Clement and Severin took on a half-day job of harvesting wolf's tail grass in a terraced field far from George's Village.

Last night it rained, the air was cool and the ground was soft. The village deacon led the procession through wheat fields, potato fields, and fallow fields, and saw hilly terraced fields.

The terraced rice fields are swirling around, transforming the hills into a world of rhythmic curves. The wide leaves of the wolf's tail undulated in the wind, like a turquoise pleated skirt worn on a curvy beauty. The beauty lies on the earth, solemn and charming, beautiful and delicious, poetic and picturesque, and so beautiful that it is dazzling.

This is the beauty of the wisdom and strength of human beings to transform nature and build their homes.

Everyone stopped to watch for a moment, led by the camel antelope, along the winding path, and climbed the undulating terraces.

"Everyone knows the rules. Again, don't cut off the whole clump of wolftail grass, it's not good to look bare! For every 10 bundles of wolf's tail grass harvested, change to a copper sol, or 1 bundle of wolf's tail grass, work more and get more, and finish work at noon, without food!" The village deacon emphasized again: "No lunch!"

"Cut, if you don't pack rice, you won't pack rice, I have steamed goose ......to eat at noon," Tournans muttered, picked up a small scythe, and quickly harvested the green wolf's tail grass, moving skillfully like an old peasant.

Wolftail grass is a perennial plant with a lifespan of more than 4 years. It is a tall plant, a well-developed root system, able to penetrate deep into the soil, strong drought tolerance, clumped stems, and strong regeneration ability, just like purple cane, as long as the rhizome is left it can continue to grow.

Soft and juicy, nutritious, fast-growing, can be harvested 8 times a year, with an annual yield of up to 30,000 pounds per mu, it is an important green fodder for raising livestock and poultry, and can also be made into hay or silage. Its stems and leaves are chopped and ground finely and can also be used to raise fish.

However, the requirements for land fertility are also very high, and large-scale cultivation often leads to poor arable land. As a result, farmers in other territories generally do not go out of their way to grow wolf's tail, they only harvest wild wolf's tail.

The whole plant of the terraced fields is more than 3 meters high, the leaves are as wide as the palm of the hand, and the knots are the thickness of pigeon eggs, and the growth is very lush.

This is due to the development of the Randall Territory's well-developed aquaculture and public health manure collection system.

The population of Pinghu Town is more than 80,000, and nearly 200,000 pigs, sheep, cattle and horses are raised. The Viscount may have been influenced by the Elven bloodline, and he has almost strict requirements for environmental hygiene, prohibiting people and animals from defecating in the open, with fines ranging from fines to whipping.

That's going to be a big deal for the police station. The sheriff Munk asked Lady Lilia to issue another decree that the dung should be owned by the collectors.

After the decree was issued, a gray force controlled by the law and order completely monopolized the fertilizer collection work of Randall and Finicol Lead. They used to hang a gray towel around their necks to cover their mouth and nose, so they were called gray towels by people.

Driven by interests, Gray Towel's enthusiasm for work is unprecedentedly high. They used fines and fists to help disobedient homeless people develop the habit of going to the toilet, bought manure from swineherds and herdsmen with copper coins, hired half-grown children to collect bird droppings, set up simple toilets in the fields, bribed deacons, and intimidated hired workers to make these simple toilets work. They poured the collected manure into a manure tank, added grass, straw and silt to make fertilizer, and sold it to village chiefs at double the price.

There's a joke among the hired workers that Randall doesn't have bears because they can't go to the toilet and can't afford to pay the fine.

Of course, the gray towels can't deal with beasts, but they do live in every village, town, road, field, pasture and terrace in the Centaur Hill.

According to the church's statistics, the average 70 people in the Centaur Hills have a gray towel. While they may not be likeable, the benefits are clear.

In the words of Tournans: Randall's collar is clean and people like it at first sight, and the land is fertile and reluctant to leave.

Fertilizer allows the sagebrush in the terraces to thrive, and the sagebrush can raise more livestock, create more wealth and jobs, attract more people, and produce more fertilizer, gradually forming a virtuous circle.

And that's just part of the new farming system!

The new farmer will definitely be welcomed by the lord, but there is no rush to promote the development of the Randall Lord. Sylvia has only made the best choice for the Centaur Hill, and there are still some problems that have not yet been revealed...... Clement thought to himself.

By noon, Clement and Tournans had easily harvested 30 sheaves of wolf's tail, while Severin had only harvested 25 sheaves with sweat.

"Robert's boy, these five bundles of wolftail grass can't be counted. The deacon kicked the bundle of wolf's tail grass and said, "Either I will put it in your account, or you will take half a bundle and feed it to the geese." ”

"I'm just going to take it home and feed the geese. Severin wiped the sweat from his face with a towel and said with a smile.

