When Roger first arrived in Kent Town, the total number of residents in the town was less than a thousand. [ ] Now some residents are still working in the lumberyard, and some are responsible for transporting the stones provided by the dwarves back to the town.
There are only more than 500 people left in the town, and there are even fewer young and middle-aged people who can work among them.
In the past, when Kent Town was not very lively, this manpower was enough. But now the town is in dire need, and all walks of life need labor. Bars and hotels need waiters, porters are needed on the docks, and vineyards need to be managed.
, people are still needed to maintain law and order in the town, and these manpower are somewhat stretched.
In a world like Toulonzo, where science and technology are not developed, the number of people in the territory is also one of the criteria for measuring the strength of a certain noble. Now Roger has deeply realized this. If there is not enough labor force, Kent Town's
Development will stagnate again.
In order to solve the problem of manpower shortage, Roger quickly asked Eddie to post a notice at the entrance of the town, announcing that his territory would begin to accept refugees from all over the country. As long as these newcomers had been living on their own in the territory for more than a year and had not done anything.
If you commit evil deeds, you can become an official citizen of the territory and enjoy the same treatment as others in the future.
Kent Town is now very different from before. As the town becomes more and more prosperous, there are opportunities to make money everywhere. Anyone here who is willing to work can definitely live a much better life than in other places.
The merchants quickly spread the news, and soon there were many strange faces in the caravans that came to Kent Town. These people were refugees from various places, and they planned to start a new life in this emerging town.
Life. Because lords everywhere strictly prohibited the people in their territories from migrating to other places, these new immigrants came to Kent Town as members of the caravan. Of course, if they can't leave after they arrive, they are not
The original lord can control it.
With the addition of new labor force, all the work in Kent Town that had gradually come to a standstill has been restarted. The whole town is in full swing, making everyone who comes here feel that it is only a matter of time before Kent Town prospers again, and
This time is not too far away.
Everyone attributed the changes in Kent Town to the new lord. If Roger hadn't boldly held an auction and wisely issued a decree to significantly reduce taxes, Kent Town would never have prospered again so quickly.
, not all people will benefit so much from this. Whether it is in the town's bars or hotels, vineyards or lumberyards, or even the markets where merchants trade, everyone is talking about this young baron and praising him.
It was he who brought good days to everyone.
In the baron's mansion to the east of the town, the increasingly prestigious lord is teasing Lisa. Lisa is very cute in a maid outfit, and is definitely the most perfect image in the eyes of all lolita fans. Every time he controls people, Roger
He can't help but touch the cute maid up and down, and he won't stop until the girl gasps and trembles all over.
Roger was no exception this time. He let the petite Lisa sit on his lap. He held the girl's slender waist with one hand, but the other hand had already slipped under her skirt. The girl's
The thighs were smooth and full of sex, which made Roger linger and reluctant to take his hands out.
Under Roger's strange big hand, Lisa's breathing became more and more rapid, and a delicate red cloud appeared on her pretty face. Although Lisa always felt a little uneasy every time the two of them came into such close contact, she never
In terms of her feelings and obedience to her master, the girl would still let Roger do whatever he wanted without any resistance.
"Little Lisa... I think you're getting bigger and bigger here." Roger's big hand that was holding the girl's slender waist moved to her chest at some point, and he kneaded it gently while whispering in Lisa's ear.
He said softly: "Well, it does look almost the same. It won't take long for you to eat it!"
The hot breath from Roger's mouth sprayed on Lisa's earlobe, making the girl's pretty face turn hot. Although Lisa was a little worried about what was about to happen, she was more concerned about the expectation and "finally becoming the master's woman"
That sense of security.
"Sir, the income and expenditure of the territory last month are out." Just as the two of them were chatting, Eddie's voice sounded outside the door: "If you have time now..."
"You have time, you have time." Roger was still very concerned about the situation in the territory. Hearing this, he kissed Lisa on her pretty face and said, "Wait a moment."
Lisa also knew that Roger had something serious to do, so she quickly got off his lap and opened the door while arranging her clothes. However, the clothes could be arranged quickly, but the blush on her face did not fade away so quickly, so the girl's pretty face turned red.
His appearance definitely couldn’t escape Eddie’s eyes.
However, as a qualified housekeeper, Eddie certainly knew what to take care of and what not to take care of. He turned a blind eye to Lisa's slightly embarrassed look and only nodded slightly in greeting before striding up to Roger and saying
: "Sir, the total income of the territory last month was 30,000 gold coins, but the expenses were as high as 41,000 gold coins. If this continues, I'm afraid the territory will soon be unable to make ends meet."
"Don't worry." Roger waved his hand to Eddie and said: "The town is currently in the construction stage, and every place has to spend money, so the cost will be a bit higher. As long as this period of time passes, other expenses will come down. Then
Then more businessmen will come to the town, and we can start making money. We need to take a longer-term view in this regard."
