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Chapter 577 Great Harvest, Great Development

Richard acted quickly, and it took him only two days to conquer the city of Mainz. Then, this large Germanic tribe with a population of 30,000, which had a geographical advantage, was directly destroyed by Richard.

In the end, less than 5,000 Germans escaped from Mainz, and the rest were either killed in battle or captured. A once large tribe simply vanished into thin air.

By the time the surrounding Germanic tribes received the news, Richard had already left with his rich spoils.

With the help of the Rhine River, Richard easily took away the profits of Mainz. Tens of thousands of people were sent back to the Rhine Province and then divided into several grades according to their age and gender.

Then the distribution will be carried out. Women will be assigned to those brave soldiers, men will be assigned to the vassal army, mines and other areas according to their status, and children will be sent to special military camps.

These Germanic children were trained in skills here and then sent to vassal armies or barbarian foreign legions. Of course, some of them would follow their mothers and marry soldiers in the army.

The Romans attached great importance to adopting adopted sons, because in the Roman political rules, adopted sons and foster sons also had the right of inheritance.

Due to the limitations of the medical environment of this era, the child mortality rate is very high, and it is good enough if half of the children can grow up healthy.

Therefore, people attach great importance to their children, adopted sons, and foster sons. After all, no one knows whether their son will die young, or whether they can have children in the future, or whether the children can grow up.

If these women had children, most soldiers would not mind. Instead, they would be happy to adopt a son.

This custom will continue for a long period of history. At the same time, this custom is also very common among nomadic peoples.

Richard returned with his army, and the whole territory was filled with jubilation. In this era, a leader who can bring victory is what they need.

Just like the Roman Empire, the citizens and nobles of Rome would be particularly tolerant of generals who could lead them to victory. For the emperor, victory and military merit were the first priority.

This is also why Aetius gained such high prestige.

Richard destroyed a large tribe in one battle, and the entire territory gained a lot of benefits. At the same time, victory can also unite people and make these exiled people feel a sense of belonging.

Therefore, after Richard won the war, he began to provide some benefits to the civilians in the territory, such as increasing the food supply and distributing the large number of casualties of livestock and war horses.

Although each person gets a small amount, it is necessary to have some.

In addition to these, Richard began to recruit garrison troops in the territory. The garrison troops were different from the standing army. They were similar to the military household system during the Ming Dynasty, and they were responsible for farming and guarding the border at the same time.

This type of army belongs to the second-line army. Even when they go to the battlefield, they are only used to transport logistical supplies or defend the homeland.

And this kind of garrison has an advantage, that is, it saves money. Of course, these garrison corps will be transformed into something similar to the palace soldiers in the future.

The land was distributed to them, and when war came, they were required to provide their own weapons, armor, and horses to join the army.

At the same time, Richard was going to make laws in the territory. The current territory had almost no decent laws, which was not conducive to the future development of the territory. It was also to restrict those Germanic barbarians who liked to fight privately.

When enforcing the law, Richard was also going to implement the aristocracy system. He did not intend to implement any advanced system.

The old system is replaced by the new system because the current era, actual productivity, etc. are no longer applicable, which is why the old system is abandoned and the new system is promoted.

Given the current state of Europe, the feudal system is considered to be ahead of its time.

Richard planned to implement the feudal empire monarchy centralized system, as for the feudal lord system, he did not intend to use it. The feudal system was convenient, but it would cause a lot of trouble later, so he planned to use centralization.

The title system used five ranks of nobility: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. At the same time, two more ranks of nobility, knight and knight, were added under the lowest level of baron.

Knights simply correspond to the army. Now the highest rank in the army is the knight, and it will definitely be promoted in the future.

A knight's title will have a knight's manor and control a territory of about half a village. As for the title of knight, it is reserved for scholars and civil servants.

Those well-known scholars or scholars who have made great contributions will be awarded the title of knight. However, the title of knight is different from the title of knight. The title of knight does not have a territory, but only a small annual salary.

A title represents status, not power.

Each level of nobility would only be granted a manor as a symbol, and other than that, it would be a higher status and treatment. For example, having a nobility title would bring more privileges, such as the right to go to school, join the army, participate in politics, or use it to atone for a crime.

