I have food on hand and mines at home, so I don’t feel panic.

According to the current cleaning speed, production can be resumed as soon as next month. Unfortunately, the territory has fewer young and strong labor force, and it is difficult to increase production capacity.

Thick blue smoke rose up and fell into Hudson's eyes, which was particularly pleasing to the eye. This was a necessary prerequisite for resuming mine production, making charcoal.

I saw the miners skillfully placing the cut wood into the charcoal kiln in an orderly manner, covering it with soil to leave a opening for ignition, and then pouring the burning charcoal into it.

There were two workers beside him, holding huge rice dumpling leaves and fanning them constantly.

It can be seen that in the era of existing productivity, the charcoal making process has matured.

The air supply method is primitive, that's because it used magic technology, a device similar to a blower.

It was destroyed due to the war and could not find a replacement for a while, which directly caused the air supply mode to return to the primitive era.

There was no need to count on magic technology. It would be impossible to buy it for a while. Hudson could only choose to settle for the next best thing and use bellows instead.

He has explained the manual bellows process and arranged for people to make it. However, the process is not yet mature and the practicality of the product needs to be improved.

If nothing else happens, it will be difficult for mines to use magical black technology for a long time to come.

Everything comes from cost. Compared with expensive magic devices, labor is really cheap.

Installing an alchemy version of the blower is enough to buy ten young and strong slaves. The most embarrassing thing is that this thing also needs magic crystal to drive it, and what Hudson lacks most is magic crystal.

The baron's small quota is not enough to support his own cultivation, so how can it be wasted here?

If the efficiency is lower, just lower it. Anyway, the labor cost is cheap enough. Using human bellows instead will be even cheaper economically.

Without any time to make further plans, Hudson received news from his family that the officials demarcating the boundary had already set off and would arrive in Wright County in the near future.

I don't know where to start first, and I'm not sure when I will arrive at my home territory. The only thing I can do is to stay at home and stop running around.

If someone comes and the master is not at home, it will be great fun. With the style of the bureaucrats in the Governor's Mansion, they will not wait for the master to come back. If the master is not at home, others can do the work on the map.

As for the parties concerned, whether they are satisfied with the outcome has never been within their scope of consideration.

If you have strong connections, you can still find connections and reclassify them. If you have no connections, no background, and no strength, you can only admit your defeat.

Although Hudson was not a perfect person, he wasn't that great either. He did have some connections and connections, but they weren't enough for someone from the Governor's Mansion to make a trip alone.

As for strength, it was purely a result of business exchanges. Hudson's reputation as the "Knight of the Divine Bow" was mainly due to the hard publicity of his teammates.

In order to prove his military exploits, his achievements were exaggerated as much as possible. Especially in the battle of annihilating the Holy See cavalry, he clearly killed 500 people, but was blown up to 3,000 by everyone.

Maybe it was too exaggerated, and no one believed it. Finally, they gave a unified explanation: 1,000 elite cavalry of the Holy See and 2,000 main rebels were wiped out.

The so-called "managing troops like gods" is purely based on the incompetence of the rebels in commanding. This cannot be concealed from anyone who is interested.

If he is really as awesome as the rumors say, then if Hudson stomps his foot, the Southeast Province will also tremble.

There is no doubt that the Southeastern Province, where the Dalton family is the master, does not allow such awesome creatures to exist. Once they appear, they will either be incorporated or strangled.

The fact that Hudson can still live so carefree is enough to prove how serious the rumors are. It is enough to scare the small and medium-sized nobles, but it cannot scare the people in the Governor's Mansion at all.

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"Uncle Sikollari, Uncle Baggins, Uncle Siludi..."

A series of uncles called him down, which made Hudson feel a little numb. The people who came to preside over the division of the fiefdom were all friends of the Koslow family. He didn't think this was a coincidence.

Either the Governor's Office is engaging in fishing law enforcement; or the Governor's Office is deliberately creating opportunities for them to seek personal gain in the division of fiefdoms.

After thinking for a while, Hudson quickly made a judgment.

This is not how fishing and law enforcement work. As a privileged noble, just showing favoritism in the division of fiefdoms is not a serious crime at all.

The most serious consequence is to lose one's official position and redraw the boundary lines.

If you are careful and don't leave any obvious loopholes in the procedure, you won't even be punished.

