Realm of Power

Normandy coast,

In August, late autumn and early winter, the climate is more pleasant. The morning mist in the hills and the lingering ground brought with it a hint of chill. Horse hooves trampled on the soft soil. With new ideas, the fat man looked at the land under his feet again.

Looking down from the hills, the earth presents a field of autumn colors, with layers of forests dyed. The endless autumn leaves are like a brilliant sunset, revealing incomparable tranquility and sweetness. The remaining smoke of the war has dissipated without a trace.

The original burned villages turned into scar-like ruins on the earth. New villages and towns were formed nearby, spreading all the way along the rolling hills of the coast. Several wide business roads paved with stones, all the way along the coastline hills. To the north, a huge network is connected in series,

And these villages are densely distributed in the grid formed by the roads, as if they are dreamlike and unreal. The smoke from the pastures is faint, and under the orange sunshine, it is like covering the earth with a dreamlike layer of fine sand.

As Salander's Sky Holy Cult first surrendered, no one in Salander was willing to talk about the right and wrong that had happened in this land.

Some Salanders even boldly migrated from across the ocean, hoping to find their own relatives here. These people are called "seekers"

The number of people is about 20,000. What they saw and heard on this land was transmitted back to Salander Island. Only Salander knew that not all the expeditionary force was spared execution. More than half of the expeditionary force was on the island. After serving hard labor, they were released and allotted land according to the latest laws. However, most people felt shameless to return to the country, so they settled here.

The construction of the town is obviously much more prosperous than when the fat man left.

With the promulgation of the domestic great migration policy, a large number of new immigrants arrived, including many businessmen. They brought prosperity to the coast. The Normandy coast is indeed a good natural harbor. The coastline is concave as a whole, and the outer reefs block most of the waves.

The empire had completed the construction of two large naval ports in July, and then opened more than fifty civilian ports of various sizes along the coastline. By August, the long coastline was already like stars and white sails. . Fishing boats, merchant ships, and even military ships are like crucian carp crossing the river on this coastline, dragging out white water marks on the blue sea.

This rare bustling scene at sea made the fat man's eyes light up when he saw the variety of inland scenery. It's so beautiful. This coast is indeed, as the Vecchia Falcon said, a land of the purest hope, the kind that comes from the inside out. The burst of vitality is enough to make any politician feel excited. If he can realize his democratic ideals in this beautiful land, he will even die. It's also worth it,

Besukaya, who had only seen the ice sea in the North, knew this for the first time. It turns out that the ocean can be such a place filled with the beauty of life, "How about it, are you satisfied?" The fat man raised his whip and grinned triumphantly at Duo Ze, who was already stunned.

"Yes, but it seems that population is a problem? And the villages and towns are so densely concentrated in the coastal areas. Aren't you afraid that there will be food problems after a while?" There was unconcealable joy on Duo Ze's face, and his mouth was still habitual expressed concern, "No, the current population is not large. All food can be self-sufficient through fishing!" The fat man laughed and waved to the guards behind him. "As for the future, new populations will Settlement further north!”

The guard handed over the statistical table in his hand, and the fat man proudly handed the demographic report to Duozhi, saying, "Look, the population has doubled in two months. In addition to the 40,000 garrison, the population of Normandy is eight It only took a month to break through the bottleneck of 140,000 people. I have already used Six trade routes connected the entire coastline. On these trade routes, 432 new towns were built, and 25,000 immigrants from the empire were arranged. 30,000 expeditionary troops were originally stranded. Others were rescued but did not return home. There are 50,000 Salanders,

The other 40,000 people were slaves purchased from the Julius family. Most of these slaves came from civilians and tribes in the northwest region, and most of them were young women. This was not the case in Normandy, where men accounted for 80%. It has well solved the problem of imbalance between men and women in Normandy.

As for the areas further north, they are still barren plains, but I believe that all this will change soon! Within three years, I want Normandy to have a population of 800,000! Although it sounds unrealistic, I am confident that I can make this goal a reality! "Three years?" 800,000! "

Duo Zai looked at the confident fat man in disbelief. If he hadn't known that Vecia Falcon was a genius in government affairs, he would have scoffed at this promise.

He expressed with confusion that that was 800,000 people. Even if the empire could use 500 transport ships to continuously transport people from the empire, according to the transport capacity of the existing transport ships, there would be at most 500 people per ship, one round trip. With only 10,000 people, it will take at least several months By then, it will be the spring of next year, and the farming period has long passed. The food problem for these 800,000 people will be a terrible black hole. "This is what I have considered before, but now this problem has been easily solved." The fat man smiled and looked far away on the sea." I never said that these people are all from the mainland of the empire. Don’t forget that most of our land in Normandy is barren, especially the border areas. Large areas of wasteland are in an ownerless state. As long as the border restrictions are relaxed, I believe that as long as the border restrictions are relaxed, A fluttering decree on reclamation and destination, Zhou Farmers from other countries will flock to Normandy, and the population of Normandy will at least double! I didn’t do this before because I didn’t want to alarm the Gallic Empire or cause too much trouble with the surrounding countries! " Isn't it too much to steal the population from neighboring countries...! "Duoze was stunned for a moment when the fat man said that.

"It's not robbing, it's distribution, redistribution! Only the weak will use the word robbing!" The fat man didn't blush, and his heart didn't hurt. He was as shameless as a city wall, raised his hand, and said without hesitation, "As long as the people in power on the northwest coast Now that I have obtained my identity, I will issue this decree and it will definitely be justified. If anyone dares to jump on me, I will Dare you beat him! Otherwise, are you bringing 15,000 Kugit cavalry here for me to visit the pasture? "" A guard came on horseback, holding a report in his hand, "Your Majesty. "Urgent report from the Admiralty! ""These guys are really lazy, they only came to report at this time." The fat man frowned slightly, as if he already knew what was going on.

After taking the report and taking a look at it, the fat man's face was covered with a layer of coldness. After a while, he sneered. "Tell the Admiralty that since the other party is so unresponsive, then send him some warm greetings! Everyone who follows A city connected by waterways, the whole Damn it, you dare to ignore me!" "I don't know who is going to be unlucky! Why did you provoke this pervert?" Duo Ze looked at the hysterical Vecilia Falcon and couldn't help but feel a chill. Back, (To be continued...)