Chapter 187: Escaped Slave

Purple blood vine is a relatively rare plant in the northern border.

It has been about four years since Richard discovered that the sheep-bodied people used purple blood vine to stop bleeding.

In the past four years, the territory has not only studied the formula and efficacy of hemostatic ointment.

Sophia also studied the biological characteristics of purple blood vine and successfully catalyzed a large number of purple blood vine seeds using the power of magic.

Because the research on the formula of hemostatic ointment is about to mature, 60 acres of purple blood vine were planted on the hillside last year, and this year it is planned to expand to 200 acres.

200 acres of purple blood vine, the output reached 40,000 catties.

40,000 catties of purple blood vine, plus all the royal jelly in the territory, can be made into 80,000 copies of hemostatic ointment.

Being able to sell these 80,000 copies of hemostatic ointment is also a considerable income.

The Grant Kingdom is a magical desert. Due to the shortage of magicians, the treatment power in the army is also insufficient.

When the war breaks out, only officers can be treated first. Many veterans died of bleeding and infection.

If the hemostatic ointment does not have too many side effects, there should be no shortage of sales.

Richard can sell the hemostatic ointment to the Northern Legion through William's relationship.

Richard made the decision and accelerated the progress of the human trial of the hemostatic ointment.

Some time ago, Adrian and the hospital doctors had done a lot of animal experiments.

In addition, the hospital used some hemostatic ointments on goat-bodied people and dog-headed people, and the effect was also very good.

However, animal experiments are different from human experiments. It is okay to use it on animals, but it may not be okay to use it on humans.

It may take hundreds of human patients to observe the side effects to figure out.

When he came out of the hospital, Richard saw Jennings and greeted them.

Just after leaving the hospital, Hayden ran towards Richard.

"What happened? You chased me to the hospital?"

"A big thing happened in the territory recently, and I need to report to you immediately. In the past two days, a lot of foreign populations have poured into the territory. They are all escaped slaves of nearby lords. How to deal with this matter? You need to make a decision immediately."

Since last year, a large number of free people have appeared in the Harland territory.

Because Richard set a relatively low land tax, the free people have accumulated a certain amount of income in a year, and their living standards have improved a lot.

Even if Richard has enacted a decree prohibiting migration, the changes in the territory will naturally not be hidden from the serfs in the neighboring noble territories.

After the Goddess's Birthday Festival, many serfs began to flee and poured into Harland Territory. In the past two or three days, a large-scale influx began.

"Which lord are these fugitives from?"

"The most are from Diram Barony. In the past two days, there have been more than 300 fugitives from Diram Barony.

"Has the Diram family not elected a new baron yet?"

"Indeed, two consecutive orc invasions have caused this family to decline very badly. It is estimated that this year it will fall from the hereditary nobility."

"There are not many people in Diram Barony, right?"

Hayden nodded and said, "There are indeed not many people. There are only more than 2,000 people in total, and they are mainly old and weak."

"Send people to Diram Barony to incite the remaining serfs to come to Harland Territory. "

After listening to Richard's words, Hayden hesitated a little and said, "Will this have a bad impact?"

"I have finally understood that all nobles are profit-seeking animals. What's the point of having a good reputation?"

"What about the fugitives from other lords' homes?"

"Are there any fugitives from other territories?" After listening to Hayden's words, Richard was a little skeptical.

The population mobility in the Dawn Plane is very small, especially in the Geda Province. Many serfs have almost never left their homes in their entire lives.

Because the Diram Barony borders the Stopa Barony, Richard has used a large number of people to develop the Stopa Barony with better agricultural conditions in recent years. Therefore, there are contacts between the border residents of both sides.

It is precisely because of the close contact that there are fugitives from the Diram Barony.

"Yes, there are dozens of serfs in the Sharp Barony, and there are also a few scattered fugitives from the Les Barons and the Baron Bazel Barons. "

"Send back the fugitive slaves from Baron Sharp's territory, and treat the fugitive slaves from Baron Rice's territory and Baron Bazel's territory as private slaves and let the merchants in the territory take over. If Baron Rice sends someone to investigate, you can directly say that they were all slaves purchased on the market.

We did not send people to other territories to capture slaves. Their serfs were lost because of their own lax management. They are bound to suffer this loss in silence."

"Will this offend Baron Rice and other nearby nobles?"

"What if they offend? I tried to win over these people before, but you saw the result. What's the use?

Even our uncle Baron Dark came to us when there was a benefit, like a dog eating shit. If there was no benefit, he kicked you away without any mercy.

I have seen through these people. They can only be used but not deeply connected. "

"In this case, I will immediately arrange for people to go to Baron Diram's territory. "

After Hayden returned, he immediately sent intelligence personnel into the Dirham Barony to incite the remaining serfs.

In order to have a better life, there was a ready-made model reference and the support of Viscount Richard. The remaining serfs plucked up their courage and left the Dirham Barony together.

In just ten days, more than two thousand people poured into the Harland Territory.

Although Richard had no money to buy slaves this year, relying on the private purchase of slaves in the territory, plus the influx of runaway slaves from the Dirham Territory, the Harland Territory still increased by more than four thousand foreign population.

Including the natural population growth of the territory, the Haland territory has more than 55,000 people.

There are about 15,000 young and strong adults.

Of the 15,000 men, more than 3,000 are in the army. Normally, this can be called militarism.

But to survive in the northern border area, every lord needs to find a way to be militaristic.

Otherwise, it is really like others hoarding food, I hoard guns, and others are my granary.

After Haland territory received a wave of escaped slaves.

The hemostatic ointment also began human trials.

The first to use it were military personnel.

The military training was intensive, and many people were injured every day.

Then there were miners in quarries, coal mines, lime mines, etc., and finally free people and serfs.

As the number of human trials increased, the side effects of the hemostatic ointment were basically figured out.

The side effects of the hemostatic ointment are very small, and most users do not feel any discomfort. Only about 3% of users have slight oral numbness.

The Harland Territory used hundreds of hemostatic ointments without any accidents.

After the ointment was successfully developed, relying on William's relationship, it quickly passed the appraisal of the medical team of the Northern Legion and received a purchase order from the Northern Legion.

Shortly after the Northern Legion purchased it, the main legions such as the Mad Lion and the Grizzly also received the news and placed purchase orders with Richard.