Chapter 473 Local Governance

After the division of the territory, Richard began to take over the governance of the Duke of Rex.

After the war, the Duke of Rex was still in chaos. Some defeated soldiers from the east coast were still wandering around the territory and participating in looting. The Grant noble coalition commanded by Duke Allen also kidnapped and robbed everywhere in the Duke of Rex.

After the discussion of the Noble Council, the Grant noble coalition was disbanded. The great nobles returned with their vassals and returned with a full load of harvest.

Richard had 65,000 troops directly under his command, including 20,000 regular troops, 12,000 vassal noble coalition troops, and more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers.

In this war, Harland's army did not experience a hard battle. Relying on the advantages of equipment such as magic crystal cannons, it was very easy to win.

However, with the victory of this war, the magic crystal cannon has become famous all over the world and has appeared in front of the great nobles of several nearby countries. As long as the magic civilization develops to a certain level, it is not too difficult to manufacture magic crystal cannons.

As long as you are willing to invest in the magic alloy formula, it is not too difficult to master this technology. In fact, most of the dozen magic alloys mastered by Harland Territory can be used to cast magic crystal cannons. On the contrary, it takes a long time to master the craft of casting cannons.

As long as the magic civilization passes the test, it does not take too long to master the launch rune.

Harland Territory's greatest advantage is the alchemical bomb.

Harland Territory has been manufacturing alchemical bombs for more than 20 years and has established an advanced production line. The alchemical bombs it manufactures are not only low-cost, but have now gotten rid of the production of handicraft workshops and are developing towards industrialization and scale.

In addition, it is also difficult to master artillery technology. It requires a high level of mathematics and proficiency in parabola calculations. It is considered to have a high threshold. Education is underdeveloped, and it will be very difficult to build excellent artillery.

In a short period of time, the surrounding kingdoms will not be able to catch up with the development of Harland Territory. On the contrary, the Holy Glorious Empire relies on its huge size to find a large number of talents and form an artillery unit. It should not take too long.

Richard repatriated the noble coalition, and then based on the Second Legion, incorporated 20,000 captive soldiers and reorganized the Ninth Legion. This newly formed unit, together with the Second Legion, became the garrison of the Duke of Rex.

In this war, Harland captured more than 100,000 enemy troops. In the previous battles, Richard carefully selected 30,000 prisoners of war to serve as auxiliary troops. This auxiliary force was carefully selected from the captives on the East Coast. In fact, the quality is not inferior. After being incorporated into the officers of Harland and equipped with new weapons, it performed very well and played an important role in the battle. In the later siege battles, the auxiliary troops made even more military exploits.

Now 20,000 auxiliary troops are incorporated into the main force, and the remaining 10,000 are transferred to the Duke of Rex's security army.

The inclusion of 30,000 captives with different languages ​​and beliefs will not affect the combat of Harland's army.

Harland is a new territory with a history of no more than 30 years. Although the total population of the land has increased to more than 14 million, in fact, more than half are not natives of the northern border. The population from the Kingdom of Delong is about 5 million, and the population from the East Coast is also 2.7 to 8 million.

The entry of 2.7 to 8 million East Coast people into Harland Territory will inevitably affect the culture and language of Harland Territory. If we expand it to the army, there are also a large number of soldiers and officers who can communicate with the captives without obstacles.

Based on these officers and soldiers from the East Coast, it is not too troublesome to command 30,000 auxiliary soldiers.

Because there are a large number of East Coast people in the army, it is relatively simple for the captives to integrate into the Harland Territory army.

After the war, the Fifth and Sixth Legions returned to Harland Territory, and the garrison of Earl Philip Territory was reduced to one main legion, plus 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, with a total force of 40,000.

Although Harland Territory now has 250,000 troops, it is actually facing a situation of fighting on four fronts.

First is the Red Moon Plane. Last year, the Seventh and Eighth Legions were newly established. Half of the soldiers of these two legions came from the Dawn Plane. They are all elite backbones of Harland Territory. The new recruits of the Red Moon Plane have also been trained for two or three years, and their combat effectiveness is already very impressive.

Then there is Earl Philip Territory. This territory is located in the southwest of the Grant Kingdom and is located on the front line bordering the Ryan Kingdom. After many wars, the territory has expanded to 46,000 square kilometers, with a population of more than 1.6 million. Because the Earldom of Philip is the focus of the attack of the Kingdom of Ryan, the Harland Territory has been stationed here with heavy troops, with a total of 40,000 garrisons.

