From Baron to Lord

Of course, Allen considered his own abundance of nature spirits, so he reserved even more land.

Carefully placing the plants into the soil, Allen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the fairies, the nature spirits curiously and excitedly examined their new home, and Allen smiled.

Before, the castle was small, and the rooms were limited, so all the nature spirits had to be placed in one room.

When there were few nature spirits, it was fine, but as the number of nature spirits increased, these little guys were a bit crowded in one room.

Moreover, when encountering nemesis nature spirits like Amy and Terra, who fought every time they met, the scene was simply chaotic, and one would think the nature spirits were rebelling.

Now it's good, Allen placed each nature spirit in a room. Now he has enough rooms, so many that he can't use them all. With each nature spirit having a room, he doesn't believe these little things can still make trouble every day.

After everyone moved into their new homes, Allen had a lavish dinner prepared as a celebration.

The next day, he ordered the recruitment of maids and male servants.

After all, the castle was too big, and there were many places that needed to be taken care of, so all kinds of servants were needed.

Allen wasn't worried about this, he believed that the butler Edward could perfectly solve all of this for him.

After all, Edward had been in Thorns Flower Castle for half his life and knew these things extremely well.

After entrusting the recruitment of servants to Edward, Allen immediately summoned Marco and Sparrow.

Now that Wolf City has been built, he needs enough citizens.

"Those who participated in the construction of Wolf City can obtain the right to reside in the city and can bring their families to live there. Of course, if there are those who are unwilling, do not force them. In addition, we also need to attract enough merchants to settle in, as well as some talents. Well, these issues will be temporarily handed over to you, Sparrow."

Allen glanced at Sparrow on the side.

"Of course, sir, no one is more suitable for this job than me here."

Sparrow showed a smile.

Allen nodded, he believed in Sparrow.

"Sparrow, I don't care about the rest, but make the city's population reach over 100,000 as soon as possible."

Allen said with a somewhat serious tone: "While ensuring the number of people, try to ensure the diversity of occupations, the more occupations the better."

The new main city has been established, of course, it needs fresh blood. Is a city without people still a city?

Of course, Allen believed that as long as the news of his well-built Wolf City spread, countless people would come.

Not for anything else, just because he is Earl Allen of Wolf!

The most famous war hero and genius in the Principality of Lane!

After Sparrow went to work, Allen said to Marco: "Marco, the new city has been built, so naturally our warriors are not enough."

"I need warriors, a large number of warriors!" Allen looked at Marco, his tone still serious.

Marco immediately nodded and said: "Sir, even if you didn't say it, I would have done it."

"In fact, I can't wait to train more warriors." Marco showed a smile.

"Very good, go recruit warriors now, the limit is 50,000. Of course, it's too difficult to train 50,000 people at once. Marco, it's enough for you to train 5,000 people at a time. I will let other warriors help you train the warriors," Allen said softly.

"Yes, sir, I will immediately conscript warriors throughout the Wolf territory." Marco quickly left as well.

Allen finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stood up and walked to the window in the castle.

In front of him was the panorama of the entire Wolf City. At this moment, he was on the fifth floor of the castle. As the tallest building in the entire city, Allen could naturally easily overlook the entire city.

This was his first day moving into Wolf City. The city was very empty, with few people, but he believed that in the near future, this would be the most prosperous city in the entire Lane Kingdom.

"The development of the city will come step by step, and the population also needs some time to accumulate," Allen thought in his heart.

Developing Wolf City was not something that could be done overnight. He had already sent his subordinates to handle things. As the lord, he only needed to quietly wait for the results.

Originally, Allen thought that the population problem would take some time to solve, but he didn't expect that after the news of the completion of Wolf City was released, within a week, the number of people in Wolf City had already reached 30,000!

Currently, this number is still constantly increasing, and Allen was also surprised by this. He asked carefully before he knew.

It turned out that most of these people came from the Iron Fist Territory above Wolf Territory.

The matter had to start with the monster riot a month ago.

