Transcendent Noble

Victor’s Pinghu camp was built at the entrance of the black river and Pinghu. After dozens of days of repairs, the camp has all kinds of facilities and it has become more and more like a large village. Victor named it Hekou Village.

Three kilometers south of Hekou Village, there is a beautiful valley where Victor ordered the alchemy militia to build a manor as his residence.

The manor covers an area of ​​15 acres and is surrounded by an eight-meter-high iron oak fence. It has four arrow towers. The houses inside are mostly wooden. The main building is a three-story blue brick villa. The manor is heavily guarded inside and out. There are 40 alchemy militiamen as guards. There are four alchemy war mastiffs lurking in the forest outside, and ten alchemy Golden Crow crows are monitoring the wind and grass around the manor.

In addition to alchemy creatures, there are 12 war bear veterans and 15 maids in the manor. These veterans are organizing and compiling mercenary group operations manuals as required by Victor, and the maids are responsible for their daily lives. These maids were personally selected by Lilia, all of them were tall and strong. Victor couldn't help but feel very moved after seeing them. He always thought Lilia would not be jealous, but now it seems that it is just a misunderstanding.

"Victor, we now have 726 wild boars in captivity, and we have killed more than 300 adult wild boars. The pork, wild fruits, wild vegetables, and mushrooms have been pickled and dried, and the collected nuts have filled the warehouse. In addition to the 500,000 pounds of rye flour sent by York’s family, we have enough food for 2,000 people to survive the water season, eh.” Lilia turned her body crimson, so that Victor’s hand was in hers. Look for you in the skirt to win.

Victor really has no shortage of food now. After receiving Victor’s scroll, Sylvia was delighted and ordered people to send a large amount of food. In addition to the various animal and plant resources in the territory, let alone 2000 people, it would be 3000. People can raise it. What Victor lacks is labor.

"How many freemen have we gathered now?" Victor caressed Lilia's smooth and delicate thighs, while whispering in her ears.

Lilia whispered carefully: "We caught two more groups of people, a total of 239 people, all of them came from the Beria leader." Holding Victor's hand that made a joke, she worried again. Said: "Victor, most of them are the citizens of Baron Matthew Beria. How can Baron Matthew also be a nobleman? Is it really appropriate for us to kill his vassals?"

The vassals are High Level people, the lord may not care about the life and death of the lower-class people, but he will definitely track down the whereabouts of the vassals. Baron Matthew's vassal disappeared in Randal. He must have said that at least he must send an army to search for it. They must have a conflict with Victor. This is why Baron suggested that all of them should be driven away. The leader stayed and the vassal disappeared. This is a weak spot in itself. The trouble caused by this is obvious, and Lilia sees it, but she still doesn't understand that Victor must do this.

"Lilia, whether I kill those people or not, the conflict between us and Baron Matthew is inevitable. The Beria family needs food, and although I need population, it is not unlimited, more than 3000 People, the resources of the territory will be destroyed. If I let those people go, they will pass the news back and bring more people, because they can’t find food in their territory. One pass ten, ten pass. Hundreds, more and more people are coming, and it will eventually become an organized confrontation. Baron Matthew must find an excuse to compete with us for the forest.

Lilia, I can accept the population led by Beria to a limited extent. , But we must never allow the Beria family to seek my resources. Since the conflict is inevitable, why should I be polite to them? Cutting off the tentacles of the Beria family and leaving the population we need is the best choice. at worst hit It's a battle."

Victor said lightly, conflicting with the Beria family, he has no psychological burden at all. In terms of background, Victor is backed by the uncrowned king of Centaur Hills. In terms of strength, he has more than 900 alchemy militias, including 85 Concealed Ox militias equipped with Antman armor. Even if Viscount Beria is not dead, there are only two Great Knights. And the Great Knight was besieged by the alchemy militia of fierce and unafraid of death, how could he escape Victor's shooting?

"Well, I see." Lilia leaned against Victor's chest, lightly said.

"Don't worry about the problem of the Beria family. What is your response to the private land policy?" Victor asked.

Lilia refreshed, sat up straight, and said, "Everyone is very happy, especially those free people, who are doing a lot of work. However, our work-point system members think that they should not be allowed to Free citizens also enjoy private land."

Private land is a welfare policy of Victor for new members. It is almost the same as private land in China. Victor’s civil servants and free citizens can obtain a small piece of land. The civil servants are 3 points of land per person, and the free citizens 1 point of land. The output of these land is completely owned by them or their families, and there is no need to pay Victor. worship. However, these lands cannot be included in the ten-mu standard of vassals, and once they become vassals, the land reserved for them must be returned.

That day, Bruce talked about the problem of leading the people to hunt wild boars and Victor realized that there was a huge loophole in the internal affairs system he designed: there was no place for latecomers at all.