The Dukedom of Rex is a new territory allocated this time. This territory is vast, with a total area of ​​280,000 square kilometers. Although the population has not been counted in detail, it is roughly 12 million. In order to effectively control this territory, Richard established the Ninth Legion.

Now the Dukedom of Rex has a total of 50,000 garrisons, including the Second and Ninth Regular Legions, plus 10,000 security troops. According to long-term planning, Richard plans to expand the auxiliary troops such as the Security Army and City Defense Army of the Dukedom of Rex to 20,000. However, Richard will not select the remaining quota from the captives, nor will he recruit soldiers from the Dukedom of Rex.

Among the garrisons of the Dukedom of Rex, the captives from the East Coast account for 30,000. If these people are grouped together, it will be very troublesome to deal with them.

Of the 16,000 new recruits trained locally this year, Richard plans to transfer 5,000 to the Dukedom of Rex by the end of the year. After a few years, he will fill up the auxiliary troops quota of the Dukedom of Rex, and then use internal transfers to dilute the number of prisoners on the east coast and break up the hidden danger of small groups of people.

Harland has the first, third, fifth and sixth legions, 30,000 auxiliary troops, 7,000 naval forces, 3,000 special troops such as lion-duck knights, wyvern knights, and magician support teams, with a total force of about 120,000.

In addition, there are new recruits training in four new recruit camps. When the new recruits enter the camp at the end of the year, the number of Harland's troops will increase by 16,000.

Although the number of troops continues to expand, the four-line battle still makes Harland's forces dispersed. However, the external situation is difficult to change in a short time, and Richard can only hope to change this situation through the development of the territory.

Richard also wanted to gather the territories together, and he didn't even have the mind to enter the Red Moon Plane, but the external situation forced him to divide his troops and enter the Red Moon Plane, and the three territories could not be exchanged in a short time.

After the war stopped, two months passed in a flash, and almost in the blink of an eye, it was already the time for autumn harvest.

In the past two months, Richard has been in the Duke of Fox, busy sorting out relationships, placing officials, and personally leading troops to suppress several rebellions.

After conquering Kanas Castle, the soldiers commanded by Duke Allen entered the city and looted it. The old nobles on the east coast suffered heavy casualties, and most of those who stayed in Venus were killed or injured. Only a few nobles who had defected to Harland early on were spared.

However, the surviving Earl of Berlani also lost his territory. These landless nobles who stood on the right side were basically demoted by Richard, and their territories were adjusted to the border to accompany the son of Duke Fox.

As losers in national competition, it is not easy for them to keep their hereditary noble status, and there is not much resistance to adjustment. As for the nobles whose teams failed, they were all overthrown by the Grant Kingdom.

Nobles who lost their fiefdoms and honors are all potential instability. In particular, the five duke families on the east coast were unwilling to accept the fate of losers. They hid in the dark and challenged Harland many times. They assassinated officials, created unrest, provoked rebellion, and fought a security war with the garrison of Harland for more than two months.

Faced with this endless security war, Richard was not panicked. On the one hand, he ordered a severe suppression of the rebellion and made sure to kill the backbone. On the other hand, he strengthened immigration efforts and adopted a strategy of cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot to migrate part of the population in the turbulent area to the north.

Less than two months after the war, Harland transferred hundreds of thousands of people to the mainland.

Under the protection of the magic fleet, the East Coast baggage ship captured from Silver Moon Island also started to operate and served as a transport ship for the migrant population.

From Kanas Castle to Xinghui Castle, the distance is about 2,800 kilometers. It is very far from land, but it only takes six or seven days by sea. Now that railway technology has just begun to develop, the speed of steam trains is about 20 kilometers per hour. The speed of magic ships and steamships on the sea is faster than that of railways most of the time.

Since the capture of Kanas Castle, this sea transport line has become prosperous.

The fleet commanded by Sutton was also divided into two, with two magic ships and three steam engines heading south to Hawkins Castle to continue to replenish the backbone of the Red Moon Plane and transport various resources. Most of the remaining fleet went upstream along the Maya River and docked at Kanas Castle.

After picking up the population, the fleet turned north and sailed for four days to reach Silver Moon Island, then rested for a day on Silver Moon Island, and continued to sail for two days to enter the coastal area of ​​Harland Territory.

