Chapter 474: Rex School of Magic
Although the Dukedom of Rex has a population of more than 12 million, it only has 1.6 million freemen.
Most of these freemen live in large castles, and about half of them have aristocratic blood. Especially near Kanas Castle, the former capital of the East Coast, the traditional upper class such as civil servants, businessmen, and scholars are almost all aristocrats.
Magicians also all come from the aristocracy.
On the contrary, in the vast countryside, 99% are serfs, with only a few self-cultivating farmers and gentry.
According to the laws of the East Coast United Kingdom, the land belongs to the aristocracy, and it is basically impossible to have unowned land. Since the land has an owner, it is difficult for self-cultivating farmers to appear.
The few self-cultivating farmers and gentry are basically descendants of hereditary aristocrats. Their ancestors were favored by the aristocrats, so they can inherit land and property.
Richard did not discriminate against the aristocracy of the former Dukedom of Rex.
After conquering Kanas Castle, Richard only killed the direct descendants of the five major dukes' families, which added up to only a few hundred people. Even some women and children of the dukes' families, Richard did not cut the grass and wipe out the roots according to the rules of this world.
On the contrary, the rebellion was suppressed in the following months, and about several thousand people were implicated.
As for the members of the five major duke family branches, Richard only abolished some noble privileges, created a fair environment for them to compete with the free people of Harland, and gave them time to integrate into Harland.
The branch nobles did not inherit the title of nobility, and apart from national sentiment, they did not have deep hatred with Harland. As time went on, Richard believed that they could integrate into Harland.
The remaining 10.5 million people in the Dukedom of Rex were all serfs. Usually, the quality of serfs was not high, there were basically not many literate people, and they could not organize the production of farms, and they relied heavily on the noble steward class.
The stewards and managers under the nobles were actually the ones who had organizational skills and mastered agricultural production technology.
Under normal circumstances, a lord could not do without the steward class.
But the situation in Harland was different.
After nearly 30 years of development, Harland had a large number of grassroots bureaucrats. These bureaucrats have basically read books and attended schools, and some of them are from agricultural colleges. Their theoretical knowledge is far deeper than that of farm stewards. After training at the grassroots level, their abilities are generally better than farm stewards, and they have mastered deeper agricultural production techniques. Their organizational abilities are also far better than the stewards and servants of the nobles.
In order to control the Dukedom of Rex, Richard drew thousands of grassroots bureaucrats from Harland at one time and recruited tens of thousands of freshmen.
Today, Harland has more than 300 primary schools, more than 50 middle schools, 12 high schools, and 8 technical colleges, with a total of more than 400,000 students.
There are more than 10,000 middle school students graduating every year, and tens of thousands of primary school students.
After years of development, the academic qualifications of Harland have depreciated extremely seriously.
Compared with more than a decade ago, middle school students today are no longer precious. It is difficult for them to become civil servants directly after graduation and enter the ruling class of Harland. Many border towns recruit civil servants and teachers only recruit middle school students.
Even high school graduates have a serious depreciation of academic qualifications, and many people cannot find satisfactory jobs after graduation. On the contrary, graduates from technical colleges have become popular. They are snatched up by higher-level departments before they graduate and are booked in advance.
Professional departments such as steel, railways, machinery, medical care, accounting, agriculture, and law are now basically recruiting people from technical colleges.
Most of the new students recruited by Richard this time are primary and secondary school students. Although the journey is long and they need to travel far away, many people are eager to sign up for a stable job and a background.
With thousands of bureaucrats, tens of thousands of students, and 50,000 troops, Harland was able to control the Duke of Rex within a few months.
According to Richard's plan, four middle schools and 30 primary schools will be established in the Duke of Rex next year. However, without sufficient publicity, it may not be possible to recruit enough people.
Because the great nobles mainly rely on family education, the small nobles rely on their parents' education or family clan education, and it is difficult for parents in ordinary serf families to understand the importance of education.
As Richard cleared out the fleeing soldiers, the transfer work gradually came to an end.
Order was re-established, and the Duke of Rex resumed agricultural production.
The land near Kanas Castle is all coastal plains. The nobles of the East Coast United Kingdom have been operating on this land for many years, building countless towns and reclaiming more than tens of millions of acres of fertile land.
Although the treasury is empty and people's livelihood is in decline due to repeated wars, the foundation of this land is still very strong, and the resource endowment even exceeds that of Harland Territory.