"That's fine. You make half a bundle yourself. The deacon nodded, and continued to deliver the wolf's tail grass with the others, and when the last man's payment was finished, he shouted, "Tie all the wolf's tail grass to the camel antelope, take your own wolf's tail grass, and we will go back!"

The hired men picked up the copper coins, carried their own wolf's tail grass, and walked towards the village with a smile and a smile. The scarecrow with funny smiling faces in the wheat field silently watched them drift away.

At the entrance of the village, the team disbanded on its own. Severin led the Pope and the Paladins to the gate of his courtyard, and a black dog with smooth fur rushed out, wagging its tail at the little master and barking at strangers.

"Go, go, go. Severin kicked the black dog away, unloaded half a bundle of green wolf's tail, and cried, "Daddy, Mommy, Aunt Katie, the guests have arrived." ”

A young man walked out first. He was about 20 years old, with a sturdy body, a straight back, brown hair of only an inch, no sideburns and beard, bright eyes, and the whole person looked clean and heroic.

"Brother Sabbins, you're back!" Severin hugged the young man in surprise.

"Severin, you've grown taller. The eldest son of the Robert family smiled and patted his brother on the shoulder, and bowed slightly to the two guests, "Sebins has seen two gentlemen. ”

The most prominent figures in Randall's Collar are Lord Viscount, Lady Phenicos, and Father Miller, while Reverend Davy, as Father Miller's assistant, has a status equal to that of Lord Nelson, and Davy is often in contact with mercenary soldiers, making him more likely to attract attention.

Sebins served in the mercenary corps and was very young but well-informed. Pastor David personally arranged for two relatives to live in George's Village, which Sabins had heard about and had sent the news to Aunt Marcy. A family like the Robert family from humble backgrounds in particular needed to expand their network, and it would be nice to be able to connect with Father David's relatives.

When Sebins returned home, he was overjoyed to hear that Wright and Tunan were coming, and naturally he did not dare to be rude.

At this time, Robert and the rest of the family also came out, "Welcome, welcome, I'm Robert...... This is my eldest son, Sebines, who has served in the Legion for more than two years and is now a sergeant...... This is my third son, Severin, oh you know...... I also have my second son who helps cook in the big canteen in Pinghu Town...... This is one of my wife, Katie, and the three little ones are my youngest sons and daughters......" Robert said incoherently.

Father David is a big man, and his relatives will have to be on an equal footing with the village chief George in the future, hehe, only a few people in George Village know about this...... Robert thought weakly and triumphantly.

"I'm Wright, and his name is Tunan. His Majesty the Pope said kindly.

"What about Marcy's mother and Asha?" Severin asked, looking left and right, to his father.

Without waiting for Robert to reply, the hostess and her own daughter came out of the kitchen. Marcy saw the bald and eyebrowless Turnans' heart skip a beat, as if the man in front of her was a fierce bear, and her steps became hesitant. Then the feeling of fear disappeared in an instant, and she breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but have some doubts.

Marcy shook her head slightly, and greeted warmly. "Two guests, are you hungry? Lunch is ready, please come in." ”

Clement and Tournans walked to the pool. Washing his hands with pancreatic soap, Tournans's lips did not move, and a very small voice came out of his throat: "That's a violent woman, it's a pity that she didn't eat well when she was a child, and she lacked training, she was only a little stronger than an elite soldier, so she was scrapped." ”

Wild intuition is the only measure of ferocity. Some paladins are physically stronger than the Tyrannical Warriors, and they are not ferocious humans. Therefore, Tournans felt sorry for Nelson when he first met him, but he didn't feel anything for Renault. In fact, the Alchemy Militia and the Paladins can only fall under the category of Arcane Warriors.

According to the Church's statistics, the ratio of human ferocity is 7,000 to 1, and Randall has more than 40,000 people, so it is not surprising that there is a violent woman.

Clement nodded, and Tournans walked into the living room of the Robert family.

The food on the table was very rich, two sliced steamed fat geese, a pot of braised pig's trotters, two one-meter-long charcoal-grilled salmon, stewed pork bones with round melon, jaggery bread, various vegetables, a large plate of fruit, and a small barrel of purple cane wine.

Tournans unceremoniously picked up a juicy pig's trotter, gnawed it with oil, and praised: "It's delicious!"

The owners smiled and began to eat. After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere became harmonious and casual, only Yaxia pouted, looking sullen.

"What's wrong with Sister Asha?" asked Severin, burping and blushing.

"Shi Lin, who has no interest, was courteous to her, and I caught her right. Marcy said with hatred that iron is not made of steel.

"Shi Lin has a good life! he and his brother can save 8 silver soles a month!" said Asha, who was quite handsome and did not look like her mother at all.

"It's not a good thing to save a lot of money, and the two brothers could leave Randall at any time. My dear daughter, your mother and I don't want you to live another miserable life of wandering. Robert persuaded his adopted daughter, and said disdainfully: "Besides, can they have as much money as our family?"

