The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info stood in the window and lifted the corner of the curtain:

At the gate of the inner wall, a knight in black was riding away, and the servant of the castle slowly closed the gate when the knight left;

Now that the man was gone, Seta lowered the curtains;

At this time, there was no longer the cold color on his face, and although the visit of the Handa Knight was unexpected, it was also reasonable;

Unexpectedly, because Seta didn't expect to be a Knight of Handa, he had the impression that this knight was a stereotypical and down-to-earth person, but he didn't want to get involved now because of family matters;

Shaking his head slightly and sighing:

The family has given people within the family a better living environment, but it has also firmly trapped people!

And reasonably, that's because of the events of the previous year:

A few years ago, Seta ordered Subi, the chief knight of the family, to lead people to wipe out the bandits near the territory;

But everyone knows that the so-called bandits are just the white gloves of the nobles, so Subi's moment is equivalent to cutting off the secret hands of half of the nobles in the entire lower county;

In this case, it is natural that nobles will come to negotiate with him;

In fact, these nobles were able to wait until now for someone to come and negotiate with him, and Seta felt that they were already very well-cultivated;

"The Knight of Handa should be a pawn, sent to test his own meaning?"

"And if they don't agree, they will have more drastic means"

"What tricks from years ago may not be repeated!" grinned at the thought of this:

"And if they simply agree, they will think that the Finney family is weak and can be bullied!"

"It's hard to say that you won't rush to the top and think about taking advantage"

Standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, not many people can be detached, at least not Seta thinks he can do it!

Seta was not prepared to continue to entangle with these country aristocrats, after all, the core essence of this world is personal power, so how to solve this situation needs to be carefully considered;

"It's better to be able to do it once and for all" thought secretly;

New shoots had already sprouted from the treetops outside the window, and the color of the tender green was fresh and pleasant, and Seta looked stunned and commanded:

"Deben!"

"Yes, sir!" replied the castle butler, who was standing in the corner of the room, at once;

"How are the bandits we captured now?" he asked, turning to continue.

"How many people are still alive?"

The castle steward only thought for a moment, and then replied:

"Before the last heavy snowfall, the Subi Knight captured a total of 87 bandits, but 23 died due to the sudden change in the climate, and now there are 64 more"

"Now they're all locked up in the barracks outside the city!"

Hearing this, Seta nodded slightly, sat on the high-backed chair, supported his chin with his hand, and commanded:

"Send for Subi, George, and Hans, and they will say that I have something to command."

"Yes, sir!" said the castle butler slowly exited his study;

Half an hour later, there was a knock at the door:

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Sir, the knight of Subi, the Lord of the Interior, and the Lord of the Castle Guard, beg to be seen" was the voice of Deburn, the castle steward;

Seta put down the book in his hand, straightened his waist and said aloud:

"Come in!"

"Squeak~ah!" The study was opened, and a group of mermaids rushed in;

"Sir!" the crowd saluted;

"Hmm" Seta nodded and waved his hand:

"Sit down!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Similar to the Western world in the previous life, the rural aristocracy had not yet given birth to cumbersome aristocratic etiquette, so these people sat down without too much shirk;

After the group sat down, Seta did not mention the visit of the Handa Knights first, but talked about farming, and turned to look at George Luther:

"George, you can report on the agricultural situation in our territory in recent months."

"Yes, sir," said George Luther, bowing slightly in respect, and glancing at the man below:

"Because a large amount of food was purchased before, and emergency was distributed to those who lacked food in the territory later, there were no starving people in the territory last winter," he continued:

"And with this grain on the basis, the blocked canals were dredged in the territory this winter, and four large waterwheels were built," said this, glancing left and right with a happy face:

"Thanks to these measures, the territory's grain income can increase by at least 30% this year!"

Naturally, Seta had already been reported these things, and there was no surprise in them, but the other two people present did not know about them, so their expressions were very different;

I saw that Knight Subi's eyes suddenly widened, and he said in surprise:

"Interior officer, can it really be increased by thirty percent?!" Hans Dark, who was on the side, also stared at him when he heard this;

This was the thing that George Luther was most proud of, and with a slight smile on his face, he nodded in the affirmative:

"That's it"

"Even 30% is just the minimum expectation, and if the climate is right and the farming is right, the yield will be even higher"

"Shhh

In an agrarian society, nothing is more important than increasing food production!

Unlike Seta, who grew up in a society of extreme material wealth and came to this world, except for the first half a month, he never worried about food;

Subi and Hans Duck understand the meaning too well:

More food production means more people can be fed, and more people can be fed, which means more power!

And great power symbolizes higher status and power!

Suddenly, all the hearts of the people were on fire, and Seta sat on it and watched, only smiling slightly, and when they had calmed down a little, he turned his head and asked:

"Knight Subi, let's also tell me about the security situation in the territory!"

The affairs in the territory are in charge of each other, although they usually hear about each other, but after all, they are not as detailed and clear as listening to the explanation at this time!

Yes, George Luther and Hans Duck looked at the chief knight of the family with a slight refreshment;

"Yes, Sir!" replied the Subi knight as he stood up, and said in a loud voice, the prosperity of his realm made him quite happy, and he spoke much louder:

"On the orders of the Lord, fight against bandits who are in turmoil around the territory"

"A total of 87 robbers have been arrested! Well, there are 64 who are still alive."

"The security of the territory is therefore very good, and the survival of the fittest trains the guards, and now there are 30 available elite troops, all of whom have a warrior level of level 2 or above!"

"Very good, the guards are ready to strengthen training" commented slightly, and let his chief knight sit down, and Seta then commanded:

"More than sixty bandits, you can't raise them for nothing," he paused slightly, and ordered:

"Order, put all the slaves who are in custody of the bandits, and hand them over to the management of the Interior Officer," he said, turning his head:

"George, use these people, dredge rivers, tidy roads, build houses, and use these people as much as possible!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Nodding, Seta turned to look at Hans Dark, the captain of the castle guard, and asked with a slight smile:

"Hans, tell me about it too"

"Yes, sir," he said, standing up and bowing slightly, then:

"The castle guard was also strengthened during this period," he continued:

"And because of the help of Mr. Deben, all the people of the castle have made detailed arrangements and set up a better defense system"

"Well, that's good!" nodded slightly, since he was a level 9 knight, Seta just listened to this quick moment, and waved his hand to let the captain of the castle guard sit down;

glanced at the three subordinates, and then said the reason why they were called over today:

"Just now, someone from the Handa family came over and made an agreement with us, wanting to mediate the relationship between us and the Martin family."

"What do you think?"