Chapter VI Patrol Territory
After dealing with Galen's affairs, Josh finally breathed a sigh of relief, and when he asked the maid, he confirmed that his guess was correct.
Today is the waiting day of the next bud month, and if it is replaced by Josh's previous world calculation, it is May 5th, and today is also the first planting day. Muya was also a predominantly agrarian serfdom society, and everyone celebrated on this day, and the serfs symbolically planted seeds for the autumn harvest.
The festival represents a new beginning, both for the crops and for the men and women of each place. Therefore, Josh's memory is still relatively deep, and the most important thing is that he clearly remembers that he went to the Valoran continent before the Waiting Day and the First Seed Day.
"Is that a big surprise?"
Josh secretly thought that although he didn't know how long he had been in a coma since he came back, Josh woke up at about six o'clock in the morning, and Josh had experimented with magic at almost seven o'clock last night and had crossed over, and he clearly remembered that he had been in Valoran for a night and had been in the forest for a long time, and no matter how he looked at it, he knew that the time was wrong.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter if time stands still or time is flowing at the wrong rate, it's a good thing for me anyway, isn't it?"
Josh didn't care that much, and he was even guessing where his next crossing would be.
"I hope it will be a relatively peaceful place, don't scare yourself half to death as soon as you go up, and then meet an enemy who doesn't necessarily do it even if you try your best, this kind of life is too tragic, one time is enough to endure a few more times It's better not to cross it."
Well, Josh really doesn't have much interest in challenging challenges that are too hard. Not only is he a prince now, he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and he doesn't have to worry about being a woman, simply put, even if he is a waste, but he still has Augustus' blood in his body, and his father will still arrange a wedding for him and have a few children.
"Isn't this considered a lack of purpose in life, comparable to eating salted fish waiting to die?"
While Josh was thinking nonsense, a young man dressed in a very orthodox aristocratic robe slowly walked up to him and saluted him: "Good morning, honorable son of Augustus IV, Lord Josh. ”
"Oh, good morning Sir Frank." Josh quickly reacted and saluted back.
Frank Anderson is Josh's butler and can also be counted as an advisor to Josh's domain. Although Constantinople is not very large, there are still some small nobles gathered here, but the highest is only a lord, which cannot be compared with Sir Frank, let alone Josh, the prince.
In fact, this is also specially arranged by his father, although Josh himself has not yet obtained the title but has already obtained a fairly good territory, if Josh's magic has enough growth by then, instead of being as useless as it is now, then Josh has the opportunity to return to the imperial capital and take over some relatively important positions.
Of course, if Josh is still like this, then he may be placed with a noble title and stay in his territory honestly, although it is not rich but it is also not poor, and there is no problem in supporting a person with all the resources here, of course, provided that there are no big nobles here.
Constantinople is like this, and if Josh is self-motivated, I'm afraid Augustus IV will not be stingy with giving him a noble feudal order, and then Josh can divide a group of small nobles without territory to protect his rights and interests, it can be said that although Josh's father did not meet Josh often, it can be seen that he is still good to his children.
"Lord Josh, today is the day of the waiting and the day of the first seed, I think you should go and inspect your territory and your people." Frank respectfully and gracefully stated the purpose of his visit, and at the same time emphasized: "You have been in Constantine for almost a week, but you have always been only in your own castle, neither going out nor inspecting the territory and not receiving visiting nobles, which is not in the manners of nobles, my lordship. ”
Well, hell in style. Josh shrugged his shoulders helplessly, thought for a moment and replied, "Okay, I understand, I'll go to my territory with you when I'm done with breakfast, and at the same time hold a dinner tonight, invite those little nobles to come, no problem, Frank." ”
"Honorably, my lord." Frank bowed and saluted, intending to leave because he could see that Josh seemed to be impatient with these things, but after thinking about it, Frank still said: "By the way, Lord Lord, if you encounter an assassin next time, please don't solve the trouble alone, although you are completely fine and capture the assassin at the same time, but next time I am afraid it will be even more troublesome." ”
"I'm not questioning your abilities, it's just that if this kind of thing is necessary, please find your guards, it's their duty!"