It is just like the ancient Dongda system of nobility and fiefdom. You have fiefdom, but the management of the territory is also managed by officials appointed by the emperor. The fiefdom of nobility needs to be distributed by local officials after collecting taxes. For your territory, you are just a title, and you have no actual right to govern it.

Of course, Richard didn't plan to do anything like "real" and "virtual". The ancient Dongda's "real" and "virtual" division of titles was too messy. In the end, the title was completely worthless, becoming a virtual title. Not to mention the power, even the money was gone, and it became a complete honorary title. This way the country saves money, but others are not fools. You know, it is often the free things that are the most expensive.

The consequence is that those who were willing to fight for their country will disappear.

When he occupied Gaul, Italy, and even the entire Western Roman Empire, he might then implement the feudal system.

The domestic system was similar to the county system, while the feudal states were divided into feudal systems. In general, it was a combination of monarchical centralization and feudal systems.

After all, given the transportation and communication environment of that era, the cost of ruling a huge empire was too high.

The Roman Empire had a vast territory, but what about their ability to govern? It was also very limited. In order to govern the vast territory, Rome divided the empire into two halves and set up two kings, the East and the West. Later, four kings were set up.

Each empire has two kings, the chief and the vice-king.

But even so, the ruling power of the Roman Empire was still not high. After the decline of the empire, it had to abandon remote areas, so that in the end, more and more places were abandoned.

It took several months for news from the empire's frontiers to reach the central government. After the central government made a decision, it took more than half a year for the order to be conveyed back.

It is simply unrealistic to want to control all territories in such a long time.

Therefore, the feudal system was the best solution. Remote areas with inconvenient transportation were given to meritorious officials, while those areas with convenient transportation and rich resources were directly governed by the empire.

The Roman Empire actually had some transportation advantages, because most of its territory was surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, so it could use the Mediterranean Sea to communicate using ships.

Although there are dangers in going out to sea by ship, it is much more convenient and faster than land transportation.

The Mediterranean Sea is to the Roman Empire what the canal is to the ancient Orient. Developing navigation technology is very important for Richard's empire in the future. With navigation technology, the control of the empire can be greatly strengthened.

In order to control the territories of various places, the Roman Empire not only developed its navy, but also built a large number of Roman roads. However, even with the Roman roads, it would be difficult to govern those places that were far away.

So Richard simply divided the land into different regions. These regions were far away, with difficult roads and difficult management, which could easily lead to a series of problems.

After the enfeoffment, it will be much more convenient to have other people guarding these areas. Most of these areas are easy to develop, and many places cannot even be self-sufficient in food. At that time, we can completely control these areas through trade.

Of course, no matter how good a system is, it will eventually decay. Richard cannot control what the country will become in the future. After all, he will not stay in this plane forever.

He was originally seeking divine power, not to rush the world into modernization.

He has no intention of developing technology or anything like that.

There is no need to worry about this small area of ​​the Rhine Province for the time being, and there will definitely be no problems. The problem will be that problems will continue to appear as the territory becomes larger in the future.

After returning to the territory, Richard arranged all the matters. With the help of the witches summoned by Alea, the affairs of the territory became much easier, and Richard now almost became a hands-off boss.

These witches basically know how to manage. After all, as temple priests, they need to manage the affairs of the temple.

Now he only needs to make a decision or set a direction, and the rest can be left to the people below.

Besides, there weren’t too many complicated issues in this era. It was nothing more than farming, fighting, getting married, settling down, and so on.

The main task of the Rhine Territory now is to cultivate farmland and build defense lines. Richard found the farming technology from the database and taught it to the druid priests.

The busiest people in the territory right now are the druid priests.

Richard did not promote intensive farming. This farming method has a high yield, but the problem is that it requires very high farming skills. In a place like Western Europe in the fifth century AD, the crop rotation system had not yet been figured out, let alone intensive farming.

Moreover, the land here is vast and the population is sparse, so the rotation system also has advantages.

After Richard came back, a large number of troops were disbanded and then pulled into growing food. Richard has been gathering people, so the food needed will continue to increase. This year, we are working hard to reclaim some land and grow food, so that when more exiles are sent here, there will be food to eat.

In addition to growing food, Richard also farmed fish near the Rhine River. Soldiers need to eat meat regularly to be strong, and fish is one of the few meats that can be easily obtained in large quantities.

(End of this chapter)