"Yasha, you should find someone who is the right person with us. My colleagues have many handsome unmarried boys, and when the carnival in Pinghu Town comes, I will introduce you to them. Sebins took a sip of purple cane wine and said with a smile. In Randall, it was common for the upper families to marry each other, and he very much hoped that his beautiful sister would marry into a vassal family.

"People who live in the North District can't get their heads up!" Severin also despised Shi Lin who wanted to eat swan meat for the toad, "The next batch of places to build houses and households have been set, and the mercenary corps will no longer recruit people." Brother, am I right?"

Sebins nodded and said, "It is said that this time the houses are the last to be built, and if you want to be a deacon or a soldier later, you must go to school first." The Slynn brothers won't have a chance to get ahead, and if they get married and have children in Randall, the next generation may have a chance. ”

"Shi Lin can get out of the way!" Yasha said unconvinced, "He and his brother have already discussed, and they are ready to join the swamp scouts!"

"I don't want you to be a widow at a young age. Marcy sneered.

Clement suddenly asked, "Can you tell us what you think of Randall's recruitment of stewards and soldiers?"

"Me and Nelson are stupid...... Hey, the lord is very familiar. His two boys, Jory and Mott, also peed on me. Father David has already agreed with the Lord that we will be in George Village for a while, and then we will be given a position. You know, we've only been here for a short time, and it's obvious that some things aren't going to be done. However, the following things we should know still need to understand. Tournans deliberately put on a big grin and mysterious look.

Robert's eyes burned even more, and he said, "You are right, only if you understand the following things first, you will not be deceived. ”

"Let's take our George Village as an example, the guys who live in the North District do heavy work and earn a lot of money, but they have nothing to worry about, they can leave at any time, they can only be regarded as homeless. If they want to take the lead in Randall, the most common way is to spend money to buy a woman in Wild Willow City, preferably with children. So they can move to the West End. ”

"People who live in the Western District, who have children and daughters, who always have to provide for their families, buy furniture and clothes, etc., can be counted as registered citizens. The men of the family have the right to be trained in the militia, and if they are of the right age and perform well, Master Nelson will recruit him into the mercenary army. Then their family will be able to take out a loan to build a house and live in our East District. ”

"Families in the eastern district can rent 80 acres of arable land, which is the treatment of the lords. There are two ways we want to be vassals. One is to serve in the legion for 30 years and get a fief of 20 acres, or a child who enrolls school and becomes a deacon and has worked for 30 years and gets a fief of 10 acres. ”

"The children of vassals, then they can go to Silvermoon Manor to receive squire training, and when they come out, they will at least be a steward or centurion. ”

"In addition, you can also join the Swamp Scout, as long as you can work for 8 years, you can directly join the legion. Randall's owner also rewarded a yard, 200 gold soles, and 100 acres of rented land. As for those who have skills and abilities, as long as they can make Randall's master look good, everything is easy to say. ”

Clementa nodded, and asked Sebins, "Aren't you afraid of fighting for twenty-five years?"

"This is my home, my parents and siblings are under the protection of Randall's master, and I must defend the majesty of my master. Sabins said solemnly, "If I die in battle, my son or brother will take my armor and spear and fight for the Randalls! ”

"I heard that Randall has a salary for mercenary soldiers and vassal soldiers every year?" Tournans asked.

Sabins smiled, shook his head, and said, "Randall has no vassal soldiers and mercenary soldiers, only the master's soldiers. The sons of vassal families and the sons of vassal families are treated the same as long as they join the army. For the first three years, I received 4 gold soles per year, and every three years, the salary increased by 2 gold soles. I'm now a captain, managing a squad of eight and having 2 Kinsol's captain's allowance every year. Above the commander of the army were the 10 captains who managed 25 men and the centurions who managed 80 people. Six centurions form a brigade of about 500 people, with three captains and deputy captains. Six infantry corps formed a corps of 3,000 men, led by a corps commander. The corps commander had five lieutenants under his command, and they were to lead a cavalry brigade, two archery brigades, and two baggage brigades. ”

"Of course, we don't have an integrated corps yet...... There were only 1,500 infantry, 300 cavalry, and a swift cavalry. Sebins said embarrassedly, "Actually, I would love to be a Swiftbird Cavalry, which is the master's personal guard." ”

Clement thought for a moment and asked, "The quota for building a house this time has already been decided?"

Robert was about to speak when Marcy kicked him under the table.

"I'm not going to reveal it to anyone. "Clement's voice is soft and sincere, and he has a charm that conquers people's hearts, and people can't help but trust him.

"The first time we built a house, many people hesitated to wait and see, but we seized the opportunity. This time, the 200 places were recommended by the village chief and the vassal. Randall led a group of later merchants, just like Sid in our village, he was rich and powerful, bought public carriages, opened shops, built paper workshops, and made the village chief very happy, his relatives could write and calculate, and of course the other families had no chance. Robert said in one go.

Clement took a sip of purple cane wine and muttered, "That's the problem." ”