The fleet of Cons is anchored at the smuggling dock of Consling. Although Consling cannot accommodate so many people, Consling and the others are eager to move everyone to Qingyue City immediately. However, these Dingkou, who are with their families, cannot drift on the boat for a long time, so they have to rest in Consling for a few days before setting off.

Seeing more and more people liberated from the cabin, crowding the small wharf, Oak couldn't help but suggest, "Sir, a hundred square kilometers of land cannot accommodate so many people. Let's just expand our territory outward? Anyway, there are no owners around, and no one will come to investigate the private expansion of the territory these days."

"My purpose is to move them all to the Feidu Peninsula, and now I'm just a temporary stay here," said Cons.

Oak blinked, hesitated for a moment and said carefully, "Sir, are you going to give up this Cons collar?"

"Well, it should be, now the empire is about to be in chaos. Wouldn't we be here cause trouble?"

When Cons expanded his army on his own, he had already decided to leave the empire. At least the family business on Feidu Peninsula was his own. If others wanted to deprive him of it, they could only snatch it away by defeating him by force.

But in the empire, one sentence above can deprive him of everything. Resistance is equivalent to rebellion, but he is unwilling to accept the order. Since he is living so uncomfortable, he might as well leave.

Oak was obviously stunned. He didn't expect Cons to really have the idea of ​​abandoning this territory. He couldn't help but persuade him: "Sir, this is a bridgehead for our smuggling, how can we discard it? Even if the army is approaching, we have to wait for the opportunity to retake it. You must know that if we lose this bridgehead, the profits of our smuggling transactions will be reduced by at least half!"

"Uh, is this possible? Can't we just transport the freight to the terminal outside the provincial capital? This saves a lot of time, but how can it reduce profits?" Cons asked a little confused.

Oak sighed and advised, "Oh, sir, do you want to pay the money if you transport the freight to the provincial capital terminal?

Moreover, there are many people there, mixed dragons and snakes, which will definitely cause us unnecessary trouble.

"On the contrary, the goods landing point is placed in your territory, which is our territory. It is not only convenient for management and protection, but also earns the money that merchants spend here. When it develops, we can even collect taxes on those merchants.

"Also, if we withdraw all the Feidu Peninsula, wouldn't we know nothing about the situation of the empire? We have sent secret spies and there is no base in the empire, which is very inconvenient for secret spies."

Hearing this, Cons immediately realized that he was a little wishful thinking, and that he knew that he would not be able to participate if he didn't know how to do it. He nodded and said, "Well, then keep this territory, but I don't know when this territory will be taken back by the superiors. After all, this is a major leader, and I am already a colonel with a false title, so it's better to prepare as soon as possible."

Oak blinked in surprise, and then reminded carefully: "Sir, have you forgotten that the empire is about to enter the era of warlord separatism? In this year, would you obey an order and give up your territory?"

"Uh, then okay, the territory affairs will be left to you."

Cons felt that he had failed and had fought with his colleagues. Not only did he let the other party die, but he also robbed the city he was stationed by. It can be said that he did everything the warlords could do. In this way, he was still rigid in the imperial rule that the territory would be replaced after promotion.

Oak finally waited for this order and immediately said happily: "Sir, I will send someone to occupy the deserted land around me. This year, I will take it! As long as I can keep it, no one can let us spit it out."

Cons, who thought it through, immediately said indifferently: "Well, let go, you have to work hard to settle them."

"Work for the adults, I don't feel it's hard."

Oak said sincerely: "Sir, my subordinates think that the craftsmen and craftsmen's family will move to Qingyue City. After all, it is the foundation of the craftsmen, and craftsmen can make the foundation bigger and stronger. As for the other Dingkou, let's stay here for prosperity, right?"

"How to do it well? Well, since I have retained a piece of territory, I will leave the Fifth Regiment and the 6,000 young and strong men, plus those militias, so that tens of thousands of troops will be able to protect the territory." Cons said.

Oak said anxiously: "Sir, my subordinates think that they don't need so many troops. After all, the entire territory plus Xindingkou is only 50,000 or 60,000 people. Those 6,000 young and strong people can further increase the vitality of the territory."

The ratio of soldiers and civilians reached one to five, which is extremely dangerous to local development. After experiencing the recruitment of troops in Tianjin, Cons also understood the role of sturdyness on the local area. If a place loses its strength, it will sink even if it does not perish. Therefore, Cons immediately nodded and agreed with Oak's proposal.

As for how to explain to the commander of the Haibin Provincial Division? After all, half of his strength is his. Cons didn't care much about this. Anyway, it was solved before the training was completed, and doing so was not considered a traitor.

After the matter was decided, Oak immediately started to mobilize troops and generals with great force. An Zaikang, who believed he was responsible for the economic affairs of the territory, immediately became Oak's deputy.

First, the craftsmen and the family members of the craftsmen were temporarily settled in the port, while the families of soldiers and Okor's tribe were settled around the wooden city.

This arrangement made people know at a glance that the craftsmen would not be arranged in the city. The craftsmen immediately had an objection. After all, there were not so many houses in this small port that could accommodate them.

On the contrary, the soldiers and families were more obedient because of their status as official slaves. In addition, their nephews served in the army here, all of them were as gentle as sheep.

The Okore people looked at peace. After they knew that their clan leader was the second brother of the lord here, they were not worried about their future.

The craftsmen's commotion did not last long. After batches of daily necessities such as blankets, firewood, and food were distributed, the craftsmen's mood temporarily settled. Since the other party distributed these, they would definitely not allow themselves to stay in the open air.

