Victor's Pinghu camp was built at the entrance of the Heihe River and Pinghu Lake, and after dozens of days of repair, the camp has all kinds of facilities, and it has become more and more like a large village, and Victor named it Hekou Village.

Three kilometers south of the village of Hekou, there is a scenic valley where Victor ordered the alchemy militia to build a manor house as their mansion.

The estate covers an area of 15 acres, surrounded by an eight-metre-high iron oak fence, with four arrow towers, mostly wooden houses, and the main building is a three-storey blue brick villa. There are 40 alchemy militia guards inside and outside the manor, and there are four alchemy mastiffs lurking in the mountains and forests outside, and ten alchemy crows are monitoring the wind and grass around the manor.

In addition to the alchemy creatures, there are 12 war bear veterans and 15 maids in the manor, who are compiling the mercenary group's operation manual according to Victor's request, and the maids are responsible for taking care of their daily life. These maids were personally selected by Lilia, all of them were strong women with big shoulders and round waists, and Victor couldn't help but sigh when he saw them, he always thought that Lilia would not be jealous, but now it seems that it was just a misunderstanding.

"Victor, we now have 726 wild boars in captivity, more than 300 adult wild boars have been killed, those pork, wild fruits, wild vegetables, mushrooms have begun to be pickled and dried, and the collected nuts have also been piled up in the warehouse, plus 500,000 pounds of rye flour from the Yorks, our food reserves are enough for 2,000 people to survive the water season. Lilia squirmed crimson so that Victor's hand could search within her dress.

Victor is really not short of food now, after receiving Victor's scroll, Sylvia was overjoyed, and ordered someone to send a large amount of food, plus all kinds of animal and plant resources in the territory, not to mention 2,000 people, even 3,000 people can be raised. What Victor lacks is labor.

"How many freedmen have we gathered now?" Victor asked as he caressed Lilia's smooth and delicate thighs as he whispered in her ear.

Lilia gasped and said softly: "We have arrested two more groups of people, a total of 239 people, all of whom have been led from Buryatia. Holding down Victor's troubled hand, she said worriedly: "Victor, most of them are the subjects of Baron Matthew Buryatia. How is Baron Matthew also a feudal nobleman, is it really appropriate for us to kill his vassals?"

A vassal is a superior person with status, and the lord may not care about the life or death of the inferior, but he will definitely track down the whereabouts of the vassal. Baron Matthew's vassals had disappeared in Randall, and he had to say that he would at least send an army to search for them, and they would definitely clash with Victor, which is why Barol suggested that they be driven away. The fact that the lords were left behind and the vassals disappeared was a flaw in itself. The trouble was obvious, and Lilia clearly saw it, but she didn't understand that Victor had to do it.

"Lilia, whether I kill those people or not, our conflict with Baron Matthew is inevitable. The Buryat family needs food, and although I need the population, it is not unlimited, more than 3,000 people, and the resources of the territory will be destroyed. If I let those people go, they will send the news back and bring more people with them, because they can't find food in their territory anymore. Ten to ten, ten to hundred, more and more people coming, eventually it will turn into an organized confrontation, and Baron Matthew will inevitably find an excuse to fight us for that forest.

Lilia, I can accept the population of the Buryatia territory to a limited extent, but I must not allow the Buryatia family to steal my resources. Since the conflict is inevitable, what else should I be polite to them? Cutting off the tentacles of the Buryatia family and leaving behind the population we need is the best option. It's a big deal. ”

Viktor said lightly, he had no psychological burden at all in the conflict with the Buryatia family. In terms of background, Victor is backed by the uncrowned king of the centaur hills, and in terms of strength, he already has more than 900 alchemy militias under his command, including 85 barberry militiamen equipped with Ant-Man armor. Even if the Viscount of Buryatia did not die, they were just two great knights. And the Great Knight was besieged by the alchemy militia who were not afraid of death, how could he escape Victor's shooting?

"Well, I see. Lilia leaned against Victor's chest and said softly.

"Leave the Buryat family alone, what is your reaction to the policy of self-reserved land?" asked Victor.

Lilia perked up, sat up straight, and said, "Everyone is happy, especially the free people, who are much more active in their work. However, our members of the division of labor system did not believe that freemen should also be allowed to enjoy their own land. ”

Reserved land is a welfare policy for new members of Victor, which is almost the same as that of Huaguo. Both the lords and freedmen under Victor's command were given a small plot of land, with 3 cents per person and 1 cent per freedman, and the output of these lands belonged entirely to them or their families, without paying tribute to Victor. However, these lands could not be included in the vassal's standard of ten acres, and once they became vassals, their reserved land had to be returned.

On that day, Bruce talks about the wild boar hunting of the lords, which makes Victor realize that there is a huge hole in the internal system he has designed: there is no place for latecomers.

