Early in the morning, in the forbidden area of the upper camp, Victor played with a delicate short sword, this short sword was two fingers wide and two feet long, the sword body was a rare blue-white, the blade was narrow, and the edge was cold.

Victor danced a sword flower and slashed downward, and a sharp cyan streamer slashed across the hard, thick hemlock table, easily removing a corner of the table.

"Good sword. Victor's jaw snapped, and with a flick of his fingers on the sword, the dagger emitted a crisp hum that lasted for a long time.

"Busso, this silver dagger is very sharp, is there anything special about it?" asked Victor as he turned to Busso, who was standing nearby.

"My lord, the silver is as soft as mud, condensed into a ball, no matter how much it is pressed, it can automatically return to a spherical shape, so the silver shortsword is sharper, tougher, and elastic than ordinary short swords, it will not break or shatter, and even if it is deformed, it can return to its original shape on its own. Busso said.

This Nima's is better than memory metal!

After listening to Busso's explanation, Victor smiled and asked, "How long will it take you to forge such a silver shortsword?"

"My lord, this silver dagger was created by me by hand, the process is cumbersome, it takes 20 days to create one, due to the excessive amount of silver that is integrated into the short sword, the quality can only reach the standard of three categories. If, using a medium-sized forge, it takes 8 days to craft a Class 2 standard Thurium shortsword, and the Thur silver consumption will also be reduced by 4%. Using a large forge, it is possible to craft a standard class of Thorsilver shortsword in 3 days. Reduces the cost of silver by 6%. Busso responded.

Victor nodded and said, "There will be a forge, you go and produce cane sugar first." ”

"Yes, sir. Busogon stepped back.

When Busso was gone, Victor picked up two small bags of flour from the ground, carried a dagger, and walked towards the cave.

Arriving at the Elemental Extraction Table of the Alchemy Tower, Vic connected to the Tower Spirit in his consciousness: "King, let's do an experiment today. It's a silver dagger made of Busso, and you tell me, how much money, or luck, you can withdraw from it?"

As he spoke, Victor placed the silver dagger in his hand on the stone platform.

"My lord, the funds that can be withdrawn from this dagger are not even a single gold sol. It wasn't long before Taling reported the results of his test.

"Not a single gold sol? Hehe, you must know that this short sword, if sold to a nobleman, is worth at least 300 gold soles, it may be even higher. Victor said angrily.

"My lord, it really can't withdraw 1 gold coin unit. Once again, the king confirmed his answer.

"Well, this is a pound of flour that my men bought from Black Castle, this is the flour that Pinghu Village offered to me, you compare, the difference in value between the two. ”

Victor threw two more bags of flour on the extraction table.

"My lord, although it is not worth a gold sol, the flour enshrined in Pinghu Village is worth twice as much as the flour you bought. ”

"Interesting, that is, what someone gave me for free is more valuable than what I bought?" asked Victor, his eyes flashing, to the king.

"My lord, I can't be sure of the logical relationship inside, I don't have any information to provide about the exchange law of the Alchemy Tower. ”

"Of course, the person driving the carriage does not need to know how to make a carriage, and there is no need for the Alchemy Empire to load the secrets of the Alchemy Tower for Taling. ”

"My lord, did you do this experiment to unlock the secret of the laws of the Alchemy Tower?" the king asked Victor.

"No, I don't have the ability to unravel the mysteries of the Law of Creation, I'm just sure of one thing, and that is to take money out of other people's pockets, and I'll grow faster!" Victor replied with a smile.

At this time, a melodious bell rang from outside the penalty area, which was alerting Victor that it was time for a meeting.

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When Victor walked into the conference room, Nelson, Lilia, Linda, and the six village leaders had already arrived.

"Sit down. ”

Victor was the first to sit down in front of a large round table, beckoning his men to sit around the table as well.

Although Victor had already signaled for everyone to sit down, in the face of such a round table, the six village leaders stood hesitantly. Because, in the past, when Victor asked them to question, they were all standing.

Nelson sat down with a big grin, but when he saw Linda glaring desperately at him, he stood up inexplicably, and although he didn't know what it meant, he still had to listen to his wife's words.

"Sit down, don't you also use round tables in the cafeteria?" asked Victor, a little surprised.

"My lord, the people who eat in the small cafeteria are all members of the division system, and it is no problem to sit at a table, but your status is noble, and we can't break the rules. Morin stepped forward and replied.

"I know, but you must also know that you are already my vassals, and I am your lord. Victor stood up and said solemnly.

