From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 187 Inspecting the New Territory【4K】

In the end, Mei Lan did not intend to reveal her true identity, but it made Ryan clearly realize the fact that he had been targeted by the "King of the Guards" by that troublesome son. There was no way, who made him so good?

Closer to home, due to Mei Lan's special status, Ryan did not announce her existence. Apart from those close to her, only Lilia, who treated her injuries, knew of her existence.

And Ryan also figured out what hurt her, that is the space turbulence. According to her, she had already succeeded in the battle for the evil artifact at that time, but someone destroyed the space channel when she was retreating.

Although she had treasures by her side, the void space was full of dangers, and she was severely injured by the raging space power in just a short time.

Fortunately, she tried her best to find a space crack in the void space at an extremely fast speed, and rebuilt the space channel to save her life.

But because of her severe injuries, she fell into a coma in the wilderness. Fortunately, there were no large beasts around, otherwise she would have turned into excrement by now.

She was in a coma for several days before waking up. After barely gaining the ability to move, she found a hidden cave to heal her injuries, but she was not proficient in healing magic after all, and her injuries were too serious, so she had to find Ryan again.

As for how she found Ryan, I don't know, but if you move your toes, you should know that he or someone close to him has left a means similar to positioning. For her who is suspected of being an epic magician It's a piece of cake.

Such a magician has a lot of room to manipulate whoever he wants to do. As long as he doesn't threaten anyone, Ryan will choose to turn a blind eye.

After all, the team returned to Green Province before the first snowfall in Gothic Province. The road was full of scars left by the war. This time the rebellion really hurt the vitality of the southern border, and it will take many years to recover.

Several teams parted ways after entering Linton County. Baron David Bella was originally in a different direction from them, so he left first.

Baron John and Ryan stopped by, but Ryan couldn't wait to go to the Celtic Territory for inspection, so he chose to stop in the Celtic Territory.

Cheers also wanted to inspect Braceland, which he took over. The area of ​​Braceland was also in the forefront among several baronies. It was rich in products and densely populated, which naturally attracted him.

After a short farewell, Ryan led the team into the Celtic Territory from the direction close to the Warcraft Mountains.

The Celtic Territory is vast, two points larger than the Brace Territory, but it is far less affluent than the other.

This is the front line facing the orcs. In the past, the Yaqi family managed a pretty good business, and their life was much better than that of Karna, relying on a few rich mineral resources.

The Celtic Territory had a population of more than 4 before, but after two orc army raids, the number dropped to more than 2. Although some refugees were accepted in the middle, the population has barely recovered to about [-].

As a result, it has been ravaged by the army of the living dead. It is hard to say how many people there are. As far as Ryan is concerned, it is very desolate. Several villages are deserted, and there is no living person.

Since there was no local guide, Ryan did not patrol around, and after a rough look around the periphery, he led the team straight to Chelt City.

As the old nest of the Yaqi family, Chelt City was built on a plain, surrounded by flat terrain, and surrounded by endless wheat fields. Although there were no people working in the wheat fields, the wheat had already been harvested.

The Linton River flows quietly beside the city, and there is a large-scale wharf not far from the city. The Yaqi family sells the output of the territory by virtue of this river that flows through several provinces.

This is also the key to their development. Speaking of which, the place where Manchester City was established is not far from the Linton River, but no one of the previous lords thought of using it, and even Ryan didn't plan it for the time being.

Now that Chelt leads the pier, it saves him a lot of trouble. In the future, after the territory is fully controlled, he can consider developing water trade.

In terms of area, Chelter City is much larger than Dorman City, and it is also a rammed earth city wall, but it is much taller and stronger than the previous Dorman City, and there is a moat more than one foot wide.

Although there are still traces of the war left on it, unexpectedly there is no serious damage, and it can be used as long as it is repaired.

Although the heavy city gate was closed tightly, there were people on the wall. The other party had obviously noticed them, and there was some commotion.

Xiyue put her hands together and looked at it, she couldn't help but said in amazement: "Hey, why is the flag on this city exactly the same as yours?"

