The landscape of the entire Knight continent is diverse, with the western part of Tobis dominated by grasslands, the southeast of Nila full of hills, the northeast side of Beijung more swamps, and the central part of the country full of large plains.

Most of the land is fertile, with lush vegetation and a wide variety of animals, and rivers of all sizes, making it the richest area on the continent. It is precisely because the land here is the most fertile and the most abundant that the three empires have dreamed of obtaining this fat meat since ancient times.

Although Haba's territory is currently only a wasteland, it is also a very fertile land surrounded by weeds, grass that is taller than a person's head, and a steady stream of southern rivers flowing. There are countless undeveloped lands like this, and if any territory is well governed, it can make a prince.

The Nanshui River flows quietly, and the blue waves ripple on the river surface, forming a color of water and light with the wind and sun. In the grassy wilderness, there are natural scenes of flowers, birds, insects and forests, and this place is almost no different from the primeval grass forest.

At Kesodo's suggestion, Haba led the people to settle near the middle of the Nanshui River, where they burned grass and burned wild trees to dig up soil to build a wooden village.

After three days of hard work, a huge camp was initially completed, there is a deep trench in front of the village, the water of the South River is set up with a screen, the wall is built with tall trees next to the ditch, and a huge camp is formed by the river. With the defense of the stockade, the people no longer have to worry about being attacked by bandits, and survival is the only way out.

Robit led a hundred knights to patrol the territory, Cook's six hundred knights to guard the ten gates, and Haba's one hundred guards to keep the city safe.

In the face of a shortage of manpower, this arrangement barely meets the basic needs, but the ensuing farming and food problems for the people are very serious.

After some estimation, Ke Sodo found Haba and Cook, and said anxiously: "Lord Duke, I have asked people to count in the past two days, and there are more than 200,000 refugees in our group, which is more than the people living in Dragon City. But Longcheng gave us 300 truckloads of flour, and even if we only ate a small piece of bread at a time and ate two meals a day, this flour would only be enough for us to eat for half a month. ”

Haba had no idea about this, and he thought that the three hundred truckloads of flour would last everyone for at least two months, but now it seemed that his estimate was too unrealistic. Half a month, half a month later, everyone ran out of food, and Haba was very anxious.

Seeing that Haba didn't say a word, Cook replied, "That's not a solution!" Look, Lord Earl, that's 200,000 people, 200,000. Now that Dragon City has basically taken out all of its food reserves, Dragon City definitely doesn't have any extra food to support us for the time being. Let's see if you can go to your territory and figure out how to get some food to support you. ”

Kesodo did not refuse, he replied after thinking: "Okay, I will rush back to the territory immediately to arrange it, and I can only collect it from every household." However, there are so many people, and the little flour in our territory will not help, so please ask the Duke to think of a comprehensive countermeasure. ”

Haba nodded slightly and said, "Then trouble Lord Ksodo, and I will convert the food in your territory into gold coins for you." ”

"Okay!" Kesodo smiled from ear to ear, immediately turned to say goodbye, and rode out of the camp with his guards.

Looking at the figure of Ksodo leaving, Cook said to himself: "If we want the refugees to survive until next spring, unless they can send us some food in Sunshine Water and Hwaseong, we don't have to wait until winter, we will all starve to death here." ”

Haba was silent for a few seconds, then asked Cook, "Cook, I want to trouble you to help you run to Hwaseong, would you like to?" ”

"Hwaseong?" Cook frowned and asked, "What are you going to do in Hwaseong?" ”

Haba explained: "Didn't Duke Thatcher give us some gold coins, I want to entrust you to buy some food for everyone, as much as you can, and bring some seeds back for everyone by the way." ”

Cook asked rhetorically, "Oh, isn't that seed sent by Duke Thatcher?" ”

Haba replied calmly: "There are so many refugees, how much can Duke Thatcher send, it is definitely not enough." You have to hurry up and do it, otherwise you will miss the summer planting day, and even if you survive until next year, you will not be able to produce anything, and everyone will starve to death. ”

"Okay!" , Cook agreed without thinking about it. When it comes to contributing to the people, Cook is very positive despite his previous prejudice against Haba.

A few hours later, Cook took five hundred gold coins and led three hundred empty wagons, accompanied by a hundred knights.

After seeing Cook's chariot and horses traveling far away, Haba immediately called Carter over and instructed him: "Carter, I will give you a task, you go to the refugees to organize all the hunters, and let everyone follow Robit to the surrounding mountains and forests to collect wild fruits and prey." There are many mountains and forests around here, so you have to plan for yourself, hunt and gather by district every day, and bring back everything you have to eat, and we have to rely on this food to help you get through the situation. ”

Carter happily replied, "Yes, Lord Duke, there are so many of us, you are so wise that we can't sit back and starve to death." ”

Haba didn't say anything, just silently watched Carter leave, always feeling that this teenager was a little different. There was still a lot of work to do, and Haba had no rest for a moment.

Then he went to the refugee camp and found the former town and village chiefs to divide the refugees into districts and let them take charge. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of these refugees, Haba changed the previous rules of the kingdom and directly distributed the surrounding wasteland to each family, allowing them to cultivate the wasteland by themselves. Where there is land, there must be water for irrigation, and Haba asked the mayors to mobilize men from the camps in the districts and dig deep ditches to divert the water of the South River into the wilderness, and the large canals and small canals are densely packed throughout all the areas that are about to be cultivated.

