It's not hard to guess, not to mention that Maloney Mansfield didn't hide his thoughts, and just looked at David so directly at this time, it was obvious that he immediately wanted to know the answer.

"How many can you recruit?" David didn't need to take too long to think about it, and it didn't hurt him at all.

Isn't it just to take care of Maloney Mansfield's illegitimate child a little? You don't even need to take care of yourself too much, as long as you let the other party live a stable life in your own village, the adult in front of you will be very satisfied.

"Three of the five indentured farmers in the prime of life have already started families, and their wives will follow their husbands to live in Winter Village." Maloney knew that David would ask this question, which meant that he agreed to help him with this little favor, and directly gave his own conditions: "There are also three free farmers." ”

Having lived in this world for so many years, David certainly knows what indentured farming is and what a free farmer is.

The former are peasant households who do not have their own land, and can only sign labor contracts with nobles and large landlords, and sell their labor power in exchange for payment.

The remuneration is a part of the income of the land that the farmer is responsible for, and the proportion depends on the contract signed with the employer, but it is generally not very high, and most of them are the level of subsistence, and whether there are other benefits depends entirely on the employer's thoughts and moods.

Freedmen or yeoman farmers are farmers who own their own farmland, and these farmers depend on their own farmland, but after harvest, they need to pay taxes to the lord who governs the area, such as the yeoman farmers in Irontree Castle, who need to pay taxes to the lord Marquis Dudley-Morgan, nominally in exchange for the lord's protection.

The proportion of this tax is not clearly stipulated in the Tilan Kingdom, and the specific amount of tax is completely determined by the lord, and the yeoman farmers here in Iron Tree Fort generally need to pay 30% to 40% of the harvest as a tax, which is considered low in the entire kingdom.

In addition to this, yeoman farmers can reduce the amount of taxes they need to pay by participating in various labor and military auxiliary work issued by the lord......

According to the conditions mentioned by Maloney, the five indentured farmers were transferred to David himself, which means that after arriving in Winter Village, the fields cultivated and planted by these five indentured farmers belonged to David, and David only needed to pay the 'wages' to those people according to the proportion set in the contract.

As for the fact that the new villages recruit farmers with the use of 'whoever can open up the land will belong to whomever they want', Maloney didn't take it seriously at all, and he would say that he would transfer these indentured farmers to David, of course, to ensure that those people would not have any dissatisfaction.

As for the other three so-called 'free farmers', David knew that they were a name, and it was most likely arranged for the mother and son outside - after the three free farmers reclaimed the land, they were 'resold' to the name of the mother and son, and they turned into indentured farmers to work for the mother and son, and the mother and son became small landlords, and since then they have a stable income to maintain their lives.

"I'm a little curious...... Of course, if you find it inconvenient, you can also not answer. ”

Maloney made a gesture of asking, knowing that David was trying to ask about the mother and son.

Sure enough, David asked about this matter: "With your identity, it's not difficult to take care of this mother and son nearby, right?" ”

As a noble official of Maloney Mansfield, it is not a strange thing to have a lover and an illegitimate child, as for being sent to the remote 'country'?

Judging from this man's series of arrangements, he should have some affection for this illegitimate child; Or maybe you feel that being a father has a responsibility to take care of your children?

"It's not difficult, but it's a bit of a hassle. Sending it outside can better ensure that the child grows up safely and worry-free. Maloney glanced at Davy, who would be looking for him to help with this, because he thought he would understand why he was doing this: "It doesn't do him any good to stay here." ”

"I see." David nodded, it seemed that the Mansfield family was not very quiet, he was not too interested in the internal affairs of these noble families, and turned his head to look at the mother and son outside: "What are their names?" ”

"Conn."

David originally wanted to ask the name of the mother and son, but Maloney only replied by the name of a 'boy', and he did not mention the child's mother, as if to show an attitude: he only valued the child, not the child's mother?

David didn't know if he guessed right, and he wouldn't ask about this kind of thing with a brainless mouth, so after nodding his head to show that he understood, he no longer bothered about the situation of the mother and son, and finally asked himself when he could leave?

"If you want, you can leave Irontree Castle tomorrow morning."

"In that case, I'll leave tomorrow morning after breakfast."

"Yes, five indentured farmers and five free farmers (counting the mother and son) will organize their personal belongings and set off with you tomorrow morning."

