After spending a day dealing with the territory, early the next morning, Rollin got into a carriage and took three newly canonized knights and headed for the Fire Lion City in the south.

The three knights, led by Langergo, one of the 700 warriors who followed the Battle of Rollin Vendôme, and one of the most talented warriors in Alpine Town at the beginning. During the time he came to Maple Leaf City, he practiced hard every day, never slackened, and his strength increased, and he was already an elite warrior of level 28. At this level, placed in Fire Lion City, you can already become a knight captain.

The other two, one is Holman, and Emily, a rare female knight, are both level 27 elite warriors.

These three people were not specially promoted by Rollin, they were all promoted for their exploits in exterminating the bandits in the territory, except for the fact that Emily was a woman, the rest were convincing.

Although this trip was with a carriage, this thing was just a pomp and circumstance for the earl's trip, and Rollin didn't like to sit in that kind of enclosed space, so as soon as he left Maple Leaf City, Rollin wore battle armor and rode on a war horse, and the carriage was left for the old butler Jonny and a few servants.

In this world, the etiquette of superiority and humility is not too carefully studied, so it is not too much of a problem for Jonny and his servants to sit in Rollin's carriage. Of course, the power of the core remains unchanged, and the will of the superior is never to be offended.

And just like that, Rollin, three knights, a carriage, and twenty elite soldiers made their way south along the avenue.

The avenue is lined with farmland, and at this time it is a harvest month, and the crops in the fields are ripe. The farmers are busy harvesting, and looking at these crops, they are growing one by one. The whole field was full of gold. Needless to say, this year should be a real bumper harvest.

"Jonny, it looks like these farmers should have a big surplus of grain this year, right?" Rollin slowed down and walked to the window.

The old butler nodded in the carriage and saluted: "Master, you have not issued any conscription decrees this year. These farmers have time to tend to their crops, and all they have is the harvest. Look at this scenario. After this winter, your people will gain a few pounds. They will surely thank you for your kindness. ”

The expected compliment, which Rollin likes to listen to when he is fine, always makes him happy.

"My lord, there are a lot fewer bandits in the territory. Many of them would have been homeless and homeless. But because of your decree on the division of the fields, they all planted crops with peace of mind. Emily laughed.

The decree of division of land was one of the most important decrees issued by Rollin after he assumed the throne of lordship: that is, all people, including criminals, except for murder, were not guilty of the past, and they could report to each town and town, and they could receive the corresponding land.

Naturally, this move was opposed by many nobles in the realm. Because this greatly infringed on their interests, and even made a small riot, but they were all suppressed by Luo Lin.

The Act also provides for another article. That is, all murderers who have committed murder can also enter the army to atone for their crimes by serving, but such people are not allowed to marry a wife for ten years, will not be promoted, and cannot leave the army. If there are no deaths in battle within 10 years, the past crimes will be written off. Become a freedman, and if you stay in the army, you begin to accumulate military merit according to the normal procedure.

This attracted a large number of criminals to join the army, so that Luo Lin quickly filled all the vacancies, not to mention, and nearly 2,000 more people.

According to the decree of the kingdom, these two thousand people must be disbanded, otherwise Rollin will be suspected of rebellion.

Of course, Rollin would not offend the sensitive nerves of the Grand Duke, and he sent all 2,000 men to the Godlin Mountains in the north as mountain guards. The crime is exile, and at the same time, it is the duty to protect the north and prevent the frost giants from going south.

Of course, since there is a duty of guardianship, it is natural that someone will go to the north to teach these criminals martial arts and give them the most basic training and equipment. This is actually a sideshow.

But it can't be helped, the frost giants have been going south lately, so no one refutes Rollin's statement, and everyone hopes that they can be safe while sleeping, rather than being smashed in the head by giants from the north.

Through the guò decree, all the idle adult men in the territory no longer went around doing nothing, but devoted themselves to production.

The security of the territory is also unprecedentedly good, and with the soldiers suppressing bandits everywhere, the bandits in the two counties under the Rollin Territory are almost completely extinct.

This achievement is obvious to all, and Rollin's popularity among the people has skyrocketed.

Now, the common people, whether they were peasants working in the fields or merchants on the go, addressed the Count with the word 'my lord', and a 'mine' marked their sense of belonging.

However, old Jonny was a little worried: "But, sir, the tax rate you have set this year is so low, and many places have also exempted taxes, I am afraid that the grain in the barn this year will not be much more than in previous years." ”

In this era, grain is the most valuable asset of the noble lords, and this has become a habitual thinking.

Rollin waved his hand, disapproving: "It won't be like this every year." As for grain, there should indeed be some grain stored in the granary. However, I have already sent people to the private sector to buy surplus grain, and there will be no shortage of them. ”

He had hundreds of thousands of gold coins in his hand, and of course it would be a waste to spend this money in the treasury as a decoration. The best way, naturally, is to put them in the market and circulate them.

Since this year is a bumper harvest, Luo Lin used the way of buying surplus grain to scatter coins among the people.

