Transcendent Noble

Randal’s first stream reservoir is located in a low-lying area in the southern part of the territory. It was originally a dense purple cane forest. Since the ant-man army ate up the purple cane, the land is fertile. It was covered with wild alfalfa and turned into a natural pasture.

Thousands of cattle and sheep gnawed the fat and tender alfalfa leisurely. The abundant food made them grow fat and strong. Some picky eaters and clever guys even climbed onto the mound, looking for more Tasty young leaves.

The herders will not catch these naughty and bold cattle and sheep. Before dark, smart sheepdogs will chase them down. It doesn't matter if there is a fish that escaped the net, there is no dangerous wild beast, and there is no difference between a livestock overnight on a hill and a night on the grass.

Victor didn't care how many cattle and sheep he had. He was attracted by the bright lake.

This artificially excavated lake has an area of ​​45 acres, which is larger than 4 football fields combined. The sparkling lake surface and the cool water vapor assaults the senses dispel the heat of the fire season. Victor couldn't help but praised: "It's so beautiful!"

"Is it beautiful?"

Lilia looked at the mud piled up by the lake and the messy shacks. Blinking confusedly. Victor laughed, took Lilia into her arms in full view, and kissed her tender little cheek again.

"I mean you did a beautiful job!"

The flushed Lilia whispered: "Victor, I'm sorry. The castle is not built yet, I let you down "

Two days ago, Victor returned to Centaur Hills. He did not rush back to Flatlake Town, but went to meet Nicole first.

Nicole is Victor's true lover and the woman who loves him most in this world. Victor always feels that she owes her a lot.

Although the two people's territories are close together, the time together is very limited. Nicole wants to monitor the movement of the Great Swamp entrance. If she leaves Baron for a long time, more than 10,000 workers will be alarmed. The Randal Family is also in a stage of rapid development. The territorial administration system is not perfect, and many things need to be done. Victor does it all by himself.

So, Victor chose to visit Nicole immediately, not only for mutual complaints, the main channel connecting the Jinshui River is also the core interest of Randal, and more than 10,000 laborers can't make trouble. In public or in private, Victor must care about the progress of the project.

The development of the Baron collar is better than Victor expected. In the past 7 months, the York family has successively sent 3,000 people, and the number of young and strong people has increased to 11,000. The main canal has been repaired for 3 kilometers, and it will take three or four months to almost pass through the reservoir.

In terms of agriculture and animal husbandry, Baron has planted 10,000 acres of field potatoes, opened 7 pig farms, kept more than 3,000 pigs, and raised more than 1,000 cattle and sheep, which greatly relieved the York family’s problems. Victor also benefited from the logistical pressure. The Randal Family’s expenditure for the relief of laborers’ family members was reduced from 900 kinsore to 600 kinsore per month.

Victor stayed by Nicole's side for a day, and Lilia brought the top of the family to greet him. After bidding farewell to Nicole, Victor embarked on a journey back to Flatlake Town. On the way, he saw the first stream reservoir.

According to Lilia, in the past 272 days, Randal has led 4 stream reservoirs and the 5th reservoir is being excavated. The 1st and 2nd reservoirs have been filled with water. After the arrival of the Season of Earth, Nicole transferred 10,000 young men in batches to build the main canal. Therefore, the fifth reservoir was independently built by the Randal Family and is currently being excavated.

Before he left, Victor asked Lilia to repair 5 streams and reservoirs and build a castle. However, due to the shortage of manpower, the castle in Flatlake Town will take another two months to complete. Lilia blames herself for not having a task.

"Dear Lilia, you did a great job! It's too thorough that I didn't think about." Victor gave Lilia a light hug, then turned to the village chiefs and the Nelsons around him and said:" Everyone has worked hard, and I am very satisfied with your results!"

Farmers in the foreign world are generally strong and powerful. They can carry hundreds of pounds of load and can walk vigorously, but the reservoir project is not about tens of thousands of people digging together. Transporting mud is so simple. More than 10,000 young people must be properly arranged for dispatching and coordinating, logistical supplies, food, clothing, shelter, and even compensation for work-related injuries.

Lilia's achievement today proves her ability, but the responsibilities and pressure she bears are hard for ordinary people to understand. Victor can imagine Lilia commanding the project in the cold rain and setting up the people. Just looking at the respect from the heart of the village chiefs, you can know that Lilia's status in the mind of the people has surpassed Nelson and became the second person in the family.

Now, Lilia's body always reveals a quiet and noble temperament, even if her appearance is not as good as that of the Elina sisters, they still unconsciously maintain a posture of looking up in front of Lilia.

This is the majesty and confidence that power and success bring to Lilia. This 21-year-old mercenary girl has become Victor's right-hand man.

