From my previous posts as you know, I'm in favor of liberating the Harchong ex-serf dependents even by purchase, there's going to be plenty of land for them to settle and make all their own without long journeys to Charis etc, even though I'm sure Sharleyan and Cayleb will insist on some making their homes in Charis and Chisholm specifically to show the empire is open to all.
Besides "Buying Sodar", I'm again referring to the Barren Lands, more immediately Greentree and Westbreak Islands, which already have some population so terraforming isn't impossible, just a low priority until now.
I'd prefer the companies who need the labor to hire the immigrants in their home countries, rather than the crown providing passage, they'd have a more vested interest in getting the people they need.
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PeterZ wrote:JeffEngel wrote:
The key industries are having to develop skilled labor from scratch or nearly so, putting a serious crimp in development, however much money or urgency there is. But certainly there are plenty of sources of labor, materials, and money to shift around to cover the remaining needs and support the development of transportation as well as direct industry.
Which brings me back to an idea discussed a while back. Buy Harchong slave women and children for resettling and emancipation in Charis. Encourage immigration for sure, but why not also buy slaves make free where their labor is more needed?