Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 22 Iris Collar
Fina Tulip crawled out of the dark tunnel, followed by her father's personal servant Milton. Fina Tulip tightly held the ring in her hand, which was given to her by her father. She still remembered his father's eagerness Please, we must protect it. It is the key to the formation of the Tulip infantry. Fina is a little puzzled. Didn’t the Tulip infantry pass the battle training? There is no chance.

She looked back at Tulip Town, the flames were soaring into the sky, and the shrill voice came to her ears faintly, and the land where she was born and raised her became a piece of scorched earth.She has no roots.

"Miss, it's not safe here, let's evacuate quickly." Milton interrupted Fina Tulip's sadness, and after speaking, he wanted to take Fina Tulip south to join her sister. =
"No, Mr. Milton, you can't go south." Fina Tulip said, suppressing the sadness in her heart: "Go north, go to Iris Collar."

"Miss Feina, don't make a fuss, the only way to protect your safety is to go to the royal city in the south and join the eldest prince."

"No, when the city was just under siege, my father sent a messenger to inform the eldest prince, but now there is no sign of him." Fina looked to the south with a sad face, "If I were Earl Violet, I would definitely send heavy troops to guard the south. , I suspect that either the messenger was stopped, or Violet's soldiers delayed the eldest prince, in short, the south cannot go."

"But, the north is not safe. There is only the Iris territory in the north. Let's not talk about whether we will be treated differently because our family is ruined, or even arrested and sent to Earl Violet. It is a matter of whether he can keep the territory." Problem, the old lord of Iris died a few days ago." Milton still tried to persuade Fina Tulip to go south to join the eldest prince.

Fina Tulip smiled bitterly, and said: "The north is dangerous, but the south is not dangerous. Our families are ruined. The world is big, but where is there a safe place? Where is our choice? Now we can only gamble." It's gone." Perhaps Keith Tulip sent her out alone in a critical moment because he valued this.

Milton said helplessly: "Okay!"

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Let's rewind the timeline to a few days ago.

In the study room of Iris's territory, Charles, the butler Loki who just returned to the territory, Mina the servant, Charles is sitting on the seat behind the desk, and in front of the desk is Loki sitting on the chair, and Mina standing accept.

Minahui reported: "Master, the village on the west side of the market has started construction, and it is expected to accommodate 2000 people. In addition, according to your order, the remaining people first rationed the widows whose husbands died to the lime workers, and then transferred another A hundred households go to the lime processing center, 100 people go to the pasture where the horses are raised, and the rest go to the blacksmith shop, the leather armor shop, and Wolf's valet."

Mina added: "Master, Worf told me more than once that those serfs were so stupid that they didn't even know herbal medicine. After teaching them over and over again, they still couldn't, but he was very worried."

"Tell Worf's servants, don't train them as doctors. They can use some simple herbs and bandage wounds." Charles thought for a while, and the territory was not enough for a doctor, so he added: "Wait After a while, recruit some children aged six to eight, children, and these children will be taught as doctors."

"Are there any suspicious people in the lime processing center?" A few days ago, a team of knights was found cruising around, and Shire later sent several teams of knights to investigate.

"not found."

"How is the road repair?"

"The road from the small town to the three villages has been repaired, and now the road from the town to the newly established Baiyangtun is still being repaired. The people in charge are Buhler and Earl. Makao is building a house and moving there. The serfs are opening up wasteland, trying to grab a crop of beans."

Seeing that Mina hesitated to speak after finishing speaking, Charles asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Master, serfs escape from the south from time to time. I inquired a few people. According to them, Earl Violet in the south has surrounded Earl Tulip, and now they are arresting serfs wantonly, saying that even if they take their lives, they must be piled up."

"The tulip wall is very strong, and the serfs alone can't take it down." Don't worry about the tulips, let's take care of yourself first, Charles looked at Mina, and said: "The escaped serfs must be resettled, pay attention to ask if there are any Craftsmen, whether they are blacksmiths, tailors, cooks, or butchers, should be treated well and sent to the town."

"Yes, sir."

Charles turned his gaze to Loki and said, "Is everything going well on this trip?"

"Thank you for your concern, young master. The trip was safe. When I came back, I happened to meet Baron Berg who was going to Tulip Town. After some inquiries, it was said that Earl Violet had captured the Cherry Blossom Territory and was marching towards Tulip Town."

Charles thought about it for a while, and sorted it out. The tulip collar is more military-oriented. It is impossible for Earl Keith to defend the city directly. It is inevitable, but whether it will go north to attack the Iris Collar, although Shire hopes that this will not happen, but it must be prepared early, and you can't pin your hopes on Earl Violet, that is undoubtedly drinking poison to quench your thirst.

"The purchase of horses, armor, and food went smoothly."

"Fifty mares, twenty pairs of armor, ten carts of grain, twenty good horses, salt, sugar, silk, etc."

Charles calculated in his mind, the Iris Knights lost nearly 150 war horses, but captured 200 war horses. Although only [-] horses are available, the Knights can be expanded to [-] people.But these people are too few for a county, and it is necessary to form an infantry regiment.

Sometimes Shire wonders why everyone has so few infantry. According to his vague memory in movies, TV dramas and novels, there must be 200 infantry for 1000 cavalry. One cavalry can support three infantry.

"Mina, how much food is there?"

"Master, due to the conquest of the Clivia Territory, the autumn harvest of the Iris Flower Collar has been affected a bit, and 90 carts of grain have been harvested, but with the grain transported by the young master from the Clivia Territory, nearly 190 carts of grain."

Charles needs to touch the base of the iris before he can make the next move.The 800 serfs who moved from the Clivia territory plus the captured serfs made a total of [-] people. They needed to provide food for a year, which was estimated to be [-] carts. They would definitely not be able to eat enough, but they could guarantee that they would not starve to death.

The next big expense is the workers and the knights. The workers get 1 silver coin per month, but the gold coins in the territory are not enough. Now only 50 copper coins plus 50 buckets of grain are given out every month.At the beginning, when the serfs were summoned to deal with the excrement, it was 10 copper coins per day, but later the workers were called, from short-time workers to long-term workers, and the Shire was reduced to 1 silver coin per month, so 4 gold coins and 50 silver coins per month, 4 carts and 50 large barrels of grain
The retinue knights paid 5 silver coins per month, and Shire gave them 2 silver coins and three grains.It takes more than 2 gold coins and 3 carts of food per month.

大地骑士每月20银币，夏尔发给他们10银币10大桶粮食，每个月支出1金币1车粮食。一年总共需要90多枚金币，90多车粮食。

The rest of the castle's expenses and the lime workers' expenses are all small money. Of course, this is based on Shire's frugality.

Now there is a lack of gold coins in the territory, and there is still bartering in the market. It is undoubtedly whimsical to hope to find gold mines in the territory. To solve the problem of lack of gold coins in the territory, the only way is to develop commerce or form a caravan.

The food in the territory is still very rich, and 1000 infantry can be recruited, and the knights can be expanded to 200, so that they can fight against Earl Violet.

　Well, it will be a small chapter from now on, with two updates every day, the number of words is about the same as before, it should be more convenient to look at.Let’s add a new chapter today so that everyone can get familiar with it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)