Chapter 35: My Territory
Karl squinted his eyes to see Allen, who seemed to be a little anxious, slapped his forehead sharply, and said, "God forgive me for my negligence, Juliana, please have someone take my respected blacksmith to the blacksmith's shop, which will be the base from which he studies good things." ”
Alan breathed a sigh of relief, although he knew that Carl would not deceive himself, but he was not at ease for a day if he did not really settle down.
"Juliana, how many people are there in my territory?" Carl asked again.
"There are nine hundred and thirty-five of us." Juliana doesn't... Hesitantly answered, she could even name all of them.
Sylde Manor is a standard village-by-village farm, this manor is more about governing the village better, and it's not bad to have so many people.
"It's not enough, it's not enough." Karl shook his head, Sylde Manor was good, but it was far from what he expected.
"We need more people, and only enough people can provide us with troops and taxes."
"Sir Sir, if we increase the population, we may not be able to feed them." Juliana said embarrassed that territorial governance is not enough to increase the population all the time, but also to allow them to live and work in peace and contentment.
"You're right, before we can expand the capacity of my territory to feed the population, and perhaps I need to ......do something about farming," Karl mused.
"Juliana, I want you to arrange for a group of people to reclaim the wasteland, if I'm not mistaken, we should have a lot of wasteland here to develop." Karl thought for a moment and said.
Juliana was a little pleased, the lord who came was a lord who wanted to develop his territory, not just to enjoy it.
"Sir Sir, I think that if you want to reclaim wasteland, then water conservancy projects are necessary!" Juliana suggested.
"Water conservancy? Juliana, do you have any suggestions? Carl asked, which wasn't his area of expertise.
"Yes, I have an idea, Sir, wait a minute." Juliana excitedly walked to the side of the room and took out a piece of paper, on which was scribbled and a bunch of patterns were drawn.
Carl took it and looked at it, and was stunned for a moment, isn't this a waterwheel? Although it was a little simpler, Carl could clearly know that this was a waterwheel!
"Hahaha, Juliana, you're a genius, but there are some things that can be changed." Karl was a little impatient, looked around left and right, picked up the pen on the side, dipped it in ink, and made a big cut on the paper.
Juliana regretted a little, seeing Carl scribbling on her heart, she wanted to stop it but didn't dare.
"Juliana, how are you doing now?" Soon Carl corrected it and handed the drawings back over.
Juliana borrowed the paper and looked at it in distress, but the next moment she was stunned.
"This, this, this...... It's just perfect! Juliana marvels that the drawings have been modified by Carl to solve many of her problems.
"Lord Sir, I didn't expect you to have such abilities." Berg, who was on the sidelines, saw Juliana's look of amazement and knew that Carl might have designed something amazing.
"Lord Sir is the miracle Carl." Kevin laughed.
Karl was a little embarrassed, he was plagiarizing the wisdom of the ancients.
"Juliana, you build some waterwheels according to this drawing."
"No problem, my lord, I'll arrange for someone to go." Juliana nodded, she was already a little eager to try.
Although the previous lord also let her manage the manor, he did not allow her to build these things, which made her feel a little regretful.
"Maybe it's a good thing that this nobleman is here......" Juliana thought unconsciously.
"Alright, let's do what I just told us." Carl waved his hand, Kevin must have taken time to get used to these newcomers, and he was the same.
"Juliana, you take me around my territory, I want to take a good look at it." Carr said that this kind of thing has to rely on someone like Juliana, who has been here for a long time.
"Yes, my lord, please come with me." Juliana made a leading gesture, and Carl followed behind her.
"Lord Lord, Lord Juliana."
Along the way, the peasants bent down to salute Carl and Juliana, seemingly deferentially.
But Karl knew that these peasants did not hate themselves to death, because they thought that they might be better off without them.
But it can only be said that it is not, without him, the peasants do not have to pay taxes, but correspondingly they have lost their shelter, and in the event of foreign raids, they will surely die.
However, Juliana seemed to be very prestigious or trusted by the peasants, and they were serious about Juliana, which Karl could still tell.
"Looks like I have a great butler...... Carl's eyes flashed differently, Juliana is a talent, but now he suddenly doesn't want to trust the other party, and even has a sense of crisis......
