King: Start with tauren plowing

Chapter 171 Kate saves the country
A month later, it was the coldest time of winter, the farmland was deserted and the wild animals were hiding.

flower city.

Viscount Kate, who was living in the Tulip Territory, was checking the situation report in the territory. Sophia was wearing a white dress and sitting sideways on a chair. She looked up and saw that Kate's face was wrinkled and she seemed to be in a bad mood.

She walked up behind Kate in small steps, put her white hands on Kate's temples, and massaged them gently.

"Kate, what happened?"

"There was a serf riot in O'Hara, and hundreds of people died in the end."

"Oh, what's going on?" Sophia looked surprised. Their O'Hara Territory was in a remote location. Unlike the Tulip family who directly fought against Charles III, how could there be a riot?

Kate sighed and said, "Do you know how many times the price of food has increased from the beginning of the war to now? A full ten times. Although there has been no war in our O'Hara family, the price of food has not increased at all."

"With ten times the price of food, how can the serfs have food to eat?"

But in the final analysis, the people behind these grain merchants are noble lords, and many of them can even trace their roots back to the O'Hara family.

They were all mixed together and couldn't even make a move.

Sophia continued to ask with a simple face: "Isn't the food for the serfs provided by our O'Hara family? How come they don't have food to eat?"

Serfs are not human beings, they are the property of the noble lord, so their lives must be decided by the noble lord, and they cannot die easily.

"But now there are wars everywhere, and the price of food is more expensive than slaves. What do you think the merchants will make at this time?" Kate asked herself and continued: "They will watch the serfs starve to death, but they will never Not a grain of grain will be given to them.”

"That, that." Sophia covered her mouth and looked surprised.

"Yes, without food, these unarmed and skinny serfs will turn into the greediest beasts. Although we suppressed them this time, they will continue to riot sooner or later. Unless there is food for them to eat."

"Kate, I'm sure you won't be stumped by this."

"Yes, serf rebellion is not a fatal thing. Even if all the serfs in the O'Hara Territory rebel, our O'Hara family will still be fine."

Sophia blinked her big eyes and looked confused: "Why? The O'Hara family has more than [-] serfs, but there are only a few thousand soldiers. How can it be okay?"

Kate smiled lightly and explained: "The serfs are scattered in various territories. If all the serfs of the O'Hara family revolt, the object of their hatred will be our O'Hara family, but will they hate the Earl of Tulip?"

Sophia shook her head, how could the serfs of the O'Hara family hate Earl Tulip.

"Yes, the serfs are scattered, but our nobles are united. If the serfs of the O'Hara family riot, I can ask Earl Tulip to send troops to support me and use the Tulip family's army to pacify the O'Hara family."

Kate said confidently: "I know your next question: Why did Earl Tulip help me. Because we are nobles."

"If a serf rebellion occurs in the O'Hara Territory and overthrows the nobles, the rule of all nobles will be affected. So they will not sit back and watch this happen."

Sophia tilted her head and asked, "Will the serfs' rebellion never succeed?"

Kate replied calmly: "Never. As long as there are noble lords and fiefdoms, the serfs will never succeed because they do not have a common enemy. Unless the Earl of Tulip unifies the entire northern border, and all territories within the Tulip Territory are From the Tulip family, they won’t reward any land.”

"If this is the case, all serfs in Northern Xinjiang will have a common enemy, Earl Tulip. Only in this way will the riots sweeping Northern Xinjiang break out. But this situation is absolutely impossible. Fiefdom is the right and obligation of nobles."

"Look at the group of barons and knights under Earl Tulip. They are very safe."

"Oh, so that's it." Sophia suddenly understood and continued to ask: "In that case, what do you have to worry about? Anyway, the rebellion of the serfs will not shake the rule of our O'Hara family."

Viscount Kate lamented and walked to the map of the Sisinoa Kingdom. He pointed to the Corrimian steppe bordering the northern part of the Sisinoa Kingdom.

"But there are orcs outside of us. The orcs don't care whether we are nobles or serfs. He has only one attitude toward us: conquer."

"Now Count Tulip and Charles III are really fighting each other. Barons die on the battlefield every month, which was unimaginable before..."