"Maybe you don't know the obligations of vassals to the sovereign, so I'll talk to you about it today. The first is respect, and as vassals, you have a duty to uphold my dignity and authority, to accompany me on solemn occasions, and to defend my glory and prestige. ”

"The second is to suggest that as vassals, you must attend the meetings I have convened to plan for me, to advise me, and to proclaim all kinds of regulations in my name in the realm. ”

"The third is aid, when I give the order to wage war, you must answer my call, join my army, fight in battle or provide logistical support, if I am imprisoned or captured, you must pay a ransom to save me. ”

Victor's words thrilled those present, for this was the first time that Victor had established their vassal status and revealed to them their vassalal obligations, which meant that they were no longer farmers or mercenaries, but truly superior people.

"Today, I am convening this meeting to ask you to fulfill your obligation to make suggestions. I chose this round table to allow you to put aside the gap in your status, speak freely, and provide advice and supplements to my decision-making. Victor said with a smile.

This time, several village leaders took the lead in sitting down, and one by one they were proudly waiting for the lord to hold a meeting.

"Lilia, you can tell us about the current situation of the camp. Victor gestured to Lilia.

"Yes, sir. Lilia smiled sweetly at Victor and said crisply, "There are more than 1,000 people in our camp, including 278 workers and 124 ordinary people, 113 guards, and the rest of the free people are almost 500. ”

"In addition, there are 9 wagons, 14 horses, and 4 oxen in the camp."

"We just replenished 100,000 pounds (about 45 tons) of flour, 40,000 pounds of beans, 5,000 pounds of salt, and a small amount of linen from Blackcastle. We also stock 10,000 pounds of smoked pork (20 wild boars). At the same time, there are more than 600 ground lizards raised in the camp, which lay more than 300 eggs a day, as well as a small number of yellow sheep and grouse. ”

Victor quickly calculated in his heart, this food is not enough for 1,000 people to eat for a month, the humans in this world are very edible, they need 3-5 pounds of food a day, and the guards eat more, and Nelson consumes more than 40 pounds of food a day, and the barberry militia is about the same.

Victor sighed, and he asked Morin, "Morin, tell me about the construction and reclamation situation on your side." ”

Maureen stood up and bowed to Victor, and he spoke: "My lord, at present we have two camps, a village under construction, more than 100 houses, more than 300 sheds, a blacksmith shop, and two mills, but none of them are currently in use, only one carpenter's workshop has been put into use, and we can even make wheels, I believe that it will not be long before we can make our own carriages." ”

Morin was a little proud, he recently found a skilled carpenter among the freedmen who could actually make wheels, and Morin decisively recommended him to Victor, but he didn't know that this "talent" was Victor's alchemical auxiliary.

"We have also cultivated 2,400 acres of arable land, and have planted barley and black beans, which will not be harvested until the windy season, as well as scattered vegetable plots with lentils, red cabbage, peas, and soldier beans, plus collected berries, parsley, and mushrooms, which basically meet the camp's needs. Maureen continued.

Hearing Morin say this, one of the village leaders stopped talking, but Victor asked him, "Bodi, do you have anything to say?"

"My lord, I want to tell you that there are no berries and wild vegetables collected around our camp, not even mushrooms, even sweet potatoes have to be collected 15 kilometers away. ”

Bo Di, the leader of the village team in charge of the collection, continued: "My lord, we pick too often, we should collect these wild vegetables and berries regularly, and now we 。。。。。。 ”

Victor nodded, he already knew.

"You all know the situation, we are short of everything, especially food, at present our food can only last for a month, you tell me, with 2,000 people, how much arable land do we need to reclaim to meet the operation of the territory?" Victor set his sights on the six village leaders.

Several village leaders immediately whispered to each other for a while, and Mo Lin stood up and replied, "My lord, at least 20,000 acres of cultivated land are needed. ”

"What? You're not mistaken, it takes 20,000 acres?" Victor couldn't believe his ears.

"My lord, we really need 20,000 acres, and it must be fertile land, like we need 30,000 acres to reclaim land now to feed 2,000 people. A villager leader said.

"My lord, you may not know it, but we farmers farm the land, and we rotate the fields. ”

Another villager leader rushed to speak, and anyway, the adults told them to speak freely, so the other villager leader continued: "My lord, the rotation of grass fields is half of the land, and the other half is planted with grass for grazing, alternating with each other. We harvest the grass and put it in a barn, and the grass and manure are mixed and fermented to become fertilizer, so we only have half of the arable land growing crops. ”

"My lord, we mainly grow barley, einkorn, and double wheat, and in good years, the harvest is up to three times as much as the sowing is the sowing, and if we plant wheat, it is up to two times as much, but the barley needs to be tended by people all the time, and the double wheat and einkorn do not attract birds, so we mostly grow wheat. ”

When it came to farming, these farmers were all excited, they were all experts, and they were not all showing off at this time.

