Legendary Hero

It took a day to deal with the territorial affairs. Early the next morning, Luo Lin got into the carriage, took three newly-canonized knights, and rushed towards the Fire Lion City in the south.

Among the three knights, the leader is Langergo, one of the 700 warriors who followed the Battle of Rollin-Vendome, and one of the most talented fighters in Gaoshan Town back then. During the time he came to Maple Leaf City, he practiced hard every day, never slacking off, and his strength increased again. He was already an elite fighter at level 28. At this level, in Fire Lion City, he could already become a knight captain.

The other two, one is Holman, and the other is the rare female knight Emily, both are level 27 elite fighters.

These three people were not promoted on purpose by Rowling, they were all promoted because of their meritorious service in eradicating the bandits in the territory. Except for the fact that Emily was a woman, some people were criticized, the rest were convincing.

Although this journey took a carriage, it was just a ostentation for the earl to travel. Luo Lin didn't like to sit in that kind of closed space, so as soon as he left Maple Leaf City, Luo Lin wore a battle armor and rode on a war horse. , the carriage was left to the old butler Johnny and a few servants.

In this world, the etiquette of superiority and inferiority is not paid much attention to, so it is not a big problem for Johnny and his servants to ride in Rollin's carriage. Of course, the core power remains unchanged, and the will of the superior has never been offended.

Just like that, Luo Lin, three knights, a carriage, and twenty elite soldiers headed south along the avenue.

There are farmlands on both sides of the avenue. It is the harvest month at this time. The crops in the field are already mature, and the farmers are busy harvesting. Seeing these crops, each one is growing gratifyingly, and the whole field is golden. Needless to say, this year should be a real bumper crop.

"Jonnie, it looks like these farmers will have a large surplus in grain this year, right?" Luo Lin slowed down his horse and walked to the window.

The old housekeeper nodded and saluted in the carriage: "Master, you did not issue any recruitment decrees this year. These farmers have time to tend their crops, so they have such a good harvest. Judging from this situation, after this winter, your citizens will Gain a few pounds, and they will thank you for your kindness."

The expected compliment, Luo Lin liked to hear it when he was free, it always made him happy.

"My lord, the number of bandits in the territory has also decreased a lot. Many people were originally homeless vagabonds, but because of your land division law, they all planted crops with peace of mind." Emily smiled.

The land division decree is one of the most important decrees issued by Luo Lin after he secured his position as the lord: that is, everyone, including criminals, except for the crime of murder, should not be blamed for the past. to the corresponding property.

Naturally, this move was opposed by many nobles in the territory, because it greatly infringed on their interests, and even caused a small riot, but it was easily suppressed by Luo Lin.

The decree also stipulates another article, that is, all murderers who commit murder can also serve in the army to atone for their crimes. However, such people are not allowed to marry wives within ten years, they will not be promoted, and they cannot leave the army. If you die, your past crimes will be written off and you will become a free citizen. If you stay in the army, you will start accumulating military merits according to normal procedures.

This attracted a large number of criminals to join the army, causing Luo Lin to quickly fill up all the vacancies, not to mention nearly two thousand more.

According to the kingdom's decree, the two thousand people must be disbanded, otherwise Luo Lin will be suspected of treason.

Of course, Luo Lin would not offend the Grand Duke's sensitive nerves. He sent all the two thousand people to the northern Goldring Mountains as mountain guards. The crime is exile, and at the same time shoulders the responsibility of guarding the north and preventing the frost giants from going south.

Of course, since they have the duty of protection, it is natural for someone to go to the north to teach these criminals martial arts and give them the most basic training and equipment. This is actually playing around the edges.

But there is no way, the frost giants have always been going south recently, so no one refuted Luo Lin's statement. Everyone hoped that they could be safer while sleeping, instead of being smashed in the head by the giants from the north.

Through this decree on the division of land, all the idle adult men in the territory no longer idle around and make troubles, and all put into production.

The law and order in the territory was also unprecedentedly good, and with the soldiers suppressing bandits everywhere, the bandits in the two counties owned by Luo Lin were almost completely extinct.

This obvious achievement made Luo Lin's reputation among the people soar.

Now, those common people, whether they are farmers working in the fields or businessmen running around, all use the word "my lord" to address the earl, and a "mine" marks their sense of belonging in their hearts.

But old Johnny was a little worried: "But, master, the tax rate you set this year is so low, and many places have exempted taxes. I am afraid that the grain collected in the barn this year will not be much more than in previous years."

In this era, food is the most precious wealth of noble lords, which has become a habitual thinking.

Luo Lin waved his hand, not paying attention: "It won't be like this every year. As for grain, there should indeed be some grain stored in the granary. But I have already sent people to buy surplus grain from the people, so there must be no shortage."

He has hundreds of thousands of gold coins in his hand. Of course, it would be too wasteful to spend this money in the treasury as a decoration. The best way, of course, is to put them into the market and let them circulate.

