A light breeze swept across the hills, and long grasses moved with the wind. The three ox carts pressed over the meadow and left deep ruts, and Nelson was on the ox cart and said to Linda beside him: "Go around this hill, which is the fief that the adults have given us, where there are lakes, woods, rivers, and pastures. You can hunt and fish, you will definitely enjoy it. ”

Linda closed her eyes and leaned lazily on Nelson's broad shoulders, looking like she hadn't woken up yet, and it took her a long time before she said leisurely: "The fiefdom won't run again." As for the early hours of the morning, Lord Victor is going to hold a round table. ”

Nelson said embarrassedly, "It's not Old John yet, I can't wait to come and have a look." We'll leave in a moment, and we won't miss the adults. ”

Victor canonized Nelson's 3oo square kilometers of land, and the most excited were the members of the War Bear Mercenaries. Today, before dawn, Nelson was forcibly pulled out of bed by a dozen old mercenaries, shouting to see his territory. As a last resort, Nelson had to find three ox carts and take these disabled old mercenaries to come over to see the scenery. But Nelson's tone of pretending not to care amused Linda.

"Just pretend. There is no need to run this kind of thing in person, you have so many subordinates, you can find anyone to lead the way. ”

Nelson laughed, "Don't you either." It's not like you haven't been to that piece of land, and you didn't come here as soon as you called it. ”

Linda was speechless for a moment, and then angrily pinched the soft flesh between Nelson's waist and ribs, and as soon as she exerted force, her fingers were bounced away by Nelson's muscles, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "Something is moving in your clothes!"

Nelson scratched his head, after cultivating the Barberry Secret Form, the muscles of his whole body seemed to come to life, if he didn't control it, he would have such a natural reaction, unless he cultivated the Barberry Secret Form to the point of retracting from his heart, he could eliminate this phenomenon. But Victor had told him that the matter of cultivating the secret form should never be mentioned to anyone.

"How could there be anything? You must not have slept well. Come and lean on me, and sleep again. Nelson hurriedly coaxed.

Glancing at Nelson suspiciously, Linda obediently leaned on her husband's body, closed her eyes, and after a moment she said, "I remember that you told me that you would become a lord in thirty years. I didn't expect that after only 12 years, you actually did it. ”

"Actually, that's a big thing I said to trick you. At that time, you were the most beautiful girl in the mercenary group, and there were many people staring at you. At that time, I didn't have the strength I have now. I didn't expect you to believe it stupidly. Now, stupidly become a lady again. Nelson smirked.

"I don't want to be your lord's wife, you should marry a noble lady and have a bunch of children. If your wife wants to, I'll be your personal maid, and if she doesn't, I'll be your lover. Linda said lightly.

Becoming a lord is the limit that ordinary people can reach, but it is very difficult to get a lordship, and there are many knights who are just lords, for example, Bruce used to be a lord of the feud, and those probationary knights are not even lords, and it is even more difficult to obtain a lord title as an ordinary person. Nelson's strength was comparable to that of a powerful knight, but he never expected that he would actually become a lord, or a feudal nobleman with hereditary domains.

Although the lord is the lowest noble, he is a recognized nobleman after all. Now, Nelson is a true nobleman, and a feudal nobleman with hereditary domains. As a result, Nelson was eligible to marry a noble woman. In fact, many aristocratic ladies from ruined families were willing to marry the lord of the fiefdom, and even the apprentice female knights who had no hope of stepping into the bronze rank were happy to join them. A hereditary realm of 3oo square kilometers is the limit of a lord, which is even more respectable than a court baron.

As Linda said, Lord Fengyi should marry a woman of knightly blood, only in this way can the family prosper, and many new families are born in this way. But Linda's hard work, Nelson was unaware, and he said with a big grin: "The matter of marrying a noble lady will be left to our son." You're still honestly Lord Randall. ”

"You bastard!" Linda clutched Nelson's ear with tears in her eyes.

"What are you crying about? Lord is nothing remarkable, I can achieve more in the future. Nelson said disapprehantly.

"Hah, Lord is nothing great, you can still be a baron!" Linda was amused by Nelson.

"I can't tell, but I believe Lord Victor. Well, Lord Victor is not an ordinary nobleman, his ideas are different from others, he doesn't value what others value, and he values what others don't. We just have to follow the adults. Nelson replied.

"I didn't expect you to know Lord Victor so well, so what do you say adults value?" asked Linda curiously.

