Chapter 56 Territory Affairs (Part 2)

He inspected the first of the twenty strongholds, understood the situation, and gave the old people some living supplies.

This is the job of Luther Pompey, the acting lord.

Before leaving, Luther told Knight Michel to train the militia well, and he would be transferred to another village to train the militia after a month.

The way back was not far. If the former Pompey territory was considered a large village, then the expanded Pompey territory was probably the size of a town.

How big can a town be?

And the roads along the way have been repaired, so Luther quickly returned to the vicinity of Pompeii Castle. When he came to Pompeii Castle, he saw green wheat, occasionally mixed with other crops.

The wheat is growing well. Although the harvest cannot be estimated at present, it is thought that the harvest should not be too bad. Manure is still very effective in fertilizing the fields.

In the green ocean, there are houses, surrounded by a circle of fences, and there are sounds of chickens and dogs in the fences. It is a beautiful pastoral scenery.

Looking at this beautiful scene, Luther occasionally felt that being a country lord seemed to be not bad.

Haha.

I feel comfortable all over.

But soon Luther shook his head and threw away this unrealistic idea. Although being a country lord is also interesting, our goal is still to become a noble.

If you miss the countryside, you can also live in the countryside.

The nobles can enjoy the fun of country nobles, but the country nobles cannot enjoy the fun of the nobles. This is the difference.

Luther is not just talking.

After another section of the road, we gradually approached the Pompeii Castle. In this green farmland, you can see thin wooden sticks standing from time to time, and the top of the sticks are tied with red ribbons.

This is a mark. After the autumn harvest, the farmland here will become part of the city of Pangbei, and the serfs will be arranged to the place where the original Pompeii Territory is close to the twenty strongholds to increase the number of settlements in Pompeii Territory.

Perfect.

At this moment, more than 30 two-story villas have been built on the idle land near Pompeii Castle. These are the houses given by Pompeii to the knights.

Of course, it is only the shell and the land. The furniture and decoration in the villas have to be paid for by the knights themselves.

The building complex centered on Pompeii Castle is still small and pocket-sized, but it already looks a bit like a town.

After returning here, Luther did not choose to enter the castle, but went to the blacksmith shop with his entourage. At present, the blacksmith shop is still near the castle, near more than 30 villas.

There is also a grocery store, which looks very inconsistent.

The plan is to move the blacksmith shop to the edge of the town, but it will not be officially moved until autumn.

When he came to the blacksmith shop, Luther saw Old Bob, Old Bob's eldest son, second son, and a group of teenagers.

The blacksmith shop is still the original blacksmith shop, but the scale has expanded a bit. It currently has about ten blacksmith furnaces. Old Bob and three blacksmiths are making iron with a group of teenagers.

The fire was burning brightly, and the temperature in the blacksmith shop was very high. Just standing near it would make people sweat like rain.

"Master Luther." When everyone in the blacksmith shop saw Luther and his group, Old Bob put down the hammer in his hand and greeted them cordially.

His two sons smiled at Luther and continued to forge iron. The other teenagers looked at Luther with fearful eyes.

As sons of serfs, they knew a truth from childhood that the lord is the sky. And the overseer who is in charge of the serfs is the hand of the sky.

If you are lazy, you will be beaten.

They only fear the lord but not respect him.

And they know that Luther is the next generation of Pompeii knights.

And Luther also knows this, so he did not show affinity to these young people from serfs, because it is not difficult to reverse this situation at once.

Let them adapt to the life of free people first.

"Hi Uncle Bob." Luther turned over and got off the horse, happily hugged Old Bob, and did not lift the dirty old Bob at all.

Old Bob laughed.

Old Bob's plan is to cut down the forest and build his own family farmland after the autumn harvest, and the address has been selected.

Old Bob's great dream of farmers is constantly moving forward. But for now, he can still help his family with ironwork and teach a group of new apprentices.

"How are these apprentices? Are they okay?" Luther asked, looking at the teenagers who looked at him with fear from time to time.

Becoming apprentices in the blacksmith shop, these teenagers from serfs have not only changed their identities, but also their clothes have become much better, and their nutrition has also kept up. They look much stronger than a month ago.

"Very good, they are all very obedient." Old Bob grinned happily.

As a master, no apprentice can be more satisfying than being obedient. Ironwork is a boring job.

Only honest and obedient children can become a qualified blacksmith.

"That's good."

Luther showed a satisfied smile. Blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons are the professions that must be possessed in a territory. As the size of the town increases, the more people in this profession, the better.

Especially the blacksmiths, who are also responsible for the guards' equipment, weapons, etc. Although there are not many guards in the territory at present, Luther plans to expand the army by 500 people after all 10,000 people arrive, plus the original 100 guards, that is, 600 guards.

In addition to the militia.

The number of military units and paramilitary units in Pompeii will rise to 1,000 or 2,000 people.

In the early stage, of course, weapons, armor, etc. can be purchased from Baron Barton, but in the future, Luther hopes that these young people can become independent blacksmiths, so that the weapons and armor in the territory can be self-sufficient.

Luther chatted with Old Bob for a while and left soon. As for the other carpenters and stonemasons, Luther did not go to see them.

Because Luther was not familiar with those carpenters and stonemasons, he might not be able to say a few words after going there, and it might be embarrassing.

Forget it.

However, Luther will ask the officials of the city hall to keep an eye on the masters. On the one hand, they should keep an eye on the masters to pass on their skills to the serfs, and on the other hand, they should supervise the masters not to treat the serfs harshly.

The identity of a serf is indeed not a good identity.

Not everyone is as kind as Old Bob, and they may be discriminated against.

He inspected the newly developed No. 1 stronghold in the territory and learned about the study and life of the liberated serfs.

This is Luther's important work as a lord today. After that, the work will be relatively leisurely, and it will be about this kind of daily routine.

Only waiting for one thing to come.

That is the autumn harvest.

Autumn harvest means taxation.

After the autumn harvest, Pompeii Territory will officially build a city.

After the autumn harvest, the original settlers and serfs in Pompeii Territory will develop new farmland together with the twenty strongholds.

Luther is looking forward to the effect of manure fertilizing the fields.

In short, the autumn harvest is a big event.