After the police department was established, they caught a few drunken mercenaries causing trouble on the streets on the first day. They were then thrown into jail by the police. After they sobered up, they were handcuffed and sent to clean the streets or to do manual labor.
With the existence of the Public Security Bureau, the security of the territory suddenly became a lot better.
During this time, Suhlen had purposely spread the news to the other provinces in the North. Many civilians who wanted to own a piece of land knew about the Northguard Fortress. However, due to the distance, they could not cross the wilderness even if they wanted to, unless they were escorted along the way.
In order to attract more people, Suhlen made an agreement with the merchants that came here to trade. He asked the merchants to bring along civilians who were willing to come here every time they came here. Of course, in order to make the merchants do their best, he specifically asked that only civilians who brought along more than 50 people were qualified to participate in the sugar trade.
Of course, this would make the merchants unhappy, so Suhlen compensated them by giving them a Kinnar reward for every person they brought along. It did not cost them much to bring the civilians along. Other than being responsible for some security issues, they were responsible for their own food and lodging. They could also use their spears to defend against monsters when they encountered them.
After some consideration, the merchants agreed. From the second month onwards, the population of the territory began to slowly increase. The local lords did not care much about the loss of the civilians. After all, the people who left were all homeless. If they stayed, the city could not provide enough jobs for them. These people could only steal to survive.
Or they could become mercenaries. To be honest, mercenaries did not have a good reputation. Many mercenaries were part-time robbers in the wilderness. Some mercenaries would even attack their clients directly. After they did it, they would move to another place. Therefore, most merchants would have their own guards and mercenaries.
Therefore, the lords would not stop the refugees from leaving. Instead, they would clap their hands and welcome them. When the refugees came to Suhlen's territory, they were as poor as a church mouse. Suhlen would not be kind enough to directly distribute land to them. There was a saying in his previous life that went like this: a small amount of kindness was a small amount of hatred.
If Suhlen directly distributed land, houses, and food to them, these people would probably think that these things were what they deserved. Once Suhlen stopped providing them with help, they would even think that Suhlen owed them.
Therefore, Suhlen didn't plan to do this at all. From the beginning, he planned to use work as a form of relief for these people. In any case, there were many people in the territory who needed to work, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to arrange for these people.
Suhlen would let these people work and pay them wages. They could also rent houses in the territory. Of course, they had to pay rent. The rent would not be very high, but it was necessary. When they went out to work, they would be given two meals. In this era, other than the nobles, the commoners only had two meals a day.
The territory did not keep idle people. The civilians who came with the caravan were a mix of good and bad. Some of them knew their place, while others were idling around. Suhlen did not need to do anything for these people. He just threw them to the kobold or gnoll supervisors, and the supervisors would teach them a good lesson.
These people would work in the territory for three months, and then they would be qualified to buy houses and land, or the right to reclaim wastelands. Reclaiming wastelands here needed to be reported in advance. As long as one paid a Kinnar, they could get the right to reclaim ten acres of wastelands. These ten acres of land would be tax-exempt for three years. After three years, the tax would return to normal. Houses could be rented, and if one had the money, they could also buy them.
Therefore, in Suhlen's territory, as long as one worked hard, they would live and get better and better. These people who lived at the bottom of the food chain worked hard more often than not, but they could not even afford to eat and wear.
With the addition of population, the territory became more and more lively. In addition to white sugar, the rum in Suhlen's territory also began to be sold. This kind of refreshing and sweet rum became very popular as soon as it appeared. Therefore, several chambers of commerce were fighting for a share of the rum's sales.
Because rum was brewed from waste honey, the cost of production was not high. In order to sell it at a high price, Suhlen made a new packaging for the high-quality rum. Because of the growth of the territory's population, Suhlen built a glass factory by the Red Sand River. He used the river sand to calcine the glass. At first, he was worried that the quality of the calcined glass would not be good. He did not expect Hathaway to be so good at making glass.
Thinking about it, as an intermediate alchemist, making glass was too easy for them. With Hathaway's guidance, Suhlen's glass factory successfully produced qualified glass.
After the packaging, the price of rum naturally increased. However, rum was not irreplaceable like white sugar. Therefore, Suhlen wanted to let the chambers of commerce help to sell it, but he still had to pay a lot of price. However, these efforts were rewarded. Soon, the rum would become another important source of income for the territory.
The glass factory was handed over to Kris to manage. Suhlen found something interesting. Kris was actually a management genius. As long as she managed something, there would not be any mistakes. Therefore, Suhlen planned to learn management from Kris. However, after seeing Kris's management methods, he directly gave up. There was no other way, this was a matter of talent.
As long as Kris used her advanced charm, basically everyone would become her lackeys. Those people worked as hard as if they had been injected with chicken blood. If Suhlen was a little black-hearted, he would not even give them a salary.
After seeing Kris's management methods, Suhlen directly gave up. He could not learn the advantage of talent unless he was willing to cross-dress and get an advanced charm talent.
Hathaway had been cooped up in the lab all this time. She only appeared for a short while to bake the glass. Now, she was completely focused on making the awakening potion.
She did not make any of the magic items that Suhlen asked her to make. Fortunately, the awakening potion was finally completed.
The awakening potion was stored in a magic crystal bottle. This kind of magic crystal bottle was specially used to store advanced magic potions. As long as the bottle was not opened, the potion inside could be perfectly stored for about 500 years. The awakening potion was a blue-purple translucent liquid. The inside of the liquid was like a starry night sky, constantly flashing with spiritual light. It looked very beautiful, and the attributes of the potion were very powerful.
[Awakening Potion: Using the leaves of the Wisdom Tree as the main ingredient, meticulously made into a magical potion. After use, Will + 4, Elemental Affinity + 2, Mana Recovery Effect permanently increased by 30%. Side Effects: None]
This potion was completely for wizards. It could even change the physique of a normal person, allowing them to learn magic.
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