Chapter Fifty-Four Preparations for Departure

  "Master, are you really confident that you can bring the Fifth Madam back?" asked Old Steward Xiao Hong with concern. After Wang Zimo was settled down, in the hall, Xiao Hong, Long Hui and several sisters-in-law were discussing this matter to see if it was feasible.

  "It's true, if the fifth sister doesn't come back, she'll definitely be remarried there." Xue Yan was the one who couldn't bear to part with Xi Wen the most, so although Xiang Yu had promised, she didn't want to let Xi Wen go either.

  Xiao Yu sat on the chair, leisurely drinking wine, and narrowed his eyes: "What I, Xiao Yu, have said, has it ever been unfulfilled? You think I couldn't keep the city safe, thinking I couldn't resist Karu, didn't I do just that?"

  Seeing Xiao Yu's confident appearance, everyone's heart felt more at ease. Indeed, recently Xiao Yu had done many things that others thought were impossible.

  Maybe this time Xiao Yu will still be able to complete this seemingly impossible task.

  In the past, the Lion King's territory was unable to defend itself and lived a precarious existence, but now it has developed rapidly in all aspects. With Xiao Yu leading many beastmen and elf troops, they are thriving. If the royal family were to exert pressure on them to hand over Xi Wen, no matter what, they would not give in, so the royal family would have to reconsider.

  After all, this time the Wang family came, thinking that the Lion King's territory had no power left and could not compete with the Wang family, but they didn't know that Xiao Yu had achieved so much recently.

  Xiao Yu is now confident and dares to challenge the Wang family. The Wang family is in the wrong, but they also don't dare to do anything too excessive.

  So, in these few days, Simba led everyone to start preparing for Xiao Yu and Xiwen's trip to the Wang family.

  Xiao Yu's request to set out again after ten days is also his consideration. Now the territory has just started to develop, and there are many things to do in all aspects. Although Karu's father cannot take revenge soon, he must be on guard.

  Once Xiao Yu leaves, no one will be in command and the combat effectiveness of the three ethnic troops will definitely plummet. Xiao Yu has also thought about many new policies for territorial construction, all of which need to be implemented quickly, and these are all things that must be handed over properly.

  The Wang family's territory is over two thousand miles away from here. With the current transportation, without airplanes and trains, it would take more than a month to travel back and forth, plus maybe another month of stay there, that's two months.

  Xiao Yu has been away from Lion King's territory for two months and must arrange subsequent work.

  Xiao Yu first called Lao Guan Jia Xiao Hong and Long Hui, telling them the first policy he implemented, quickly spreading it out.

  This policy is a population recruitment policy. Due to years of war, the biggest problem with our territory now is that there are too few people. Without people, even the largest territory would be useless.

  Xiao Yu has eliminated some bandits and relocated some residents from nearby areas, but the population of Lion King Territory is still less than 50,000, a pitifully small number.

  Xiao Yu's policy to attract population is nothing special, just tax reduction and exemption. Xiao Yu let Xiao Hong send many people to nearby territories to persuade some civilians, telling them that the Lion King Territory now has preferential policies, all new immigrants can enjoy three years of tax-free, and Xiao Yu promised that every person who opens up wasteland can have five years of use rights, within these five years, all kinds of grain on this land belong to themselves, Xiao Yu doesn't want a single grain.

  To know, in this era, farmers do not have their own land. They all cultivate the land of the noble lords. In a place as large as Lion King Territory, all the land belongs to Xiao Yu. If farmers want to plant crops, they must become tenants of Xiao Yu and farm for him.

  Now, Xiao Yu directly giving farmers five years of land use rights is an unprecedented policy. In this era, it has not yet reached the privatization of feudalism, and the land belongs to the public ownership system. The sudden appearance of such a policy is extremely stimulating to the labor enthusiasm of farmers.

  The land in the northwest is poor and barren, but it's not unsuitable for planting crops. The yield is just lower compared to some of the more affluent southern regions.

  Farmers have their own land, work hard, must be desperate, because every grain of food is their own. Xiao Yu at least learned a lot of history from the educational system of that era, and has a good understanding of the development of these societies and mobilizing the enthusiasm of the common people.

  Xiao Yu knew that the privatization of land was an inevitable trend, it's just that there hasn't been a large-scale implementation yet. At first, he also planned to directly abolish the well-field system like Shang Yang's reform and open up the fields, but he knew this would be too shocking, Xiao Hong would definitely not agree, so he restrained himself for now and gave the farmers who opened up the land five years of usage rights.

