Even if you're a duke, you can't easily dictate an earl's fiefdom.

But knights are different, they are vassals of all levels of nobility.

A knight can be a king, duke, marquis, count, or even a vassal of a baron, as long as the nobleman is willing to set aside a piece of land from his fiefdom as your fief.

Fiefdoms, knights have the right to rule and collect taxes, but when they make mistakes, they may also be taken back by the nobles.

For example, the failure of the Knight of Temos to fulfill his obligation to send troops to the Viscount is one of them.

The knight of Temos, who is nearly 50 years old, does not want his fiefdom to be taken back, his two sons, the eldest son has been a knight's squire in Viscount Hanks' castle for ten years, and when he dies, the eldest son can take over his family business and be made a knight by the Viscount.

The youngest son had no inheritance, so the Knight of Temos sent him to the royal city to study, and now he is an intern at the kingdom's court.

In short, as long as he doesn't fall, the development of his two sons will be very good.

Then the choice is simple.

After calming down a little, a cold smile appeared on the face of the Knight of Temos: "Herald! Pass my order, Iron Castle Village will send 50 troops, and Heishui Village will send 50 troops! Ordered to gather at the knight's manor after half a month, and the tax will be doubled within 3 years for those who do not follow! ”

The herald rode out of the manor on a bad horse, and rushed along a somewhat cracked dirt road towards the villages of Iron Fort and Blackwater.

Zhou Mingyue has been living a very comfortable life these days, eating and drinking big fish and meat every day, and inadvertently gaining weight compared to when he first came.

Every day, 5 teams of peasants and soldiers are full, and they go to bed when they are finished.

The villagers also felt very happy, Zhou Mingyue hired some villagers to fish, hunt or something, the copper and silver coins were enough, but the villagers made an extra profit in addition to farming.

There was even a passing merchant who heard about Zhou Mingyue's name as a local tyrant and tried his best to recommend his small goods to him.

Well, Zhou Mingyue was not interested in the gouache rouge of the tour merchant at all, but bought all the maltose and salt he brought.

The children in Tiebao Village are considered happy, as long as they praise Zhou Mingyue with a few words such as Uncle Zhou, why are you so handsome today, etc., Zhou Mingyue will not hesitate to grab the candy and throw it to them.

However, their mothers will rush after them, confiscate some of the sugar in their pockets, and mutter words that make their ears callous, such as eating sugar and rotting their teeth.

Zhou Mingyue will also give some salt to the villagers to make them feel happy.

But all this happiness disappeared until the arrival of the herald of the Knight.

Of course, when the herald saw a large group of peasant soldiers stationed outside Tiebao Village, he was almost not frightened, and thought that Tiebao Village had been defeated by some force.

However, it was a little strange to see that the peasant soldiers did not prevent the villagers from entering and leaving.

It wasn't until the village chief's family came out to farm that the herald found an opportunity to come forward, read out the knight's order, and asked about the origin of the peasant soldiers.

Relieved to learn that the peasant soldiers were the sons of a great merchant or nobleman, the herald breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time a thought arose, so he spoke to the village chief.

After all, the village chief is a distant relative of the knight, and the herald is a distant relative of the knight and a confidant.

Soon the village chief found Zhou Mingyue, who was gnawing on chicken legs, and told the story in a twisted manner.

To put it bluntly, the meaning of the herald is to borrow troops for the knight, which not only solves the lack of labor caused by the transfer of farmers, but also allows the knight of Temos to complete the orders issued by the viscount.

Zhou Mingyue had no objection to borrowing troops, and he realized that this was a good opportunity to integrate into the local aristocracy!

If you want to advance in the War Workshop, you need enemy corpses, weapons, etc., and you basically have no chance to squat in the Iron Castle Village by yourself, and it is easy to attract the attention of local nobles.

Of course, the conditions are good or something, and the herald can't be the master, so Zhou Mingyue can only follow the herald to the knight's manor.

Before leaving Iron Castle Village, Zhou Mingyue took back the War Workshop under the pretext of saying goodbye to Tyrese and the others, and the distance between this thing and Zhou Mingyue could not exceed 3 kilometers, otherwise, it would automatically stop running.

He only kept 5 gold coins, and he left the rest of the gold coins to Tyris, which was not only a reward, but also a way back for himself.

However, Ness expressed his willingness to follow Zhou Mingyue as an errand runner.

After going through so much, Ness has already recognized that Zhou Mingyue is a thick thigh, and he doesn't hold it tightly at this time, and when he leaves, he still holds a hammer!

Zhou Mingyue thought about it and agreed to Ness's request, after all, he left Iron Castle Village, and he also had the aura of a big man, those peasant soldiers were too stupid to carry out fine operations, and with Ness by his side, he didn't have to worry about many things.

"Okay, you'll be my butler."

Zhou Mingyue gave the 5 gold coins left behind to Ness, and he will take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the future.

The herald went back to the manor first, and only the village chief John acted as a guide, and 258 peasant soldiers gathered together, in a row of three, like a long snake, towards the knight's manor.

To say that the knight's manor is not far from the Iron Castle Village, after all, it is a fiefdom, and it is impossible for the viscount to seal two pieces of land to a knight, it is not a solicitation, but a punishment.

After the herald panted and reported the situation, the knight of Temos was a little dumbfounded.

You can't be so lucky, right? Picked up a pillow when you want to sleep?

But after that, he was worried about the honorarium again.

To be honest, the knight leader is relatively poor, just the tax of the two villages and one village, in addition to the part handed over to the viscount, the knight of Temos can support himself plus 30 standing soldiers, even if it is very good, but also to provide for the consumption of his two sons, and over the years, there is not much savings.

In fact, don't look at the knights are barely nobles, but there are many knights who go bankrupt if they are not careful.

Lao Tzu lost the battle and hung up, his son was unproductive, and becoming a knight was not worthy of his name, he couldn't keep the family business, and finally sold war horses, armor, and weapons, and was removed from the superior lord and became a flat-headed common man.

Zhou Mingyue didn't know that he had caused more trouble to the knight, and lay on the cool pole raised by the two peasant soldiers.

The weather is good today, the sun is shining, the sky is cloudless, and the sun is shining on his body, making his eyes half wet and drowsy.

Chief John looked at him with envy.

It's so enjoyable, it's not like myself, I'm covered in sweat, and the dust on the road is splashing, and it's almost dying.