Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 41 A series of plans
Only then did Old Sol look squarely at his eldest son, and frowned quietly.He remembered that the last time the eldest son borrowed money from him to buy Bass cattle, saying that he wanted to develop a town.

At that time, he mercilessly mocked the eldest son.

A fool's dream.

Can you develop a town by buying a cow?
In that world, there would be no real nobles as small as the Pompeii family.

So old Saul didn't lend money to Luther, and it turned out that he was wrong.

Bass cattle can really plow the field with a hoe like a farmer.A cow can be worth a lot of strong labor.Next year, the forest will be cut down in the territory, and the fields in the territory will be expanded.

The plan is to expand one to several times.

In this way, the financial resources of the Pompeii family expanded.Perhaps he could become the leading vassal and knight lord under Baron Barton.

But even so, it is impossible to develop a town in a short period of time.

But with the effect of the current Pompeii wine, Old Sol felt that the Pompeii family might really be able to develop a town.

Really, Old Sol didn't dare to think that he could develop a city, that's impossible.Even if it was possible, the Pompeii family would not be able to defend it.

Old Sol and Lelouch had the same idea. As a vassal of Baron Baron's family, if he owned a city, he would be feared by the Baron family.

That is tired of life.

As for the promotion of the Pompeii family to become a baronial family, Old Saul never dreamed of it, it was too difficult.

All in all, Old Saul admired his eldest son.This is an ambitious little guy who might allow Pompey's family to have a town.

But the eldest son has a headache again.

If this eldest son is really allowed to develop a city, then perhaps the Pompeii family will be doomed.

What an excellent eldest son, and too excellent.

After thinking about it, Old Sol was the same as Lelouch at that time.Tell Luther that if the development is too fast, the baron will mind this matter.

At that time, Luther said something very ambitious to Lu Luxiu, and wanted to be a real nobleman.

But for Dad, Luther is very low-key, afraid of scaring Dad.So Luther said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry, I just want to make Pompeii bigger, and it's better to have a small town, that's enough."

"I wish you could think like that."

Old Sol exhaled a sigh of relief.Immediately, Old Sol asked again: "How do you recruit wandering knights and build a town? Do you have a plan?"

Luther patted his chest and said with a smile, "It's all here."

After a pause, Luther continued: "It's very easy to recruit wandering knights. We give ten gold coins a month, and there are a lot of junior knights to choose from. But what we need are loyal and reliable knights. So we We should look for it from our Pompeii, or from the knights who went out from the six major families."

This is what Luther thought.

It is very simple to become a real noble.

financial resources.

force.

Now we have financial resources and no force.Under such circumstances, first recruit reliable knights to build up the basic combat power in the territory.

Recruit more guards.

And there are many wandering knights in this world, or knights who work for others.They are all descendants of nobles without territories, and commoner knights.

And the general real nobles, such as the Barton family.They have a very reliable relationship with the knight family.

These families include the Pompeii family, etc., and there are twenty or thirty knight vassals.

This is the pillar of the Barton family and the cornerstone of the Barton family's rule.

The second is that Bozi, Howard, etc. were employed by the Barton family, but this employment relationship usually lasted for several generations.

This guaranteed the loyalty of these knights.

The Pompeii family is too small to have such a heritage.The only ones who can be trusted are the Iron Horse Clan.The contemporary knight is Magellan, and the next generation is Shushua.

And if wandering knights were recruited casually, the knights might rebel and ransack the master's house.This kind of thing is not an exception, it is easy to happen.

So choose to recruit knights, you need to be cautious.

According to the current situation of Pompeii's family, Luther thinks that there are three ways to start.

One is Pompeii's house.

One is the iron horse family.

One is the other five families.

It's very simple.

Just like Luther's generation, he also had younger brothers, William and Pompey.So does old Saul have any brothers?Well, Luther knew that Old Sol had no brothers, that Old Sol was an only son.

But didn't old Sol have an uncle, or uncle?So what about uncle, uncle's son?

Where did these noble descendants go?Either become a scholar, or become a knight working for others.

The same goes for the Iron Horse family and the other five big families.

After all, there are some clansmen scattered throughout the Kingdom of Prussia, becoming knights working for others, or simply wandering knights.

Recruiting these people is more trustworthy than other wandering knights.

Old Sol knocked on the desk with his index finger when he heard the words, closed his eyes and thought for a while, finally nodded and said: "You are more thoughtful. Our Pompeii family has not only knights, but also some other scholars. Some people are okay outside, and some people are not. Whether they are good or bad, they are always dependent on others. As the leader of the Pompeii family, now that the Pompeii family has financial resources, I should take care of them. These clansmen. As for the Iron Horse clan, there are five other clans, and there are also talented clansmen living outside."

Speaking of this, Old Sol showed a smile on his face, and said: "One of my cousins ​​is called Ston, Pompeii. He is a quite powerful middle-level knight."

"Intermediate knight?" Luther's eyes lit up, and his saliva almost flowed out.

You know, those who are not born in a noble family but who can become middle-level knights are not simple people.

Old Sol nodded, and then said seriously; "What about after recruiting knights? How do you plan to develop the territory?"

"It's very simple. With the Bass cattle plowing the fields, we can cut down forests and have enough fields. We rely on some policies to attract freemen, such as reclaimed fields, which belong to freemen themselves. Another example is to exempt the first One year's tax. The second is the serf, who spends money to buy it."

Luther had actually conceived about this for a long time, but he was too shy to mention it before, but now of course it poured out like a torrential river.

In this Kingdom of Prussia, which is similar to the structure of European aristocrats in the Middle Ages, it is very simple to develop territories.There is a population first, and that's it.

With a large-scale town, even a small town, commercial activities can be carried out.

What Luther said to Dad, only develop a town, and develop to a certain extent, is completely lying to Dad.When there is a town, is a city still far away?
Wait until you have a city, enough force, and more gold coins.

Luther had to engage in diplomacy, and took the money to lobby the noble house in the capital, the king, and the nobles of the courts, and get a baron to be the first.

Haha.

perfect.

Sooner or later, we will become a nobleman, a man standing at the top of the food chain.

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(End of this chapter)