The month of recovery has arrived.

The long, cold winter days in the north of the continent have finally left the land, and while the remnants of its power are still formidable, the warmer temperatures and the warm days of the sun on end still give rise to a sense of hope—at least in Cecil's territory, the word "hope" is no longer an elegant word for the upper class to express their feelings after dinner, but something tangible that the common people can also look forward to.

A baby was born, in the days when the earth was just rejuvenated.

In the "West End Factory Apartment", which was recently completed this winter, a young new father entertains visiting neighbors and friends with a little scrambling, and the small living room is crowded with guests with gifts, although all they can do is a few meager teas and snacks, but the guests clearly don't care—few people can imagine that just a few months ago these people were a group of homeless and unknown wilderness people.

They wandered in the wilderness, made their home in Cecil, met in the buffer camps, became acquainted in building houses, and eventually became friends in factories, and it was a great thing for these people who lived through those homeless days to have one of them become a father in the warmth of their home.

And at this moment, one of the people standing at the door suddenly shouted: "The lord is here!" ”

The people were stunned, but the lord did come—the tall figure soon appeared in the doorway, and the people all felt familiar with it.

Gawain soon saw the young new father in the crowd - the kind of joy that could not be concealed, he quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop the frightened other party who wanted to salute: "Today is the day you bring hope to this land, there is no need to salute." Is mother and child safe? ”

"Yes...... Yes, Lord Lord...... "The young man was visibly nervous, but excited with joy, and he stammered and rubbed his hands, "All are safe, all are safe......

Gawain smiled gently, "Can I take a look at that kid?" ”

"Of course, of course ......"

The newborn baby and the young mother were in the quiet and undisturbed inner room, and although there were many visitors, only a few had ever entered, and Gawain was probably the most special one among the visitors who had arrived today.

Thanks to the popularity of the new magic net, the system of using magic heaters to heat the entire building through thermal ducts is now the standard for new houses on the territory, and this apartment building completed in winter is no exception, and the warm and constant temperature of the house is the key to the safety of the mother and child - otherwise, winter childbirth will be a matter of life and death for most civilian mothers.

In the warm inner chamber, Gawain saw the baby in its swaddling clothes.

He was a healthy boy, wrinkled, unable to open his eyes, and was now sleeping peacefully.

An apprentice apothecary is here to care for a woman and baby after childbirth - not some wandering witch or "wandering doctor" who can only fool people, but one of Pittman's own apprentices. Although no real druids have yet appeared among Pittman's apprentices, at least in the fields of pharmacy, medicine and surgery, which do not require magical talents, these apprentices are professionals.

Looking at the infant baby, Gawain smiled.

It's the first newborn in the territory – almost a year after the territory was built, the first baby was born here, but it's not surprising at all.

For the people of this land were either the eight hundred refugees who had survived from the old Cecil, or the purchased serfs and slaves, or the outcasts gathered from the wilderness, not to mention the serfs and slaves, the slave traders never sold the pregnant female slaves, and the refugees and the outcasts went through the most upheaval of the trials, and in that test......

It is very difficult for any pregnant woman or fetus to survive.

The child in front of him is lucky, if it weren't for his parents finding a place to live in time, he may not be able to be born safely in this world.

His parents were among the first to immigrate here, with a young father now working in a rune foundry and a mother working as a textile worker.

"Does the child have a name?" Gawain turned his head and asked the young father who had followed him into the house.

"Not ...... yet" The young father grabbed his hand, his eyes took off Gawain more than once, and landed on his child's face, he showed a little honest smile, "We wanted to give him a random name, but ...... But I went to school and I wanted to ask the teachers at the school to help me come up with a name for my child...... Learned people's names can make children smarter, and they will definitely be faster than me in the future......"

Gawain couldn't help laughing, laughing at the young father's innocent and simple thoughts, but also with a hint of relief: this person who was originally illiterate now at least knows that it is good for children to know how to read.

Then he shook his head: "In that case, I'll come up with a name, and he will be called 'Ors'." ”

In the lingua franca of humanity in this world, this pronunciation means "hope".

The young father was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening, and he immediately saluted: "Sense...... Thank you for giving this child a name! ”

Then he muttered to himself, "Today...... It's a good day, it's a good day......"