"It is the season of fire, and the reservoir shows no signs of drying up." Victor nodded with satisfaction, said with a smile: "Relying on this stream reservoir, we can reclaim 15,000 acres of arable land and house 1,000 people. Help me control 400 square kilometers of territory. If the water canal is connected, the population and the area of ​​arable land will double and increase. It seems that I need more village heads!"

Village heads are nodded, the first village Village Mayor Morin said with a smile: "My lord, you are so wise, we are all too busy to come."

"You are all too busy to come, then I don’t even have time to rest All gone?" Victor shook his head and laughed.

Randal’s affairs are not only about internal affairs and reservoir projects. The Warhammer mercenary group of Hammer has returned, and Barol of Mercury has also returned. The affairs of Beria have to be implemented, and the smuggling caravan in Songlin Town should be arranged. , To solve the problem of repairing Alchemy Tower, Sylvia is still waiting for the meeting, and Raven Town, which is far to the north, also has to intervene. Victor must be busy rolling around.

"Let's go! Go back to Flatlake Town first, and then tell me all the problems you have encountered." Victor took a deep breath, spirituality boarded the carriage vigorously.

When we arrived at Flatlake Town, Victor saw that many people were busy building the castle. He didn't even bother to ask the supervisor about the progress, and went directly to the municipal office.

Victor glanced at the number of people attending the meeting. There were still 14. They were Lilia, Captain Nelson the Guard, Linda the Sheriff, Barrett, the Military Instructor, Maureen, the No. 1 Village Chief, and No. 2 Village George, Brick Kiln Village Chief-In-Charge Dean, Three Village Filo, Four Village Haig, Five Village Kent, Six Village Benson, without Boots and Old Hamm from Raven Town, but with Alina and Ellie Silk.

The current backbone of the Randal Family is the ten trifling members. Compared with the various stewards of other lords, Victor's men can only be described as thin.

For example, the Duke of Wellington has steward, interior officer, clerk, city defense officer, sheriff, military officer, staff, captain, guard captain, herald, as for caravan chief, hunter chief , The chief of agriculture and animal husbandry, the chief of workshops, and the managers of horsemen, mills, large and small mayors and village chiefs, there are too many to count. In this regard, Victor was envious in addition to envy.

However, even the lord Victor himself drives ducks to the shelves, and he can only lead the group of ducks to try to toss Heaven and Earth.

"Let’s get started."

Lilia nodded, took out a sheepskin scroll, and said: "At present, we currently have 1925 cows..."

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"Wait." Victor raised his hand to signal Lilia to stop, "I know that the family has more and more cattle, sheep and cattle, so I will save the surprise for the harvest celebration. Today, I want to know what the family faces Problems and difficulties."

"Insufficient manpower." Lilia sighed, lowering the scroll and said: "During this period, more than 3,000 refugees have entered Randal. We now control a population of more than 12,000 people. Enough to accommodate more people, but these people also brought a lot of management problems. Those latecomers were not allocated their own land, so they began to make troubles, commotions, and also petitioned Father Miller to ask for processing money."

Victor narrowed his eyes. "What is the attitude of Father Miller?"

"Father Miller persuades them to stay safe."

Victor reveals one A relaxed smile: "Go on."

"Those who took the lead in troubles were punished by me for two years of hard labor and sent to dig ditches. Some people found that there was no land to keep for themselves, and the wages were low. , Left. In the end, more than 2,100 people stayed, but they may not all want to join the RAND leader. Some of them are passive, do not pay attention to hygiene, and even hunt privately."

"Drive those people away Those who leave the territory and stay here will be punished for two years of hard labor!" Victor said in a cold voice.

"That's what I did. But it doesn't seem to be of any use." Lilia said with a bitter smile: "The people who came later have the same problem."

Victor's eyes flickered. , Asked: "Then what do you think?"

"I need more manpower to manage the refugees." Lilia hesitated and said, "I now employ many female family members of the work-point system, manpower still not enough ......"

Nelson raised his hand and said, "My lord, I don’t have enough manpower. 250 guards plus 50... militiamen can’t control it. The border of the territory is gone. Everyday all people ran to Randal to lead the poaching. We escorted them and drove them away. We also need to maintain guard posts and patrols.....sir, I ask for more manpower."

Victor rubbed After rubbing the forehead, there are nearly 1,000 members of the work-point system, divided into more than 280 families. Nelson recruited 250 young guards from it, plus 50 alchemy militias, which is already the limit of the territory. Nelson's so-called increase in manpower is by no means recruiting guards among the freedmen, he is playing the idea of ​​alchemy militias. But Victor only had 1,000 alchemy militias, and they had to control the vast mountainous area, and they couldn't deploy many manpower at all. Moreover, using alchemy militias as escorts could only temporarily relieve the pressure and could not solve the problem fundamentally.

