Our family is in decline

It seems that the threat of the evil god is not limited to Hamlet, there are all kinds of strange things showing up all over the world.

In other words, human beings living in this world are being harmed by extraordinary powers all the time, but these things are covered up by the church and the official empire, so ordinary people don't know about them.

Difficult~

Lance frowned in thought, and Disma and the others fell silent for a moment.

"Go and call Susan and Walter. I want to announce the next layout of the territory."

Soon everyone gathered around the table.

"You who are here today are all responsible persons of the territory. Next, I will explain what the territory will do next. I hope you will not disappoint me."

Without any nonsense, Lance unfolded the map he just drew in front of everyone.

"To put it simply, there are only three things that the territory needs to do next. First, continue to promote urban planning and reconstruction projects; second, measure the original fields and reclaim wasteland; third, form a caravan to resume external exchanges."

After saying that, Lance looked at everyone.

"Barton, I will give you the drawings of the project, and you will be responsible for following up. Next, we will focus on repairing those houses in the southern district that was more than half destroyed by the bandits. If the structure is damaged, we will demolish and rebuild. I need to at least be able to Do you have any problem with housing a thousand people?”

"No!" Barton replied. He could feel that this task had special meaning for him.

Rebuilding the buildings he destroyed was also giving himself a chance to atone for his sins.

Lance was somewhat confused as to why Patton was so solemn. He was given this task simply because he was from a military academy. It was impossible that he couldn't understand the drawings. Apart from himself, there were only a few people on hand who could understand those planning drawings.

But he didn't care and instead raised his finger on the map.

"Walter, you are responsible for measuring and registering all the land now, and mobilizing the prisoners to reclaim wasteland around the town. I will ask Barristan to lead the soldiers to assist, and Susan, you are responsible for managing the logistics."

As he spoke, Lance set his eyes on the map again and raised his hand to mark the distance from Hamlet to Ovendo.

"I, Disma and Leonard will lead ten soldiers to form a caravan to Ovindo, sell the resources produced in the territory and bring back the needed supplies."

The fingertips rowed from Owendo to Totnes in the next second.

"Reynard and the soldiers are responsible for escorting the supplies back, while Disma and I will take a boat to Totnes. After that, I will bring back about a thousand refugees, so do you understand my arrangement?"

Lance's logic is simple, if you want to develop, you must have people.

Where do people come from?

There are refugees everywhere, and the refugees who can reach Totnes must have been screened to exclude the old, weak, sick and disabled.

People need food and accommodation, and at the same time you have to give them fields to farm or a stable job.

Therefore, measuring the land is to prepare for the subsequent land allocation. Land reclamation and renovation projects will bring a lot of jobs, giving them something to do.

As long as he consumes this population, he will be able to advance towards the dungeon, otherwise the small town with less than a thousand people will not be able to support his actions.

develop! develop! Still developing!

"Do you have any questions?"

"Sir, I must remind you that even if the land in Hamlet is fertile, it will take at least one year to turn the wasteland into cultivated land, and two years to mature the first crop of grains. Do we have to support those refugees until then?"

Susan was worried that the lord did not know these things, so she specially reminded him.

"I don't plan to sell food. The goods brought by the caravan this time are mainly wool, linen, refined salt and pickled sea fish. The food in the town is completely sufficient for consumption."

Lance sighed as he spoke, "Drought in several provinces in the central part of the empire resulted in no harvest throughout the year, leading to famine. Now countless victims are fleeing to the surrounding areas. You have also been hungry and you should know what it feels like. Now we can save as many as we can." Save as many as you can, after all, they are all human beings.”

Lance didn't show any complicated calculations at all. Under certain circumstances, his emotions when he said these words were real.

Refugees can speed up the development of Hamlet, and at the same time, you can save a group of people, so why not~

When Walter heard this, he realized that the Lord had asked him how long the granary would last. It turned out that he had already considered relieving the refugees.

He had never seen such a noble lord before, and the remaining resistance in his heart was also eliminated.

Originally he was only forced to join due to force, but now he really admires Lance. Perhaps Hamlet will become great again in his hands.

Thinking of this, he sincerely expressed his opinion to the lord.

"grown ups……"

Lance just put forward the general direction, there must be many problems that need to be solved.

Detailed plans and arrangements slowly took shape during everyone's discussions. Among them, Walter and Barton were far more knowledgeable than the others, so they were stronger in making suggestions and solving problems.

Now Lance finally realizes the importance of an administrative talent to the territory. After all, he was an ordinary person in his previous life, and in this life he is a scholar who has never even graduated from the academy and has no management experience at all.

"Okay, that's basically it for now. Let's go back and think about the specific situation. If you have any questions, come to me."

Lance ended this meeting to determine the direction of the territory's development in the future.

He used to hate meetings because he just listened to the leader's nonsense.

But now after experiencing it, I found that working together is indeed an efficient method. The real problem is not the form of the meeting, but the people~

Everyone had something to do and dispersed, but Barton was left behind under the pretext of drawings.

Barton had seen big cities with a population of 100,000, so he didn't pay much attention to a small town until Lance took out the drawings and explained them. The modern design ideas greatly shocked him.

Those sewer systems that only appear in big cities, unique sewage treatment systems, and independent toilets...

Nowadays, even walking on some streets in Totnes is possible to get your head wet with shit. Only those wealthy areas have dedicated people to clean them.

Of course, Lance couldn't keep Barton just for this. He also needed more information about Totnes.

"You live in Totnes, tell me about it."

Barton roughly explained the situation without any hesitation.

Totnes is divided into three urban areas: inner, middle and outer.

The inner city and the middle city are separated by the first city wall built. The inner city is a typical wealthy area with excellent environment and good public security. Most of the people living there are rich and powerful people.