Victor left, took the "amulet" and set out on the way home, and by the way, took on a mission. The content of the mission is to try to relieve the old and weak, and not let too many people die of cold and starvation. The reward for the quest is that Father Miller obediently serves as the presiding priest of Randall's Lordship, and Randall will become "invisible" in the sight of the church.

Unbeknownst to Victor, the rewards of this mission have far exceeded his expectations and even changed the fate of mankind, and he is still worrying about how to complete the mission.

The population of Finicle Silk's collar is more than 12,000, of which 9,000 are freedmen and the remaining 3,000 are their families. The York family can only guarantee the rations and wages of 9,000 young and strong employees, and as for those who are old and weak, the York family can do nothing.

These old and infirm could have stayed in the free private estate of Blackcastle and received relief from the Church, but they had to suffer anyway. This seemingly irrational behavior is human nature, how can young parents bear to leave their young children alone in a free private land hundreds of kilometers away?

Now, they have become a burden to Victor.

Human adaptability is extremely strong, and the vast majority of people survive even if Victor does not care about it. But Father Miller's attitude is very clear, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, whether you do it or not, is the key, he just wants to witness Victor's responsibility.

How to remedy, and to what extent, is what Victor has to consider.

In Victor's opinion, rations are not a problem. The entire territory is 12,000 square kilometers large, and the natural resources alone are enough to feed these people, not to mention that Randall's territory has also ushered in a bumper harvest. In fact, under the leadership of the head of the cabbage, these people cultivated wasteland, cut grass and raised pigs, collected nuts, dried wild vegetables, and squeezed out rations from Qingzhuang, which basically met their daily needs.

The infrastructure is weak, and the lack of warm clothing is the most fatal.

The shacks where the hired workers lived were very simple, with leaky walls, and when the cold water season came, it was not much of a problem for the young and strong to live in it, but it was a little difficult for the old and the young.

Victor has always believed that as long as the people are busy filling their stomachs, then don't expect them to do anything else. The situation is now like this, 9,000 young men have built the control gates and have to dig the reservoir before the water season, and the old and weak women and children have no time to repair the camp to feed themselves. It took them four months to build a village that could accommodate a few hundred people at most.

The problem of weak infrastructure can be solved by Victor, and after the crops are harvested, Randall has the manpower and sends people to repair the camp. What gave Victor a headache was the serious lack of warm clothing.

Victor checked the supplies in the camp and found that of the more than 12,000 people, less than 1,000 had sheepskin jackets. Victor asked Nicole about this, and Nicole told Victor that when the ant plague broke out suddenly, the lords of the centaur hills fled one after another, and the York family was busy collecting food, and many materials were too late to be transported, and those sheepskins and cowhides went into the stomach of the ant-man. The York family now has more than 100,000 people, and they are not only short of food, but also lack all kinds of supplies. Anthony told Nicole that the family could only support her with 2,000 sheepskin jackets.

Victor was shocked and asked Nicole how the York family was going to solve the problem. Nicole said that the church had warm clothing that could be lent to civilians. Her brother is using some connections to try to convince the church to change the presiding priest, who will surely solve the problem. Victor was silent, which was why Father Miller wanted to leave, because the old priest could not apply for support from the Church at all.

If Victor wants to keep Father Miller, he will have to solve this problem. Victor calculated that he needed to buy at least 14,000 sets of warm clothing. For the freedmen who took refuge in Randall's collar did not have sheepskin jackets. These freedmen were left of their homes, so to speak, and not only did the Buryat family drive them out, but the other people also seized their property.

Victor scolded in his heart, but after scolding, the problem still had to be solved, and he only had two months, beyond which the York family would ask the church to intervene.

It seems that the only way to buy sheepskin jackets is through Pinewood! The thought of being slaughtered by the Chebman family again makes Victor a little sullen.

A fallen leaf drifted into the car through the window, and Victor gently clipped it between his fingers, and through the window he saw a fruitful scene.

