Transcendent Noble

In the early morning, by the endless wheat field outside Flatlake Town, dozens of sturdy guards scattered into a circle from a distance. The standard leather armor on their bodies and the markings on their chests showed He is a middle-level Paladin and a battle priest, and the defenders are two noble adults, one teenager, with a delicate appearance like an elf, and the other a middle age person about 40 years old, with the handsome appearance and natural elegance of a Knight aristocrat. .

"The grains are full, Randal will usher in a bumper harvest this year."

The middle age person holds a slightly yellowed ear of wheat and raises his hand to wipe down the wheat. , Chewed carefully in the entrance, met the surprised gaze of the young aristocrat, smiled and explained: "For me, wasting food is a crime."

Victor is in awe, not because of the Pope. The power and status of Clement is not due to the power and wisdom of Pastor Legendary, but Clement's realm of the unity of knowledge and action, as well as the personality charm of being strict in self-discipline and lenient to others.

"Every grain of wheat contains the farmer's hard work." Victor thought for a while, and said sincerely: "Diligent is a virtue worthy of respect."

"It's not just a farmer. "The pope nodded, threw away the bare wheat ears, patted his hands, turned his eyes to the jade green wheat field, and said: "More than seven hundred years ago, spelt wheat was just a very common setaria, which was widely cultivated in the south as forage grass. That's it. During the period, the green wheat in the north could meet the food needs of the kingdoms, and the aristocracy in the south mainly relied on herding cattle and sheep to accumulate wealth. As the northern territories continued to shrink, the planting area of ​​green wheat decreased year by year, and the people from the north moved in through the pass of the mountain range. In the southern territories, food has become a big problem."

"The church and the scholars of the White Tower began to look for crops suitable for the southern land, including cultivating spelt wheat." Clement pondered for a moment, then turned his head. Said to Victor: "You must have never imagined that the cultivation technique of spelt wheat originated from ancient wizards. They used witchcraft to accelerate the mutation process of plants and cultivated two crops a year suitable for growing green wheat in the north. And we spent It took more than three hundred years to select mutated plants of Setaria viridis before cultivating spelt wheat."

Victor didn't expect the Pope would frankly recognize the wizard’s contribution to agricultural development. He only now Can remain silent.

Clement laughed disapprovingly, and said, "Spelt wheat has a long growth period and low yield. The South also needs other types of crops to fill the blank period of wheat. Drought-tolerant rye The high-yield thorny kidney beans are our cultivation project. Unfortunately, the yield of rye is lower, and the thorny kidney beans are too easy to rot and deteriorate. It takes longer to improve these varieties and a larger planting scale. But the lords did not have the patience, The people need food, and all the contradictions are reflected in the limited arable land. The noble scholars and monasteries can't solve this problem. They can only spend their energy on cultivating seeds, but never thought about changing the planting methods and tapping the potential of the land."

"Viscount Randal, you did a great job!" The Pope nodded admiringly, fully affirming the achievements of the new agriculture, animal husbandry and water conservancy projects.

Victor is secretly delighted, since the Pope came to Centaur Hills, he has been waiting for Clement's call. On the morning of the second day when Randal led the carnival, the pope finally allowed him to meet, and the location was chosen in the farmland outside the town instead of the Flatlake Town church. But it doesn't matter. As Clement, informal situations have a more relaxed communication environment.

The Wellington family cultivated kidney beans, and the church rewarded a divine technique ring for anti-aging. The Randal Family not only grows kidney beans, but also the Great Accomplishment of new agriculture and animal husbandry and water conservancy projects, which far exceeds the Wellington family’s contribution. Therefore, the pope chose to meet informally, which allowed him to bargain first, and then determine the church's commendation for the Randal Family.

Victor needs too many things, such as money, divine technique items, martial skill secrets of the church, loose policies, cathedrals to enhance family status, or more priests, and so on. Of course, Victor knows that he is impossible to get all the benefits. He has already listed the sequence table and can fight one by one.

"This is the favor and guidance of the Supreme Lord." Victor said humbly and respectfully. The posture of the lord still needs to behave.

"My lord has always looked after us." Clement faintly smiled and said, "Gambis developed Early-Stage in Centaur Hills. Farmers cut down purple cane forests and plowed the soil. In the first year, wheat was obtained. Everyone thought that this was due to the fertility of the land, so they accelerated the clearing of the purple cane forest. After the fourth year, the wheat yield returned to its original state. Only you can summarize the deep plowing and meticulous planting methods and perfect the new with Edwin. The agricultural and pastoral system...I’m very curious, how did you understand the Supreme Lord’s guidance to link the purple cane forest with the cultivation of wheat?"

