Roland has been in a pleasant mood lately.

Even when he was sitting alone in the office, he would hum a little song from time to time, reminiscing about the good times in the hot air balloon basket.

The way Anna closed her eyes and asked for a kiss was so cute that he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth just thinking about it. And most importantly, the meaning of her words has undoubtedly revealed the burning emotion.

The only thing he could do at that time was to respond to her more enthusiastically.

So much so that when he landed, Roland felt a faint pain in his lips.

Maybe it was the kiss that was too long that made her breathe poorly, and she used her teeth when she panicked?

Either way, he hadn't experienced it in a long time.

When he was nearly a quarter of his life, and the skills he had seen from TV movies, novels and comics were finally put to use, and the object was still such a beautiful Miss Anna, Roland felt that he had finally taken the first step towards becoming a winner in life.

Satisfied, he took a satisfying breath and reached into the drawer, trying to chew on a snack to calm his joy, only to find a void - the beef jerky had only been put in yesterday.

Roland glanced back at the nightingale lying by the window, who whistled and pretended to be a casual observer. I deliberately replaced the dried fish with beef jerky, just to prevent the nightingale from stealing it, but I didn't expect her to refuse the beef jerky?

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door.

"Your Highness, Sir Barov has asked to see you. ”

"Let him in. ”

The nightingale did not hide as before, but pulled down her hood and sat down in the chaise longue by the wall.

The assistant minister pushed the door in, and when he saw that there were other people in the office, he was stunned for a moment, but quickly returned to his normal appearance.

"Your Highness, this month's demographic has been made. He handed over a roll of parchment.

"So fast?"

"Now that you have the Consulate Registration File, it's much easier to count this," the assistant minister said with a smile, "Your previous decision was really wise." ”

Well, they're all starting to make sycophants now...... Roland spread out the paper scroll, and saw that the number of tools was arranged according to the different occupations of the people in the border towns, and it looked clear at a glance. Compared with the report that did not even divide the paragraphs when he first crossed over, Barov's ability has really improved significantly.

The first line is also the largest group, serfs, with a total of 3,628 people (including family members). There is also a note at the bottom: 1,500 serfs engaged in farming.

"Your Highness, is the number of people engaged in agriculture too small?" Barov said, pointing to the first article, "according to the estimation of Seni Eri of the Ministry of Agriculture, if the town no longer imports grain, I am afraid that it will have to double the amount of farmland and manpower to meet the food needs of the border town." ”

Roland had some impression of the name Saini, who was supposed to be a knight of the Wolf Family. Fifteen hundred of the men who were engaged in the farming were the first serfs who had been sent, and the next few were transferred by Roland to the mines or to Karl's construction team—and they were also given the same promise that they would be promoted to the rank of freemen if they had worked for a sufficient period of time.

"I didn't plan to be self-sufficient this year, and now there is a lot of wheat stored in the castle warehouse, enough for two or three months. Moreover, the new wheat planted this year is not quite the same. ”

"Not quite the same?" Barov was stunned.

"Well, you'll know then," Roland smiled. It was the foliage-improved Golden No. 1, yielding at least three times more per plant than ordinary wheat, and it would have surprised everyone by the time of the harvest. That's why he didn't want to put too much of his population into agriculture. With the magic crops of leaves, only a few farmers will be needed to feed the majority of the people in the future, so that valuable human resources can be saved and invested in industrial development and urban construction.

He continued to look down.

The second line of the parchment paper is the construction personnel, and the following remarks are very complicated, including stonemasons, bricklayers, masons, carpenters, handymen, and so on. The total number was more than 1,100 people, the vast majority of whom were handymen who worked as serfs. It is precisely because of the addition of this group of new forces that border towns can quickly build batches of residential areas and factories -- making construction templates, batches, and procedures is an important means to speed up the construction progress. Although in Roland's eyes, such speed is still insufficient, but for the locals, it is shocking.

The third line is the mining personnel.

Much like the construction industry above, the number of local residents in the border town has dropped to twenty-five, mainly responsible for the operation of steam engines, the registration of mines and the management of the mines. The remaining 1,600 people were all outsiders, including the mercenaries captured in the Battle of Changge Fortress and the serfs who came one after another.

"There have been several brawls in the mining area recently," Barov said, "mainly between mercenaries and serfs, and this is a hidden danger, Your Highness." There were too many of them, and once they made a fuss, twenty-five managers alone could not control it at all. I suggest that the First Army be put in charge of assisting the guards. ”

"Hmm...... ," Roland thought for a moment, "let's do it, there is a shortage of manpower now, and there is no way to form a police force." I'll tell Iron Axe that a musket team of about fifty men should be sufficient. ”

"Police...... What is it?"

"You can think of it as a patrol, but the area of jurisdiction is much larger, and they basically do the internal security. "In this era, there is no distinction between internal violence and external violence, so letting the military take care of law and order will not become its own black history. Until the great enemy of the church is addressed, he has no intention of distracting his manpower to form a second machine of violence.

In fourth place is the First Army of Frontier Town.

After the Battle of the Fortress, the prestige of the First Army resounded throughout the Western Frontier - 300 men defeated the 1,500-strong Duke's coalition army at a very small cost, and the nobles of the fortress lost the courage to resist. After the meritorious deeds, Roland doubled the size of the First Army to 600 men. As soon as the recruitment list was sent out, the names of the towns that enthusiastically signed up filled the entire square. Roland still followed the concept that the people's army is composed of the people, and selected 300 aborigines with good quality and no criminal records to join the First Army.

The rest is a variety of technicians.

For example, in the smelting and firing industry, the number of people has increased significantly in the past month, from more than 20 people at the beginning to about 400. Thanks to the "kiln expert" Losia, the North Slope Furnace Complex can produce not only red bricks, but also cement and glass. At the same time, three shaft furnaces are being erected, and before long, the ore placed in the yard can be smelted for the first time through the shaft furnaces, and then transported to where it is needed.

As for education, chemistry, industry, and animal husbandry, these combined are less than 50 people, so judging from the demographics alone, the border towns still have a long way to go. However, it is a great thing that a small town with a population consisting mainly of hunters and miners has become like this in half a year.

Now that hunters have largely disappeared, hunting has turned from a necessity to a hobby, and those who joined the First Army or the smelting industry have been eliminated, and nearly 1,000 people in the town are still unemployed. When the literacy part of universal education was completed, Roland decided to bring these people into the factories and start the prelude to industrial production. (To be continued.) )