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Chapter 538
After the royal capital meeting, Hudson returned directly to the territory.The turbulence in the world is just the talk of the kingdom's nobles in their daily lives.

Since the end of the Continental War, the human world has been split into two worlds.Although the political changes in the Southern Continent have far-reaching effects, it is enough for the Kingdom to take good care of the Five Nations Alliance at the moment.

"News of Ten Thousand Years Calamity", after a short period of tension, what should everyone do.

Anyway, the Alpha Kingdom is preparing for battles every day. If it encounters a catastrophe, it will respond to the catastrophe. If it doesn't, it will beat the orcs.

Looking at the positive work attitude of the Kingdom's top management, Hudson really can't find anything to criticize.As for the mainland countries, let everything take its course!

After several years of development, Xueyue collar has undergone earth-shaking changes.Standing above the territory again, the original lush prairie has now turned into pieces of farmland.

Earth-shaking changes can take place, in addition to the efforts of the leaders, the Kingdom Magician Group also played an important role.

Using the magician group as a land reclamation group did not trigger a strong backlash, and Hudson can be regarded as a historical precedent.

If you look carefully, there are magicians working with serfs below to transform the river.

It is entirely because Master Hudson has given too much to the mages to work so hard.

It seems that a lot of time is spent on part-time work, but in fact, everyone's cultivation speed is faster than before.

There is no way, the auxiliary cultivation potion is too fragrant.

It's a pity that this thing has an exclusive monopoly, and the price is expensive. Under normal circumstances, ordinary magicians like them can't get the purchase quota at all.

The only way to obtain potions to assist cultivation, other than spending money like crazy, is to come and work.

Generally speaking, the speed of magician working for Hudson is [-]% higher than that of practicing hard.

If you have a skill, you can get more auxiliary potions, and your training speed can even be doubled.

This account is easy to calculate, the faster the cultivation base is improved, the more time you can freely control, and the greater the probability of future breakthroughs.

Even the arrogant magic masters were not able to resist the temptation of a rapid improvement in cultivation.So much so that the Kingdom Magician Corps stationed on the border often sneaked away to Master Hudson's territory to pick up private jobs.

Mainly earth-type magicians and water-type magicians, because of their professional nature, they can take the most orders.

Under normal circumstances, there are no magicians of these two schools in the mage group's resident.

Not only the magicians who served in the army often stayed in Xueyue collar, even after completing the service task, there were also many magicians who chose to stay.

At this moment, Xueyue Territory has become the most popular place for mages, and the number of mages staying there even exceeds that of the capital.

However, this is just the beginning. As time goes by, not only the magicians of the Alpha Kingdom are spontaneously gathering in Xueyue Territory, but even the magicians of the Moxi Principality are also eyeing this land.

The influx of a large number of magicians has also spawned many related industries.Magic potions, magic equipment, magic materials... a series of industrial chains serving magicians are constantly developing and improving.

If there is no accident, with the continuous development of Xueyue Ling, this kind of talent siphon effect will continue to spread to the outside world.

It's a pity that those who can learn magic these days are not ordinary people, and with the fetters of the family behind them, it is difficult to be really recruited.

However, this kind of regret mainly exists in the upper echelons of the territory and members of the Koslow family. Hudson has never felt this way.

Having experienced the impact of the information age, Hudson didn't care at all whether these migrant workers were willing to defect to them for allegiance, as long as they could complete the task.

Direct equivalent exchange, no one owes anyone.If you can cooperate, cooperate, and if you can't cooperate, you will fail, and you don't need to assume responsibilities to each other.

Hudson is not going to fight a civil war. If a war breaks out, it will be directed at foreigners.

If there is racial righteousness, it is enough to directly recruit the magicians of the territory to participate in the battle. These people are also the military force of the Xueyue Territory.

Let Maxim circled in the sky twice, Hudson became refreshed.These are all the mountains and rivers he brought down, which changed a piece of land in just a few years.

If there were so many migrant workers joining in the development of the mountainous territory back then, it would definitely not be so difficult.