In the beginning, Victor's territory grew so quickly that everyone was dumbfounded. Because his development plan is fundamentally different from that of other lords, the difference between planning and freedom. And in support of this distinction is the division of work. Now, Victor has made an even more ambitious plan for agricultural and water development, but his division of work system has been closed.

Victor's agricultural planning and water planning required a large population. To be precise, it requires a large number of effective labor. Without the division of work, would the freedmen be an effective labor force? Victor pessimistically found that this was almost impossible because the freedmen were not sticky enough to the lords.

To claim sovereignty over a territory, a lord must first build a castle in a suitable place as his center of government. Next, the lord will need to build towns and villages to expand his control over the territory. Towns and villages are built where there is a water source. Therefore, the more water sources in the territory, the more towns and villages, and the stronger the liege's control over the territory, and the land outside the liege's control cannot be counted as his territory.

The effective control area of a village is the area where villagers can go out during the day and come back at night, which is almost 300 square kilometers. Beyond that range is the wild. The wild is inhabited by orcs, monsters, and beasts, and is very dangerous. Ordinary people cannot survive in the treacherous wilderness, and they must rely on the protection of the village. Therefore, the lord protects the common people, and the ordinary people can only accept the exploitation of the lord.

In this relationship of protection and worship, the freedmen have the lowest status. The lord and the freedman had no rights or duties, and the freeman did not have to serve the lord, and the lord did not intervene in the affairs of the freedman. The lord only collected offerings from the vassals, who hired freedmen to do the work and paid them. In the event of an attack on a territory, vassals and lords have priority access to the castle for refuge, while freedmen are left to fend for themselves. In order to obtain effective protection and better treatment, freedmen strive to become vassals.

Within the actual control of the lord, the lord enjoyed the protection of the lord, and in addition, the lord had the right to rent the land and keep 20% of the income in addition to accepting employment. The lords also served their lords free of charge, and every year during the two months of the fire season and the two months of the wind season, they had to perform agricultural service for the lord, harvesting hay or crops. During the construction of the castle, the lords took turns to serve until the castle was completed. When a territory is violated, the lord has the responsibility to defend his home and castle, and the lord can call on the lord to crusade against the monsters in the territory, but not coercive. You can't drive your people to attack other families' territories.

After carefully combing through the various factors of the lord's domination, Victor found that the monsters in the wild were the reason why the free people and the lords relied on the lord. However, the monster race in the Centaur Hills itself is pitiful, and in Victor's water conservancy development blueprint, there is no living space for monsters.

Without the monsters, do the freedmen still need to rely on the lords? Will they still accept exploitation? Will they still serve in labor? The answer is obvious, isn't this how Victor led all those large and small free private lands?

The construction of artificial rivers is a long-term and arduous project, and even in the highly centralized ancient kingdom of China, it will cause resentment among the people, not to mention the feudal system formed by relying on monsters. Even if Victor fills everyone's stomachs, the leaders will not be willing to work hard for a long time, and if they are in a hurry, they will just hide in the wild and be a mountain dweller. If Victor dares to take coercive measures, the church will not mind locking him up.

Victor needs to redesign a system of distribution of benefits to get the common people to buy in with his plan, and before that can do so, he has to make sure that the new members don't leave his rule. Alchemical mastiffs can act as monsters, but they are not long-term. Therefore, the policy of self-reserved land came into being.

"Lilia, most of the people who have been displaced to the territory are lords, because they have no food, they are forced to act as free people, and when they get through the difficulties, they will definitely want to return to the Buryat territory, and the self-reserve can keep many people. If you can't grow crops on three points of land, that is, you can grow some vegetables, you will do us very little damage, but the benefits will be great. As you know, the division of work system can no longer be opened, and the policy of self-reserved land can attract hard-working freedmen to join us. Victor squeezed Lilia's chest and smiled, "Okay, go get Balor, I have a task for him." ”

Two hours later, Agent Barol shows up in Victor's study.

"My lord, what do you command?" asked Balor respectfully.

"I want you to investigate the situation of the Buryat family, I don't need any confidential information, but I want to know their strength, background, and relationship between members, the more detailed the better. Especially in the case of Baron Matthew. Victor said lightly.

Victor killed Baron Matthew's vassals, and a collision between them was inevitable, so he naturally wanted to find out about his opponent's situation. Balor was prepared for this and full of expectations, and he said in a deep voice: "My lord, I need manpower. ”

"Of course, I'll give you 10 elite soldiers, each of whom is about the same strength as Shak, enough to keep you and the little agent safe. From now on, they will be under your control. Victor nodded.

Balor was ecstatic in his heart, he had seen Shak crush the paladin's battle. In Barol's opinion, Shak is a dead soldier comparable to a trainee knight, and Victor gave him 10 powerful dead soldiers at a time, which shows how strong the lord is, which also shows that he has been favored by Victor.

Balor suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a deep voice, "My lord, I'm going to Black Castle to find some people. ”