I'm not a lord

Chapter 119: How to get rich overnight? Only through war!
Now that there is the model project of White Bear Leader, Lin En no longer needs to teach people how to farm as he did in the past.

Not only do the managers and village heads of the Shallow Beach Territory need to go for further studies, but blacksmiths and carpenters must also go to the White Bear Territory to learn and understand advanced technology.

The managers in Qiantan Territory are all older, and the youngest is over 30 years old.

In this era, it is considered a big learning experience.

The sons of these old Dengs are still young. Lin En's plan is to send these young Dengs to school and let Lao Liu teach them a lesson.

Of course, we can't be too hasty about this matter. It's safer to do it in batches.

It is only mid-October now, and there is still nearly half a year before next year's spring plowing. Lin En has plenty of time to transform the shallows area.

And just like in White Bear Territory, the top priority for the serfs in Shoal Territory right now is to dredge ditches and repair roads.

Lynn's war to seize the Shoal Territory had almost no impact on these serfs.

Just one day later, they had started going out to work as usual under the threat of whips from the village heads.

These works will probably not be completed until mid-November and are a compulsory autumn task in feudal manors these days.

After giving instructions to the stewards, Lynn came to the study on the second floor of the castle. Yagna was sorting out various account books of the Shoal Territory.

It has to be said that Regent Flora is indeed a talented person in managing the territory.

Under her careful management, the grain output and population size of Qiantanling have increased compared with last year.

This autumn, more than 300 tons of surplus grain produced from the public fields of Qiantan County have been stored in the castle warehouse and have not been affected by the siege.

Even if calculated based on last year's grain purchase price, this is a huge sum of money worth more than four hundred Northern Gold Shields.

If calculated based on the current grain prices, it would soar to over 700 gold shields.

Not only did the castle have a granary, but large quantities of food were also stored in the manors of the knights.

Now all these grains have become Lynn's spoils of war.

Of course, the spoils of a barony are definitely much more than just this amount of food.

After finishing the sorting of the food stocks, Yagna immediately set about counting the spoils and produced a preliminary list in the evening of the same day.

"The entire Shallows Territory has a total of fifty-three sets of full-body chain mail, over twenty sets of half-body chain mail, and over one hundred iron helmets and fine steel swords.

There were twelve light and heavy crossbows in total, hundreds of wrought iron crossbow arrows, and more than one hundred war horses, including thirteen high-quality war horses worth more than sixty gold shields.

The coins found in the castle could be converted into 476 Northern Gold Shields. A total of 172 Gold Shields were collected from the four captured manors.

There are more than twenty valuable cashmere tapestries, more than thirty woolen dresses and coats, two sets of silver tableware, and various books."

The two pieces of parchment that Yagna gave to Lin En seemed light, but they carried thousands of Northern gold shields.

Hundreds of years of accumulation of the entire Shoal Territory fell into his hands.

Why do feudal knights these days yearn for war?
Because war really can make you rich!
A mere barony of 5,000 people has so much spoils. If they can seize a count's castle or a wealthy autonomous city, the profits will be unimaginable.

When Lin En was reviewing the list of spoils, he inexplicably thought of the five escaped knights of the White Bear Territory.

Although the White Bear Territory is a bit poor, after decades or even hundreds of years of accumulation, it has been able to accumulate wealth worth thousands of Northern Gold Shields.

Such a huge sum of money was taken away by those five bastards, forcing him to work hard to find minerals and mine them before completing the initial accumulation. It took him half a year to put together an army of more than 300 people.

That's all his money!
He didn't even leave him a golden shield, what a beast!

If they hadn't run away with their families, Lin En would have hanged them all.

After counting the spoils, the next step was to reward them. Lin En had promised all the soldiers that they would be eligible to share the spoils.

The soldiers did not disappoint his trust, nor did they disappoint the "stick education" of officers such as Lao Wu.

Although it was their first time on the battlefield, these soldiers showed great discipline. No one dared to stop during the battle to collect the spoils, including the armor and weapons of the fallen enemy soldiers.

That night, Lin En prepared a list of rewards based on the battle achievements reported by each squadron.

If rewards are not given in a timely manner or are not given in place, not only will morale decline, but the loyalty of the army will also be affected.

If there is another war, the soldiers may not strictly abide by military discipline.

The next day, Lynn personally escorted a carriage loaded with gold coins to the military camp in the southern part of Shoal Territory.

The so-called military camps are actually the two knights' manors in the past.

Bova was very sensible and offered his estate as a gift.

The other manor belonged to the knight from the Shallows Territory who went to the Green Lake Territory to seek help.

His relatives and attendants have been detained by Lin En and will be punished after he returns.

A commendation platform was set up in the military camp.

Those who participated in the commendation ceremony included one hundred soldiers each under the command of the third and fourth brothers, as well as fifty barbarians.

The first to gain merit in this small-scale war was naturally the savage scout team led by little Soward.

"I heard from Yang and Joseph that it was you who led the scout team to raid four watchtowers and were the first to open the gates of two manors. Your bravery and dedication saved the lives of many soldiers. You are truly heroes!"

Lynn brought little Soward and the ten scouts to the commendation platform and praised the heroic performance of these young men in front of all the soldiers.

Under his order, the barbarians took off their hoods and showed their azure hair to everyone without reservation.

In response, they were met with thunderous applause from the audience.

The performance of the Savage Scouts in this war was perfect.

As Lynn said, if the scouts had not raided the watchtower and sneaked into the manor to open the gate, the number of casualties would never have been just five.

The soldiers all knew who saved their lives, and they looked at the deserters with gratitude and admiration.

The reward that little Thorward received was the best warhorse in the Shoal Territory.

The original owner of this horse was Henrik.

The ten scouts were rewarded with two Northern Gold Shields and sixty acres of cultivated land.

The other forty barbarian archers also received twenty acres of cultivated land as a reward.

Lynn fulfilled his earlier promise.

These barbarians can bring their families to the White Bear Territory.

Little Albert and Finn, who understand the language of the savages, will teach these savages how to cultivate the land so that they can all eat delicious hot rye porridge.

The barbarians who received the bounty could also use the money to buy draft horses and various farm tools.

The other two hundred serf soldiers received cash rewards of varying amounts based on their military achievements.

(End of this chapter)