Lord Harland.

Lord Harland Text Volume Chapter 181 Year-End Summary The open-pit mining went very smoothly. Richard mobilized hundreds of mature slaves to mine 500 tons of coal in a day.

It is more difficult to transport coal to castles such as Ordnance Fort, Fort Sophia, Fort Vic, and Fort Iron Mountain.

Li Cha could only use a wheelbarrow to go over the mountains and ridges. Fortunately, the furthest distance from these castles to the coal mines was only to kilometers, which was not too far away.

Even so, the cost of transportation is considerable.

Because the threshold for mining coal is very low, in order to prevent illegal mining, Li Cha has formulated strict laws. Anyone who finds illegal mining will be fined ten times.

If you don't have money, you have to sign a contract and become an indentured servant to pay back the money.

Coal mine income is part of the fiscal revenue of the territory, and anyone who dares to dig into it will be in trouble with Li Cha.

Time passed slowly like this, and it entered December.

Li Cha once again summoned the officials in the territory to make a year-end summary.

In addition to last year's participants, there are two newcomers, Flora and Otto, attending this year's meeting.

Flora was responsible for the education work in the territory and served as the principal of Riverside Elementary School.

Otto is the judge of the territory. He is accompanied by several underage students. He studies law with Otto, memorizes the code of law, and is an assistant judge beside Otto.

Most of the laws of the Harland Territory followed the Grant Kingdom Code.

However, Richard believed that many of the laws specified in the Grant Kingdom Code were problematic, and the management of citizens was too lenient and too strict, and the enforcement was selective, and there was not much fairness at all.

The country is the tool of the ruling class, the army is the violent machine of the ruling class, and the law is the embodiment of the will of the ruling class.

Richard knew this when he was in middle school.

Otto studied law for thirty years and gradually understood the mystery behind the law.

Because the governance of the people is relatively lenient, Otto also behaved more tolerantly during the trial, and would not copy the code of law for minor crimes and execute those who made mistakes.

The cases that Otto tried, except murder, injury, robbery, rape and other vicious cases, will be sentenced to death.

Generally, fines will be chosen for minor cases such as theft, fighting, and damage to property.

If there was no money, they were sentenced to short-term slave indentures until compensation was paid.

Otto was in charge of managing the law, and his younger brother Rogge was appointed by Richard as the civil affairs officer of the territory, responsible for managing most of the civil affairs in the territory.

Because the fruit wine was selling well, the net profit of the property under Mrs. Ola's management this year was gold coins, which was a bit more than last year.

Although the fruit wine has only been brewed for more than three months, it has already brought in a lot of profits. Including the liquor industry, this year's income is .

The output value of the brown sugar plantation has exceeded gold coins this year, and the sales are far from saturated, and are still developing rapidly. Next year, the output value will exceed gold coins.

There are not many orders for brick kilns, lime kilns, wood retorting kilns, and coke-burning kilns this year. The territory does not sell cement or coke to external parties. This year, it barely breaks even and makes little money.

The glass kiln is developing well. It not only competes with the glass kiln controlled by Viscount Luomen for the market, but also opens up new markets by making high-end fruit wine. This year's net profit has already reached gold coins.

As the technology of burning glass in the territory continues to advance, Richard decides to end excess profits next year, reduce the price of glass by half, continue to compete for the market with Viscount Rome, and wait for the summer to open a fruit canning factory to manufacture new products and promote new products. industry.

Even if the newly produced canned fruit is unsalable, Li Cha will stabilize the order through the military purchase contract and support the development of this new industry.

Coal mining is a new industry in the territory this year. After only three months of coal mining, the output value has reached gold coins. As the population increases and the free people become richer, this industry will continue to develop.

The Zitoufeng industry in the territory has returned to the heyday of the Stopa family this year. The output value of honey has reached , and the value of royal jelly has reached .

Purple Head Peak Royal Jelly is one of the main materials for refining second-order healing potions.

Richard exchanged the formula for the second-level healing potion from the Church of Dawn, and after giving it to Sophia, he successfully refined a batch of healing potion.

This year, Richard did not exchange the royal jelly for gold coins.

Even the money from selling honey was spent to buy other materials for refining the healing potion, and gave it to Sophia to refine the healing potion.

This batch of treatment potions are basically used to treat the wounded.

Besides liquor, the largest industries in the territory are food and steel.

This year's steel production is still increasing. Because of the war, the steel business is particularly good. The net profit for the whole year reached 18,000 gold coins, almost double that of last year.

The reason why Li Cha was able to expand the recruits of ten squadrons at one go was entirely because he had money this year.

The recruits have not made any military exploits, and they are still indentured slaves for the time being, so they don't need to be paid.But the clothes the recruits wear, the weapons and armor they use, and the golden drum flags in the barracks all cost money.

Food, drink, toiletries and daily training also cost money.

Most of the ten infantry squadrons and cavalry brigades in the territory have made military exploits this year and have become free citizens.

There are nearly 1,500 veterans, and including officers, the annual salary exceeds 15,000.

Coupled with the fact that hundreds of soldiers who were disabled or died in battle needed pensions, this year's pension expenditure, including supplies, was already .

The cost of food for more than 3,000 soldiers is also a lot of money.

Because the training intensity is high and breathing techniques need to be repaired, nutrition is indispensable.

On average, a soldier needs two kilograms of grain and one kilogram of meat every day, plus the cost of fuel, salt, condiments, and pickles. The food he eats is far better than that of ordinary people, and he consumes three copper coins a day.

One month is three silver coins, twelve months a year, it takes three gold coins to support a soldier.

Of course, you can also skimp on food, but it is impossible for soldiers who are undernourished to practice breathing techniques, and it is impossible to practice them every day.

The Mad Lion Legion where Richard once served spent two gold coins and four silver coins on food for each soldier every year.

Even if the logistics are more greedy, basically the difference is not much.

The soldiers in Harland's territory eat better than the main army. There is no shortage of meat every day. The lambs saved by thousands of sheep-headed men are grazing, which makes the rough guys in the army cheaper.

Although the recruits have been in the army for less than a year, they have spent more than gold coins on raising the army this year.

There was still a bumper harvest of food this year, and despite the war, no war broke out in the Harland territory.

The population that poured into the territory last year has opened up 12,000 hectares of dry land this year, which translates into 180,000 acres.

Even if the dry land relies on the sky for food, this year the goddess of dawn has given her a meal, and the territory's grain output has reached 18,000 tons.

This grain is sold and can earn gold coins.

It is impossible to sell grain. To feed more than 50,000 people, 12,000 tons of grain are needed.

The remaining 6,000 tons of grain need to be brewed into liquor and used as food reserves to prevent disaster years.

Because he has raised more than 3,000 soldiers and has the gold-eating beast of the army, although his income this year is very large, exceeding 30,000 gold coins, which can be called explosive growth, Richard still does not have much cash in his hands.

The balance at the end of the year was less than three thousand gold coins, which was just enough to pay off Mrs. Ola's debt.

If there is no war next year, the sales of steel will definitely drop sharply, and the expenditure of the army will increase. If there is no deficit, Li Cha has to find a way to continue to make money.