The Extraordinary Earl

"This is the first meeting of the Pompeii family. I have nothing to say. Because I know that I am not a qualified lord and have no ideas on how to develop the territory and run the family. Therefore, I will preside over the meeting today. It was handed over to my eldest son, the next generation of Pompeii knights, Luther Pompeii.”

At this time, Old Sol spoke.

This contemporary knight of the Pompeii family is very self-aware. He knows that what awaits the Pompeii family will be a huge change. Perhaps the Pompeii family will have a town as a fiefdom from now on.

And has more than a dozen knights as a fighting force.

Among the entire Barton family's vassals, it will become the leading force.

But the prerequisite for this is to hand over the territory to the eldest son to run it, not his father who only has muscles and a little bit of a politician's mind.

So Old Sol simply gave up his rights when facing the family knights.

The knights and scholars did not have any objections, and they all turned their eyes to the young man standing behind the lord.

That's right.

Luther is not yet a young man, he can only be considered a teenager. If he does more, he will be considered a teenager.

Among the nobility, especially among the real nobility, such a young child only has one thing on his mind, dandy. Playing with women, jealousy, etc.

But this young man has accomplished something that many people cannot do in their lifetime.

Pompeii was small, the new knights, the scholars had been here for a while, they were immersed in it, they heard a lot of things and saw a lot of things.

Using cattle to plow fields means efficiency.

Cleaning up excrement means unprecedented civilization.

Walking on a poop-free road is simply soothing to the body and mind.

As for the manure fertilizer field, although the wheat seems to be growing much stronger than in previous years, whether this matter is reliable or not depends on this year's harvest.

So it's hard for them to judge.

The research on new wine tasting and the production of Pompeii wine are the fundamental reasons for the changes in the Pompeii family.

While the heirs of other local nobles were still playing with women and being dandy, the next generation of Pompeii's knights had already begun to manage the territory and brought actual profits.

The Pompeii family originally had only four knights, but now they have sixteen knights, and this is proof of this.

And many wandering knights present returned to their hometowns because of this. All thanks to the next generation knight of Pompeii in front of me.

Therefore, the knights have no meaning for Old Sol to hand over his rights to the next generation of Pompeii Knights.

In a way, Luther has the same prestige as Old Saul in the entire territory.

And Luther is obviously more important.

Because Old Saul represents Pompeii's present, and Luther represents Pompeii's future.

Since the knights and scholars present have signed an agreement with the Pompeii family, they have become the Pompeii family's retainers, sharing life and death with Pompeii.

The glory of the master's house is their glory.

Luther, Pompeii.

Everyone is willing to bow their heads for this name and do whatever they want.

Facing the gazes of all the family vassals, Luther was not afraid of the stage. At least he didn't show any stage fright, but in fact Luther was still a little nervous.

Panic is an exaggeration, but I'm really a little nervous.

What we are doing now is the job of the mayor.

Wow, the mayor of our town used to be a big leader in front of us.

He was a little funny in his heart, but Luther looked serious on the outside, making the next generation of Pompeii Knights look serious.

Serious men are always attractive.

The knights and scholars present involuntarily straightened their backs and became much more serious.

"As we all know, the Pompeii family now relies on the Pompeii wine business. Although the wine business should be very good for a period of time, no matter how good the wine is, it will be cracked. Just like wine, it is not available everywhere now. Are you making wine? So, in my opinion, the wine business is not as important as farming. Don’t call me a country bumpkin, think about it carefully. Only the food grown on the geographical edge is a continuous supply. Really. The territory of our Pompeii family is undeveloped and wild to the south. According to the laws of the kingdom, the knight lord has the right to develop, and the land that is developed belongs to the Pompeii family, so the next stage of development is recruitment. Population. But I can’t eat too much in one bite. I plan to recruit about 10,000 people.”

At this point, Luther paused, and then said: "There are two ways to recruit people, buy serfs, and recruit free people. Just spend money to buy serfs, no planning is needed. As for attracting free people, the conditions I gave are , all the new fields developed will belong to the freedmen themselves, and they will be exempted from taxes for one year. I believe it will attract many freedmen who have no land.”

"The plan is quite simple, but to execute it, it requires manpower. I plan to send a few knights and a few scholars to go out to do this. So I need a knight who is very experienced outside to lead the team."

Having said this, Luther took a look at Stun Pompeii. Within the family, this Knight Stun was his cousin, but here everyone has a superior-subordinate relationship.

So, Luther said: "Mr. Stone, you pick five knights, five scholars, and bring gold coins to do this."

"Willing to serve." Pompeii stood up, put his right hand on his chest, and bent towards Luther.

"That's the plan for now. Do you have anything to add?" Luther asked everyone democratically.

Teacher Qiao Xiu stood up. He bowed to Luther and asked, "Knight Luther, as the tax collector in the territory, I am a little worried about the financial resources of the Pompeii family."

Luther nodded and motioned for Teacher Qiao Xiu to continue.

"As we all know, the finances in the territory were not well-off before this. This time, we sold Pompeii wine and made a lot of profits, so we were able to recruit knights. But it takes time to sell the wine, and now you need to buy serfs. And to buy serfs, you still need to buy serfs. Recruiting freemen is not a transaction, because after purchasing serfs, the territory needs to be responsible for the minimum survival materials of the serfs. If the territory is developed next year, it will also need to purchase Bass cattle, build plows, and many agricultural tools. I have some financial resources for the family. Worry."

Teacher Qiao Xiu said sincerely.

Of course, Teacher Qiao Xiu has feelings for the Pompei family. After all, he has lived with them for more than ten years. If nothing else happens, Teacher Qiao Xiu will still have to rely on Luther for his retirement.

Besides, his son Lelouch is still the mayor of Pompeii.

Because of this, Teacher Qiao Xiu was worried that Luther was taking too big a step. Anyway, the ultimate goal is to develop a town. Is it necessary to take such a big step?

Wait for the benefits of wine to gather together, wait for this autumn harvest to pass. When the family's finances are strong in winter, it won't be too late to recruit people and buy serfs.

Of course Luther understands Teacher Qiao Xiu's worries. To use a Chinese saying, this is a mature way of thinking for the country.

safe.

But Luther also had Luther's considerations. Most people present, including his father, believed that he wanted to develop the Pompeii family into a large-scale knight lord family.

Only Lelouch knew that he planned to become a noble with a title.

It was a race against time.

To make money and develop, you need to be high-profile.

Playing slowly and steadily will not work.

And Luther also had concerns about finances. He smiled and said to Teacher Qiao Xiu: "Teacher, don't worry. My father, the leader of the Pompeii family, the Knight of Pompeii, has prepared gold coins, whether it is money to buy serfs, money to feed serfs, farm tools, etc." Si Niu, recruiting 10,000 people is not a problem.”