The ten subordinates selected were nominally soldiers, but they were more inclined to management, and in the world of the Great Chen Dynasty, they helped Zhang Zhongjun's retainers manage their territory well for a while.

As for Mao bringing them to this world, of course, Zhang Zhongjun took precautions, and the 500 soldiers under his command all had other skills in addition to fighting, such as farming, clothing, iron, hunting, construction, and so on.

Although these 500 soldiers can't be compared with those vanguard leaders in terms of skills, they all know some ways, and it's much better than not knowing anything, so Zhang Zhongjun will pity him so much, these 500 soldiers, they are really distressed to death.

Ten heads of the estates and a hundred assistants were dispatched, and they naturally began to rush back with the serfs belonging to their respective estates.

The crowd disappeared one after another, and in the end, more than 3,000 people remained in place.

Looking at this number, Zhang Zhongjun couldn't help blinking his eyes, turning his head to look at the narrow castle, but looking at the thatched huts and vast farmland scattered around the castle, Zhang Zhongjun nodded understandingly, no wonder a castle would be called a lordship, it does take so much land and so many people to be called a lordship.

Zhang Zhongjun was not in the mood to reprimand these serfs who belonged to the castle, so he waved his hand directly, and naturally there were soldiers who were also proficient in management to come forward to manage them.

However, after those serfs and those housekeepers and servants were reluctant to be carved up, there were only about a hundred people left in front of Zhang Zhongjun.

Looking at the clothes and outfits of these people, Zhang Zhongjun smiled and said, "What kind of business house are you from?"

"Lord Lord, the little one is the innkeeper outside the castle!"

"Lord Lord, the smaller one is the blacksmith boss in the castle. ”

"Lord Lord, the little one is the tavern owner. ”

A barrage of voices scrambled to shout.

This made Zhang Zhongjun a little confused, he turned to Knight John and asked, "They are actually all people in my castle?

"It's normal, no matter how small the castle is, there are these necessary shops, but if the castle is small, the area of the shop will also become smaller, so many of them have large shops outside the city, and the shop in the city is dedicated to serving the lord. John Knight was accustomed to saying.

Zhang Zhongjun looked at the castle again, there were so many shops in such a narrow place, it was really depressing, and the shops in the castle were equivalent to the appearance of shops in the barracks.

Zhang Zhongjun didn't understand the thoughts of the people in this world, and he was not interested in understanding it, seeing that none of the businessmen left behind him had the identity of the Chamber of Commerce, let alone businessmen from other places, all of them were local shop owners, so he was naturally not interested in saying anything, and waved their hands to disperse.

Zhang Zhongjun and Knight John rode towards the gate of the castle, ready to enter the castle to take a good look at the layout inside.

It's just that as Zhang Zhongjun got closer to the front, Zhang Zhongjun felt that this castle was getting smaller and smaller, and couldn't help but ask Knight John: "Is this castle regulated?"

"Regulation, what regulation?" asked John, curious.

"It's just what level of nobility can only build what level of castle. For example, if I am a lord, then I can only live in this castle of lord level. Zhang Zhongjun pointed to the castle in front of him and said.

"Haha, there is no such restriction at all, as long as you want, you are building a magnificent royal castle, and that is your business. Knight John laughed.

"Oh, so I can expand this castle at will?" Zhang Zhongjun's eyes immediately lit up.

"Yes, you can expand as much as you like, even if you envelop this territory in a castle, it will not be a problem at all, and other nobles will never say anything about it. John Knight said with a smothered smile.

"Hey, why do you look weird, is there something I don't know about here?" Zhang Zhongjun asked with a frown.

"No, there is really no taboo at all, as long as you have the financial resources, as long as you don't build the castle outside the territory, you are in your territory, even if it is your own business to build a giant castle, outsiders have no right to interfere in any way. John hurriedly shook his hand.

Zhang Zhongjun frowned, stared at Knight John without speaking, and after making Knight John endure for a while, he finally couldn't help it, and said helplessly: "Sir, do you know how much it will cost and time to build this Black Eagle Castle?"

Zhang Zhongjun naturally shook his head directly.

Knight John held up three fingers: "It took a thousand craftsmen, three years and thirty thousand gold coins to build." ”

Zhang Zhongjun blinked his eyes and said with some hesitation: "A thousand craftsmen, three years and 30,000 gold coins, to build such a lord's castle?"

"Yes, and the Baron's Castle is five times the size of this Lord's Castle, and it takes five times as much labor, money, and time! The castle of the Allens family was a lord when it was built, and then with the development of the Allens family, it was built one after another for a hundred years before it reached its current appearance, and if it was built directly into the Baron's Castle, it would definitely take five thousand craftsmen, fifteen years and 150,000 gold coins. John said carefully.

"So if you have enough money, of course, you can build a giant castle, and the surrounding forces will praise you for wasting money on such a place, instead of using it to arm your own army. John said vaguely with some reassurance.

Zhang Zhongjun was directly speechless, looking at the small castle in front of him with some sadness and indignation, if he wants to live in a big castle, he must have money! But now he only has 10 gold coins, and these ten gold coins were given to Baron West and Baron Allens when they didn't want to get involved in their battles.

Other than that, I don't even have a copper plate!

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongjun was shocked, damn, don't become a lord yourself, you have one lord and ten knights, but you can't even support your own soldiers!

Zhang Zhongjun, who was worried about this, didn't bother to despise the crampedness of the castle after entering the castle, and immediately went to check the castle's grain depot and vault.

Leaving Zhang Zhongjun in the vault was a box of finger-sized copper coins, which were said to be the smallest unit of money, and 10 small copper coins were needed to buy the most rubbish black bread. It's just that except for this box of small copper coins, I can't even see a silver coin, let alone any gold coins.

What's more, this vault is an arsenal of armaments in addition to money, and there is nothing in the arsenal.

The only thing that made Zhang Zhongjun feel at ease was that the granary was full of wheat, a full warehouse, enough for his five hundred people to eat for a year!

Zhang Zhongjun, who knew that he would not starve to death, naturally breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, the cavalry that had already spread out to be on guard rushed back to report: "My lord! There are monsters in the Black Mountain Range! There are five or six hundred monsters, and they are only six kilometers away from the castle!"

"What, monster?" Zhang Zhongjun was stunned.

(End of chapter)