When Yat and his entourage rode slowly into the southern valley, in the middle of Tignats County in the north, the civil magistrate Cooper personally led the cantonment, two chief officials (including subordinate officials) and a team of peasants and more than 30 households escorted three carts of grain and wheat seeds, a cart of wine, meat, fruits and vegetables, and a cart of farm tools to the manor known as Stone Pine Fort, accompanied by the new lord of Stone Pine Castle, the leading banner knight Odo Fernando, and two attendants.

Stone Pine Castle, originally a fiefdom manor of Baron Barzell of the frontier, was named after dozens of tall stone pines that grew in the mountains and forests north of the manor.

It is located in the center of Tinets County, the land is relatively fertile, the people are relatively rich, the area under the jurisdiction of the mature land is enough to cultivate thousands of acres, more than 60 serfs, more than 200 people, was originally the top manor in Tinets County.

However, two years ago, Baron Bazel "died tragically" on his way home from Wincheston Manor; After Bazel's death, there was no one to inherit the estate, and a Bernard magnate took advantage of the situation and sent a retainer to govern it.

The rest of the matter is very simple, at the end of last year, when Baron Antayas was clearing the western army in the county, he only sent a knight to lead more than 30 peasant soldiers to capture this place, and the retainer in charge fled early.

At that time, Yat had not yet received the title of Tiniez, and Antayas would not be relentless, so the grain, baggage, gold and silver goods in Shisong Fort were basically swept away by him, and most of the serfs and people in the territory were also captured by him.

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“...... Otto, late last year, Baron Antayas attacked the Stonepine Fort manor, which was sacked by the army. Some time ago, Scott personally surveyed that there were only 21 old and weak households and 57 people left in the manor, and the grain reserves were less than a month, and the farm tools and wheat seeds for spring plowing were even more scarce. ”

"When the lord was leaving, he repeatedly told the civil affairs that he wanted the new lords' estates to be restored to their original state as soon as possible, so I urgently allocated 6,000 pounds of grain and 2,000 pounds of wheat seeds from the public treasury, and requisitioned and resettled the newly recruited 30 households to Shisong Fort, which were all allocated to you by the civil administration on behalf of the lord."

"This grain and material is definitely not enough, so I will continue to borrow grain, farm tools and livestock from Wincheston Manor, Southwest Farm and other places to Shisong Fort to let the people organize spring plowing as soon as possible. However, the latter grain and livestock and farm tools must be counted as borrowed from the public by Shisong Fort, and we will return them with the taxes of Shi Song Fort within five years. So the tax you will probably not get much from Stonepine in the next few years, so you have to be prepared for that. ”

"However, the land here is fertile and abundant, and you will definitely reap the rewards in a few years."

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Otto had absolute respect for old Cooper, who had a transcendent position in the military and civil affairs of the valley, and even the Viscountess Lottie called the old man Uncle Cooper.

Of course, this old man did not only rely on Art's trust and seniority in the valley to obtain a transcendent status, but more because this bearded old man who was more than half a hundred years old was one of the founders of this paradise, and many things Lord Art just put forward ideas and deployed tasks, and it was almost this old guy who really implemented it.

Transcendent status, high qualifications, super ability, and a kind personality made Old Cooper a well-deserved Venerable of the Valley.

"Old butler, I'm sorry for the trouble, if it weren't for the hard work of you and the civil affairs guys, I'm afraid it would be difficult for Shisong Fort to recover for more than ten years, and the five-year period is already very fast." Otto is also a first-hand witness to the construction of the valley, he knows the hardships of running a territory, and if he is really fully responsible, he really doesn't know when he will be able to pull it out.

Cooper nodded, "Since you have entrusted me with the fiefdom, I will have to run the territory for you." Your Excellency has said that on the day when you become famous, you who will return to the fiefdom will see a prosperous warehouse and a prosperous people......"

As they spoke, the group had arrived at the Stone Pine Fort Manor, and the people who had learned in advance of the arrival of the new lord had already been waiting to kneel outside the broken gate of the manor to greet them.

Odore reined in his horse, jumped off the horse and glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, except for a very few serf-like men who were young and strong, most of them were just gray-bearded old men, women with uncovered clothes, and children with snot snot, fortunately it was already spring, and the temperature would be milder and milder, otherwise there would not be many people who would have frozen to death.

Looking at the "leaders" like homeless beggars kneeling on the ground, Odo couldn't help but gasp, which is this farmer who cultivates the land, it is simply a group of hungry wolves that suck blood and eat meat, what use can it be except for wasting food.

Old Cooper couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at the group of ragged, unkempt and thin guys on the ground, and secretly cursed Antayas fiercely in his heart.

It's ugly, after all, it's also a fiefdom.

Scott, the canton, and Lawrence, the construction officer, commanded the newly recruited lords who had been resettled from the county town of Tignaz to kneel along with the original lords and wait for the proclamation of the new lords.

Seeing that he was ready, Cooper got off the mule with the support of Odo, took out a canonization document from his bosom, nodded to Odo, and began to read aloud to the "lords" on the ground, "Pardon, canonize three hundred acres of fertile land in the Shisongbao Manor in Tionets County, fifty households, and buildings, roads, bridges, forests, lakes, rivers and palaces in the southern frontier of the palace, Odo Fernando; From now on, Sir Odofernando will be the lord of the Rock Pine Manor, giving him the power of justice, taxation, military affairs, and people's livelihood in his domain, accepting the protection of the feudal king, and fulfilling the obligations of the vassal......"

