Lord Harland.

Because the Venus family built an artificial magic well and built a magic channel to supply energy to the mage tower, the defense of this mage tower is not bad, and it can release ten flame storms a day.

The semi-finished Mage Tower built by the Tower of Death uses the magic core of the legendary monster as the core of the energy room. Even if the legendary magic equipment Thunder Staff is used to save mana energy, it can only release ten chains of lightning.

The defensive power of the two mage towers is actually not much different. One has stronger magic power and the other is blessed with legendary magic equipment. Even if there are only low-level mages in the magic tower, it is enough to resist the sneak attack of high-level mages. The Magic Kingdom of Home is considered a high-level mage tower.

After Richard occupied the mage tower, he immediately destroyed the teleportation altar and dismantled the teleportation gate.

The teleportation altar is the coordinate of space teleportation. Destroying the teleportation altar is equivalent to erasing the teleportation coordinates. But this mage tower was built by the Venus family. I wonder if the Venus family left a secret door?

If he was unprepared and was attacked by the Venus family, he might suffer heavy casualties.

Now the number of magicians in Harland's territory is small and their strength is weak, so it is not suitable to be scattered in two strange wizard towers. Besides, there are many magic research rooms in Fort William, and some people need to be left behind.

Biting off more than he can chew, Richard is not ready to leave any magicians in the Venus family's mage tower for the time being.

This mage tower is mainly used for magic research, focusing on magic wells and magic power supply.

Li Cha is going to focus on the semi-finished Mage Tower built by the Tower of Death first.

This mage tower was named the Tower of Lightning because Li Cha inscribed a series of lightning defense spells.

The Tower of Lightning will take another two months to complete.After the mage tower was completed, Richard decided to move most of the mage power in Harland's territory to the Tower of Lightning.

Richard moved the magic organization to the swamp basin, and together with the garrison protecting the mage tower, the population of the swamp basin has exceeded .

Although the swamp basin has been developed for more than a year, because not much effort has been invested, only more than 10,000 acres of paddy fields have been reclaimed, a ditch has been built, and only a few floors of the Master's Tower have been built.

With this little achievement, more than dozens of middle-aged slaves died of illness one after another.

Even though the territory of Harland belongs to the middle temperate zone, the number of mosquitoes is relatively small, and there is no serious malaria, but it still takes a lot of life to develop the swamp.

With the presence of magicians and troops, the Harland Territory's investment in the swamp basin will greatly increase. At least when it comes to building infrastructure, magicians can be of great help. When repairing drainage ditches, the magic of turning mud into stone can play a key role.

After the goddess's birthday, He'an Primary School started school again. This year, because the tuition was reduced by half, the number of new students reached 300.

Now there are more than a thousand students in the Harland Territory. Waiting for all these people to graduate in a few years will bring a great impetus to the development of the Territory.

Among the more than 300 freshmen, seven have magician qualifications. Berica has the best magic talent and has a medium earth element affinity. These seven children with magical talents cannot be counted on for the time being. Before learning the meditation method, you need to learn basic knowledge. At least a few months later, you can start practicing the meditation method after knowing some words and understanding some magic terms.

Counting these seven new students with magic qualifications, the Harland Territory Mage Association will have more than forty members.

The forty-member magician organization has exceeded the size of the four eastern marquis territories. Today, the Harland Territory Magic Association is already among the top ten magic organizations in the Grant Kingdom.

The countries in the northern part of the Central Continent are economically backward and socially impoverished. They are considered to be magical deserts. A magic organization of forty people can only be considered a small magic organization in the Markholm Magic Kingdom and cannot be ranked at all.

There are more than 3,000 wizard towers in Markholm Magic Kingdom, and more than 1,000 large and small magic organizations. Even the Holy Halo Empire felt a headache when seeing thousands of mage towers on the map.

Even though the Magic Kingdom on the southwestern coast is very disobedient and often challenges the authority of the Holy Halo Empire, the Holy Glory Empire has no plans to send troops to fight a war with little chance of winning.

According to Sophia's narration, placing the Mage Association of Harland's Territory in the Makholm Magic Kingdom can roughly rank three hundred.

From the hidden base of the Venus family, Richard obtained weapons capable of equipping two thousand elite soldiers.

