After patrolling the territory, Zhou Qingfeng rode'Jiying' back to the manor.
After the establishment of the'Fuqiangling', the'Harmonious Village' was reduced to a pure raw material supply place. Xili moved all management personnel and institutions to the'rich and powerful leaders'.
Territory Manor originally only lived with more than three hundred people, but now it has expanded to three thousand in one breath. Roads and houses were being built everywhere in the manor, and there was no life for a moment.
Outside the manor, an open space half the size of a football field was opened up as a playground, and hundreds of refugees are receiving training in a queue.
These are the "Sanhe Gods" who just want to do odd jobs, and you don't know how beautiful the world is without getting a whip.
Todd led the Orc Guard in charge of the drill, and his fangs mouth yelled in rage from time to time. Whenever he roared, the trainees stood upright and their chests straightened.
Zhou Qingfeng rode his horse through the playground, staring coldly at the crooked training queue.
With the same hands and feet, turning around and feeling dizzy, the refugees seem to be doing Brownian exercises, with no regularity at all. When someone stares, they move. No one is staring, they just lazy.
"This is the first batch of trained teams?" Zhou Qingfeng asked Rubio who followed.
"It seems to be the thirteenth batch. These refugees were eliminated from various places for retraining, and the quality is really not high." Rubio replied.
"If the quality is poor, don't take in the'rich and strong collar'." Zhou Qingfeng has no shortage of manpower. "We must establish an'exit mechanism' and don't let waste waste our food."
When establishing a'harmonious village' in the Black Forest, Zhou Qingfeng cleaned the leaders and backbones of the original human settlements. The residents of Harmony Village know that their master is a cruel man.
But it is not the same to establish a'rich and powerful collar'.
Many refugees have heard that Master Hugo is very kind, and come here admiringly. After they came, they did have a full stomach, but they didn't expect that the lord had a unique method for squeezing labor.
"For those who are lazy and slippery, hopelessly, send them all into the Black Forest to take risks."
Zhou Qingfeng waved his hand and decided that many refugees would end up in exile in a'waste utilization' style. In short, the refugees should not be allowed to run around, lest they become a hidden danger to public security.
Rubio is very clear about his master's intentions. He ran into the playground on a donkey and relayed Zhou Qingfeng's order to Todd.
The trainee queue disbanded immediately.
The refugees learned that they didn't need to turn around anymore, and yelled for a while, praising Master Hugo for his kindness.
Rubio glanced indifferently at the giggling refugees, thinking to himself: "Stupid guys, they don't know that the more comfortable they are under Master Hugo, the closer they will be to death."
After crossing the playground, Zhou Qingfeng entered the core area of the manor. On both sides of the road is the cultivated farmland. Irene is teaching farmers how to drive livestock and use metal plows.
In the past, Fabro didn't pay much attention to agriculture. There were many kinds of vegetables, flowers and plants in the vast territory, and the food was purchased from Coldwind City. The farmers under him are still using wooden plows to cultivate the land.
After Zhou Qingfeng arrived, he immediately expanded the agricultural population in his territory, set up collective farms, implemented the work-point system, and rewarded those who worked actively.
The large metal plow produced in the forging yard needs two large animals to pull, and can plow five deep fields at the same time, completely loosening and breaking the soil.
But efficient tools also need to be used efficiently.
After the establishment of the "Prosperity Leader", the training work has not stopped. Thousands of people need to master new knowledge, even Zhou Qingfeng himself.
In the matter of training, the natural charm tree spirit has the best effect. The refugees who have received queue training are taught by Irene, and the learning efficiency is the highest.
"How many big animals have we bought now?" Zhou Qingfeng asked Rubio.
"There are currently more than six hundred and fifty, including cows, horses, donkeys, mules and the like." Rubio is a treasure for the estate's family.
"In fact, cattle in the North are rare, but there are more horses. Especially the price of service horses is very cheap.
Our platinum coins are well used in the market, and more and more people agree with them.
We can go to other cities in the Northland to purchase the transportation team composed of heavy-duty carriages, and the supply of goods is still relatively sufficient. "
It is different from the cattle farming in Zhou Qingfeng's cognition. Wars are frequent in the North, and there are more horses than cattle.
Although the cost of raising horses is several times that of raising cattle, horses are more delicate than cattle. But horses are also farming faster than cattle.
Horses can also be used for transportation and fighting, but cattle can't. Therefore, horses are preferred everywhere in the North.
Aluminum alloys from the real world were used by Zhou Qingfeng for a large amount of purchases, and these metal currencies continued to be promoted with the expansion of the "Harmonious Commercial Bank".
The wizards were the first to recognize the'Platinum Coins' with weak magic properties and used them in daily transactions. This is equivalent to a strong credit recognition.
The release of a large amount of currency has instead promoted commercial trade. After all, more and more money can be made. Merchants also naturally accept the stamped'exquisite platinum coins'.
The financial system envisioned by Zhou Qingfeng is rapidly infiltrating the entire northern region, and it is easier to conquer the city than to conquer with a sword.
From the powerful to the poor, all classes are actively and passively doing business with the "harmonious firm".
With the heavy-duty carriage running around, in just three months, more goods were shipped to Coldwind City than in the past.
Cattle, sheep and horses, grain cloth, daily groceries, slave mercenaries, all kinds of people and goods were swallowed by the bottomless pit-like "rich and strong collar".
It is difficult for outsiders to appreciate the fullness of this rapid increase in strength. Only managers such as Rubio who actually handle it know that the "rich and powerful leaders" are almost different every month.
There are more than ten kilometers of roads of different levels in the territory. They spread around like a cobweb, connecting the seven or eight newly-built villages and the lord's manor in the territory.
"If horses are better to buy, buy more. Six hundred animals are still too few, especially horses that are versatile. I hope this number can be doubled."
Zhou Qingfeng has an ardent pursuit of'replacement of manpower with animal power and hydraulic power'. He likes to see that his territory has higher production and operational efficiency.
Rubio opened his mouth and wanted to say,'Horses eat more than people'. But thinking that feed can also be purchased externally, he shut up again.
According to Zhou Qingfeng's meaning, the "rich and strong collar" must raise at least two thousand horses. There are very few nobles in the north that can support two thousand people.
There are so many horses, the'rich and powerful leader' is definitely a major force second to none.
The area of the manor is expanding, becoming more and more like a small town. The more you walk inward, the more the population, the more houses, and even the streets.
An overhead water pipe leads from the waterwheel by the river to all parts of the manor. The water pipe is connected to the water storage towers and becomes the tap water for the local method.
Under the water storage tower, there are always residents queuing to use water. They all bowed their heads and knees silently to show their respect when seeing Zhou Qingfeng who was riding a horse.
Before large-scale construction of houses, a complete water supply and drainage system was first established in the manor. This novel facility alone reduced the incidence of diarrheal diseases in the territory by half.
People in the manor feel that they live like aristocrats.