Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 62

Lawrence and Chris returned to the temporary camp at noon with four carts full of supplies, plus a few spare carriages.

Mayor Joel, who has been worried about the lack of food in the team's stock for a long time, finally showed a little comforting smile.

Although the harvest of this purchase is still not enough to supply hundreds of people with long-term food, it is enough for the food on the way to the new territory.

——And after officially arriving at the new territory, it will be much easier to prepare more food.

Chris even sent a message to Xia Houyan, saying that Rock Creek City businessman Rogge, who sold them supplies this time, would be happy to continue trade relations with them in the future;
Although the Igor family did not reveal their identities when they purchased the supplies, they bought so many supplies at one time, which was enough to make the slightly fat businessman realize that he had met a big customer this time;
Businessmen are all profit-seeking, and finding ways to do more business with the lavish lord has obviously become Rogge's number one target.

However, Xia Houyan knew that relying on trade to solve the food problem was not a long-term solution.

As a result, the new territory "Frost Maple Ridge" allocated by the empire to the Igor family is located at the southernmost tip of the southern wasteland, and between the rich and plentiful middle of the empire, just across the wasteland by the Grand Duchy of Houston;

This also means that almost all trade between Igor's territory and the interior of the empire must be carried out under the eyes of the Duke of Houston!

Now that it is known that the Archduke of Houston has bad intentions, it is of course impossible for Xia Houyan to carry out the dangerous behavior of wantonly purchasing materials in the control area of ​​the hostile forces——

Who the hell knows what conspiracy the Grand Guild of Houston has come up with!
Before ruling out the threat of the Archduke of Houston, all open trades should be done with caution.

Second, the lord is really out of money now!
Rogge is a businessman, not a philanthropist, and buying supplies from him requires real money!

This purchase of the materials used by the convoy on the road has consumed a lot of the harvest in Adrian's laboratory, and even caused Master Laurie to suffer from pain and have not slept well for several days;

After arriving at the new territory "Frost Maple Ridge", the Igor family may encounter unexpected situations. The lord, who is careful and careful, must keep an emergency liquidity fund on hand;
All this has led to the fact that the landlord's family really has no surplus food!

Unless Xiahouyan can dig a gold mine in Shuangfengling, he will definitely not have the funds to buy bulk food!
Therefore, the best way to solve the food problem is to develop agricultural self-sufficiency in new territories;

However, Xia Houyan was also very uneasy: they knew nothing about the topography, hydrology and climatic conditions near Shuangfengling. In such a remote area, whether they could develop planting and animal husbandry in a short period of time was completely unknown. is the unknown;
Originally, he hoped to use elf plants to solve the problem, but the "Flower of Abundance Incident" created another big oolong...

Therefore, Xiahou Yan, who knew nothing about territorial construction even in his two lifetimes, could only take his own subjects to see each step, and cross the river by feeling the stones.

It is worth mentioning that, before he set off from the temporary camp in the woods, he followed the plan he had told Alice before, and convened a special meeting of all the territorial people.

At the meeting, Lord Lord gave all team members two options:

Either, go south with the team to explore the Frost Maple Ridge; or, leave the family to make a living.

Xia Houyan is not only to let this group of unfortunate people decide their own destiny, but more importantly, he is very clear about the hardships in the future construction of the territory!

Rather than taking everyone to the frontier, it's better to weed out those who are not loyal and strong enough from the team first - better than the future when the situation is too difficult and there will be some chaos.

Besides, if there are fewer people, you can save some food, right?
However, to Xia Houyan's surprise, not many people chose to leave in the end. After a show of hands, more than 300 people chose to advance and retreat with the family, live and die together, and went to the south to open up wasteland and build a new territory.

Of course, Xia Houyan has not been narcissistic enough to think that this result is because of his charisma or charisma—he understands the psychology of the people too well in this era: this group of poor people who have lived under the lord's rule since childhood The common people simply do not have the courage to decide their own life path!

For them, it is the easiest choice to continue to follow the lord and go with the flow.

In any case, the Igor family convoy, which has been replenished and staffed down, is now on its way to the new territory.

The lord, who had nothing to do along the way, gathered in his carriage with Mayor Joel and Master Laurie all day long to discuss the future development strategy of the territory.

