In the second month of the season of the earth, in the village of Kawague, Victor is holding its second round table.

"So far, the population of our Randall Collar has reached 3,455 people, of which 1,785 are young men, 1,104 are young women, and the rest are old people and children. Now, every day, freedmen enter our territory, sometimes in the dozens, and in the few seven or eight. The village of Hekou needs to be expanded again. ”

As soon as Lilia finished speaking, Victor felt the eager gaze of the seven villager leaders. Excluding the alchemy humans in the brick kiln village and the hill camp, the resident population of Hekou Village has reached 3,125 people, which is far beyond the population size of ordinary villages. According to common sense, either Hekou Village will become Hekou Town, or new villages will be built to divert the population. Either way, Victor would have to appoint either the mayor or the village chief, and it was time for the village leader to go further. Victor didn't immediately take a stand on the issue, instead motioning for Lilia to continue.

"We have 7,450 acres of wheat fields and 23,000 acres of potato fields, and these crops are growing very well. The first piglets on the farm have been bred and we now have 5,232 wild boars. Pig farms will have to be expanded, and feed for wild boars will also be a big problem. In addition, the cattle, sheep and horses in the territory have also given birth to cubs, and there are currently 245 cattle, 584 sheep and 77 horses. ”

Victor nodded, turned his gaze to Sheriff Linda, and said, "Report on the situation on your side." ”

Linda stood up and said, "The security of the territory is pretty good......

"You've already reported on the security situation, I'm not asking about public security. Victor interrupted Linda and asked, "How's your investigation of the Freedmen?"

Linda paused and said, "My lord, according to our survey, most of the new freedmen are from Barony Matthew, but recently, more and more people have come from other territories. Fortunately, they are all farmers with their own duties, and they didn't make any trouble. ”

Victor had a headache, he needed a population, but the population growth rate of 400 per month was quite scary. At this rate, the population of the territory will be close to 10,000 in a year. At that time, not only will natural resources be destroyed, but Randall's delicate and immature management system, benefit distribution system and security system will be challenged. No ruler wants to see a situation out of control, and Victor is no exception.

"Nelson, can't the sentry near Barony Matthew control the influx of people, or is Baron Matthew deliberately sabotaging our agreement?"

Nelson exclaimed, "My lord, the sentry is still running. In recent times, a lot of people have come in from other places, and they are poaching and poaching in their territory. At your request, we take in the farmers who are dragging their families and drive away the restless bachelors. However, the size of our territory is too large for a convoy of more than 100 people to take care of it. My lord, I ask for an increase in the number of convoys. ”

"Will adding more guards solve the problem?" asked Victor quietly.

"Most of these displaced people are victims of Buryatia families. Because of the outpost, the victims bypassed Baron Matthew's territory and flowed into Randall's territory from the direction of Pinewood. I intend to set up a guard near the town of Pinewood, and prohibit freedmen from entering or leaving at will. Even if the movement of people cannot be completely controlled, poaching can at least be reduced. Nelson explained.

It dawned on Victor that only a small part of the northeast corner of Randall's territory bordered the Buryat Territory, which was close to Baron Matthew's domain. Victor has an agreement with Baron Matthew, Baron Matthew uses the news of the ferocious wolf to intimidate the displaced people, and Victor sets up a sentry to contain the people sent by Baron Matthew, and the two sides cooperate to achieve an orderly flow of population. The Buryat family had no way to pass through the Barony of Matthew, and in order to fill their stomachs, they had to move elsewhere, and the Chipman family's pine forest town became the direction of their flow.

Pinewood was the location where Victor and Count Chebman traded Mithril, and in order to avoid the eyes and minds of people, Pinewood relaxed its patrols and removed many of its guards. Viktor also learned from Hammer's report that the Buryat family had driven out the mountain people in the forest, and it happened that the town of Pine Forest and the Buryat territory were separated by several mountains. This provides an opportunity for the victims to infiltrate. The Chebman led the villages and towns to be so densely populated that the villagers would fight when they saw the poachers. However, Randall's territory has few people and rich animal and plant resources, so the victims will naturally flow into Randall's territory from the direction of Pine Forest Town.

It was impossible for Victor to set up a guard near Pinewood, or to drop mastiffs. In Victor's vision, Pinewood would become a gathering place for freeman traders, and the Chebman family was behind the scenes until the freedfolk merchant group grew. In fact, the secret trade of Pinewood has benefited both sides, and Count Chebman has used highly profitable snow sugar and coffee to pry open the warehouses of the southern lords, and grain, livestock, and various material resources continue to flow to the Chebman Lords and also into the hands of Victor. Otherwise, how could Victor's cattle, sheep and horses increase so much, they are not like wild boars that have a litter for life.

"The convoy can be expanded, and there is no need to build a sentry post. Even if they block the outcasts in the direction of Pinewood, they will be able to enter our territory from other places, as our border with the Chebman family is particularly long. Victor said to Nelson.

Nelson nodded in acceptance of Victor's decision, but Lilia interjected, "My lord, many of the new freedmen have said that they have heard that we can eat for free here, so they joined the Bayou Village. ”

"Bang!"

