On the vast grassland, the surrounding area is empty, and at first glance, it seems that there is no end to it.
Being in it, one can't help but feel a sense of vastness, and it seems that even the mood has changed a lot.
"It's here?"
Riding his horse on the grassland, Chen Heng inspected the land.
He looked around, looked at the land in front of him, and thought in his heart.
It has been more than three months since the end of the trial competition.
For more than three months, Oliman named him the Earl of Suoda as he said before, and granted the Suoda area to Chen Heng as his territory.
The so-called Suoda area is a vast area bordering the desert of the Kutu Kingdom, and its area is very vast.
But this time, with a wave of his hand, Oliman directly sealed the entire Suoda area to Chen Heng, the Earl of Suoda.
From the perspective of the area of the territory, the territory of Earl Chen Heng is larger than that of other lords in Kutu.
But in reality, it's just looking good.
In fact, the Suoda region was bordered by deserts, most of which were places where alien races were active, and it was very difficult to form a powerful rule there.
Moreover, in this rather vast area, there are not many people who can really be ruled by Chen Heng and can be used to collect taxes, the number is pitifully small.
According to Chen Heng's estimate, the number of people who can be directly ruled by Chen Heng in the entire Suoda area is probably only tens of thousands.
The number of tens of thousands of people sounds like a lot, but it looks very ugly when distributed over this vast area.
When he came to this territory, during this time, Chen Heng did nothing, but patrolled the area with the local guide and Kurduo and others.
A great man once said that without investigation, there is no voice.
Chen Heng felt that this sentence was right.
The importance of intelligence is self-evident in many ways.
Therefore, after arriving in his own territory, Chen Heng immediately started to investigate, wanting to know the most basic situation on this land.
After observing for a period of time, Chen Heng already knew what he should do next.
"Although the climate in the north is harsh, if there is no need to fight, the land will produce enough."
Riding aside, looking at Chen Heng, Kurudo said: "Although the production here is not as good as in the south, but because the place is so big, each lord owns a lot of land, so people won't starve to death."
"The ones that are really uncomfortable are the orc thieves who come here every now and then, and some other inexplicable creatures."
Speaking of this, his face looked a little helpless: "In order to resist these orc thieves, a large number of men were forcibly transferred to fight with these people, so that they often missed the time of farming, and sometimes even when they harvested, they would be killed by these orcs. Orc destruction."
He introduced the situation in the Northland to Chen Heng, and also introduced the main enemy he will face in the next period of time.
From his narration, Chen Heng also gradually understood the basic situation here, and had a clear understanding of what he needed to do in the next period of time.
"I probably understand."
Chen Heng nodded, and continued to look at Kurduo: "In the next period of time, I will trouble you."
This time when Chen Heng came here, he was not alone. Kurduo and the others all followed him here and became one of his followers.
These foundations that Chen Heng had laid in Kutu City in the past were all brought over by him this time and put into construction.
Next, Chen Heng began the process of building his own territory.
To be honest, it is very difficult to build from scratch from a blank space.
But fortunately, Chen Heng is not poor and white.
He has many advantages over others.
His wife is Venal, the princess of the royal family, which means that he has a very close connection with the royal family and can obtain a considerable degree of support from Auliman and even the entire Kutu Kingdom.
The surrounding lords and nobles, looking at the royal family's face, will also look at him high and open the door to him.
Secondly, because of the previous cooperation, he has a very good relationship with the northern lords, and to a certain extent, he is their biggest benefactor.
After the north-south trade started, although many people saw the huge benefits contained in it and began to try to get involved, they started too late, and they have not found a low-cost, risk-reliable business like Chen Heng. Road to run.
Coupled with the advantages established in the early stage, Chen Heng still has a large share of the current north-south trade.
The result of this trade route is the general goodwill of the northern land lords towards Chen Heng, and they will not refuse many of his requests.
The large amount of profits obtained from the trade also allowed Chen Heng to have ample money, so that he would not fall into an embarrassing situation.
In addition, he himself is a powerful knight.
This is the most important point.
In this era, the role that a knight can play is unimaginable to ordinary people.
With Chen Heng's current strength, he only needs to bring a guard of 100 people, which is enough to move freely in this area. Those scattered alien thieves are nothing to him at all.
However, despite all the advantages, Chen Heng still had a very difficult life.
The conditions in the northern area were so harsh that it was difficult for him to attack.
However, he was not discouraged.
Before coming here, he already knew something about the situation here, and he had already made some psychological preparations.
The situation he is facing now is not enough to stump him.
In this way, Earl Suoda named Kailin took root in Suoda.
Just after coming here, he started his own actions.
He led Kurudo and others to inspect the Quartet, wiped out some thieves and small tribes that had been raging around for a long time, and reduced them all to slaves.
Later, he used his authority as a lord and powerful force to forcibly relocate and gather several small tribes scattered around.
In this way, he gathered the population of the entire Suoda area as much as possible, and began to reclaim land and build cities in several key places.
When the population gathered, Chen Heng had fewer places to protect, and the pressure on the military suddenly decreased.
After the initial development of the city, some small tribes and even wild people who were originally wandering around were also attracted here and continued to migrate towards the city.
In this way, Chen Heng's territory slowly developed and started gradually.
(end of this chapter)