"Okay, okay, I know, you leave first, I'll go to you when I'm ready."
Finally sent this guy away, Josh felt much more comfortable, although this guy is a bit stereotyped, but I have to say that he is indeed a model of nobility, otherwise he would not be just a knight to be arranged to follow him all the way to Constantinople, not only can he be loyal enough.
Frank's family is a good aristocratic family, and it has been hereditary for many generations. However, Frank is not the son of the patriarch of the contemporary Anderson family, which involves some direct blood, probably because his ancestors gave birth to enough to have such trouble, but Frank has behaved well since he was a child, so he entered the eyes of the royal family, and then slowly became Josh's butler.
To be honest, Josh admired him a lot, and his cultivation level was not bad, at least he was already level three when he was twenty-five years old, although it couldn't be compared to those geniuses, at least it was beyond the average level of the entire Muya Continent at that time, isn't it, but thinking of himself, Josh immediately became proud.
At the age of sixteen, he was already about to reach the level of level three, and Josh believed that as long as he found time to consolidate his cultivation and at the same time exercise the void elements in his body that ran into his body without permission and were disobedient, he would be safe even if he reached level four!
After breakfast, Josh changed into a set of aristocratic robes and left his castle with a group of guards, which is very interesting to say, because his castle is called Constantinople, and his entire territory is named after this castle, of course, Josh is also thinking about when to change the name, because it is a bit of a headache to remember.
In Josh's words, "Are you trying to make me remember that this is a castle or is this a territory?" ”
Thinking wildly, Josh also started his own territory under the leadership of the guards and Frank, to tell the truth, Josh is indeed a little curious about what his territory is like, and at the same time, he is also curious about the living standards of his people.
Outcome....
"Is this my territory?" After inspecting his territory for less than thirty minutes, Josh couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled Frank all the way to a wood, Josh dared to kick loudly, not that he didn't dare to speak, but was disgusted by the so-called environment in the city!
"The street smells? Sewage everywhere on the streets? Hell yes! What is the difference between this and the slums of the imperial capital in my memory? ”
"But that's exactly what it is now, my lord." Frank was actually disgusted, but his aristocratic qualities forced him not to show any irregularities. However, he still emphasized: "Actually, every place is the same, after all, you used to live in the imperial capital, and it is different from this." ”
"Hell it's different!" Josh doesn't care about the rules and regulations of so many nobles, to put it bluntly, even if he is like this, no one dares to say anything about him, but he is also a prince, isn't he?
After thinking about it, Josh said to Frank, "Frank, I'll give you time, you pick enough people to build a team that can manage the territory, and then I want you to do the first thing is to take the census, right?" ”
"Of course, no problem, my lord." Frank nodded though he was puzzled by the scope of the census. "But my lord, what are you doing with the census? Considering that there are a lot of displaced people in Constantinople, it doesn't really make much sense for you to do this. ”
"Outcasts? This is easy to handle. Josh thought for a moment and said directly: "I ask you to count all the permanent residents here, and then give them something to identify...... Forget it, this thing is too cumbersome, you better record it. Although I am a little tired, I will count all the permanent residents here, including the beggars and slaves who are bankrupt and wandering the streets. Got it? ”
"As for those displaced people, hmph, as long as we have counted our permanent residents, then there is no need to have sympathy for those displaced people. If they find a job and work hard, let them stay, if they come here to be beggars, kick them all out for me, you know? ”
"Well, wouldn't this be a bad lord?" Frank swallowed, he had heard such an order for the first time. You must know that the nobles of each territory will leave if many free people cannot live because of the problem of rule, and of course there are slaves who run away.
If only the slaves were driven away, it would be nothing, because if it was found out, then these slaves would only have the fate of going to the gallows, but those free people were also the children of the Augustan Empire, and it didn't seem like a good thing to do so.