King: Start with tauren plowing

Chapter 36 Old Mark's Counterattack
Winter Fortress, in the study of the Noxus family.

Ciel is discussing the next plan with Abudkad.

Charles said: "Abudekad, prepare the food and grass, we are going north to the Korimia prairie."

"Then what about the food problem this year?" Abdekad said worriedly. Once the expedition starts, the consumption of food and grass will be doubled. The food problem in Winter Fortress is already serious this year. If it goes out, everything will go smoothly. Well, it's dangerous if you fail.

Charles didn't expect Abdekad to dissuade him. According to his temperament of a robber, he shouldn't come here with a knife!

But now, apart from the cross-scarred face, he still doesn't have the appearance of the robber at the beginning. Now he has learned to think about war from economic issues, and he has grown very fast.

There is no shortage of fools or geniuses in this world. Shire doesn't believe that only one or two geniuses need to be recruited, the population will pop up out of thin air, the food will be scraped from the sky, and the territory will be quickly strengthened.

The strength of a territory lies in a sufficient population, sufficient food, strong cohesion, and a suitable reward and punishment system.

There may be extremely smart guys in this world, or an extremely heroic figure, they may be able to affect the prosperity of a territory, the rise and fall of a kingdom.Maybe they can turn back the wheel of history to fulfill their ambitions, but the lifespan of human beings for hundreds of years is really small in front of millions of years of human civilization, and that little bit of backtracking in history is too ridiculous in the grand torrent of the times.

At this historical point, in this fantasy continent, from feudalism to counties, from slavery to feudalism, from scattered kingdoms to unified centralized dynasty, from theocracy to kingship.

Shire doesn't know if this world with extraordinary power, fighting spirit, faith, magic, and possibly gods will also move forward along this historical line.

But the wheel of history is rolling forward, and the trend of the times is mighty. No matter who he is, as long as he stands on the opposite side of the times, he will perish.

……

Lost in thought, Charles withdrew his thoughts and said loudly:

"Could it be that the food problem won't break out if we drag it on? The problem is to be solved. The land in the north of Winter Fortress needs to be reclaimed. Reclaiming this land can solve our future problems. As for the current problem, it will be from the hands of the orcs. Go and fix it."

In the northern part of Cold Winter Fortress, at the southern end of the Korimian prairie, there are not only two tribes, the Hammer and the Tusk, but also many small tribes. They range from dozens to hundreds of people. The sheep, for the sake of the pasture, are fighting each other endlessly. Although defeating the Hammer tribe means that Shire can reclaim the land in the north, these small tribes can still abuse you like flies.

"Lord Baron, I understand, I'm going to prepare food and weapons now."

"Go." Charles waved his hand, watching Abdekad's departure. The expedition is not a quick trip. Food needs to be prepared, ordnance needs to be repaired, and there are tents and other miscellaneous things. There is also black bread for tauren slaves to eat, and wooden plows for use.

"These troublesome people in Winter Fortress." Thinking about it, Charles couldn't help complaining. Generally speaking, 1000 regular troops and 2000 auxiliary soldiers are not too many. These miscellaneous logistical matters should Auxiliary soldiers will do it, and the regular army only needs to rest well, recharge their spirits, and wait to fight on the battlefield.

But in Cold Winter Fortress, although everyone yearns for being a soldier, they don't have any idea about serving as an auxiliary soldier.

The honest, honest, and obedient serfs in other family territories, and the greedy Shire's eyes are turning green.

……

During the few days when Abudkad was in charge of sorting out the logistics of the expedition, Charles was not idle, and he called his old housekeeper Mark.

Old Mark didn't know why Master Shire called him here, but he was not used to Shire, and the first sentence he came up was to attack: "Master, you should find a woman to continue the descendants of the Noxus family."

After so many days of trying, Old Mark has already figured out Charles' temperament. If Charles is in a good mood now, he may be vague, and if he is in a bad mood, he will wave him away.

Now the old Mark is ready to leave, and now his main focus is non-violent non-cooperation: If you don't agree to me, don't ask me to do other things, either you hang me, or I'll bore you to death.

Unexpectedly, today's Charles changed his previous style and asked, "Old Mark, what kind of woman do you want to find me?"

This unexpected answer made old Mark stunned. The raised right leg neither moved forward nor let go, and stayed there alone, as if he had stopped.

"Master, what did you say?" Old Mark seemed to have been hit on the head suddenly by a big cake.

Charles said gently: "For the sake of the next generation of the Noxus family, you have to find me a suitable woman, at least not too ugly."

"Of course." Old Mark responded quickly. In fact, according to his thinking, whether he is ugly or not is a matter for a child to decide. But since the young master has started to let go, he hastened to say it and agreed first.

"But I have seen all the women in Winter Fortress, they are all ugly, and I don't like them. I plan to find a way to get more people to come to Winter Fortress, so maybe I can meet a suitable woman."

"Master, what do you mean?"

"Old Mark, Winter Fortress is too dirty. The roads are filled with feces and urine, and the morning air smells like urine. How can elegant ladies come to Winter Fortress in this environment. I plan to clean it up. Let’s go to Cold Winter Fortress to improve the environment, but I will go north in a few days, so I plan to entrust this task to you.”

Old Mark didn't reply. He stared at Charles and seemed to be saying, you just said that you are looking for women just to tease me, and you want me to work?

Charles continued: "Philia, who was sent by the Silver Fox family before, came to Winter Fortress through a caravan. I like her appearance very much, so I plan to let more caravans come to Winter Fortress. Maybe you can meet the right woman.”

Old Mark heard what Shire meant, and asked, "Master, what do you want me to do specifically?"

"Clean up the Winter Fortress, and send people to the territories of various families to promote our Winter Fortress. The price of food in the Winter Fortress is ten times that of other places. There are good cattle and sheep in the Winter Fortress. Thousands of Orc slaves. In short, let the small businessmen in other territories know that they can make a fortune by coming to our Winter Fortress."

High-end plans are often cooked in the simplest way. In this backward era, there is no need to engage in any treacherous business wars. Simple and easy to use is the most important thing.

Old Mark also understood Shire's intentions, finding a woman is fake, but developing business is real.However, the young master gave him the right to send people to various territories to publicize, so he could also take the opportunity to search for women in various territories. He agreed, "Master, I will do my best to fulfill your plan."

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Old Mark nodded, and then left the study, probably thinking about how to fulfill his order while finding a woman for Charles.

After the old Mark left, Charles was extremely tired. Whose baron is so aggrieved and has to coax him to work.

The Noxus family not only lacked honest and useful serfs, but also lacked sincere political officials.Talents like government officials are basically from various noble families. Even if they join Shire, Shire dare not trust them.In the long history of this continent, there are many serfs who have soared into the sky and have strong luck. Thorn as the ending.

Old Mark can handle government affairs and is absolutely loyal. This is his best choice at present. In order to make Old Mark work hard, Charles had to use his own happiness as a bait to catch the old fish of Old Mark.

(End of this chapter)