Nelson thought for a moment and said, "My lord, value us. ”

"We?" Linda asked, rolling her eyes, "including the strange freedmen, who you really gathered?"

"It's true. Nelson patted his chest and said firmly.

"Hmph! All of them are young and strong, and there is not even a single woman or child?"

"In that case, how could I take in a burden? I didn't want a free man with children or a woman. Nelson said solemnly.

Linda stared at Nelson's resolute face, resting her head on his shoulder, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth, her husband was not a fool though he was not a smart man.

After a few moments, the bullock cart stopped, and Nelson and Linda stood in front of a lake that was neither large nor small, 15oo acres, with dense woods and rolling hills on the opposite side of the lake. It was early in the morning, and a thin mist was floating on the surface of the lake, and the clouds on the horizon and the green trees on the mountains were faintly reflected on the surface of the lake. The blue waves were rippling, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and Linda couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It's beautiful. ”

"The land is fertile, the water is abundant, but there are too many hills. More than 50,000 acres of cultivated land can be cultivated along the shores of lakes and mountain streams. Well, the forest area is very large, there are many high-quality woods in it, and there are a lot of wild things and berries, but I don't know if there are any veins in the mountain. Well, I'm going to have someone take a look. Nelson said triumphantly.

"When the lord's territory is on the right track, we can recruit the lords, and when the time comes, we can build a villa on the shore of the lake. Nelson turned to look at his wife and said, "Linda, don't drink bluegrass soup again." We had a few children, and when they grew up, I took them to hunt. ”

The life of a mercenary is upside down, precarious, and there is no condition to raise offspring at all, and the two of them have been married for many years without children of their own, but now they are different. Linda nodded lightly, "I listen to you." ”

"Haha, it's good to have a baby!" Old John came over with his prosthetic legs, ignoring Linda's embarrassed eyes, and continued: "You have a few more strong boys, and we old fellows are responsible for training them fiercely. ”

"Phew! Hearing that old John was going to her son, Linda was anxious, even though she was not pregnant.

"Seriously, boy Nelson, you're a lord now, and we old fellows want to feed under you, just give us some land. The old mercenary Iron Hook stepped forward and said.

"Why? Lord Victor has treated you badly? You are a vassal of your lordship, and without his consent, this is a betrayal. Nelson laughed.

Old John shook his head and sighed: "The goat inn is gone, so that the adults have lost thousands of gold soles, we old cripples, then we still have the face to be Lord Victor's vassals, those lands are returned, if you are difficult to do, we will be a lord for Lord Victor." ”

These old guys are still so strong, but they won't be mercenaries if they don't have a strong temperament. Nelson thought to himself, but said, "That's such a cheap thing! Not to mention the loss of several thousand gold, even the two chefs were poached by the York family." You guys, let's go and work for the adults. ”

More than a dozen old mercenaries looked at each other, and one of them couldn't help but say, "We don't know how to farm, what kind of work can we do?"

"Hehe, it's not going to be cheap for you old things anyway. When you get back, go to Barrett, and he'll arrange it. Nelson picked up Linda and ran away, shouting as he ran, "Let's go first, remember to find Barrett." ”

In the blink of an eye, Nelson was gone, leaving only Linda's laughter.

"Nelson, this boy, who hasn't spoken clearly, runs faster than a rabbit. Old John cried out hatefully.

When Nelson and Linda walked into the room, it was already full. Although it was a round table, Victor sat on the top, Lilia on his left, and Nelson and Linda on the two empty seats on his right. Along the way, Maureen, Benson, Butz, Dean, Philo, Kent, and George are all Victor's village leaders, of whom Benson and Boots have all been removed from their posts, and are now back in the management class because they have carried out Victor's task of collecting the mountain people.

After Nelson and Linda sat down, Victor spoke, "Everyone is here, let's get straight to the point." Lilia, report on the current situation in the territory. ”

"Yes. "At present, our population is 1,495 people, including 572 freedmen taken in by Lord Nelson, 57o members of the division of work, and 353 women and children. There were 120,000 pounds of wheat seeds, 240,000 pounds of sweet potatoes, 10,000 pounds of salt, 2oo sheep, 7o bullocks, 4o cows, 35 war horses, and 7 horses. That's it. ”

"Okay, we have 1,142 young people. So Nelson, Linda, how many men do you need?" asked Victor to the two of them.

