Lina and Pierce led the knights through the Pingfeng Mountains on May 10th.
It was too late to bring all the two knights, Lina handed all the two knights to Pierce, and she quickly rushed to the Stone City with Elvi and other angels.
On the morning of the 11th, Lina, Elvi and others got on the teleportation array and arrived at Qingfeng City.
This is Lina's first time in Qingfeng City. She has only been to the grassland a few times before, let alone this city that was built less than a year ago.
The huge and prosperous Qingfeng City couldn't help but make Lina's eyes light up.
"Elvie, is this the Qingfeng City that was built by the Knight Commander?"
Speaking of which, Elvie lives and works in the imperial capital. She is not a country woman who has never seen the world.
Lion Heart City is several times larger than Qingfeng City, with ancient magic towers, towering Secret Arrow Towers, splendid palaces, and wide avenues.
Either way, Qingfeng City is far inferior.
However, the King's Avenue in Lionheart City is wide enough for eight carriages to go parallel, but only the king's carriage and the guards can pass through.
However, Qingfeng City's avenues can be used by all vehicles and are divided into driveways, horse paths and walking trails.
Three distinct lanes and an endless stream of people greet the shop with a lively atmosphere.
Such a scene has happened in Lionheart City before, but only in the bustling streets.
Nowadays, even those once bustling streets are attracting less and less attention.
As a female knight, Lina actually doesn’t like to be seen in public or in crowded situations.
But she longs for this kind of bustle and loves this kind of prosperity, especially when there are times when she has contributed a lot in the bustle.
“Actually, we have not stayed in this city for too long.”
Elvie does not have the same feelings as Lina, because she was born here. A city, this city also belongs to her.
Lina is different. Elvi has witnessed a little bit of prosperity in the city, while Lina has witnessed a little bit of decline in her own country and her own city.
When Xu came to found the country, many people were happy, especially the herdsmen on the grasslands.
However, Lina may not be very happy, which means that the temple has completely given up on the old empire, the country where their siblings were born.
After calming down, Lina smiled and said:
"Let's go and report to the knight commander quickly. It's just right to bring this good news as a gift."
After saying that, Lina glanced at the small group of orcs surrounded by a group of Seraphs.
Looking at the orcs, Elvi chuckled and said, "Yeah, luckily I caught up."
Elvi did not let these angels fly into the sky, and formed two neat formations to protect the group of orcs towards the former castle and now the palace.
The grassland people hate the orcs, but what Elvi brought back cannot be regarded as prisoners, but can only be regarded as envoys.
If it appears in a busy city, it will be unsightly if it causes any misunderstanding.
A Seraph spread out his broad wings, covering all the orcs in his wings.
At this time, in an unusually spacious conference room in the palace, the city lords of major cities and the surrendered nobles were all sitting on both sides of a long table.
The founding ceremony and the awarding ceremony were about to begin. These city lords from far away finally arrived in Qingfeng City before Xu Lai's deadline.
However, what is unbelievable is that Xu Lai is not familiar with most of the people here when the country is about to be founded.
The nobles present, excluding Jimmy, the others who have seen him two or three times are already relatively familiar.
Those who were captured more than two or three times were basically people who had been captured before, and Xu Lai could only see them more often.
On the contrary, it was the nobles who Xu Lai was not familiar with, or even met once, who were neutral from beginning to end.
"The Lord of Cana City, Rio Canal, salutes you, Your Majesty the King."
The last meeting before the founding of the country, the first thing is everyone's self-introduction .
Xu Lai's founding ceremony has not yet been held. In theory, Xu Lai is not qualified to be called His Majesty the King at this time.
But when he glanced at the man who stood up, the memory brought by his super intelligence instantly reminded Xu Lai of all the information about the person in front of him.
The Kanal family is also a traditional noble family on the grassland.
However, this family is a branch of the former imperial royal family, the High King Aled's family.
There are good horses in the grassland, and there are many relatives in the Aled family. It is normal to throw a relative on the grassland to help look after them.