The Dukedom of Rex not only has a large coastal plain, but also has better climatic conditions than the north.
The land here is warm and humid. Because it is close to the ocean, the precipitation is abundant and the winter is not too cold. Not only is the agricultural condition good, but it also has rich fishery resources.
In addition, there is a medium-sized magic well near Kanas Castle.
This medium-sized magic well is located above the Magic Academy.
After mastering this medium-sized magic well and installing the magic charging array, Harland Territory can increase the number of magic crystals charged each year by 10,000, which is enough to reduce the pressure on magic crystal supply.
As Harland Territory gained a firm foothold in the Red Moon Plane, Richard discussed with the Holy Empire of Light and the Church of Dawn and reduced the frequency of opening the portals, restoring it to the level of three years ago.
Opening the inter-dimensional transmission channel twice a month, the cost of which is distributed to Harland Territory is 2,000 magic crystals per month. Consuming 24,000 magic crystals in a year is a heavy burden for any country.
In fact, Harland Territory seized the half plane controlled by Sussman, which can mine 10,000 magic crystals per year. It controls two magic crystal mines in the Red Moon Plane, which can mine 4,000 magic crystals per year.
The actual loss of magic crystals in operating the Red Moon Plane in a year is about 10,000 magic crystals.
The Red Moon Plane has some special magic resources, which can also be exchanged for magic crystals in the Dawn Plane. Although Harland Territory has a shorter time to develop the extraordinary resources of the Red Moon Plane, it can earn 2,000 to 3,000 magic crystals every year.
Overall, although the operation of the Red Moon Plane is still not enough, it can barely afford it.
Now Harland Territory controls three magic towers, the Flame Tower, the Petrified Tower, and the Lightning Tower, plus the Ogre Lair and the Dragon Canyon Plane Channel, a total of five small magic wells. There are two medium-sized magic wells in the Dragon's Lair and Kanas Magic Academy, and a large magic well in the Starlight Mage Tower in Snow Crystal Lake.
These magic wells that Harland can fully control are all installed with magic crystal charging arrays, which can charge 65,000 magic crystals a year.
Harland also has a large magic well in the Princess's Tomb, but Richard is not the owner of this magic well. The tomb not only has the landlord Princess O'Farland, but also guests like the Dawn Church. Magic crystal charging is the core technology of Harland, and Richard does not want to be exposed to outsiders in a short time.
In addition, there is a small and medium-sized magic crystal mine in the west of the Duke of Rex, which can produce about 3,000 magic crystals a year.
Although Harland has started the industrial revolution, it has greatly increased productivity by burning coal to provide energy. However, in the development of magic civilization, magic crystals are the core of the alien version of the industrial revolution.
Whether it is a magic airship in the sky or a magic ship in the sea, a large amount of magic crystals are consumed every day. More than half of the super combat power of Harland's army is made up of magic crystals.
If there is no sufficient supply of magic crystals, the combat power of Harland's army will decline seriously.
In recent years, Harland has discovered several magic crystal mines, and with the output of the Red Moon Plane, it produces 26,000 magic crystals a year. The territory sells some extraordinary resources through commodity fairs every year, and can also exchange for 7,000 to 8,000 magic crystals.
In total, Harland can earn 100,000 magic crystals a year.
This is a very high standard. Countries in the eastern part of the continent such as the Kingdom of Grant can only produce 20,000 magic crystals a year through mining and trading. Except for the loss of breeding magic beasts, it can only roughly break even. Although the Grant Kingdom's treasury stores more than 100,000 magic crystals, it is the foundation accumulated by a kingdom for hundreds of years.
The Kingdom of Sith, together with the ocean slave trade, can produce about 30,000 magic crystals a year. However, maintaining the operation of nearly 30 magic ships and raising thousands of magic beasts, even if we save more, the annual consumption of magic crystals exceeds 30,000. The actual net income is probably worse than that of the Grant Kingdom.
The Ryan Kingdom is backed by the Silver Wolf Mountains and has several medium-sized magic crystal mines. It can earn 30,000 to 40,000 magic crystals through mining every year, which is much better than the surrounding countries.
Even the Holy Glorious Empire does not produce more than one million magic crystals a year. The Markholm Magic Kingdom, the Dawn Church and other forces only produce 300,000 magic crystals a year. On the contrary, the Orc Empire, because of its vast territory and numerous magic crystal mines, produces 500,000 to 600,000 magic crystals a year.
