The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 55: A chance once in a thousand years

Roland opened the door to his office, seeing that Barov was waiting for him. Roland threw the letter to his assistant minister, then sat down in his chair, with his feet on his desk.

If he was not in front of an outsider, he would hum a short hum.

"Your Majesty, it's okay to grieve."

Barov started frowning as he read the letter quickly.

”The death of the King was a tragedy, and he was even killed by his own son. This is truly a tragedy, I don't know what His Majesty should do next. “

"The trial that led to Gerald's death is too bizarre. I want to wait and see what my sister and my sister decided to do, "

said Roland,

" but anyway, there are some things we have to do before, even if we do it just to be on the safe side.”

Barov looked at the Prince, waiting for him to continue.

“Because of the King's change, the next few months or even years can become turbulent, so the first thing we have to do is protect our loved ones and family members.

” More important is the fact that the 2nd Prince can kidnap these people to threaten them, he said,

now, if he wanted to maintain the administrative and financial functions of Border Town, his assistant minister was indispensable.

Roland took a sip of his tea and then continued, “You and Carter, as well as your subordinates should all write to them, saying,

I will have the guards deliver them as they give my response to the King, then they will arrange for them to take refuge.in other cities.”

“Not in Border Town?”

Barov was not stupid, after twenty years of political experience, he immediately understood the prince's intentions.

"No, they won't come directly to Border Town."

Roland did not want the other party to use his subordinate's family to threaten them,

and he also did not want his subordinates to think that he himself would threaten them with their families, so he chose a compromise.

He would first take them to a safer city, and once he had a strong foothold in Border Town, they could migrate.

"I understand, I want to thank Your Majesty for your concern." The Assistant Minister spoke while nodding in agreement, which made Roland feel relieved.

It seemed that his subordinates were intelligent people who could think for themselves.

Roland stated, “Another thing we should talk about is the ore trade.

After the last iron ore trade, we will stop the ore trade and only sell rough stones to Willow Town.

I need the iron ore stored for our own use. ”

“It's not good. As a result, our income will decrease, Your Majesty. ”

“Yes, but it won't go down too much. Recently the miners found a new gem deposit, so with this we can cover the gap.” Roland explained,

“And winter is not the right time to do business, the peddlers are hesitant to come to trade when they always have to fear the attack of demonic beasts,

so most likely we will only have two to three transactions over the next four months.

So it is clear to trade coarse stones to make up for fewer trades, because it is a more cost-effective option.”

"I understand."

Barov received his explanation and recorded his order. After his Assistant Minister left, Roland called Carter and told him,

“I need to expand the size of the militia, so you will be responsible for it and will give a recruitment order.

You need to evaluate their abilities quickly, and if you find a strong member, they will be appointed as the team captain.

You will also apply the same training method as last time.

"Your Majesty, if I train them according to that training method, I'm afraid the new team will take a very long time before they can be deployed to the battlefield."

"As long as they are stronger than the masses." Roland brushed off his worries and told him to do as he said.

Regardless of his input, his training level was far from that of the army. He feared that this level of training was only at the level of student military training,

but sometimes it is only important to have better combat effectiveness compared to their opponents.

Other than fighting against brainless demonic beasts, most of the time they would fight against private armies of nobles, mercenaries, or if necessary, turn into mixed arms.

After Carter left, Roland could not help but laugh. He did not think that such a fortuitous situation would fall into his hands!

It was like someone sending him charcoal during a snowstorm or giving him a pillow when he was sleepy.

Is this bad news for me?

Is this a dilemma? Is wrong!

She doesn't know much about Garcia Wimbledon, but she's sure she's not the woman who would let a man trample her.

The 1st Prince was sentenced to death in such a short period of time, even if there was no insider, he probably would not easily return to Graycastle just because the 2nd Prince had ordered it.

It's the same for himself. He will only stay in Border Town, so someone will definitely come out –

most likely it was Duke Ryan of Longsong Stronghold, as he was a restless person.

Otherwise, he would not have sent someone in this terrible weather during the Demon Moon, just to deliver the letter to his hands.

One day Duke Ryan wanted to deal with it, because until Roland left Border Town, Ryan could neither rest nor eat quietly.

Choosing to stay in Border Town was the same as defying the new King's orders.

If Roland was only going to wait until the end of the Demon Moon, Duke Ryan most likely, under Timothy Wimbledon's name and banner, tried to teach him a lesson. That's what Roland wanted.

If you ask someone what they need for faster industrialization, the answer is definitely people.

Large-scale production requires a large number of staff dedicated to it, after all many people are needed to drive large machines.

At that time the term "human eating sheep" appeared.

It illustrates, that when tenant farmers in England were thrown out of their land to starve so that sheep could graze and produce wool for new mills, turning them into free laborers.

The Industrial Age is a cruel time. As long as they unceasingly invest in the education of the workers, they can archive generous payments.

The more advanced the industry, the greater the population. If Roland had a problem, then it would be a Border Town with a low population.

Border Town has about 2000 inhabitants. Even with the newly invented machines, it was just a small type of workshop.

Not many workers are free, so many projects cannot be expanded. But where did he have to snatch so many people from? Should he buy slaves?

Not to mention, he did not know where he could buy so many slaves, adult slaves would spend a lot of money, and they would have little sense of culture.

Buying slaves under the age of ten and teaching them would take too long, considering he would allow child labor, so he would have to wait for many years.

Recruiting talented people?

To this border, how many people would be attracted to this city?

And for them, he needed to spend more than for slaves. Encouraging people to increase their birth rate?

Forced marriage? Forget that…

He also could not hope to get more people from Longsong Stronghold, the kingdom in a stable state, either,

so if he tried to lay his hands around the ruler, he would become a joke in the future.

For the same reason Duke Ryan did not dare to face Roland openly, he could only take action in secret.

But now that it was different, after Timothy had taken over the throne, he would desperately want all his competitors to disappear, all this could be seen from the recall sequence.

Duke Ryan seemed to be able to see this point, once the old King left, and he had control over the western border, so if he did not try to enforce his rules, it would be strange.

This was a long-awaited opportunity for Roland. Longsong Stronghold had for hundreds of years been a business center on the western border, with nearly ten thousand inhabitants.

But behind the fortress lay great cities, without strong defenses. He just needs to beat Duke Ryan,

took over the city, and gained many free men and at the same time he could amass a lot of wealth.

What would be easier than population annexation?

What faster way to gain wealth than to plunder it?

This message was like a beacon to dispel the fog, illuminating Roland's future path.

He would definitely not miss this golden opportunity.