So, although he is only a viscount, Count Aini cannot be transferred. He and Aini have no subordinate relationship at all.
Not only that, one of the two main cities of the Kanal family is on the grassland, which is the city of Kanal.
However, Cana City is only a base camp-level city. Another castle-level city, Nar City, is actually located in the Western Empire.
The Kanal family's fiefdom is located in the grassland, but the poor grassland people are not willing to stay there at all.
After dividing one of the largest ranches, the family's focus actually gradually shifted to the Western Empire.
Of course, the nobles in the Western Empire did not recognize the Kanal family at all, so when the Western Empire was established, there was no viscount of the Kanal family.
The in-law relationship between the Kanal family and the Alade family may have been of some use in the first three generations, but basically no one cared about it later.
Poor the Kanal family, what little capital they had in the Western Empire was directly destroyed by hell.
On the grassland, their family is also incompatible with each other, and the key point is that the hatred between them and Count Aini is quite deep.
It’s a shame that Xu Lai suddenly emerged. Otherwise, if the empire continues to fall apart like this, the Kanal family will basically be expelled from the grassland.
Speaking of which, the Kanal family, which was rejected by most of the nobles in the grassland, was brought by Jimi Lai, and was the first nobleman to turn to Xu Lai.
"Creston's Mao Shan, hello to you, sir."
The person who stood up this time was an old man of about 50 to 60 years old, dressed in chainmail. Just a baron.
The status of a baron is neither high nor low, and in a county, it is considered good.
But he was able to stand up second because of the time he took refuge in Xu Lai, second only to Rio Canal.
Creston's Maoshan is not unable to integrate into the aristocratic circle of the prairie, purely because they are in-laws of Jimmy Martell's family.
Xu Lai nodded to him, and then looked at the next nobleman who stood up.
Sure enough, the next person to stand up is still closely related to the Martell family.
The current patriarch of their family, and Martell's father used to be the closest friends.
Then those who stood up were Martell's own friends, Martell's wives, and so on.
After hearing the end, not to mention Luo Mingru, Zhang Zhiqiang and others, even Jimmy Martell himself was a little trembling. Even if the city lord behind was not a noble, he was recommended by Jimmy Martell and had some relationship with him.
However, Xu Lai was very calm. He already knew about this matter.
When Jimmy was asked to recommend it, he had expected it, but he really didn't have a network of connections, and the Advent Heroes didn't dare to let them have too much control.
Anyway, this is a world that relies on strength. The strongest troops in the grassland, the highest-level heroes, and the best equipment are all on Xu Lai, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
After everyone had finished introducing one by one, Xu Laicai finally spoke:
“As everyone knows, a lot of things have happened in the grassland and even the entire empire this year.< br>
I don’t have much time to meet you all.
Fortunately, everything is settled now, and it’s time for us to enjoy the fruits of this year’s campaign.
There are just a few things that I must make clear to you here before the founding ceremony. ”
When everyone heard this, they all cheered up, knowing that the focus of this meeting was coming.
What Xu Lai is going to say now is likely to be related to the future distribution of interests in the grassland. , there was no reason why everyone didn’t pay attention.
Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Xu Lai coughed and said:
"The first thing is the founding process on the 15th. I have ordered the document to be placed in front of you. You must have read it just now.
There is a ceremony for conferring honors and knights. I It is necessary to make it clear to you in advance
According to the previous enfeoffment model, all the power of the grassland cannot be used intensively.
Although we have defeated the orcs, there is still a huge enemy. They are eyeing us.
Therefore, I want to adjust the current enfeoffment model.”
Without waiting for others to ask, Jimmy was the first to express his position:
“Your Majesty the King, it is no exaggeration to say that the peace of the entire grassland relies on your power.
If it weren’t for you Come forward, we have already become the slaves of the orcs, and it is impossible for us to have our current status.
We will seal you as you say, and we will never have any complaints."
After saying that, Jimmy took the lead and looked around at the nobles who were closely related to him, fearing that these people's minds would be squeezed by the door and they would jump out to object.
