Although the Santos family picks the door, there is no lack of etiquette, because Luther who came to visit is a count, so the old Count Santos with the same status came forward to greet him.

The improvised arrangement was hasty but decent, with two rows of soldiers standing neatly on either side at the gate of the castle, while the other stood at the gate waiting for Luther's carriage.

After the carriage stopped, Luther tidied up his clothes, and then got out of the carriage, although it was a bit unsuitable to sit in this ordinary carriage as his identity, but everyone around him behaved strangely, and it could be seen that the rules of the Santos family were still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Hello Count Santos, I'm Sears, Luther Sears, and it's an honor to meet you. Luther smiled and walked towards the gray-haired old man, and then shook the other's hand.

"Just call my grandfather, hahaha, arrange the housekeeper's dinner. As he spoke, the old man dragged Luther inside.

Luther, who thought he would be unwelcome, was stunned, because his father didn't know where to run with his mother, and he didn't have any contact for so many years, but he didn't expect the old earl to be angry, according to Luther, the other party was furious when he knew at the time, because the youngest daughter of the Santos family was the old man's favorite.

Generally, the daughters of aristocratic families mostly end in misery, and they may become victims again because of accidental remarriage after becoming victims, and these things are too many, so it is unthinkable to be loved and get a satisfactory marriage at that time.

Along the way, Luther was not in a hurry to express his intentions, after all, no matter how anxious he was, he would not miss this time.

Coping with each other's various problems, the two came to the hall.

"Why are you the only one? Old Sas, even if there is no one in the Sears family, he won't run away, right?" the old man gently nodded on the table and motioned for the servant to serve the wine, and then looked at Luther with some doubts.

"Of course not, he has more important things to do at the moment, so I didn't ask him to follow. ”

You must not be very anxious when you ask someone to do something, especially when you should be calm as an earl.

So even if the old man didn't ask anything and accompanied him to talk about it, he would talk about the past for a while, and talk about the Santos family and Santos City for a while, he would also respond to each other one by one.

It didn't take long for two middle-aged people to arrive, and then Count Santos introduced the two, both of whom were his mother's elder brothers, and now both had the title of baron, but they were only nameless.

At present, the two are responsible for managing the taxes in the city and the defense of the family, the one who manages the taxes is called Tucker, and the one who manages the defense is called Jonah.

After hearing this, Luther guessed that it might be old Santos, I feel that I am old, and I may intend to test the two of them and want to choose an heir, as long as I can do one of them, at least the Santos family will not decline too quickly.

"Little Sears, what do you think is the foundation of a family's survival?"

Luther sighed, and said secretly in his heart, can you not ask me when you observe your two sons, what is this?

Although he didn't want to answer, Luther hesitated for a moment and then said: "Harmony, there will be more possibilities for a stable interior."

After internal stability, it is external strength. ”

This is almost what Luther thinks at present, what Sears needs at present is stability, and only stability can develop better.

"Well, that's an interesting statement, though it's not quite what I thought.

By the way, little Sears, tell me why you're here this time. The old earl nodded and motioned for his two sons to stand aside, and then asked Luther why he had come.

Luther breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then said slowly: "Dear Count Santos, my grandfather, the Sears family is now being watched by a pack of wild wolves, and it is still the kind of wild wolf that has just come of age.

You, as my maternal grandfather, and the Santos family, as a friend and relative of the Sears family, I feel you should give some help. Luther didn't talk too much nonsense, directly indicating that the family's plight needed support.

"That's bad news, little Sears, but what do you think can convince me to help?

I can lend you gold coins, and so can the soldiers, but how much you borrow depends on your attitude. ”

What a special iron rooster, Luther scolded secretly, listen to the old man's meaning, if you borrow it directly, you can borrow it, but how much you borrow is not necessarily, thinking that this family is famous for picking doors, he also knows that there is no benefit, I am afraid that I will not be able to get many soldiers.

But it's not easy to satisfy this greedy guy, that's what makes him upset, and besides, this old man changed his face too quickly, and when he first entered the door, he had the attitude that you were my grandson, and he became serious when he mentioned the business just now.

The hall was quiet, and even the occasional crackling sound could be heard as the oil seals containing the animal oil burned.

The old man waited quietly for Luther to pick up the wine glass and take a sip of red wine, and his somewhat shriveled face showed a smile of satisfaction after drinking the wine.

Luther had also considered borrowing troops from the Santos family at what cost, but he really had nothing to give, and the 2,000 gold coins were not enough in the first place, so it definitely wouldn't work, and I heard the old man just now mean that the gold coins could also be lent to him.

"I don't know how much revenue Santos City can bring in right now, but I estimate it can at least double it.

Also, I can give you a farming method. After Luther said this, he wanted to kiss himself, what is the most important thing here? Food, with excess food, we can feed more people and make the territory develop better.

At present, all the farmland here is a three-nursery system, and only one and two fields are planted each year to rest, and only after the autumn harvest will another plot be used to sow the autumn crops.

Whether it is the Sears Territory or the Santos Territory, Luther has seen that although this kind of farmland is far from good, it is too inefficient, and this has a lot to do with their extensive farming.

This kind of herding mix has always existed, so these people don't realize the problem at all, or don't have a chance to think about it.

The lords and nobles will not think about this, they will only constantly squeeze the labor force, while the peasant slaves will focus all their energy on completing the task and will not have extra time to think about it.

Even if they thought about it, it was useless, who could they tell the lords, and they were probably dragged out and whipped without even having a chance to speak.

At this time, Luther's idea was to abolish the integration of agriculture and animal husbandry, adopt simple farming, and divide it in detail according to the five articles of the land cultivation law.

But as for how much, it depends on the sincerity of the old Santos on the other side and his own mood, if the other party's sincerity is enough, maybe we can talk about fertilizer.