Both sides of the road were covered with yellow oak leaves, and many half-grown children carried baskets on their backs, carefully looking for acorns hidden in the fallen leaves, which were not edible, but could be used to extract oil and feed pigs. As you can see from the smiles on the children's faces, they have gained a lot.

Seeing Victor's car approaching, the children stepped aside, and saluted the carriage. Not far away, a large herd of goats blocked the way of the convoy, and the shepherds drove the flock in a panic, and one was accidentally pushed on the ass by a strong ram, and the funny heel led to a burst of joyful and pure laughter.

The embarrassed shepherd did not bother to scold the little ones who were laughing at him, and desperately drove the sheep to the side of the road. After some effort, the flocks of sheep spilled over the sides of the carriage, one squeezing one and bleating, and only when the last baby goat ran past the carriage did the convoy move on.

As the convoy and the flock drifted away, the innocent laughter of the children fell into the carriage, and Victor couldn't help but look back, and he saw several children proudly showing their baskets to the shepherd, who was stroking the little heads with his rough palms as encouragement.

This scene made Victor smile as well, and his gaze swept into the distance, where there were endless wheat fields. The wind blows endlessly, the wheat waves are like a tide, and the surging wheat fields are like a golden ocean. In this golden sea, hundreds of farmers were busy harvesting the heavy wheat, and they tried to wield their scythes in their hands, and it took them a long time to stand up straight from the wheat waves and enjoy the coolness of the wind. Victor could see the sweat on the farmer's face and the joy in his eyes, and this joy came with the wind and blew into his heart.

Victor couldn't help but slip out of the window, pressed one hand on the window frame, and with a deft roll, landed firmly on the roof of the car. The scenery in front of you suddenly opened up, the blue sky was dotted with white clouds, the black river in the distance was like a crystal belt inlaid on the earth, the scattered hills were dyed golden, the branches of the trees were fruitful, and there were herds of cattle and sheep munching alfalfa in the valley, and the prosperous and peaceful village of Hekou was at the end of the road.

The sky is high and the clouds are pale green, and the mountains and rivers are dyed yellow.

The magnificent scenery makes Victor feel a sense of pride. The rivers and lakes, the mountains and forests, the trees, the farmlands and villages, the cattle and sheep and the crops all belonged to him, and the farmers, most of whom were freemen hired farmers, received very little, but the joy was real. Because the farmers put their hopes in this territory, their fate is in the hands of Victor.

Victor realized that these farmers were his greatest asset. The power of the peasants may be insignificant, but when combined, they can build towering fortresses, bustling towns, and powerful armies. This power is enough to work miracles!

If you want to wear a crown, bear its weight first. The ruler does not have the mind to accept all rivers, only calculates personal gains and losses, regards the people as mustard, and puts on a cold and domineering face, but in fact it is just an incompetent waste. As a lord, I don't even want to bear the food and clothing of my people, and I can't afford it, so what else can I talk about? A good fighter has no outstanding achievements, and a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, since you hold me up, I can do better than the Glorious Church, and no one will die of cold and hunger this year!

Victor's gaze became firm and distant, and the convoy rumbled forward, heading straight for the village of Kawague.

In the next half month, all the wheat led by Randall was harvested, and the harvest celebration was held as scheduled.

More than 7,000 people gathered in Hekou Village to enjoy the joy of the harvest, and Victor ordered ten fat cows, forty sheep and 100 pigs to be slaughtered for free consumption, and each of them was given a cup of luscious purple cane wine. The farmers shouted praises to the Glorious Lord's gifts, much to the excitement of Father Miller, who was presiding over the harvest celebration for the first time. Of course, people did not forget to praise the generosity of the lord.

During the celebration, Victor announced in public that as long as he worked for the Randall family for two more years, each family could obtain the status of a lord, and each lord could rent 70 acres of land and receive 30% of the income. As soon as he finished speaking, Victor heard a tsunami-like cheer. The harvest celebration also entered a climax.

While the people were still partying, the middle floor of Victor and Randall led into the conference room and held a round table.