This batch of equipment is very sophisticated, no less than the Nolan Guards.Enchanted armor, enchanted bows and crossbows are all available, and now they are all cheaper, and Li Cha is equipped with the infantry of Harland's territory.

Weapons and equipment became abundant, and Richard immediately decided to expand the army on a large scale, forming two new recruit brigades and expanding the army by 1,600 people.

The Recruit Brigade temporarily trains four recruit squadrons. After completing the recruit training, they will be mixed with veterans of the 3rd and 4th Infantry Brigades.

After completing the army expansion, Harland Territory will have six infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades, plus guard squadrons and headquarters personnel, with a total strength of more than 6,500 people.

Recruits are mainly selected from indentured slaves to save costs.

Last year more than 76,000 indentured slaves were added to the Harland territory, and it was easy to select 1,600 soldiers.

As long as the serfs at the bottom are given a chance, in order to change their fate and stand up, the serfs will actively join the army without fear of death or sacrifice.

Entering late February, the recruitment work has been completed. Now that the territorial army has been formalized, there are dedicated personnel responsible for the training of new recruits, so Richard does not need to worry about it.

Because of the influx of a large number of people last year, the task of spring plowing this year is a bit heavy.

In order to complete this year's spring plowing task, Li Cha also asked the army to participate in the spring plowing.

The area near Graveson Castle is a key area for spring plowing this year. From last year to this year, a population of 65,000 will be arranged here and 300,000 acres of farmland will be reclaimed.

The terrain of this area is flat, water is easily obtained from both sides of the Black River, and the agricultural potential is very large. Unfortunately, it is at the front line of the orc invasion, so it has not been effectively developed.

Now the Harland family is building the Flower Castle in the north of Graveson. If they can block the orc army in the Flower Castle, Graveson Castle can become the rear area, making large-scale development feasible.

However, there are still great risks in developing the vicinity of Gravessen Castle.

Once the Blossoming Castle is lost, or the orcs bypass the Blossoming Castle, Graveson Castle will be easily attacked by the orcs, and the population living in this area will be captured by the orcs.

To develop the land near Graveson Castle, one must be strong.

After analyzing the situation, Richard believed that as long as the main force of the orcs did not invade from the direction of Geda Province, the power of the Harland family could withstand the attack of most of the orc army.

Although the Harland family's fiefdom is large, there are relatively few areas suitable for agricultural development.

The two territories of Dirham and Stopa have been basically developed successfully. If you want to get more farmland, you can only build terraces and develop hills.

Building terraced fields requires a lot of manpower. According to the current manpower in the Harland Territory, building terraced fields is a bit of a waste of effort. Now the territory is underpopulated and there is a lot of cultivated land per capita.

It’s not yet time to build terraces and reclaim hillside farmland.

Although some farmland can still be developed in the river valleys near Fort William and Fort Sophia, there are many factories and mines here, which is the core of Harland's territory. In order to prevent technology leakage, it is not suitable to arrange too many people.

The only areas suitable for agricultural cultivation are near Graveson Castle and in the swamp basin.

The farmland near Gravesson Castle is less difficult to develop, and trees were felled and roots were excavated last autumn.

After this spring, first dig the isolation zone, then set fire to the wasteland, burn all the dead grass, vines, and shrubs, pick out the stones in the land, and plow deeply with the iron horned horse.

As for the water conservancy project, part of it was built last year, and the remaining canals can be repaired after cultivation.

Large tracts of farmland in Graveson are on both sides of the Heihe River, and the water from the Heihe River can be lifted into the canal by using waterwheels.

This area can cultivate one million acres of fertile farmland, enough to feed five to six million people.

In addition to Graveson, which was the focus of development, Richard also arranged more than 10,000 people near the prosperous castle and the military station.

There are a lot of roses growing near the Blooming Castle. Richard plans to use these wild roses to make rose perfume and sell them to Nolan's noble lady.

According to Richard's observation, Nolan does not yet have a perfume manufacturer, and there is no need to compete with vested interests to create rose perfume.When the rose perfume is produced, Harland's territory will add a monopoly commodity to earn profits for the territory.

Even if someone is jealous and develops a perfume formula, they don't have a lot of rose resources, and they are unable to compete with Harland's territory.