Xu Lai waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, just listen to me first. It concerns everyone's interests and everyone has the right to express their opinions.
I mean, our enemies are still A lot, and very strong.
In the future, we can’t just huddle on a small grassland. Aren’t you all satisfied with this small country?”
Everyone shook their heads. The resources on the grassland are not abundant. Although the land area is large, there is a lot of cultivated land.
Meat is abundant, but in the end it cannot feed too many people, and there are not enough soldiers.
There is a lack of ore and wood, and not many cities can be built.
Without cities, there would not be enough soldiers to recruit.
In the several wars he experienced on the grassland, Xu Lai was always the victor. He also captured so many generals and soldiers, but still did not have many troops.
This results in the grassland's continuous combat capability being extremely poor. As long as the troops are slightly lost, it may take several years to recover.
With such a huge inherent disadvantage, even if a country is established, it will definitely be annexed by the four empires.
Therefore, they cannot be unmotivated and can only wait for death if they stay in a corner.
“Well, since everyone has more far-reaching ideas, I will tell you what I think.
Our knight’s fiefdom is usually a manor, and a manor is about How much land and population? "
As Xu Lai spoke, he glanced at the recorder outside the table, who was also Jimmy's son, Gilon Martell.
"Your Majesty, an ordinary manor is generally one-third the size of a village, with a population of about 20 households."
It was Jilong who spoke, and the people present were either nobles or city lords, so they knew more or less.
“Let me calculate an account for you. For 20 households, I will consider them to have a population of 100, and they are all capable of working.
So according to the production efficiency of the farm, 5 people Farmers working 24 hours a day can produce 100 units of grain.
100 people working non-stop can produce 2,000 units of grain per day.
Of course, this is impossible, so I will do it per household. If you work for 12 hours every day, a manor can produce 1,000 units of food in a day
One month, that is 30,000 units of grain. Calculated based on the previous 70% tax, it is 21,000 units.
But even if the harvest is 70%, the knight will only get 30% at most, which is 9,000 units of food for a month.
That's it, the weather must be smooth, every household has at least 5 workers, and they can't get sick or be lazy.
But in fact, we all know that none of these conditions can be met. ”
If farmers can keep 9,000 units of grain for themselves every month, they can barely survive even if they pay 80%, not to mention 70%.
After all, even if it is 6,000 units of food, 100 people can still get 2 units of food per person per day.
But in fact, this is impossible, even by recruiting farmers, because the recruited farmers will still get sick.
In addition to life, old age, sickness and death, everyone’s work efficiency is different, and the distribution of physical strength cannot be as precise as recruiting farmers.
A farm, not to mention producing 30,000 units of food per month, would be happy even if it was half that.
“However, according to my idea, a knight with a title can get 10% of the tax income from the farm under his name every month, which is 3,000 units of food.
Moreover, these 3,000 units of grain can be obtained no matter what the weather is like, whether the land is dry, whether the farmers are working hard, or whether the manor has been robbed.
As long as you have the title of knight, you can get 3,000 units of food every month even if you do nothing.
At the same time, the knights can also directly exchange it for cash according to the current food price.
Of course, it is not just knights, but other titles as well. Each grade of title will receive a treatment within a corresponding range, and the income will be guaranteed regardless of drought or flood. "
As soon as Xu Lai finished speaking, someone immediately exclaimed: "Is this such a good thing? ”
The natives didn't seem to believe it, but Luo Mingru and the others looked at each other and knew what Xu Lai was talking about. It was nothing more than the food and town system.
The biggest feature of this system is that you only receive money and do no work.
No matter how many households you live in, you can only take the income from these households, but you cannot manage or influence these people.
Sure enough, Xu Lai then said:
“Of course, but all the nobles who have received these incomes can no longer interfere in any specific affairs in the territory.
These affairs will be managed by specific affairs officers, who will also draw a portion of the city's revenue as their salary. "(End of this chapter)