Chapter 353: Resources of Boulder City

After Correen was defeated, although the wealth in the Giant Stone Castle was almost plundered, some industries were still left.

For example, at the bird-carrying management station in the west, no one would be bored enough to roast the bird-carrying birds with only a few pounds of meat.

Now, Giant Stone City, Chishan Town, Shore City and Wushan Castle can all communicate through bird-carrying birds, which allows Macken and Ridal to communicate at the first time.

At the same time, if there is an emergency, they can contact Wubeiling through Wushan Castle.

This "transfer" method is still a bit troublesome. Ronin plans to let the bird-carrying bird administrator of Giant Stone Castle spend some energy to build a bird path between Swamp Castle and Giant Stone Castle.

Not long after, Macken rode back on a warhorse, followed by Dandy and the political officer Serin.

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"Sir, you are finally here!"

McKen and Serin quickly dismounted and saluted Ronin.

Ronin looked them up and down. After several months, he saw more independence in them.

They have grown a lot in handling the affairs of Boulder City alone during this period of time.

"You are now big shots on your own. You have done a good job!"

McKen smiled honestly, "Sir, you are too kind."

Serin also bowed slightly, "I can achieve what I have today, all thanks to your trust and support!"

He used to work for Baron Leisen of Swamp Town. After the latter's death, he was not only not disliked by Ronin, but was reused and arranged to serve as a political official in Boulder City.

Now that everything in Boulder City is stable, Serin has entered the core circle, which is something he never dreamed of.

The more so, the more he cherished this opportunity.

"Okay, don't talk outside."

The three chatted for a while and then entered the Giant Stone Castle.

After becoming the Lord of Giant Stone City, although Ronin had never been to this castle, his exclusive residence had been kept.

In the living room, McKen and Serin reported the main situation of Giant Stone City.

After experiencing the initial panic, the city has now generally settled down.

Although there are still some violent conflicts from time to time, since McKen formed a knight team, such incidents have become less and less.

"The overall strength of the knight team in Giant Stone City is not strong. In addition to me, there is only one senior knight and two intermediate knights, and the remaining six are all junior."

McKen said: "But these people, together with archers, infantry and cavalry, are completely sufficient to maintain the law and order inside and outside Giant Stone City."

Although a knight team is not large in number, only 118 people, they have an absolute advantage over ordinary people.

If there is no violent incident with a large number of people, so many people are enough to suppress it.

Roning said, "One knight squad is not enough. You can expand it according to the situation."

According to the configuration of ten knight squads in a knight group, Roning plans to place three in Wubei Territory, two in Jiliu Island, and five in Giant Stone City and Chishan Town.

A knight group in Wushan Fort is deployed in Anbian City. With his five knight squads, the defense force in the southwest of Wushan Territory will become very strong.

However, it is not a one-time thing to form so many knight squads.

Even though Roning now has his own iron mine, blacksmith, and Tiemulin to provide weapons and equipment, the war horses needed by the cavalry, as well as the logistics personnel, remuneration and food are all issues that need to be coordinated.

Blind expansion in one go will also bring considerable problems.

Next, Roning and McKen seriously discussed the matter of recruiting soldiers in Giant Stone Territory and decided to train the infantry first, and slow down the configuration of cavalry and professional knights.

The two decided to equip these five knight squads and initially form combat power within two years. This is the initial plan.

"Sir, this is the list of Giant Stone City and Red Mountain Town and the resources here."

Cellin, who had returned, came over with a few simply bound books. These were the papers he brought with him when he left Swamp Town, and they were almost all used up now.

"The food, paper and other resources that Giant Stone City and Red Mountain Town lack can be applied to Wilson and Chahar, but they must be recorded."

Roning said as he took the book.

Although these wealth are essentially his, he does not manage all the accounts.

So the flow of resources between several territories still needs a detailed list.

"I understand!"

Cellin replied respectfully, "The transport team of the Rogna Association will return to Wubei Territory and Giant Stone City. Whatever we need, we will usually transport it through him."

As soon as the list was in hand, a line of text appeared in front of Roning's eyes:

["Attack the City" achievement, attribute points +1000, energy and spirit +2000]

This indicates that Roning's towns with a population of over 10,000 have met the five required for the achievement.

Luo Ning looked at the achievement interface.

He wanted to see how many cities were needed for the next stage, but found that the description of the achievement of conquering a city had changed:

[Conquering a city]: Own a large city with a population of more than 100,000 people, rewards: attribute points +2000, energy essence +4000

The rewards are very impressive, but the requirements are also demanding.

A population of 100,000 is not even comparable to that of an ordinary small county in modern times, but it is not everywhere in this world.

One of the main reasons is the insufficient production of food, which limits the growth of population. In addition, poor medical and health conditions and frequent wars are also the main reasons.

Luo Ning is still very confident in achieving this achievement.

The population of the four towns in Wubei Territory has reached 55,000. In the future, Wubei City will be built near the port, and these four towns will be included in it. The distance from 100,000 is only more than 40,000.

Not to mention the continued introduction of population, relying on the current policy to stimulate fertility, coupled with the increase in surplus grain in the hands of farmers, the population of Wubei Territory will also grow.

It is only a matter of time to reach 100,000.

Coming back to his senses, Luo Ning flipped through the notebook where Sai Lin recorded the resources of Giant Stone City.

Compared with Wubei Territory, the richness of resources here is relatively less.

Sai Lin surveyed the situation of the cultivated land in Giant Stone City. The annual grain output of the cultivated land in the mountains can barely achieve self-sufficiency, but if it is to support the grain consumption of Chishan Town, it will be much worse.

However, the towns of Sari and Kasir near the Altai River produce more grain, and their lords are Philip and Thorstein who have fought with Ronin. It should be no problem to buy from them.

In addition to grain, the most abundant thing in Giant Stone City is stone mines.

It's a pity that people here like to build houses with wood. After all, it is convenient to mine, so the stone mines do not seem to have much value and use.

Ronin looked carefully. The stone mines here are all non-metallic ores. In addition to the common granite, there are also limestone, quartz, colored ores, etc.

"Giant Stone City will still be very valuable in the future."

Stone may become one of the sources of income for Giant Stone City in the future.

I don't know if there is phosphate ore here. If there is, we can consider making phosphate fertilizer in the later stage to further increase the grain production of the territory.

Although Wubei Territory now has organic fertilizers and swamp fertilizers, the effect is still not as good as that of chemical fertilizers.

It's a pity that making chemical fertilizers is a complex chemical industrial process that requires precise control.

Perhaps in the long years ahead, he will be able to reproduce fertilizers in this world, but for a long time before that, composting will be the mainstream.

Roning closed the resource booklet and said to Sailin: "Let Jim, the potter from Huitu Village, come to Boulder City to investigate when he has time. There should be mineral materials that can be used to make glazes here."

Sailin's eyes lit up.

Porcelain and glazes, he heard from Wilson that they were specialties of the Wubei Territory and were money-making stuff.

If the stones in Boulder City can help make porcelain, then there will definitely be more financial income here in the future. (End of this chapter)