"My lord, this crop is only harvested once a year, we need more fertile land, I suggest shoveling 10,000 acres of purple cane and planting crops. ”

The farmer's suggestion was immediately met with the nods of approval from all the village leaders.

Victor was annoyed by the quarrels of these newly promoted vassals, but Victor understood one thing, the development model of the traditional lord's self-sufficiency was completely hopeless.

In today's human world, crops are ripe once a year, and here there are 16 months a year, coupled with low yields, land is particularly precious.

It is precisely because of this that the first two years of the Pioneer Territory are beyond its means, so the Pioneer Territory needs the support of the family for two to three years before it can function normally.

Originally, Sylvia gave Victor 40,000 gold soles, just enough to get him through the first two years of hardship, but Victor used the money! He is now a poor lord! And this poor lord is still a pioneer lord!

Busso once told Victor about 15 high-yielding crops, but the farmers here didn't even hear about it. Later, Busso proposed a coaxing plan, using Mithril to create a Mithril circle, which could make one acre of cultivated crops four crops a year and high-yielding.

When Victor learned that a Mithril circle would not only consume 10 pounds of Mithril, but also require an alchemist to engrave runes, Vic was speechless for a long time.

In short, Victor had only one choice, to go down the path of commercialization, and now he needed to unify this perception in his small group.

"I won't cut down the purple cane forest!" Victor said categorically.

"On this trip to Blackcastle, Nelson sold the purple cane wine we brewed, and each cup of purple cane wine sold for 12 copper soles, and every 3 copper soles can buy a pound of flour, which you can calculate. ”

"Moreover, 12 copper soles is the purchase price, and the purple cane wine is in the tavern, and it has been sold for 30 copper soles a cup!"

Victor's words caused an uproar among several village leaders, who did not expect that the purple cane wine brewed by accident could be sold so expensive.

"My lord, then we won't have to farm in the future!

"It's not that simple. Victor smiled bitterly: "Although purple cane wine is more valuable than food, there are not too many people in Blackcastle Town who can afford to drink it, in fact, most of the merchants who buy our purple cane wine buy it back to the cellar, and the price of these wines can double in a few years." ”

"It's no problem that purple cane wine can feed all of us, but we still lack weapons and equipment, lack of linen, lack of sheepskin, lack of cows, lack of salt, and all of these need money, especially weapons and equipment, you must know that a set of York's standard equipment is worth 80 gold soles!"

"So, I have decided to speed up the construction of the village, but not just a farm! I will build a village dedicated to making iron, and I will build a village dedicated to the production of linen and farming tools, and a village dedicated to raising dairy cows, in short, we will produce whatever we lack! Is there a problem?" Victor stared at the village leaders with burning eyes.

But these people were silent, and after a while, Dean boldly asked, "My lord, if we don't farm the land, what about the offerings?

Victor smiled, this was the question he was waiting for.

"Changed the offering to the tax. ”

"Taxes?"

"Yes, you don't need to pay me for the offerings, I will place an order with you, and you will produce materials according to the order, and I will pay you for these materials, and you will use the money to pay taxes to me, and the proportion of taxes paid is tentatively set at sixty percent. You don't have to worry that there will be no orders, I will let people sell these materials, and I will also buy grain and sell it to the people at a fair price, but there is one thing, all the products must be sold to me, otherwise I will take back the village!"

All the village leaders were silent for a while, and this novel relationship made them at a loss.

"My lord, what about our fiefdom?" asked Morin through gritted teeth and asked Victor.

"Concentrate in the farm, hire people to plant, I will take 5% of the rest, and the labor division system will not be canceled for ten years, the labor points you get can still be exchanged for land and copper sol, and at the same time I allow you to exchange for purple cane forests, and I will also buy the purple cane harvested at the price." Victor said confidently that if he wants to protect the purple cane resources in his territory, he must connect everyone with interests, which is a long-term plan.

As soon as Victor said this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, their desire for land was deep in their bones, and they did not understand what kind of future Victor would bring them.

"That's no problem. Several village leaders smiled.

"Okay, you have to speed up the conversion of freedmen into vassals, and promote 30 people every month in the future, and within a year I need all the villages to be built. If there is no problem, go to work. ”

"Yes, sir!"

When everyone was about to go out, they heard the lord's command.

"By the way, such a round table is held every six months, and when I am not in the territory, the affairs of the territory are voted on collectively by the members of the round table. Most importantly, raise your hand next time you speak!"

This is the reason why Victor held the round table, when I was centralized, when I was not there you were democratic, very good and powerful! In the TV series, King Arthur did this!

"Silvia, don't you want to tie me? I'll hand you the rope and see who ends up tying whom?"

Thinking alone, Victor decided to take a trip to Blackcastle.