After the task was assigned, the west bank of the Nanshui River was busy for a while. The fires burned the wilderness to the west, and the refugees came out of the camp in droves, wielding hoes and sickles in their hands to dig through the ancient and wild wilderness.

Haba was not idle, he also divided a piece of wasteland for himself, ploughed the ground and weeded from morning till night, and worked with all the people.

Robit was a little surprised by this, and several times he returned with the Orions, and he saw Haba working barefoot in the field. As a duke, how could he go directly to work in the field, so many things are waiting for him to arrange and deal with, and if you want him, you have to come to this cultivated land.

Once, Namier couldn't help it, and he opened his mouth to complain to Robit: "What kind of words does this look like, why is he still doing this kind of farmer's practice, doing his own work to farm the land, what kind of Duke is this." ”

Young Carter frowned and looked at Namil, and he asked rhetorically, "Lord Guard, we are short of food now, and if we don't plant crops in these fields sooner, we will have nothing to eat next year, and we will still be hungry." The Duke did this in the hope that everyone would be as active as he was and set an example himself. ”

After listening to this, Robit glared at Namier and said, "Do you hear it, Carter knows better than you, and you will have nothing to say to me in the future." ”

Hearing Robit's reproach, Namier pursed her lips and bowed her head in shame.

Robit gestured to Namier and told him to lead the hunters into the camp with food, and then dismounted with Carter and walked into the land where Haba was busy.

Haba worked very hard, and he had dug up more than half of the ten acres of wasteland, and the fertile soil was dark and brown in the sun, as if he had returned to the cultivated land of the royal capital.

Robit unfastened his armor and took off the leather boots on his feet. He fetched a hoe from nearby, and then stepped into the ground with a deep foot and a shallow foot, and kept crossing the ridges that had been piled up, and walked straight towards Haba.

After arriving at Haba's side, Robit wields a hoe and accompanies Haba to dig together. Robit was born in the First Duke's Palace, a rare family in the kingdom, and working in the fields was something he never even dreamed of, but now he is as busy as a farmer.

Haba stopped what he was doing and watched Robit dig seriously, his eyes full of admiration.

Robit looked back at Haba, and while he was busy, he asked happily, "How is it Duke Haba, am I okay with this translation?" ”

With a smile on his face, he nodded his head again and again, without saying a word, and bent down to continue digging the ground.

After more than an hour, Lisa walked with Carter from a distance, and she was in a very happy mood. For the siblings, this land is the most familiar thing to them, they used to accompany their parents to the land, and now they are back in the fields, everything is very close to them.

As the sun sets and a busy day draws to a close, Lisa and Carter bring food and water to them.

Haba reached out and threw the hoe on the ground, and said to Robit, who was beside him, "Lord Robit, it's almost time for today, let's rest and eat something first." ”

Robit was sweating profusely, he put the hoe aside, reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and said happily: "I didn't have the opportunity to work in the field before, but after working for a while today, I realized that the life of farmers is not easy." ”

Haba usually doesn't talk much, he just smiled slightly, and didn't speak. Carter replied to Robitt, "Who's to say it's not." If the nobles in the past could understand the hard work of our people, govern the territory well and be loyal to the kingdom, we Knight would not have fallen into the situation we are in today. ”

"yes!" Robitt reached out and took the water bag handed over by Carter, he raised his head and drank a sip of cold water, stared at the colorful glow in the western sky, and said with emotion: "If you haven't experienced these jobs yourself, how can you know that every piece of food produced in the field comes from a difficult source." If I hadn't turned the ground myself, how would I have known that farm work is so tiring? I wish all our nobles would make the next trip, and I'm sure they'll feel as much as I do. ”

Haba didn't say anything, he took a sip of the water Lisa had handed him, and then turned to walk a few steps ahead, looking out over the wilderness that was still overgrown with weeds.

Standing in the sunset, Haba's figure looked very tall, and judging from the worried expression on his face, he no longer had Robit's feelings, and was more worried about the people's food rations.

Young Carter stared at Haba, and he always felt that the slave-born Duke had a fly in the ointment. As the lord of the territory, Carter thinks that he should spend more time thinking about the major affairs of the territory management, instead of wasting all his time on this land. If the refugees want to settle down, the order of the territory needs to be managed by relevant systems, and these farming matters must also be supervised as soon as possible, at least the requirements and time limits must be put forward to the people, so everything needs to be coordinated by Haba.

But Haba didn't do that, he just took the lead in the fields, and although the people became much more active because of this, Carter always felt that Haba's wisdom lacked some of the demeanor of a leader.

Carter didn't say anything, and some words were not something he could express casually as a teenager, and he could only choose to obey under Haba's leadership, hoping that Haba's approach would really bring a glimmer of life to the refugees.

The setting sun soon penetrated into the clouds, and the four young Knight men walked slowly on the land with their belongings. As ordinary people, they are doing extraordinary things at the moment, and for the Knight world, they are a different generation of newcomers.