Although these two old horses are also at a loss for the future development of the territory, the Lord Lord still organized a simple grouping of the members of the team with their assistance;

Xia Houyan believes that the management of all events and materials ultimately comes down to the management of personnel;

Therefore, according to the personnel list along the way, he divided all the existing personnel of the Igor family into four groups in total for future command and control——

The first group is the agricultural group: this team is mainly composed of tenant farmers, with a number of more than [-] people;
The members of the Agriculture Group will be responsible for the future of agriculture and food in the Territory.

The people take food as the sky, and the economic foundation determines the superstructure!

It can be said that the future fate of the entire Igor territory depends on whether these tenant farmers can establish farmland and pastures that are enough to support all the people in the Shuangfengling area where the conditions are unknown!

Mayor Johansson Joel, who has been managing the town of Eagle's End for a long time and knows a thing or two about agricultural production, was naturally assigned as the leader of the agricultural team. It was impossible for Xia Houyan to personally inquire about the situation of every tenant farmer. The agricultural development of the entire territory needs to be financed by the mayor of Joel, and then reported to the lord.

The second group is the artisan group, which consists of a dozen blacksmiths and dozens of craftsmen from Eagle's End Castle;
In the previous Eagle's Rest Castle, this group of blacksmiths under the jurisdiction of the castle's main job was to repair the equipment for the guards;
And the craftsmen in the team are even more varied, including cobblers, shoemakers, tailors and even basket weavers;
However, for a long time, the main task of this group of artisan members will be to provide support for the establishment of the territorial agricultural foundation——

Feeding everyone is the top priority of all matters, and the provision of farm tools, pasture tools, and the construction of simple settlements required for agricultural planting all depend on the work of the artisan team;
The chief mage of the family, Victor Laurie, although he didn’t know much about handicrafts except the ability to weld a cage with the flame technique, was appointed by the lord as the leader of the craftsman team – this fifth-order junior magister has qualifications after all He is tall enough to never be confused in major matters, and Xia Houyan can only rest assured when the key craftsman team is handed over to him;
In order to avoid the situation of laymen instructing experts, the lord specially arranged a technical consultant for Master Laurie - this blacksmith named Kobe, who used to be the best weapon foundry in Eagle's End Fort, and was also well known among the blacksmiths. public expectation;

Master Laurie is not a stubborn and conceited person. With the assistance of the blacksmith Kobe, Xia Houyan believes that the craftsman team under his leadership should be able to complete the task better.

The third group is the military group-compared to the agricultural group and the artisan group, this team responsible for military operations is a bit pitiful: there are only thirteen guards including Alice, plus the dark underground Clement, the death knight who has been locked up for hundreds of years and completely lost his purpose in life;

The mission of the military group is obvious: they will be responsible for the security and military operations of the new territory.

Regarding the choice of the leader of the military group, Xia Houyan hesitated for a long time between Alice Comstock and Juan Clemente;

Theoretically speaking, Alice, who has led the guards for a long time and is very familiar with her opponents, is of course the best candidate for the military team leader, but Clement is, after all, the "Thorn Knight" officially conferred by the Empire (800 years ago)!
"Knight of Thorns" is a high-level knight title no less than today's "Knight of Bauhinia". You must know that even Aaron Cousins, the former Knight Commander of Eagle's End Fort, is only a lower-ranking knight than "Knight of Bauhinia". The top two "Lily Knights" are nothing more than that!
In this sense, Clement is the second person in the entire Igor family whose official status is second only to Lord Lord, and even surpasses his sister Katerina Igor!

Although the death knight repeatedly assured the lord that he would have no complaints no matter what position he held, Xia Houyan did not resolutely put him under Alice's hands in the end. Regarding Clement's knighthood and combat effectiveness, he still felt that should be given enough respect.

In the end, the military group was divided into two parallel parts by Xia Houyan, co-led by Alice and Clement:

Alice and her original twelve guards constitute a "security team" to undertake the security work within the new territory;

The death knight Juan Clemente was appointed as the bare commander of the "Igor Pioneer Army".