"The Viscount of the Frontier of the Court, the Knight of the Guard, the Military Officer of the Southern Frontier of the Palace, the Commander of the Southern Garrison Corps, the Patrol Officer of the Southern Frontier of the Palace, the Warden of the County of Tinets and the Ruler of Viscount Atwood Wells, signed and sealed by himself."

After Cooper finished reading, he handed the canonization document with the seal of art in sheepskin and the lacquer seal of the coat of arms to Otto beside him, and Otto bowed down and raised his hand to accept the canonization paper.

After taking the book, Odo stood up and looked at the kneeling lords, who were led by a middle-aged man and shouted, "God bless Lord Otto Fernando." ”

The voice was not very neat, the pitch was different, and Otto did not expect a group of hungry people who were struggling on the verge of life and death to show the momentum of the military soldiers' marching salute.

Otto took two steps forward, holding the canonization document in his hand and issuing the first order to go to the territory of the fief, "I, the knight of the banner of the palace frontier and the lord of the manor of Stone Pine Castle, Odo Fernando, issue the first order. ”

Odo-Dod paused so that everyone could hear.

"From now on, I entrust the management of the Stonepine Fort Manor to the civil affairs officer who is the Viscount of Atwood Wells, and the civil affairs officer will manage the affairs of the territory on his behalf, and the order issued by the civil affairs officer is equivalent to my personal order, and all those who do not obey can be killed and killed!"

The old and new lords who knelt on the ground still didn't understand why the new lord would entrust the jurisdiction of the territory to others, but the middle-aged man who led the way immediately took the lead in kowtowing and receiving orders, and everyone responded in a sparse manner.

Even if the simple formality process was completed, Otto asked all the lords to get up, and Scott waved his hand past the middle-aged man who had been leading the lords just now.

The middle-aged man is actually in his twenties, a farmer in Shisongbao Manor, and due to the long-term pressure of fish and meat by the lord, this man who is less than thirty years old is already full of vicissitudes.

Scott pointed to the man kneeling in front of Odo, whose clothes had several big holes in his clothes and his boots were showing his toes, "Lord Odo, the original village elders of Stone Pine Fort and the housekeepers and servants of the manor have either died or escaped, this is the farmer in the manor, everyone calls him the iron plowman, he is honest and reliable, and he has some prestige in the manor, when I came last time, I let him temporarily manage the manor until the civil administration took over, what do you think?" ”

"Big Brother Scott, the people you picked out are naturally good, I agree." Otto raised his hand to help the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man looked flattered.

"Baff, has the manor house been cleaned up?" Scott asked.

"My lord, my lords, the mansion has been cleaned, and I am waiting for you at any time." Barf replied respectfully.

"Okay, old butler, Lord Otto, Brother Lawrence, let's go in~"

The group entered the manor, and Cooper, who had traveled all the way, rested in the manor mansion, while Scott and Lawrence led the civil officials and peasants to help Otto settle the lords and unload the grain and baggage......

Otto also personally gathered the lords and gave each of them a gift - he took out his own money bag and made a good quality iron hoe for each of them in the valley workshop. This can be regarded as Odo's hope for the people to work diligently in agriculture and manage the territory.

In the evening, in the name of the new lord, Odo held a simple but lively banquet in the Shisongbao Manor with wine, meat, fruits and vegetables specially brought by the civil administration.

Early the next morning, Cooper and several civil officials left the Rock Pine Fort Manor, and they had to rush back to the valley to prepare to take Angus and Bass and Kazak to the fiefdom, and the civil affairs were still busy.

The civil administration here in Shisongbao Manor also left three officials to help straighten out the affairs, and Otto and his attendants will also return to the North Guan Military Fort in the valley after resting for two days in Shisongbao.

This is specially arranged by Art, so that the people of Odochi who have obtained the territory must experience the comfort of being a lord......

“...... Otto and the others should have gone to the Territory of Renyi in the past few days, you should still stay and go to the Territory, the place where you were canonized is good, a mill area by the river, there are two mills and ten households, only two mills can collect tens of thousands of fennig mill taxes every year, and there are dozens of acres of irrigated land around the mills......" Art rode on horseback, let the horse pac the path on the bank of the river, and said nonchalantly to the guard officer Ron beside him.

It was the third day after the distress in the canyon basin, and the road from the basin to the south was easier than before, and it was clear that this road was an occasional passage for the fierce mountain people, and the road was not wide but allowed two horses to go side by side, and everyone no longer had to cut vines and grass to open the way.

Moreover, there were no more villages along the way, and there were no people except for the road out of the mountains, and Art was even more convinced that the group of mountain people he had met three days ago should be the bandits and rogues who had escaped from the mountains.

At this time, the Lamel Mountains on the right also began to slowly descend, and everyone should be about to walk out of the valley.

Ron chewed the hard bacon jerky in his mouth, and replied nonchalantly: "Master, in fact, I am really not very interested in the mining of the city, my family has a lot of honors and favors, my father and mother are both paid in the civil administration, and now even Camille is with his wife, and our family is not short of money." I prefer to follow you out on an adventure than being a little master in the territory, and I've had enough of these mountains and rivers these days. As for the mill fiefdom, let Grandpa Cooper and Father worry about it, I don't have that leisure~"

Art was also about to criticize Ron, and Matthew, who was exploring the way in front of the team, drove his horse back, "My lord, ahead is the mouth of the canyon where the river used to flow out of the valley, I rode out to see, and outside the canyon is the Gentle Hill Plain~"

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Chapter 387: The Vassals Go to Duty