Wizard Lords: Building an Empire starts from the panel

What Earl Norton hopes is that the Monterey family can serve as a strong, sharp nail to firmly nail Viscount Verin.

The nail should not be too big and should be held firmly in one's hand. Otherwise, you will deviate from your original intention and create a nail for yourself.

As a result, the development of things was somewhat beyond Li Wei's expectation, and even more seriously beyond Earl Norton's expectation.

Earl Norton's original intention was to support the weak and control the strong, but as a result, Li Wei's energy suddenly became greater than that of Viscount Verin, and Li Wei even got close to the Marquis of Ashan.

At this time, the nail used by Earl Norton to restrain Viscount Verin seemed to have become the steel awl in the hands of Marquis Ashan. It was hard to say who he was restraining.

Levi estimated that owning a complete viscounty in Green County at this stage would be almost the limit of what Earl Norton could tolerate.

If the Monterey family becomes too powerful in Green County, the Norton family, which originally protected the Monterey family, may instead suppress them.

In this way, not only will it look ugly, but the development of the Monterey family will also be greatly affected.

If the second viscounty can be successfully established, Li Wei plans to choose the location in the newly expanded five counties. After all, the Ashan family will be his biggest backing in the future, and the benefits of developing there are endless.

As for the future, it will not be easy for Levi to take the next step and become an earl.

The position of actual earl is a carrot and a pit. There is only one actual earl in each border county.

In the kingdom's more than a thousand years of history, there were only two records of the earl being deprived of its title.

The first time was eight hundred years ago, when an earl from the East betrayed the kingdom, intending to destroy the kingdom's army by colluding inside and outside. In the end, the matter was exposed, and the kingdom narrowly survived another crisis, and the earl's family was naturally expelled.

The other time was four hundred years ago, when a count from the north underestimated the enemy and rushed in, ruining three of the kingdom's standing elite legions, and triggering a series of tragic chain reactions.

When the situation was at its most critical, three border counties in a row were wiped out by the orcs. The troops from the hinterland county and the other three regions that could be mobilized all pushed to the northern front line, and then the orcs were barely driven back.

The Earl of the North who underestimated the enemy and entered rashly was allowed to commit suicide under the trial of the Noble Council. The family's earl title, three viscount titles, and seven baron titles were all deprived of it, and only one baron title was retained in the end.

Apart from this, no other great nobleman has been deprived of his title in the history of the kingdom.

Even for the three border counties that were wiped out four hundred years ago, the three earls responsible for them all died fighting with the enemy outnumbered.

Although the territory was temporarily lost, after the kingdom regained the lost territory, the three earls were passed on as usual.

Therefore, if Li Wei wants to further become a great noble, he should not expect to find a pit in the kingdom.

Every time a new great noble is born in the kingdom, it is almost always accompanied by a great victory that expands territory on a large scale.

Only when the territory of the kingdom expands and the number of border counties increases will the kingdom have the space to enfeoff the great nobles.

Many times, if you want to be promoted to a great noble, luck is greater than strength, and choice is greater than hard work.

All Li Wei can do is to accumulate strength and wait for the right time.

"Grandpa Pedro, how do we fertilize the farmland in our territory?"

The first thing Li Wei thought of was the issue of increasing grain production in the territory.

"Weed ash, the wheat straw harvested every year is usually burned in the field, and some is used to make fires for cooking, and the burned ashes are also collected and thrown into the field."

"Then how do we deal with the feces in our territory?"

"Ah? Do we still need to deal with feces? Our territory is no different from other places. We have never dealt with feces."

After hearing this, Li Wei finally understood that he must look down to evaluate the agricultural level on the Hisoka plane.

Although feces and urine are very smelly, they are good farmyard manure and can maintain the fertility of cultivated land.

Like the farming methods used before the Black Mountain Territory, fertilization only relies on the ashes of burned straw. A piece of arable land must be planted twice and rested once, otherwise the barren land will not be able to produce enough food.

"Grandpa Pedro, starting from tomorrow, allocate some manpower to dig some cesspools. Then, after the cesspools are built, ask the Government Affairs Department to issue a territorial decree that strictly prohibits open defecation. Human and animal feces must be thrown into the cesspools."

"Lord Baron, although I know this is somewhat against the rules, I still want to ask, can I know the reason? After all, there will be many things going on, and the human resources in our territory are very tight."

"The reason is a bit complicated and I can't explain it at the moment. You just need to know that this matter is related to the increase in food production in the territory. It is very important!"

"Okay, I understand, I will do it as soon as possible."

Levi recalled in his mind the high-temperature composting technology in the textbooks of his student days. It seemed to be mainly based on human and animal feces and urine, and then supplemented with a small amount of chopped weed straw and so on.

He decided to write a material about high-temperature composting later and let the following people try it.

"By the way, Lord Baron, according to your instructions before departure last time, we did find a sulfur mine in the Tangquan Territory, but it is not large in scale."

Li Wei actually wanted to get some gunpowder before, but later in the process of talking with Baron Mira from the Western Region, he learned that the Hisoka plane already had gunpowder.

Even the dwarves have come up with muskets and artillery.

It's just that the power of these flashy "mortal" weapons is really limited.

The muskets in the Hisoka plane are more like shotguns, with a short range and extremely severe power attenuation. It is difficult to effectively kill warriors above level 3 from 20 meters away.

"Then forget it, Grandpa Pedro."

Levi looked at the old Pedro who had not seen him for two months but had aged a lot, and his heart moved.

"By the way, Grandpa Pedro, haven't you ever thought about cultivating a successor? In the future, our Monterey family's territory will become larger and larger, and I won't be able to manage it at all, and you will have to help me."

"Where is the successor? As you know, I have no heirs, but I do have a few young men under me.

But those guys were either loyal enough but not capable; or they looked diligent on the outside, but in reality they were impure. "

At this point, old Pedro suddenly fell silent.

Old Pedro has no children and has been alone for so many years, but it doesn't mean that he likes to live this kind of life.

"Grandpa Pedro, this time I went to the newly expanded five counties to take in a very interesting young man. He can be said to be steady and courageous.

He is only ten years old this year. Unfortunately, he has lost all his relatives. Now he is all alone. I think I plan to take him to Fort Monterey after the war and let you adopt him. How about being his grandfather? "

Pedro wanted to refuse, but he felt that there was no need to refute his baron's reputation for this trivial matter, so he agreed and treated it like a puppy.

Sorry everyone, I'm stuck.