From this arrangement, you can also glimpse the ambition of the Lord: Although there is only one "Igor Pioneering Army" at present, Xia Houyan has made up his mind to continuously expand this military department responsible for external combat;

The southern wasteland is a dangerous area full of robbers, mercenaries and alien invaders. The harmless and defenseless good people will only be turned into bleak bones eaten and wiped by the vultures in the wasteland!
The lord, who is well versed in the teaching of the great man that "power comes from the barrel of a gun", has given full attention to the construction of military power from the very beginning!
Moreover, once it is found that the conditions of Shuangfengling are not suitable for long-term living in the future, the Igor family will not be able to wait for death in place, and it is bound to open up excellent residential areas and reclamation areas. In this way, Clement's " "Igor Pioneer Army" will play a role in the southern wasteland full of swords, lights and swords;
What's more, the lord still has a blood feud, and he has to rely on the armed forces to find the Duke of Houston to pay it back!
In addition to the agricultural group, the craftsman group and the military group, the rest of the idle people were included in the "business group" by Xia Houyan.

To be honest, the name he gave to this group in his mind was actually the "Trash Group".

Of course, in order to be polite and harmonious with the team, this title will always be buried in the heart of Xiahou officials.

The "business group" includes scholars, merchants and some castle servants from Eagle's End.

In the previous Eagle's End Fort, this group of people was the backbone of maintaining the rule of the Igor family and serving the daily life of the Igor family;

However, the oranges in Huainan are oranges, and the oranges in Huaibei are oranges. In the new territory with hardships and hardships and a hundred wastes waiting to be rebuilt, this group of guys with little labor ability is bound to be indiscriminate except for the useless consumption of food. What's the use of...

But after all, they are all brave and loyal old guys who followed the family to the south to explore the wilderness. Xia Houyan couldn't say anything to expel them from the team, so he could only pinch his nose and draw a waste... er, "business team", let this Groups of people are responsible for some errands.

When it comes to the business group, I have to mention a wonderful flower that has been classified into it.

——Yes, it's a "wonderful flower" in the literal sense, after all, the nickname of the elf Wilf is "the flower of abundance"...

This beautiful elf girl has not shown the slightest sense of being a slave since she joined the team, and her biggest hobby every day is eating!
On the way south, Xia Houyan and An Jie stared at it again and again. Wilf put enough dry food and stewed vegetables to feed three or four strong men while eating, and stuffed her head into her mouth with no ladylike style. , when I came, I held a pot of tomato soup and drank it on my head;
At first, they thought Wilf was starving after being locked in the safe for more than ten days;
Although the elves can barely maintain without eating or drinking for more than ten days by absorbing the magic elements in the air, they are not the fasting immortals who completely eat and drink dew. excusable;

But after more than ten days, Wilf's food intake not only did not decrease in the slightest, but even had the terrifying tendency of snakes swallowing elephants!

This completely turned the lord's face into the color of Laba garlic!

This chick can really eat so much!

Even if he scratched his scalp, he couldn't understand how her petite and slender body could hold so much food without even gaining weight?

Just for her "special ability", if you put it on the earth and start a live broadcast of Big Eater, it will definitely become a fire in the sky, and then be severely banned for wasting too much food!

For the sake of the food security of the territory, Xia Houyan wanted to limit Wilf's food intake;

But whenever the lord tried to stop her from eating, this amazingly beautiful elf girl would open her big watery eyes and look at the lord with tears in her eyes. Huang Shiren and Wu Qionghua saw Nan Batian!

So, the soft-hearted Xia Houyan had to give up fasting, which had a certain cruelty, and continued to allow her to eat Haisai.

He realized sadly that his theft action really played out what is called "stealing chickens can't lose rice"——

Not only did they not get the elf plant, but they also added an abyss mouth that devoured food to the team for no reason!

There were even a few times when Xia Houyan couldn't bear it anymore, so he kept Master Laurie and the others a secret, and privately hinted to this elf slave girl that she could "escape" the team by herself to pursue her freedom, and he, Elliot Igor, was the master. There will be no interference!

However, at this time, Wilf would show a high degree of recognition of her slave status. No matter how the lord scolded her, she would honestly stay in her carriage and tent, never leave the team, let alone run away. !

Xia Houyan deeply doubted, this little girl is just here to eat, right? !

——Could it be that all of this was in the plan of the Duke of Houston, and that he was caught up in the enemy’s tricks and robbed this little aunt who wasted food?

The Lord Lord was in this self-doubt, listening to Wilf's chewing sound all the way, and led the team to approach the Frost Maple Ridge at the southernmost tip of the wasteland.

A new life begins here.

(End of this chapter)