164. Canonization of knights
From the 27th, the leaders began to set off to Night Qicheng in batches, and Rand was tethered to Roth Castle like a spinning top, although this was not the first overall migration of the territory, although Rand and Lannia made some plans and schedules, but when the Night Qicheng-Galloping Horse Tribe dualistic structure began to operate, various problems emerged.
The first few days were all barbarians of the Galloping Horse Tribe, and Rand divided all the more than 300 barbarian demon supporters into three parts, including combatants, galloping horse divisions, and post station garrisons, and more than 100 barbarians who were young, experienced in battle, and skilled in horsemanship joined the cavalry team of the Knights, and these cavalrymen would train and fight with the Galloping Knights.
The relatively older 100-odd barbarian cavalry was divided into 8 divisions, which will serve as 8 divisions in the future, grazing in a semi-fixed area north of Night Qi City. These eight divisions are led by loyal barbarians, and after arriving in the Night Qicheng City, they will first be stationed in the camp north of the city, and when the weather is warm, the cubs of the black-scaled horses and pack beasts can run outside, and then take the young beasts to the designated area, and then return to the Night Qicheng City for the winter.
The remaining barbarians will be assigned to each post in groups of 10 barbarian cavalry and 50 lords. According to the planning of the rand, there are 4 post stations from Roth to Yeqicheng, and 6 post stations need to be set up from Yeqicheng to the salt mine, one post station every 40 kilometers, and the future will run through the entire plain from east to west, as the most basic road facilities.
In the current camp, the number of demon bearers in each branch is much the same as that assigned to each station, but after the branch arrives in Night Qi City, it will also absorb the various tribes that have newly defected. The tribes that belong to the post station will always follow the plan of 10 cavalry to 50 lords, and will garrison each future post territory. In addition to the above barbarians in the camp, there were also 40 barbarian cavalry who were assigned to the chambers of commerce in the royal capital and Mane Wolf City, as well as serving as escorts in the caravanserais.
After finalizing the plan of the galloping horse tribe, Rand began to select the leaders among the barbarians, and after January 25, the 4 post stations from Roth to Night Qicheng were already in place, so only 16 leaders were selected.
The 160 barbarian cavalry and 800 demonless lords of the branch and post station set out on the 28th and 29th, they not only had to carry tents, but also needed to carry pack beasts, black-scaled horses, long-haired sheep and other livestock cubs.
On February 27, before the departure of the migration work, Rand convened a joint meeting of the territories.
The stewards of Lannia and her realm have completed the preliminary population count, and Rand has 5 intermediate knights and 22 junior knights under his name (4 of them have recently broken through, some of the original knights have returned to their families and paid a "ransom fee" for themselves according to tradition, Rand has given them their original horses, and the other 2 have joined the Barony of Galloping Horses).
There are 52 apprentice knights, and the total number of Terran demon supporters has reached more than 500, and the number of ordinary demon bearers has reached 4,900 (including the population of 600 former Roth Territory).
Among the demon supporters and ordinary people, there were more than 50 blacksmiths, more than 30 carpenters, 40 leathermen, 65 potters, 35 grooms, 45 tailors, 70 men and cooks, 27 descendants of housekeepers, 15 herbalists and some noble side branches, and the descendants of the caravan who could settle accounts added up to 87 people, and there were less than 200 people who could read and write, not counting the recent education.
The standard of literacy is to be able to read and count in a rough manner, and to be able to write one's own name and simple words. The literacy rate of close to 5% surprised Rand, but because the barbarians were captive of the dragon population, they wanted to mine salt in salt, and needed carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. in an area of about 2,000 people, which was originally a small industrial town, where barbarians could only be soldiers, and all other means of production and living needed to be provided by the demonsless, under the management of Lannia and Gandalf, many people had a skill.
Despite all the demographic problems, the number of artisans is quite large, and Rand, who has figured out the bottom of the population, is determined to get the territory on the right track as soon as possible.
At the meeting, the names of the heads of the various departments under the Archon of Night Kir City, the Demonsless, and the leaders of the 8 branches of the Prancing Horse Tribe were officially announced. In the city, although all the people on the list have already entered the job, the official appointment is only made when it is announced at the meeting.
"Now I announce the list of the first batch of Territory Knights to be divided" Rand said suddenly, arousing everyone's enthusiasm, the last time the territory had just been divided once, it was within the Galloping Horse Family.
"Separate ?!!"
"Are you talking about what we thought of?"
"It should be, but where did we come from?"
"Could it be that the territory was chosen among the original knight realms of Roth?" Knights, you and I will discuss it word by word.
Looking at the heated discussion among his subordinates in front of him, Rand couldn't help but recall how drowsy they were when he was talking about business just now.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as you have heard, the first Knights of the Domains will be divided before the entire realm is moved. The territory is all on the Galloping Horse Plain, from Roth to Night Qicheng to the Salt Mine, with a total of 10 post camps in between. 40 kilometers between each post camp, I equipped each camp with 10 barbarian cavalry and 50 lords. ”
"Praise for the generosity of your lordship!" The subordinates all cheered, the people are wealth, and the rand is equivalent to drawing out almost 1,000 people to distribute to the knights who canonized. ”
"Each post station is the center of the barbarian tribe and the center of a knight's territory, and I will give each knight after canonization, plus a part of the people, and the knight who is entitled also has additional responsibilities, including maintaining the roads around the territory and providing horses for messengers everywhere."
The caravanserais will be the most important infrastructure in the realm and a bonus to the vassals, and the roads between the caravans will also become internal trade routes.
"The first Knights: Dugan Blue Dragon, Rune Egret, Kenan Doyles, Pete Maned Wolf, Alf Farth, Dutch Wilson, Neil Falcon, Mace Frostwolf, Tierney Joathan."
The first list of sub-seals included all the intermediate and senior knights, with Neil, Mace, and Tierney being the most comfortable among the junior knights.
"Everyone, let me say one last thing, the Galloping Horse Plain, from east to west, more than 1,000 kilometers, I will take you to take the entire Galloping Plain!"
"Galloping horses!" Enthusiastic cheers erupted from inside the tent, as if everyone present had a territory.
"It is impossible for these knights to return to the fiefdom to manage for the time being, they can first appoint their own demon supporters or stewards to go, and if there is no one at home, the territory will be managed by the Archon of Night Qicheng." Lannia introduced the future policy of the Archon of Night Kir City towards each knight's territory, which is probably to lend some juvenile livestock and food to each territory first, and require each territory to return the same amount within 4-5 years.
"The lord gave us a batch of black-scaled horses first? Shall we return it when we have a pony in the future? ”
"It may also be the kind of horse, in short, it will be adjusted according to the specific situation of everyone's territory" to the questions of the knights, Lanya kept answering.
The matter of the reward territory has been told in advance about Dugan, Tierney, and Mace, who are not in the castle, and Mace, who went to Maned Wolf City to transport grain, and these three people happen to have their own families that can support part of the population and industry, and the others will rely on Rand for support.
In fact, Rand also has a set of policies to support the construction of small territories, but the policy is too fast to tap the potential of his subordinates, so Rand covered a series of policies before the meeting.
After arranging for more than 1,000 lords to go to various post stations and branches, the rest will be distributed to Yeqi City, the industrial area in the east of the city, and the salt mines.
According to Rand's plan, Yeqicheng allocated 1,700 people to carry out infrastructure construction, building wooden sheds, markets, schools, bathhouses, temples, camp areas, drainage canals, slaughtering and processing plants and other public facilities, 500 people moved to the eastern industrial zone of Yeqicheng, and 800 people moved to salt mines.
(End of chapter)