Recently, Roland was immersed in a happy mood.
Even when sitting alone in the office, he would occasionally hum one or two songs, while recalling the good times in the hot air balloon basket.
The appearance of Anna closing her eyes and asking for a kiss was too cute, just thinking about it made him unable to help but raise the corner of his mouth. And the most important thing was the meaning of her words, which had undoubtedly revealed her fiery feelings.
The only thing he could do at that time was to respond to her more enthusiastically.
So much so that when he landed, Roland felt a faint pain in his lips.
Maybe it was because the kiss was too long that she couldn't breathe properly, and when she panicked, she used her teeth?
In any case, he hadn't experienced this feeling for a long time.
When he was close to a quarter of his life, the skills he had learned from TV, movies, novels, and comics could finally be put to use. Moreover, the target was such a beautiful and moving Miss Anna. Roland felt that he had finally taken the first step towards becoming a winner in life.
Satisfied, he took a deep breath and put his hand into the drawer, wanting to chew some snacks to calm his joy, but the result was that he felt empty air, the beef jerky was obviously put in yesterday.
Roland looked back at Nightingale who was lying by the window, the latter whistled and pretended to casually look at the scenery. He had deliberately replaced the fish jerky with beef jerky in order to prevent Nightingale from stealing it, but he didn't expect that she would also accept the beef jerky?
At this moment, footsteps came from outside the door.
"Your Royal Highness, Sir Barov is asking for an audience."
"Let him in."
Nightingale didn't hide her figure like before, but pulled down her hood, returned to the recliner by the wall and sat down.
The Assistant Minister pushed the door and saw that there were other people in the office, he was a little surprised, but soon returned to normal.
"Your Royal Highness, this month's population statistics have been done." He handed over a roll of parchment.
"So fast?"
"With the registration file, it is now much more convenient to count," the Assistant Minister said with a smile, "Your previous decision was really a wise move."
Well, now they're starting to flatter me … Roland unrolled the paper roll and saw that according to the different occupations of the people in Border Town, the number of tools was arranged according to their categories. It was clear at a glance. Compared to the reports that didn't even have paragraphs when he first transmigrated, Barov's ability had indeed improved significantly.
The first row was also the largest group, the serfs, currently totaling 3,628 people (including their families). There was also a note at the bottom: 1,500 serfs engaged in farming.
"Your Highness, aren't there too few farmers?" Barov pointed to the first line and said, "According to Sirius Eli's estimate from the Ministry of Agriculture, if we want Border Town to stop importing food, I'm afraid we'll have to double the amount of farmland and manpower in order to meet Border Town's food needs."
Roland had some impression of the name Sirius, he should be a Knight of the Charging Wolf Family. The 1,500 people engaged in farming were the first batch of serfs, and the subsequent batches were all transferred by Roland to the mines or Carr's construction team. They had also received the same guarantee, as long as they worked for a long time, they would be promoted to free people.
"I don't intend to be self-sufficient in food this year, there is still a lot of wheat stored in the castle warehouse, enough for two or three months of consumption. Moreover, the newly planted wheat this year is also different. "
"Different?" Barov was startled.
"Well, you'll know when the time comes," Roland smiled. That was Leaf's improved Golden Ones, the yield per plant was at least three times higher than ordinary wheat, and when the harvest came, it would definitely surprise everyone. This was also the reason why he didn't want to invest too much of the population in agriculture. With Leaf's magical crops, in the future, only a small number of farmers would be needed to feed the majority of the people, thus saving precious human resources and investing them in industrial development and urban construction.
He continued to look down.
The second line of the parchment was the construction personnel, the following remarks were very complicated, there were stonemasons, bricklayers, clay craftsmen, carpenters, handymen and so on. The total number was more than 1,100 people, most of which were serfs working as handymen. It was precisely because of this new force that Border Town was able to quickly build a batch of residential areas and factories. Building templates, batches, and procedures were an important means of speeding up the construction progress. Although in Roland's eyes, this speed was still not enough, for the locals, it was already considered shocking.
The third line was the mining personnel.
Very similar to the construction industry above, the number of local residents in Border Town had dropped to 25, mainly responsible for steam engine operation, mine registration and management work. The remaining 1,600 people were outsiders, including the captured mercenaries in the battle of Longsong Stronghold and the serfs who were sent later.
"Recently there have been several fights in the mining area," Barov said, "mainly between the mercenaries and the serfs, this is a hidden danger, Your Highness. They are too many, once a fight breaks out, it will be impossible to rely on the 25 managers to control it. I suggest that the First Army be responsible for helping guard. "
"Well …" Roland thought for a moment, "Let's do it this way, now there is a lack of manpower, there is no way to form a police force. I will talk to Iron Axe, a team of about 50 people should be enough. "
"Police … what is that?"
"You can think of it as a patrol team, but the scope of jurisdiction is much larger, basically the internal security is completed by them." In this era there was no distinction between internal violence and external violence, so letting the army take care of public security would not become a dark history. Before dealing with the huge enemy of the Church, he did not intend to disperse manpower to form a second set of violent machines.
Ranked fourth was the First Army of Border Town.
After the end of the Battle of Longsong Stronghold, the First Army's prestige resounded throughout the Western Region, 300 people defeated the Duke's coalition army of 1,500 people at a very small cost, making the nobles of Longsong Stronghold lose the courage to resist. After the reward, Roland doubled the size of the First Army, increasing it to 600 people. And this time, when the recruitment list was released, the town's name filled the whole square. Roland still followed the idea that the people's army was composed of the people, and selected 300 people with good qualities and no criminal records to join the First Army.
The rest were all kinds of technical personnel.
For example, in the smelting and firing industry, the number of people had increased significantly in the past month, from the original 20 people to about 400 people. Thanks to the furnace expert Losiya, the North Slope Furnace Group could not only produce red bricks, but also fire cement and glass. At the same time, three shaft furnaces were being set up, and soon, the ore placed in the yard could be first smelted in the shaft furnace, and then transported to the place where it was needed.
As for education, chemistry, industry, and animal husbandry, these added up to less than 50 people, so from the point of view of population, Border Town still had a long way to go. However, the town, which was originally mainly composed of hunters and miners, could become like this in half a year, it could be said to be earth-shaking.
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