In the northern wilderness.
When Su Lun returned here again, the summer was gradually coming to an end. The summer in the northern wilderness was not hot. Perhaps because it was close to the north, it was far less hot than the south. The wheat planted outside the city had turned yellow in a large area. It was a golden scene outside the city of North Town. Needless to say, it was another good harvest.
Suhlen went to the City Hall first to check how the work was going. It was almost time for the serfs to gain the status of free people. It was a very important day for the city.
More than 90% of the residents in the city were serfs. Last year, when the first batch of serfs reached the end of their service, they gained the status of commoners. They owned land and houses and became real owners of property. It was a great stimulation for the other serfs.
Therefore, in the following year, those serfs burst out with amazing enthusiasm. It was also on that day that Suhlen's promise was not an empty lie. In order to gain a better life, those serfs burst out with amazing enthusiasm.
Amazing changes had taken place in the city in the past year. The most obvious change was the farmland. Last year, there were 500,000 mu of farmland outside the city. However, only one year later, there were 800,000 mu of farmland outside the city. That was an extra 300,000 mu of farmland.
It took them four or five years to cultivate the first 500,000 mu of farmland. Although there was a lack of manpower in the beginning and a large amount of manpower was used to build the city, it was still an amazing achievement to cultivate 300,000 mu of farmland in just one year.
Last year, about a thousand serfs were granted civilian status. At that time, they were granted more than six thousand acres of land and houses. This year, the number of serfs increased by more than ten thousand. Moreover, because they worked hard, their labor points were much higher than the previous batch of serfs who were freed.
According to the calculation of the officials in the City Hall, each serf could exchange for 8 mu of land. Therefore, the city needed to provide at least 80,000 mu of land. Of course, this land was not cultivated. Some of it had been cultivated, and some of it had not yet been.
This way, the land could be quickly increased. This time, Suhlen took out 40,000 mu of cultivated land and another 40,000 mu of barren land for them.
"Your Majesty!"
"This is the list of the freed serfs and the land they will be given." A rather beautiful and mature female official smiled at Suhlen and handed a document to Suhlen.
These female officials were actually the family members of the nobles who had been exiled to Northern Town. There were a lot of nobles who had been exiled here. Most of them were lazy and lazy. It could be said that seventy percent of them were rice worms. Suhlen would not feed them and directly throw them to the farm. As for those who were capable, they were sent to work in various places.
Compared to the men, many of the noblewomen were doing much better. They quickly adapted to the rules of Northguard City. Most of the noblewomen were literate and had received a certain degree of education. These women were assigned to various positions in Northwind Principality, such as female officials, clerks, and archivists. So far, they were doing quite well.
"Most of the work has been completed. There's still a small part left to check."
Suhlen flipped through the list and asked, "Where are the farmlands that will be given to them?"
"It's all here," the female official said as she took out a map.
Su Lun flipped through the map and found that all the farmlands around the Northern Town were marked, including the locations of all kinds of canals, waterwheels, and wells.
Suhlen was checking to see if anyone was playing tricks on the land distribution this time. Suhlen only said to distribute the land, but did not say whether it would be high-grade or low-grade farmlands. The difference was huge. If it was high-grade farmlands, not only would they have a higher yield after planting, but they would also have access to water nearby. The yield would be two to three times higher than the newly cultivated farmlands.
The price of this kind of superior farmland was far higher than that of newly cultivated farmland. Who knew what kind of tricks those officials would play? Although these officials would go to prison every year for political training, there was no one who could be 100% sure about this kind of thing.
In fact, this was a loophole that Suhlen purposely left. He was using this method to fish and see if any of the officials would take the bait. As expected, after checking for a while, Suhlen quickly found some high-grade farmlands that had been given out. He then compared them with the list.
Suhlen easily found out who it was. After discovering the problem, Suhlen did not say anything. Instead, he directly notified the Jinyi Guards and asked them to continue the investigation. Looking at the Jinyi Guards who were a little panicked, Suhlen just threw the information to them. They naturally knew how to deal with it. If they could not even do this well, Suhlen would have to consider replacing them.
After dealing with the matter, Suhlen left the city hall. Northern Town was developing a little fast. Many functions of the departments had not been perfected yet. This time, he was here to knock on the officials of Northern Town.