Originally, the two territories close to the Stranfoss Mountains, one was the Iron Fist Territory, and the other was Allen's Wolf Territory.

These two territories were both close to the Stranfoss Mountains, but they encountered completely different situations!

The Iron Fist Territory was severely trampled and ravaged by monsters a month ago, and a large number of civilians lost their homes and were displaced.

The Iron Fist Territory also suffered heavy losses as a result.

And the Wolf Territory, which was also close to the Stranfoss Mountains, was completely different. There was no monster ravaging here at all. Not to mention ravaging, there was no shadow of monsters in the entire Wolf Territory.

Even the town closest to the Stranfoss Mountains had a very comfortable month.

This huge difference made the civilians of the Iron Fist Territory feel an indescribable sense of loss in their hearts.

So, a large number of civilians, in a state of extreme insecurity in their hearts, chose to leave the Iron Fist Territory and enter the Wolf Territory to live.

And at this time, Wolf City happened to be built and was recruiting residents in large numbers, and suddenly a large number of civilians from the Iron Fist Territory poured in.

In just a few days, it reached a huge number of 30,000 people.

In the following days, a large number of civilians who had contributed to the construction of Wolf City also moved in with their families.

The speed of population growth completely exceeded Allen's imagination.

In just less than a month, the permanent population of Wolf City had reached 100,000.

Among them, of course, there were many professional talents, such as blacksmiths, tailors, pastry chefs, and other talents, who also began to gradually increase.

The entire Wolf City developed at an extremely fast speed.

The entire city entered the right track in just one month. At the same time, Sparrow also attracted a large number of merchants and craftsmen to settle in.

Wolf City became more and more lively every day.

Chapter 114 Prince's Congratulations, Allen Who Is Short of Money (4 Seeking Subscription, Seeking Self-Ordering, Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

Inside Wolf City, Leixue looked around in surprise. She couldn't believe that this magnificent and beautiful city was built in just over a month, less than two months.

Although many places were still very rough, it was generally very perfect.

"It's so amazing. When I heard the news that Wolf City was built before, I thought it was a rumor. You don't know how many people were shocked by your speed of building the city," Prince Leinasen said to Allen beside him in amazement.

"I heard that you used the power of the gods, is this true?" Leixue also asked the boy beside him with some curiosity.

Allen strolled casually along the wide and clean roads of Skywolf City, his expression calm with a hint of a smile. "Perhaps it's the blessing of the gods, but more than that, it's harnessing everyone's power."

"Ah! I heard you have some orcs under your command! And treants from the magical races, so amazing! I've never seen a treant before," Lysol said to Allen, as if thinking of something else.

"Just some treants and orcs I subdued by chance. They did contribute a lot," Allen explained, pointing to some empty commercial streets in front of him: "Although Skywolf City already has a considerable population, commerce hasn't developed yet."

"Well, indeed, commerce is an indispensable economic industry for a city. But don't worry, after we return, we will help you promote your Skywolf City."

"Of course, even if we don't promote it, at least some chambers of commerce and merchants within the Lionheart Duchy will soon come here to do business. After all, your title as Lord of the Silver Wolf is very useful."

Lynesson said with a smile, "This time you were too fast. Even Father didn't expect you to build Skywolf City within a month. Originally, the establishment of each main city is a major event within the duchy. As the lord, you should have held a grand celebration, inviting a large number of nobles to visit."

"Similarly, the nobles would prepare gifts to congratulate you, and Father would also bless you... It's just that you were too fast..."

Lynesson shrugged: "Without a grand celebration, many chambers of commerce and commoners in the duchy are skeptical about the completion of Skywolf City. That's why, after a month, the commerce in Skywolf City is still in its initial stages."

"I see. It seems I didn't consider things thoroughly enough."

As a nouveau riche, Allen wasn't particularly familiar with these rules. Only now, after hearing Lynesson's words, did he suddenly understand.

"But don't worry, after returning, I will issue a national announcement in the name of the prince. This way, everyone will believe it."

"Thank you, Your Highness," Allen said with a smile.