More and more people will join Randal. Even if Victor takes out all the alchemy militias to control the situation, how long can he support it? Now there are more than 10,000 people, what about 20,000 people? According to Victor's plan, the territory has to accommodate more than 40,000 people. What will happen then?

The current predicament of the Randal Family belongs to Innate's insufficiency-too ​​few loyal and capable vassals!

Victor sighed, and said listlessly: "What else is wrong, tell me!"

Linda quickly said: "My lord, there have been hundreds of fights during this time. , 34 thefts, 11 homicides, 18 people died, 7 bodies were buried, and we dug up again. I need manpower too!"

Victor noticed Linda’s abdomen was round as round Drum, he said with a smile: "Nelson, Linda, you are going to be parents soon, I haven't congratulated you yet."

After hearing this, Linda was a little bit twisted, Nal Senze chuckled and said: "In two months, Father Miller said it was twin...hehe" He was quietly pinched by Linda.

Lilia interjected, "Victor, there are more than 1,000 pregnant women in the territory. Father Miller can’t be too busy. I organized a medical team according to your instructions, but there are only 74 people. Other women have to be busy. I’m trying to cook for the young man."

"I know you are short of people. Will you let me solve the law and order problem first?" Victor shook the head and asked Linda: "Those murderers are caught Are you there yet?"

"All imprisoned in the dungeon."

Randal led the Golden Crow hovering in the air during the day and the alchemy war mastiff out of sight at night. These murderers thought You can top secret by killing people and burying corpses. That's really a wrong place!

Victor said with a smile: "Doesn’t you become softhearted if you want to be a mother? Where did the sword-slashing villain Linda go?"

Linda blushed , Said bitterly: "I really want to cut off the heads of those villains... But this is your right! And... Father Miller's consent is required."

"It's fine if you can think like this!" Victor was silent for a while, and lightly said, "I will sign the death penalty order. I will try my best to convince Father Miller that these villains who dare to challenge me must be executed in public!"

"Mauren, what problems have you village chiefs encountered?"

Several village chiefs looked at each other, and Maureen stood up and replied, "My lord, the village is pretty good, no problem. "

"Not bad?" Victor said with a cold laugh: "Lilia has encountered so many problems, but your village has no problems? I think you compromised with outsiders?!"

The village chiefs stood up one after another, and said anxiously, "My lord, please punish!"

Victor waved his hand and motioned them to sit down. When there are fewer police officers, public security will be chaotic, and when there are fewer soldiers, the country will be in turmoil. This is because the lack of power to maintain order will lead to the establishment of a new order. People are social animals. Everyone wants to occupy a higher position in the group. When they find that the sheriff and guards led by Randal are understaffed, they will inevitably begin to stir. They established their position through private fighting, and then managed to squeeze into the middle level of Randal. Murders, fights, stealing, poaching, and coaxing all come from this.

The power in the hands of the village chief is relatively weak, unable to suppress the struggle of the refugees, instead he will sit atop a mountain to watch the tigers fight, and wait for the powerhouse to emerge from the refugees, and then draw him into his minions. As for the lords, they don’t care how the village chief manages the village, as long as they pay the offerings on time.

All the village heads under the Feudal System are considered local tyrants.

Although these people like Maureen were promoted by Victor, they are natives after all, and they will only govern the village in accordance with the rules of the village chief. If Victor is really an aboriginal lord, they will have no problem doing this, but Victor doesn’t like the inefficient Feudal System. He has to completely control the manpower and material resources in the territory, regardless of whether Randal owns 10,000 or 100,000. Live and multiply under the rules he made.

Lilia and Nelson may not understand much of the truth, but they faithfully execute Victor's will. In this process, the war bear mercenaries are changing little by little, moving closer to Victor, and one day they will take a higher position in the new order.

However, a slow remedy does not address the current emergency. Before the war bear mercenaries grow, Victor still faces a shortage of manpower. For the moment, Victor really wants to get rid of all these refugees who jump up and down. However, the violence of the lord cannot solve all the problems because his violence is not strong enough. With Victor's current strength, a new order cannot be established. If he smashes the heads of the villains, it won't be long before Lilia can only visit him in the monastery.

Victor can only solve the problem within the framework of the Code of Radiance, but he now thinks of Alchemy Tower, which is powerful enough to overthrow the Code of Radiance.

"Set aside the question first. Let's go back and work on it." Victor was instructed distractedly.

When everyone left the Conference Hall, Victor called Lilia.

"My dear, you come to Silvermoon Manor wait for me. I'll go to the hill camp first."