Warlord: King of All Clans

During his time in Ulanggar, Strong feasted every day, ignored worldly affairs, and paralyzed all members of the Talhan family.

Neither the shrewd Shi Latu nor the quick-witted Arina had expected that only a few hundred soldiers from Hewan could accomplish the task in the cold winter without the leadership of a commander.

If they were planning this event, although they would most likely be able to wipe out Dukak's forces in one fell swoop, they would never be as easy as Strong.

After a few months of planning, his advisers and warriors worked together, but they still had no idea what was going on.

By the beginning of spring, when everything had settled, Strong's secret letter was delivered to Leo.

Leo felt relieved after seeing the secret letter written in Strong's tone and Freya's handwriting.

He was afraid that Strong would reach the western border and cause the Tarhan tribe to fall apart, leading to a bloody storm on the grassland.

At the same time, he was also afraid that Strong would disregard the lives of his soldiers and lead a thousand Hewan soldiers to attack the city and seize the land.

The investment that Riverbend put into these soldiers is no less than that of traditional knights, and they are not comparable to ordinary conscripted musketeers.

Fortunately, Strong was obedient, stuck to his bottom line, and gave Hewan a return that exceeded his expectations.

The current situation is very good. The rule of the Talhan family has been consolidated, and it can continue to serve as a boost to the development of Hewan. However, other thousand-man tribes have also established trade with Hewan, breaking the monopoly of the Talhan family.

During this period, the Baiyi railway track had been laid, and a large number of civilian laborers were not dismissed. Instead, they moved into the Solovie Knight Territory and began to build a mountain road leading to the city of Xingtao.

Once this highway is completed, the materials and equipment from the river bend will be sent to the Redstone Fort mining area. By working together, a railway track can be quickly built.

In this way, the River Bay Peninsula's dominance over the southern foothills of the Buck Mountains doubled, turning the cities of Xingtao and Weidanlan into territories like Isenbol and Abros.

Because Freya and Six were not around, Leo had no friends to play with, so he could only accompany Elodie to take care of the baby after get off work every day.

Elodie, a veteran babysitter, has grown up unknowingly. Apart from a few freckles on her face, she has become a beautiful girl that everyone loves.

She wore a simple maid outfit and spent her days cleaning, supervising cooking, and taking care of various children. She didn't look like the head maid of the Earl's mansion at all.

Because she was afraid of being strangled by Balder, she put a backpack on the back of the ogre Obi, put Balder in it, and carried him with her every day.

Seeing that Leo had taken his job, Elodie was very dissatisfied. He stood beside Leo with his eyes rolled the whole time. He grabbed Balder at the right time and put him in Obi's backpack, "Lord Earl, it's my turn!"

Obi also joined in, "Obi! Obi! Bader, ours!"

Leo felt even more aggrieved, "This is my cub. There are so many cubs in the big house, why are you staring at this one!"

Elodi settled Balder down and said righteously, "This is the only child of the Lord Mother. It cannot be led astray by you and Freya."

Since he had received an order from his superiors, Leo had no room to resist. As soon as he stood up, he heard Ilodi continue to complain: "Why hasn't Yue Gechaer come back yet?"

Leo looked back at Elodie and smiled, "Why, are you afraid he won't come back?"

Elodie's face immediately turned red, and she loudly retorted, "No way! If you don't want to come back, then don't come back! Who cares! I'm just asking for Feisha!"

Leo walked away shaking his head, "Oh, I don't care!"

Elodie was furious and chased after him to explain, "I don't care, I don't even like him! He doesn't like me either! There are so many people who like me, he doesn't matter!"

In the office, Olivia, Seti, Savintine, and two Rose Knights were arranging spring ploughing. Upon hearing what was said, they all looked outside and smiled at each other.

On the table in front of them was the farmland data of the four cities in the Earldom of River Bay.

In addition to the lands owned by the people of the four cities, the River Bay Lordship also occupies a large amount of land. These lands are lands that rebelled against the nobles and unowned lands after the war.

In theory, the entire Earldom of Riverbend belongs to Earl Rio Mundo of Riverbend. No matter whether they are vassal nobles or commoners, the land in their hands comes from the gift of Earl of Riverbend.

The difference is that they can generate taxes by cultivating the land without the need for the lord's mansion to worry about them.

As for the land held by the lord's mansion itself, it needs Olivia to handle it.

The River Bay Lordship collected a large number of refugees throughout the winter, established local military settlements, and tried their best to prevent the farmland from being abandoned.

Moreover, Leo plans to plant Master Morse's latest breeding winter wheat on the farmland in the lord's mansions of the four cities.

Originally, north of the Anzeno River, most farmers planted spring wheat. The output of winter wheat was very unstable, and only some aristocratic estates planted it.

However, the latest winter wheat bred by Master Morse has further improved its cold resistance and its yield can catch up with traditional spring wheat.

This sounds ordinary, but it is actually of great significance, even not inferior to deer horn cassava and number seven small potatoes.

There are not many crops in this world that can survive the cold winter in the North, basically only winter wheat and rye. If farmers only plant spring wheat with stable yield, the fields will have to be left empty in the winter.

But now that we have winter wheat with stable output, we can plant another round of soybeans or rapeseed in summer and autumn. Some farmland close to pastures can also grow high-quality forage for green fodder.

For a peasant family, let alone doubling the output of farmland, even if it only increases by 30% or 50%, the living standard will be very different.

Therefore, these civil affairs officials had to work overtime to allocate labor, grain, fertilizers and technical personnel.

Especially for agricultural technicians, Hewan has trained batch after batch, but is still short of resources.

Experts say that farmers don’t know how to farm. It sounds ridiculous, but it really exists in reality.

Without the support of agricultural technicians, many farmers have primitive techniques and rough farming methods. The output of their farmland depends entirely on experience and luck. If they can reach the average yield per mu, they are already excellent farmers.

Especially the winter wheat that had just been promoted. Farmers in the two cities south of the Buck Mountains had experience in planting it, but not many farmers in Ethanpore and Arbroath north of the mountains had ever planted it.

If they were not careful, it would cause a comprehensive reduction in production, and the River Bay Lord's Mansion would not be able to bear it.

In addition to grains, the River Bay Lord's Mansion will also open up economic plantations on land that is not suitable for growing grains, planting other crops such as hemp, cotton, and fruits to improve the economic benefits of the land.

As for Hewan’s “Mill Plan” - building a mill in every natural village, it has been implemented for several years and has never stopped.

This also requires Olivia to arrange carefully, otherwise, due to the subjective initiative of grassroots managers, these development plans and welfare policies will only end up in losses.

(Too busy, so I’ll just skip two chapters to make a transition.)