Live Stream: I Am A Lord In Another World

【Congratulations to the anchor for expanding your strength again.】

【Anchor, expansion is the way to go. Be ambitious, conquer the surrounding territories, gather hundreds of thousands of refugee troops, and fight anyone you want.】

【Anchor… Oh, he’s gone again?】

【Calm down. Otherwise, why would he be called the Heartless Streamer King?】

【Just because of the anchor’s ruthlessness, I’ve decided to donate a rocket~】

[Cute Big-Eyed Bunny] rewarded with 100 rockets.

【Arrogant!】

【Yes, just like this, using rockets to slap them in the face!】

【…】

In the live broadcast, the battle between Richard and the bandits was another thrilling spectacle for many viewers, and the number of rewards began to increase.

However, Richard still ended the live stream as usual.

He logged onto the online marketplace and found that there were indeed grasses available for feeding horses.

These horses needed quite a lot of grass. With several hundred of them together, it would require a large pasture to sustain them.

Richard could buy grass from the online marketplace for now, and later, when the locust plague passed, he could buy some excellent grass seedlings for planting.

After buying a batch of items, Richard’s time online came to an end, so he logged off.

This time, just two days later, the grass Richard purchased arrived.

In addition to grass, he also bought a lot of grain silos. These grain silos were all made of aluminum, moisture-proof, rat-proof, and fireproof.

Richard stored them all in the warehouse of the new city.

The warehouse of the new city was already completed, and Richard directly stored the grain in it, then filled the silos with a large amount of rice and flour.

Then, he sent a minotaur and several soldiers to guard them.

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And on the day the grain and grass arrived, many refugees appeared.

These refugees were all from the territories that had been raided by the bandits.

If it weren’t for the bandits, these people still had some grain stored at home. After all, they had harvested some immature crops earlier, and if they were frugal, they could still last a few months.

However, the bandits had plundered all their grain.

Of course, the ones who suffered the most were the nobles in their territories; many of them were killed.

The nobles on the border were basically barons, not very wealthy, and couldn’t afford too strong of an armed force.

Even if they maintained several hundred soldiers, due to the nature of these soldiers being part farmers, and the backwardness of their weapons and equipment, they didn’t have much military strength.

Facing the sudden attack of large groups of bandits, the defenses of these nobles, which were small castles, often couldn’t hold for long.

After all, how strong could their defense be?

“Lord, these refugees have heard that we are recruiting workers here and have come in droves.”

On this day, a scribe came to report.

Richard went over to take a look and saw that there were quite a few refugees, with over a thousand people, all of them relatively young and strong.

Of course, there were also some elderly people, after all, each household had their dependents.

These refugees all came because they heard that Richard’s construction site was recruiting workers.

Many refugees also headed towards the kingdom’s interior.

The faces of these refugees were all pale, obviously, many of them had been hungry for several days.

“Lord, please take us in. We can work for you, we just need food!”

The refugees pleaded earnestly.

“Let them all come,” Richard instructed the scribe.

After the scribe went to inform them, all the refugees came over.

“Mia, read it!”

Richard instructed Mia beside him.

Hearing this, Mia took out a piece of paper and began to read aloud.

She was reading the refugee resettlement plan. Richard intended to gather the refugees, but naturally, it wasn’t a haphazard gathering.

First of all, all refugees had to register. Their names, ages, places of origin, and the number of people in their families were recorded.

As long as a family had a young and able-bodied laborer, the entire family could enter Richard’s territory. That laborer only needed to work every day, and Richard would pay them a salary.

However, since they weren’t citizens of Richard’s territory, they couldn’t enjoy free meals. The laborer needed to use their daily wage to support their family.

And the amount of wages varied. Ordinary people would earn 7 copper coins a day, those with some skills could earn 8, 9, or even more than 10 copper coins.

Those who could read would still receive an extra copper coin each day.

Additionally, women would also receive wages as long as they worked, such as cooking or doing various jobs.

These people would be observed for a period of time. If they were deemed reliable and not the type to commit crimes or be lazy, they could formally join Richard’s territory and become his citizens, thus enjoying free meals.

Once they became Richard’s citizens, their children could also enter schools to learn literacy, and all the children in school would be provided with all their meals.

However, if they were unreliable troublemakers or the lazy type, sorry, Richard’s territory didn’t harbor waste!

These people would be directly expelled.

If they dared to cause trouble, Richard would also deal with them according to the laws of his territory.

Furthermore, there might be another type of person among these refugees.

That would be some elderly widows or widowers. Their number wasn’t large, and generally, even ordinary elderly people would still have at least one child with them.

Under normal circumstances, refugees from farther territories, after having all their food plundered by the bandits, couldn’t hold on and make it to Richard’s territory.

