Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 56 Territorial Affairs ([-])
I inspected the first stronghold established among the twenty strongholds, learned about the situation, and gave some living materials to the old people.

This is the job of Luther, Pompeii, as the acting lord.

Before leaving, Luther told Knight Michel to train the militia well, and after a month, he would be transferred to another village to train the militia.

The return journey is not far away. If the former Pompeii territory was considered a large village, then the expanded Pompeii territory is about the size of a town.

How big can a town be?
Moreover, the roads along the way have been repaired, so Luther quickly returned to the vicinity of Pompeii Castle.When I came to Pompeii Castle, the goal was green wheat, occasionally mixed with some other crops.

Wheat is growing very well. Although it is not yet possible to estimate the harvest, but thinking about it, the harvest should not be too bad, and manure is still very effective in fertilizing the fields.

In the green sea, there are houses standing one after another, surrounded by a fence, and there are sounds of chickens and dogs inside the fence, which is a beautiful pastoral scenery.

Looking at this beautiful scene, Luther occasionally felt that being a country lord seemed pretty good.

Haha.

Feel comfortable all over.

But soon Luther shook his head and threw out this unrealistic idea. Although the country lord is also interesting, our goal is still to become a great nobleman.

If you miss the countryside, you can also live in the countryside.

The big aristocrats can enjoy the fun of the country aristocrats, but the country aristocrats cannot enjoy the fun of the big aristocrats, this is the difference.

Luther was not just talking.

After a while, we gradually approached the castle of Pompeii.In this green farmland, thin wooden sticks can be seen standing up from time to time, with red ribbons tied to the top of the sticks.

This is a sign that after the autumn harvest, the farmland here will become part of the city of Pompeii, and the serfs will be relocated to places close to the original Pompeii territory and the twenty strongholds to increase the number of Pompeii territories.

perfect.

At this moment, more than [-] double-storey villas have been built on the unused land near Pompeii Castle. These are the houses that Pompeii gave to the knights.

Of course, it was only the shell and the land, and the furniture and decoration in the villa had to be paid for by the knights themselves.

Although the building complex centered on Pompeii Castle is still very small and pocket-sized, it already has the appearance of a town.

After returning here, Luther did not choose to enter the castle, but went to the blacksmith shop with his entourage. Currently, the blacksmith shop is still near the castle, near more than thirty villas.

There are also grocery stores, which seem to be very inconsistent.

The plan was to relocate the blacksmith shop to the edge of the town, but the official relocation did not take place until after autumn.

When he came to the blacksmith shop, Luther saw Old Bob, Old Bob's eldest son, second son, and a group of teenagers.

The blacksmith shop is still the original blacksmith shop, but the scale has been enlarged. Currently, there are about ten blacksmith furnaces. Old Bob has three blacksmiths, leading a group of teenagers to forge iron.

The furnace was burning very hot, and the temperature inside the blacksmith shop was very high. Just standing around here could make people sweat profusely.

"Master Luther." The people in the blacksmith shop saw Luther and his party. Old Bob put down the hammer in his hand and greeted them kindly.

His two sons smiled at Luther before continuing to blacksmith.The other teenagers looked at Luther with fearful eyes.

As the sons of serfs, they knew a truth from childhood that the lord is the sky.And the overseer who is in charge of the serfs is the hand of heaven.

If you are lazy, you will be beaten.

They have only fear and no respect for the lord.

And they knew that Luther was the next generation of Pompeii knights.

And Luther also knew this, so he didn't show any affinity for these serf teenagers, because it was difficult to reverse this situation in a short time.

Let them adapt to the life of free people first.

"Hi, Uncle Bob." Luther got off his horse and happily hugged Old Bob, without lifting the dirt on Old Bob's body at all.

Old Bob laughed.

Old Bob's plan is to wait until after the autumn harvest to cut down the forest and build his own family farmland. The address has already been chosen.

Old Bob's great farmer's dream is constantly moving forward.But for now, I can still help out with blacksmithing at home, and teach a bunch of new apprentices by the way.

"How about this group of apprentices? Are they okay?" Luther asked again, glancing at the teenagers who looked at him with fearful eyes from time to time.

Became apprentices in the blacksmith shop, these youths from serf background not only changed their identities, they even dressed a lot better, and their nutrition also kept up. They looked much stronger than they were a month ago.

"Very good, very obedient." Old Bob grinned happily.

As a master master, there is no apprentice who is more satisfying than obedient.Blacksmithing, it's a dull job.

Only an honest and obedient child can become a qualified blacksmith.

"That's good."

Luther showed a satisfied smile. Blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons are occupations that must be possessed in a territory. As the size of the town increases, the more people in this occupation, the better.

Especially the blacksmith is also responsible for the equipment, weapons and so on of the guards.Although there are not many guards in the territory at present, after the population of 1 arrives, Luther plans to expand the army by 500 people. Adding the original [-] guards, it will be [-] guards.

Plus the militia.

The number of military units and paramilitary units in Pompeii will rise to 2000.

In the early stage, of course, you can buy weapons, armor, etc. from Baron Barton, but in the future, Luther hopes that these young people can become independent blacksmiths, so that the weapons and armor in the territory can be self-sufficient.

Luther chatted with old Bob for a while, and left soon.As for the other carpenters and masons, Luther did not go to see them.

Because Luther was not familiar with those carpenters and stonemasons, he might not be able to say a few words after he went there, and he might be embarrassed.

Forget it.

However, Luther asked the officials of the city hall to keep an eye on the masters. On the one hand, they must keep an eye on the masters who want to hand over their skills to the young serfs, and on the other hand, they must supervise the masters not to treat the young serfs harshly.

The status of a serf is indeed not a good status.

Not all of them are as kind as old Bob and may be discriminated against.

I inspected the newly developed No. [-] stronghold in the territory, and learned about the study and life of the liberated serf teenagers.

This is the important job of Luther as the lord today, and his work will be relatively leisurely in the future, which is probably the same as his daily life.

Just wait for one thing to come.

That is the autumn harvest.

Harvest means taxes.

After the autumn harvest, Pompeii will officially build a city.

After the autumn harvest, the original villagers and serfs in the Pompeii territory will work with twenty strongholds to develop new farmland.

Luther was looking forward to the effect of the manure field.

All in all, autumn harvest is a big deal.

(End of this chapter)