Victor touched his eyebrows, and said in a whisper. "I was too poor at the time. I wish I could grow an acre of wheat with a single seed. I would try any method. After trying a lot, I discovered the cultivation method of deep plowing and meticulous cultivation, as well as purple cane wine, sweet potato, and lizard Pile wheels, jaggery, coffee, in fact, these all are farmers’ discoveries. They are now my vassals."

"I don’t have a vassal, and recruit some mercenaries and farmers to act as followers. Dare to run over to open up the territory, and still achieve the achievements you are now... Victor, you are indeed deeply favored by our lord." Clement shook his head and said with a smile.

Victor stayed for a while and said ashamed: "Think about it now, I was reckless. Fortunately, Sylvia sent the secret Knight to protect me. However, life and death are at the hands of others, I am I won't do it again."

Clement nodded said solemnly: "The trinity of lords, priests, and people. All territories that the church has not set foot in belong to the wild. Even Knight can hardly guarantee his own safety. For the reason, you should understand it."

Practice the law of the jungle where you can’t, and anything can happen. The church has always been playing the role of overseer, and church arming is the cornerstone of the aristocratic order. If the lord is murdered, as long as the church wants to pursue it, it will definitely be able to find out. It is precisely because of the existence of the church that even the king cannot act wilfully. Therefore, the cathedral is a sign of the stability of the territory, and it is of great significance to the new family of lords.

Victor took the opportunity to say: "Under the crown, Randal needs a cathedral."

Clement did not comment, but opened the topic and said: "The church is committed to population growth, but it is here. One day, I found out that we were not prepared at all." Paused, and further explained: "We are not prepared means that the lords and priests have not considered the problems that population growth will bring."

"Lead Randal did an excellent job of absorbing refugees." The pope said that he was mild and his eyes were deep, "Victor, I want to hear your opinion on population growth."

Victor thought about it. I thought, and said cautiously: "Under the crown, your question is a bit too general."

Clement secretly sighed, the military parade and carnival led by Randal showed that the young lord was preparing to confront the refugees. Close the door and concentrate on cultivating the next generation of people, and he has received the support of the people. Although this approach is fully in the interests of Randal, he hopes that the strength of Centaur Hills and Naville Kingdom will expand rapidly and gain a significant advantage in the big development. Only in this way can he ensure that the Benedictine pastor holds the leadership of the educational reform.

The kings of Sylvia and Naville have high authority over their vassals. They can reject all opinions, subdue different voices, and cooperate with the Benedictine reform plan. Victor can influence Sylvia's decision-making, and the success of Centaur Hills will stimulate the lord of Naville. It can be said that Victor is a very key figure in the entire layout of Clement.

Clement walked forward along the ridge, and Victor was half a shoulder behind him. After a while, Clement opened the mouth and said: "Once the new farming and pastoral system in various places matures, the lord will expel the refugees first, and you have already done so."

Victor thoughts are revolving, suddenly Grasp the root cause of the problem.

When an employee's family life is stable and income increases, the first thing that comes to mind is to reproduce offspring. They don’t want outsiders to compete with their offspring. In the same way, if leading families become wealthy, they must also strive for more living space for their children and grandchildren. For the lord, it is certainly better to cultivate people than to absorb refugees. When the upper and lower classes of the territory reached a consensus, the refugees became the target of expulsion. At most fifteen years, the migration of refugees will be inevitable.

The Pope is worrying about the coming wave of refugees.

The rental employment system is highly efficient in transforming refugees and can quickly expand the strength of Randal, but there is no lease if there is no land. In fact, no system can solve the contradiction between population and land.

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty in China in the Earth world, a large-scale battle between natives and tourists occurred in a southern province. In just over a decade, there were more than one million casualties. The turbulence of the feudal dynasty's official governance was an important reason, but the bottom line was the competition for survival caused by population growth.

For a long-term and uninterrupted absorption of refugees, the people led by Randal will definitely form two major ethnic groups, the old and the new, which will be a serious hidden danger. From any perspective, the Randal Family is safer and more efficient in cultivating the next generation of people than unrestrainedly absorbing refugees. In the future, even if the Randal leader absorbs the external population, it will also choose those who are skilled, talented, and worthy, and they will not be accepted by everyone.

Victor measured it again and again, and said frankly: "Under the crown, the current population of Randal and Feniksi is about 85,000. I can relocate another 40,000 refugees at most. Twenty years later, I expect the total territory The population will reach 500,000, and it will take at least 3 million acres of arable land to feed this many people. This is almost the limit of the arable land developed by Randal. Otherwise, the wild resources of the territory will be destroyed. The most important thing is that the Randal Family does not have it. Too many stewards and deacons, the huge population will overwhelm the fragile administrative system of Flatlake Town."

"Of course, there is no need to worry about the flow of refugees. As long as there is enough food, the refugees will go to all major cities. Concentrating in the main cities, doing some coolies, or engaging in goods transportation and sales, will increase the wealth of the lord. As long as the church is properly guided, I think the major City Lords will not reject the refugees."

