"Let her get familiar with human life first, and if she has anything to say, she can come and tell us."
"Goodbye!" Chris turned around and left without any hesitation.
"Hey!" Princess Niu Niu chased for two steps but failed to catch up. She stopped helplessly and stamped her feet angrily.
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"Hmph, it's not that easy to leave that unruly princess to my care!" Chris naturally did not accept this trick.
When Princess Niu Niu, who has never seen the world, arrives in Hope Town, she will definitely ask questions like Grandma Liu did when she entered the Grand View Garden, which will be annoying to death.
After leaving the city of the tauren, Chris was about to return home. This time he came to show Laud his "hard power" and make him surrender obediently.
The tauren tribe is numerous and not so stupid, so Chris must fight for it.
On the way back, the thorn trees he encountered along the way were all burned by him.
The thorn jungle is still burning. According to the current situation, it will never stop until it burns for three days and three nights.
Chris bypassed the sea of fire and decided to wait until the fire stopped before developing new territory.
Back at the castle, Chris sent Draggen back to the stables. This guy knew the marrow and actually approached the little mare on his own initiative.
Now, you don't have to work hard to fiddle with the magic potion, and you don't have to let other people drink it, which will cause a big mistake.
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In the next few days, Chris lived a very leisurely life, feeding the ghost tendrils and the crocodiles in the lake with blood every day, and supervising the breeding plan of Lagen.
He also transferred some residents from the small town to help sow the seeds, and Linda only needed to apply magic power. In this way, the efficiency of planting saffron increased several times. In just five days, the storage capacity reached 300,000 saffron flowers.
, filled with two space rings.
Five days later, Jonathan arrived at Hope Town with thousands of people and returned to the castle.
After hearing the news, Chris immediately walked out of the door and looked at the large crowd of people, feeling very satisfied.
"Sir, as per your request, with Paul's help, I successfully recruited and purchased 8,000 freedmen and serfs from Nebula City."
"Very good, thank you for your hard work." Chris nodded and threw a gold coin to him, "This is your and Shiloh's reward."
"Thank you, sir."
Reputation from Jonathan 20, Reputation from Hilo 20
Chris took a step forward and spoke to the newcomers at the top of his voice: "I am the owner of this land - the Earl of Thorn Ridge. From today on, you are all my subjects. As long as you work, you will be paid.
The daily salary is fifty copper coins, including food and accommodation."
"Wow, I thought it was a lie, but I didn't expect that everything the knight said was true."
"Praise be to the merciful lord."
Reputation from Sid 1, Reputation from Klotz 1...
These people are either serfs or free people who are often oppressed and live at the bottom. They all have one thing in common, that is, they don't have enough to eat or wear or keep warm.
I came here purely with the idea of giving it a try. Anyway, I had nothing to lose.
But what Chris didn't expect was that they had gained a reputation so quickly. Although it wasn't a lot, only about a hundred, it was still pretty good.
After all, you haven't paid for the actual benefits yet.
"Jonathan, you take them to start work, first find a few open spaces to build some houses that can shelter from the wind and rain. Shiloh, you go to Dean in the orchard and ask him to pick a few women to help cook in the canteen.
"
"Yes!" The two of them took the order and left.
Shiloh left first, and Jonathan came to the new people and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please follow me."
It took two days to walk here from Nebula City, and there was always a sufficient amount of food supplied along the way, so these people had a high sense of identification with Jonathan, and they all went to work under his greeting.
After watching Jonathan and the others go away, Chris returned to the study.
Now there are 8,000 more people in the territory. If you include the rhinoceros and tauren tribes, the number will be more than 9,000.
Therefore, Chris needs to rearrange his work.
There are currently four industries in the territory, brick kilns, mining teams, construction teams, and orchards.
First of all, the brick kiln cannot be stopped. Production must continue. Green bricks are strategic materials.
Secondly, the mining team needs to move their positions. There are many precious mineral resources in Thorn Ridge to be developed, and clumsy rhino people can be arranged to work as coolies. There are only about 300 people in that group, and there are only 200 young adults.
, even if they are all packed into the mining team, it will not be a problem.
Half of the newly arrived residents can be added to the construction team, and the rest can be sent to the Thorny Ridge to open up wasteland.
Minotaurs have good learning abilities. Although they are not as powerful as rhino men, they are far superior to ordinary humans. All of them can be packed into the construction team.
The city wall surrounding Hope Town has been built, and other buildings can be continued to build a city as soon as possible.
Chris wants to build a city that is not inferior to Mote City, and he wants to be the city lord.
As for the jam production in the orchard, there is no need to add more manpower for the time being. The number of fruit trees currently cultivated is already Linda's limit. Unless she upgrades to level four, she will not be able to expand the industry on a large scale.
Chris listed a large number of development plans on the parchment. As long as they are strictly implemented, the entire territory will soon be on track.
After sitting in the study all morning, Chris stretched and his body "gurgled".
"It's almost lunch time. I have to go over and take a look and gain some reputation."
Chris stood up and walked out the door.
In the first few days after the arrival of the new lord, the gratitude towards their lord will flow like a river, which will naturally generate a large amount of reputation points, and then gradually decrease.
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Chris came to the canteen in the town. It was built when the territory expanded to 3,000 people. Now that there are suddenly 8,000 more people, it seems very crowded.
Fortunately, bowls, spoons and other tableware were prepared in advance so that newcomers would not have to eat with their hands.
"Wow, there is meat." The new leader looked at the large piece of meat in the bowl, his eyes filled with excitement, "Oh my God, I haven't eaten meat in years, I praise you Lord Earl."
Reputation from Pork 1
"Hmph, a bunch of bumpkins who have never seen the world, how can they be like this? I have even eaten the meat of Warcraft." The speaker was a native of Hope Town.
"Brother, what are you talking about, the meat of a monster?"
"Yes, a huge crocodile can swallow a person with its mouth open. The lord killed it with his own hands."
"Can you tell us about it?"
"Want to hear it? Give me the piece of lean meat in your bowl."