Calm down!

Calm down!

The more times like this, the more calm you have to be!

"Your Excellency, you ...... You're laughing. ”

The second son of the baron tried his best to control himself, but there was still a slight tremor in his calm tone: "Ah...... Akford Collar, now ...... Where is there such a large area of permanent land now? ”

No wonder the second son is so sensitive, in feudal society, land is the greatest wealth, and "permanent land" is the most sensitive topic.

Whenever these words are associated with these words, serfs can break the bloodshed, free people can fight to the death, village gentlemen can make a tragedy, and rise to the level of lords, it will be even more frightening and bloody.

Moreover, what the second son of the baron said is also true, the Akford Territory is indeed vast, but even the top ruling class living in the castle can take out the "permanent land resources" that are extremely tight.

Land is so precious, and matters involving land are so sensitive, that the second son of a baron, who can barely squeeze into the top twenty in the territorial ranking, can at most get a share of land for two or three households, seven or eight serfs; The eldest son of the baron, who was ranked fifth in the territory, was not qualified to decide the ownership of the land that required more than fifty serfs to work; With such a large area, only His Excellency the Baron can grit his teeth and cut his flesh with blood in his heart when he is faced with major gains and losses.

Hearing Tiness's reluctance, the water officer Kert knew that the second son of the baron had thought in the right direction.

"Permanent land is a real problem. However...... "With the initial tacit understanding, the water officer did not care to speak more thoroughly: "Fort Akford, if it is really needed, not only does it have, but it is a lot." For example...... Borio Village, Assab Village, and especially ......" Speaking of this, the Water Officer once again accentuated his tone: "Burning Willow Village...... These places! ”

Burning Willow Village!

Really!

Sure enough, that's what happened!

The names of these places gently spit out by the water officer completely confirmed the conjecture of the second son of the baron.

In the medieval world, the social structure of the regions that have a certain amount of information is quite backward, even if there is a supernatural force that is suspected of dominating, the level of civilization is still quite low, and the vast majority of the area is still in the initial stage of feudal society with both serfdom and yeoman farming.

It can be seen from the daily administration of the village of Akri and the busy summer service and farming that the ruling class in the medieval world lacked the ability to organize, mobilize, and manage.

The software is not satisfactory, and the hardware such as transportation, communications, military, and logistics are also flawed everywhere, and the integration of many factors, the level of dominance of the medieval world can be imagined.

According to comprehensive intelligence, according to the way of the earth, according to the difference in dominance, the Akford Territory can basically be divided into four grades:

In the first grade, the core of the territory, where Fort Akford is located, the direct collar of Akford, the plot at the door of the house, His Excellency the Baron can obviously do it clearly, like a finger. - It is also clear that there is only one such village, and according to the calculations of feudal society, the power at the disposal of the baron can reach about 80%.

The second level, strong control, is an area where the villages of Ekley, Lovelan, Ou Rui, and Witton are about two or three days away from Fort Akford, where transportation and communication are quite smooth, and military deterrence is quite convenient, and logistics can also be guaranteed. In these villages, the political, economic, and military demands of His Excellency the Baron will not be discounted much. - There are four such villages in total, and the power that the baron can use is basically 60%.

The third level, barely controlled, is the village of Adovi, the village of Kanagu, and the village of Tarafa, which is five or six days away from Fort Akford, the mountains are majestic and rugged, the roads are in disrepair, the soldiers of the squad are very difficult to walk, the large-scale armament is even more laborious, and the transportation of materials is also extremely difficult, in these villages, the orders of His Excellency the Baron, under the dual effect of natural and human factors, will inevitably become ineffective. - There are three such villages, and the power that the baron can use fluctuates around 40%.

The last grade, the Mandate of Autonomy, Luarka Village, Miral Village, Kannorsky Village, etc., to this level, the most skilled messengers of these villages, to come to Fort Akford, almost all need to take about ten days, a round trip is almost close to a month, such a speed of information feedback, coupled with the loss of the maintenance of the dominant supernatural power, the road between these villages and Fort Akford, has basically returned to the original state of high mountains and dense forests, bridges and buried roads. Under the constraints of the hardware facilities of the tragedy, let alone the dispatch of armed forces, even if it is normal communication, if the herald with a little less experience receives an errand, he must have deeply offended a few big men, and he must first explain the aftermath to his family, and then set off while crying.

The Akford family passed down from generation to generation, referring to the advanced experience of other lords, and gradually handed over these places to their close brothers, or high-ranking bureaucrats with great merit, and appointed them as knights of transcendent status.

The transcendent status means that, in order to thank these knights for their outstanding dedication and hard work in defending the borders, these high-ranking gentlemen in charge of the castle only need to pay a sum of money every year to the castle for important materials such as honey, refined salt, precious metals, etc., as a gift to the lord's gifts (limited to transportation, no matter how much grain is harvested), as well as to discuss important matters, and for other reasons, when they are concentrated, they are ranked high (anyway, there are not a few opportunities in their lives). - There are five such villages, and the power that the baron can wield, up to 20%.

