Chapter 353: Resources of Boulder City

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

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

Now Boulder City, Chishan Town, Shore City and Wushan Castle can all communicate through bird-carrying birds, which allows Macken and Rydal 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 manager of Boulder Castle spend some energy to build a bird path between Swamp Castle and Boulder Castle.

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

"My lord, you are finally here!"

Macken and Serin quickly turned over and dismounted, saluting Ronin.

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

I think that during this period of time, they have handled the affairs of the Stone City alone, and both of them have grown a lot.

"You are now big men who can stand on your own. You have done a good job!"

McKen smiled honestly, "Your Excellency is too kind."

Cellin also bowed slightly, "I can achieve what I have today, 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 despised by Ronin, but was reused and arranged to serve as a political official in the Stone City.

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

The more so, the more he cherishes this opportunity.

"Okay, don't talk about it outside."

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

After becoming the lord of the Stone City, although Ronin has never been to the castle, his exclusive residence has been kept.

In the living room, McCann and Celin reported the main situation of the 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 squad, such incidents have become less and less.

"The overall strength of the knight squad in Boulder City is not strong. Apart from 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 law and order inside and outside Boulder City."

Although a knight squad is not large, with only 118 people, they have an absolute advantage over ordinary people.

As long as there is no violent incident involving a large number of people, so many people are enough to suppress it.

However, Roning said: "One knight squad is not enough, you can expand it appropriately 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 Boulder 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, forming so many knight squads is not something that can be done overnight.

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

Blind expansion in one go will also bring considerable problems.

Next, Ronin and McKen seriously discussed the recruitment of soldiers in the Giant Stone Territory and decided to train the infantry first, and the deployment of cavalry and professional knights was relatively slow.

The two decided on a preliminary plan to equip these five knight squads and initially form combat power within two years.

"My lord, this is the list of Giant Stone City and Chishan Town and the resources here."

The returning Sailin came over with a few simply bound books. These were the papers he brought when he left Swamp Town, and now they have been used up.

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

Ronin said as he took the book.

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

Therefore, the flow of resources between several territories still requires a detailed list.

"I understand!"

Sailin 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:

["Siege" achievement achieved, attribute points +1000, energy spirit +2000]

This indicates that Roning's town with a population of more than 10,000 has met the five required by the achievement.

Roning looked at the achievement interface.

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

[Siege]: Own a large city with a population of more than 100,000 people, reward: attribute points +2000, energy spirit +4000

The reward is very considerable, 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 food production, which limits the population growth. In addition, poor medical and health conditions and frequent wars are also the main reasons.

Luo Ning is still very confident in completing this achievement.

The current 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. The distance from 100,000 will be just over 40,000.

Not to mention continuing to introduce people, relying on the current policy to stimulate births and 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 before it reaches 100,000.

After coming back to his senses, Luo Ning flipped through the book that Sailin had recorded about the resources of Boulder City.

Compared to Wubei Territory, the resource richness here is relatively small.

Sailin surveyed the situation of the cultivated land in Boulder City and found that the cultivated land in the mountains could barely produce self-sufficient food every year, but it was far less than enough to support the food consumption of Chishan Town.

However, the towns of Surrey and Kasir, which are close to the Altai River, produce more grain. Their lords are Philip and Thorstein who fought with Ronin. There should be no problem buying from them.

In addition to food, the most abundant thing in Boulder City is stone mines.

It's a pity that people here like to build houses with wood. After all, it is easy to mine, so the stone mine does not seem to be of much value or use.

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

"Boulder City will still be valuable in the future."

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

I don’t know if there is phosphate rock here. If so, we can consider making phosphate fertilizer later to further increase the territory’s food production.

Although Wubei Ling now has organic fertilizers and swamp fertilizers, the effects are still not as good as chemical fertilizers.

Unfortunately, making fertilizer is a complex chemical industry process that requires precise control.

Perhaps in the long years to come, he will be able to reproduce chemical fertilizers in this world, but for a long time before that, compost was the mainstream.

Luo Ning closed the resource book and said to Sailin: "Let Jim, the potter from Huitu Village, have time to come to Boulder City to investigate. There should be ore materials that can be used to make glaze."

Celine's eyes lit up.

Porcelain and glazes, he heard from Wilson and knew that these were specialties of Wubei Territory and they were money-making things.

If the stones from Boulder City can assist in the production of porcelain, then there will definitely be an additional financial income here in the future. (End of chapter)