Back in the inner city, Su Lun's followers lived in the entire inner city. There were also several factories in the northern city, where outsiders would be discovered as soon as they entered. When Su Lun arrived, a large number of workers were busy, and some people were giving orders.
After walking in, what appeared in front of him was a square box. These were the goods that were going to be shipped to Deepwater City. Suhlen was going to open up a new route, so naturally, he had to bring the goods. This time, he prepared various specialties of Northern Town.
Paper, sugar, some magic potions and magic items. There was also some wine, but not much. The main reason was the difference in diet between the East and the West. Suhlen did not know if rum and vodka were suitable for the Eastern Continent.
After a few years of development, Northern Town had started to sell military supplies in addition to producing these things. For example, warhorses and weapons. With the centaurs, the warhorses produced in Northern Town were very popular in the human kingdoms. The warhorses produced here were some of the best in the entire Western Continent.
As for the weapons, the quality of Northern Town's weapons had skyrocketed after the dwarven blacksmiths were hired. Not only were they durable, but they were also sharp and tough. The price was not too high either. Some of the high-quality weapons were even enchanted.
In this era, the weapons produced by the dwarves were equivalent to the high-end weapons produced by the big kingdoms in his previous life. As for the enchanted weapons, they were equivalent to the most advanced weapons, such as the Dong Feng Express and the F-22.
The profits of the arms trade were very high. After all, how could the arms trade not make money? The countries in the South were very strict about the arms trade. Normal military weapons were restricted because of the rampant pirates. Many nobles were worried that the pirates would get their hands on weapons that were too good.
As for the enchanted weapons, it was even more difficult. One or two of these weapons were fine, but Northern Town had no such restrictions. After all, these weapons were not used in the Northwind Principality or the Kingdom of Florence. Of course, Northern Town had strict restrictions on the sale of weapons locally. After all, Northern Town was located in the Northern Wasteland. There were too many goblins, orcs, and gnolls around. If these weapons fell into the hands of the goblins, it would be a threat to Northern Town.
Suhlen nodded after checking the goods again. Since they had the Furious Dragon with them, they could carry more goods. Therefore, they had to prepare all kinds of supplies.
Hathaway was also here. She was also preparing the goods for the trade. At the same time, she was also recording the things she wanted to buy. Many of them were unique to the Eastern Continent. She was planning to buy them in bulk.
"It would be great if we had a magic airship!"
"Airship? You have the technology? "Suhlen raised his eyebrows.
"I'm missing some key information," Hathaway shrugged.
The planet Suhlen and the others were on was huge. It was many times the size of Earth. The distance between the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent was relatively close, but the Western Continent was very far away from the other continents. It would take almost a year for them to travel back and forth with ships. It was also difficult to travel in the Endless Ocean with ships alone.
In the shallow seas, there were not many monsters. However, in the deep seas, there were countless sea monsters. Many of these sea monsters were as strong as Dragons. If an ordinary ship encountered these sea monsters, the ship would be destroyed. Hence, communication between these continents was usually done through Magic Airships or long-distance Teleportation Arrays.
Long-distance teleportation circles could not transport large amounts of goods, so airships were the main trade tool between the continents. These magic airships were owned by a few large wizard organizations. They had completely monopolized the trade between the continents. They had made a lot of money by relying on these airships.
"Airships are not that difficult. You just need to cast a Levitation Spell or a Space Expansion Spell. However, you still need to deal with the defensive rune circle and energy source," Hathaway explained.
Another thing was the means of attack. Although airships could avoid the monsters in the ocean, they would sometimes encounter some monsters in the sky. Therefore, counterattacks were indispensable. Another thing was the energy source. An airship needed to consume a large amount of energy. Elemental pools could not be made on the airship. Therefore, it was crucial to make an energy source for the airship.
In fact, airship technology first appeared in the early days of the Arcane Empire. It was phased out in the later days of the Arcane Empire. However, there were many gaps in the wizard civilization. Many of the skill trees lacked key points. It could not be helped.
Although airship technology was phased out in the era of the Arcane Empire, the technology was still very good. It was cheap and cost-effective. Otherwise, the Arcane Empire would not have used it for so long.
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