Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 147 Arriving at Iron Town
Steel Town.

The dawn slowly opened, the people inside the house pushed open the door, and pedestrians began to appear on the street. People carried hoes and walked towards the outside of the steel town in the morning light.Wisps of green smoke began to rise from the chimney above the blacksmith shop, and the crisp sound of forging spread far away in the steel town.

Patel arrived at the government affairs hall early, and today is the day when Master Shire arrives, accompanied by thousands of Iris soldiers and knights.

The chefs of the entire steel town gathered, the mill crushed the wheat, and turned it into carts and carts of flour to be transported from the mill.The cooks unload the flour, put it in a vat, add some water, and start kneading.

Beside them were serfs in rags, holding hay and boiled beans, mixed together, this was the fodder for the horses of the Knights.

"Is Master Charles coming soon?" Baron Patel, wearing a semi-new noble dress, asked the messenger riding a white horse in front of him.

"Baron Patel, the Earl is expected to arrive in the afternoon, and please prepare enough food and housing." The messenger on a white horse nodded towards Baron Patel.

Time passed slowly, the yellowish flour gathered together under the mixing of clear water, slightly swelled under the flame, and the bread exuding the fragrance of wheat was taken out of the oven and placed on the dustpan beside it.

Put mutton, beef, and pork cut into large pieces in a big pot, then put coarse salt, then add water, and various fruits.

The sun is gradually brightening, and the soft spring breeze caresses people's faces with the sun.Baron Patel stood at the gate of Steel Town, looking forward to the wilderness ahead.

Suddenly, a flag fluttering in the wind appeared in the distant wilderness, and the neatly arranged iris infantry walked towards the steel town step by step. Armored, knight with a spear.

During the march, the knights on both sides and the Iris infantry regiment were like a whole, slowly heading towards the steel town.

Just two or three hundred meters away from the steel town, the knights and infantry slowly stood still, and then a passage was formed in the army, and Charles, riding a black horse, wearing silver armor and a fiery red robe, stepped out of it.

Baron Patel hurried up to greet him with small steps, and bowed to Charles who was riding on his horse.

"My lord, hello."

Charles got off his horse and nodded, his fiery red robe fluttering in the spring breeze.

"Is the food ready?"

"My lord, you are ready."

"Andre, Rice, Rao, tell the soldiers to prepare for dinner."

"Yes, Lord Earl." The three said in unison, and at this time, naturally no one would call the young master unwisely.

"Besides, there are the civil servants and workers' team I brought from Tulip City." Charles looked at Baron Patel and continued, "You are in charge of these people."

Most of the civil servants are in charge of tax statistics, and most of them can read a few words and count. Shire brought them here to establish household registration.

After all, the security team knew that they could not read with their feet.

The workers' team was set up when Shire was still a baron. At that time, he was responsible for repairing roads and building houses.They were responsible for the establishment of Iris Town at that time.

Charles brought them here this time intending to continue expanding their team. After all, merging the villages would not allow them to live in an open space. After all, they must have a thatched hut.

"Yes, Lord Earl." Baron Patel nodded in obedience.

After giving the order, Charles walked towards the steel town, followed by Baron Patel.

In a spacious room next to the government affairs hall, food has been set up, including grilled wild boar legs, fresh mushroom soup, wine, and freshly baked white bread.

"Peter, do you know what I'm here for?" Charles opened the seat and sat in.

"Master, are you planning to attack Earl Violet?" Baron Patel thought in his heart, so many soldiers came to Steel Town, they must not be here for tourism, they can only attack Earl Violet.

"No, I have other things for you this time." Charles took a bite of the white bread, there was no yeast to ferment, and the noodles were all stuck together.Maybe there is time to get out the yeast and improve my own food.

Charles filled a bowl of broth with a spoon, swallowed the sour white bread in his mouth, looked at the puzzled Baron Patel and continued: "I plan to establish a household registration system. Don't you think the current management is too rough? Yet?

The villages are very scattered, and the annual tax collection is a messy account. Sometimes the tax collectors can't find them. I don't care if I missed it on purpose or not, but this situation can't happen again. "

"Master, what are you going to do?" Baron Patel asked cautiously.

"If you combine villages with dozens or hundreds of people, each village must have at least 500 people, and each village must set up a security team and a government affairs office.

Everyone in the village must be registered in the household registration, and the household registration must be divided into two, which are kept in the security team and the government affairs office.Taxation, tax payment, and conscription are all based on household registration.

Moreover, people in the village must obtain documents proving their identity from the security team and hand them over to the local security team when they arrive at the destination. "Charle told Baron Patel the general idea.

"Master, what if there are serfs who don't obey? What if someone deliberately misses the serfs? And the workload of this matter is too great." Baron Patel said worriedly, but if this matter really If it can be implemented, then Shire's control over the steel town will be strengthened by more than a little.And the mobilization ability of the iris collar will be greatly enhanced.

However, it sounds like a good thing for serfs to be registered, but it is not the case for serfs. If they are not registered, then taxation and conscription will not involve them. Patel believes that there will be someone Find a way to escape the household registration.

"Peter, who are the people in Steel Town?" Charles said while eating.

"Master, Iron Town has most of the blacksmiths from the Iris Collar, the serfs plundered from the Cosmos Collar, and pioneers from all over the place."

"Then will this matter involve the interests of the blacksmiths?"

"It won't be involved." Baron Patel replied. Blacksmiths don't need to be drafted for military service, they only need to forge weapons for soldiers, and they don't know how to cultivate farmland.

He seemed to sense that he understood something.

"Then, is there any family of Iris Soldier in Steel Town?"

"Master, no." Baron Patel's voice gradually became louder, and he already understood what Master Charles meant.

