Riding and Slashing

Chapter 56 Farming from Maixiangling

"Look at this territory planning map! I plan to divide the territory into three areas: residential area, commercial area and agricultural area!"

The lord rapped on the wooden board and raised the volume.

The wage earners in the audience looked stunned, and they couldn't tell why these two eggs and sausages were the territorial planning map?

"A residential area will be built here, and the team will be stationed here." Li Ang pointed to one of the circles.

"Oh..." The subordinates expressed their understanding.

"This is a commercial area. I want to build a comprehensive market here and open a winery." Li Ang pointed to another circle.

"Ooh!"

"The large area behind is an agricultural area, where wheat will be grown in large quantities. The climate here is very suitable for producing ale."

The lord pointed at the crude sausage-like lines with a serious face, and felt that they didn’t look like it, and added a few strokes on it to represent wheat: "The wheat field farm will divide the territory into pieces, and then it will be real wheat. Xiangcun."

"Oh oh oh!"

All the subordinates seemed to understand, only Ansen covered his forehead and exhaled a long breath, as if he was relieved, but also as if he gave up.

"Okay, can anyone make some suggestions regarding the development of the territory?"

Li Ang looked at his subordinates expectantly.

Sarah was the first to speak: "My lord, it seems that you should confirm your flag and coat of arms first, and file it with the county first."

Li Ang patted his thigh: "That's right! I never cared about it... What do you think is suitable?"

Sarah shook her head: "My lord, this should be your family matter, you can decide for yourself."

Klose raised his arm: "My lord, when I polished your sword yesterday, I found that your sword seems to have two layers, and some patterns have been worn out on the body of the sword. Is that your family's treasured sword? I I think you should use the coat of arms inscribed on the blade..."

Li Ang didn't pay attention, he didn't look at the saber after it was handed over to him.

Pull out the sword directly.

The sword does seem to be two-tiered!
Probably on the outside of the original blade, a layer of silver was re-plated.

No wonder it's easy to be blunt...

After being re-polished by Klose, the outer layer of the sword body was worn away a lot, and the part of the blade near the tsuba revealed some black inner layers and a small part of inscription marks.

Like a wing.

Li Ang could guess what kind of coat of arms it was, but he had never seen the specific style.Now that the family crest can be found, there is no need to design it yourself.

He handed the sword to Klose: "Take off the outer layer later and have a look. If it fits, then use it."

The part-time blacksmith nodded.

"Okay, now the coat of arms problem is solved..."

"Let's continue, how to build this place, please give me some suggestions!"

Li Ang continued to chair the meeting.

This time, Anson gave a very direct opinion: "My lord, I think the residential area must at least have some houses and fortifications..."

"Well, I will be responsible for the civil engineering construction inside Maixiangling. Anson, after you deal with the wounded, bring the carpenters to repair the available houses first."

The first task is for myself, this is Li Ang's principle.

However, whoever makes the suggestion is responsible for the specific work, this is the rule of the workplace...

Anson was an honest boy, though, and he seemed glad he could help.

"My lord, we have to fix the road leading to the Aire River so that the caravan can move." Leslie put forward her opinion.

"Very good! Road repairing... Eric, John, you are familiar with the terrain. I appointed you as interim administrators. Your first task is to repair the road. Go west and repair the road all the way to Ayr The river needs to be repaired to the east, at least to make the road leading to White Hart Castle look spacious..."

Li Ang named two unexpected names.

"Oh……"

The mercenaries looked at each other, and Eric was a little confused when he was still injured: "My lord, are you making us administrative officials?"

"What? Dissatisfied? I said that everyone has a chance, and may even become an apprentice knight—by the way, do you know how to write?"

"I will... some..."

The two semi-literate ones were a little excited, never expecting such a good thing to happen to them.

Since the lord made the appointment publicly, it is naturally not just talking.

So the two lucky ones completed a gorgeous turn from mercenaries to directors of the village committee.

The lord administrators of Pendor Continent are not the same as civil servants in the modern sense.

Except for the taxation in the territory, which is the special responsibility of the tax officer, any other affairs in the territory can be coordinated by the administrator, and most of the specific affairs will be related to them.

At the same time, they also have a very important power - the power of administrative law enforcement.

They can manage all inappropriate things that appear on the territory, and they are responsible for the safety of roads and business travel—roughly equivalent to a combination of the urban management department and the traffic management department.

This is of course a very important position, and it is usually held by the lord's steward or cronies.

Don't underestimate this seemingly inconspicuous official. Once the territory develops, there will be a lot of money.The administrators and tax officials of wealthy territories may have a better life than ordinary minor nobles.

Eric felt that the arrow wound on his body didn't hurt anymore—although not even a village was built in Li Ang's territory, Gousheng had no doubt that the lord would lead them on the road to wealth.

Of course, Li Ang did this appointment on purpose.

For Li Ang, the ability of his subordinates can be discussed slowly, but the loyal subordinates who have been proved must be promoted first.

Although there is nothing at the moment, as a boss, what I have to do is to encourage employees to be more active in creating value.

"My lord, the biggest problem now is...there is no manpower! We should find the former villagers of Elderge Village..."

Sure enough, the suggestions from the audience became more active. This time, it was the two 'refugees' in Holden Village who spoke.

But now, the two who had received some loot were no longer that poor looking. They were all wearing nomadic leather clothes now, and their spirits were much better than before.

"That's right! By the way, I will give you a farm, and you have to plant the wheat, or you won't be called Mai Xiangling..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ang felt that the team interface seemed to have changed.

Subconsciously glanced at the team list.

These two refugees have been displayed as 'leaders' in the team list-this is a name that Li Ang has never seen before, and he has never seen it in the game in his previous life.

Moreover, the familiar plus sign '+' appeared behind the line of leading people!
That means, they can be upgraded!
I see……

Li Ang realized that this was a remarkable change. "Leading the people", just looking at the literal meaning, can show that this is the people who really agree with him.

Granting land to refugees would of course get their greatest approval, so they became their own subjects.

And this system can only upgrade its own citizens.

That being the case, let more 'refugees' become their own subjects.After all, in the final analysis, farmers and fields are the real basics of a territory that can develop in the long run.

"The matter of finding the villagers is also entrusted to you. You will be my representatives, responsible for finding and bringing the surrounding villagers... Tell them, I will distribute the land to them, and there is no need to pay for it. Tax, you only need to pay [-]% of the grain when harvesting!"

"Sammer, take a few locals to patrol the surrounding area to protect the safety of the villagers and escort them back here."

"Klose, the security and defense of the territory will be entrusted to you..."

As tasks were assigned one by one, this grassroots team gradually began to move closer to a real territory.

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(End of this chapter)