In fact, Eddie also knew this truth. He just said this to fulfill his duties as a steward and remind Roger. Now that the lord was well aware of this matter, Eddie quickly moved to the next topic: "You are in town.
Those shops have been rented out, and the monthly rent can be 3,400 gold coins. However, some businessmen are more interested in buying your house, and they all said they are willing to pay a large sum of money at once."
Since Roger announced that merchants with fixed shops in Kent Town only need to pay a transaction tax of three thousandths, many merchants have begun to look for suitable places to open shops in the town. However, they soon discovered that all the lots
Good shops all have the same owner, the local lord.
Nye's businessmen can only rent these shops, but they have been thinking about buying these houses. After all, everyone is interested in the future of Kent Town. If they can buy some property here early, they will make a profit without losing money.
Buy and sell.
"Tell them to only rent and not sell!" Roger was very principled on this point and said to Eddie without thinking: "Our town has just started to develop now. These industries will be worth a lot of money in the future. Now we can
It would be too uneconomical to sell it.”
Eddie's method was the same as Roger's, and he immediately bowed and replied: "That's what I told them, sir. I also suggest that you announce the expansion of our town in the name of the lord as soon as possible, so that those new houses will also belong to
It’s yours.”
We agreed very much with the butler's idea, and Roger immediately said: "Immediately issue a decree declaring that except for the places where property rights are already owned, all the land in Kent is the property of the baron. Anyone who wants to
To build buildings on it, you must first purchase land from me."
"Obey!" This was originally one of the rights given to the lord by the kingdom. Roger did this just to emphasize it again, so Eddie immediately agreed without hesitation.
"Hey, whoever wants to buy land has to spend a lot of money, otherwise he won't be able to build a new house." Roger thought happily: "Oh, I didn't expect that my brother would be able to engage in land finance one day. By the way, the property rights cannot be sold, just
You can sell the use rights. You can sell them for five or ten years first, and then you can sell them again after the time has passed. This is called sustainable development!"
"Sir, there is one last thing. There is not much food in the territory." Eddie didn't know what Roger was thinking, and quickly continued: "Although we have purchased some food from merchants recently, there is not much food in the territory."
The population is increasing, and we will run out of food in ten days at most. Should we buy some more food from the merchants?"
If this had happened two months ago, Roger would have been extremely anxious. But now the first crop of grain from the primary farm will be harvested in just a few days, so this is no longer a problem for him. Soon
He shook his head and said: "No need to buy more food, I will solve this problem. Those businessmen are too ruthless. They know that there is a shortage of food in the territory, so they raise the price of food so high. Let these profiteers suffer a little this time."
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Eddie was surprised by Roger's decision not to buy food in order to make profiteers who took advantage of the opportunity to drive up food prices suffer. However, ever since he was on the Lunde Peninsula, he had trusted the lord's conditions, and naturally he would not do so this time.
Exception. Since Roger said he would solve the food problem, Eddie said nothing more, bowed to Roger and left.
Not long after Eddie left, Bonnie entered Roger's room without even knocking. Seeing that Roger was still lying lazily on the bed, the female knight lifted him up from the bed and said, "What time is it now?"
Why are you still lazy? Come and train with me!"
Currently, the cooperation between the lumberyard and the dwarves is in the hands of two knights, Chris and Phil, while Bonnie stays in Kent Town and is in charge of the town's defense and security. Ever since I learned that the magical building of the primary training ground was built in the castle
Later, the female knight came to see Roger almost every day and trained hard with him to improve her strength.
Bonnie and Roger have signed a symbiosis contract, so as long as Roger agrees, she can enter the secondary space of the castle. Not only can she use the training ground to improve her strength, but she can even return to the earth with the castle hub. However, Roger is afraid of women.
It is difficult for knights to adapt to the environment of the earth, so at least they have no such plans in the near future.
The primary training ground can only improve the trainer's strength to the advanced bronze level. Strictly speaking, it is not of great help to Bonnie. But for the female knight, even a small improvement in strength is still very impressive.
This is something inspiring, so she has been enjoying training very much recently. Of course, Bonnie will not forget to take Roger with her every time she trains.
On the other hand, Roger has just become a bronze expert, so the hard training during this period has been of great help to him. He also reached the advanced bronze level a few days ago. Of course Roger is very satisfied with having advanced bronze strength so quickly.
I was planning to rest for a few days, but I didn't expect Bonnie to come to see me again.
Roger knew the character of the female knight very well, and knew that he would not be able to steal today if he was lazy, so he could only get up and drag Bonnie into the secondary space of the castle.
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The new year has arrived. I wish you all a happy new year and all the best in 2012, good health and all your wishes come true.
Finally, Pumpkin complained a little about why the first chapter number of the New Year is such a sad number. I really didn’t mean it.