The mighty lord of online games

Chapter 190 Touring the Manor 2
"Well, those refugees are actually very poor, and they are also very simple. When I asked them to become your villagers, they agreed without any tricks. They wanted to take the opportunity to enter the manor to rob anything." Storyteller humane.

Zhang Qiang also felt that these people were very pitiful. The war made them homeless and had no ability to make a living.

He knew the life of the peasants on the lord's land. In fact, they were only a little better than the refugees, that is, they could use their own labor in exchange for a living grain.

Even they themselves are the goods of the lord, and all the fruits of their labor belong to the lord. After working hard, the extra things are put in the village chief's warehouse, waiting to be handed over to the lord.

Moreover, they also have to bear the heavy exploitation of the lord's taxation, military service, labor service, corvee and so on.

The most desperate thing is that the lord recruited them as cannon fodder on the battlefield. Those who can enter the training ground are knights or the families of some wealthy village chiefs. noble.

Ordinary farmers, unless they are really capable, are favored by the village chief, or go elsewhere to become adventurers on the Calradia continent, or become knights or soldiers recruited by other lords, or become soldiers who follow the army Those who serve in the army are forced to work, otherwise, they can only suffer exploitation in silence.

From generation to generation.

Those refugees were the lords of other territories who waged war against the lords of this territory during the war, and ransacked their villages. The farmers or craftsmen who escaped, the craftsmen can say that they have a craft, and they can go to the city to work and become Apprentices, other people can only wander on the road.

They were killed by various people and camps, or taken in, captured, made into slaves, and sold to all parties.

"All those refugees are housed in the former manor?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"Not all of them," said the storyteller.

"For those without special skills, I asked them to take axes to cut trees in the woodland on the east and west sides, and some were sent to mine in the mountains to the east. I asked them to farm in the fields of the manor. Those craftsmen, I Arrange to work in the workshop of the newly expanded manor in the east."

Zhang Qiang followed the direction he pointed and looked over. There was a row of two-story buildings on the northeast side, where people came and went. There were blacksmith shops, equipment crafting shops, grocery shops, and a trading market, crowded with people.

Where Zhang Qiang is currently located is the loyalty of the entire manor, that is, on the watchtower at the top of the castle hall of his own manor.

The watchtower is on the fifth floor, and there is a copper bell hanging on the top of the tower, just like the top of the town hall in the imperial era, pressing a copper bell. When the enemy attacks, quickly hide in the castle.

On the fourth floor, there is a small trebuchet, a bed crossbow, and a dozen siege crossbows on all sides. It can be said that the defense function has been brought into full play.

The third floor is a platform. Sitting on the platform, you can overlook every corner of the manor, drink and watch the people working in the manor.

The second floor entered the castle, where there were his bedroom, vault, food warehouse, and several places that could be used as reception rooms and guest lounges.

The first floor is the reception hall with a huge area, food warehouses, bedrooms for servants, a prison, bedrooms for guards, and weapons and equipment warehouses.

It can be said that the town hall of this manor is a small castle.

In front of the castle is a martial arts arena, which is also a square where soldiers gather and lords give speeches.

There are two barracks in front of the square, one is an infantry battalion, where mainly crossbowmen and archers are stationed, and the other is a cavalry battalion, which is mainly for mercenary cavalry and mercenaries.

Behind the town hall is another heavy infantry battalion and a heavy cavalry battalion. To the east is a cavalry training ground, where there are two stables.To the north, behind the artisan workshop and the trading market are weapon warehouses, equipment warehouses, trebuchets, and bed crossbow manufacturing workshops. Near the newly built village wall is the settlement area where artisans and merchants live.

The newly expanded manor includes the previous manor and all the newly built buildings. The manor wall is 10 meters high and 3 meters wide. The troops and some catapults can freely shuttle and operate on it.

Below the city wall, there are eight garrison stone houses, a total of 24 archery towers and 8 watchtowers.

The roads in the manor are wide, suitable for soldiers to move and mobilize quickly in the manor, so as to support the dangers that occur on the walls of the manor.

Not far to the southwest of the town hall is a treasury that occupies a large area. It has three floors, like a tube building. The first floor is half buried underground. The second floor is a platform that can store troops for guarding. It is a trebuchet, the bed crossbow is arranged as a platform, and it can also serve as a watchtower.

From Zhang Qiang's point of view, such an arrangement is like a heavy castle armed to the teeth.

To the northwest of the town hall is a tavern, which can be used for businessmen who come to the manor to have a rest.