Although it can produce 100,000 magic crystals a year, the magic crystal consumption of Harland is also very serious, far exceeding traditional kingdoms such as Grant and Ryan.
The first is to maintain the Red Moon Plane Channel. Even if the frequency of opening cross-plane transmission is reduced, it will cost 24,000 a year. The consumption in the first three years was as high as 36,000.
In addition, there are a lot of magic steam engines in operation in the industrial sector. The consumption of the industrial sector alone exceeded 5,000 last year.
Then there is the consumption of the military system. The nine magic ships consume nearly 8,000 magic crystals each year, and the training of artillery on magic ships and steamships also consumes 4,000.
The six magic airship squadrons completed training, and the annual consumption of magic crystals was nearly 6,000.
The artillery unit also consumed magic crystals very seriously. Every launch and every training consumed magic crystals, which was a serious waste of money.
Harland County has more than 1,200 magic crystal cannons. The artillery conducts live-fire training two or three times a month, and the annual consumption of magic crystals exceeds 10,000.
It costs a lot to raise magic beasts. Harland County now raises more than 6,000 magic beast horses, which consumes 12,000 magic crystals each year. Raising 140 lion ducks consumes nearly 1,000 magic crystals each year, and hundreds of two-legged flying dragons consume up to 3,000 magic crystals a year.
The magic crystals consumed by military training alone reached 45,000 last year.
This is the cost of training and maintenance in peacetime. If there is a war, the consumption of magic crystals will increase several times. This year's war mobilized 120,000 troops. After only three months of fighting, the magic crystal inventory has been reduced by 100,000.
The most important reason why Richard stopped fighting in the west was the excessive consumption of magic crystals.
Not counting the new members recruited this year, the Harland Mage Association has more than 700 magicians and nearly 5,000 magic apprentices. The magic crystals consumed by magic research and experiments each year add up to nearly 20,000. The magic crystals consumed by the scientific research department for research in a year also add up to several thousand.
All in all, the magic crystals consumed by Harland in a year have exceeded 100,000. According to statistics, it was 106,000 the year before last and as high as 114,000 last year.
Before taking over the Duke of Rex, the magic crystal production of Harland was 85,000 a year, and the loss of magic crystals was nearly 20,000 to 30,000 every year.
Fortunately, Harland had captured the dragon's lair and seized a large number of magic crystals. The foundation accumulated in the past few years was very strong, and the short-term loss was not a problem.
This year, a full-scale war broke out. Harland not only dispatched a magic fleet, but also five of the six magic airship squadrons participated in the war. Hundreds of magic crystal cannons fired in unison, and more than 1,000 magic crystals were consumed every day. Most of the magic crystals accumulated in the inventory in the past few years were consumed in this year's war.
However, starting from this year, the number of plane channels opened has decreased, reducing the consumption of magic crystals. After the war, the Duke of Rex was obtained, and the magic crystal production increased, which should be able to balance income and expenditure.
If there is no war next year, there will even be some surplus.
Looking at the statistics sent from below, Richard thought to himself: "There are only 60,000 magic crystals left in stock, which is not enough to sustain a war. It seems that we should try to avoid mobilizing troops in recent years, and the consumption of magic crystals should be reduced. Especially the military system, we need to be patient for a few years."
Because the military consumes the most magic crystals, Richard decided not to expand the technical arms in the next few years.
Now Harland has 250,000 troops, trained 4,600 Warcraft cavalry, established a Warcraft warhorse breeding base, and also has a two-legged dragon knight regiment and a lion cavalry. The number of Warcraft arms is close to that of the two royal families of Grant and Ryan.
In addition to the Warcraft arms, Harland also has magic fleets, magic crystal cannons, magic airships, and these special arms have more than 20,000 people.
The magic power controlled by Harland is stronger than that of the royal families such as Grant and Ryan. Especially after the annexation of Kanas Magic Academy, the total number of members of the Harland Magic Association has reached more than 16,400, with more than 1,600 formal members. In order to eliminate the original influence, Richard also changed the name of Kanas Magic Academy to Rex Magic Academy.
Thanks to the foundation laid by the East Coast United Kingdom, the scale of Rex Magic Academy is larger than that of Harland Magic Academy.
After controlling Rex Magic Academy, Richard inherited the good policies of the East Coast and continued to test the qualifications of children for free, but due to the limitations of vision and family income, those who came for testing were basically aristocrats.