"So if anyone dares to stop this matter, kill them without mercy!" Charles put down his knife and fork, murderous, stood up, and continued: "This matter not only includes serfs, but also the security team, government affairs I'm a petty official in the hall. Anyone who dares to use this matter to make a fortune, I will not be lenient."

"Of order, my lord, I will take care of them myself."

……

Mulati was originally a businessman in the Cosmos collar, but was later plundered to the Iris collar by the Earl Shire of the Iris family.

Later, he was brought to Iron Town, where all his property was gone, and he was now on the same level as those serfs.

But nobles will always be nobles, and businessmen will always be businessmen. Although Mulati has nothing, he quickly surrendered to Baron Patel and began to manage the serfs of Cosmos to build towns and mine ores.

He also obtained a bloody fund from it. Later, the Earl allowed them to reclaim the land by themselves, and he followed the prestige and praise of his own rule and hired a group of serfs to open up wasteland for him.

He even secretly accepted a few serfs as his servants, and he made a comeback with nothing.

Mulati was leaning on the old wooden chair, swaying leisurely. In front of him were a dozen serfs holding iron hoes. They were wearing linen single clothes and their faces were covered with brown wrinkles.

Mulati thought leisurely, and heard that Baron Patel said that the reclaimed wasteland does not need to hand in grain for the first two years, but he can reclaim a little more.

If two years have passed, some property can be prepared for the small official who confiscated the land, and his land can be turned into wasteland, so that he will not have to pay taxes all the time.

Mulati looked at the sun in the sky, and the warm sunlight shone on his body. He lazily turned over and planned to take a lunch break.

At this moment, a servant in a linen singlet covered with patches ran over.

"Master Mulati, a group of soldiers with spears came outside. They said they would come to count the household registration and territory."

"Where are they? Take me to see them." Mulati took a small wooden suitcase beside him and walked forward.

At the gate of the village, a dozen Iris infantrymen with iron spears were surrounded by a few petty officials in linen robes.

Mulati realized that this should be the so-called working group sent by Baron Patel.They will find the villages in Iron Town, measure the population and location of the villages, and then merge the surrounding villages together.

"You guys have worked hard all the way, eating and sleeping. Please let me treat you well." Mulati tightly held the small suitcase in his hand. Whether he can get away with it today depends entirely on it, otherwise he can only resist.

He has already discussed with the small lords of several surrounding villages. This matter must be resisted. The villages will be merged together. What will happen to the reclaimed land and houses?I heard that the household registration system is still going to be done, so what about the serfs they adopted?What about the territories they secretly reclaimed and invaded?
"No, you're Mulati, I'm notifying you on behalf of the government affairs office of Steel Town.

Later we will conduct the third census of your village and register your population.Because the number of people in your village is too small, it needs to be merged with other villages, so please be prepared. "One of them stood in front, a small official with the appearance of a civil servant, said coldly.

Mulati greeted him with a flattering smile, and with his left hand he took the hand of the person who spoke just now, while with his right hand he stuffed the small suitcase into his hand.

The small suitcase was full of gold, silver and copper coins that he had looted when he surrendered to Baron Patel and helped suppress the cosmos serfs, which he accumulated little by little.

Thinking of this, Mulati felt a little pain in his flesh, but looking at the large farmland around him, his pain gradually disappeared. If these farmlands can be classified as wasteland, then he will make a lot of money. With the help of this farmland that does not need to pay taxes , he can hire and raise more serfs, cultivate more fields, and raise more servants, and he will have his own manor, trade route, and territory.

Just as Mulati was immersed in his sweet dreams, the person opposite him stretched out his hand and slightly pushed the small suitcase away. Mulati thought it was him who took it, so he let go of his fingers.

The heavy suitcase fell on the grassy field, making a small hole, and the suitcase was thrown away, and the inside shone like gold and silver.

"Mulati, bribing an employee is a felony, but it's your first offense and you won't be punished." The civil servant looked at Mulati as if he was looking at a fool. Didn't he know that seven or eight people had already committed crimes because of According to the greed in his heart, he accepted their gold coins and wanted to help them get away with it, but was discovered by Baron Patel, who was executed in Steel Town shortly thereafter.

At that time, some people were not convinced, and made a fuss to Lord Earl Shire, but the young master lightly pushed back with a single sentence.

From then on, no one dared to accept bribes, and Master Shire issued an order: "Anyone who dares to stretch out his hand must be prepared to be cut off."

Is this little village head who looks shrewd, but does things badly, trying to kill him?Giving him gold coins in public is really daring.

Didn't he know that Master Shire had ordered: "Will those who give bribes accept bribes be treated the same? If he accepts this gold coin or silver coin, he will probably be hanged tomorrow.

He glanced at Mulati wearily, and continued: "Iris soldiers rule all the serfs who come here to report and register. If someone is not registered, then even if he is killed among them, no one will defend his interests.

Sir Earl Shire said that only those who have household registration will be the leaders of the Iris family, and the soldiers of the Iris family will safeguard their interests. "

After speaking, he walked towards the territory, and the iris soldiers behind him protected him.

One of the Iris infantrymen threw down his spear and shouted with a trumpet-shaped thing. With the blessing of this trumpet-shaped thing, the sound was transmitted far away.

This is what Shire ordered. After all, the serfs are illiterate, and most of them are what their lords say, so there are many policies that involve their interests and are beneficial to them. The lords said it would increase their taxes and cut their lands.

So the Shire sent Iris soldiers, who were also serfs, to loudly publicize them, so that these serfs could really understand the specific situation of this policy.

As long as the serfs knew that this policy was really beneficial to them, they would promote this policy.

(End of this chapter)