Chapter 118： 118: Salt Mine (third more!)

"Families of the fallen martyrs, family and children, the lord will take care of them until the children grow up."

After Aslan finished speaking, he gave Essien a list of soldiers who died in battle.

Every time Essien reads one, there is more crying. When the list is finished, the entire square is plunged into a sad atmosphere. Aslan walks to the disabled soldiers and comforts them one by one.

Aslan did not return to the podium until the smoke from the cremation rose.

"Ten gold coins for each of the fallen soldiers, one acre of land! Disabled soldiers, one acre of land, one gold coin for retirement."

Aslan finished talking about the last soldier's compensation, and received cheers from all the soldiers.

What is the thing that soldiers fear the most?

After their deaths, the young and old in the family will lose a stable source of income due to the loss of their family support, and eventually lead a life of upheaval and displacement.

Although Aslan said that they would raise them, they still didn't want to bother Lord Lord too much, Lord Lord was too busy, there was no need to distract from this little matter.

But when this acre of land was divided, the last worries in their hearts disappeared.

Everyone knows how high the yield of stalks in Melo Town is. With this acre of land in hand, it is basically impossible for a family to starve to death.

"The next step is the confession conference. This is the only thing this lord can do. Welcome you home."

Aslan calmed the zealous soldier and said with a smile.

The civil servants of the City Lord's Mansion began to guide the people from the villages who came to confess their relatives to their respective phalanxes.

"The third child is really you. It's great that you are still alive."

Old John burst into tears watching his former brother appear in front of him again.

"Big Brother!" The thin middle-aged man couldn't help but hugged Old John and started crying.

Osborne put his arms around his mother and held his teenage brother with one hand, feeling a little at a loss.

Although Old John's clothes are very old, they are very clean and tidy. The clothes on his two daughters-in-laws are bright and beautiful, and they seem to be rich.

Compare myself again. I still wear the jacket of Jimmy Town Army. The straw sandals on my feet have broken a few holes, and my toes are leaking out.

Old John had just asked his second son and two daughters-in-law to greet his third uncle York, and his two sons had already arrived.

Seeing that his two sons were safe and sound, Old John couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and repeatedly said a few good things.

"This is the third uncle I often tell you. Come over and say hello."

George and Jos bowed respectfully.

In the Merlot army, in addition to daily training, they also have etiquette and culture classes.

Needless to say the so-called etiquette class, as for the culture class, in addition to teaching normal literacy, it is ideological and political education, referred to as brainwashing for short.

In fact, these courses are very successful. In addition to eliminating illiteracy, the soldiers are more loyal to Aslan, knowing etiquette and shame!

Knowing what they are fighting for, the combat effectiveness and awareness they can show is naturally not comparable to ordinary troops.

"It's these two boys who give me strength. Now the better the days go. You don't have to worry about getting hungry in the future. You can eat and be full later." Old John said confidently.

York can only smile honestly. He can't always live in his elder brother's house, but the conditions in his elder brother's house look very good, which makes him look forward to his future life very much.

It's just that Osborne looked at the gazes of the two cousins, with a trace of envy and awe. Only those who had experienced the Battle of Meili River would know the horror of the Merlot Army.

At this moment they were two well-behaved juniors, standing quietly beside the elders listening to their conversation. Only Osborne knew how efficient and terrifying they were to kill people on the battlefield.

Such scenes are constantly being staged, some people are happy and some are worried.

Some have family reunions, some have joys and sorrows.

But none of this has anything to do with Aslan. He returned to the City Lord's Mansion on his own, quietly looking at the moonlight outside the window.

Suddenly having such a large population is not a simple matter. It is just a day or two. It will cause a lot of unnecessary social conflicts for a long time.

"Tell me your opinion!"

In the office, not only Aslan came back secretly, but also Essien and Wilshin, two important officials in Merlot.

"It must be diverted!" Wilshin said categorically.

"That's right! Although most of the people and some villages have been diverted, there are still tens of thousands of people. A little improper handling will cause mutiny." Essien also added.

Aslan nodded, turned and stood in front of the big map of the Merlot area.

After a long time, he pointed to two places and said: "Build two more towns here, and at the same time move some people to Meiyang Fortress and Stone Fortress."

Looking at the location of the two new towns on the map, one is close to Lake Belial, the largest in the Merlot area, which is understandable, and the other is beyond their understanding.

It was completely in a barren hills and ridges there.

Aslan could not say that the underground there contained the largest underground salt mine in the Kingdom of Cleveland, because he could not explain it himself, but it was true that there was a small salt mine on the surface.

The edible salt in this world is mainly salt mines. The so-called sun-dried salt on the beach has not yet appeared. As for whether there is iodine or something, Aslan doesn’t care, because he has not found iodine deficiency in his previous life for decades. Patients with goiter.

He intends to use this salt mine to tie up with the Billy area. As long as the Marquis of Medea gets on his thief ship, he can mine the various mineral deposits underground in the Merlot area in the future.

"I found a small salt mine there." Aslan said mysteriously.

When Essien and Willson heard this, their faces became serious.

Even though the town of Merlot has a population of only one hundred thousand today, the population of Merlot is definitely not less than 500,000 or even more. This can be judged from the monthly sales of salt in Merlot.

Salt is one of the essential elements needed by the human body every day, and it is indispensable.

That's why the Kingdom of Cleveland kept the salt mine firmly in its hands and made high profits from it.

The annual income from salt and iron alone accounts for 40% of the fiscal revenue.

Part of the reason for the rebellion in the Gorland Plateau was the discovery of an unprecedented huge salt mine on the plateau. In order to ensure the stability of the salt administration, the kingdom completely detonated the contradictions that had been hidden between the two sides.

"Lord Lord! It is illegal to mine salt and iron privately." Wilxin said with a depressed face.

Essien nodded in agreement, the expression on his face was not much better than Will's letter.

There is a large amount of money hidden in the basement of the house, because it is stolen money, it can only be seen and cannot be used, but I am too poor to eat and drink every day, and it is a problem if I am not depressed.