After apologizing, Luo Ming continued: "So, I thought about it, so let's give you a thorough explanation." ”

Charlotte was still calm on the surface, but she had pricked up her ears and not let go of a word.

"Actually, there are more than 10,000 people under my command, and there are thousands of mountain people hiding in various corners, and I am going to spend two years searching for them all, and those who obey me will become my tenant farmers, and those who refuse to obey will be sold to slave traders.

And the thousands of mountain people who have now come under my command are not reliable - they were born surrounded by mountains and forests, accompanied by wild beasts, ignorant of the holy names of the gods, and have never bathed in the light of civilization. Doesn't care for the crops and lacks loyalty to the lord......"

Although Charlotte was born and raised in Miana and knew a little about Callow Mountain, which was not far away, she could not find fault with these words.

It is hard to imagine that Luo Ming used various means to deify himself, and at the same time sent missionaries, doctors, officials, and soldiers, and quickly established the ruling order on Mount Carlo, and quickly took control of most of the mountain people.

"If I want to make any big moves in the past two years, those guys who have only surrendered because they are intimidated by my army may take advantage of the situation and stab me in the back. ”

A worried expression crept up on Luo Ming's face, and he said in a complaining tone: "And you can probably figure it out, if you want to appease those mountain people and not rebel, you have to feed them, but I have limited fields outside the mountains, and although this year is a bumper harvest, there is already a food shortage." Most people don't want to go out to farm, and that's a real problem for me. ”

As he spoke, he smiled at Charlotte: "It's good that you are willing to sell me the surplus grain, otherwise it will be a lot of unjust money to buy grain from those greedy merchants......

"Oh... It's okay, it's just that little bit of food......" Charlotte was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed by Luo Ming's thanks.

The grain produced in her territory, except for the part that she had to digest by herself in the coming year, the remaining surplus grain would not be able to feed a thousand people even if it was all collected, and it was only a small help to Luo Ming.

She didn't know that Luo Ming had carved out thousands of acres of fields in the mountains, as well as a large lake for fishing—the news of this era was always relatively closed, not many people could get out of the mountains, and Charlotte had no intention of going deep into the mountains, which were said to be in a wild state.

Of course, these grains are still helpful to Luo Ming, and his gratitude is also sincere.

"Those mountain people can't grow the land for a while, and my food shortage may last for several years. To cope with this, I came up with an idea. ”

As he spoke, Luo Ming took out a roll of parchment from his bosom and handed it to Charlotte.

"Hmm, it's ......" She took the parchment and flipped through it, and she knew that it was a contract in duplicate.

It was not an unequal treaty, but a contract of "mutual assistance and mutual benefit", which attracted her attention deeply.

The first is to ensure that the surplus grain to be sold will be sold to Luo Ming first within three years - this is naturally no problem, Luo Ming will pay anyway.

The second article mentions an interesting concept: "labor dispatch".

Sending the people of the territory to work with Romin during the off-season, Romin would pay them and pay Charlotte a commission based on the number of heads.

Charlotte had heard about the brewing and soap industries that Luo Ming was doing, and she was not surprised to see such a contract, and even secretly praised Luo Ming for making money, and did not forget to make a fortune with herself.