Transcendent Noble

At the end of the Season of Earth, the weather began to gradually become hotter. Especially on a sunny day like today, it is so hot that people just want to hide in the shade.

The brick kiln village led by Victor has no shade. More than two hundred sturdy farmers, brazed by the sun, are busy in the open field. They were shirtless, wearing sweat towels, and their naked backs were covered with beads of sweat, but they didn't have time to wipe them. Countless blue bricks were moved from the dry room to a two-wheeled truck. The driver pulled the heavy truck straight to the loading and unloading yard, where more than a dozen sturdy and durable ox carts were waiting for loading.

On a hill on the south side of Zhuanyao Village, houses are built on the shady side. This is the residential area of ​​the villagers of Zhuanyao Village. Every house here is made of bricks. The main purpose of wood is now as fuel. The giant brick kiln below consumes countless amounts of dry wood every day.

Victor stood under a pergola on the hill, overlooking the brick kiln village below. Whenever an ox cart full of green bricks leaves the loading yard, Victor feels a sense of satisfaction.

"My lord, since the giant brick kiln was put into use, there have been 60,000 bricks in one kiln. Now we produce 12,000 blue bricks on average every day." Dien, the head of Zhuanyao Village, proudly introduced to Victor.

Dean actively asked to be the mayor of Zhuanyao Village. Although he still wanted to cultivate the land, he was impressed by this majestic building when the 30-meter-high chimney was built. In fact, the other villager group leaders are also very entangled, and everything here is like a miracle in their eyes. In Zhuanyao Village, it only takes 20 days to complete the whole process from embryo making to brick production. This efficiency is beyond the imagination of the villager group leader. According to their previous experience, the process of drying the soil only takes as long as four months. Therefore, when the first batch of blue bricks produced by the giant brick kiln came out of the kiln, hundreds of villagers cheering excitedly for it. This exciting scene infected everyone. Dean promptly proposed to Victor as the village head of the brick kiln. Subsequently, other villager group leaders also began to compete for this position. In the end, Victor chose Dean, he just wanted to encourage this self-help spirit.

Victor picked up a finished blue brick and squeezed it hard. The brick was completely motionless. This aroused Victor's interest. He began to secretly use the force of Concealed Ox Secret Shape. Finally, a crack appeared on the solid blue brick, which eventually broke into two.

Dean was stunned looking at the side. He knew the quality of these bricks. They were much stronger than the bricks made by the local method. How could they become so crisp in Victor's hands? Dean hurriedly picked up the broken bricks on the ground, squeezed and squeezed with all his strength, the bricks still showed no cracks.

There is no problem with the quality, that is, the strength of fief lord is far beyond ordinary people. Thinking of this, Dean looked at Fief Lord with admiration.

Victor’s expression is as plain as water, but his heart is inwardly grumbled. Now his physique has reached 10 points. Concealed Ox Secret Shape has also cultivated to the point of perfection. He just moved his entire arm. The power of squeezed the blue brick. Of course, the blue brick fired by the alchemy assistant is very strong, and it is still too burdensome for Victor to pinch it off with his fingers. Now his entire arm hidden behind him is twitching. With Victor's current muscle mass, it is difficult to sustain the force of Concealed Ox Secret Shape.

I would not install it if I knew it! Victor shook his arm calmly and said to Dean, "I'm still satisfied with the quality of these bricks. Do you have any difficulties in hosting the brick kiln village now?"

Dean's eyes After turning around, he cast a look at Allor on the side, but the chief craftsman of Brick Kiln Village was like wood and did not respond, which made Dean very discouraged.

This Allor's skill in making bricks is very good, but he is too dull. Originally Dean hoped that Allor would help him make conditions to Fief Lord, but now he can only speak up himself.

Dean brace oneself said to Victor: "My lord, we need more manpower. Now the daily workload in Zhuanyao Village is very heavy, and the big guys are tired enough. So, I hope the adults can deploy more Come here by hand."

Victor remained silent. It has been six months since he took control of this territory. In addition to the hill camp, two farms and a brick kiln village have been built in the territory. A carpenter's village. The Flax Village has been under construction, and the Blacksmith Village is under investigation. The biggest problem now is the lack of manpower.

