Becoming a lord in another world starts with farming

Owen didn't know about the changes in the witches. After returning to the castle through the Floo Network, he didn't know what to do for a while. Because Maya was not here, she needed to reorganize the Witches Alliance's intelligence network to make it more efficient, and Without her, Owen wouldn't even know how to handle the affairs of the territory, because no one would give him the documents that needed to be signed and the reports that needed to be made.

Even if he wanted to do something, he could only think about it first, and then go to the scene to give instructions. The efficiency was not even a little bit poor, so he simply failed and chose to spend the progress value without thinking.

Remembering the original plan, Owen took Charles and two Teutonic warriors to the barracks.

Now the territory has built barracks, shooting ranges, and stables to train infantry, archers, and cavalry respectively.

Although limited by the lack of civilians in the territory, it is impossible to directly train better soldiers, but the loyalty and morale of the soldiers are first-class in the Northland, and even Howard and his son can't find fault with them.

Recently, Howard and his son have been strengthening training for the soldiers every day, and the results are pretty good. The soldiers have become more proficient in combat skills and coordination. They have also learned how to patrol more efficiently and deal with various emergencies. Simply put, they have become more skilled. Flexible.

These changes are not brought about by loyalty and morale alone, but by Howard's rich life experience.

If he hadn't been working at the grassroots level for ten or twenty years, he wouldn't be so sophisticated.

Irving is very satisfied with this. With Howard, even if outsiders come next spring, there won't be much trouble.

However, if you want to achieve better results in a short period of time, you have to rely on cheating.

Nowadays, there is no shortage of soldiers in the territory, but in addition to quantity, quality is also very important. What's more, with the population base of the territory, it is no longer possible to expand the proportion of soldiers, so we can only work on quality.

This time Owen came mainly to improve the quality of the cavalry, because the light cavalry can no longer meet the current needs of the territory, and progress points need to be spent to strengthen them. The direction of strengthening is the archers and lancers.

The Cuirass is the most cost-effective, but its speed is average, and it works well in frontal confrontations. The problem is that in the vast Northland, speed is king. If you can't catch up with someone, it's useless. Horse thieves will not choose to go head-to-head with the regular army. Harassment and sneak attacks are the way to go. What they do best.

The territory has city walls and a large number of infantry. It is not afraid of cavalry attacking the city, nor is it afraid of head-on confrontation. It is afraid of harassment and raids, so it needs a large number of high-speed cavalry to respond.

According to Owen's idea, the scout cavalry is good at reconnaissance, the horse archers are good at chasing, the lancers are good at surprise attacks, and the cuirassers are good at attacking fortresses. With the cooperation of all four parties, even if they encounter enemies that are two or three times more numerous than them, it will not be a waste.

After finding it feasible, Owen prepared to upgrade the cavalry.

The number of cavalry in the territory is not small now, and it is unrealistic to strengthen all of them, especially the cuirass. The upgrade requirements are too high and cannot be used. Therefore, Owen simply strengthens the light cavalry.

Fortunately, because it is a cavalry, it will not cost much progress points to strengthen it on the existing basis. The amount of progress points recovered in one day is enough to upgrade several cavalry, so the speed is not too slow.

When Maya came back, Owen had completed the integration of the territorial cavalry. The territory now has one hundred and fifty cavalry, including 30 scout cavalry, 50 archers, 50 lancers, 20 cuirassiers, and 2 knights.

Although the arms are not unified and seem a bit messy, this combination gives the territory's cavalry the ability to deal with various situations.

A large number of scout cavalry can allow one's side to grasp the situation within a radius of 20 to 30 miles and not miss the opportunity to fight. The highly mobile horse archers and light knights are not only the best pursuers but also the best interceptors, even if they encounter You can also respond in time to the surprise attack. After waiting for the Cuirassier's charge to scatter the enemy, it's time to pursue the victory.

Raid, attack, pursue, and cut off the rear, as long as the number of enemies is not several times their own, they can do it all. This is exactly the trump card Owen prepared for the horse thieves who occupy Mara Town. If the opponent is up to no good, then let them disappear.

Owen is stubborn, but his stubbornness is for the imperial frontiers and major forces. He really doesn't need to worry too much about horse thieves or the claws of certain people sent to the North, because the gain outweighs the loss.

With the current size of the territory, if you want to eliminate his apparent power, you don't have to have three to five thousand people. After all, it is not enough to have soldiers when traveling. Depending on the distance of the expedition, you must have at least three to five times the luck of the soldiers. Food soldiers, these people don't have much combat power but they cannot be lacking.

But if you want to send a force of three to five thousand people to the north, it will cost at least several times or even ten times.

Firstly, it’s a long journey, secondly, it has to cross a border, and thirdly, it’s illegal.

Unless the emperor orders it, this price is inevitable.

As for whether the emperor will target the territory, Owen is not worried about this. He is a well-established noble of the North. Unless the emperor intends to shake the foundation of the entire North or he raises the flag of rebellion, it is impossible to target him, because once the emperor Taking action means denying the legitimacy of the entire Northland aristocracy. By then, everyone will be in danger, and even if Northland does not collapse, it will not be able to continue to develop, because no one knows when they will become the next one.

Even the aristocratic forces in the empire who have designs on the North will not allow anyone to do this.

After learning this from Maya, Owen's actions became more and more bold, not only trying to drive nails into the empire's borders, but also planning to clean up the unstable factors around the territory.

Of course, he can't control these things yet, so he just stays in his thoughts and waits for the executor to be in place.

After Maya returned, Owen finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately handed over all the work in the territory to her.

Although nothing happened in the territory during the winter, he always felt uneasy when Maya was not around.

However, as soon as Maya came back, she blocked Owen in the study and refused to let him out. She had no choice but to passively listen to her report on her work.

In Maya's eyes, the Northland Witches Alliance is completely in a state of overstocking and has not played much role at all. It is simply a waste.

To be effective, the entire alliance must be reorganized, which is why Maya has been delayed for so long.

"Although the Northland Witches Union has great potential, there are still many problems that need to be solved in order to realize its value." Maya took out a thick stack of parchment and handed it to Owen who was recovering blood.

The first is the properties of the Northland Witches Alliance. In addition to the farm and two shops in the town, there are also many properties of the Witches Alliance in Ferrier Town and surrounding towns.

However, due to the lack of explicit protection, most of these industries are inconspicuous. They are either small shops or a small number of shareholders, and the profits are not much.

But for Maya, these industries are ready-made intelligence collection points, so she spent a lot of time visiting and collected a lot of intelligence and news, but it was Owen who had to decide what to do next.