However, there is no way around this. When developing the mountain territory, Hudson had just emerged, and he was simply unable to make a high profile.

It's not like now that you are a prince, even if you have the title of the number one pharmacy master in the mainland on your head, and you are tossing around in the magic world with a high profile, no one is peeping.

……

"Duke, we are afraid that we are considering relocating the political center!
With the rapid development of Xueyue Territory, Crescent Port is too crowded, and it is no longer suitable to continue to be the administrative center of the territory.

Now there are two options. One is to choose a suitable location in the middle of the territory and rebuild a city as our new administrative center to strengthen the control of the territory.

The second option is to consider the future development of the territory. The best choice now is to use a city in the east of the territory as a temporary administrative center to prepare for the subsequent eastward strategy.

Both options have their own advantages and disadvantages. Judging from the current situation in the territory, no matter which option you choose, it is better than staying in Crescent Harbor.

In order to divert ships, the Ministry of Government Affairs is considering selecting suitable locations in coastal areas and planning three more medium-sized cargo ports.

......"

After listening to Jacob's report, Hudson was slightly taken aback.With the special geographical location of Crescent Port, the economic development must be top-notch, but as the administrative center of the territory, it is obviously a lot worse.

The choice to set up a base camp here was mainly out of strategic security considerations.With the convenience of being backed by the sea, once the situation is critical, you can evacuate from the sea at any time.

However, times are evolving.No one would have imagined that the offensive and defensive momentum between the kingdom and the orcs could be reversed in just a few years.

Strategic security, which was once the most worrying, has now become the least important.Orcs are powerless to launch a full-scale invasion for at least ten years.

"Take the first option!

The current situation is not suitable for continuing to stimulate the orcs.The trapped beast is often the most ferocious. If the aggressiveness is too strong, it will easily cause unnecessary troubles. "

Hudson said after thinking about it.

Relying on nibbling all the way, Xueyue Ling took a lot of advantage.When you open the map, you will find that the present Near East is completely different from the original Near East.

Among them, the fastest expanding is naturally Hudson's Xueyue Territory. The orcs voluntarily gave up the large area of ​​land adjacent to Xueyue Territory.

The lords of other border areas also took action, but their names were not loud enough to scare the neighboring orc tribes.

There is a Xueyue Lake in the middle, and Hudson has no intention of attracting the attention of the land in the north, so naturally he will not mix these local conflicts for land grabs.

In this regard, the Alpha Kingdom also follows the mainland practice.It neither supports nor opposes the expansion movement launched by the noble lords.

As long as the expansion action launched in private, as long as it wins on the battlefield and can occupy the territory, the kingdom will recognize its legitimacy.

If he was beaten up by the other party because of his own lack of ability and failure to expand, then the lord who made the trouble would have to bear it himself.

So much so that the competition for the northern part of Xueyue Lake has continued until now, and none of the parties involved has come to a conclusion.

There is no victory on the battlefield, and the speed of expansion naturally cannot keep up with Hudson, who planted flags all the way.

If you get a bargain, you have to accept it as soon as you see it.

The orc tribe withdrew directly, seemingly out of fright, but there were also deep-seated political reasons behind it.

Even though the orcs wished to tear Hudson into pieces, out of awe of the strong, the neighboring orc tribe still endured their grievances and expressed their kindness to Hudson.

There is no way, this grassland war, the orc executives were really terrified.

Especially in the back, playing the sidelines in an upright manner made the orc executives tremble with fear.

In case of a conflict between the two sides, Hudson hits the edge again, and their neighbors will be in trouble again.

Can't be provoked, can't hide.

It's just that the orc tribe hid from Hudson, which doesn't mean they are also afraid of other nobles in the kingdom.The viscounts in the border area alone can't scare them at all.

"Duke, if we build a big city again, then this year's financial deficit of the territory may reach a new level."

Jacob reminded vaguely.

As the administrative officer of Xueyue Territory, he is very clear about the financial situation of the territory.That can no longer be described as "bad", it is completely terrible.