"Hahaha, Allen, I already consider you a friend. No need to be so polite with me," Lynesson said with a laugh, patting Allen's shoulder.

Allen wasn't averse to this. In fact, being friends with Lynesson was good for him.

After hosting the prince and princess siblings who came to congratulate on behalf of the Grand Duke, the two didn't stay long and set off back to the capital early the next morning.

After all, as a prince, Lynesson had great responsibilities, and his leisure time was limited.

Allen returned all the magical books he had borrowed to Lysol. He had almost finished reading them during this time.

After seeing the two off, Allen returned to the castle.

"Lord, with the recent increase in population, farmland is being cultivated on a large scale outside the city. The farming tools, crop seeds, and oxen for plowing the fields are all urgently needed resources for Skywolf City recently."

Allen sat in the specially established office hall in the castle.

This was a hall specially set up in the Earl's castle for city officials to report their work to the Earl or discuss matters every day.

The hall was extremely luxurious. At the center was a long table, with Allen sitting at the head. Beside him were Marco and Sparrow. Below Marco were several level five and six knights. These were some knights Allen had recruited, as it was impossible for only Marco to assist Allen in such a large territory.

Below Sparrow were also some civil officials. They were officials specializing in population, agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, and other aspects.

The person speaking was a middle-aged man in charge of agricultural affairs, who was currently reporting the current situation to Allen.

"This issue has already been communicated to the Roland Chamber of Commerce by Sparrow, to buy the best things at the lowest price. By the way, Sparrow, how is our factory doing?"

Allen said casually.

"Reporting to the Lord, the factory has been moved from the Thorn Flower Territory to the Skywolf Territory. Three huge industrial zones have been designed in the south, not far from Skywolf City. So far, we have enough to supply the demand for the entire Lionheart Duchy. The next step is to continue to expand."

"In addition, Lord, recently the Second Prince seems to have paid attention to our factory. He has repeatedly sent people here to check, seemingly wanting to interfere with our factory."

Sparrow said, a hint of contempt flashing in his eyes.

Allen raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this: "Ignore him, continue to the next item."

"Lord, in addition to Skywolf City, we also have the Nikya Harbor in the south, which is an excellent place to conduct large-scale export trade with Earl Honeysuckle and others. We provide them with a large number of land products, and they provide us with marine products."

The person in charge of fisheries was a capable female official, who had reportedly worked as an official in the Marquis territory and had good abilities.

"Well... Ms. Jennifer, your suggestion is good. Allow this plan, but we don't have too many ships. Sparrow, note this matter down. I need some ships, damn it, I need a shipyard!"

Allen said, holding his forehead.

Earl Honeysuckle was an earl previously enfeoffed by Duke Lionheart on the land of the Blue Moon Duchy.

Although their fief wasn't as fertile as the land on the continent, the advantage was that they didn't need to work as hard as Allen to develop the territory, because the Blue Moon Duchy had already developed well. Now it was just a change of owner.

It could be said that there were both advantages and disadvantages.

Similarly, as nobles accustomed to land life, living at sea for a long time required a large number of land products.

This was a commercial opportunity, and Allen decided to seize it. "... Lord, we don't have much gold coins left..." Sparrow showed a helpless expression.

Allen widened his eyes: "Not much left?"

"Yes, although most of the wood and stone for building the main city were self-sufficient, there were still some expensive materials that needed to be purchased. At the same time, we also purchased slaves in large quantities. The Lord also built ten small towns at the same time, plus cultivating farmland, laying roads, etc., which has cost millions of gold coins... Currently, we have about 1.5 million gold coins in hand, but considering the large-scale purchase of farming tools, as well as the import of raw materials for our factory, and recently, Lord, the expenses you need to train warriors... Of course, there are also the equipment for your Minotaur Legion and Centaur Legion..."

Sparrow's mouth twitched every time he said a word. In the end, this shrewd financial officer even counted on his fingers and then shrugged at Allen and said: "Lord, we need at least three million gold coins in the next month!"

Allen sighed upon hearing this. Although his territory was developing rapidly, he didn't have enough gold coins.