Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 360: Chapter 158: The New Ecosystem of Lake Reiflin and the Dawn Church’s Proposal (Part 4)

The Hesse Territory had no other choice; with limited funds, it was natural to prioritize the development near Hesse Town. Building the assets belonging to the Lord, such as Jorn Shallow Bay and Heisen Castle, consumed 80% of the manpower and resources.

Further developing water facilities and creating a commercial environment in the town meant there was simply no energy left for infrastructure in other villages.

As for paving roads and building bridges, if the lords did not undertake them, the villagers could only hope for a wealthy merchant to make donations.

Merchants, however, do nothing without profit. If they donated a road, they would monopolize a village’s specialty products and trade.

This was not in Su Li’s interest, as the territory’s specialty products could indeed fetch a good price.

Moreover, developing roads and infrastructure would be beneficial for the swift mobility of the army, playing to the cavalry’s advantage.

Thus, contrary to Vandar’s expectations, Su Li immediately replied, ”I will have the territory’s engineers plan a network of roads connecting all the Holy Lands, villages, and farms in the territory and start construction as soon as possible.”

Vandar, who thought Su Li would wait until the war with the Green Dragon was over to plan this, was overjoyed and excitedly said, ”Praise to you, Lord, for your mercy and generosity. I believe that as long as we can withstand the threat of the Green Dragon Legion, we will be able to spend this winter peacefully and with a bountiful harvest.”

After inspecting the territory’s farmland with Vandar, Su Li’s confidence in the territory’s grain output greatly increased. He then happily made another round of the Bauhinia Noble Pasture.

This was Su Li’s royal noble pasture, home to a large number of livestock belonging to him, including over 600 warhorses, more than 400 cattle, and over 3,000 sheep, goats, and combat rams, as well as more than 500 other various creatures like mules, donkeys, deer herds, and Fire Rabbits.

Nowadays, with the expansion of the territory and the rise of various pastures and villages, the territory’s livestock no longer relied solely on this one pasture for supply.

Due to the sparsely populated, fertile land of the Hesse Territory, even in a small village with only thirty or forty people, there would be a village pasture, raising one or two cattle, draft horses, and sheep.

In the northern Bloody Highlands, a knight had even directly leased large tracts of farmland, employing shepherds to graze hundreds of sheep.

According to the Pasture Master Edmond’s report, a newly weaned lamb in the territory now costs 7 to 9 Silver Coins.

This high price for lambs was a good thing, demonstrating that the territory’s residents have confidence in its future and high expectations for development, thus actively nurturing herds.

Su Li also experienced the substantial returns from the integrity of horse management. Just from the noble pasture alone, with merely sold-off foals, cattle, sheep, and products like dairy, and cashmere, he could earn over 50 Golden Crowns per month on average in recent months. Adding the income from Fire Rabbits, the average monthly income of 100 Golden Crowns was not at all out of reach.

By the time he finished inspecting the pasture, it was already getting dark, and Su Li felt there were still many things he hadn’t had a chance to attend to.

Like the cashmere factory being built by Lauren for him, the territory’s furniture workshop, weapon production in the armory, and potion production in various monasteries.

He didn’t have the energy to look at everything in detail. Before the nightfall, he could only squeeze out time to check the largest iron mine’s production situation in the territory.

Here, 160 dwarf miners worked in the iron mine tower, and this vast scale finally showcased the strategic value of this giant iron mine.

As the progress on mining greatly accelerated, this month, the dwarves successfully extracted 45 Imperial Jin of Vibranium from the giant iron mine!

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