Duke Eddie's property was finally evacuated. Irving prepared to take the Border Guard and return to Border Guard Town first, while the People's Army, led by Viscount Jarvis, returned by land.

At the edge of the pier, Kuros and others came to see Owen off.

"Owen, I didn't expect that you would issue that decree and eradicate the Yiguan before you went back. This makes me a little difficult to deal with."

Judging from Kuros' tone, there seemed to be a hint of complaint.

"how?"

Owen pretended to be surprised and looked at Kuros and asked, "Do you also want to buy a female slave from Yiguan?"

"What?! Brother, are you that kind of person too?" Sister Xiniya on the side said in surprise.

"No, no, how could your brother be that kind of person?" Kuros quickly denied, "It's just that Yiguan had good private connections with many nobles, but it was suddenly banned. Some people are already dissatisfied."

"snort!"

In response, Owen snorted coldly, and then said: "Let them go to the Hong Kong Coliseum to find willing women to play with. I have already issued a law that strictly prohibits forced prostitution of women."

"That's it! I completely agree with Owen's approach this time."

Xiniya blushed slightly and echoed: "They obviously don't want to, how can you force them to do... that kind of thing!"

In fact, Owen promulgated this decree not only to protect women, but also to prepare for the comprehensive promotion of abolition of slavery in the future.

The existence of Yiguan is closely related to slavery, because the women imprisoned in the dungeon are actually slaves. Most of them were captured and sent in, and only a few were bought with money.

Having learned so much from Winster, Owen had fully realized that production activities under slavery were extremely inefficient.

Slaves are more afraid of the whip in the hands of the slave master and work. All the income from the labor belongs to the slave master, and they can only get some food to ensure their survival.

It is impossible to be proactive in this kind of passive work, and it is also a serious waste of human resources.

Slavery is undoubtedly an obstacle to industrial production and must be eliminated.

That being said, if Owen were to forcefully push for the abolition of slavery now, he would definitely encounter strong opposition from all the nobles, the resistance would be huge, and he would most likely fail.

Therefore, Irving had to dismantle slavery bit by bit, and banning Yiguan was just a small step in the beginning.

Yiguan is only a small part of the existing form of slavery. Its ban will only crack down on a small part of the slave trade. The trade of labor slaves such as serfs can still proceed normally.

As a result, the nobles may be a little dissatisfied, but they will not object fiercely.

After that, every period of time, Owen issued new laws to shake the big tree of slavery little by little.

When the time finally comes and he fully advances the abolition of slavery, he will encounter much less resistance.

As for those women who voluntarily engage in prostitution, most of them are more forced by life than voluntarily.

If they can't find a suitable job, how will they support themselves if they don't work in the Hong Kong Coliseum?

Therefore, providing more employment opportunities for women can also reduce the number of places like the Coliseum to a certain extent.

If he wants his people to live a good life, there are so many things that Owen needs to do.

"Kuros."

Thinking of this, Owen stepped forward and whispered to Kuros: "This is also a difficulty that must be experienced to make the cake bigger. I hope you can strictly implement the decree I promulgated."

"I understand." Kuros nodded, "I will suppress those people's dissatisfaction and manage Dongsheng Fortress well."

"Well, Dongsheng Fortress is left to you."

Owen took a few steps back and said goodbye: "Then I will board the ship and go back, and I will also take the two officials from the fortress city hall with me."

The two officials from the Dongsheng Fortress City Hall were taken away in order to let them learn the management model of the Border Guard Town Hall.

After the two learn how to do it, they will be sent back to reorganize the city hall of the fortress to ensure that the administrative management model of the two places is consistent.

"Understood." Kuros said goodbye, "Then I'll say goodbye, Owen."

"Goodbye..." Xiniya was a little reluctant.

Owen got on the ship first, and a group of people behind him also boarded the Frontier Guard.

After the two officials from the fortress administration office went up, they curiously observed this strange cement boat. After all, it was completely different from the common wooden sailing boats.

Watching the border guard go away, Kuros suddenly turned his head and said to Xeniya: "Sister, I see that Owen is often accompanied by two beauties whose appearance is not inferior to yours. If you don't take action, you may not have a chance."

"Kuros Yum, what are you talking about?"

Xenia raised her foot and kicked Kuros' calf.

"Ouch! Why are you kicking me?" Kuros's eyes widened, "Brother, I'm kindly reminding you."

"Hmph! Let you talk nonsense!"

After leaving these words, Xeniya turned around and went back angrily.

After arriving at the border town, Owen immediately returned to his castle.

Although the lord's castle in Dongsheng Fortress is luxurious and grand, living here does not feel as free as this small castle. After all, he has lived here since he was a child.

As soon as he returned, Owen called Clive over and asked him to report on the recent situation in the town and the amount of treasure received.

"Lord Marquis, you finally come back..."

Owen waved his hand impatiently, not wanting to listen to Clive's polite words, and went straight to the point.

"Have you properly arranged the craftsmen who came from Dongsheng Fortress in recent days?"

"Everything is settled."

Clive naturally understood what Owen meant, and immediately took out a stack of paper from his pocket and began to report the situation in detail.

"As of yesterday, there were a total of seventy-six craftsmen reported from Dongsheng Fortress. Accommodation has been provided for them and their families. They were assigned to the Industry Department or the Construction Department according to the craftsman category, and Viru and Gita arranged their work."

"very good."

Owen nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Have you calculated the Duke's property that was transported back?"

"hey-hey."

When asked about this, Clive couldn't help but smile like a profiteer, looking cunningly happy.

"My Lord Marquis, the financial resources of a Duke are really exaggerated."

He sorted out the papers in his hand and found a statistical data table.

"I organized people from the Ministry of Finance to work hard for two nights, and they just counted and proofread the number of coins. Converted into gold coins, there were more than 72,000 coins in total. I have been dealing with money for so long, and I have never seen anything like this.

Rich."

That was because Bianzhu Town was too poor in the past and it was hard to look back on the past.

In short, Irving is not short of money now, and the funding problem for the development of the town has finally been solved.

"The other things haven't been calculated yet, have they?" he asked again.
Chapter completed!