The Wise One

Most of the slaves from the north were sent into a magical mantle. In just a few days, they were in Damian's granted territory; he traveled with them and personally created wooden houses with magic.

Thousands of people and hundreds of families settled in these territories. Additionally, Damian took care of establishing numerous magical defenses and leaving hundreds of puppets so strong that they could face hundreds of demons on their own.

But he had to return as soon as possible since the city, where all the nobles were killed overnight, needed a new ruler. Everyone was puzzled. What happened to the city of Aldarion?

In recent times, nothing as disastrous as the silent deaths of numerous nobles has happened, leaving a city without its rulers.

But secretly, everyone was relieved that those nobles were eliminated.

Damian knew perfectly well why this had to happen, and he really cared little if there were consequences.

Now, with the rulers dead and the slaves in Damian's territory in the north, who from now on were citizens, everything was in order again.

When news spread that the Dark Mage from the northern storms was in the city of Aldarion, all the high-ranking officials felt relieved. A mage so renowned in recent years could not be forgotten, not when he has been fighting demons all his life.

Frieren's reward for participating in this coup in the city was all the magical books that the nobles and slavers had. She was so busy reading that she stayed all the time in the giant pig's cabin. Damian, on the other hand, had to reassure the people and take charge of the government.

Although the territory is in a huge, untouched forest, there are also many useful resources in the territory.

There are giant trees tens of meters high everywhere. If you can transport these giant trees, you can sell them for a lot of money in the north.

However, humans would find it impossible to move these trees to the north given their small labor limitations.

In developing a territory, the most important tasks are felling, planting, and burning bricks.

Damian's territory in the north is dominated by mountains and hills, with only a few river valleys suitable for agriculture.

Damian calculated that there were only about 6,000 hectares of flat land in the territory.

The Damian family's territory covers an area of 1,460 square kilometers, of which only 60 square kilometers can be reclaimed, representing about 4%.

But all this territory was demon territory; it didn't matter to give this territory to Damian since they knew it was unusable. But not everyone knew that Damian could reclaim his territory whenever he wanted.

But even if he reclaimed it, he knew that seventy-six percent of these 6,000 hectares of flat land are dry fields.

There are only 1,400 hectares of rice paddies, which is just over 20,000 acres. The climate in the north is not too arid. According to Damian's estimates, the annual precipitation is about 600 mm.

The yield of an acre of dry land is very low. If drought-tolerant crops are planted, the yield per acre is about 120 kilograms.

The yield of rice paddies is higher, and the yield of cereals like wheat and potatoes can reach 300 kilograms.

Even in a good harvest year, if all this land is reclaimed, the annual cereal production will be about 3,500 tons, enough to feed only 15,000 people.

In mountainous territories, the population-carrying capacity is naturally insufficient. If it were a flat area, such a large territory could support hundreds of thousands of people.

The 400 hectares of reclaimed land this year are rice paddies. If the harvest is good, 900 tons of cereals can be harvested.

There are already more than 4,000 citizens in the territory, and the elderly and children account for half of the population. 900 tons of cereals can barely feed them.

To unleash the citizens' enthusiasm for production, Damian stipulated that the slaves belonged to no one and were free as before. All war refugees could be accepted into his territory and have housing.

Before returning, Damian took care of dividing his citizens into different fields. All, regardless of whether they were adults, children, or elderly, would be assigned five acres of land.

The only requirement was to work on these lands.

Everything would be much better later; of course, Damian's agricultural tax is only set at 30%. It can be said that it is very rare in history to have someone offer all this for their citizens.

Damian no longer needed an army; his hundreds of simple puppets were more than enough to defend his territory. Besides, to design the city in the north that he planned to build, he needed more than labor, and his puppets covered that perfectly.

The whole design was incredible; not only would he take advantage of the mountains for defense but also to create the ruler's castle, and that was the most important thing since Damian needed to remain anonymous throughout his life.

...

City of Aldorian.

Five months after the destruction of the noble family.

Everything had returned to normal; the slaves who were freed were now in the north, and all those mercenaries serving powerful families ended up serving Damian.

Many of them followed him to the north, where they were surprised by the advancement of the construction of the first city so aesthetic and designed in the north.

The stolen wealth was confiscated by Damian, and the first thing he started selling was underwear. Underwear at that time was very lamentable, so Damian started designing, and with the right experts, he managed to make everything advance for hundreds of decades.

"Is this toilet paper?" Frieren looked at the next revolutionary invention that Damian had created.

Damian, who was replicating a steam engine, looked at Frieren and said, "It can be used for many things; there's no need to fear what to do with it because it's biodegradable."

"Is this a chair?"

Damian, when he turned around, saw Frieren sitting on a toilet, quickly stood up, and said, "This innovative invention will be installed in the city in the north; it will be perfectly equipped with pipes that will connect the entire city."

Frieren, who had entered Damian's workshop, ended up admiring him a lot.