"In the past few days, Earl Tulip has issued an order. All the baron families in the northern territory will send [-] troops, and the viscounts will send [-] troops to form a coalition of nobles to attack the central territory of the Sisinoa Kingdom along the south and attack King Charles. Directly under the jurisdiction of Hongye Plain."

As the intensity of war increased, the frequency of casualties among soldiers also increased.At this time, conscription is inevitable. Conscription and fighting require a large amount of funds, which in practice means enough food.

This meant that the burden on the serfs became even heavier.

The intensity of the war on both sides increased, soldier casualties increased, the need for conscription increased the number of soldiers, and the pressure on the serfs increased.Serfs revolted and more soldiers were needed.

This is a vicious cycle. No matter who wins, it will be a catastrophe for the entire Sisinoah Kingdom.

When it comes to being patriotic, kings, marquises, and earls are all trying to be patriotic. Real patriots must be like them, the viscounts, who are the ones who carry the kingdom on their shoulders.

Sophie's eyes were full of beauty, her blue pupils were moist, and her whole body softened on Kate's body. She seemed to be touched by Kate's grand ideal.

"Kate, you are a real man, you are the hero of the Kingdom of Sisinoah."

"Yes." Kate was moved and took Sophia into her arms.

In fact, Kate had one thing she didn't say about the fate of the O'Hara family.As the war between the two sides increased, they began to mobilize and began to force the neutral noble warbands.

For example, Kate himself was ordered by the Earl of Tulip to recruit three thousand troops, and also by King Charles III to disrupt the Tulip Territory in the rear.

No matter which one you choose, you will definitely offend the other.

Without the strength to stand out from the crowd, it is simply impossible to be neutral or sit on the fence.

However, Viscount Kate also has his own way. I heard that Baron Charles is developing very well now. As his military ally, he wants to see what his ally will do?
He decided to visit the Winter Fortress again in a few days. …

Winter Fortress.

A giant map three meters long and two meters high was hung on the wall of the living room. It was a map of the entire territory of Noxus, and Old Mark stood aside.

There is another area on the map of Noxus Territory, the Silver Card Mine.This is an iron ore mine located in a valley plain, a place of decay.

The Yinka Mine is dozens of miles away from the River Valley Fortress. In the middle is a rotten land with various rotten demons.It is very difficult to transport iron ore safely.

So Charles built a second space tunnel from the Yinka Mine to the Winter Fortress, which consumed 100000 gallons of his faith energy.

The daily iron ore output of the Yinka Mine can now reach 10 tons, and the greenskins are responsible for mining.Kobolds are the best candidates for mining, but who wants to use greenskins without worrying about death?

The greenskins come from the Bonenose Tribe and the Bloodaxe Tribe in the north of the Knockin River region.

The Third Noxian Legion is a centaur legion, of which 1 centaurs form a slave-catching team that specializes in capturing greenskins from the north.In this month, more than [-] people have been arrested.

This is mainly because the greenskins are too weak and stupid, and the fear of centaurs has long been engraved in their blood.

Later, these green skins were all sent to the Yinka Mine for mining, and when they were exhausted, they were made into green bricks, without any waste.

Now the Noxian army uses the River Valley Fortress as a training place. The first, second, and third Noxian legions all kill the rotten demons in the River Valley Fortress and absorb the energy of faith.

In this month, the Noxian army has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The 2000 human recruits previously recruited by the Noxian First Legion have become qualified Noxian soldiers. The original number was 4000, but 300 were lost during training at the River Valley Fortress.Among the veterans, 300 were promoted to high-level knight attendants, and 50 were promoted to first-level knights.

The Second Noxian Legion, led by Henry.Originally there were 2000 people, but now there are 300.But the strength of the soldiers has undergone earth-shaking changes.There are currently 120 first-level tauren warriors.

The Noxian Third Legion, led by Belial, originally had 500 people, but now has 1000 or 80 people. Among them, there are [-] first-order centaur warriors who have awakened the Fire Chaser bloodline, and one more who has awakened. Kled, a first-order centaur warrior of the Destroyer bloodline.

