The Extraordinary Earl

Only then did Old Sol look squarely at his eldest son and frowned quietly. He remembered that the last time his eldest son borrowed money from him to buy Bass cattle, saying that he wanted to develop a town.

At that time, he mocked his eldest son mercilessly.

Idiot's dream.

Can you develop a town by buying cattle?

There is no real nobleman in the world as small as the Pompeii family.

So Old Saul did not lend money to Luther, but it turned out that he was wrong.

The Bas cow can really plow the fields with a hoe like a farmer. One cow can be worth a lot of strong labor. Deforestation will begin in the territory next year in preparation for expanding the fields in the territory.

The plan is to expand it one to several times.

In this way, the Pompeii family's financial resources expanded. Perhaps he can become the leading vassal and knight lord under Baron Barton.

But even so, a town cannot be developed in a short period of time.

But coupled with the current effect of Pompeii wine, Old Sol felt that the Pompeii family might really be able to develop a town.

Really, Old Sol didn't dare to think that he could develop a city, it was impossible. Even if it were possible, the Pompeii family would not be able to defend it.

Old Thor and Lelouch had the same idea. As a vassal of the Baron family, if he owned a city, he would be feared by the Barton family.

That's boring life.

As for the Pompeii family being upgraded to a baron family, Old Sol had never dreamed of it. That would be too difficult.

All in all, Old Sol admires his eldest son. This is an ambitious little guy who might just give Pompeii a town.

But I still have a headache for this eldest son.

If the eldest son was really allowed to develop a city, then the Pompeii family might be in catastrophe.

He is such an excellent eldest son, and so outstanding.

After thinking about it, Old Thor was the same as Lelouch at that time. He told Luther that if things developed too quickly, the Baron would be concerned about the matter.

Luther said something very ambitious to Lelouch at that time, and wanted to become a real noble with a title.

But for his father, Luther kept a low profile, fearing to scare him. So Luther said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry, I just want Pompeii to be bigger. It's best to have a small town. That's enough."

"It's good if you can think of it this way."

Old Sol exhaled. Immediately, Old Sol asked again: "How to recruit wandering knights and build a town? Do you have a plan?"

Luther patted his chest and said with a smile, "They are all here."

After a pause, Luther continued: "Recruiting wandering knights is very simple. We give you ten gold coins every month and there are a lot of junior knights to choose from. But what we need are loyal and reliable knights. So we We have to look for it from the knights who came out of Pompeii or the six major families."

This is what Luther thought.

It is very simple to become a real noble.

financial resources.

force.

Now we have financial resources but no force. In this case, recruit reliable knights first to build up the basic combat power in the territory.

Recruit guards again.

There are many wandering knights in this world, or knights who work for others. They are all descendants of nobles without territories, as well as civilian knights.

As for the general real nobles, such as the Barton family. They have a very reliable relationship with the knight family.

These families include the Pompeii family, twenty or thirty knights and vassals.

This is the pillar of the Barton family and the cornerstone of the Barton family's rule.

The second is that Buzz, Howard, etc. are employed by the Barton family, but this employment relationship usually lasts for several generations.

This ensured the loyalty of these knights.

The Pompeii family is too small and does not have such a foundation. The only people who can be trusted are the Iron Horse clan. The current knight is Magellan, and the next generation knight is Shushua.

And if you recruit wandering knights at will, the knights may rebel and plunder the master's house. This kind of thing is not an isolated case, it happens easily.

Therefore, you need to be cautious when choosing to recruit knights.

According to the current situation of the Pompeii family, Luther feels that he can start from three aspects.

One is the Pompeii family.

One is the Iron Horse family.

One is the other five families.

Very simple reason.

Just like Luther's generation, he also had younger brothers, William and Pompeii. So does Old Sol have any brothers? Well, Luther knew that Old Saul had no brothers and that Old Saul was an only son.

But doesn’t Old Sol have an uncle, or an uncle? What about my uncle, the son he gave birth to?

Where have these noble descendants gone? Either become a scholar or become a knight working for others.

The same goes for the Tie Ma family and the other five big families.

After all, there are some tribesmen scattered throughout the Kingdom of Prussia, becoming knights working for others, or simply wandering knights.

Recruiting these people will make them more trustworthy than other wandering knights.

After hearing this, Old Sol tapped the desk with his index finger, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "You have considered it more carefully. There are not only knights in our Pompeii family living abroad, but also some other scholars. Some people are doing fine outside, and some are not doing well. Whether they are doing well or not, they are all under the control of others. As the leader of the Pompei family, I should take care of them now that they have financial resources. These clansmen. As for the Tiema family, there are also five other clans, and there are also talented clansmen living abroad. "

Having said this, Old Sol showed a smile on his face and said: "One of my cousins ​​is named Ston Pompeii. He is a quite powerful intermediate knight."

"Intermediate knight?" Luther's eyes lit up and his saliva almost flowed out.

You know, those who are not from a noble family but can become an intermediate knight are not simple people.

Old Sol nodded, and then said seriously: "What about after recruiting knights? How do you plan to develop the territory?"

"It's very simple. With Bass cattle plowing the fields, we can cut down the forest and thus have enough fields. We rely on some policies to attract free people. For example, the cultivated fields belong to the free people themselves. Another example is to exempt the third One year's tax. Secondly, the serfs are paid for."

Luther had actually been thinking about this for a long time, but he was too shy to mention it because he was so cash-strapped before. Now, of course, he poured it out like a torrent of water.

In this Kingdom of Prussia, which had a structure similar to that of medieval European nobility, developing territory was very simple. Just have the population first and that's it.

With a large town, even a small town, commercial activities can be carried out.

And what Luther said to his father, only one town should be developed and the development should be limited, was a complete lie to his father. Once we have a town, is a city still far behind?

When you have a city, you have enough force, and you have more gold coins.

Luther had to engage in diplomacy and use money to lobby the House of Lords in the royal capital, the king, and the major court nobles to get a baron to take the lead.

Ha ha.

Perfect.

Sooner or later we will become a great noble, a man standing at the top of the food chain.

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