  Xiao Hong and Xiao Yu argued for a long time, feeling that this was really too unbelievable. All the land should be owned by the nobles, how could it be given to peasants for five years of free use?

  Later, Xiao Yu repeatedly explained the current situation with a bitter mouth, emphasizing that they must quickly absorb the population and strongly insist on it, before Xiao Hong reluctantly agreed to try it out for a period of time to see if it was feasible.

  This policy has been strongly supported by the people of the territory since its inception, and recently, a large number of lands near the Lion King Territory have been reclaimed. The daily labor of farmers is more than double that of before.

  Moreover, with this policy, some of the surrendered bandits' people from nearby areas or other territories also came to surrender.

  In just a short month, Sima Wang had attracted over 10,000 people to come and surrender.

  During this time when Xiao Yu is not around, it's up to Xiao Hong to take charge of this matter and continue to expand the propaganda front, so that more people will come to Lion King Territory.

  Only with people, there are farmers, and then there is food, and then there are soldiers, and then there are craftsmen. Only then can this territory develop. If you always stick to the old ways of the older generation, stubbornly guarding your own land, you will definitely perish.

  Xiao Hong looked at the increasing number of people in Lion King's territory and gradually allowed Xiao Yu's policy, after all, it was only five years, and after five years, everything would still be under Xiao Yu's control.

  Apart from this, Xiao Yu had always wanted to harass the Karu territory, but it never went ahead. Harassing them would keep them busy and they wouldn't have much energy left to deal with the Lion King's territory.

  This is what has to be done, Little A fellow is now every day stuck with these ghouls all over the mountain, killing monsters. Don't mention it, after a period of killing, Little A actually reached level 4, which made Xiao Yu look at Little A in a new light.

  Xiao Yu wanted to take Xiao A and some ghouls to harass Karu's territory before going to the Wang residence, tell Xiao A some precautions, and then let Xiao A go there from time to time in the future, not seeking to kill people, but just to harass them, making their territory chaotic and shrouded in fear.

  In addition, Xiao Yu also had to arrange some city defenses, just in case someone came to attack.

  Xiao Yu knew that this unit had strong combat capabilities, but its autonomous ability was not very strong and needed to rely on his own command to exert its power.

  So he must now cultivate some heroic autonomy, letting them constantly hone themselves and have their own intelligence quotient, able to independently lead troops.

  In the future, Xiao Yu will have to face many wars and it's impossible for him to be personally involved in every single battle. Each hero must also be able to hold their own ground.

  Now, the person Xiao Yu is focusing on cultivating is Saar.

  Sa Er is the leader of the beast tribe, a great chieftain, born with the temperament and leadership talent of a king. Xiao Yu has also been constantly training him recently, often explaining some basic management courses and Yu Shiwei's management lectures to him when he has nothing to do.

  No choice, Xiao Yu majored in management in college. Although most of the time was spent playing games, sometimes the dormitory collectively elected him to attend classes and respond to teachers' roll calls. Xiao Yu also reluctantly attended a few classes, so he also learned some basic knowledge of management.

  Sar also made great efforts and learned quickly, and soon had a set of knowledge about managing the beastman troops, establishing his position as a leader among the beasts.

  Grom was also a hero in the past, but he couldn't become a leader. Sal became a leader soon after his arrival, which fully showed Sal's leadership potential.

  No wonder you're the king of the clan, Sar.

  During Xiao Yu's absence, all the demon beast armies were led by Sa Er. Once something happened, he would assist Long Hui in defending the city.

  In his free time, Saar can also go out and enjoy the autumn breeze, robbing some bandits or whatever.

  After making these arrangements, Xiao Yu took Xiaoa and dozens of Corpse Eaters, as well as a few Shadows, to harass Karul's territory.

  Shadows are a good scout because they can turn invisible and detect stealth units. Xiao Yu knew that Little A's strength was still weak at the moment, and if they were surrounded by the large army of Karu's territory, it would be more harmful than beneficial, so he deliberately created several shadows on the altar of sacrifice to serve as scouts, being extremely cautious with every move.

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  Today Xiaosa may go out tonight, so there might not be a third update. No choice, something always comes up on weekends. But if I return, I'll definitely try my best to add another chapter. Thank you very much to Lemon, Zhangjiapeng, Poqqop, DA?Michael and everyone who rewarded me.

  The following content will temporarily enter another section, not in the Legion's combat, but a personal ability showcase of Xiao Yu, which will definitely make everyone look more enjoyable, O(∩_∩)O~