Lord Harland

After entering the Dawn Calendar 3282, Haaland is still accelerating immigration.

The first is the migration of people from the Rex Province.

Rex Province has only 280,000 square kilometers of land, but has 12 million people. The population density almost exceeds that of the two major provinces of Central and Heihe.

The two major provinces of Central and Heihe have a large number of factories. The industry has developed to a certain extent, and a considerable number of free people live in towns.

Fort William, Black River Fort, Wright Fort, Salt Lake Fort, Marte Castle and other cities have large populations. The urbanization level of these two provinces has reached 35%.

In the Rex Province, there is basically no industry, and a large number of people are distributed in the countryside.

Although the Rikers Province has less mountainous areas and most of them are fertile and easy-to-cultivate coastal plains, the United Kingdom on the East Coast has been operating for many years and has reclaimed more than 80 million acres of land. On average, one person can cultivate seven acres of farmland.

But the land is not divided equally.

The vast majority of the land in the Rex Province is in the hands of hereditary nobles. Although Harland defeated Kanas Castle and abolished the Spylords of the East Coast Kingdom, they also accepted some local nobles.

This part of the local nobles was basically sealed in the border areas of the Sith Kingdom. About six million acres of arable land in the Rex Province was controlled by the traditional nobles.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of squires in the Rex Province. These people are descendants of hereditary nobles, local landowners, and local powerful factions. After Richard occupied the Rex Province, he did not encroach on their interests. The land they control exceeds 14 million acres.

The official land that truly belongs to the Harland Territory is about 60 million acres, and the number of serfs under his command is roughly more than 9 million.

Richard occupied the province of Rex and did not implement the Haaland Territory decree immediately. At that time, in order to ensure the stability of the occupied area and avoid offending the interests of local nobles and gentry, Richard adopted the original laws and regulations on the east coast.

It was not until the Grant Kingdom signed a peace treaty with Lane and Delong, Richard was crowned king successfully, and the external environment stabilized that Richard gradually promoted the New Deal and promulgated the serf emancipation decree.

The decree to pardon serfs as free people is the foundation and core of the Harland Kingdom's major policies. In fact, there have been opponents from the beginning.

This law offends the interests of the feudal nobles. If it is in a force where the division of interests has been formed, it will inevitably lead to opposition from above and below, and it will not be implemented at all.

On the contrary, it was Richard who drew on a piece of white paper and established a different social order, and this law was successfully implemented.

When Richard first led the army, he had only a few soldiers. In order to win over the serfs, Richard promulgated this decree. At that time, the knowledgeable people under his command did not dissuade him because of the compelling situation. The opponents of this law during that period were mainly external enemies.

In order to avoid provoking external enemies, Richard wooed nearby nobles and gave up some of his commercial interests. At the same time, he strictly ordered the army to seal the border and send back fugitive slaves to avoid affecting outsiders.

At that time, there were nearby hereditary nobles who were preparing to join forces to deal with Richard. However, due to the threat of the orcs, Richard needed to lead a coalition of nobles to resist the orcs.

This process lasted for about thirteen years. When Richard was promoted to a hereditary earl, the Harland family became a great noble and began to enfeoff heroes. Those who opposed the emancipation of serfs turned into internal aristocrats, led by Richard's father William, uncle Soros and others.

At that time, Richard had already established prestige in the military, and his prestige in the territory far exceeded that of his father.

Despite the numerous internal opponents and severe pressure, Richard pushed hard, and neither William nor Soros could change his determination.

In order to establish his prestige, Richard took advantage of the situation and severely dealt with his third uncle Bernie's son. With this ruthlessness, he suppressed the group of opponents in the territory.

In the next seventeen years, the Harland Territory developed faster and faster, and was promoted from earl to duke. Then Richard succeeded in becoming king, and his prestige was at its peak. Although there were still many internal opponents, Richard could no longer shake his determination. .

In fact, in recent years, the nobles that Richard canonized have been divided a lot. People such as Wendy, Jennings, Odaye, and Immorton have all copied the serf emancipation decree in their territories. The remaining traditional nobles implemented their own custom-made laws.

In fact, in recent years, in the Kingdom of Harland, serfs of hereditary nobles have fled to the territories directly under the royal family every year. A few years ago, Richard also asked the security forces to cooperate, either to return fugitive slaves or to pay for fugitives. But after Richard became king, Rogge had already issued an order to the government departments not to send back any fugitives.

