NOVEL NEXT Chapter 63 - Thriving Amidst Fire!
“Master, it’s time for dinner!”
Inside the small castle, a few fox girls had already prepared the meal.
For Richard, who was used to eating rice, eating bread every day was naturally not satisfying. Fortunately, rice could be bought online, along with vegetables and seasonings.
There weren’t many people in this world who ate rice. And the demi-humans had never even seen rice before.
After all, rice required careful cultivation.
However, after Richard taught them for a few days, the fox girl servants had already learned to cook, and one of them, Gazia, could even stir-fry.
Currently, in the small castle, Miwei was in charge of Richard’s daily life.
Mia and Dorothy were Richard’s personal bodyguards.
Gazia and a few other fox girls were responsible for managing the castle.
Dorothy also had another job, which was to command the fox archers.
Out of the more than one thousand fox people, Richard had recruited over two hundred archers. He distributed longbows to these fox archers, and each of them had to practice archery for an hour every day.
Practicing for too long wouldn’t help, so one hour was enough.
During other times, these fox people would go to work at the construction site.
Richard allocated an area for the fox people in the north, while the minotaurs were in the south, separated from the residential areas of other territories’ residents.
In addition to being Richard’s bodyguard, Mia also had another profession.
That was accounting.
Yes, Richard directly handed over this duty to Mia, and made her responsible for checking the account books and handling the cash.
In fact, several fox girl servants had other tasks as well, such as helping Richard count goods, distribute supplies, and so on.
Richard also found a teacher from the territory and bought some basic books online. This teacher was responsible for teaching literacy and arithmetic to the children in the territory.
Little foxes and little minotaurs could also go to school~
Every day, the ten most diligent children would receive a White Rabbit Creamy Candy as a reward.
For both human and demi-human children, the temptation of a White Rabbit Creamy Candy was immense. Under the temptation of milk candy, every child studied very seriously.
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After breakfast, Richard walked out of the castle.
“Lord, the crops in our fields have been eaten by locusts, and the territories of several neighboring barons have been eaten as well.”
At this moment, a scribe came to report.
It had been about a week since the locusts had come in large numbers.
During this week, all the immature crops planted by the residents of Richard’s territory had been eaten.
Although the residents of the neighboring barons’ territories had harvested all the immature crops, almost all the useful plants in the territories had been eaten bare.
Until now, locusts still occasionally flew in from the north, sweeping towards the heartland of the human kingdom.
“Are the potatoes in the fields okay?” Richard asked.
“Our potatoes in the fields haven’t suffered any damage,” the scribe replied.
Richard nodded and walked towards the town with Mia.
After arriving at the town, other scribes reported the recent situation in the territory.
Although the locusts were ravaging, Richard’s territory operations had not been affected. It was still bustling with activity.
Now, a wide and straight road had been built in his territory. This road extended from the gates of the new city and traversed the entire territory.
The new city was also gradually taking shape, with many buildings already completed.
Richard had built this new city quite generously, especially focusing on the sewer system. He didn’t want it to be like some cities before he crossed over, where they were constantly digging.
Of course, this city wasn’t actually large, so it was built quickly.
As the population increased in the future, it could continue to expand.
Unlike others who worried about the winter’s food supply amidst the locust plague, everyone in Richard’s territory worked diligently without worrying about food. In their lord’s castle, it was as if there was a huge granary, filled with endless food.
In the midst of this bustling activity, the progress of Richard’s new city continued to accelerate.
In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.
During this half month, locusts continued to ravage the heartland of the human kingdom.
The entire human kingdom was in chaos.
In the adjacent territories next to Richard’s, both nobles and commoners were beginning to worry.
Because the harvested crops wouldn’t last long at all.
Noble families with food reserves were okay, but the commoners’ food supply couldn’t last through the winter after paying taxes.
And at this time, even worse news came.
Several hundred miles away, large groups of bandits had emerged, attacking nobles’ castles everywhere and plundering food.
There were even bandits daring enough to attack some cities!
“Things are getting chaotic!”
Richard whispered after receiving this news.
【Anchor, deal with them!】
【Yeah, don’t hesitate. I’ll reward you with ten thousand every day. When you become king one day, I’ll reward you with ten million!】
【In troubled times, heroes emerge. It’s time for the anchor to rise!】
In the live stream, the number of viewers increased every day, and some of the fans were constantly instigating Richard.
After receiving news of the large groups of bandits, Richard dispatched some scouts to observe the movements of the bandits in the surrounding areas.
These scouts included humans and cunning fox people.
This way, there wouldn’t be a situation like last time, where they only received notification after the bandits had entered the territory.