By drawing blood from the Duke of Rex Territory, the development of the East Coast Province can be quickly promoted.

In just two months, the population of the East Coast Province increased by 380,000, almost achieving leapfrog development.

Fortunately, the railway in Harland Territory has been built to the East Coast Province, only 80 kilometers away from the Starlight Castle, which can easily mobilize resources in the territory.

A train can transport 200 tons of food in one day, enough for 1,000 contract slaves to eat for a year. With the help of water transportation, the East Coast Province can settle nearly 400,000 immigrants.

As time goes by, August snow crystal fish begin to return to spawn, Black River shipping is forced to stop, and the immigration transportation line is forced to be interrupted.

Suppression and immigration are used in a two-pronged approach to suppress the rebellion of the Duke of Rex.

In the East Coast Kingdom, the power of the great nobles is relatively scattered, and the strength of the five dukes' families is far behind that of the Harland family. Although some storms have been stirred up in the local area, there is not enough power to overturn the rule of the Harland family. Even facing Richard's 50,000 garrisons, there is no means of direct confrontation.

If the professionals of the five major families are promoted to legendary wizards, I am afraid that like the Venus family, it will cause great trouble to the Harland Territory.

After conquering Kanas Castle, the Harland Territory controlled the East Coast Magic Academy.

Although the East Coast United Kingdom has been destroyed, the development of the country's magic power is very general. Because of the failure of the war, many low-level and middle-level magicians were killed or injured on the East Coast. High-level magicians either hid in the dark or fled to the Holy Glorious Empire. The Southwest Magic Kingdom developed. However, the magic population of the East Coast still exceeded 10,000. The number of formal magicians also reached 1,600, which was still a little more than that of the Grant Kingdom.

Harland annihilated the East Coast heavy troops several times in the war, and took control of the Magic Academy after conquering Kanas Castle, and captured nearly 6,800 magic apprentices and 900 formal magicians.

After this war, the Mage Association will usher in a leapfrog development.

It's a pity that the members of the East Coast Magic Academy all have noble blood. Because of the war, many families lost their noble titles and had grudges with Harland.

If you want to successfully recruit these people, you still need meticulous work and a long time.

In the past two months, the Harland Territory Mage Association has been registering files and identifying the identities of these magicians and magic apprentices. All core members of the great nobles, because of the hatred that cannot be resolved with the Harland Territory, will basically be eradicated to eliminate hidden dangers.

Richard will give a break to the members of the small and medium nobles and the branches of the great nobles. They are required to sign a ten-year service contract. As long as they do not openly rebel, the Harland Territory will not continue to cause trouble for their families.

On the contrary, the Harland Territory will support the nobles who have lost their titles on the east coast to form a mercenary group and develop towards the northern part of Prilan.

In the past two years, many people in the northern part of Prilan have been granted titles. Many mercenary leaders with average strength in the early days have finally been successfully granted titles after seven years of accumulation.

Several strong barons have obtained the second territory. The most powerful Rand Berlani has already won the merits close to being promoted to Viscount.

As of September 3280 of the Dawn Calendar, a total of 21 people in the Prilan region were promoted to hereditary barons, and the total strength of the noble coalition in this region reached 10,000. The number of mercenaries active in the Prilan region is several times that of the noble coalition, with a total of more than 50,000. In addition to the regular legions stationed in Prilan, the density of garrisons in this area is extremely high, and even the living space of the dog-headed tribe has been severely squeezed, and they can only be forced to develop to the west of Prilan.

September is the season of autumn harvest, and the war happened to break out during the spring plowing this year. However, as the rear of the east coast, the Dukedom of Rex did not experience the war during the spring plowing.

After the spring plowing, the war spread to the south, affecting food production. Before the autumn harvest, there was a certain degree of food shortage. Relying on the local aid of 300,000 tons of food from Harland, the difficulties were barely overcome.

Fortunately, the Dukedom of Rex is close to the coast, and Harland also has a powerful naval fleet, which has seized a large number of transport ships and can transport bulk resources by sea. Otherwise, even if Haland Territory had food, it would not be able to maintain a transportation line of nearly 3,000 kilometers to transport a large amount of food to the south.

Without the 300,000 tons of food supported by Haland Territory, there would be a shortage of food before the autumn harvest, and a large number of people would starve to death, which would not only affect the prestige of Haland Territory's rule, but also affect economic development.

After all, population is the most important resource of a territory, and it takes 20 years to raise a person.