Although life in Ziguo Village was not as comfortable as in Shanlin Town, in order to teach Horn the two planting methods of mulberry tree cuttings and layering, Roning needed to spend a lot of time and patience to demonstrate, especially the latter method, which he had only seen others use but had never tried himself.

During these two days, Luo Ning also inspected the reclaimed fields in Ziguo Village and selected ten acres of land to be planned as a mulberry planting base.

Mulberry planting also requires the ridge farming method, and compared to wheat planting, the ridges of mulberry trees need to be a little higher. Roning taught Horn this method in advance, and told him to keep a distance of about 80 to 90 centimeters between two plants when planting.

Oral teaching is ultimately just a guide. The specific extent to which the expansion of mulberry tree planting can be implemented depends on Horn's operational capabilities.

Seeing that the other party is very serious and is taking detailed records, I should still have some hope.

Luo Ning didn't expect this matter to be completed within a year, which was not very practical.

He is only seventeen years old this year, and time is on his side. He has a long time to improve conditions and eventually bring silk out of this mountain forest.

Three days later in the afternoon, accompanied by Horn, Roning arrived at the northernmost part of the Ziguo tribe.

The Wubei forest is not small, and there are larger areas further north, but there are no humans living there, let alone savage tribes.

"That is to say, some nobles who fled led their people to the north and settled there to form tribes like yours. But later on, these tribes disappeared?"

Luo Ning stood on a high slope and looked towards the north. He seemed to be able to see the waves surging on the sea at the horizon.

It is said that the north of Wushan Territory is surrounded by the ocean, but it has always been undeveloped, which is unusual.

Logically speaking, shouldn’t the seaside be more prosperous? For example, Pointed City in Wushan Territory is the seaport city of Wushan Territory. Port Dennis connects Wushan Territory with the Kingdom of Alduin. The trade is very frequent, and the tribute to Wushan Castle is unknown.

It is somewhat surprising that the north is surrounded by the sea but has not been developed.

He spread out the map and took a look. It might be that the protruding area in the north was too isolated, with very long trade routes to other places. In addition, no very profitable developments had been found, resulting in no human traces in the north.

"Yes, sir!"

Horn said: "I went to the north to explore, and there were indeed signs of human activity there. I saw wooden houses, stone houses, and many bones on the ground, but I didn't find any more human figures."

He recalled, a trace of panic on his face, "I felt that it was not normal for people there to disappear, so I didn't dare to go any deeper."

Is that so? Roning frowned and looked at the guard officer McKen who was guarding him.

The latter understood, "Don't worry, sir. When I have time, I will take people to explore all the land in the north and mark out the dangerous areas in advance."

Luo Ning nodded. "Ziguo Village has been safe for these years. Even if there are any dangerous areas, the impact will not be great. You can consider the exploration after you are promoted to Bronze Knight."

"Yes, sir."

Horn stood aside and listened to the conversation between the master and servant, feeling strange.

It is not easy to be promoted to the bronze level. Some people will be stuck at this stage of senior knight for their entire lives.

But listening to these two people talking, it seemed like it was a done deal, or even a very easy thing to do.

Could it be that this McCann is on the verge of a breakthrough?

Horn thought of the scene where McKen completely defeated Slaine a few days ago, and nodded secretly in his heart, it is really possible.

“Da da da~”

The sound of horse hooves was heard, and several people looked up, only to see Irene and Jenny riding over on horseback.

Roning left three of Slaine's war horses to Jenny's family. They have been learning riding skills these past two days and now seem to have mastered them well.

Soon, two horses came up to the crowd.

After a few days of getting along, the little girl Irene still couldn't resist the temptation to call him brother, and finally she did it.

"oh?"

Roning smiled and said, "It seems that Wilson has already registered all the people of the Gray Earth Tribe."

"Yes, sir."

Jenny got off the horse and said, "Wilson said he would report to you on the work progress. In addition, Juwitt has also brought back a large bag of 'gray soil', a specialty of the Gray Earth Tribe, as you instructed."

The specialty of Qingzhu Village is bamboo, and the specialty of Ziguo Village is sericulture. Luo Ning really wants to know what the "grey soil" that Baburin and his friends mentioned as the specialty of the grey soil tribe is.

"Then let's go back."

Luo Ning couldn't wait any longer, so he took Irene's horse and rode on it, "Little Irene, do you want to get on?"

Irene blushed, hesitated for a moment, and then said weakly: "I, I'll just ride my mother's horse."

“Hahaha~”

Luo Ning laughed. It was fun to play with children, but it was a pity that the little girl was too young.

"McKen, please come back with Irene and the others."

He turned his horse and galloped towards the village.

Soon he arrived in the living room, where Wilson and Jewett were waiting for him.

As soon as Luo Ning came in, the two of them quickly stood up to greet him.

Zhu Weite said, "Sir, Redar asked me to tell you that everything is going well in Gray Earth Village. All the people in the village already know that you are their master. You can come over to inspect at any time."

"I see. You guys did a great job stabilizing it in such a short time!"

Wilson handed over the booklet he had sorted out. "Sir, this is the census result of the Gray Earth Tribe. Compared to Green Bamboo Village and Purple Fruit Village, the Gray Earth Tribe has more craftsmen."

He introduced: "I have asked, there are three carpenters alone, one of whom should be about the same level as William. In addition, there are two masons, and there are also many able-bodied men."

Roning laughed. The Gray Earth Tribe was indeed much stronger by sucking blood from its allies.

"Wilson, your abilities are getting stronger and stronger."

He praised and took the booklet.

As soon as the parchment was in hand, the system text appeared in front of him——

["Prosperous Population" achievement achieved, attribute points +50, energy essence +100]

The total population of Huitu Village is 455 people. Together with the population of Shanlin Town, Qingzhu Village and Ziguo Village, the number of subjects owned by Luo Ning has now reached 3,180, exceeding the 3,000 mark required for the achievement.

Luo Ning opened the achievement interface and the information on it was updated:

[Prosperous Population]: The registered population of the territory reaches 5,000. Rewards: Attribute Points +100, Energy Essence +200. The quantity requirement does not increase much at once, only 2,000, which does not seem to be difficult.

If Ronin conquers the Black Collar Tribe and buys some slaves, he might be able to accomplish this feat.

(End of this chapter)