"Emma, how much did the baron pay you before?"

Lawrence had already ruled the Búmitheans to a certain extent, and it was time to collect taxes.

It is not only a matter of tax collection, but also a matter of updating the management system.

The current management is three witches and half a witch, followed by Leglow and Mandelcrowe, who can manage several people.

Bhumian Riverson and the blacksmith were already in charge, but neither of them had the ability to manage.

Emma replied resentfully, "Everyone has to give a basket of wheat, a jug of wine, and a chicken, but they often ask for something else, and always steal our things with Doug!" ”

Lawrence had a rough idea of what was acceptable, "Well, I see. ”

Seeing that it was all right, Emma said, "Then I'll go and help cut down the tree." ”

Lawrence said: "Wait a minute, you are now my serf, do you know what a serf is?" ”

Emma replied honestly, "I don't know, isn't it a slave?" ”

Lawrence explained, "No, the slaves are the slaves you brought, and those slaves are my private property, and Emma, your family is serfs, and they are the ones who farm for me. ”

Emma didn't know much about it, so she only asked the question of concern, "Do you care about the rice?" ”

Lawrence smiled, "Like a slave, I will definitely take care of your food, but in addition to food, a part of your farming land can be kept as a reward." ”

"For example, if the harvest of the few acres of land you have cultivated for me is good, I will give you the excess harvest for your own use, and your family can use it to improve the food or do something else."

Emma laughed: "Then it's no different from before, after you're full, the extra wheat is exchanged for things, it's all the same." ”

Before the Kurs attacked the town of Bhumesius, the Bhumi were able to eat well most of the time and have some surplus food in exchange for protection or something.

Andrew is the big brother behind the Emma family, and when the Emma family has a conflict with others, or disagrees and wants to fight, he can use Andrew's name to scare people.

So Emma's family used to be a subordinate of Sariel, and now working for Lawrence is also working for Sariel, and the difference is not big.

Lawrence was divided into several grades according to the current situation.

The lord of the manor (prophet), the three noblewomen, the steward, the freeman (the Bhumi), the serf (the Bhuminian dependents in the manor), and the slave.

At present, six levels are sufficient, there is no need to worry about taxation for the time being, and there is no excess output at present.

Lawrence said to Emma: "Emma, we are all cultivating the land for a while, and the reclaimed land will be cultivated by your family, and I will divide the area that everyone is responsible for. ”

Emma said, "Yes, master. ”

Lawrence said, "There are not enough people at the moment, you teach the children to farm first, and when they are sow, they will come to the house and do the light work, and I will give you a maid's room alone for EDI and the children to live in." ”

EDI and the shepherdesss have children of two or three months, and it is time for her to go back to live with her husband.

At present, there is no spare place to be used as a nursery, and the main focus is still on farming.

Emma felt that this was not good, and took the initiative to say: "It's too wasteful for me to live alone, let Bull live with me too, she is always scolded by others when she lives in a big house with her children." ”

Lawrence said directly: "Okay, you call Bull over, I'll let her and the child live in first." ”

Emma said happily, "Okay, then I'll call her, and then I'll teach the kids how to farm." ”

Lawrence waited patiently for Bull after Emma left.

There were not enough men on the estate, but there were many boys among the Bhumethees.

These people will make trouble when they are idle, and letting them farm will help stability and facilitate education.

Fortunately, none of them are orphans, and they all have mothers who are disciplining and guiding.

For example, the children of the Mandelcrowe family learned to work early under the education of Mandelcrowe and his wife.

Boys and girls can do something as long as they can run.

Soon Bull went into the house, saw Lawrence sitting alone on the couch, and cautiously walked over.

"Master, what do you need me to do for you?"

Lawrence saw that Bull didn't know what was going on, so he said, "It must be inconvenient for you to live in the big house with your children, I have a spare room upstairs, you can bring your children and things to the house later." ”

"After EDI and the others move out, you and Emma will live in the maid's room downstairs, and then work for me as the maid of the house."

Bull heard Lawrence's words and said movingly, "Thank you, Master Lawrence!" ”

Not only is the wooden house clean and warm, but there are also special toilets and oil lamps, and for women like Emma and Boole, living in such a large warm house with oil lamps always burning, it is an unprecedented sense of security!

Lawrence felt that this seemingly weak woman was very strong, and what was strong was not strength, but ruthlessness and determination.

Kenny's death also had little effect on Bull, who helped Kenny because he wanted to.

Kenny's death is probably the same as the death of a dog, which is a pity, but that's it.

Except for some Western slaves who felt relieved and resigned to their fate because there was no one to deliver the letter, the rest of them had no feelings about Kenny's death.

