Chương 81: The Productivity of the North
Most of the slaves from the North were sent south. Within just a few days, they arrived in the territory granted to Haldor, who traveled with them and personally created ice homes that would be useful as winter approached.
Thousands of people and hundreds of families settled in these territories. Haldor also established numerous defenses and left behind strongholds so robust that they could face hundreds of men alone.
However, Haldor needed to return quickly because the city, where all the nobles had been killed overnight, needed a new ruler. Everyone was baffled—what had happened to the city?
In recent times, nothing as disastrous as the silent deaths of numerous nobles has occurred, leaving a city without its rulers. However, in secret, everyone was relieved that those nobles had been eliminated. Not everyone is as good as they seem, but Haldor made sure to clean up the trash whenever it was near him.
Haldor knew perfectly well why this had happened, and he cared little about any potential consequences.
Now, with the rulers dead and the slaves in Haldor's northern territory, who were now citizens, everything was in order once again.
When news spread that the Lord of the Stars of the Bloom was in the city, which was in decline, all the high-ranking officials felt relieved. Such a recognized man in recent months could not be forgotten, not when word was spreading about the man who frees and brings prosperity to enslaved men.
The city he had taken was in a forest; normally, no one would be there, which is precisely why it was the heart of the slavers.
Of course, Haldor cleaned up that territory and took care of exterminating the source of the slavery.
Although the territory was in a vast, untouched forest, there were also many useful resources within it.
There were giant trees, tens of meters tall, everywhere. If these giant trees could be transported south, they could be sold for a lot of money.
However, it would be impossible for humans to move these trees south, given their limited manpower.
When developing a territory, the most important tasks are logging, planting, and brick-making.
Haldor's northern territory is dominated by mountains and hills, with only a few river valleys suitable for farming.
Haldor calculated that there were only about 6,000 hectares of flat land in his territory near the south.
The border territory he took covers an area of 1,460 square kilometers, of which only 60 square kilometers can be reclaimed, representing about 4%.
But this entire territory was near the North; no one cared about giving this territory to Haldor since they knew it was unusable. Still, not everyone knew that Haldor could reclaim land whenever he wanted.
But even if he reclaimed it, he knew that seventy-six percent of these 6,000 hectares of flat land are dry fields.
There are only 1,400 hectares of rice paddies, which amounts to just over 20,000 acres. The climate in the north is not too arid. According to Haldor's estimates, the annual rainfall is about 600 mm.
The yield of an acre of dry land is very low. If drought-tolerant crops are planted, the yield per acre is about 120 kilograms.
The yield of rice paddies is higher, and the yield of grains like wheat and potatoes can reach 300 kilograms.
Even in a good harvest year, if all this land is reclaimed, the annual grain production will be about 3,500 tons, enough to feed only 15,000 people.
In the mountainous territories, the population-carrying capacity is naturally insufficient. If it were a flat area, such a large territory could support hundreds of thousands of people.
The 400 hectares of land reclaimed this year are rice paddies. If the harvest is good, 900 tons of grain can be harvested.
There are already more than 4,000 citizens in the territory, and the elderly and children make up half of the population. 900 tons of grain barely suffice to feed them.
To unleash the citizens' enthusiasm for production, Haldor decreed that the slaves no longer belonged to anyone and were as free as before. All refugees could be accepted into his territory and provided with housing.
Before returning, Haldor made sure to divide his citizens into different camps. Everyone, regardless of age, was assigned five acres of land.
The only requirement was to work that land.
Things would get much better later, of course. Haldor's agricultural tax is only set at 30%. It can be said that it is very rare in history for someone to offer all this to their citizens.
Haldor now didn't need an army; his hundreds of simple puppets were more than enough to defend his territory. Additionally, to design the northern city he planned to build, he needed more than just manpower, which his puppets perfectly covered.
The entire design was incredible; not only would he take advantage of the mountains for defense, but he would also create the ruler's castle, and that was the most important thing since Haldor needed to remain anonymous throughout his life.
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City of Solar Wings
Five months after the unknown destruction of the noble family,.
Everything had returned to normal; the freed slaves were now in the North, and all those mercenaries who served the powerful families ended up serving Haldor.
Many of them followed him north, where they were astonished by the progress of the construction of the first city, so aesthetically designed, in the north.
The riches stolen by thieves along the way were confiscated by Haldor, and the first thing he began selling was underwear. Underwear was currently very lamentable, so Haldor started designing it, and with the right experts, he advanced everything by hundreds of decades.
"Is this toilet paper?" Baba Voss looked at the next revolutionary invention that Haldor had created.
Haldor, who was making a replica of a steam engine, looked at Baba Voss and said, "It can be used for many things; there's no need to worry about what to do with it because it's biodegradable."
"Is this a chair?"
When Haldor turned around, he saw Baba Voss sitting on a toilet. He quickly stood up and said, "This innovative invention will be installed in the northern city; it will be perfectly equipped with pipes that will connect the entire city, and magic will move them."
Baba Voss, who had entered Haldor's workshop to tell him about the organization she had participated in, ended up admiring him greatly.
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