After five days of travel through the valley corridor, at noon on the sixth day, Chase's party entered the confines of Saddlandshire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the largest county in the northwest, Sadrand County not only ranks almost second to Valen City in terms of overall strength as a county, but also covers almost one-third of the area of the Moxi border of the Bright Empire and the valley corridor. In fact, this is also the westernmost county of the Bright Empire, counting the geographical range, but the largest county in Moxi Province, the main city of Sadrand County is the county town of Sadrand.

As the most important county town outside the Guan, Sadrand can be regarded as the main grain producing area outside the Guanwai, because of its proximity to the steppe people and the border, in peacetime, Sadrand County is very convenient for business and travel, so the trade is also extremely prosperous.

Before José came to Sadland, he already had a good understanding of this fiefdom. Topographically, Sadrand is located at the entrance to the valley corridor, the terrain is generally quite flat, and during the monsoon season, the humid air currents from the southwest of mainland Ceylon converge here during the monsoon season, because of the high Aihang Mountains to the west, bringing abundant precipitation and a relatively mild climate. Like all real-world valley areas, the entire valley corridor is mild and humid during the annual monsoon season, and with the irrigation water of the Turan River, the Qianli Valley Corridor is an extremely important grain producing area outside the Guan.

However, the scene in front of him was not as José had imagined, although it was already the busy farming season, and there were many farmers and peasant women who sowed seeds in the vast valley that meandered up the Turan River. But there are also many fields that have been barren, and from a distance, there are large gaps in the yellow earth on top of a green wheat field.

Seeing it in Jose's eyes, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle, although the homeless people were scattered along the way, but this land was obviously not destroyed, why are there so many homeless?

As soon as he told Gould about the doubts in his heart, the fat man shook his head, squinted his eyes and glanced at the farmers, and said lightly: "It's not that simple, most of the displaced people here are Moxi farmers outside the Guan, although what you said sounds good, but this is the northwest." After the outbreak of the war, both the Northwest Army and the Macedonians brought great disasters to these ordinary peasants. ”

The fat man sighed, looked at the displaced people and said: "When the war came, the Macedonians burned, killed and looted, and the peasants in these occupied areas had a naturally hard life, and many people had to leave their homes and flee to the Guannai. As a result, a lot of land is wasted, and once the population is outflowed, it is difficult to have sufficient labor in a short period of time, and there is no way to waste land. And ......"

When Gould said this, his eyes couldn't help but show a little helplessness: "Here in the northwest, whenever there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, the most suffering is naturally those ordinary civilians, not only losing their land and homeland, but also the land that many people rely on for survival will also be occupied by some powerful local guys." Because the laws of the empire stipulate that the land of the empire belongs to His Majesty the Emperor, and only the nobles who have obtained the fief can have the right to use the land, but even so, it is only based on the criteria of using the land of His Majesty the Emperor. The laws of the empire clearly stipulate that all lands within the empire belong to His Majesty the Emperor himself!"

"So, these peasants seem to have land to plant, but they are also cultivating the land of the local nobles, who are nominally the lord of the whole of Sadrandshire, but until you take office, the use of these lands is still in the hands of the lesser nobles. These people are just farmers who work tirelessly for those nobles, and after paying the rent, I am afraid there will be not much left. But these guys are always much better than those who have lost their homes and have to be reduced to exile......"

"The right to use the land?" José raised his eyebrows, immediately understood what Gould meant, and then asked: "According to the laws of the empire, as the lord of Sadrand County, isn't it true that all the land use rights are in my hands?

"That's true, but Boss Jose, you must know that as long as a rule is slowly implemented, there will always be some unwritten rules and changes. Despite the laws of the Empire, nominally you only have the right to use the land, and it is under the supervision of the county governor of the county seat of Sadrand. ”

When Gould said this, he glanced at Joseph, and then said with a smile: "Hehe, of course, because you are both the lord of Sadrand and the garrison governor of the county, whether it is public or private, Sadrand can be regarded as your monopoly." Hehe, to put it mildly, if you want to do what you want to do to the common people, or if you want to cover the sky with one hand, it's all up to you!"

Jose snorted coldly, but his face didn't look much better, he glanced at Gould, and said with some worry: "This matter of governing a county town is not about cultivating magic or marching to fight, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, this is not the slightest careless, hum, otherwise if you are not careful, it will bring heavy disasters to these people!"

"Hehe, although I don't understand what you said, but what you said is very right, Boss Jose, you are right!" The fat man heard him say this, and his face showed a little positive: "I have been in the army for many years, and I don't know how many black-hearted nobles with interests I have seen, and I can't wait to eat people to the point that there are no bones left for a little profit." But now, if you think like this, Boss Jose, you will definitely be a good county warden!"

Joseph looked at the fat man's solemn expression, and couldn't help but smile faintly, but then he couldn't help but be a little worried: Now that he has entered Sadrand County, whether it is government affairs or military affairs, it will definitely not be easy, and this county is not a small place. When I was in Boulder Town before, it was just a small town, and within a county town, there are dozens of such large and small towns, if I only rely on my own energy, I am afraid that I can only deal with government affairs all day long, which is not a good thing!

Merely...... The generals under his current command include Gould, the personal guard is broken, and there are still the father and son of Alok and Martin in the city of Sadrand, which can also be used for their own purposes. It can be said that there is no shortage of generals in terms of generals, but when it comes to staff, it makes Jose can't help but have a headache......