Start as Inherited Baroness

After Kairaf and Morei left, Simon returned to the Lord's Hall.

"Mailan, go and inform Baron Leroy so that he can leave back to his territory tomorrow.

After Yaman wrapped the bricks on the outer wall of Yongyi Town, he asked him to take people to build a castle in the Richard Knight Territory in the Green Forest Territory.

The specifications should be higher. According to the baron, the area should be no less than thirty acres. Simon ordered.

"Yes! Sir! I will inform you immediately." Mailan responded and left the lord's hall immediately.

Simon sat in the main seat and thought about it for a while, then said: "Go and call the political officer Mader."

"Yes!" A guard immediately took the order and left.

Not long after, Ma De hurried over. After saluting respectfully, he asked: "Lord Baron! What do you have to say?"

"How is the grain procurement going?" Simon asked.

"Sir, this is enough to feed 10,000 people for a year. There are more than 90,000 baskets of grain in the granary now.

Two of the six granaries in the castle are already full, and one granary holds more than 45,000 baskets of grain...

And now there are dozens of cats, which greatly curbs the rat population. "Made reported carefully.

“You did a good job, but it wasn’t enough.

I have a vague feeling that something big will happen in the near future, and food is the top priority.

I will allocate you another thousand golden eagles to buy as much food as you want. " Simon ordered.

"Yes! Sir! I will strictly follow your instructions." Ma De assured immediately.

...

The next day, Kairaf and Morey gathered their forces and escorted Baron LeRoy out of Brave Town.

Simon watched them go away from the city wall.

When he returned to the Lord's Hall, he found Kailin waiting at the door.

"What's wrong?" Simon asked confused.

"My lord~ I heard that you have obtained a territory for our Richard...

I really don’t know how to thank you..." Kailin said excitedly, feeling like she was crying with joy.

"Uh... you don't have to be like this, Richard is also my son...

If you want to thank me, just practice magic.

I remember that the Book of Illusions records a fire-dispersing spell. If you can practice this spell, it will be a great help to me. "

Simon hugged her soft waist and smiled.

"Yes, sir, I will definitely try my best~" Kailin hugged him tightly with her chest and said coquettishly.

This kind of seduction successfully aroused Simon's desire.

Regardless of the fact that it was broad daylight, he picked her up and carried her into the lord's hall, pressed her on the table...

If something happens, it will be long, if nothing happens, it will be short. Time flies, and months pass in the blink of an eye, and autumn is here.

Simon's territory ushered in another harvest, and various vegetables, potatoes and other complementary foods were put into storage.

Sufficient carrots greatly improved the night blindness of the soldiers, and many people would no longer be troubled by night blindness.

On this day, Mader and others were conducting quarterly reports in the Lord's Hall.

"Lord Baron, so far, slaves have reclaimed more than 120,000 acres of new land, and the number of slave manors has increased to 105...

There were 5,904 new slaves, more than 4,000 of whom were from West Gede refugees...The total number of slaves today is 21,000...

There are more than 2,700 cattle, more than 300 calves, and more than 300 dairy cows...

One thousand nine hundred goats...830 sheep, two thousand three hundred domesticated wild boars...1,700 horses...

The income from city gate fees and market taxes totaled 203 gold eagle zeros...the income from selling salt was 540 gold eagle zeros...and the income from soap...

In addition, various expenditures are...due to the income from soap, so far, there is a huge surplus.

Sir, refugees from West Gedi are still arriving in a steady stream, and most of them choose to be your slaves. The pressure on food has been increasing..."

Mader held a parchment booklet, glanced at it from time to time, and reported seriously.

"Are there so many slaves now? What's going on with the free people?" Simon nodded happily and asked.

“There are now more than 48,000 free people, and they have reclaimed more than 140,000 acres of wasteland, about half of which are distributed in the Fearless Territory.

Most of them come from the King's Territory, the Reach, the Streams, the Stormlands and the Forest Valley, and there are also some wealthy West Gedi people.

These free people all had some monetary property and bought a lot of food from passing caravans to survive.

However, if there is no good harvest in the fields next year, most of them may have to be slaves for adults. "Made laughed.

When Simon heard this, he smiled with satisfaction. As long as one more year passes, after the harvest, his strength will soar.

The food problem will be completely solved, there will no longer be a need to purchase food from outside, and it can even be exported.

The continuous growth of population also provided abundant sources of troops.

"Recruit another 3,000 soldiers from the free people, and complete the task within half a month." Simon ordered.

"Yes! Sir! I will definitely not disappoint you!" Ma De promised.

"Yeah! Very good! I feel confident in your work.

Yaman, tell me. Simon smiled slightly and turned his attention to others.

"Lord Baron! I have led the workers to complete the brick-clad reconstruction of the outer wall of Yongyi Town.

Today's exterior walls are on average nine meters high, with the lowest point being eight meters, and the thickness expanding to more than four meters!

The moat has also been excavated and the Qingshui River has been introduced...

In addition, the West Post and the Blacksmith Fort on the Qingluo River have been completed and put into use...

Preparations are now being made for the construction of Richard the Knight's Castle. "

Yaman talked confidently.

"Very good! Next, you have to lead the workers to build three stone castles. The first one is built in the forest...

The second one is built on the hilly valley road in the north...the third one..." Simon instructed.

"Yes! Sir! I will build these castles in turn.

In addition, there is a happy event to report to you. Yaman agreed with a smile, then bowed and said.

"Huh? Let's talk about it." Simon responded with a smile, and he felt a little interested.

"Superior prospector Scott Mann recently discovered a vein of copper and tin in the western part of the Yongyi Hills Group. The reserves are quite high and stretch across dozens of hills.

This vein has extremely high mining value. Congratulations to the Baron! Yaman congratulated.

When Simon heard this, he was pleasantly surprised and stood up unconsciously.

"Really!? You're not entertaining me, are you?" He frowned and asked again.

"Lord Baron! It's absolutely true! In order to prevent mistakes, my subordinates have already had some ore mined and let the smelter Claude have a look.

Absolutely no problem! Yaman solemnly promised.

"Okay!!" Simon slapped the table excitedly. This bravery collar is really a treasure!

"Made, please remember, Scottman's treatment is the same as that of the heavy infantry, and he will reward two female slaves.

The other prospectors each had a female slave, and were treated the same as light infantry.

In addition, a thousand slave laborers will be organized to select a location for mining in the near future!

By the way, keep it secret! All the Eastern Wei troops were first mobilized to guard the area. "Simon said quite energetically.

With this copper-tin mine, he was happier than discovering the silver mine in the forest.

After all, after the silver ore is smelted into silver deer and silver sheep, they can only be used as coins to exchange for supplies. If they don't exchange them with you, it means nothing.

Copper and tin mines can not only be cast into copper stars, which can be used as currency, but can also be used to create practical tools such as bronze armor.

Although bronze wares are not as good as iron wares, they are still much stronger than wood, stone and the like.