It is impossible to develop a piece of white land without spending money.Especially the territory of Xueyue Territory is still increasing.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of all parties, I did not dare to make statistics on how much land was added. Anyway, there must be hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.

As the price of expansion, the territory's finances were very hurt.It loses millions of gold coins every year. As of now, Xue Yueling has owed nearly 3000 million gold coins to the Near East Development Bank.

Part of the money was spent on military expenses, and the rest was spent on territory development and infrastructure construction.

Magician is easy to use, but the price is really high.The magic potion distributed to everyone was also purchased from Hudson by the financial department of the territory at the market price.

Feedback to the financial statements, the deficit of Xueyue Ling continued to expand like a snowball.

If it wasn't for the loan from the Near East Development Bank, and the 8000 million fake account line created by Hudson, the interest on the funds alone would have crushed Xue Yueling.

Of course, Hudson did not embezzle the funds recovered by the magic potion, and put them all in the Near East Development Bank in the name of deposits.

It seems to be a meaningless left hand to right hand, but in fact this is a normal economic cycle.

The deposits in the bank books have increased, and the funds that can be leveraged have also increased.

The money flowing out from the development of the territory has given birth to the development of a series of industries. Although the scale is not very good, it can finally see the signs of a market economy.

The most direct feedback is Xueyue Ling's tax revenue, which has increased dramatically in recent years.It's just that the investment in construction is too high, which directly consumes the increased tax revenue.

The main reason is the expansion of the territorial area, which led to the Ministry of Government's proposal to control the fiscal deficit at 150 million, which directly became a joke.

Of course, after seeing the rapid development of the territory, everything has changed. It can only be said that the fiscal deficit is really suitable for economic development.

The only problem is that the upper echelons of the territory are so frightened by the huge debts of the territory that they are completely unaware that the money spent in the territory is all paid by Hudson for nothing.

The 8000 million interest-free bills only cost 3000 million, and Master Hudson didn't panic at all.

As long as the Near East Development Bank is stabilized, if there is a shortage of money for the subsequent development of the territory, it will be fine to continue to borrow from the bank.

Using other people's money to develop your own territory, you don't have to pay a penny of interest on the funds, and you can repay the principal in installments for decades. What's the difference from giving away for nothing?
"You don't have to worry about money. The Ministry of Government Affairs borrowed another 200 million from the Near East Development Bank for the construction and subsequent development of the new city.

However, the efficiency must be fast. Taking advantage of the enthusiasm of the magicians, start the project quickly.

The planning and construction of the new port must also be implemented promptly.

With the development of the territory, the future cargo throughput will definitely continue to rise.In planning and construction, we must have forward thinking.

Funding gap, you find Jacob to coordinate.Don't worry too much about debt, these are short-term issues.

Extend the time period, as long as the Xueyue Territory develops to the level of the Mountain Territory, we can fill up any amount of debt! "

Hudson said comfortingly.

These are the sequelae of the bankruptcy of the Principality of Moxi.The country's reputation cannot withstand the debt crisis, which has aroused widespread concern from all walks of life.

The Xueyue Territory is also heavily in debt. Except for Hudson, the lord, none of the important officials in the territory below are not worried.

As a territory that has been developed, the Mountain Territory can provide Hudson with an income of nearly 100 million gold coins every year, and the volume of the Xueyue Territory is more than ten times that of the Mountain Territory.

If it develops to the level of the Mountain Territory, then the annual fiscal surplus will be as high as tens of millions of gold coins, and the current debt is really not a problem.

(Note: fiscal surplus = fiscal revenue - expenditure)
Unfortunately, this cake is not so delicious.The mountainous area has a population of more than 150 million to be able to have the current economic level.

Xueyue Territory wants to develop to this point, without a population of 2000 million, there is no possibility at all.

The reality is that Xueyue Territory has less than 100 million citizens, and even with the floating population from outside, it is only in the early million.

Even if the slaves are brought in to make up the number, they still can't make up 200 million.From the figure of 2000 million people, the gap in the middle cannot be made up by individual will.

(End of this chapter)