She has been in a state of indifference to these things, so she is the only one around Ryan who doesn't know that Chelt City has changed hands.

"That's the flag of the Black family. How about it, it's suitable to insert here." Ryan had a bright smile on his face, but this piece of fat had already entered his mouth.

"Tch, it's embarrassing to say that the design is so ugly." The elf had no intention of saving Ryan's face at all, and unceremoniously complained that our Lord Ryan's face was as black as the bottom of the pot. Dania and Lilia on the side suddenly Laughed out loud.

"That's because you don't know how to appreciate it." Ryan muttered, then looked at Levi's beside him and said, "Go and show your identity, don't cause any misunderstanding."

Levi was just attracted by Dania's laughter, but for a moment he didn't realize that Ryan was talking to him, but Dania felt a little embarrassed by his scorching gaze, and buried her head down.

Seeing this, Calvin blew a hooligan whistle, winked at the two of them, and then said to Ryan, "I'll go, my lord."

When Levi realized later, Calvin had already rode his horse under the city wall. Looking at the playful eyes of Ryan and others, he felt a little burning on his face, and scratched his head in embarrassment, feeling a little embarrassed.

Calvin stopped under the city wall and shouted to the top: "The baron has returned in triumph. Who is guarding the city of Chelte now? Hurry up and greet him."

The crowd fell silent immediately, but they didn't know what to do for a while. Fortunately, Hans showed up in time and let them find the backbone.

Hans glanced at Calvin below, then at the flag erected high in front of him, with a gleam of joy on his face, and said to the left and right: "It is the baron who is back, hurry up and follow me down to welcome him back in triumph."

The city gate opened quickly, and Hans led the defenders of Chelt City out of the city to welcome...

After entering the city, Ryan felt a little disappointed, because although the area here is larger than Manchester City, the roads are still compacted dirt roads, which made him a little disgusted.

The city was very quiet, and Ryan couldn't help but look at Hans and asked, "Where are all the citizens in the city?"

"It's like this. After your order was delivered, we took over here as soon as possible, but the orc invasion was imminent, and we were short of manpower, so the leader of the legion transferred the property and population of the territory back to the Kana collar.

Now the Celtic Territory is empty, and I am guarding here just to deter the nobles who are about to move around and declare our sovereignty. " Hans replied respectfully.

Ryan nodded. He just discovered that the defenders here are only five or six hundred people. Guarding a city is nothing but a way of declaring sovereignty to the outside world. When the orcs come, they will withdraw. of.

"You have done a good job." Ryan expressed his affirmation of their efforts during this period.

"This is what we should do, it's just... what is your next plan?"

"The next step is naturally to touch those orcs, let Drey guard many Manchester cities, and we will guard Chelt City here." Ryan said calmly.

In fact, the best choice is to temporarily abandon this empty city, and concentrate on Doman City to wipe out these orcs in one fell swoop.

But Ryan has other ideas. He currently has more than 800 people under his command, and Hans has more than 600 people. This is already a considerable number, and it is enough to defend the city.

From his point of view, Chelt Territory is now his territory. Since it is his territory, even if it is an empty city, he will not give it up casually. He just wants to firmly hold the sovereignty in his own hands!
Now he is no longer the one who just arrived in the southern border, and he really doesn't pay attention to the plunder of a small group of orcs.

Hans obviously understood Ryan's intentions, and immediately said excitedly: "That's really great. I have the latest continuous crossbow made by Master Liman here. As long as there are enough troops, it can completely wipe out the enemy."

Ryan nodded slightly. Dreyer had already reported Liman's latest results to him. With such a killer weapon at his side, a group of orcs who were not even considered regular troops would naturally be able to catch them.

And the facts were indeed as Ryan expected. On the eighth day when they were stationed in Chelt City, an orc army of more than 800 people killed the city.

It's just that the result of the battle was a bit beyond Ryan's expectations. After two fruitless attacks, they retreated directly. Ryan looked bewildered, intending to pursue but fearing it would be a trap, so he had to stand still.

