most of this area is plains, only a small number of mountains, with a total area of about 11,000 square kilometers.

Last year, the Harland Territory decided to develop this area first, and this year it also established Snow Mountain County, appointing Powell, the deputy consul of the Harland Territory, as the county guard.

The core area of Snow Mountain County is Snow Crystal Lake, but the county seat is not built in the Snow Crystal Lake area, but in the northwest of Snow Crystal Lake, this new castle, named Brilliant Castle by Richard, to commemorate the glorious victory last year.

After the establishment of Snow Mountain County, in order to give this county a foundation for development, Richard included Hurricane Castle and Snow Mountain Castle into Snow Mountain County, plus the population settled near the two castles, Snow Mountain County had just been established, and the total population was about 56,000.

In order to speed up the development of Snow Mountain County, Richard will also move in 100,000 indentured slaves in Snow Mountain County this year.

Despite the delay in spring ploughing this year, indentured slaves were able to reclaim wasteland, build houses, clear roads, and build reservoirs. Anyway, with more than 100,000 tons of grain brought back from the Delong Kingdom, it should be enough to feed 400,000 new people for a year.

In addition to Snow Mountain County, the focus of this year's Harland Territory development is on the southeast of Snow Mountain Castle, which has been incorporated into Haaland's Territory for many years and has not been developed.

Stretching from Sofia Castle to the Northwest Territories, all the way to the border with County Martins, there is basically not much population.

In recent years, a number of settlements have been established sporadically, also for the purpose of logging.

Now Martins County is incorporated into the Harland Territory, although this land is mountainous, but it is also the hinterland of the Harland Territory, the front line extends to the 12th and 13th military stations in the north of the Eagle Mountains, and the Haraland Army has completely controlled the Kailania Valley, and the time is ripe for the development of this land.

In the center of the domain, Richard decided to build a new castle and named it the Forest City. In this land of more than 20,000 square kilometers, Richard was ready to settle 40,000 indentured slaves.

When the land was mature, Richard would establish a new county, and with this foundation, it would be possible to continue northward and develop the northern part of the Eagle Mountains.

In addition, the population of the two counties of East and West Grotta is also relatively sparse, and Richard is ready to relocate 60,000 indentured slaves.

The northern part of Fort Nit is the area with the highest density of troops in the northern defensive line. Last winter, the orcs were repelled in this area, and although it was the front line, in order to supply nearby, Richard still decided to invest heavily in the development of this area, and decided to move in a population of 100,000.

In order to strengthen the garrison, Richard distributed the 8,000 auxiliaries who had been expanded south, along with their families.

Although the auxiliary troops that have been expanded to the south are not strong in combat, after all, they have undergone more than a year of military training, fought several battles, and have a certain amount of war experience, which can be used for defense.

After being incorporated into Haaland's territory, many soldiers who were born as serfs learned the breathing method, and their physical fitness gradually improved, making up for the lack of personal ability.

The remaining 100,000 new people will remain in the core area of Fort William and the Lothar Basin, serving as a reserve population for the development of industry.

After Richard returned to the territory with his troops, he continued to inspect the newly developed areas such as Snow Mountain County and Forest City every day, and he was extremely busy day by day.

Doing field work in the summer is very hard, and you have to face mosquito bites every day, especially working in forests, swampy areas, mosquitoes are the biggest killers of humans.

Because mosquito bites may kill more people than wars.

Soldiers who have practiced the breathing method are physically strong and have a strong ability to resist diseases, and the attrition ratio is very small overall, but ordinary indentured slaves cannot resist malaria and other diseases at all.

Harland led the development of swampy forests, and a large number of indentured slaves died before and after. This territory can be so prosperous because of the accumulation of white bones.

More than ten years ago, the Harland Territory Hospital began to study malaria, encephalitis, and yellow fever, and after Richard's guidance, they soon discovered that mosquitoes were the biggest perpetrators of the spread of these diseases.

But in the face of this murderer, the doctors have no way at all. Although a magician can heal the wounded through the power of magic, and a contract slave can be healed by releasing healing for a few days in a row, the number of magicians led by Harland is not enough, and there is not even a single magician in a slave work camp, and the healing power is almost a drop in the bucket, far from enough.

Even now, there are more than 160 official magicians in the Harland Territory, but there are hundreds of thousands of indentured slaves working in the field.

