The Release That Witch

Chapters 55's

Roland opened the door to his office, seeing Barov waiting for him.

Roland threw the letter towards his assistant minister, then sat down in his chair, with his feet on the table.

If he was not in front of an outsider, he would be humming.

"Your Majesty, it's okay to grieve." Barov started frowning while reading the letter quickly. "The King's death 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 little sister decided to do," Roland said, "but after all, there are some things that we have to do before, even if we do it just in case. "

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

"Because of the King's change, the coming months or even years can be turbulent, so the first thing we have to do is protect our loved ones and family members." More important was the fact that the 2nd Prince could kidnap these people to threaten them, 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 a letter to them, I will have the guards deliver them while they convey my response to the King, King, then they would arrange for them to take refuge in another city. "

"Not in Border Town?" Barov was not a fool, after twenty years of political experience he immediately understood the prince's intentions.

"No, they won't directly come to Border Town." Roland did not want the other party to use his subordinate's family to threaten them, nor did he 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 be moved.

"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 iron ore trade. After the last iron ore trade, we will stop the iron ore trade and only sell rough stones to Willow Town. I need the iron ore stored for our own use."

"That's not good. As a result, our income will decrease, Your Majesty."

"Yes, but it won't go down too much. Recently the miners discovered a new gem deposit, so with this we can cover part of that gap." Roland explained, “And winter is not the right time for business, the peddlers hesitate to trade when they always have to fear the attack of demonic beasts, the, so most likely we will only have two to three transactions over the next four months. So it is clear to trade rough stones to make up for fewer trades, as they are a more cost-effective option. "

"I saw." Barov accepted the explanation and recorded the order.

After his assistant minister left, Roland called Carter and told him, "I need to enlarge the size of the militia, so you will be responsible for that and will give the 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 methods as before. "

"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 relegated to the battlefield."

"As long as they're stronger than the mafia." 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 was 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 noble private soldiers, mercenaries, or if necessary, turn into mixed arms. So as long as they used weapons and equipment across eras, even a student-level army would be able to handle them.

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 a charcoral during a blizzard or giving him a pillow when he was sleepy.

It's the same for himself. He would only stay in Border Town, so someone would definitely come out - most likely it was Duke Ryan of Longsong Stronghold, since he was a restless person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent someone in this bad weather during Demon Moon, just to send the letter to his hand.

One day Duke Ryan wanted to deal with it, because until Roland left Border Town, Ryan was unable to rest or eat in peace.

Choosing to stay in Border Town would be the same as opposing the new King's decree. If Roland was only going to wait until the end of 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 required a large number of staff devoted to it, however many people were needed to drive large machines. At that time the term “domb eating people” appeared. It is explained, that when tenant farmers in England were thrown off their land due to starvation so that sheep could graze and produce wool for the new mill, turning it into free labor.

The Industrial Age is a cruel time. As long as they unceasingly invested in the education of the workers, they could archive a large payment. The more developed the industry, the greater the population.

If Roland had a problem, then it was the low population of Border Town.

Border Town has about 2000 inhabitants. Even with the newly invented machine, it was just a small 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, provided he allowed child labor, so he would have to wait for many years.

Recruit talented people? To this border, how many people would be attracted to this city? And for them, he had to spend more money than for slaves.

Encouraging people to increase their birth rate? Forced marriage? Forget that…

He also couldn't hope to get more people from Longsong Stronghold, the kingdom in an established condition, so if he tried to lay his hands on the surrounding rulers, it would be impossible for him, he will be a joke in the future. For the same reason Duke Ryan did not dare to face Roland openly, he could only take action secretly.

But now that it was different, after Timothy had taken over the throne, he was eager for all his competitors to disappear, all this could be seen from the order of the recall. Duke Ryan was apparently able to see this, 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 Fortress has been a business center on the western border for hundreds of years, with nearly ten thousand inhabitants. But behind the fort there are big cities, without strong defenses. He just had to defeat Duke Ryan, take over the city, and get a lot of free people and at the same time he could amass a lot of wealth.

What's 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.