Victor slammed it on the table, "The big pot of rice can't be eaten anymore!" Everyone was stunned, and Victor said again: "I mean, the big cafeteria must be closed!"

"My lord, this is long overdue. Those freemen hired peasants eat more and work less, and spend their days pondering their own land, and I suggest that they also take it back!" exclaimed Dean, the leader of the villagers' group.

Victor thought for a moment and said, "You can't take the land for yourself. These freedmen were not homeless vagrants. They are essentially honest and simple farmers, who came out to escape the famine because of the disaster in their hometown, and when the famine is over, they will still think about going back, and they can keep their own land to stay. I don't want to join Randall's lazy outcasts!"

"The free food provided in the big canteens, and the fact that we've been buying vegetables from our own land, made the freedmen keen to tend to their own land rather than to work hard. This is a defect in the canteen itself, and it must be changed! From tomorrow onwards, the hired peasants will be paid, and the harder they work, the higher the remuneration, and the vegetables on their own land will be purchased as usual, and the hired peasants will be allowed to buy food from the large canteen with copper soles. ”

Mo Lin, the leader of the villagers, cautiously asked, "My lord, what should we do then?"

The members of the work sharing system only earn their work and do not take money, and the big canteen itself is for them to eat for free. Now that Victor is going to stop eating for free, the village leaders are worried that they will not have anything to eat in the future.

"Isn't there a small cafeteria?" said Victor.

The leaders of the villagers are all pale and dirty, and they have to use work points to eat in the small canteen, and it costs a lot of money, so they can't afford to eat the small canteen every day.

Victor smiled: "In the past, I didn't have the money to come up with the work sharing system, so I had a free canteen. Now, the free meal system must end. You were the first to follow me, and you have survived the ant plague and still never left me. This loyalty will be rewarded, so that the exchange of land is open only to you, and the small canteen is still open to you, and you have three times as much land for your own use as the hired peasants! Of course, if you don't like the food in the big canteen and are reluctant to eat in the small canteen, I suggest you cook your own food. I will open a few shops in Hekou Village to sell vegetables, meat, grain, salt and other daily necessities. Members of the division of work system can also open their own shops, and if they have no capital, they can borrow gold soles from me, and I will exempt you from taxes for one year. I will announce the details later. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

With tears in their eyes, the leaders of the villagers bowed to Victor one after another. Victor also has mixed feelings, the division of work system has helped him through the most difficult times, gained a group of loyal subordinates, and the end of the big canteen marks the end of the division of work system, and he will be completely integrated into the world from now on.

Victor encouraged his villagers to open shops, not only to revitalize the economy of the realm, but also to accommodate more freeman laborers. However, there is a limit to the manpower that can be accommodated in the new shops, and other measures must be taken in the face of a rapidly growing population.

"Hekou Village is overcrowded right now, and it's time to divert it. Maureen. ”

Morin stood up excitedly, bowed down and said, "Your Excellency, please command." ”

"You recruit 500 people in the village of Hekou and build a village," Victor said. The location of the village is determined by me, and you are the village chief. Make a list of what supplies are needed. ”

"Yes!"

"There is a lot of pressure on the pig farm, so you choose 500 baby wild boars to take away and give them to the villagers to raise. After a year, I'm going to take half of the adult wild boars and the rest to the keepers. ”

"Huh?!......"

Seeing Morin's stunned look, Victor frowned and said, "Is there any problem? The villages in the back have to do this! Otherwise, where does your fertilizer come from?"

"No problem, my lord, you are our generous and merciful master!" said Morin, with sincere trepidation.

The wildlife in the territory is the property of the lord, and the wild boars from the pig farm certainly belong to Victor. Victor Bai gave the villagers 250 wild boars, and Morin really couldn't think of any other reason than to be generous and merciful. But in Victor's view, giving wild boars to the villagers to raise is the lowest-cost, least risky, and most profitable approach. The truth is not easy for farmers like Morin to understand, even lords and nobles.

"Nelson, your territory is also going to start building. However, you are my vassal lord, and your vassal is not my vassal, so it will be difficult for you to recruit people in Kawaguchi Village. From now on, Hekou Village will no longer accept free people for the time being, and all the people behind it will be taken over by you, but not more than 800 people, you can't afford to raise them, and I can't afford to raise them. As your sovereign, I will support you for two years free of charge, after which you will pay my offerings. ”

"My lord, I won't!"

Nelson looked at the village leader in confusion, trying to ask for help, but everyone avoided him. Victor said helplessly, "I'll help you get it ready." ”

"Oh. ”

Nelson sat down with a smile, while Linda glared at the village leaders one by one, as if to say, "At your level, you dare not look down on my Nelson?"

Lilia glanced at Linda, motioned for her to restrain herself, and then whispered softly to Victor: "Victor, there is a steady stream of poaching and poaching free people, what should we do? If this continues, the hunting grounds of the territory will be destroyed, and I don't know when it will recover." ”

Victor smiled faintly: "Those who work to make a living, we will take it." Poachers are considered thieves and serve two years of hard labor, which happens to be short of people on Nicole's side. ”