Even if it's the three nuns, they're not all the way to Kenny.

After pacifying Bull, Lawrence quickly assigned the rest of the group a task.

This time several women joined, and also brought some old men and slaves, among whom there were many male slaves.

These people are no longer their slaves, but Lawrence's slaves.

Because of the language, the three nuns were in charge of these people.

"I don't have time to worry about this now, wait for these people to plant the wheat and then arrange for them to learn the language here, it seems like nothing else, right?"

Lawrence pondered what else he hadn't done.

"By the way, taking advantage of the last cold winter weather, I changed the mountain road, I didn't finish it last year, and this year I was busy with other things halfway through."

Lawrence was to build a flat road from here to the town of Phoemitheus, smashing the convex places and filling in the hollow places to the point where the dog cart could run.

For the next few days, the food was mainly fish and bird meat, and the little crows in the woods were killed a lot by Lawrence, and the fish in the river were also caught a lot.

Because of the increase in the number of people and dogs, the grouse and squirrels in the forest have been caught and exterminated, and now there are no small animals in the vicinity.

Fortunately, Reglo's hunting team hunted prey from the Ug tribe, which alleviated the food crisis to a certain extent.

Some people cut down trees in the forest, some people cultivate new land, and some people go hunting.

Lawrence led the three men to break up the stones that were prone to breakage, while Sariel and Keharan stayed in the house to continue ripening the potatoes.

Despite the fact that they were both two meals a day and that the food in the granary was getting less and less, the people in the manor accepted everything steadily.

As the days are getting longer and the snow on the mountains is beginning to melt, the long-awaited spring is just around the corner.

What was once a large gray forest has been turned into flat farmland, and the leaves and nuts in the forest are used as fuel or fodder, and the small animals that hide in the tree cavities for the winter have long been turned into farm fertilizer to nourish the land.

Lawrence checks on the progress of the work every day.

Sophia followed Lawrence around the territory and saw the wasteland in the distance on the hillside.

Between the river and the mountain wall, there was a place where you could see the camp and the clearing, probably less than a hundredth.

Half an acre of newly reclaimed land plus the previous reclaimed half acre of land for living in has only opened up one acre of land in the forest.

It also includes some of the open spaces that already existed along the river.

Sophia asked, "Master, how long will it take for us to turn this forest into farmland?" ”

Lawrence said: "It will take more than ten years to clear this forest normally. ”

Sophia sighed, "It's so slow......"

Lawrence felt that it was too fast.

If it was an ancient farmer, it might take a year for an acre of land to be cleared out of a wasteland, and it was not this kind of woodland with big trees.

If it's woodland, don't think about opening an acre for the rest of your life.

But that's the general case, and it refers to the peasants who live in the village.

After all, in ancient times, a lot of land close to the village was occupied by Haoqiang, and if you want to open up the wasteland, you must open up those distant lands.

The wasteland must be ten miles away, and it is estimated that it takes an hour or two for a person to walk ten miles, and there is not much time to work back and forth.

Coupled with other things, and the relationship between rainy and snowy days, there is too little time to use.

There were no such problems on the estate, everyone was guaranteed to eat and sleep, and at the same time a lumberyard was built in the forest, and there was a lot of time to do things every day.

The people of the manor were also becoming familiar with the use of weapons and tools, and now in order to prevent danger at any time, Lawrence placed weapon racks in the common kitchen location, mainly storing some wooden spears and shields.

The men who carried iron knives and axes were mainly stewards and nobles, and Lawrence rewarded them with sheep to Reglo and Mandelkre, as well as some wine.

Although the management has stabilized, and the slaves and serfs on the estate have gradually stabilized, the progress of the work is still lagging behind.

"It's too slow, it's almost spring, I'm going to find Delen, if she's willing to come out and help, just loosen the soil under the big tree, and a tree can be planted in a few minutes."

Lawrence remembered Delen's abilities.

Delen's ability is to control the soil, which can make stones and soil soft and turn into silt, and sand and dirt into stones.

On the contrary, Kharan's ability cannot destroy the trees, and ripening can only turn the trees into wood, and her ability can make the leaves and fruits rot, but she cannot decompose the wood, nor can she make the trees grow backwards.

Sophia said with a sad face, "If only my witchcraft could be used, it would help." ”

Lawrence smiled, "It'll be fine when you're older." ”

Witchcraft is indeed very strange, only mature witches can use witchcraft, and it seems that the older you get, the more powerful it becomes.

Magical girls are not popular here, and most of the ones who can come in handy are young witches and mature witches.

The older you get, the stronger your magic becomes, and that's a very reasonable rule.

(End of chapter)