Nelson's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "My lord, at least 15o people." ”

"It's too many, I'll give you a maximum of 1oo people, and these people must be selected from among the people. Victor decisively rejected Nelson's request.

The strength of the alchemy militia is comparable to that of the trainee knights, and Victor has hundreds of alchemy militiamen, and the security of the territory is not a problem at all. The reason for the rebuilding of the convoy is only to train qualified officers.

Victor said to the village leader: "I will assign 1oo people to each of your village groups, and also give priority to the members of the work division system. You have only one task, and that is to clear the land. I have other uses for the rest of the freedmen. ”

Dean asked apprehensively, "My lord, doesn't the brick kiln village need to resume production?"

"The brick kiln village, the carpenter village, the flax village, including the hill camp, I have all arranged. Victor shook his head and said, "We will concentrate our efforts on cultivating 20,000 acres of arable land and plant all crops during the water season." ”

Morin coughed dryly and said, "My lord, we don't have enough seeds. 20,000 acres of arable land requires at least 1oo0,000 pounds of wheat seeds. ”

Victor nodded and said, "I know, I can plant as much wheat as I want, and the rest of the cultivated land will be planted with potatoes." ”

"All the potatoes are planted, my lord, do you want to plant some alfalfa or other pasture? There is plenty of water here, and as long as you water it frequently, the grass can grow quickly, which is very suitable for raising cattle, sheep and horses. Moreover, we have few people, so we don't need to plant all the potatoes at all. George, the leader of the villagers' group, said.

Victor said sternly: "As a viscount, I have a vast territory, but I only have more than 1ooo people, which is not as good as a barony. Do you think I'll be satisfied with this little population? In this ant plague, the lords of the western part of the kingdom lost a lot of crops. I believe that in the next two to three years, there will be a shortage of food, which may lead to a wave of displacement. So we need more food! As long as there is enough food, we can take in more displaced people. ”

"The sweet potato can be used as a ration, and its leaves, like pasture, grow when cut. Although, cows, sheep and horses don't eat sweet potato leaves, wild boars do!"

Human beings in this world only raise cattle, sheep and horses, not wild boars. On the one hand, the economic value of wild boar is much lower than that of cattle and sheep, except for meat and fat, it does not produce milk, and its fur has no value. On the other hand, wild boars are miscellaneous, reproduce quickly, have a fierce temperament, do not need to be raised, and are everywhere in the wild. Due to the lack of large-scale water conservancy facilities, human arable land is limited, and even if it is a mature human territory, the area of the countryside is much larger than the area of arable land, which gives wild boars, beasts, and monsters enough space to live. In order to prevent cattle, sheep and horses from being preyed upon by wild animals, pastures were planted and kept in captivity near villages. As for the wild boar, it was the object of human hunting, and in fact, many nobles took pleasure in hunting wild boars.

However, Victor can see the advantages of wild boars, which eat almost everything, including sweet potato leaves, which cattle and sheep do not eat. Wild boars grow very fast, and they can get hundreds of pounds of meat and lard for a year, and wild boar manure is also a good fertilizer.

After the ant plague, Victor's territory vacated millions of acres of land, which was suitable for growing pasture grass and raising cattle, sheep and horses. The large beasts in the territory have been wiped out by the alchemy mastiffs, and the only ones who can compete with cattle and sheep for food are wild boars. With hundreds of alchemy militias, Victor's control over the realm is unmatched. Therefore, Victor had to grow sweet potatoes, raise wild boars in captivity, and graze cattle and sheep.

In fact, with only the products of the territory, the mountains, and the Pinghu Lake, Victor can feed more than 3ooo people. But this is far from enough, Victor needs more people, at least to meet the minimum standard of the viscounty, which is more than 10,000 people. If, according to the inherent exhibition model, it will take more than twenty years. With the food shortage caused by the ant plague, Victor felt that he could achieve this goal in two or three years, until then he needed plenty of food, and sweet potatoes and wild boars could solve this problem.

As a result, Victor replanned the agricultural production system. Gathering, hunting, fishing, meeting short-term needs, planting potatoes, raising wild boars, meeting medium-term needs, growing wheat, grazing cattle and sheep, meeting medium- and long-term needs. Victor believed that once this production system was established, the maximum number of people that could be accommodated in the realm would be much higher than that of ordinary viscountdoms.

"I will arrange for freemen, fishing, hunting, gathering wild fruits, and meeting our daily needs. And what you have to do is to farm and raise pigs with peace of mind!"

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