Because of this decree, many hereditary nobles have recently impeached and criticized Rogge in the noble assembly and asked Richard to remove the prime minister.

The political system of the Kingdom of Harland is seriously different from that of the Kingdom of Grant, and the status of hereditary nobles is not as important as that of the Kingdom of Grant.

In the Grant Kingdom, the royal family only controlled one-third of the power. The remaining one-third is the large aristocracy, and the remaining one-third is the small and medium aristocracy. The royal family has no dominant force, so of course it has to rely on the Parliament of Nobles, whose authority is naturally very heavy. Even the Kingdom of Roger can only implement what the Noble Council decides.

In the Kingdom of Harland, because the kingdom has just been founded, the king has the most authority, and the number of hereditary nobles is relatively small. The total number is only more than 70, and there are only three major nobles.

Sutton, who has the highest title and the strongest power, has thoughts similar to those of the elves. He voluntarily gave up his secular territory. The elves are only willing to live near the Tree of Life. He and Sylph do not oppose Richard's decision to liberate the serfs.

The two remaining earls, Luo Men and Soros, could not shake Richard's authority at all. Moreover, after thirty years, Soros and Luomen had great admiration for Richard's talent. It was through Richard's support that they were promoted to the great aristocracy.

Because Harland led the development of industry, Soros and Roman followed the general trend and made a lot of money, which was far more than the exploitation of serfs to grow food. The two counts no longer relied on agricultural accumulation for their finances, so they would not come forward to oppose the implementation of the serf emancipation law.

Last year, Rogge had communicated with them through a letter. The two of them were already aware of the policy changes in the Harland Territory, and had begun to implement the serf amnesty decree like the Wendy and Odaye Territories.

The most important point is that the Central Harland Army has 270,000 soldiers directly under its control, while the Noble Alliance has only 30,000 soldiers. The combat effectiveness of the two sides is fundamentally different.

The Kingdom of Grant is a feudal kingdom of nobles, while the Kingdom of Harland is a centralized kingdom. Richard's authority is far greater than that of King Roger.

After Richard implemented the serf emancipation decree in the Rex Province, there was a moment of excitement among the people. The nobles on the border began to submit letters of surrender to the Sith Kingdom, wanting to hand over their territory and become vassals of the Sith Kingdom.

Although the Sith Kingdom is greedy for petty gains, it does not dare to provoke the prestigious Harland Kingdom.

In the past twenty years of fighting experience, Richard has gained a great reputation in the eastern kingdoms of the Dawn Plane. Whether it is the legendary dragon or the orc army, the ogres or the undead, they have all been defeated at the hands of Richard.

The three countries of East Coast, Delong, and Lane have nearly 1.5 million troops, which highlights Richard's glorious military exploits.

Although the Sith Kingdom wanted to expand its territory, it was unwilling to send troops to the north. The Palame Kingdom in the south is the headquarters of the Church of the Dawn and cannot be provoked even more. The Sith Kingdom has already focused on the Maya Kingdom in the west.

After the court discussion, the Sith Kingdom instead sent a messenger, requesting a peace contract with Richard, and sent some letters from the rebellious nobles.

Richard is not a war madman. After analyzing the pros and cons, he decided not to launch a war in a short time.

Foreign Minister Honerson personally came forward and signed a thirty-year peace contract with the Sith Kingdom on the condition of market opening. Because Richard was promoted to a legendary magician, the royal power contract could no longer restrict Richard. At the request of the Sith Kingdom, the Harland Kingdom could only use the signature of the Crown Prince Philip.

Philip is twenty-one years old and has just been promoted to a third-level professional. He has been married to King Roger's daughter Vivian for three years and has given birth to two grandsons for Richard. A new member was added to the royal family. Elders such as Richard and Sophia finally put aside their worries. The Harland family has a successor.

The eldest daughter, Margaret, is twenty-five years old and has been promoted to the sixth-level magician for a year and a half. Margaret is one in a million with high-level magic qualifications, and is supported by a pair of legendary magician parents. According to her current promotion rate, she can try to advance to the legendary realm before she is forty years old.

Although her professional level is not high, she has used two treasures: the Water of Life and the legendary Styx Potion. Her mental power has reached 32 points, which is very close to the weakest nine-ring magician.

Margaret, like her aunt Wendy, likes magic very much and doesn't like falling in love and getting married. Richard introduced his daughter to several rising stars in the territory, but Margaret had no feelings for them and was unwilling to agree.

