Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 104

Owen didn't know about the witch's change. After returning to the castle through the Floo network, he didn't know what to do for a while, because Maya was not there, and she needed to reorganize the intelligence network of the Witch Union to make it more efficient. Without her, Owen didn't even know how to handle the affairs of the territory, because no one brought him the documents to sign and the reports to make decisions.

Even if he wants to do something, he can only think about it first, and then go to the scene to order. The poor efficiency is not at 01:30, and he simply puts it badly and chooses to spend the progress value without thinking.

Recalling the original plan, Owen brought Charles and two Teutonic warriors to the barracks.

Now the territory has built barracks, shooting ranges, and stables to train infantry, archers, and cavalry separately.

Although limited by the lack of civilians in the territory, it is impossible to directly train better soldiers, but regardless of the loyalty and morale of the soldiers, they are all first-class in the North, and even Howard and his son can't find fault.

Recently, Howard and his son have strengthened the training of soldiers every day, and the effect is not bad. The soldiers' combat skills and cooperation have become more proficient, and they have also learned how to patrol and deal with various emergencies more efficiently. flexible.

These changes are not brought about by loyalty and morale alone, but by Howard's rich life experience.

If he hadn't worked at the grassroots level for 20 years, he wouldn't be so sophisticated.

Owen was very satisfied with this. With Howard, even if there are outsiders coming next spring, there will be no big troubles.

However, if you want to achieve better results in a short period of time, you have to rely on opening and hanging.

Nowadays, there is no shortage of soldiers in the territory, but in addition to quantity, quality is also very important. What's more, with the population base of the territory, the proportion of soldiers can no longer be increased, so we can only work hard on quality.

This time Owen came mainly to improve the quality of the cavalry, because the light cavalry can no longer meet the current needs of the territory, and it needs to spend progress points to strengthen it, and the direction of strengthening is cavalry archers and cavalry.

Cuirassers are the most cost-effective, but their speed is average, and they are effective in frontal confrontation. The problem is that in the vast Northland, speed is king. If you can’t catch up with people, it’s useless. Horse thieves don’t choose to go head-to-head with regular troops. Harassment and sneak attacks are the way to go. They are the best.

The territory has a city wall and a large number of infantry. It is not afraid of cavalry attacking the city, nor is it afraid of head-to-head confrontation.

According to Owen's vision, scout cavalry are good at scouting, cavalry archers are good at chasing, lancers are good at raiding, and cuirassiers are good at attacking fortifications. With the cooperation of the four parties, it is not unreasonable to encounter enemies two or three times larger than them.

After thinking it was feasible, Owen was ready to upgrade the cavalry.

Now the number of cavalry in the territory is not small, and it is not realistic to strengthen them all, especially the cuirassiers, the upgrade requirements are too high, and they are not needed, so Owen just simply strengthened the light cavalry.

Fortunately, since it is a cavalry, it will not cost much progress to strengthen it on the existing basis. The amount of progress recovered in a day is enough to upgrade several cavalry, and the speed is not slow.

When Maya came back, Owen had completed the integration of the cavalry of the territory. Now the territory has 150 cavalry, including 30 scout cavalry, 50 cavalry archers, 50 lancers, 20 cuirassiers, and 2 knights.

Although the arms are not uniform and seem a bit messy, this combination allows the cavalry in the territory to have the ability to deal with various situations.

A large number of scout cavalry can allow one's own side to grasp the situation within a radius of twenty or thirty miles, and will not miss the opportunity to fight, while the highly maneuverable cavalry archers and light knights are not only the best pursuers but also the best interceptors. The surprise attack can also respond in time. After waiting for the charge of the cuirassiers to disperse the enemy, it is time to pursue the victory.

As long as the number of enemies is not several times that of theirs, they are capable of raiding, storming, chasing, and stopping. This is Owen's trump card for occupying the horse thieves in Mara Town. If the opponent does not know what to do, let them disappear.

Owen is a dog, but his dog is for the imperial frontier army and big forces. He really doesn't need to worry too much about the claws of horse thieves or someone sent to the Northland, because the gain outweighs the loss.

With the current scale of the territory, if you want to eliminate his power on the surface, there will be no more than 5000 people. After all, soldiers and horses are not enough to travel with only soldiers. According to the distance of the expedition, at least three to five times as many soldiers should be transported. Soldiers, these people don't have much combat power but they can't be less.

But if you want to send an army of 5000 people to the north, it will cost at least several times or even ten times the price.

Firstly, the distance is long, secondly, it is necessary to cross the border, and thirdly, it is illegal.

Unless it is the emperor's order, otherwise this price is unavoidable.

As for whether the emperor will target the territory, Owen is not worried about this. He is a nobleman of the northern land with strong roots. Unless the emperor intends to shake the foundation of the entire northern land or he raises the flag of rebellion, it is impossible to target him, because once the emperor Taking action means denying the legitimacy of the entire Northland nobles. At that time, everyone will be in danger. Even if the Northland does not collapse, it will not be able to continue to develop, because no one knows when they will become the next one.

Even those aristocratic forces in the empire who have plans for the North will not allow anyone to do this.

After learning this from Maya, Owen's actions became more and more bold. He not only tried to drive nails on the border of the empire, but also planned to clean up the unstable factors around the territory.

Of course, he still can't grasp these things, so he only stays in his thoughts, waiting for the executor to be in place.

After Maya returned, Owen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately handed over all the work of the territory to her.

Although there was nothing wrong with the territory in winter, he always felt uneasy without Maya.

However, as soon as Maya came back, she blocked Owen in the study, suppressing him to go out. In desperation, she could only passively listen to her report on work.

In Maya's eyes, the Northland Witches Union is completely in a state of stocking, and it has not played much role at all. It is simply a waste.

And to play a role, the entire alliance must be reorganized, which is why Maya has been delayed for so long.

"Although the potential of the Northland Witch Union is not bad, there are still many problems to be solved in order to realize its own value." Maya took out a thick stack of parchment and handed it to Owen who was recovering blood.

The first is the industry of the Northland Witch Union. In addition to the farm and two shops in the small town, there are many properties of the Witch Union in the town of Ferrier and the surrounding towns.

It's just that because of the lack of protection on the bright side, most of these industries are inconspicuous. They are either small shops or a small amount of equity participation, and the profits are not much.

But for Maya, these industries are ready-made intelligence collection points, so they spent a lot of time visiting and collected a lot of information and news, but what to do next is up to Owen to make up his mind.

(End of this chapter)