This is a grade of four bright faces, and in addition to that, there is a hidden grade: nominally owned.

These villages are the villages of Borio, Asab, and Burning Willow that the water officer gently read out at this time.

The distance between these villages, and Fort Akford, is between 8 and 15 days, and all of them are far away from the Emperor of the Sky.

Among them, the farthest distance, reaching about 15 days, originally belonged to another lord on the border, due to the disagreement between the tax and grain delivery with the original lord, decades ago, the knight of the Borio village, through marriage and inheritance, decisively transferred the object of allegiance to the previous generation of Baron Akford, and then took advantage of the contradictions between the two territories again and again, basically did not give any decent dedication to the Akford Lord. - Of course, it was originally a flying thing, and the Akford Leader didn't care too much about gains and losses.

The nearest village, about 8 days away, is thirty years ago, the last generation of Baron Akford appointed knights, this knight family is quite loyal, but for some reason to be blamed on the master, every few years suffered a disaster, either a flash flood, or no rain for months, finally the wind and rain are smooth, and will encounter a flood of insects, hovering between the sky and recovery all the year round, the castle not only has no profit, but also often has to allocate a little reconstruction materials. – which, in turn, boosted the village's loyalty.

In addition to these two special circumstances, several other distances are unequal, such as the Burning Willow Village, which was deliberately accentuated by the water officer, which is Akford's heart disease.

In the medieval world, there were frequent wars in the territory, fierce social turmoil, sharp class contradictions, and many factors were superimposed, and the living environment was extremely harsh, and at the same time, a large number of characteristic armed forces were also born: defeated nobles, runaway stewards, and thieves.

Akford led these heart-sick villages, the victims of these characteristic weapons: one was attacked by the remnants of the nobility who escaped nowhere; One was stolen by ill-intentioned stewards, and the other two were revolutionized by the advanced proletariat...... Well, the thieves have forcibly taken possession.

This is the situation that was formed during the tenure of two or three generations of barons in the decades before and after.

To be honest, when it comes to dedication, the food and valuables that these unstable village rulers send to the Akford Territory, although they are far from being comparable to the strongly-controlled area of the Eckley Village, are two or three times more than the villages that are barely controlled by the third tier, and the knight lords who are delegated by the fourth tier.

However, in addition to food and supplies, these villages, due to congenital defects in terms of law, class, likes and dislikes, etc., have always been deeply estranged from the castle.

The Arkford Leader had to expend energy and materials to strengthen the armed forces around these troubled villages, and the rulers of these unscrupulous villages had to reorganize their troops and keep an eye out for attacks from the castle.

Vigilance, hostility, confrontation...... Under the chain reaction, these villages naturally could not talk about the accumulation of strength, and Fort Akford had to consume an additional amount of manpower and material resources every year.

For these "nominally owned villages", Akford is not completely helpless.

One is like an arm, four are strongly controlled, three are barely controlled, five are entrusted to manage, and the power of thirteen villages can be combined to overthrow these heart-sick villages with a thunderous force.

However, everything has to be cost-conscious.

These disgusting villages, not only are they far away, the roads are in disrepair – some key points are deliberately damaged – the armed forces are impassable, the logistics are extremely high, and the Akford Territory must requisition a considerable amount of force to suppress these bastards.

The trouble is that with the environment of the medieval world, the Akford Leader dares to draw territorial mobility forces on a large scale, and the surrounding forces will immediately be ready to move.

So, under such and such helplessness and compromise, under the power of time and history, the Akford Leader exerts pressure, and these damned villages increase their dedication; Akford was strongly dissatisfied, and these ghost places hastened to compromise; The Akford Leader asked for the placement of managers, and these places gradually pinched their noses to accept, and the Akford Leader relaxed a little, and these bastards immediately got an inch!

That's it, ten, twenty, thirty years......

With the same power of time and history, and with the scruples of both sides, the relationship between the territory and these nasty villages gradually began to move closer to the balance line, and the way of getting along with each other gradually developed in the direction of normalization.

In the past few years, the second son of the baron has vaguely heard that the damned, nasty, thief-born Burning Willow Village, I don't know how many innocent farmers have been sacrificed in recent years, and what evil deals have been made with the devil, and it has been smooth for several years, and he has accumulated a fortune, and he is packing up his team, thinking of sending it to the castle, seeking a formal recognition, and the marriage of a young lady of the family, planning to become a real, important knight in the territory.

At the same time, some of the core management in the castle have also made vague statements on different occasions many times: the old past has long passed, and since the descendants of this thief have remorse, the territory is not absolutely impossible to give a chance. - If you don't give it a chance at all, this beast who is in a hurry to wash white is also contacting two other neighboring territories, and if you are not careful, the wealth of the territory will flow out, and the Akford Territory may have an extra nail inserted by other lords at some point!

However, at this moment, from the list that the water officer understated, but was extremely affirmative, the second son of the baron heard a completely different rumor:

These villages with ghosts, at least, the most hated ghost places like Burning Willow, have come to an end!