He was worried that the orcs would go around them and attack the Kana collar, so he sent scouts to hang far behind them, but again, beyond his expectations, the orcs actually went straight to the direction of the golden swallow flower collar.

Poor Baron Jin Yanhua, who had just defeated his brothers to inherit the title, was invaded by two orc armies before his butt was hot. Fortunately, Cheers helped him at a critical moment, so he did not face the crisis of breaking the city.

It's just that Ryan doesn't know how much interest he paid in it...

It was not until November that the orcs in Linton County withdrew completely before Ryan led the team back to Dorman City, while Hans stayed and continued to declare sovereignty.

Speaking of which, it has been nearly a year since he left the territory, and the changes in Cana Territory are not small. First of all, the construction of each town has been fully completed, and cement has begun to be applied to infrastructure construction.

A lot of farmland has also been reclaimed, and the barren scene in the past is completely gone. Since Ryan continued to implement the policy of keeping the enemy out, Hevian and others did not evacuate the people outside Doman City. Therefore, there are still people outside the city. People can be seen.

Everything is developing in a good direction. He has only been here for more than two years, but the changes are obvious, and Ryan is only proud of this.

Thanks to the paving of the concrete road, the marching speed was much faster than before, and they were led back to Doman City from Chelt the next day.

Drey and Hevian, who had already received the news, had been waiting outside the city with civil and military officials, among whom there were the figures of Kailinman and Sterling.

The triumphant return is naturally gratifying, not to mention that the orcs were cleaned up by the way, so Ryan gave an order, and the whole city reveled.

A banquet was also held in the castle to celebrate Ryan's triumphant return. Unsurprisingly, everyone took turns to drink alcohol, using white wine.

At this time, Sheila was able to find a chance to contact Ryan. Although she was already Ryan's woman, she was only a servant after all. Naturally, she was not qualified to welcome Ryan and have a banquet.

Helping Ryan back to the room, Ryan, who had been holding back for almost a year, naturally wouldn't really just sleep in a daze all night, and directly used his fighting spirit to force out the alcohol, and then started his conquest.

A night of endless spring...

In the early morning of the next day, Ryan held a high-level meeting refreshed and listened to reports from the high-level leaders of various departments.

Consul Hevian made a summary of the development of the territory during the year. Although the Ryan people were absent, the development of the territory has not fallen behind.

The first is to add a piece of territory. Although there is no status, everyone has already tacitly agreed that the piece of land is their own.

The territory has more than doubled, and the population has swelled to 6 people. This number surprised Ryan for a moment. He originally estimated that it would only be 5 to [-] people.

But with Hevian's detailed report, he was not surprised. The territory originally had close to 3 people. Hevian raised the number to 5000 by means of buying and selling, taking in refugees, and encouraging births.

Afterwards, another batch of refugees fleeing from Bresse Territory was accepted, about 6000 people, plus the nearly 2 population of Chelt Territory received, wouldn't it be 6 people?
Moreover, this is only a conservative estimate. The actual population is much larger than this. To put it bluntly, Cannerland is now second only to Chelsea in Linton County in terms of population and area, and is already comparable to some small towns. Viscount territory.

Population is the prerequisite for all development. Only with enough population can the grand blueprint in Ryan's mind have room to display.

The income of the territory did not disappoint Ryan. The grain in the two territories was filled with the warehouses in the Karna Territory. Even if there is no harvest next year, 6 people will not worry about food.

The green sugar trade has not been interrupted, but has expanded the scale of the transaction. The two dealers, Chelsea and Brandon, have taken hundreds of thousands of pounds of goods during the year, with a total income of more than [-] Kindler.

Commercial taxes and other miscellaneous taxes also added up to two thousand golddels, and the big businessman Zog also made a lot of money by selling paper and liquor, which brought more than 8000 golddales to Ryan.

Calculating it, the Kana collar has actually reached Kindler's terrifying income of more than 4 a year, which has surpassed some viscounts, which is staggering.

And this doesn't include the wealth transferred from the Chelter Territory. All in all, Ryan has made a lot of money!
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(End of this chapter)