I, a fallen nobleman, started the farming system

Chapter 84 The Serf Problem

The trading of serfs is neither illegal nor against the rules. It happens in every aristocratic territory, but for some big aristocrats, this is a low-level way of making money, which is commonly known as not being on the table.

Ordinary nobles don't care about this, as long as they can make money, it doesn't matter, and although the big nobles look down on them, they will not do anything to stop or ridicule them, because they also need serfs to work.

The two towns of Sheep Town and Pea Town are not big, and have a single industry, but they have a serf market, and they can sell serfs at intervals, which can only prove that the noble lords to which the towns belong are conducting serf transactions and transactions on a certain scale.

This is of some help to Lynn, otherwise he would have to go elsewhere if he wanted to buy more serfs.

"The purchase of serfs needs to be continued, according to the standard I said before." Lin En said, "If there are serfs with skills and craftsmanship, as long as the price is not too outrageous, they must be bought."

Karis nodded, expressing his understanding. The last time the master bought so many serfs, he still felt that there were too many serfs. Given the current situation of the town, he could not support them. Only now did he realize how short-sighted he was.

The more serfs there were, the more workers there were.

"Master, those serfs train every day recently, but that's why their efficiency has dropped a lot when doing other things. Old Tom said that their speed is too slow. What should we do?"

Lynn was not too surprised by what Carliss said. A person's energy is limited after all, and it is impossible to do too many things in one day. People in the militia go through training in the morning and have to cut down trees and cultivate fields in the afternoon. The land, and learn to read and write at night.

This is still the result of providing meat porridge, otherwise, they would have no energy to do other things.

The best way is to completely turn them into professional fighters, that is, off-duty. They only need training and don't need to do chores, but it is impossible to do it given the current situation in the town.

According to the normal ratio of a person's off-the-job training, if he wants to achieve a stable and sustainable development state, at least one to one hundred, stricter one to fifty, and one to thirty or fifteen to the extreme state.

Even in the extreme situation, it mainly occurs when fighting the enemy. Such planning has to be carried out, and the duration must not be too long, otherwise it will completely collapse.

The crop production in Ashes Town is still too small, and there are not enough gold coins. At least for now, they can't let them go out of production, otherwise the virtuous circle they finally entered will collapse completely.

"Let's do this first." Lynn replied.

Carliss wrote down, "One more thing, old Tom told me that those new serfs are not active in working, and they are a bit disobedient. Such people should be hanged. You bought them, my lord. When they come back, they will provide porridge to drink every day, but they don’t know how to be grateful.”

Karis said angrily. In his opinion, only by hanging a few disobedient serfs can others know what the lord's anger is.

Lynn waved his hand, "Don't think about hanging yourself. You said it, I bought them with money. It would be a pity to hang them. Besides, a temporary threat will only scare them for a while. Afterwards they forget that to change the situation, something else is needed."

Karis made a posture of listening carefully, but did not wait for the follow-up words.

"When I go there tomorrow, you will know what to do." Lynn made a fool of himself.

The next day!

Lin En came down from the stairs, and the tiger cub followed behind him, running fast with his short legs, until he came to the dining table, waiting for the milk.

Jimmy brought over the warmed milk, and the tiger cub licked it immediately, and the milk was all over his head.

"Good day, sir."

"Yeah!" Lynn nodded and came to the yard. The saponin soap made yesterday had solidified, but the surface was not smooth.

He got the saponin soap out of the mold, waved the long sword in his hand, and cut it into evenly sized pieces.

Lin En took a piece and used it after dipping it in water. It didn't foam much, but it was able to wash off the oil stains, and both hands became smooth.

"In the future, you will also use this saponin soap to wash your hands and clothes." Lynn ordered.

It may be that the successful production of soap made him feel better, his appetite was excellent, the meat in his stomach was digested continuously, and his physical fitness was improved through the transformation of life seeds into energy.

Matthew in the yard looked at the hall with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Caris, you arrange a few people to make soap locust soap in batches. Instead of using olive oil, use other vegetable oils. The effect is also possible. Make it and sell it as a product of Ash Town."

After dinner, Lynn explained the matter to Karis. Olive oil was used in making it yesterday, and the cost of this oil is still too high.

Carliss has used soap and knows the convenience of soap, "Master, I believe that the soap you made will be liked by many people."

Lynn shook his head, "Don't be so sure. After all, many people don't take a bath. Let's talk about it after selling it. Now let's go to Old Tom's."

Thanks to the increase in serfs, both felling trees and reclaiming land have achieved good results.

When Lynn came here, he saw that a large area of ​​forest in front of him was cut down, and the trees were transported to the planned location for processing, waiting to build houses later, and those branches were thrown everywhere.

Large tracts of land have been cleared, some of which have been cultivated and planted with crops.

A serf came from a distance with a bucket, poured water into the ground, and then went to fetch water again.

The serfs each had their own affairs, but they were clearly different.

Old Tom's group of serfs were very motivated, whether it was cutting down trees or opening up land, they were faster than the later serfs.

As for the serfs who had just arrived, the overall impression was that they were lazy, powerless, and numb, as if they were muddling along.

Lynn handed over these serfs to Old Tom for management. Presumably he did a lot of things, but it didn't have any good effect.

Karis frowned, "Serfs are serfs. The adults gave them a chance, but they didn't know how to grasp it."

"Go and call them over!"

Karis immediately walked over and shouted loudly: "The lord is here, put down what you are doing, and come here."

Only then did the serfs notice, they hurriedly trotted to the front of the lord, and knelt down.

(End of this chapter)