Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 166. 164. Canonized Knight
From the 27th, the citizens began to set off to Yeqi City in batches, and Rand was tied to Roth Castle like a spinning top. Although this is not the first overall migration of the territory, although Rand He and Laniya worked out some plans and schedules, but when the dual structure of Yeqi City-Benma Tribe began to operate, various problems emerged one after another.

In the first few days, all the barbarians of the Benma tribe set off. Rand divided all the more than 300 barbarian demons into three parts, including combatants, the Benma branch and the station guard. More than 3 barbarians with excellent riding skills joined the cavalry of the Knights, and these cavalry will train and fight with the Horse Knights.

More than 100 relatively older barbarian cavalry were divided into 8 parts. In the future, they will be used as 8 branches to graze in a semi-fixed area north of Yeqi City.These eight divisions are headed by loyal barbarians. After arriving in Yeqi City, they will first be stationed in the camp north of the city. When the weather turns warm and the cubs of the black scaled horses and pack animals can run outside, they will take Take the cubs to the designated area, wait until winter, and then return to Yeqi City for the winter.

The remaining barbarians will be assigned to each station in groups of 10 barbarian cavalry and 50 leaders.According to Rand's plan, there will be 4 post stations from Rote to Yeqi City, and 6 post stations from Yeqi City to the salt mine, one station every 40 kilometers, and will run through the entire plain from east to west in the future, as the most basic road facilities.

In the current camp, the number of demon possessors received by each branch is not much different from that received by each post station, but after the branch arrives at Ye Qi City, it will also absorb the newly defected tribes.The tribes belonging to the station will always be stationed in each post station territory in the future according to the plan of 10 cavalry and 50 people.In addition to the above-mentioned barbarians in the camp, 40 barbarian cavalry were assigned to the chamber of commerce in the capital and maned wolf city, and served as guards in the caravan.

After finalizing the plan of the Benma Tribe, Rand began to select leaders among the barbarians. After January 1, the four post stations from Rotor to Yeqi City were already in place, so only 25 leaders were selected.

The 160 barbarian cavalry and 800 non-magic people from the branch and post station set off on the 28th and 29th. They not only need to carry tents, but also need to carry livestock such as pack animals, black-scaled horses, and long-haired sheep. The newly elected leader needs to go through a few days of migration to get acquainted with the Butler of the Demonless in his own team, familiarize himself with the team, and establish prestige.

On February 2 before the departure of the migration work, Rand held a joint meeting of the territory.

Laniya and the stewards of the territory have completed the preliminary population statistics. There are 5 intermediate knights and 22 junior knights under Rand's name (4 of them broke through recently, and some of the original knights have returned. their respective families, and according to tradition paid a "redemption fee" for themselves, and Rand gave them their original horses, and 2 others joined the Barony of Galloping Horses).

There are 52 trainee knights, the total number of demon possessors in the human race has reached more than 500, and the number of ordinary non-magic people is 4900 (including 600 people from the original Luot territory).

Among the magicians and ordinary people, there are more than 50 blacksmiths, more than 30 carpenters, 40 cobblers, 65 potters, 35 grooms, 45 tailors, 70 cooks and cooks, 27 descendants of housekeepers, and 15 herbalists. In addition, there are some aristocratic offshoots. The descendants of the caravans can account for a total of 87 people, and all those who can read and write are less than 200 people who have not been educated recently.

The standard of literacy is to be able to roughly understand notices, know numbers, and be able to write one's own name and simple words.The literacy rate of nearly 5% surprised Rand, but because the barbarians plundered the population of the dragon, they hoped to mine salt in salt, and needed carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. The settlement area of ​​about 2000 people was originally a small industrial town, where the barbarians They can only be soldiers, and all other means of production and living need to be provided by the non-magic. Under the management of Rania and Gandalf, many people have special skills.

Although there are various problems in the population structure, the number of craftsmen is considered to be sufficient. After finding out the population account, Rand is determined to get the territory on the right track as soon as possible.

At the meeting, the names of the heads of various departments under the governor of Yeqi City, the Demonless, and the leaders of the 8 branches of the Benma tribe were officially announced.In the city, although all the people on the list have already entered the job, the official appointment is only announced at the meeting.

"Next, I will announce the list of the first batch of territorial knights to be entrusted." Rand suddenly said something, which aroused everyone's enthusiasm. The last time the territory was entrusted, it was within the Benma family.

"Splitting?!"

"Is your lord saying what we meant?"

"It should be, but where do we get the people from?"

"Could it be that you chose to entrust the territory among the original Knights of Rotor?" The knights started discussing each other.

Seeing the heated discussions among his subordinates, Rand couldn't help recalling how drowsy they were when they were talking about business.

"Everyone, as you have heard, before the entire territory is relocated, the first batch of feudal knights will be subdivided. The territories are all on the Galloping Horse Plain, from Rotor to Yeqi City to the Salt Mine, with a total of 10 stations in between Camps. The distance between each post camp is 40 kilometers, and I have equipped each camp with 10 barbarian cavalry and 50 leaders."

"Praise the generosity of the Lord!" All the subordinates cheered, the people are wealth, Rand is equivalent to drawing out nearly 1000 people to distribute to the canonized knights. "

"Each post station is the center of a barbarian tribe and the center of a knight's territory. I will assign a part of the people to each knight after conferring, and the knights who have been conferred also have additional responsibilities, including maintaining the surrounding areas of the territory. roads, and provide horses for messengers everywhere."

The post station will be the most important infrastructure in the territory, and it will also be a bonus for the vassals, and the roads between the post stations will also become internal trade routes.

"The first batch of sealed knights: Dugan Blue Dragon, Lune Egret, Kenan Dawles, Pete Maned Wolf, Alf Fate, Nedland Wilson, Neil Falcon, Mace Frostwolf, Tierney Joycen."

The first batch of entrusted lists included all intermediate and senior knights. Among the junior knights, Neil, Mace, and Tierney were the ones Rand used most easily.

"Everyone, let me say one last thing. The Benma Plain is more than 1000 kilometers from east to west. I will take you to the entire Benma Plain!"

"Running horse!" Warm cheers broke out in the tent, as if everyone present had their own territory.

"It is impossible for these knights to return to the fief for the time being. You can appoint your own demon owner or steward to go there first. If there is no one at home, the territory will be managed by the governor of Yeqi City." Laniya introduced the governor of Yeqi City The future policy for each knight's territory is probably to first loan some young livestock and food to each territory, and require each territory to return the same amount within 4-5 years.

"The lord first gave us a batch of black scaled horses? Will we return them when we have ponies?"

"It may be that kind of draft horse, anyway, it will be adjusted according to the specific conditions of your territory." Lania kept answering the questions of the various knights.

About the reward territory, I have already told Dugan and Tierney who were not in the castle, and Metz who was going to transport food to Maned Wolf City. People 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 up a series of policies before the meeting.

After arranging more than 1000 people to go to various post stations and branches, the rest will be distributed to Yeqi City, Chengdong Industrial Zone and Salt Mine.

According to Rand's plan, Yeqi City allocated 1700 people for infrastructure construction, building wooden sheds, markets, schools, bathrooms, temples, camp areas, drainage channels, slaughtering and processing plants and other public facilities, and 500 people moved to the eastern part of Yeqi City. area, 800 people moved to the salt mines.

(End of this chapter)