But there would definitely be some. Richard would provide necessary food for these people.

Not because he was particularly magnanimous.

But because doing so would enhance Richard’s prestige!

In this way, he could gain more reputation from his territory!

Anyway, it wouldn’t cost much money.

After Mia read out these regulations, a big weight was lifted off the hearts of the refugees. They were most afraid that Richard wouldn’t take them in.

Then, a large number of scribes mobilized and began to register the refugees.

This registration work lasted for most of the day before it was completed.

Each refugee was issued a shoulder badge with their name and other information written on it.

And the refugees’ residences were set up on a vacant lot on the other side of the small town, where a large number of tents had been erected.

These tents weren’t free; each refugee had to pay a monthly rent of 30 copper coins.

However, if they excelled at work and became citizens of Richard’s territory, these refugees could be exempted from this rent.

Hmm, Richard’s ultimate goal with these regulations was to encourage hardworking and law-abiding people to work diligently and become citizens of his territory.

“Were you a teacher before?”

After the registration was completed, Richard looked at a middle-aged man.

“Yes, Lord, I used to teach the children of Baron Hank to read,” the middle-aged man replied.

Richard pondered for a moment and said, “Alright, starting today, you’ll work in the school, earning 300 copper coins a month. If you perform well, your salary can be increased.”

“Thank you, Lord, thank you!” The middle-aged man was overjoyed.

Richard then met with several people, including three craftsmen, two book keepers, and one who was said to be a blacksmith.

Richard directly assigned the blacksmith to assist Ouba the dwarf, acting as his assistant.

After he inspected the craftsmen, Richard had them follow his original craftsmen to learn.

Among this batch of refugees, there were indeed some talented individuals.

Following a few days of observation, Richard personally selected dozens of young and able-bodied men from the refugees, preparing to incorporate them into the army.

Once they joined the army, they would not only enjoy the treatment of Richard’s citizens but also receive a considerably higher salary. Moreover, in the new city, they would also enjoy the free housing arrangements.

So, naturally, these people were quite willing.

As a result, Richard successfully increased his human soldiers to over 300.

Human soldiers were not as physically robust as some demi-human tribes. However, they had the advantage of stronger learning ability, better coordination, and were more adept at using various weapons.

With the settlement of this wave of refugees, the population in Richard’s territory also exceeded 4000.

Of course, this population included over a thousand fox people.

Compared to when he first crossed over, there were now more people in Richard’s territory.

In the live broadcast, more and more netizens poured in, finding it quite enjoyable every day.

Of course, there were still those who bravely incited and provoked Richard to go to war every day.

However, Richard basically ignored them.

After these refugees joined, it took another ten days or so, and Richard’s castle was finally nearing completion, and the roads were also nearly finished.

The city hall and library were also nearing completion.

Due to Richard’s electricity plan, laying the wires took quite a bit of time.

The new city was constructed quite neatly. Richard bought a large number of cement pipes from the online store and also purchased a considerable quantity of high-quality cables.

Yes, Richard’s power cables were prepared to be laid underground, not above ground. It looked much neater that way.

All of this cost a lot of money.

After a few more days, the second wave of refugees arrived.

This wave of refugees was even larger, with over two thousand people.

Richard still employed the same strategy as before and incorporated these refugees according to the previous regulations.

Now, his territory was filled with tents everywhere.

Of course, the people Richard dispatched managed it very well. They emphasized from the beginning that littering was not allowed, and causing trouble was strictly prohibited.

They even caught some troublemakers.

For example, one night, several troublemakers sneaked into a tent with ill intentions towards the women inside, only to be discovered by soldiers patrolling.

The next day, these troublemakers were directly sent to the gallows, blindfolded, and executed in public!

Such swift and decisive actions also deterred everyone else.

And some lazy individuals who only sought to eat and drink without working were directly expelled from the territory.

The reason for such strict measures was because Richard didn’t want the refugees to think he was easily deceived.

If they wanted food and shelter from him, they had to offer something of equal value in return. Even if some older people were slower, Richard wouldn’t mind.

However, if someone young and strong deliberately slacked off, the situation changed.

After the second wave of refugees joined, the population in the territory reached six thousand.

However, Richard still felt this was too few.

The number of his army kept increasing, now surpassing five hundred.

In addition, with minotaurs around, Richard didn’t have to worry about battles on a scale of thousands.

But one couldn’t always expect enemies to come in such numbers, right?

Anyway, Richard’s territory was constantly expanding.

And on this day, another visitor arrived in the territory.

This visitor was a baron from a neighboring territory named Laurie, Baron Laurie.

“Are you also planning to sell your territory to me?”

Baron Laurie’s intention was quite simple.

He also planned to sell his territory to Richard and then move with his whole family to some big cities in the inland.