David didn't ask if it would be difficult to arrange such a little time? Maloney even said such things, proving that he could easily solve this problem.

Just listening to the meaning of Maloney's words, the one who will leave Irontree Fort and go to Winter Village with him tomorrow will be a small convoy, not just a few farmers and a few family members!

He didn't ask in detail, but he would know the answer until tomorrow.

Sure enough, as David had guessed, the next day, when he had finished breakfast, packed up his things and walked out of the lodging that Maloney had arranged for him, a small motorcade had been waiting for him at the door for a while.

"This is from my master." Along with several farmers was Maloney's attendant, Huey, who, when he saw David appear, respectfully handed over a thick bag.

After opening the bag, David took out the contents and took a look at them, and found that they contained the contracts of several farmers, in addition to a list of what the convoy had.

After a few glances and a little understanding of the team in front of him, David smiled and nodded to Huey: "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Lord Mansfield for me." ”

As for taking care of an illegitimate child or something, it is impossible for Huey, the squire, to mention it here, and David will not say anything about 'wrapping it up on him' here, this kind of thing is tacitly understood by everyone, and there is no need to discuss it in public.

Now that everything is in David's hands, Huey can go back to his life, and David is not willing to continue to waste time here, after a brief acquaintance with a few farmers, he got on his horse and walked at the front of the team, leading the team composed of a dozen people, two horses, and two ox carts, and slowly marched towards the outside of Irontree Castle.

When the team walked out of the outer city of Irontree Castle, looking at the vast plains and the passes that were still some way away, David took out the list and looked at it carefully.

The contracts of the five indentured farmers were all transferred to his name, and the contract lasted for fifty years, which was basically the same as the deed of sale.

The five indentured farmers, all young, had three wives, but none had children, and they were in the procession, sitting in the same ox cart as the mother and son.

The three freelancers are alone, but David guesses that the three have already signed the deed of sale, and the contract is most likely in the hands of the mother and son.

Eight farmers, three family members, plus the mother and son, and Davy, who was on horseback and reading the list, were all in the group.

The two horses were David's own, four carts of oxen and several chickens and ducks, which were all the livestock and poultry in the team;

In addition to a number of brand-new farming tools, there are also five brand-new hunting bows, 500 newly-made arrows, several long swords, war hammers, and hand axes......

Two carts were loaded in bits and pieces, so two more carts were sent by the way—even if it was just an ox cart used to transport goods, it was already the best means of transportation for the village of Rinwinter, which had nothing, and could only carry things by people until the horses were obtained.

When the team returned to Winter Village, Winter Village really became a village, and more than a dozen people gathered together were much more lively than those four or five people.

After putting the list back away, David sat on his horse with his head held high, his mind was full of lively and lively pictures of Winter Village, which was getting better and better, and even as his brain hole became bigger and bigger, the painting style of these pictures gradually deviated, such as the ancient villages that were originally very backward, gradually built asphalt roads, erected telephone poles, built skyscrapers, and built strange landscapes that shocked the world......

Seeing that his village was no longer satisfied with living on the ground, and began to build a space port and prepare to colonize other planets, David suddenly remembered something: there still seem to be no craftsmen in my village!

“……”

David, who fell back to the ancient world from the spaceport in an instant, looked back, he could be sure that none of these people behind him were craftsmen, and Guan Pass had disappeared from sight, should he take someone back to Iron Tree Fort to recruit a group of craftsmen?

"Forget it, let's bring these people back to Winter Village and recruit some craftsmen after the arrangements are made!"

After the farmers settled in the village and put the agriculture of the village on the right track, he would have enough confidence to recruit more craftsmen - the craftsmen's environmental requirements depended on the population, and the villages and towns with enough people to live were attractive to them.

"The blacksmith must recruit one, maybe another stonemason?" If he could recruit a stonemason, David could even design a more comfortable house for himself, after all, the large houses made of stone were undoubtedly better than the small cabins in Winter Village at this time.

If you are willing to spend time and effort, you can build a comfortable house that is not inferior to that of your previous life.

"Find another carpenter and create a full set of furniture, won't this standard of living come up with a scratch?"

Thinking about it, the images in David's mind appeared again on the asphalt road, the castle villa, and the battle fortress......