In this way, every family will not go hungry, and people will have money in their hands. The minimum need to feed the stomach has been satisfied, and with money in hand, it is natural to buy clothes and daily necessities to make your life more comfortable.

In this way, those women weavers, furniture manufacturers, agricultural tool merchants, blacksmiths, and other trades will benefit and develop one after another.

All in all, wherever these coins flow, they will be boosted, just as a dry field irrigates a clear spring.

And these coins do not slip away, and when they flow throughout the territory, they will eventually return to him in the form of guò taxes. And in the whole process, the whole society has created a huge amount of wealth.

This is Rollin's way of thinking and vision from the modern age. Unlike other lords, the amount of coins in his hands was no longer a means for him to show off his wealth, and he focused on the prosperity of the entire realm. Focus on the productivity of the territory, focus on the talent in the territory.

In Rollin's view, these things are the real wealth, and only then can they form a real force to fight against the army of the undead.

Old Jonny, of course, knew what Rollin was doing, and he was standing at a height that was too low, so he didn't agree with it in his heart, and he couldn't understand it. But the lord's authority was growing, and he no longer could verbally contradict the lord. So he could only say, "Master, you are a benevolent lord. ”

"Hehe, you've counted me down in your heart again." Rollin smiled.

Old Jonny was speechless and could only laugh dryly.

chatting all the way. Five days later, the group left Maple County, and four days later, crossed Levine County and entered the Grand Duke's territory.

After walking around the territory for a while, Emily sighed, "Look at the farmers in the fields, listless, without a smile on their faces, their bodies are scrawny. The crops of the land grow and are weak. I felt another world. ”

These are completely two extremes from what I saw in the territory a few days ago, and it almost makes people feel like heaven and hell.

The three knights were all born commoners, and if it weren't for the fact that their families were too poor. And the lord is insatiable, and the guide can't live, who will come out to be a mercenary. These past experiences make them particularly touched by this,

Holman also said: "I heard that this is the Wilson Knight's fief, it seems that this guy really doesn't know how to run the territory."

"Huh. I don't think so. Langergo shook his head, he knew a little more: "The knight must prepare armor for his son. A normal set of knight's armor costs 500 gold coins. For a knight with only a small fief, he must only squeeze his own people to maintain the dignity of a knight and save money. ”

Anyway, in a word, it's the trouble of having no money, not all places are as rich as Vendôme, and not all lords carry hundreds of thousands of gold coins in their pockets like Rollin, as knights at the bottom of the nobility, most of the days are very hard.

When Holman and Emily heard this, it suddenly dawned in their hearts that their armor was all given by Rollin, and they had never bothered about it, and now that Longgo said this, they felt how lucky they were.

"It's unexpected." Holman muttered, he had always longed for the knightly scenery, but it turned out to be only the scenery in front of people.

Emily glanced at the Earl in the middle of the line, who was still talking to the old butler and did not hear a whisper between them.

Looking at this young lord, Emily suddenly had a wonderful feeling, as if he had a magical power in him, wherever he went, there would be changes because of him, for the better.

"What if he becomes king? Will his kingdom be as good as it is today, Maple Leaf and Levine? Emily couldn't help but think so.

Just as the group was calmly moving forward, suddenly, a loud roar came from the sky, breaking the surrounding silence.

"It's a dragon!" One of the warriors cried out.

"Protect the Lord!" Someone shouted loudly.

"Kill!" The warriors rushed towards Rollin desperately.

When Rollin looked up, he saw a huge black shadow rushing towards him, this black shadow was indeed a dragon, with its wings outstretched, its wingspan was fifteen meters wide, the scales on its body were blue and white, and the muscles on its body were extremely strong, but there was still a big gap compared to the dragon body of Vianna or Iona.

He just stretched out his huge dragon claws and grabbed them from Rollin.

"It's a flying dragon, but it's a level 39 power, is this looking for death?" Rollin drew the sword at his waist and prepared to slash it.

Coldly, something came to his mind that came to mind directly, and it was the voice of the flying dragon: "Earl, I have something to look for you." Don't resist, or your followers will all die! ”

Rollin looked at the scene of people flipping on their backs, this kind of scene, as long as the opponent smashed a spell, all the warriors could be sent to heaven.

After a flash of thought, Rollin made a decision, gave up the fight, and withdrew his sword and shield.

"Wise choice!" The flying dragon smiled, stretched out his claws and gently grabbed Luo Lin on the horse's back, flapped his wings, and flew high into the air.

The knights reacted, and Emily shouted angrily, "Die! ”

She quickly drew her own arrows and shot them at the dragon in the sky, but her proud sword skills did not help, and when the tip of the arrow hit the dragon scales, a magical light appeared on the dragon scales, which ordinary arrows could not break at all.

All the fighters are in a hurry, but they are helpless.

At this time, a voice came from the sky, it was the voice of the lord: "I'm fine, you continue to move towards the principality!" (To be continued)