Richard and Sophia were more open-minded. Seeing that their daughter was unwilling to fall in love and get married, they did not force her to follow the world's requirements. Anyway, judging from Margaret's wishes, she was equally happy not to get married or fall in love.

After signing a peace contract with the Sith Kingdom, Richard directly dealt with the rebellious nobles and took back the fiefdom. There are 40,000 troops stationed in Rex Province. Although the local nobles and squires are dissatisfied, they do not dare to provoke a rebellion.

The nobles had a far deeper understanding of the situation than the serfs. Although Richard's implementation of the serf emancipation law violated their interests, they did not dare to rebel easily without the support of external enemies.

In order to smoothly implement the serf emancipation law, Richard has been sitting in the Rex Province during this period. With him, a famous mainland general, in charge, the situation in Rex Province was also very stable.

Entering the dawn calendar year 3282, Richard began to increase immigration, and a large number of serfs in the Rex Province began to migrate to the east coast. The two major provinces of Pulilan.

At the same time, funds from Heihe and Central Provinces also began to enter the Rex Province.

Spring in Rex is very charming.

Viewed from both sides of the Maya River, the tall and straight pine trees, crystal clear river water, dense irrigation canals, neatly planned rice fields, and rising smoke all describe the prosperity on both sides of the Maya River.

From the perspective of agricultural conditions, except for the frequent typhoons in summer and autumn, Rex Province is somewhat richer than both sides of the Heihe River. Otherwise, it would be impossible to support a population of more than 12 million people. In terms of geographical conditions and climate conditions, this area is somewhat similar to Jiangsu in Richard's previous life.

A steam passenger ship is traveling on the Maya River. The passengers on the passenger ship are all immigrants from Harland.

The immigration policy of the Harland Kingdom will not only move the excess population of the Rex Province to the east coast, but also move grassroots bureaucrats, school teachers, technical workers, etc. from the mainland to the Rex Province.

In the past two years, ships from the Kingdom of Harland have been active on the coastline. Magic ships have begun to hunt ocean monsters in coastal areas on a large scale. The number of monsters along the coast has been reduced a lot, and the difficulty of offshore navigation has been reduced. Even the steamships of Harland Territory began to sail in offshore areas without the protection of magic ships.

Because a large amount of steel plates are used at the bottom of the steam passenger ship, the ship is very heavy. Although a powerful steam engine is installed and sails are installed to assist navigation, the speed of this steam passenger ship is not fast.

Especially after entering the inland river, everything seems to be stable.

Odaye came out of the first-class cabin, ready to enjoy the scenery along the river.

The first-class cabin is exclusively for nobles. There are two rooms inside. The cabin area is more than 60 square meters, and relatively expensive red wine is provided. Of course, the cabins are in good condition, and the tickets are naturally very expensive. Thirty gold coins each. Ordinary people, no matter how rich they are, don't have enough social status, they cannot enter the first class cabin.

Each passenger ship has only three first-class cabins, which are basically on the top deck of the steam passenger ship.

Odaye is already a hereditary noble and has very strong capital. Of course he can fly first class. I saw him coming down from the first class cabin, and the passengers on the deck stepped aside one after another, giving Odaye the best viewing position.

Although the Harland Kingdom promulgated a series of laws such as the Emancipation of Serfs Act, the Legal Equality Act, and the Patent Act, these laws were strictly implemented under Richard's attention.

But in reality, everyone knows that there are many differences in status between nobles and commoners.

In a real social environment, nobles and most common people are not equal.

Odaye stood on the side of the ship. When he turned around, he saw an old man staring at him. The old man was about fifty years old, his hair was graying, and his posture was still upright. It seemed that he had been trained for a long time in the military. There seemed to be a look of astonishment on his face.

"Who are you?

I'm sorry I forgot your name, but your face impressed me very much. I think you must be a veteran of the 1st Squadron. "

After years of training in shopping malls, Odaye is very good at dealing with people. When he met an acquaintance on the boat, he immediately took steps, took the initiative to hold the old man's hand and asked questions.

The white-haired old man held Odaye's hand, feeling suddenly excited. After all, a hereditary nobleman knew him, which made him feel particularly honored among his relatives and friends.

"My name is Behrens. I joined the army in Dawn Calendar 3254 and was incorporated into the First Squadron. Is your name Odaye? I think we have experienced the orc invasion war together."