Lord Harland.

Lord Harland Text Volume Chapter 184 After the comrade-in-arms hunted the giant tiger, Richard paid a reward to the members of the demon hunting team. Although the amount is not much, it is equivalent to one year's salary. The thirty-odd demon hunting team members received a total of five hundred gold coins.

After receiving the reward, Su La invited Jennings, Julian and other old friends to dinner.

They are all the first batch of slaves, and this year is already the seventh year of joining Harland's territory.

Of the 300 comrades who joined the army that year, more than one-third have been killed and more than one-third have been disabled. Including some who have retired from active service and are still working in the military, there are only a dozen people left.

These dozens of people have different talents, some have developed well and have been promoted to the third level, while some have not developed and are still middle-level fighter students.

Sulla led everyone into a hotel. Jennings looked at the hotel's sign and asked strangely: "When did Fort William open a restaurant?"

In the past half a year, Jennings has been leading troops outside. After returning to Fort William, he felt a strange feeling.

There were some commercial activities on the streets of Fort William.

You must know that before the orcs invaded last year, Fort William was still a military fort, and it was also managed militarily, and there were no businessmen at all.

"Jennings, you've been outside for too long, and the territory is changing very fast now."

Su La smiled, asked a few people to sit down, called the owner of the restaurant out, pointed to the owner and asked Zhannings: "Do you still remember him?"

The restaurant owner looks to be in his forties, very capable and has a military style. It made Jennings feel a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Forget it, it's the big head Odaye."

"Odaye, you have changed so much. We haven't seen each other for four or five years, right? I'm very sorry that I didn't recognize you."

Odaye was also a comrade in the squadron of Jennings and Sura. He and Sura were in the same squad, sleeping in the same tent and eating the same pot of food.

It's a pity that his physical talent is very average and he cannot withstand the high-intensity training of the army.

Not only did the breathing method progress very slowly, but during one training session, I even vomited blood and injured my internal organs.

In the end, Odaye was considered unsuitable for combat, received part of the subsidy, and retired from the No. Squadron.

Odaye was injured during training, and although he did not make any military exploits, he was restored to his status as a free citizen in advance.

In recent years, I have been working in a tailor shop.

After several years of cultivation, Odaye's body finally recovered a lot.

After the war, Odaye met his good friend Sulla in Fort William.

They haven't seen each other for a few years, and the situation of the two is already very different.

Su La is now the squadron leader, with a monthly salary of three gold coins, plus various rewards and allowances, the annual income exceeds forty gold coins.

Not only did his income be high, but his status was also high. He achieved a class jump and entered the middle and upper classes of the territory.

Although Odaye became a free citizen a few years in advance and saved a little money, compared with Sulla, there was a very obvious difference in status.

Back then, Odaye took good care of Sura because of his fellow villager.

In the slave market, in the army, he helped him like a big brother.At that time, their relationship was like relatives.

After Odaye retired from the No. Squadron, he couldn't accept the reality, so he didn't contact his former comrades-in-arms. He recuperated while doing some work within his ability in the clothing factory.

Seeing his old friend again, Odaye suddenly felt ashamed.

He was just about to pretend not to know him, but Su La stopped him.

Knowing Odaye's recent situation, Sura also lent him 100 gold coins to help him open a large restaurant.

Sulla served in the army for seven years and was restored to freedom four years ago. He was not married, and his income greatly increased after becoming a professional officer. In a few years, he saved more than a hundred gold coins after several meritorious service and rewards.

Being able to lend 90% of his property to friends at one time, Sulla is undoubtedly a person who does not value money but values ​​feelings.

Odaye was not only a fellow comrade-in-arms with Sulla, but also had a special relationship with Jennings.

When Jennings was suffering from the plague, before being rescued by Richard, Aodaye happened to bring him meals.

At that time, Su La was also suffering from the plague. In order to take care of this little fellow countryman, Odaye offered to send meals to the sick slaves.

Because he was responsible for delivering meals to slaves suffering from the plague, Odaye soon became infected.

They were bought together by Richard, and joined the Harland Territory after they survived.

Because of this relationship, Jennings felt particularly excited to see Odaye.

"I remember that you don't know how to cook, how can you open a restaurant?"

"Time changes everything. Seven years changed Jennings. It changed Odaye."

Seeing that Jennings was still willing to associate with a low-level person like himself, Odaye felt his true feelings. He tapped Jennings on the shoulder and joked.

"It was the respected lord, Viscount Richard, who changed everything for us."

Because Li Cha changed the fate of the Jennings family, he is very loyal to Li Cha, which can also be shown in his daily chats.

If people who are not familiar with him meet Jennings, they must think that he is a person who is good at flattering people.

"We should really be grateful to Lord Richard. Without him, we wouldn't have the wonderful life we ​​have now. I am a restaurant owner. I don't need to pick up the kitchen knife to cook. Our restaurant employs three indentured servants, and there is a chef who is very good at his skills. ."

"Aren't the indentured servants in the territory always under direct official management?"

"The legal provisions have changed since last winter. Nowadays, indentured slaves are divided into official slaves and private slaves. Official slaves are slaves directly managed by the government, while private slaves are slaves purchased by free people from outside. Everyone knows that official slaves have signed a five-year contract. The contract is for a year, and the contract for a private slave can be signed for ten years."

After the goddess's birthday this year, and in 3259, there are already freemen in Harland's territory.

Most of the free citizens in the territory are the families of soldiers who were killed, disabled, or made meritorious service, and there are more than of these people.

As long as you join the army, the threshold for becoming a freeman with your family is not high. As long as you have fought a few times in battle and cut off the head of an orc, you can basically make military exploits.

More than 90% of the territory's 1,600 veterans are meritorious personnel.

Except for the families of soldiers, most of the freedmen were slaves in the first two years.In addition, those who have contributed to the development of the territory and have been recognized and commended by Li Cha will also become free citizens in advance.

The free citizens have now saved some money because of the low tax policy formulated by Richard.

Many people with flexible minds have already started business activities.

Engaging in business activities is naturally inseparable from hiring people.

However, the indentured slaves in the territory are all controlled by the government, and they cannot afford to pay too high a price for hiring free people.

The first group of merchants in the territory were all quick-witted people. They approached Justice Otto, hoping to amend the law and let them buy slaves from the outside world.

Otto thought for a moment, agreed to the merchant's request, and decided to talk to Richard.

Letting go of the private purchase of slaves, although it is easier for spies to mix in, is also of great benefit to the development of the territory.

Because he had too many troops, Richard could no longer afford the money to continue buying slaves.

If we want the population size to continue to increase, we need to rely on the power of the private sector.

Many private businessmen are family members of military officers, and they have accumulated a lot of money in their hands.

If this money is hidden in the cellar, it will only cause deflation and do no good to the territorial economy. If used to purchase slaves, it will increase the strength of the territory.

As the population increases, the market size will become larger and the economy will develop.

The power of a territory does not depend on the amount of gold and silver in the hands of the lord?But how many supplies, how many people, how many soldiers, how many extraordinary powers are there in the territory?