When the tent was sent to them, although they were a little unhappy, they also realized that it was impossible to build a house for them in one day, so they had to set up a dense array of tents by the stream not far from the dock.

No wonder how Cons was able to take out so much supplies at once. Not to mention that every time he smuggled, he would get some inventory for the territory. Even if he bought the materials in the provincial capital and looted in Jincheng, he would be enough to settle most of the immigrants who were now.

The craftsmen quickly started to set up tents, but soon a soldier took away the carpenters, cementitious and other construction craftsmen.

The craftsmen were used to such things, so they picked up the tools and left. The craftsmen knew that such things would happen when they were robbed, otherwise why would they catch them like themselves? They didn’t dare to think about their wages, but they just hoped that the food would be a bit minced meat.

The craftsmen came to the wooden city, the only city in this territory. An Zai Kang gave orders to these messy craftsmen: "Give me peace of mind, stand with those who have the same skills according to your best skills!"

As soon as An Zaikang issued this order, he was surprised to find that the craftsmen had formed a few people very quickly.

After looking at the tools in their hands, they obviously implemented skill groups according to their own orders.

An Zaikang obviously did not expect that these craftsmen were familiar with the preparations before work. They could quickly gather according to their skills without giving more instructions, and they could also form a working group with people they knew in the shortest time.

Seeing An Zaikang's stunned look, the craftsmen curled their lips with contempt: It's really unsightly. In the past, when they were in the city, they would be summoned by the powerful and powerful every ten days and a half months, and they had long been used to it.

However, An Zaikang's next sentence was immediately the turn of the craftsmen to be stupid. Many people dig their ears in shock and then tilted their ears to listen.

A craftsman asked a distracted craftsman beside him with a look of surprise, "Brother, did I hear it wrong? This official actually handed over the construction of the wooden wall to us craftsmen? He actually..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the distracted craftsman with disdain and curled his lips: "Tsk, what's the point of making a fuss about this? We craftsmen are responsible for these tasks."

"Uh, brother, you didn't hear it clearly? That official sent us the project! I sent it to us! I also asked us how much wages we needed!" The craftsman shouted excitedly.

Since the distracted craftsman is a craftsman, he knows what this means. He stared at his eyes that he couldn't believe it and said, "What?! Send it to us? That is to say, the lord here pays us wages?! Can you actually get wages when working for the lord? Oh my God! I'm not dreaming, aren't I?"

"Hehe, I didn't have a dream. I heard the official asking several masters how much materials and funds are needed to build a wooden wall with a length and width of five kilometers!" A craftsman suddenly interrupted.

The distracted craftsman rubbed his hands excitedly: "Hey, when I was kidnapped, I thought I would work for a lifetime of work, but I didn't expect it to be more comfortable than before. Now even the lord's project is paid. In the future, who dares not pay for work in this territory? I decided, I settled in this territory!" The craftsman's words were recognized by everyone.

An Zaikang, who was asking several masters, saw everyone talking, and the masters were stunned again, and couldn't help but ask Ryer Wenzhi with confusion, "What's going on with them? It's all right."

In response to this, Ryer Wenzhi could only shake his head and express his uncle's unclearity, but when he heard An Zaikang's questioning, he immediately woke up and explained carefully and excitedly: "Official, we are happy, nothing is wrong."

"Happy? Why are you happy? You have not estimated the price and are happy to make money first? Tell you, the materials are all from the Lord's Mansion, and I am from a merchant. I know exactly what the wages are. Don't think that the lion is talking big!" An Zaikang said with a glaring look.

The master waved his hand in a hurry: "Official, how dare the little one speak loudly? The little ones are really happy because they used to work for adults, but they only included food, accommodation and no money."

"Don't you pay for food and accommodation? This is normal. Oh, you are not happy because my project is for food and accommodation. I will first explain that I only book the lunch meal and will not be responsible in the morning and afternoon." An Zaikang said self-righteously.

Hearing this, the master smiled bitterly. Can this be compared? If you don’t pay for food and accommodation, it will be like working in a waste of time. I really think that the treatment of pig food and pig nests can compensate for the wages? As long as you give the wages, it doesn’t matter if you don’t pay for the lunch. However, due to habits, they dare not defend themselves, so they can only nod according to An Zaikang’s words.

"Okay, I don't bother to pay attention to why you are happy. Assess the price quickly, I have a lot of things to do."

An Zaikang, who had never been exploited, was not clear about the position of the craftsmen in the empire, so he said a little impatiently.

When the master saw An Zaikang's appearance, he didn't dare to delay. He whispered to several masters. It was actually very simple. He didn't have to be responsible for the materials. He just calculated how much labor and days it took to build a wooden wall with a length of five kilometers wide. Then he added the number of people and days and multiplied it by the single labor.

The masters are very honest and use the lowest single-hand labor to calculate it. Therefore, the number reported makes An Zaikang, who is used to the high-paid craftsmen in the Wilt Free Alliance, thrilling his heart and calling it cheap. So he waved his hand generously: "Just this price, and you can ensure the quality is completed on time. After completion, each person can also reward one gold coin!"

A gold coin can buy two stones of snow-white rice on the Empire, so this reward is not small for craftsmen.

Hearing this reward, the master immediately patted his chest and promised.

At the same time, in order to calm their hearts, An Zaikang distributed his wages in advance. Everyone received several gold coins and all cheered.

It’s not that they have never seen gold coins, but they get compensation when they are kidnapped by Cons. They are happy to get wages for the lord.

After getting these done, An Zaikang threw the simple drawings he had drawn to the master and just kept the matter supervising quality and progress in the future.
Chapter completed!