In the beginning, Victor's territory developed so fast that everyone was dumbfounded. Because his development plan is fundamentally different from other lords, the difference between plan and freedom. And to support this distinction is the work points system. Now, Victor has made a more ambitious agricultural and water conservancy development plan, but his work points system has been closed.

Victor's agricultural planning and water conservancy planning require a large population. To be precise, a large amount of effective labor is required. Without the work point system, will freedmen become effective labor? Victor finds pessimistically that this is almost impossible because the free people are not sticky enough to the lord.

The lord declares sovereignty over a territory. First, he must build a castle in a suitable place as his governance center. Next, the lord needs to build towns and villages to expand his control over the territory. Towns and villages have chosen to be built in places with water sources. Therefore, the more water sources in the territory, the more towns and villages, the stronger the lord's control over the territory, and the land outside the control of the lord cannot be counted as his territory.

The effective control area of ​​a village is the activity area where villagers can go out during the day and come back at night, which is about 300 square kilometers. Outside this range is the wild. Orcs, monsters, and beasts live in the wild, which is very dangerous. Ordinary persons cannot survive in the dangerous wild, they must rely on the protection of the village. Therefore, the lord protects the ordinary person, and the ordinary person can only accept exploitation by the lord.

In this relationship between protection and worship, freedmen have the lowest status. The lord and the freedmen do not have any rights and obligations. The freedmen do not need to perform labor for the lord, and the lord will not interfere with the freedmen’s affairs. The lords only collect offerings from the vassals, and the vassals hire free people to work and pay them. When the territory is attacked, the vassals and leaders can take refuge in the castle first, while the freedmen have to find their own way out. In order to obtain practical protection and better treatment, free citizens strive to become leaders.

Within the actual control of the lord, the lord enjoys the protection of the lord. In addition, the lord, in addition to accepting employment, has the right to rent farmland and retain 20% of the income. The leaders also have to serve the lord free of charge. They have to perform agricultural services for the lord for two months in the fire season and two months in the wind season, harvesting hay or crops. During the construction of the castle, the leaders will take turns to serve until the completion of the castle. When the territory is violated, the leader has the responsibility to protect the Wei Family Park and the castle. The lord can call on the leader to crusade the monster in the territory, but he cannot force it. It is also impossible to drive the leader to attack the territories of other families.

Victor carefully sorted out the various factors of the lord's ruling territory, and found that the monsters in the wild are the reason why the freedmen and the lord rely on the lord. However, the monster population in Centaur Hills itself is very poor. In Victor's water conservancy development blueprint, there is no room for monsters to survive.

Without the monster, do free people still need to rely on the lord? Will it still accept exploitation? Will he still perform labor? The answer is obvious. Isn't this how the large and small free private camps led by Victor came from?

Building an artificial river is a long-term and arduous project. Even in the highly centralized ancient China, it will cause public grievances, not to mention the enfeoffment system formed by relying on monsters. Even if Victor fills everyone's stomachs, the leaders will not be willing to work hard for a long time. If Victor dared to take coercive measures, the church would not mind locking him up.

Victor needs to redesign a benefit distribution system to encourage ordinary people to support his plan, and before that, he must ensure that the new members will not leave his rule. The alchemy war mastiff can play the role of a monster, but also not a long-term solution. Therefore, the policy of self-preservation came into being.

"Lilia, those who live in the territory are mostly citizens, because they do not have food to compelled by circumstances to act as free citizens. When they get over the difficulties, they will definitely want to return to Beria, but they can keep their own land. Retain a lot of people. Three points of land can’t grow crops, that is, grow some vegetables. It does little harm to us, but the benefits are great. You know, the work-point system can no longer be opened up, and the private land policy can attract hard-working and practical freedom. Min join us." Victor squeezed Lilia's chest, said with a smile: "Okay, go find Barol, I have a task for him."

Two hours later , Detective Barol appeared in Victor's study.

"My lord, what do you want?" Barol asked respectfully.

"I want you to investigate the situation of the Beria family. No confidential information is needed, but I need to know their strength, background, and relationship between members. The more detailed the better. Especially Baron Matthew's situation." Victor lightly said.

Victor killed Baron Matthew's vassal. The collision between them is inevitable. He naturally needs to understand the situation of his opponent. Barol has been prepared for this and is full of expectations. He said solemnly: "My lord, I need manpower."

"Of course, I will give you 10 elite soldiers. Each of them has the same strength. Shak is almost the same, enough to protect you and the little spy. From now on, they will be yours." Victor nodded and said.

Balol was ecstatic, he had seen Shak crush Paladin. In Barroll's view, Shak is a dead soldier comparable to the trainee Knight, and Victor assigned him 10 powerful dead soldiers at a time, which shows how strong fief lord is, which also shows that he has been favored by Victor.

Barol suppressed his excitement and said solemnly: "My lord, I'm going to Black Castle Town to find some manpower."