Chapter 153: Manpower (Part 1)

The Forest House has planted winter wheat, and the small mining village is below.

The land given to Romon by Baron Galle, including the hilly areas and the small mining village below.

Romon rushed to the small mine village with a large number of men.

To be honest, the conditions of a small mining village are several times better than those of a forest village, where there was originally a small fertile plain.

Coupled with the investment of a large amount of funds and very detailed planning and design, the small mining village has undergone earth-shaking changes.

All kinds of dilapidated houses have long been demolished and rebuilt. According to Romon's original idea, small wooden houses arranged on the street were built, with about one hundred square meters of vegetable fields on each wooden house, and they were tied up with fences.

The brand new house makes the villagers here feel like they flew from hell to heaven in an instant.

The flat village roads are covered with stones and cars passing by, and there will be no buzzing dust. On rainy days, there will be basically no muddy scenes.

In remote villages where there are few shops, due to the transformation of the village and the daily convenience of these villagers, Romon opened some simple shops.

Department stores, mills, bakeries, and blacksmith shops are not as good as towns, and they are small and well-equipped, but they are still beneficial to the people.

Now, most of them have been built, and what are still under construction are the Lord's Villa and the Basic Altar.

Therefore, in the morning, construction workers came and went, and carriages carrying stones drove from far away places. Various materials were continuously transported.

"Lord, does the location of the altar start from here?" someone in the village was asking respectfully.

Although each god has different styles, as the most basic altar, the model is exactly the same.

In front of him, Romon held the drawings in his forehand and looked down. He then raised his head when he heard the construction staff asking, and then pointed to the place closest to him and said: "From here, we have been wrapping all the stones around this line, and here, we have to thicken some..."

"Yes, sir, don't worry, we will do things seriously." The man quickly promised.

Romon nodded, his thin lips slightly pursed, and he looked at the construction of the altar that had begun, and he felt quite expectant.

In a few days, the project here will be over. At that time, a brand new village will appear in front of everyone. This is the second village in his territory. Governing it well will not only bring you a reward, but also bring enough glory.

"Romon!" Someone urged the horse to come over at this time.

Romon looked up and saw that Sukal was coming as he was waiting for.

Sukar has always appeared as a supervisor of various construction projects. Because he has many acquaintances, many places he has been to, and has a strong personality, what is even more rare is that he has absolutely no doubt about his loyalty to Romon, so he always comes to buy materials.

But the construction site couldn't do without him, so this time he rode over here as soon as he bought the materials, and the materials were transported behind him and were transported to the waves immediately.

Seeing Romon standing outside the construction wall, Sukal quickly turned over and dismounted, tied the horse aside, and walked over.

"You are here, why are the materials ready? Is the purchase still going well? Are you tired? If you want to be tired, go and rest first." Romon said.

Sukal smiled: "Yes, Romon, I have bought it. I'm not tired. I took a break in the middle and am full of energy now."

"Really?" Romon looked at him. Sure enough, seeing that there was no fatigue on his face, he also knew that the other party was very physically strong, so he let go.

"It's good that you'll come back. Since that's the case, you'll be responsible for the matter here. You'll be responsible. Don't worry, I'll go back and discuss the land reclamation with Nick later. I'll give it to you here."

This resolute and decisive man is really the best candidate for supervisors. Seeing that he rushed over, Romon immediately gave way.

Sukal nodded: "Romon, leave the matter to me, don't worry, I will definitely do it."

"Yeah, I believe you, but don't be too tired. Just point them at the side." Romon handed a sketch in his hand to Sukal and explained it seriously.

"...that's all, you understand it, right?" Romon asked after he finished speaking.

Sukal simply repeated the content and then asked, "Yeah, that's right, sir?"

Romon sighed inwardly, indeed, he is not a person who is not good at appearance. Such a tough and tough person actually has such a good memory: "Well, that's it, Sukar, then I'll leave it to you. I'll go over and see what's going on."

"Okay." Sukal agreed.

When Romon turned over and urged the horse to take a few steps, he turned around and saw that Sukal had quickly entered the state and was watching the workers' construction.

Seeing this scene, Romon smiled knowingly, then urged his horse to leave and came to the plain outside.

It was October, because it had just been sorted out, and the land seemed a little bare, with only brown and yellow soil exposed to the air.

This smell of the fields stimulates people's sense of smell, and the lush plants and trees growing not far away are still telling everyone that although autumn is coming, winter is still far away.

Because construction has been in need of material transportation during this period, some trivial stones, soil blocks and other things will inevitably fall on the road. The road is not so flat, making the horses very bumpy.

Not far away, Nick was leading a large number of people to plant winter wheat.

The small mine village has a very large area, with a thousand acres of fields inside the wall, all divided into lord's own land. The fields outside the wall were plowed with sixteen oxen, and there were 2,000 acres, and hills, hillsides, etc., and they had not been developed.

"Romon, your face is not very good." Nick was also shocked when he first saw his appearance.

As soon as Nick directed the consuls to work, he saw Romon who looked like this and hurried over.

Romon looked at him fussed with anger: "It's not that this road is not easy to walk."

"Oh hehe, it turns out that he was dizzy." Nick knew that Romon would be fine for a while, so he just laughed. By the way, he was learning the word "dizzy" from Romon. He has been very proficient in using it now, at least, he is very good at using it now.

Romon fell down depressed and walked a few steps before he felt that he was alive again. Then he said, "This road needs to be renovated, especially the road down from the hills. It would be better if it didn't rain or snow. If it was winter, there would be trouble."

