Zhang Zhongjun rode his horse slowly to this small plain, all the way to the castle like playing, before looking at this castle from a distance, but I felt very narrow, but when I looked closely, although it was narrow, but there was a very solid feeling, which made people have a sense of security.

However, Zhang Zhongjun pouted at this, he knew how narrow and gloomy this kind of castle built of all stones was, and it was definitely not a suitable place for people to live.

When Zhang Zhongjun was looking at the castle, the infantry had already escorted the housekeepers and servants who had been driven into the bag by the cavalry to this side, and the cavalry also dispersed, rode their horses and rushed to the ten manors to check, and drove everyone in the manor and nearby to the castle.

Seeing these people being driven over, Zhang Zhongjun was very indifferent, because it was absolutely clear who was and what was the identity. Seeing a few cowering members of the family but extremely obedient to orders, it was natural that they were serfs, and those who panicked were naturally housekeepers and servants.

However, to Zhang Zhongjun's surprise, he could still see some people dressed as merchants, but thinking about the fact that this place can be connected to the port, it is normal for merchants to haunt it.

It's just that Zhang Zhongjun's idea of wanting to talk to the merchant about the trade route just came up, and he was immediately diverted, because he found that the number of housekeepers and servants in his own territory was a bit large!

Pointing to the dense crowd in front of him, Zhang Zhongjun couldn't help but ask Knight John with some surprise: "It stands to reason that the total number of people in my territory should be 700 households, and if each household is five people counted, it is only more than 3,500 people, but there are more than 5,000 people here, your Allens family will not be so extravagant as to put down thousands of housekeepers and servants in this place, right?"

John hurriedly shook his head: "Impossible, it is a rule for a knight to put down a steward and ten servants, and a lord to put down five stewards and fifty servants, it is impossible to put down more than a thousand people, there are so many people, it is better to directly form a servant corps." ”

Zhang Zhongjun Yang Yangmei: "Oh, will you be so kind to give me more than a thousand more serfs?"

John carefully looked at the people present, the details of these people can be distinguished by looking at their clothes and faces, the kind of gray clothes and numb looks, naturally they are the serfs who are rationed to the territory, and these serfs are all crowded together, men, women and children are very easy to distinguish.

Then there were the frightened looks, dressed in ordinary servant attire, needless to say, these were the servants of the butler's servants.

And those who look hideous, or cowering, or rebellious, or treacherous, and are much more gorgeously dressed, are naturally the butlers among the housekeepers.

It's just that John couldn't help frowning after counting the number of these housekeepers and servants, because there were hundreds of people in gorgeous clothes, and the servants in costume even reached seven or eight hundred!

It can be said that he really meows as Zhang Zhongjun said, there are more than 1,000 housekeepers and servants in this small territory!

Damn, this is unheard of! You must know that a knight has already reached the limit of adopting a butler and ten servants, and the remaining money and food are just enough to support a low-level knight who is a little hard-working. No matter how many servants there are, there will be no way to raise knights.

But looking at it now, it is obvious that all the money that should be used to support knights is used to support stewards and servants, and this is how so many butlers and servants can be fed.

But then the problem arises, the great lord sent the stewards and servants to manage the manors and castles in these direct territories, and the purpose was also to collect the profits into his hands, so he would not be so idiotic as to send so many people to live in them, because that would be equivalent to using all the income of the manor and castle to support those stewards and servants who would not go to war at all.

No big lord would do this, if he wants to raise more people, can't he just raise infantry, why raise so many housekeepers and servants who will only cost money and food but have no income?

Zhang Zhongjun watched Knight John's face change for a long time, with his knowledge, he naturally understood immediately, and couldn't help but sneer: "This should be the ghost of the next generation of your Allens family, right? These stewards and servants are raised as officers and soldiers? No wonder they were able to fight as a whole team before, but they who have not experienced war are just a mess of waste wood, a rain of arrows, and the cavalry charge will be done." ”

Seeing that Knight John's face became heavy, Zhang Zhongjun smiled and said, "You take all those housekeepers and servants away, I don't want these waste materials to stay in my territory." ”

John's face changed again, and finally he said with some bitterness: "Sir, it's better that they don't go back, please take them in." ”

"Huh, you're going to offend the next generation of the Allens family, you must know that these hundreds of butlers and nearly a thousand servants are a very powerful force. If such a hard-fought force is discarded like this, you will become the other party's mortal enemy!" Zhang Zhongjun warned.

John sighed: "Let them go back, the Allens family, which has finally gained a leap because of the victory, will usher in a turmoil, so for the sake of the stable development of the Allens family, they should stay." ”

Zhang Zhongjun smiled disapprehantly: "I admire your idea of thinking about the Allens family, but please don't be too self-righteous, okay? Although you are also surnamed Alens, you are just a black iron knight in the entire Allens family, or are you the terrifying heir of the Allens family? But what if you are the heir of the Allens family? Not to mention the master behind these housekeepers and servants, why do you have to sacrifice your own interests for this idea?" It's me, Lord Black Hawk, who is a Black Hawk Lord, why do things for your thoughts? Seriously, as a neighbor of the Ellens family, I wish these housekeepers and servants would go back to the Allens family to make trouble. ”

John's expression changed violently for a while, with anger, doubt, and shame, but finally it condensed into a look of responsibility, and his tone became solemn: "Sir, I am willing to teach you all the knowledge I have, in exchange for you taking these people in." ”

If it was before, Zhang Zhongjun would definitely not care about the knowledge that such a guy has mastered, but after being shown to be fluent in language and able to grasp an unfamiliar language at once, Zhang Zhongjun is very interested in the mysterious power of this world.

It's just that I haven't been able to find any way to learn systematically, even if I used an employment contract to tie up John's teaching, it was just a few places, but now I can get all the knowledge of the other party, of course Zhang Zhongjun will not let it go.

So he immediately nodded with a smile: "No problem, I will take them in, and I will never let them run back to the Allens family, but they must not be housekeepers anymore, they can only be serfs!"

John couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Zhongjun agree: "It's good to be serfs, as serfs, they can't leave the territory." ”

(End of chapter)