"Don't forget to register this child as a resident and get an identity card," Gawain smiled and helped the helpless man up, he had abolished the rule that commoners should bow when they saw nobles, but people's habitual bowing and even kneeling are not so easy to ban, these can only be done slowly, "In addition, you can report to the Resident Affairs Department of the Government Affairs Department in three days and receive a daily necessities, including rations and cloths, tonics, and common medicines." ”

The young father obviously didn't expect that Tianding in the family would receive a "reward", and hurriedly saluted and thanked: "Thank you for your generous reward!" ”

"It's not a reward, remember, a reward is not the same as a government grant," Gawain stressed, "it's an administrative system, it's a law at this stage, and for ten years from today, all the families of newborn babies in the territory can receive a 'subsidy' from the government department, which is to reward you for your contribution to the population of the territory." And ten years later...... The Government Affairs Office will determine whether or not to continue the subsidy based on the circumstances. ”

The people in the room listened to Gawain as if they didn't understand, they probably didn't fully understand all the meaning and significance of this "system", but they certainly understood the part that was related to their own interests, and that was enough.

After returning to the Lord's Palace, Gawain immediately called Hetty and asked her to arrange the "Newborn Reward and Allowance", and when everything was arranged, he sat down in his large chair and began to plan the development of the territory after the end of winter.

The territory was reclaimed smoothly, foreign commerce also earned a lot of wealth, and the military defense was increasing day by day, and the baby boom would soon arrive under the premise of worry-free food, clothing, and safety.

However, it took a long time for infants to grow into laborers, so for a short time, Cecil's population growth still depended on two parts, one was to continue to buy slaves and gradually emancipate them into freemen, and the other was to continue to collect the outcasts.

In addition to this, Cecil's current population actually had an additional huge increase in the number of inhabitants from the Kant Domain, as well as the large number of farms and cultivated villages attached to the Kant Domain, as well as the large number of idle people in the eastern hills.

These people were now Cecil's legitimate subjects, but they had to be "indoctrinated" by Cecil's law and order.

Fortunately, "indoctrination" did not begin in the spring.

Over the past winter, Gawain has been subtly influencing the Kant Territory - his de facto rule over the land is not limited to sending soldiers to maintain order, building roads, and commercial occupations, but he is also gradually transferring Cecil's rules to the Kant region: at first, the craftsmen who came to Cecil to make a living abide by Cecil's rules, and then used these craftsmen as a breakthrough to carry out various construction projects in Kant's town, adding small factories, shopping streets, The renovated neighborhoods brought Kant a source of economic resources and a better standard of living for the winter, as well as a new way of life, followed by the stationing of soldiers to maintain law and order in the new neighborhoods, constant propaganda, and the intervention of Padraic to "unify ideas" with the more prominent people in the area......

Today, within the towns under the direct control of Viscount Kant, the inhabitants have grown accustomed to accepting Cecil's order, but Gawain still has one problem to solve: Kant leads the original knightly class.

The people who control the surrounding villages, wilderness development points, and garrison points are the old knights of Kant's realm.

These knights, who were the end of the Ansu aristocratic system, were a distant extension of the feudal lords, and although they had no legislative power, no independent lordship to claim, and many of the privileges and glory of the formal aristocratic class, they were still part of the old, Ansu aristocracy.

De jure it, should these knights now be loyal to Gawain? Cecil, but they haven't taken the oath yet, even if they have an oath to Gawain? Cecil himself swore allegiance, and they did not yet owe allegiance to Cecil's "order".

As long as they exist for a day, still controlling the land and population in their hands with the old order, then the land and population in their hands cannot be part of Cecil's magic industrialization .

"Call Knight Philip," Gawain tilted his head slightly, and said to the air beside him, "Go and get back quickly." ”

A slight breath fluctuation appeared and disappeared in the air, and the next moment Amber's voice came from outside the window: "Roger!" I'm ...... Hey, how come there are rat traps on the wall of Mom's yard! ”

Hearing the noise coming from the window, Gawain laughed with relief.

Not to mention the courtyard wall, there are rat traps on top of every street lamp on the entire road from the Lord's Palace......

It didn't take long for Knight Philip to appear in front of Gawain.

and Amber grinning at Gawain with all sorts of funny expressions.

Gawain directly ignored the half-elf girl who was making a joke and looked at Philip: "It's time for us to think about the old knights of the Kant Territory." ”

As a role model for young knights, Philip's first thought was the process to be followed at this moment: "Are you going to summon them to swear allegiance?" ”

"It's not just an oath of allegiance," Gawain smiled, looking into Philip's eyes, "Actually, there's something I've always been curious about...... What do you think of the new 'rules' that I've imposed? ”