"I have noticed this, but this is not the point. When the construction is completed, it will be cleaned up." Nick once again habitually changed one pen and a notebook from his hand. The reason for using a change word was because Romon really didn't see where he compiled the notebook and the notebook from.

Nick was wearing a round neck robe today, without a pocket or bag. I don’t know where he put his pen and book with him.

"What do you want to say?" Romon simply didn't guess, knowing that Nick would tell the things he had summarized one by one in the next, so Romon took a leisurely walk and looked at Nick with anticipation.

Nick had long been used to his appearance. He turned the page of the book and told Romon while reading: "The problem we are about to solve is that the development of the land around the small mining village is now October. Although it is a bit late to plant it now, but it has not yet passed. We need manpower now. In this month, we will sow all the land and take care of it. After all, these lands used to be fertile farmland, which is a pity to waste it like this! No, it should be said to be a waste! Our territory was just built, unlike other territories, which has squandered capital, so no piece of land can be wasted..."

Romon nodded and looked at the 2,000 acres of land. Even with ox plowing, it was difficult to take care of this land.

"At present, there are 32 families in the small mining village, each of which has been allocated 30 acres. Only 1,000 acres of land have been allocated, and 1,000 acres have been allocated, and at least 30 households have been at least 30 households. In addition, the various workshops you opened by Romon also require manpower, and probably another 30 households are needed. And on the hills, it is said that you are going to plant all apple forests? This is a big project, and it also requires manpower. In addition, the special grasslands left behind also require manpower. In short, in the village, at least about 100 households are needed to meet the needs. Besides, you have built hundreds of wooden houses. It is really not good to have vacant land and houses like this. I mean, can you solve the problem of people? This is what we should care about at the moment."

"Oh? Not bad, these questions need to be considered, you continue." Romon nodded and looked at Nick seriously.

Nick continued: "According to my opinion, aren't there any people who have moved here? Since this model is good, we can continue to move some people from other places. In this way, it will not only develop the population of the village, but also solve the current difficulties. What do you think?"

"Yeah. Not bad." After a while of silence, Romon said, "Just do it."

After a pause, he said, "But the people are all lords. If we want to recruit people, we must be in the city before we can recruit them. However, the city of Apus is not large after all. Although it was not very large in the Forest Village last time, it was easy to recruit dozens of families, but if we wanted to recruit hundreds of families in the small mining village, it would be difficult to achieve it."

Under the feudal system, not only does the land belong to the lord, but even the people belong to the lord. A peasant is the lord's "people". Under such a law, the so-called marriage tax and first night rights were only given in the early years.

Theoretically, even if the farmer starved to death, he was still his lord and could not move to other territories to live.

Of course, every world has rules. At the cost, peasants do not participate in wars. The gods once jointly issued a divine metaphor, which was not allowed to attack "non-combatants", especially the peasant class, and at the same time, the lords were not allowed to dispatch peasants to fight, unless the peasant gained the identity of a free citizen - this is because peasants are the flock of gods and will not have an impact on the outcome.

Only free people can move freely, but if free people are casual, how can they be willing to hand over the right to freedom and belittle them to become peasants?

"Why, are liberals allowed?" Nick asked.

Romon frowned and said, "There can be a certain proportion of free people in the territory. Because management, trade, craftsmen and others must be free people. However, the foundation must be tenants, otherwise the territory will not be maintained."

"It is said that there are indeed not many freedoms and poor families in the city of Apps, who cannot survive." Nick also frowned.

In cities, residents must be free people. Free merchants naturally belong to the ranks of free people, while non-free people such as serfs from the countryside will gain a free identity once they enter the city for a year and a day and become free citizens, and their past masters cannot recover them.

Free people are not allowed to summon them at will, arrest and interrogate them at will, and are not allowed to be imprisoned or tried at will. They have considerable authority. Therefore, they are not poor households and will not become tenants.

"There are only those who are recruited from mercenaries again. Unfortunately, those who are willing to accept recruitment are all disabled or elderly mercenaries." Romon also frowned, because this is the reason.

Most mercenaries were not free people or tenants. They gained some rights of free people and lost certain security guarantees as a result - for example, wars often brought them to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

The two thought for a while, and Romon waved his hand and said, "No matter what, this time, use the staff of the Forest Village to unite and plant winter wheat first. Let's talk about what happens in the future."

"That's all." Nick agreed, and after a moment, he asked again: "What is the grassland in this village for? If you want to eat grass, you can put it in the wild. Why do you have to open a special field?"

"I said you are stupid, you don't believe it. This is for Fafell." Seeing that Nick was still a little puzzled, Romon said again: "Fafell has regular knight education and has made rapid progress. Maybe he will be promoted to level 4, and may be promoted to level 5 in the future. This basic configuration must be prepared!"

As he said that, he explained: "The regular knight armor is worth 150 gold coins, and can afford the knight's war horse worth 120 gold coins. This is equivalent to the price of 50 bulls. It's fine. The key is that this kind of war horse, because it has to bear hundreds of kilograms of weight, cannot eat ordinary weeds. There must be a special pasture to provide high-quality forage."

"Besides, a knight, at least five armed servants, must prepare chain mail, spear, shield and sword for them, and second-class horses, and it is more convenient to have grasslands."

"A knight must have at least 1,000 acres of land to maintain. Although I can't afford to pay the fiefdom territory now, I must at least be treated as a knight!" Romon said.

Nick understood this and nodded repeatedly.
Chapter completed!