Before ascending to God, be a good lord

At noon on January 1, the area south of the iron mine was shrouded in a cloud of dust.

From the east bank of Iron Ore Lake to the direction of West 7 Castle, the plain is about 30 kilometers long from east to west and about 10 kilometers wide from north to south. There are scenes of people digging and transporting earth and rocks everywhere.

On the shore of the frozen lake, a junior knight shouted loudly to a hundred demon-free people: "Brothers, work hard! The one who does the most work, I will give him double the dinner! The one who does the least work, Don’t eat today!”

The land less than 2 kilometers west from the east bank of the lake and less than 1 kilometer wide is the land that belongs to Enpos Benma, a young man from the Benma family. His father is Encris Benma, who has reached the rank of senior knight. , that is, the galloping horse family knight who went to White Tree City for reinforcements on behalf of Lant.

Empos only entered Galloping Horse Academy in November last year. He went from apprentice to junior knight in just 11 months. If it were in previous years, he would have become the heir of the family and was ready to receive a small knighthood and slowly learn how to do it. Lord.

However, after only staying in Yeqi City for 2 months, he changed his goals. He felt that his future should be a high-ranking or great knight like Tierney and Houndstooth. Even if he could not become an earl, he would win the A viscount wouldn't be a problem either.

Especially when he heard that there was an opportunity to build a new city near the iron mines, he did not hesitate to give up what was originally the most comfortable winter in his life and chose to take the 20 novices and 100 non-magicians provided by his family. He ran to dig in the land in front of him where magic was raging and vegetation was desolate.

Seeing his land gradually taking shape, with prototype walls erected around the land and a mound of earth built in the center, Empos felt a sense of accomplishment, and what he was even more satisfied with was the work he had done. The 120 people not only worked hard without complaint, but also came up with many good methods for digging and mounding soil, which made the entire project progress much faster.

Seeing this, Empos thought of something and beckoned to his younger brother: "Youns? How is the progress of the other plots? Especially those people from the royal and imperial capitals, their Is the progress as fast as ours?"

Younes was dark and thin, and showed his white teeth when he smiled: "Hey, those demon-free people from those families are not as hardworking as us. They can't stand it after digging the ground twice, but His Majesty Lant The slaves and the students of Galloping Horse Academy are progressing very quickly."

"His Majesty Lant's slaves are not ordinary slaves. They eat better than ordinary civilians. They are his own subjects."

"That's true," Younes said with a smile, "Master Yu Ling just told everyone that each work area should write down a few ways to improve efficiency and project quality, and communicate with each other during the lunch meeting. If the method can be promoted, more points can be obtained?”

"Is there such a thing?" Empos was perked up upon hearing this, "Points are a good thing and can be exchanged for a lot of useful things. Write down all the items we have and let's go take a look at noon! "

However, Younes, who had just arrived at the Galloping Horse Plains, said hesitantly: "Are you sure? Don't let others learn from us and we fail to get points. That's a big thank you!"

Facts have proved that Youns was overly worried. At noon, they met the captains of more than 30 other teams in the big tent outside the lord's castle. Each team came with more or less methods or clever tricks to defeat each other. He began to sell his own methods.

"Empers?"

The young man from the Benma family heard a familiar voice and turned around to see that it was Umoni, his classmate from Benma Academy.

"What method are you bringing?" 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Me? My method is about managing the people. I let the three people who did the best get more rations, and at the same time punish the three people who did the worst. This can make them more efficient." Empers smiled and asked, "Where's yours?"

"Me?" Umoni said with a smile, "We asked 20 people to carry buckets and splash water on the transportation road. After the water freezes, the speed of pushing will be faster."

"Oh,"

Umoni and Empos nodded to each other, no doubt that while both had memorized the other's methods, neither was prepared to pay points to the other.

Nearly 60 captains started a lively discussion in the large tent. About half an hour later, the commander-in-chief of the iron mine project and Archmage Yu Ling came in with a group of young demon supporters. As soon as he entered the room, he loudly said:
  "Captains, everyone must have thought about what methods to provide. Now please write them down. We will hang these methods in the tent. With each method you provide, you need to price your own method. Who is it? If you want to learn, I need to pay you. Once you receive the points, you must ensure that the other party can learn and apply them."

As Yu Ling spoke, the young people under her handed out a stack of white papers to each team leader, asking them to fill in the papers and hang them on the wall of the tent after they were completed.

But ten minutes later, strings of notes were hung under the beams of the tent, and each captain was constantly walking around, reading the contents of each note.

"Divide 5 people into 20 groups, and evaluate the 20 groups every day..." Enpos saw one of the notes and felt that it was very similar to his own method, but he could also learn from it.

"Exchanging 20 of your own labor force with the barbarians in the city for 5 beasts of burden?" Umoni read another picture, "Isn't this too outrageous? How can there be so many beasts of burden?"

"Yes!" Yu Ling suddenly said, "You can exchange some of the subjects for the beasts of burden. The replacement price ratio has been posted on the door. Each group can only exchange with the subjects it has on hand."

"But Master Yu Ling, didn't we make it clear when we came that we were not allowed to sell our citizens?" a captain asked.

"Who said it was sold? The ownership of the labor force and the beasts of burden does not change, it is just the workload calculated on a daily basis." Yu Ling said with a smile, "However, our total number of animals is limited and it is impossible to meet the needs of all teams."

"Ah? This is really possible!" There was a discussion in the tent.

After another half hour, the captains gradually withdrew from the tents. Some of them left with satisfaction, while others felt a little regretful. Others were dragged to the other party's plot by others to share their experience and knowledge. method.

After everyone in Yu Ling left, she walked out of the tent. She held a large stack of papers filled with various methods and experiences in her hands, frowning as she read them.

"What are all these things?" Yu Ling muttered as she walked into the lord's room of the Iron Ore Castle. As a magic circle gradually glowed, she opened a door and entered the little red bird's control room. Within the lock.