Carl was shocked, he had just had a little killing intent!
"I'm afraid of Juliana...... Carl whispered in his heart, he has been in this world for a long time, and now he has gradually integrated into it and become a part of the aristocracy, both in terms of identity and thought.
And what are the nobles most afraid of? There is no doubt that there are people who threaten their rule!
Carl sighed, he suddenly felt a little nostalgic for the old days of technology.
The village of Sylde is not small, but it is not too large, and it is not long before you can walk around the village accompanied by Juliana, with its scattered farmhouses and villagers with the sun shining through the clouds, the wildflowers in the wind, and the beautiful pastoral scenery.
"It's a beautiful territory, and I'm proud to be the lord here." Carl said with a smile.
"It's great that you like that." Juliana also responded with a smile.
Carl walked around the bakery again, and the black bread was being produced, and the black bread of this era was not tasty, at least Carl was difficult to swallow, but it was also unaffordable for many people.
"Maybe I should put some effort under the food......" Karl touched his chin, his people were all skinny, mainly because the food was too expensive in this era.
"Go to the cattle ranch." Carl made up his mind, and as soon as he walked over, he was greeted by a foul smell.
The environment of the livestock farm is very poor, the manure of various animals is everywhere, and even Carl suspects that there are humans.
"Oh my God, how many germs are there......" Carl shook his head.
"Bacteria? What is that? Juliana was a little puzzled, she hadn't heard the words from the lord's mouth.
"Please ignore my statement, but I may have some general idea."
"Mistress Juliana, this is ......"
Several farmers walked over and were a little puzzled when they saw Carl, this was a raw face, but the luxurious clothes were enough to show that his identity was not simple.
"This is your lord, ruler of the estate and village of Selde, Sir Karl Dias." Juliana said hurriedly.
"Huh? Your Excellency? The farmers were also taken aback, and for a while it seemed that there was nowhere to put their hands.
"Okay, I don't need to be polite, but I think you should clean up the here." Carl said.
"Ah......" The farmers were a little embarrassed.
"What do we breed here?" Karl asked.
"There are pigs, we have a lot of pigs, and of course we have a lot of chickens." The farmers answered immediately.
"Are there any pigs? That's pretty good. Carl nodded, pigs are indeed a very good choice, and the meaty pigs are loved by farmers.
"Alright, you guys get on with your work." The main thing for Carl is to understand the situation, and after understanding, he will naturally leave.
"You deserve to compensate me! It's mine, but you stole it! ”
"I just took some of it, I don't need compensation!"
At this moment, Karl heard a commotion coming, followed the sound and looked over, only to see two peasants making a big noise, and almost a fight, many peasants gathered around, to see that the lively nature was the same everywhere.
"What's going on?" Carl stepped forward, and the peasants quickly moved out of the way when they saw Carl with Juliana.
"My lord, we ......" The two arguing peasants were startled when they saw Karl and wanted to say something.
"Okay, why did you have a dispute just now, tell me your contradictions, and I'll solve them." Karl waved his hand, he didn't want to hear any nonsense.
"Lord Lord, he, damned Florens, he stole my grain and trampled on my crops!" A middle-aged farmer scolded Ference across from him.
"Lola, how could I possibly do such a thing, you're spewing blood!" Florence shouted, but his voice seemed uneasy.
Karl's eyes narrowed slightly, he already had a rough idea of what was going on, but it was clear that some people didn't want to admit it.
"Guys, have you seen what happened?" Carl asked the farmers on the side of the road.
"No, we didn't see ......," the peasants shook their heads, but Karl heard something whispering.
"Flence has always liked to do this kind of thing, and this time it is probably him again."
"No one saw it, it's a little difficult to do now......" Carl smiled slightly, so it was difficult.
Seeing this gesture, Florence instantly gained confidence.
It's just that the next moment, Karl's expression changed, and he said, "So, let's go to Florence's house together and see what clues there will be, right?" ”
Flence's face changed dramatically, and he wanted to stop it, but he saw Carl's cold eyes.
His heart was cold, and he knew that the matter was serious, and this nobleman was really going to play him to death.