Victor currently controls more than 1,200 people. There are nearly 700 middle-aged men, more than 200 young women, and the rest are mainly children and the elderly. 900 people can really work. Among them, 100 are guards who do not need to work. Of the remaining 800, 250 are in Zhuanyao Village, 80 are in Carpenter Village, 200 are responsible for the construction of the flax village, and 200 are reclaimed under the leadership of Maureen. Land, collect crops, raise cattle and horses, harvest purple cane, brew sugar and make sugar. The remaining dozens of people are responsible for transportation.

Now all the village leaders are asking Victor for someone. At the last meeting, everyone was arguing about manpower issues. Dean said he needed more labor, and he was immediately scolded as a doggie. Maureen said that the main economic income of the territory now depends on raw sugar and purple cane wine, so he needs to deploy manpower from other places. Ferro, the head of Carpenter Village, said with a sneer that the wheels they produced sell very well in Black Castle Town. If he were given more people, the income of Carpenter Village would definitely exceed that of Morin's farm. The Kent team leader who was preparing to build the linen village showed everyone a piece of fine linen. He triumphantly said that this fine linen was woven by his two subordinates, and the quality was perfect, and the noble master would definitely be willing to spend a lot of money for this. Even Nelson was eager to have a try inspired by the emotions in the venue, but Victor glared back before he could even speak.

In fact, the biggest manpower gap is the transportation fleet. Bricks need to be transported, wood needs to be transported, purple cane needs to be transported, and even clay needs to be transported in the future. To this end, Victor purchased more than 40 healthy cattle in Black Castle Town, and the carts were manufactured by Carpenter Village. There are bullock carts, but the problem is that there are not so many drivers. Victor has to hand over the transportation task to Nelson's guard. This is why Nelson wants to expand the guard.

According to Victor's plan, the Brick Kiln Village must expand two giant brick kilns. This is related to his castle plan and should not be missed. In addition, once the Blacksmith Village starts to build, he will need hundreds of miners. With the increase of these workers, the territory needs more people to perform logistics work, including transportation, farming, clothing, as well as security and security. Victor don't know, he still needs at least 500 strong laborers, plus their family members, it should be about 800 people.

Dean looked at Victor nervously. He knew that this request would offend other village leaders, but as the village leader, he must fight for the benefits of his subordinates.

Victor pondered for a while, and said: "Now there is a shortage of manpower everywhere in the territory. You are now the village with the most manpower. Therefore, no more manpower will be assigned to you for the time being."

Dean was a little disappointed, but he still said to Victor: "My lord, the villagers are indeed very fortunate. Now everyone's enthusiasm for work is not as good as before. If no measures are taken, I am worried that there will be a slowdown in work."

Victor knew that Dean was not threatening him, but the truth. These people currently have no wages to get, and relying on meat tickets alone is not enough to boost morale.

“Let’s do this, I allow you to promote 30 leaders every month and recommend two work points. In addition, every time you recruit women, you will give priority to 20 people in Zhuanyao Village. These women can also be employed. Embryo-making work. We will recruit more people soon. Before that, you need to train more backbones in the brick kiln village."

When Victor took out ultimate weapon, Dean Sure enough, his eyebrows were open and grinning, again and again nodded.

Victor encouraged Dean again and left the brick kiln village surrounded by guards.

In the spacious and comfortable carriage, Lilia wore a white fine linen dress with loose hair, and delivered a candied fruit pickled with cane sugar into Victor's mouth.

"Victor, why don't we continue to recruit people? Now, our monthly income exceeds 200 Kinsoul, and we can raise more people." Lilia told Victor Said sweetly.

Victor slightly smiled, now the territory’s raw sugar sales are very hot, has sold 2 silver sols a pound, and those unremarkable wheels have sold 10 silver sols each. But this little money is still too little for Victor, he needs more money. Victor knows that the best way to make money is to form a caravan. If the fine linen dress like Lilia is shipped to Sasan Empire, the value will immediately increase tenfold, and Sasan's cheap sheepskin will be transported over, and the profit will be five times.

The formation of caravans is not anxious. It depends on the lord’s contacts. Victor is in urgent need of manpower now. But before recruiting leaders, Victor must first solve a problem, the problem of spies.

According to the news from Old John and the others, the York family conducted a census of freedmen outside the city and took away many skilled freedmen. The skills of these people were not valued by the York family. They had better craftsmen, but the York family recruited them. Obviously, they believed that many of Victor's new technologies were created by artisans among the free people. This also shows that the brick kiln village, carpenter village, and linen village led by Victor have all fallen into the eyes of the York family.