The mages of Haaland have combat missions, research missions, and some must stay on duty in the mage tower, and there are only a dozen people who can be drawn out to enter the hospital system, and more than a dozen people are responsible for the treatment of hundreds of thousands of people, and basically can only focus on treating some high-value indentured slaves.

In order to combat the disease, Haaland Collar Medical Department has been researching new drugs.

Since many years ago, the medical sector has been working on two fronts.

The first is the development of drugs to combat malaria, yellow fever and other diseases. After more than a decade of research, doctors have discovered that an alkaloid extracted from the leaves of the cockscomb tree can treat milder malaria to some extent.

With this discovery, a drug for malaria was developed in the Harland territory two years ago. By this year, the production of this drug has increased a lot, and it can be sold on the market on a large scale.

In addition to researching drugs to treat diseases, doctors are also looking at mosquito repellents.

The Dawn Plane is a super-demonic plane, and both mage apprentices can unleash a zero-ring spell called Mosquito Repellent.

By studying the principle of this spell, Harland led to create an apprentice-level magic prop insect repellent sachet, but the cost was as high as a dozen gold coins, and when using it, not only did it consume magic crystals, but also magic apprentices had to provide magic power.

Because the threshold is too high, insect repellent sachets are of little use to solve this problem.

In the following years, Richard developed the Dou Qi and Magic Power Conversion Rune, which can spread the power of magic to knights and warriors, and improved the insect repellent sachet, which can make this magic item available to knights and warriors.

When there are knights and warriors leading the team, carrying this sachet is a great help to reduce mosquito bites.

However, the cost of insect repellent sachets is very high, and magic crystals must be consumed, which cannot serve the indentured slaves at the bottom.

In order to find a low-cost way to repel insects, the doctors of the Harland Territory began painstaking research.

Many years ago, they discovered that igniting wormwood and atractylodes could repel mosquitoes, and used wormwood, atractylodes and pine as raw materials to make mosquito coils, which solved part of the problem.

But in field work, mosquito coils are of little use.

Three years ago, researchers in Haaland's territory discovered a new magic plant, Poison Aconite, which contains little magical power, but has some help for knights and warriors to refine their bodies.

Poisonous Aconitum is a newly discovered magic plant by the magician of Haaland, this magic plant contains a low level of magic power, between ordinary plants and first-order magic plants. Probably because of the lack of magic, there is no specific research on magicians.

After the discovery of the poisonous aconite, the magicians of the Harland Territory wrote a paper to add the poisonous aconitum to the list of magical plants.

A new magical plant has been discovered, so it's natural to study it clearly.

By studying the medicinal properties of poisonous aconitum, Sophia and other pharmacists created the aconitum potion, which is very helpful for soldiers who have just practiced the breathing method to improve their physical fitness.

However, after the strength is increased to three points, the physical strength is increased to two points, and the agility is increased to one point six, the effect of the aconitum elixir will be seriously attenuated, and after using ten sticks, it will basically have no effect.

The research of aconitum aconitum is mainly suitable for knights and warriors' apprentices.

Aconitum is a magical plant that contains a small amount of poison, and the smoke released after burning can poison nearby mosquitoes. After discovering this, Harland led to use poisonous aconitum as raw materials, alcohol and herbs as auxiliary materials to create a mosquito repellent.

This mosquito repellent comes with a strong irritating temperature, once released, it can last for half a month, and the mosquitoes will be poisoned instantly after smelling.

After the use of the poisonous aconitum mosquito repellent agent, the killing range of mosquitoes is very large, with the use point as the center, within a radius of 150 meters, all mosquitoes are not poisoned, they will escape.

If the essential oil of aconitum is poured into a stagnant pool, it can also have the effect of killing mosquitoes and insects, and it can often last for about twenty or thirty days.

The only obstacle to the spread of mosquito repellent is that the number of poisonous aconitum is far from sufficient.

Aconitum is a magical plant that needs to grow in an environment that contains magical powers.

Although there are three mage towers in the Haaland Territory, and the magic plant plantations have been built inside the mage towers, these plantations are all stuffed, mainly planted with the raw materials of the Venantlight potion, and it is impossible to waste the space of the magic plantation and plant poisonous aconitum.

After all, compared to professional officers, indentured slaves have a much lower status and cannot compete with the army for resources at all. Poisonous aconitum is cultivated in small quantities and is also used for magical research.

(End of chapter)