This is a manor, a miniaturized small city, and even a military fortress.

"How many troops do we have now?" Zhang Qiang asked.

The storyteller said humanely: "3500 farmers, slaves, and refugees. There are 350 available troops. If we relax a bit more, we can recruit 700 people to guard the city. 800 people can be used as civilian husbands to deliver supplies."

The storyteller thought for a while and said: "This is a peasant soldier with some combat effectiveness. There are 100 formal militiamen who have been trained, 70 recruits with combat effectiveness, 20 first-order light infantry soldiers, and 1 skilled infantry soldier. , Francie, second-order strength."

"Well, there are 200 mercenaries, including 35 mercenary riders, 25 mercenary swordsmen, 33 mercenary crossbowmen, 15 mercenary sentries, 7 professional warriors, and 11 mercenary cavalry,"

"Then who are the soldiers of the Kingdom of Swadia guarding the treasury?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"My lord, those people were recruited by Rolf and Yatman, and those guards in your town hall were sent to you by Earl Plais," the storyteller said.

Zhang Qiang frowned, his treasury was actually guarded by outsiders, and the guards of his town hall were actually sent by the lord.

Isn't this equivalent to putting your own life and property in the hands of others?
The storyteller obviously understood Zhang Qiang's thoughts, "My lord, you really dote on Manid too much. I very much doubt whether his loyalty to you is equal to your trust in him."

Zhang Qiang looked at the storyteller, and he understood that this guy put eye drops on Manid in front of him, but the situation was true. Although the relationship between himself and Manid was very close because he gave him the space ring, but for him My own loyalty doesn't seem to be that high.

Seeing that Zhang Qiang was silent, the storyteller said, "As for those soldiers, they were sent by Earl Plais. You can't refuse that. Maybe he thinks you are his knight, and he thinks he should protect you. Of course, I think He sent you so many high-level soldiers because of the huge amount of wealth you have continuously transported in the past few months. Those soldiers are all soldiers with the strength of the third level, and the lowest level is also the second-level soldiers. Maybe He felt that it was unreliable for you to put so many mercenaries in the manor, so he sent people to check and balance those mercenaries."

"But he put the soldiers in the town hall instead of sending them to protect the treasury?" Zhang Qiang said.

"My lord, compared to Earl Plais, I still trust Manid. After all, he is your entourage. The people he recruited, even if they are mercenaries, are much more reliable than those of Earl Plais. The world is full of impetuousness and unfairness, and checks and balances are needed, but sometimes when you can’t tell who is right and who is wrong, it’s never too wrong to be on the side of someone you trust.”

He looked up at Zhang Qiang.

"Therefore, I, François, Francie, and Johann Johnson, all felt that standing on the same line with your entourage, Manid, would not be too wrong, so we did not promise them Help us guard the vault, but let them help us guard the city, and guard the town hall."

Zhang Qiang scratched his head. Under such circumstances, he didn't know what he should do. He couldn't refuse the kindness of Earl Plais, and those mercenaries also needed checks and balances. More than 70 Swadia kingdoms above the second level An elite soldier, Earl Plais really thinks highly of himself.

The storyteller said quickly: "My lord, I'm afraid he thinks highly of the wealth in your treasury."

Zhang Qiang frowned, every thought of his was guessed thoroughly by the storyteller, could every NPC be so smart?
Then the players will have difficulties.

He gave the storyteller a vicious look.

The storyteller shuddered.

He bowed his head and said nothing.

Zhang Qiang was silent for a while.

He opened his mouth and asked, "You just said that you ordered those refugees to mine in the mountains to the east?"

The storyteller bowed his head and replied: "Yes, my lord, there are pig iron mines in the eastern mountains, where rich iron essence can be mined. Iron essence can be smelted by blacksmiths to produce iron ingots. Iron ingots are used to produce tools. The main material is also the primary material for making weapons and equipment."

"Can you dig out the black iron ore?" Zhang Qiang was concerned about this.

"My lord, black iron ore is hard to come by. Although this vein extends eastward to Kudan in Vikia, Kudan does not produce black iron ore. Black iron ore is mainly produced in Kurau and other places. More, of course, if you are lucky, you can dig some, but the quality is very low, so they can only be refined into crystal coins, which flow into the mainland circulation area as a convenient means of transaction payment, but this kind of low-quality ore manufacturing The value of the crystal coins is not as valuable as the crystal coins produced by the black iron ore produced in the Kurau mining area, which is generally only equivalent to the wealth of 8000 to 9000 dinar gold coins."

(End of this chapter)