Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 243 Village
Rhode didn't wait for a while, and the officer came out with a group of soldiers lined up neatly.

"My lord, we are ready to leave now." The officer reported to Rhodes.

"What's your name?" Rhode suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked the officer's name.

"Rudolph," replied the officer.

Rhodes nodded, and asked again, "Can you draw a map?"

Now Hamer is busy with other things, and the drawing of the map can only be handed over to others.

"Yes, but I don't bring animal skins and pens with me now." Rudolph replied.

"Let's go to the town ahead to buy it." Rhodes thought for a while and didn't have such a thing in his space ring.

The castle hadn't been repaired since it was captured, and only the room where the chief academician stayed could barely accommodate people, and there shouldn't be such a thing.

Rhodes originally planned to go to the small town by the river again. He planned to go north along the river to the Rocky Mountains, circle around the territory and then slowly walk in.

None of these soldiers had horses, and they had to stop in towns and villages one by one. Rhodes felt that two or three days was not enough time, but it was still very necessary to do this.

As a lord, you must at least know how many villages there are in the territory and how many resources there are.

Rhodes brought the group of soldiers to the small town again, and he and the officer went to buy animal skins, pens and ink, and gave the soldiers some money to buy dry food, and let them keep the extra money as a reward .

Seeing that it was Rhodes who wanted to buy something, the grocery store owner didn't dare to take his money, but Rhodes finally forced it to him.

On the way, Rhodes learned that Rudolph's ancestors were nobles, but they declined later, losing their territories and titles.

In order to restore the glory of his family, he taught himself a lot, whether it was swordsmanship or marching and fighting, he was better at it.

It didn't take long for the soldiers to return to the agreed meeting point with their things, and Rhodes also changed into the most gorgeous armor.

Rhodes felt that he needed to establish his majesty in front of his subjects. Most of his subjects were farmers who had never seen the world. Wearing such a set of armor would definitely give him a lot of impression points.

He led the group of soldiers towards the north, looking at the large group of soldiers in armor behind him, Rhodes still had some sense of accomplishment in his heart.

It has been almost a year since Rhodes traveled to this world. A year ago, he couldn't even buy a set of such equipment for these soldiers.Today, a year later, he no longer looks down on such equipment.

As soon as he left the town, Rhodes saw Hammer leading a group of people working by the river, and the outline of a mill had been built next to them, and the efficiency was a bit beyond his imagination.

However, he didn't find it so strange after thinking that the Chief Grand Maester could use the convenient and easy-to-use telekinesis.

When I have money in the future, I will definitely hire a large group of mages to build a house for me.

This idea suddenly came to Rhodes' mind.

After he greeted Hammer and the chief scholar, he continued to lead the soldiers towards the north.

As the sun was setting, they reached a village by the river.

The villagers in the village stood at the gate of the village, holding hoes in their hands and staring at Rhodes nervously.

"You don't have to be afraid, I'm the new lord here." Rhodes opened his mask and said.

"Are you here to collect taxes?" one of the strongest middle-aged men asked nervously.

"Relax, I'm not a tax collector, I just want to know about the situation in your village." Rhode comforted.

"Our village is called Dahe Village, and there are more than 100 people in total." The middle-aged man was still a little nervous.

There is Dahe Village, but is there Xiaohe Village?
Rhodes suddenly had this idea.

"How many people are 100 in total? Be more specific." Rhodes asked again, but he suddenly thought that it might be the limit for these villagers to count to one hundred.

"We don't know how to count, my lord." The middle-aged man thought that Rhodes was angry, and said with a sad face.

Rhodes nodded. He didn't think it was necessary to count too clearly, the population was fluid.The number is clear today, maybe the number of people will change.There must be young people in this village yearning for a life outside, and they have always thought about leaving the village and going outside.

He just needs to have an approximate number in his mind, but on second thought, he still has to count it himself, who knows if the number of more than 100 people is wrong.

"You call all the people in the village here, and I will count them myself," Rhodes said.

The middle-aged man nodded, turned around and ran towards the village behind him with a few people beside him.

Rhodes waited for a while, and they came out with a group of women and children who were a little scared.

"Is that all?" Rhodes asked again.

"Yes, my lord." The middle-aged man replied seriously after turning his head for a few glances.

Rhodes used the mage ball, closed his eyes and observed with mental power.

There are obviously more than 200 people in this village, nearly 300 people.I don't know how they count, is more than 100 equal to more than [-]?

"Okay, you can let them go back first, I still have something to ask you." Rhodes said to the middle-aged man.

The villagers left here one after another when they heard Rhodes' words.

Judging from the clothes and expressions of these villagers, Rhodes can guess that this village is very poor, and it is already winter. Although it is much warmer than other places in the Nord Kingdom, it is still a bit cold, and most of these villagers are Still only wearing unlined clothing.

Their complexions are not very good, and they all have dishes, as if they often don't have enough to eat.

However, the geographical conditions of this village are much better than the one that hosted them before. It is close to the river, even if the grain yield is not high, at least they can fish in the river.

"What's going on in your village? Why do most people look bad? If you don't grow enough food, you can go fishing in the river." Rhodes asked.

"This side of the river belongs to your territory. Do you really allow us to go fishing in the river?" The middle-aged man said with surprise.

Rhodes suddenly remembered that this place had been ruled by the Roman Empire for many years, and the thoughts of the residents here would definitely be bound by the original laws of the Roman Empire.

Every lord has the power to formulate laws based on the laws of the country. Rhodes felt that he could formulate the laws of the territory along the way in the past few days and promote them to the residents of the territory.

He feels that there are many unreasonable and omissions in the laws of the Nord Kingdom, and he can formulate the laws of his own territory according to modern laws.

"You can catch as much as you want. If you catch too much, you can salt the fish and sell them. As long as you don't poison the river, I have no problem." Rhodes said with a smile.

"My lord, you are a generous and good man." The middle-aged man bowed down to Rhodes gratefully.

However, it was stopped by Rhodes in time with the mage ball.

"You don't need to do this. Instead of letting these fish swim away or be hunted and killed by others, it's better to let you eat them." Rhodes waved his hand. It is almost impossible to affect the ecological balance of the river by relying on the world's primitive fishing methods.

"My lord, you must stay with us tonight. I'll just go down to the river and bring you a few fish. The previous lord didn't let us fish, which wasted my swimming ability." The middle-aged man was happy. say...

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(End of this chapter)