Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 44 Recruitment Population
"This is the first meeting of the Pompeii family. I have nothing to say. Because I know that I am not a qualified lord, and I have no idea about how to develop the territory or run the family. So, I will preside over the meeting today, I gave it to my eldest son, Luther Pompeii, the next generation knight of the Pompeii family."

At this time, Old Saul spoke.

This contemporary knight of the Pompeii family is very self-aware. He knows that welcoming the Pompeii family will be a huge change. Perhaps the Pompeii family will have a town as a fief from now on.

And has more than a dozen knights as combat power.

Among the vassals of the entire Patton family, it will become the number one force.

But the premise of this is to hand over the territory to the eldest son to manage it, not his father who only has muscles and a bit of a politician.

Therefore, facing the knights of the family, Old Sol simply gave up his rights.

And the knights and scholars didn't have any objections, they cast their eyes on the young man standing behind the lord.

That's right.

Luther is not yet a young man, he can only be considered a teenager, and he is considered a teenager if he is bullish.

Among the nobles, especially the real nobles, such a young child has only one thing on his mind, dude.Playing with women, being jealous or something.

But this young man has done something that many people can't do in a lifetime.

Pompeii was small, new knights, and the scholars had been here for some time, and they had heard many things, seen many things.

Using cattle to plow the fields means efficiency.

Cleaning up feces means unprecedented civilization.

Walking on the road without feces is simply physical and mental comfort.

As for the manure field, although it seems that the wheat is growing much stronger than in previous years, whether this matter is reliable or not depends on this year's harvest.

So they can't judge.

The research on new wine tasting and the production of Pompeii wine are the fundamental reasons for the transformation of the Pompeii family.

While the heirs of other nobles in the field were still playing with women and dandies, the next generation of knights in Pompeii had already started to manage the territory and brought actual benefits.

The Pompeii family originally had only four knights, but now they have increased to sixteen, and this is proof.

And many wandering knights present returned to their hometowns because of this.It's all thanks to the Pompeii next-generation knight in front of him.

Therefore, the knights have no meaning for the old Sol to hand over the rights to the next generation of Pompeii knights.

In a way, Luther has the same prestige as Old Sol in the entire territory.

And Luther is obviously more important.

Because old Saul represents the present of Pompeii, and Luther represents the future of Pompeii.

As for the knights and scholars present, since they signed an agreement with Pompey's family, they became the retainers of Pompey's family, and shared life and death with Pompey.

The glory of the Lord's house is their glory.

Luther, Pompey.

All are willing to bow their heads for the name and do as they please.

Facing the eyes of the family vassals, Luther was not stage frightened.At least he didn't appear to be stage frightened, but in fact Luther was still a little nervous.

The panic was exaggerated a bit, but it was really a little nervous.

What we are doing now is the job of the mayor.

Wow, the mayor of our town used to be a big leader in front of us.

It was a little funny in his heart, but Luther was serious on the face, making the next generation of Pompeii knights look very serious.

A serious man is always attractive.

The knights and scholars present straightened up involuntarily, becoming more serious.

"As we all know, the Pompeii family is now relying on the Pompeii wine business, although the wine business should be good for a while. But no matter how good the wine is, it will be cracked, just like wine, which is not available everywhere now. Wine making? So, in my opinion, the wine business is not as important as farming. Don’t mention me country bumpkins, local leopards, think about it carefully, only the food that grows on the edge of the geography is a steady stream. Really. And the territory of our Pompeii family is undeveloped to the south. According to the law of the kingdom, knight lords have the right to develop, and the fields are developed and belong to the Pompeii family. So the next stage of Pompeii's development is to recruit Population. But I can’t eat too much in one bite, and I plan to recruit about 1 people.”

Speaking of this, Luther paused, and then said: "There are two ways to recruit people, buy serfs, and recruit free people. Buying serfs costs money, no need to plan. To attract free people, the conditions I gave are , The new fields developed are all the freemen themselves. And the tax is exempted for one year. I believe it will attract many freemen who have no land."

"The plan is quite simple, but to implement it requires manpower. I plan to send a few knights and a few scholars to go out to do this. Therefore, I need a knight with very rich experience outside to lead the team."

Having said that, Luther took a look at Ston Pompeii. Within the family, this Knight Ston is his cousin, but here everyone is subordinate.

Therefore, Luther said: "Mr. Stone, you choose five knights and five scholars, and bring gold coins to do this."

"I am willing to help." Ston, Pompeii stood up with his right hand on his chest, and bent towards Luther.

"That's the plan for the time being. Do you have anything to add?" Luther asked the crowd democratically.

Teacher Qiao Xiu stood up. He turned to Luther and asked, "Knight Luther, as a tax collector in the territory, I'm a little worried about the financial resources of the Pompeii family."

Luther nodded, motioning for Mr. Qiao Xiu to continue.

"As we all know, the territory's finances were not well-off before this time. This time, selling Pompeii wine made a lot of profit, which allowed the knights to be recruited. But it takes time to sell the wine, and now you need to buy serfs. And buying serfs, you still have to buy them. Recruiting free people is not a business. Because after buying serfs, the territory needs to be responsible for the minimum living materials of the serfs. If the territory is developed next year, it will also need to buy Bass cattle, make plows, and a lot of farm tools. I have some concerns about the family’s finances. Worry."

Teacher Qiao Xiu said sincerely.

Of course, Teacher Qiao Xiu has feelings for the Pompeii family, after all, he has lived in it for more than ten years.If nothing else happened, Mr. Qiao Xiu would still rely on Luther for his retirement.

Besides, his son Lelouch is still the mayor of Pompeii.

Because of this, Teacher Qiao Xiu was worried that Luther's steps were too big.Anyway, the ultimate goal is to develop a town. Is such a big step necessary?

Wait for the benefits of wine to gather, and wait for this year's autumn harvest to pass.It's not too late to recruit people when the family's finances are ample in winter, and it's not too late to buy serfs.

Of course, Luther understood Mr. Qiao Xiu's worries. To put it in Huaxia's words, this is a mature way of seeking the country.

safe.

But Luther also had Luther's considerations. Most of the people present, including his father, believed that he wanted to develop the Pompeii family into a large-scale family of knight lords.

Only Lu Luxiu knew that he planned to become a real nobleman.

That was a race against time.

To make money, development must be high-profile.

Steady and steady is not enough.

Moreover, Luther also cares about finances.He smiled and said to Teacher Qiao Xiu: "Teacher, don't worry, my father, the leader of the Pompeii family, the Pompeii knight, has prepared gold coins, whether it is money for buying serfs, money for feeding serfs, farm tools, bar Si Niu, recruiting 1 people is not a problem."

(End of this chapter)