Although the techniques used by the alchemy assistants are ordinary goods, if these eyeliners are not cleaned out, Victor will have no advantage at all. What's more terrifying is that the York family is very interested in Victor now. If Victor starts to recruit people, they will inevitably send more spies. Once these people join forces with the secret spies who are already latent, they will form an intelligence network with no opportunity. . Therefore, the secret agents in the territory must be dug out first.

Of course, when Victor recruits the leaders, the York family will still send spies, but those people can only touch and roll at the bottom, there are not many opportunities to contact the core, and it is especially easy for them to be covered. Exposure is not enough.

"Of course people need to be recruited, but before that, it’s up to Barol’s old fox to help us dig out that litter of mice."

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Velpin Baron’s steward Robbie walked through the castle cautiously, and was about to see his master, making him somewhat nervous.

Since the family steward was killed in Black Castle Town, Velpin Baron has become very irritable and often beats people for small things. Now the attendants in the castle are all cautious, not daring to make a mistake, lest they become Lord Baron's punching bag again.

In a stone chamber, a man wearing a red cloak is looking out the window.

"My lord, good day. I heard you summoned me." Robbie said respectfully.

The man turned around. He was about 30 years old, with blond hair, a handsome face, and a strong and burly figure. He was wearing a light blue safari suit, and a ruby ​​button clasped the fiery red cloak to his chest. It seems that the full of heroic spirit is mature and stable. He is Velpin Baron, the cousin of Queen Catherine.

Velpin Baron turned around and said with a smile to Robbie’s jaw: "Robby, I have something for you to do."

Baron's gentle and graceful smile , Let Robbie's nervous mood relax, he bent down and said: "Listen to your orders."

"I want you to go to Black Castle Town to spread a message among those free men. About Baron Victor Yes."

When Robbie heard that he was dealing with Baron Victor, he became excited. He knew that it was this Baron Victor that made Velpin Baron very hated, and these people also suffered a lot. Robbie is very excited now to have the opportunity to help the adults.

"My lord, what news do you want me to spread?"

Velpin said with a smile: "I want you to promote Victor’s leadership among the freedmen Kindness, and his work-point system that directly promotes freedmen to vassals."

Robby was stunned for a long time, and he wondered if he had heard it wrong. He is very good at spreading rumors, but this is the first time he spreads rumors about his opponents.

"My lord, did you let me praise Baron Victor among the freedmen?" Robbie asked carefully.

Velpin nodded, said affirmatively: "You heard it right, just let you praise him. For other things, you don't need to worry about it, you can leave now."

"Yes, my lord, I'm going now." Robbie didn't dare to ask more, bowing back.

Looking at Robbie riding away from the castle, Velpin smiled with satisfaction.

Velpin Baron is not the eldest son of the family, nor does he have the right to inheritance, but he has a powerful cousin. His cousin, Catherine, was originally the daughter of a little noble family. Since she became the queen of Gambis, Velpin's family immediately got in touch with her. But Catherine never took care of these relatives, and instead strictly restrained them. But after Ryan died in battle, Queen Catherine's attitude towards the family changed 180°. She quickly appointed many relatives to hold important positions in the court, and even his family's second son was assigned a territory by Catherine and became the pioneering lord of Centaur Hills.

Velpin is grateful to Catherine's cousin, and he vowed to be loyal to her cousin. Originally, Velpin's territory and Victor's territory were connected together, forming horns to each other, but Victor patted his butt and exchanged the territory to the York family. Velpin's territory was immediately surrounded by the territory of the York family. Now, Velpin's fleet of vehicles entering and leaving Centaur Hills will be heavily taxed by York's family.

Velpin hated Victor. When the steward was killed by Victor's guards, Velpin was even more furious, but he was helpless.

Velpin wrote a letter to Catherine, describing in detail Victor's affairs. He hoped that Queen Your Majesty would punish Victor, the traitor, severely. After waiting for a month, Velpin finally received a letter from Catherine. The content of the letter made Velpin amazed, and he immediately started the layout. The 1st Step was to arrange for Robbie the manager to go to the freedmen to praise Victor.

"Victor, you are done, even if you are Mrs. Rose’s lover, it’s useless. Queen Your Majesty’s layout is incomprehensible!"