Every day, the rotting demons killed by the Noxian Legion produce more than 15000 gallons of faith energy.Every month, at least ten human veterans break through to first-level knights, eight tauren advance to first-level tauren warriors, and five centaurs advance to first-level.

30000 gallons of faith energy is a lot, but it has not been purified. If it is essence, it would be about 300 gallons.But purification requires Ciel's mental power. At his current level, it would be good to be able to purify a hundred gallons a day.

There are two major sources of faith energy consumption. One is the space tunnel from the River Valley Fortress to the Yinka Mine. The transportation of ten tons of iron ore requires more than 10000 gallons of faith energy.

The remaining faith energy will be used by Ciel to promote the production of food. More than 5000 gallons of faith energy can catalyze the Nebula Wheat, which can produce more than 50 kilograms of Nebula Wheat.

After more than a month, the Winter Fortress had stored tens of millions of kilograms of grain.In Qingshi Town, Basi Town, and Blackstone Town, there are several 200 million catties of granaries.In the Winter Fortress, there is a giant granary weighing 500 million kilograms.

Ciel walked out of the mansion and walked on the street of Winter Fortress, with Old Mark following beside him.

"We now have enough food and iron ore. The plan to recruit soldiers and expand the Winter Fortress needs to be put on the agenda."

Old Mark said: "Master, I have already started preparing for these two things. The expansion of human soldiers is not difficult. If you want energetic recruits, you can recruit soldiers from the Winter Fortress. If you want experienced recruits, You can recruit soldiers from the militia teams of Bluestone Town, Base Town, and Blackstone Town."

"But it is very difficult to recruit centaur soldiers and tauren soldiers. There are eight to nine thousand tauren in Winter Fortress and six to seven thousand centaurs. The average height requirement for the tauren recruitment of the Noxian Second Legion is three meters, which is suitable for Almost all the tauren who serve as soldiers have been recruited. The same goes for the centaurs."

"If the centaurs and tauren want to continue to expand their armies, they must either lower their requirements or search for new orc tribes on the Corrimian steppes in the north, conquer them, and plunder them."

Charles ordered: "Don't talk about the request yet. I heard that a new orc alliance called Freyr has appeared in the north. Let Bilaire go and investigate to see if there is an orc tribe suitable for us to attack."

Old Mark nodded and obeyed the order, and then took the initiative to talk about the next thing, the expansion of the Winter Fortress.

"Lord Baron, there are two plans to expand the Winter Fortress. One is to demolish it all and rebuild it. This will allow the Winter Fortress to be re-planned. However, the task is heavy and the housing issues for the residents of the Winter Fortress need to be dealt with."

"The second plan is to build an outer city. Based on the existing Winter Fortress, build another city wall to surround the Winter Fortress."

If it were in the past, Ciel would not hesitate to choose the second one, because this way the task is lighter, less work is done, and less resources are consumed.But now that the Winter Fortress family has a great cause, Ciel decisively chooses the first one.

Winter Fortress was built as a military fortress, and its habitability is very poor. It doesn't even have drainage facilities, and there will be water accumulation every time it rains.Now I can rebuild while the plan is in place.

Moreover, through the ultra-high temperature in the magic furnace, cement has been developed, and it is not difficult to rebuild a fortress.

Moreover, there are quite a lot of places that need to be built in the Winter Fortress, so it is time to re-plan it.

There is a military academy for the children of veterans, a carpentry that makes wooden bows and plows, and a blacksmith center that smelt steel and make weapons.There is a construction center for making lime.

There should also be public baths, a market area specially prepared for businessmen, a city center where government affairs are handled, and residential areas.

These all need to be planned in advance.

"Lord Baron, I understand what you mean." Old Mark nodded and obeyed the order.

The source of the labor force this time was also very simple. There were thousands of escaped slaves from other territories. These people did not even have land to cultivate for the time being. Old Mark organized them together and used them as coolies to manage the food.

Therefore, this group of escaped slaves felt at ease and rarely rioted.

The people of Winter looked down upon this kind of work. Now a Noxian soldier could support a family, but they looked down upon this kind of hard work.However, the serfs in the Noken River area still liked it.

At that time, a group can be recruited from there.

(End of this chapter)