Since this year is a bumper harvest, Luo Lin used the method of buying surplus grain to disperse coins among the people.

In this way, every household will not go hungry, and people will have money in their hands. The minimum need to feed the stomach has been met, and I have money in my hand, so I naturally want to buy clothes and more daily necessities to make my life more comfortable.

In this way, those women textile workers, furniture manufacturers, farm tool merchants, blacksmiths, etc. will benefit and develop one after another.

All in all, whichever field these coins flow to, that field will be boosted, just like a dry field irrigated with a clear spring.

And these coins will not slip away. When they flow throughout the territory, they will eventually return to him through taxation. In the whole process, the whole society has created huge wealth.

This is Luo Lin's way of thinking and vision from modern times. Unlike other lords, the amount of coins in his hands is no longer a means for him to show off his wealth. Talents.

In Rowling's view, these things are the real wealth, and they can form the real power to fight against the army of the undead.

Of course, Old Johnny knew what Luo Lin did. He was standing too low, so he didn't agree with it, and he couldn't understand it. However, the lord's authority was growing. Now he would no longer refute the lord verbally, so he could only say: "My lord, you are a merciful lord."

"Hehe, you've scolded me in your heart again." Luo Lin smiled.

Old Johnny was speechless and could only laugh dryly.

Chatting along the way, five days later, the group left Maple Leaf County, and four days later, they crossed Levin County and entered the Grand Duke's territory.

After walking on this territory for a while, Emily sighed: "Look at the farmers in the field, listless, without smiles on their faces, their bodies are skinny, and the crops on the land are weak. I feel another world."

This is completely two extremes from what I saw in the territory a few days ago, and it almost makes people feel like heaven and hell.

The three knights were all born civilians. If the family was not too poor and the lord was so greedy that they couldn't survive, who would come out and become a mercenary. These past experiences made them particularly sensitive to this,

Holman also said: "I heard that this is the fief of Knight Wilson. It seems that this guy really doesn't know how to manage a territory."

"Hehe, I don't think so." Longargo shook his head. He knew a little more: "A knight must prepare armor for his son. A pair of ordinary knight armor costs 500 gold coins. For a man with only a small fief As far as the knight is concerned, if he wants to maintain the dignity of the knight and save money, he must only squeeze his own subjects."

Anyway, in a word, it is the fault of lack of money. Not all places are as rich as Vendome, and not all lords have hundreds of thousands of gold coins in their pockets like Luo Lin. As a knight at the bottom of the nobility, Most days were rough.

After hearing this, Holman and Emily realized that their armors were all given by Rollin, and they had never bothered about it. Now that Ron Argo said that, they felt how lucky they were.

"It's really unexpected." Holman muttered. He had always longed for the knightly scenery before, but it turned out to be only the public scenery.

Emily glanced at the earl in the middle of the line. The earl was still talking to the old butler, and did not hear the whispered communication between them.

Looking at this young lord, Emily suddenly had a wonderful feeling, as if there was a magical power in him, wherever he went, there would be changes because of him, changes for the better.

"If he becomes king, what will happen? Will his kingdom be as beautiful as Maple Leaf County and Levin County today?" Emily couldn't help but have such thoughts.

Just as the group of people moved forward peacefully, suddenly, a huge roar came from the sky, breaking the tranquility of the surrounding area.

"It's a dragon!" A soldier cried out.

"Protect the lord!" Someone yelled.

"Kill!" The soldiers rushed towards Luo Lin without thinking about their own safety.

Luo Lin raised his head, and saw a huge black shadow rushing towards him. This black shadow was indeed a dragon with its wings spread out, with a wingspan of fifteen meters. The scales on its body were blue and white, and its muscles were extremely strong. But there is still a big gap compared with Vianna or Iona's dragon body.

Just like that, he stretched out his huge dragon claw and grabbed it from Luo Lin.

"It's a flying dragon, but its power is level 39. Is this looking for death?" Luo Lin pulled out the sword at his waist, ready to kill it.

Unexpectedly, something came to his mind, it was the voice of the flying dragon: "Count, I have something to ask you. Don't resist, or all your followers will die!"

Luo Lin looked around at the scene of people turning their backs on their backs. In this kind of scene, as long as the opponent casts a spell, all the soldiers can be sent to heaven.

After a flash of consideration, Luo Lin made a decision, gave up fighting, and withdrew his sword and shield.

"A wise choice!" The flying dragon chuckled, stretched out its claws and gently grabbed Luo Lin on the horse's back, and flew high into the sky as soon as it flapped its wings.

The knights reacted, and Emily shouted loudly: "Death!"

She quickly drew her arrows and shot at the giant dragon in the sky, but the sword skills she was proud of had no effect. The arrow tip hit the dragon scale, and a magical radiance appeared on the dragon scale. Ordinary arrows can't break through at all.

All the soldiers are anxious, but helpless.

At this time, a voice came from the sky, it was the voice of the lord: "I'm fine, you go on to the Principality!"