I'm not a lord

Chapter 64 Acting vigorously and resolutely
"Master, resisting corvée labor and inciting rebellion are serious crimes. According to the laws of White Bear Territory, they should be hanged!"

As steward of the land, old Albert was in charge of justice when the lord was away.

He pronounced judgments on more than a dozen cases last winter.

A serf couple who committed adultery were subjected to the most cruel "sawing punishment" - that is, they were sawed in half alive with a wood-cutting saw.

Although hanging is equally cruel, it at least causes less pain than sawing.

When they heard that they were going to be hanged, the two serfs on the stage knelt down with a thud.

One of them burst into tears and pleaded in a trembling voice, "Master, we know we are wrong! We are runaway slaves from outside and don't know the laws of White Bear Territory. Please forgive us this time!"

Another one followed suit and cried out, "Master, we are willing to work for you. Even if we work ourselves to death for you, we have no complaints!"

Lin En shook her head: "You just know you are going to die."

At the same time, the shouts of the serfs below the stage became increasingly deafening.

"Hang! Hang!"

The uniform sound waves seemed to shatter the night sky.

Seeing that their emotions were becoming more and more intense, Lin En gently raised his right hand.

That hand seemed to have pressed a switch, and the audience immediately returned to silence.

Soon, an executioner from White Bear Town moved the gallows to the center of the platform and put the noose around the necks of the two serfs.

The blood-stained noose was rough and cold, as if the tentacles of death were tightly strangling their throats.

The two serfs' bodies were shaking violently, their faces filled with fear and despair, and they had lost the ability to speak.

"Execute!" Lin En gave the order.

The executioner kicked the stools under the feet of the two serfs away, and the two were instantly suspended in the air, their bodies twisting violently in mid-air.

Their legs kicked wildly and their mouths opened to the limit in extreme pain, but they could only make silent screams.

The more violently they struggled, the more excited the serfs in the audience became.

Pairs of eyes sparkled with strange light, as if they were appreciating a wonderful performance. Some serfs couldn't help but clench their fists, with twisted excitement on their faces.

The executioner of White Bear Leader is quite professional. He can control the strength and tightness of the noose to delay the death of the prisoner as much as possible so that the audience can get the most "top-level" enjoyment.

The professionalism of the executioner is even directly related to the overall happiness of the serfs in the territory.

How boring would it be to kill someone in one go?

Lin En was not interested in watching this kind of performance. He returned to the tent in the center of the camp and called Old Albert, his son Xiao Ai, and another young manager.

Except for Lao Ai, who has a two-star rating, the attributes of the other two are also clear to Lin En.

【Little Albert★】

[Commander E-] [Strength E] [Physique E] [Intelligence E] [Internal Affairs D] [Charm E-]

[Loyalty: 97 (already accepted as a follower)]

[Feature: Law - Public security is unlikely to decline under rule]

Xiao Ai's attributes are a weakened version of his father's, and his characteristics are all related to internal affairs. With time, he will most likely be upgraded to two stars.

Finn★

[Commander E-] [Strength E-] [Physique E-] [Intelligence E] [Internal Affairs D-] [Charm E]

[Loyalty: 98 (already accepted as a follower)]

[Feature: Transport - When leading a transport unit, the marching speed is increased]

The steward, named Finn, was also an internal affairs expert, with slightly lower attributes than Xiao Ai, but a more military-oriented personality. "I've been patrolling the area around the salt mine again these past couple of days and discovered a fairly large tribe of barbarians nearby, numbering around 4,000."

Lynn revealed the existence of the lowland tribe to the three.

The three of them had different expressions. Old Ai was worried, Little Ai was excited, and Finn was a combination of both.

"Master, are we going to fight the barbarians?"

Xiao Ai once sought martial arts advice from the knights in the territory and has a rather radical personality.

In his opinion, there was nothing to be afraid of in a fight with the barbarians.

They are just a bunch of primitive people who still use bones and stones as weapons. How can they defeat the lord's well-trained armored knights?
If a war really breaks out, he will definitely get a chance to fight.

If one can achieve significant military achievements and gain the favor of the lord, he may become an official knight in the future.

Isn't being a knight with a territory and servants much better than inheriting your father's position as the steward of the territory?
This is the real class leap.

"Master, I think we should be cautious. Going to war with a tribe of 4,000 people will definitely affect the upcoming autumn harvest. Moreover, with the current strength of Bai Xiong, it may be difficult to wipe out this tribe."

Old Ai was essentially opposed to this, but he did not dare to suggest asking the Duke of Swamp for help.

If the news of White Bear Territory's illegal salt mining were to get out, the entire territory would probably be razed to the ground by the angry Duke.

Compared to this, the barbarians are nothing.

Lin En didn't care what the three of them thought and gave the order directly:
"Old Albert, your worries are unnecessary. I have persuaded this tribe of barbarians to join the White Bear Territory. In ten days, I will bring four hundred barbarians here, all of whom are women and children.

I plan to match them with the escaped slaves from Sanhe City, which will just solve the escaped slaves' single problem.

Today's public execution should be able to deter these fugitive slaves. Tomorrow you will break them up and assign them to different groups. Their future residence with the other fugitives will be the village where the group is located.

You are responsible for all these people. The food for the refugees and escaped slaves will be temporarily distributed by the castle until this year's autumn harvest.

Their residences and fields were divided according to the quotas of ordinary serfs, just to fill the vacancies left by those 'indentured farmers'."

In Lin En's plan, serfs and indentured farmers will coexist in White Bear Territory for a period of time.

Serfs still had 60 mu of land and 60 mu of public land per household. These fields were cultivated fields that had been worked for many years and the yield was guaranteed.

Although the contract farmers owned 120 acres of land, only 60 acres of it were cultivated fields, and they had to reclaim the remaining 60 acres themselves.

Lynn only promised to give them enough land and freedom, but did not say that these lands were cultivated fields.

You want a field?

The policy has been given to you. Go and open up the wasteland yourself and don't occupy the master's precious public land.

Anyway, I can never repay the lord's kindness.

The three managers were all shocked by Lin En's decisiveness.

Master, you only took five soldiers away two days ago, right?

Just six people conquered a tribe of 4,000 barbarians?
real or fake?

Could it be that the master is really the God of War?

But none of the three dared to question Lin En, and could only assume that this was the truth.

Lynn then gave instructions to Little Albert and Finn:

"Starting tomorrow, you will spend half a day every day learning the language of the barren people with me. The salt and asphalt mines will be mined by the barren people in the future. You two will be responsible for connecting with them, receiving their ore, and providing them with the corresponding food."

Then he looked around at the three of them, "Do you understand?"

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