Chapter 195: Consecutive Achievements Reached

Early the next morning, Jialier escorted a group of prisoners and set off to return to Wushan Castle.

After returning this time, with witnesses present, the crimes committed by Leisen should be indisputable.

However, it is foreseeable that the difficulty of trying to eradicate the Skull Society through Leisen remains very high.

Although Ruidar had already interrogated Feilidun these past few days and learned that Leisen had contacted the Skull Society through Viscount Taini of the Zilei Territory.

But it is quite impossible to drag the Zilei Territory into this based solely on Feilidun's confession.

First, the Zilei Family has an extraordinary status; Viscount Taini himself is a powerful Knight, and his daughter is married to Balindun, with his grandson being the heir to the Haide Family.

Second, verbal accusations are too unconvincing; without other evidence, Viscount Taini could completely claim that this is Feilidun's slander and framing, and he only needs to adamantly deny it.

Unless Leisen can provide evidence that Viscount Taini absolutely cannot deny.

It is just that in the communications with the Zilei Territory, Viscount Taini did not leave anything substantial in Leisen's hands.

Even for this assassination of Luoning, the other party only passed the message verbally through Feilidun, and even the verbal message was only a single sentence, without involving any specific details.

Regarding the matter of the Zilei Territory, Luoning only gave Jialier a friendly reminder.

As for how to subsequently try Leisen and how to pursue the Skull Society, these are matters for Wushan Castle to consider.

After Jialier left, Masi and Baron Talun from Muma City also bid farewell.

Their mission had actually ended when Luoning arrived at Zhaozebao; the reason they lingered here for two extra days was entirely out of friendship for the Tieti Family.

Now that Luoning's men have taken over the defense here, they have no reason to stay any longer.

After sending off these two groups of guests, Luoning spent most of the next two days patrolling, and because of this, he gained a better understanding of this territory.

The Sain Territory is, in reality, a swamp.

It is surrounded by high or low hills and forests on the south, west, and north sides; besides a road leading to the outside world in the southwest corner, there is only the small path leading to the Heiling Tribe in the north.

Walking east from Swamp Town, the terrain is flat, but the damp ground, combined with lakes, rivers, and mudflats of various sizes, as well as the dangerous creatures that frequently appear, makes it difficult for people to move even an inch.

And even if one crosses the swamp to the east, one can only reach the seaside, where there are no human cities.

So over these years, the area where Leisen and his subjects were active was likely only around a hundred square kilometers surrounding Swamp Town.

Swamp Town is located in the southwest corner of the entire Sain Territory, and this position makes it much more convenient to reach the outside world.

The area where the subjects in the town live is basically concentrated in this place.

On one hand, it is because the land in the south is relatively dry, which is more suitable for living compared to the damp swamp mud.

On the other hand, the only sixty-seven thousand plus mu of cultivated land in Swamp Town is all concentrated in this area, making it convenient for farmers to work while living here.

When Luoning heard that Swamp Town had nearly seventy thousand mu of cultivated land, he felt happy for a moment.

After all, until now, the cultivated land in Shanlin Town has just exceeded thirty thousand mu; Swamp Town is more than double that of Shanlin Town.

But as he thought about the population of Swamp Town and the grain yield per mu in this world, the smile on Luoning's face disappeared.

Sixty-odd thousand mu of cultivated land sounds like a lot, but in reality, if it were all cultivated, the harvested grain would barely be enough to support the ten thousand people in Swamp Town.

The reason for this is that the grain yield is too low.

Although Leisen had managed the Black Water Buffalo industry in the swamp for so many years, and simultaneously developed aquaculture, fishing, and hunting so he did not have to worry about money to buy grain from outside, the problem of insufficient cultivated land always existed.

Moreover, if Leisen wanted to rapidly increase the population of Swamp Town, this problem had to be solved.

But he did not find a solution, or rather, he never thought about turning the swamp into arable farmland.

Perhaps for Leisen, rather than turning the swamp into farmland, it was better to directly raise fish and shrimp, which could serve as rations when hungry and could also be sold for money to exchange for other supplies.

So after many years of hesitation, he turned his gaze outside the Sain Territory, which led to the events of joining Pulinsite to seize grain from Shanlin Town and subduing Qiaofuli to occupy the Heiling Tribe.

Luoning rode on his Tayunjv, gazing at the vast yet flat swamp, and could not help but sigh: "Leisen, oh Leisen, you really don't know what a treasure this is."

There are many areas in this swamp that belong to low-lying swamps.

The surface of this kind of swamp is flat and low-lying, its peat layer is relatively thin, and it is rich in nutrients; mining the peat from the swamp can be used entirely as organic fertilizer.

To Luoning, this vast swamp is like a huge, natural Fertilizer Base.

Moreover, for this kind of low-lying swamp, once the water is drained, it can become fertile farmland.

Leisen did not realize this at all, and instead risked danger to invade the territories of other nobles, which was putting the cart before the horse.

Luoning believes that as long as these organic fertilizers are used reasonably, combined with the planting techniques he taught Wilson and the others, the grain yield of Swamp Town will definitely increase compared to previous years.

"Before the spring plowing, let Wilson organize manpower to mine peat and apply a round of fertilizer to the farmland."

Luoning turned his horse around to end the patrol of the territory and returned to Zhaozebao in the afterglow of the sunset.

"My Lord, Wilson has been waiting in the study for Along time."

The Steward Chahaer had already adapted to the new environment; in these two days, he had already put Zhaozebao in perfect order, and even the newly recruited servants had already begun training.

"How is the new castle?" Luoning asked casually.

Chahaer praised without concealment: "It is more spacious, more imposing, and sturdier than Shanlin Castle! My Lord, perhaps this place is more suitable for your status."

The Viscount of the Wubei Territory should always have a decent castle to live in; Shanlin Castle was truly a bit shabby.

"I will consider the matter of moving."

Luoning understood the Steward's meaning, but many of his craftsmen and industrial arrangements were in Shanlin Town, and in terms of living environment, he still preferred Shanlin Castle.

As the two spoke, they had already arrived at the spacious living room, where the Administrator Wilson and his Assistant were already waiting there.

"My Lord, you are finally back!" Wilson and the others hurriedly stood up to salute.

Luoning smiled and signaled for everyone not to be too restrained, "You came to find me, is the census completed?"

"Yes, my Lord!"

Wilson took a stack of parchment from the table and respectfully handed it to Luoning, "A total of 9,856 people in Swamp Town are all registered; please take a look, my Lord!"

Luoning's eyes lit up; the population of Swamp Town did not disappoint him.

"Well done, everyone!"

As the parchment was taken by Luoning, two lines of text jumped into his field of vision:

【"Population Prosperity" achievement reached, Attribute Point +100, Energy Essence +200】

【"Population Prosperity" achievement unlocked, Attribute Point +150, Energy Essence +300】 (End of chapter)