On the vast grassland, there is an open space all around, and at a glance, there seems to be no end in sight.

Being in it, one can't help but feel a sense of vastness, and it seems that even the mood has changed a lot.

"This is it?"

Riding a horse and walking on this grassland, Chen Heng inspected this land.

He looked around, at the land in front of him, and thought in his heart.

At this moment, it has been more than three months since the end of the trial competition.

For more than three months, Oliman made him the Earl of Soda, as he said before, and gave the Suoda region to Chen Heng as his territory.

The so-called Soda region is a vast area bordering the desert of the Kutu Kingdom, and its area is very vast.

And this time, with a wave of his hand, Oliman directly sealed the entire Suoda area to Chen Heng, the Earl of Soda.

Purely from the perspective of territorial area, Chen Heng's territory as an earl is larger than that of other lords in Kutu.

But in reality, it's just a matter of looking good.

In reality, the Soda region borders the desert, most of which is a place where aliens are active, and it is difficult to form a strong rule in it.

Moreover, in this rather vast area, there are not many people who can really be ruled by Chen Heng and can use them to collect taxes, and the number is pitiful.

According to Chen Heng's estimates, in the entire Suoda region, the people who can be directly ruled by Chen Heng are probably only tens of thousands.

The number of tens of thousands of people sounds like a lot, but it is very ugly to spread over this vast area.

Coming to this territory, during this time, Chen Heng didn't do anything, just patrolled around this area with the local guide and Kuludo.

A great man once said that without investigation, there is no voice.

Chen Heng felt that this sentence was very right.

The importance of intelligence is self-evident in many ways.

Therefore, after coming to his own territory, Chen Heng immediately started an investigation, wanting to know the most basic situation in this land.

After a period of observation, Chen Heng already had some idea of what he should do next.

"The climate in the north is harsh, but if there is no war, the land will be sufficient. ”

Walking on horseback, looking at Chen Heng, Kuludo said: "Although the production here is not as good as in the south, because the place is very large, and each lord owns a lot of land, it will not make people starve to death. ”

"It's the orc thieves who come at every turn, and some other inexplicable creatures. ”

Speaking of this, his face looked a little helpless: "In order to defend against these orc thieves, a large number of men have been forcibly drawn to fight with these people, so that they often miss the time to cultivate, and sometimes even when the harvest is over, they will be destroyed by these orcs. ”

He introduced Chen Heng to the situation in the Northland, and also introduced the main enemies he would need to face in the next period of time.

From his narration, Chen Heng gradually understood the basic situation here, and also had a clear understanding of what he needed to do in the next period of time.

"Probably understood. ”

Chen Heng nodded and continued to look at Kuludo: "In the next period of time, I will trouble you." ”

This time, Chen Heng came here, not alone, Kuludo and the others, all came here with him and became one of his followers.

These foundations laid by Chen Heng in Kutu City in the past were all brought over by him this time and put into construction.

Next, Chen Heng began the process of building his own territory.

To be honest, it's very difficult to build from scratch from a blank slate.

But fortunately, Chen Heng is not poor and white.

He has many advantages over others.

His wife is Vinal, a royal princess, which means that he is very close to the royal family and can draw a considerable amount of support from Oliman and the entire kingdom of Kutu.

The surrounding lords and nobles, for the sake of the royal family, will also look down on him and open the door to him.

Secondly, because of his previous cooperation, he has a very good relationship with the northern lords, and to a certain extent, he is even their biggest benefactor.

After the start of the North-South trade, although many people saw the huge benefits contained in it and began to try to get involved, they started too late, and they have not found a low-cost, risky and reliable trade route to operate like Chen Heng.

Coupled with the advantages established in the early stage, the current north-south trade still has a large share of Chen Heng.

The result of this trade route was the general goodwill of the lord of the Northland towards Chen Heng, and he would not refuse many of his requests.

And the large amount of profits obtained from trade also allowed Chen Heng to have plenty of money and not fall into an embarrassing situation.

Plus he's a powerful knight himself.

This is the most important point.

In this era, the role that a knight can play is unimaginable to ordinary people.

With Chen Heng's current strength, as long as he led a hundred guards, it was enough to crisscross this area, and those scattered alien thieves were nothing to him.

However, despite all the advantages, Chen Heng still had a very difficult time.

The conditions in the northern area were so harsh that it was a bit difficult for him to get started.

However, he was not discouraged.

Long before coming here, he already had an understanding of the situation here, and he had already made certain psychological preparations.

The circumstances he was facing now were not enough to stump him.

In this way, the Count of Soda, named Kailin, took root in Soda.

As soon as he arrived here, he started his own moves.

He led Kurudo and others to patrol the four directions, sweeping away some thieves and small tribes that had been raging for a long time around them, and reduced them all to slavery.

Subsequently, through his authority as a lord and his strong force, he forcibly relocated and concentrated several small tribes scattered around.

In this way, he gathered as many people as possible throughout the Soda region and began to reclaim land and build cities in a few key places.

When the population gathered, Chen Heng had much less places to guard, and the pressure on the military was suddenly reduced.

When the city was initially developed, some small tribes and even wild people who originally walked around were also attracted and continued to migrate to the city.

In this way, Chen Heng's territory slowly developed, and it started gradually.