In April, Richard and Sophia's second child, Philip, was born. Philip was born successfully, and Margaret was no longer Richard's only heir.

Because it was the second child, Philip's birth went very smoothly.

In the past one or two years, the surgery department in the territory of Harland is still developing, and the obstetrics and gynecology department has been separated from the surgery department. Now the hospital has formed four major departments of internal and external pediatrics and gynecology.

But except for surgery, the other three departments still can only rely on the experience of doctors to treat diseases.

After Richard's guidance, the hospital invented forceps. With the help of a magician, caesarean sections could also be performed. The mortality rate of pregnant women and newborns in the territory was greatly reduced.

Due to the development of medicine, the average life expectancy of people in the Harland Territory has far exceeded that of the royal capital Nolan. According to statistics, it has increased to forty-six years, reaching the leading level in the Dawn Plane.

Taking advantage of the Scarlet Horn to launch a rebellion five years ago, Richard snatched refugees from Brenner County, and by this autumn, the contract was full for these people, plus a group of slaves purchased from the Grand Duchy of Sternik.

By this fall, more than 20,000 freedmen will be added to the Harland Territory.

By the end of the year, there may be more than 60,000 freemen in the territory.

The wealthy freedmen with a population of 60,000 had a fixed annual land tax of 15,000 gold coins, and a small-scale consumer market was formed.

With the consumer market, the Haaland family's hematopoietic ability will be greatly improved.

Now the economic income of the Harland Territory mainly depends on various monopoly commodities, and most of the market is under the control of others.

Once the trade channel is cut off and the market is lost, the primary industry established due to poor information will fall into a situation beyond redemption.

With no funds in the territory, the only thing Li Cha can do other than squeeze the people is disarmament.

The Harland family's current influence relies on thousands of elite soldiers.

After disarmament, the influence will inevitably decrease, and it may not be able to withstand the continued attacks of the orcs.

Only when the territorial market is cultivated, internal strength is developed, and the domestic demand market is expanded, will the foundation of the economy be stable. With a stable economic foundation, the Harland Territory can maintain the size of its army and even use it to expand its army. As the army increases and you gain more territory through military exploits, you can improve your title and increase your influence, forming a positive cycle.

Every time a freeman is added to the Harland territory, the foundation of the territory becomes stronger.

After getting the magic energy technology of the Venus family, Li Cha was immediately attracted by this technology.

The Venus family has been researching the element melting furnace of the floating city for many years, and successfully built an artificial magic well. They also have a lot of research on the operation of magic energy and created new magic runes.

By studying these magic runes, Li Cha gained another layer of understanding of magic energy.

His thinking was very active. He thought of the rechargeable battery in his previous life, and immediately wanted to study the magic energy battery in this world based on his knowledge of magic energy.

The material is also ready-made, that is, the magic crystal that has exhausted its magic energy.

Magic crystal is a special kind of crystal in the Dawn Plane. A standard magic crystal is worth ten gold coins, and the magic energy contained in it can be used to release a second-level spell once.

Generally, the magic crystals that have exhausted their magic energy will be ground into powder, and gold coins will be cast together with gold.

The magic crystal that has exhausted its magic power is also considered a low-level magic material, which has many functions.Generally speaking, the price of this kind of discarded magic crystal that has exhausted its magic power is about four silver coins.

If he can research the technology to recharge the discarded magic crystal, he will earn thirty times the profit.

If you want to study this technology, you need to first know the structural difference between a magic crystal full of magic power and a magic crystal depleted of magic power.

To study the surrounding structure of the two crystals, advanced microscopes must be used.

The Harland Territory established an optical research department very early, trained mirror grinders, and wanted to manufacture microscopes.

But Li Cha underestimated the difficulty of this technology. Even after several years of research, the project has not made any progress. Although the mirror grinder's technology has been continuously improved, he managed to manufacture a monocular telescope only two years ago.

Of the more than mirror grinders that have been trained successively, only two of them have a certain technical level and some optical knowledge, and can stably grind telescopes with high precision.

The remaining mirror grinders can only be trained into ordinary craftsmen and used to manufacture ordinary telescopes with lower precision.

In the past two years, Harland's army has been equipped with a large number of binoculars. The officers at the squadron level, plus the backbone scouts, have binoculars in their hands.