For example, at the carrier pigeon management station in the west, no one would be so bored as to roast and eat a carrier pigeon that has only a few pounds of meat.

Now, Boulder City, Red Mountain Town, Shore City and Wushan Fort can all communicate through carrier birds, allowing McKen and Ridal to communicate at the first time.

At the same time, if there is any emergency, you can contact Wubei Ling through Wushan Fort.

This "one-way" method is still a bit troublesome, so Roning plans to ask the bird controller of Stone Castle to spend some time to build a bird path between Swamp Castle and Stone Castle.

Soon, McKen came back on his warhorse, followed by Dandy and political officer Serin.

"My Lord, you are finally here!"

McKeon and Serin quickly dismounted and saluted Ronin.

Roning looked the two of them up and down. After several months, he saw more independence in them.

I think both of them have grown a lot during this period of time handling various affairs of Boulder City on their own.

"You are now big shots on your own. Well done!"

Macken smiled innocently, "Your Excellency, thank you for your compliment."

Sailin also bowed slightly, "My achievements today are all thanks to your trust and support, sir!"

He once worked for Baron Leisen of Swamp Town. After the latter's death, he was not despised by Ronin, but was reused instead and was arranged to serve as a political official in Boulder City.

Now that everything in Boulder City is stable, Serin has entered the core circle, which is something he never dreamed of.

The more this is the case, the more he cherishes this opportunity.

"Okay, don't talk about it outside."

The three chatted for a while and then entered the Stone Castle.

After becoming the Lord of Boulder City, although Ronin had never been to the castle, his exclusive residence was always preserved.

In the living room, McKeon and Serin reported on the main situation of Boulder City.

After the initial panic, the city has now generally settled down.

Although there are still some violent conflicts from time to time, such incidents have become less and less since McCann formed a cavalier team.

"The overall strength of the knight squad of Boulder City is not strong. Apart from me, there is only one senior knight and two mid-level knights. The remaining six are all beginners."

McKeon said: "But these people, together with archers, infantry and cavalry, are more than enough to maintain law and order in and around Boulder City."

Although a knight squad is small in number, with only 118 people, they have an absolute advantage over ordinary people.

This many people are enough to suppress the violence unless there is a large-scale violence.

Luo Ning said: "One knight squad is not enough, you can recruit more according to the situation."

According to the configuration of a knight order with ten knight squads, Roning planned to place three in Wubei Territory, two in Jiliu Island, and five in Boulder City and Chishan Town together.

The Shore City has deployed a knight group from Wushan Fort, and with the addition of his five knight squads, the defense force in the southwest of Wushan Territory will become very strong.

However, forming so many knight teams is not something that can be done overnight.

Even though Roning now has his own iron mines and blacksmiths, as well as weapons and equipment provided by Tiemulin, the war horses needed for the cavalry, as well as the remuneration and food for the logistics personnel are all issues that need to be coordinated.

Blindly expanding all at once can also bring about considerable problems.

Next, Roning and McKenn seriously discussed the issue of recruiting soldiers in the Stone Territory and decided to train the infantry first and slow down the deployment of cavalry and professional knights.

The initial plan decided by the two was to equip these five knight teams and initially form combat power within two years.

"Sir, this is the list of Giant Stone City and Red Mountain Town and the resources here."

Serin, who had returned, came over with a few simply bound notebooks. These were the papers he brought with him when he left Swamp Town, and they were almost all used up now.

Luo Ning said as he took the notebook.

Although the wealth essentially belonged to him, he did not manage all the accounts.

Therefore, the flow of resources between several territories still requires a detailed list.

"I understand!"

Sailin replied respectfully, "The transport team of the Rogna Society will return to Wubei Territory and Boulder City. If we need anything, we will usually send it through them."

As soon as he got the roster, a line of text appeared in front of Luo Ning's eyes: ["Siege and Conquer" achievement achieved, attribute points +1000, energy essence +2000]

This means that Ronin already has five towns with a population of over ten thousand that meet the requirements for the achievement.

Luo Ning took a look at the achievement interface.

He wanted to see how many cities were needed for the next stage, but he found that the description of the achievement of conquering cities had changed:

[Siege]: Own a large city with a population of more than 100,000 people. Rewards: Attribute Points +2000, Energy Essence +4000 . The rewards are very impressive, but the requirements are also demanding.

A population of 100,000 is not even comparable to that of an ordinary small county in modern times, but it is not found everywhere in this world.

One of the main reasons is the insufficient food production, which limits the population growth. In addition, poor medical and health conditions and frequent wars are also the main reasons.

Luo Ning is still very confident in achieving this goal.

The population of the four towns in Wubei Territory has now reached 55,000. In the future, Wubei City will be built near the port and these four towns will be incorporated into it. The population will be only 40,000 short of 100,000.

Not to mention continuing to introduce population, just relying on the current policies to stimulate fertility, coupled with the increase in surplus grain in the hands of farmers, the population of the Ukrainian Northern Territory will also grow.

It's only a matter of time before it reaches 100,000.

Coming back to his senses, Roning flipped through the notebook in which Serin had recorded information about the resources of Boulder City.

Compared with the Ukrainian Northern Territory, the resources here are relatively less abundant.

Sailin surveyed the farmland in Giant Stone City. The annual grain output from the farmland in the mountains was barely enough to be self-sufficient, but it would be far from enough to support the grain consumption of Chishan Town.

However, the towns of Sari and Casir, which are close to the Altai River, produce more grain. Their lords are Philip and Thorstein, who have fought with Ronin. There should be no problem in purchasing from them.

In addition to food, the most abundant thing in Big Stone City is stone mines.

It’s a pity that people here like to build houses with wood. After all, it is easy to mine, so the stone mines do not seem to have much value and use.

Luo Ning looked through it carefully. The stone mines here are all non-metallic ores. In addition to the common granite, there are also limestone, quartz, non-ferrous minerals, etc.

“Boulder City will still be valuable in the future.”

Stone may become one of the sources of income for Boulder City in the future.

I don’t know if there is any phosphate ore here. If there is, we can consider making phosphate fertilizer later to further increase the grain production in the territory.

Although Wubeiling now has organic fertilizers and swamp fertilizers, their effects are still not as good as those of chemical fertilizers.

Unfortunately, making fertilizer is a complex chemical industrial process that requires precise control.

Perhaps in the long years to come, he will be able to recreate chemical fertilizers in this world, but before that, composting will be the mainstream for a long time.

Roning closed the resource booklet and said to Sailin, "Tell Jim, the potter from Gray Earth Village, to come to Boulder City for an inspection when he has time. There should be mineral materials here that can be used to make glaze."

Sailin's eyes lit up.

He had heard from Wilson about porcelain and glaze, and knew that these were specialties of the Ukrainian Northern Territory and were money-making products.

If the stones from the Giant Stone City can be used to make porcelain, then there will definitely be more financial income here in the future. (End of this chapter)