"Unfortunately, our Randal-led geographic location does not meet the requirements for trade." Victor shook the head with regret. Anyway, the population growth policy cannot be changed easily.

"Why not let the refugees join the mercenaries and open up the land?" Clement stopped suddenly, turned his head and said, "If I equip your mercenaries with combat priests, would you change your mind? "

Victor was heartbroken. The low battle strength of mercenaries is a problem that cannot be circumvented. The divine technique displayed by the Pope in the military parade has an immediate effect on Legion's battle strength and morale improvement. If hiring Legion has a fixed combat priest support, it is really a way out. As for the influence of the battle priest on the hired Legion, Victor believes that it can be put aside for now.

In the final analysis, the Big Legion strategy is aimed at Ant-Man. Because of Alchemy Tower's mutual devouring and soul binding, both Victor and Ant-Man's behind-the-scenes Sovereign are exposed to each other's field of vision, and both sides are already irreconcilable.

Compared with hundreds of thousands of ant-man trainees at the Knight level, the strength of Alchemy Tower No. 7 is insignificant.

The only way for Victor at present is to take advantage of the situation and work hard to unite the forces of all parties to resist the invasion of the ant tide. The intensity of the war will definitely be very high, but as long as the three fortresses are firmly guarded, the power of Alchemy Tower No. 7 will increase by one point every time you kill a Silver-tier Ant-Man. Only when one changes and the other grows, Victor will be able to counterattack Ant-Man’s nest and seize the crystal of law. After the No. 7 Alchemy Tower is upgraded, it is not too late to consider other things.

However, now it must behave like a normal lord.

Victor hesitated and said: "Under the crown, hire Legion..."

"The refugees hire Legion not to participate in the dispute of the lord, this is the principle!" Clement seemed to see through Victor's Mind, he added: "The fighting priest does not interfere with the actions of vassals and soldiers. This is also a principle."

A vassal soldier with land? In other words, I am allowed to convert the elite who hired Legion into vassal soldiers, provided that the land is first canonized...The fighting priest helps to hire Legion to open up the land, and then use the land to select elite vassal soldiers... The Pope is using the refugees as Victim? ! Doesn’t the church protect the rights of the refugees? How could there be such an attitude? Why is the Pope so eager to pioneer?

The asymmetry of information made Victor confused. He probed: "Under the crown, what else should I do?"

"Try to arrange the refugees well." Clement said with a smile "I know that you are understaffed. It is a good way to imitate the silver tower and open a school. I can call in some apprentice pastors to help you. Although they have not mastered the divine technique, they are still capable of teaching the vagrant literacy."

Grasp the ideology!

A light flashed in Victor’s mind. Clement didn’t give him more time to think, and lightly said, “You can also absorb Sophia’s Saber-Toothed Tiger Business Group and let them manage it for you. Territory. In short, I hope you will be an example of resettling refugees."

The secular belong to the secular, and the theocracy belongs to the theocracy. The Knight of Saber-Toothed Tiger and the apprentice pastor of the church, who would weaken the power of the lord, should I still think about it?

Victor pupil shrink, slowly said: "Under the crown, the placement of refugees and the recruitment of Legion refugees require funds. Sophia’s Saber-Toothed Tiger Business Group seems to be in trouble."

Clement pondered for a moment, then his jaw said: "I will help you once as far as I can."

Victor salutes: "As you wish, under the crown."

Clement showed a satisfied smile on his face, and said relaxedly: "Victor, what kind of award do you want? I am not allowed to withdraw money, and I haven't discussed the eleventh tax."

Victor asked with a nervous look on his face. Said: "Under the crown, how many requests can I make?"

"Well, let's talk and listen." Clement showed great interest.

"Flatlake Town builds a church, chaired by Father Miller."

Clement smiled and said, "If you pay, I have no opinion."

"Uh...I will prove my piety to the Supreme Lord. In addition, I hope Lord Tornance can help Nelson perfect his martial skill secret method."

"Yes."

"In addition, I plan to mint some small Copper Coins that are only circulated in Randal."

"Minting?" Clement gave Victor a meaningful look and said, "I have three conditions. First, The front of the Copper Coin must be marked with a bright Holy Mountain logo. Second, the exchange ratio of the small Copper Coin must correspond to the weight of the copper sol. Third, the eleven tax collected by Randal must be paid by the church." He knew very well. Randal is not afraid that Victor will not agree to the shortage of money.

"No problem." Victor hurriedly nodded, and said hurriedly: "In addition..."

Clement said with a smile heartily: "haha, little fellow, I have no other It's..."

After laughing for a while, the pope said kindly to Victor: "I think Sylvia should be anxious to see you at this time."