The next day, Zhu Jiancheng ordered a team of 20 soldiers and 80 soldiers to follow Old Jack to the Harris family's territory, led by Zhu Gang, who was in charge of the construction of the independent manor of the viscount. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the way to the Harris family, Zhu Gang said this to Old Jack from time to time, the journey was long, and it was really uncomfortable to rush in a muffled voice, after all, the march of a hundred people must be slower than that of Old Jack alone.

"Old Jack, you are now the first and only knight lord under our Baron Ronal, have you ever thought about how to develop in the future?" Zhu Gang asked Old Jack with a smile.

"Hey, where do I know how to develop, when I used to follow the baron, I always did things according to the rules, but now that I have become a lord, I really don't know what to do. I just want to grow some sweet potatoes and wheat right now to feed a few more people. Old Jack shook his head and said.

Zhu Gang said, "Haha, old Jack, why do you feel like you're very pessimistic, aren't you just a few little sand beasts, as for it?" Didn't I bring someone to help you? ”

Old Jack laughed twice at Zhu Gang.

Zhu Gang said again, "I can give you ideas, do you want to hear it?" ”

Old Jack was overjoyed, he knew his ability, and it was okay to do things according to the rules, but high development and innovation were really not his strong point, and if he only imitated the development of knight leaders in other places, it was not suitable for him, after all, his foundation was too thin, and he didn't have much materials and people in his hands.

And he didn't want to find someone to talk to, even his son was busy with his own business, and even if Johnson wanted to contribute, I'm afraid there was no good idea. And Old Jack still admires the children of the Ronal family very much, and often has some whimsical ideas, which can often break the convention, break the cognition, and achieve very good results.

Old Jack hurriedly said, "Lord Zhu Gang, then you should tell me what good ideas you have." ”

Zhu Gang said: "What do you think of the profit project of the barony's gladiatorial arena now? ”

Old Jack chewed on Zhu Gang's words, thought for a while and said, "The gladiatorial arena is a very profitable project, but it is not suitable for me, besides, this is a project that the barony has always had, not to mention that I don't have that strength, even if I do, I don't dare to compete with the barony for business." ”

Zhu Gang said, "If you really want to do it, it's not impossible, I can find Zhu Jiancheng to talk about it, as long as he relaxes, there is still a chance." As for the lord's side, you don't have to worry at all, can't you see what kind of person the lord is? He was concerned about the population, area, and wealth of his territory, and he didn't care who helped him bring it. If you are confident that you can do a better job in the gladiatorial arena, you can bring greater profits. There's still a good chance for that. ”

Old Jack asked, "But I don't have that kind of strength, just to build the site requires a lot of cost and manpower, in addition to all kinds of supporting facilities, especially security issues, it is too difficult to do, and I don't have enough troops in my hands." ”

Zhu Gang said, "This is not easy to do, you can apply to the barony for contracting, directly contract the business of the gladiatorial arena, as for the cost, you can borrow money from the barony and make an IOU, you can increase the tax, you don't say the territorial tax now, but after contracting the gladiatorial arena, you can pay the operating tax of the gladiatorial arena." ”

Although Old Jack is limited to his own limited cognition, he is not stupid, and he has been a city magistrate for a year or two, and he soon understood what Zhu Gang meant, that is, he applied to the barony to contract the gladiatorial arena to operate in his own territory, and he had to pay additional taxes every year, just to make up for the loss of the barony helping him. At the same time, it is also a dividend with the barony.

Old Jack was excited in his heart, the profit of the gladiatorial arena was too great, it was the biggest profit item in the barony besides white salt and sugar, if his family could get a little bit here, even if he couldn't control the real power of his territory, just getting a profit every year was enough for him to buy another knight's collar.

But old Jack thought about it and asked, "You haven't helped me talk about how to solve the security problem." Old Jack looked at Zhu Gang with expectant eyes.

But Zhu Gang laughed loudly, drove the horse forward, causing Old Jack to follow in a hurry, and shouted loudly as he ran, "You wait for me, what the hell, how to solve it, you say it" Old Jack was a little out of breath when he chased after him.

After nearly five days of traveling, the team was finally about to arrive at the Harris family's territory, and along the way, Old Jack took the trouble to chase after Zhu Gang and ask him how to govern the territory and how to run the gladiatorial arena.

And under Old Jack's persistent questioning, Zhu Gang finally told him how to ensure safety, that is, to have an army, but this moment stumped Old Jack, the knight's army is limited in size, and it is impossible for him to train the same warrior as Baron Ronal, but this point was quickly solved by Zhu Gang, if the soldiers are not called soldiers, but the people, but they all obey your orders.

Old Jack understood as soon as he heard this: "I borrowed money from the baron to hire a large number of soldiers to my domain, and they all used the status of the lord, and as for their salary, it was naturally the profit of the gladiatorial arena. But what would the Baron think, how could he allow such a thing to happen? ”

Zhu Gang: "You think too much about this, with the strength of the baron, no matter how many ordinary soldiers there are, the barony will not take it seriously, but there is one thing you can't have more than 10 fighters." As long as you do it, I think there's a good chance that this thing will succeed. And your territory is also expected to develop into a small city in the future, as long as the barony helps you hide it, I believe that no one will deliberately look for trouble"

Old Jack was right when he thought about it, generally the people below violated the rules, as long as the superior lord allowed it, there would be nothing. It's just that the city can't be too good, what castles and inner cities definitely can't have, at most one outer city wall, and if you have a large number of spell scrolls, it's easy to build an outer city wall.

In this way, Old Jack entered Harris's settlement with full fighting spirit and team. Seeing the scene inside, Old Jack was also a little embarrassed and said, "This is my first start, and I really have no choice but to make up for it." ”

It turned out that in Zhu Gang's eyes, the scene in front of him looked like a knight's leader. There is household garbage everywhere, as well as some low wooden houses.

All the slaves were being driven into the fields by a few soldiers and began to grow sweet potatoes.

The anklets on his body made a jingling sound from time to time.