Unless someone is crazy, no one would put so much effort into planning just to get a painless punishment.

If it's the latter, I'm guessing that the two counties of Wright and Whiten will be uneasy in the future. It's easy for neighbors to have conflicts, but with a governor who is dedicated to digging holes and laying mines, it's strange that there won't be any disputes.

The welcome banquet was very shabby. Although Hudson tried his best, the food in the territory was too simple, and even the banquet was held in the open air.

There was no way around it. The mining area was too remote and did not receive the attention of the previous lord. There were no decent buildings nearby.

The few stone houses were used to store food and pig iron, and they were not worthy of noble status at all.

Fortunately, everyone here is considered "one of our own", otherwise I would have been put in the shoes of someone else just by being treated like this.

They were old acquaintances who had interacted with each other before. After a few glasses of wine, everyone became more and more relaxed.

"Hudson, your territory is too remote, why not choose a big, wealthy town?"

Baron Sikollari asked doubtfully.

This is also a question that many people in the aristocratic circle have. Everyone has only two impressions of the Salam Mountains - barren land and minerals.

The presence of mines is indeed an advantage, but it cannot make up for the disadvantage of poor land. In the same agricultural production, the yield per mu of the Salam Mountains is only 70% of that in the plains.

The labor input is equivalent, maybe even more, and the yield gap is so huge. The cost-effectiveness of growing grain is obviously not high.

The income from mining alone is an advantage in the short term, but it is a disadvantage in the long run.

Once the mine is mined, the surrounding land will be polluted to a great extent. I am afraid that even 70% of the food output will be difficult to maintain.

For nobles who are used to permanently taking root in one place, they must consider the long-term development of their territory. In order to maintain sustainable agricultural production, some nobles will not mine even if they know there are mines underground.

"Uncle Sikolari, the Salam Mountains are indeed a little remote, and the food output is also low, but the advantage is that it covers a large area!

Except for the mining areas marked on the map, there are only three peripheral knights on the map. The remaining hundreds of hills are unclaimed land, and the area is almost half of Lite County.

Although the development cost is relatively high and the price-performance ratio is not very good, it still has development value. If it is fully developed, you will definitely not lose money by relying on quantity to supplement quality.

Of course, this requires investment of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Without decades of long-term investment, it is difficult to see results.

What really made me choose the Salam Mountains was the upcoming situation in Laite and Wyton counties.

In order to move south, the nobles of Northern Xinjiang did not hesitate to offend the Dalton family. Obviously, not just a few baronies could satisfy their appetite.

Koslow is only a small family. Once it conflicts with these northern military nobles, it will be difficult to gain any advantage in terms of force.

Although a prosperous central town is good, it must be defended. If the family behind them continues to increase its investment, I will not be able to consume them."

Half-truths and half-false explanations are the most convincing. After all, they are following the governor. In terms of information control, these people in front of them are still better.

Earl Pierce's fear of the nobles in northern Xinjiang was nakedly displayed, and naturally they, the younger brothers, did not dare to take it lightly.

The more you know, the more you know how to be awe. No one was surprised by what Hudson said.

After all, the Koslow family also originated from the North. It is normal to have some understanding of the strength of the northern nobles.

"Indeed, although those guys in the north are annoying, their strength is still amazing.

If they were allowed to gain a firm foothold, not only would the two counties of Laite and Wyton be unstable, but the entire southeastern province would also find it difficult to remain peaceful.

But Hudson, you are too cautious. Even if those guys from Northern Xinjiang come to cause trouble, they will not attack your Koslow family first.

As the most prosperous family in the kingdom, the combined strength of your many branches is not weak, and you also have the support of the local nobles in the southeastern provinces.

If a conflict breaks out between the two parties, it’s not certain who will suffer in the end and who will take advantage!”

Baron Sikollari said with a smile.

Just tell Hudson directly, go ahead and do it boldly, the Governor's Mansion will support you.

Of course, it's useless to say it. The Koslow family is not stupid. War will kill people. Fighting against the northern nobles who went south will only waste the family's human, financial and material resources, and take advantage of the fishermen on the side.

If he wins the battle, the most he can collect is a ransom, which won't even be enough to fund the war. With his background and background, the aftermath won't be a problem at all.

It would be even worse to lose, not to mention heavy casualties, and maybe even the foundation would be lost.
Chapter completed!