Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 74

The autumn wind was bleak, and the serfs from the cosmos collar, wearing single clothes made of linen, carried wood and stones, walked out of the forest, walked towards a clearing by the river, and then put them down.This open space has been filled with wood and stone, but there are still a steady stream of serfs carrying wood and stone here.

The stone and wood they brought in will be moved away by other serfs in a short while to build houses and blacksmith shops.

The serfs didn't dare to stop at all. The serfs who carried the transport had just put down the wood and stones and got up in a hurry.Because they know that as long as they stop for a moment, a whip will come.Those Iris soldiers with whips have eyes as sharp as wolves and hearts as hard as steel.

These busy serfs came and went, like densely packed ants, and the town was being built rapidly, and the Iris soldier breathed a sigh of relief.It turned out that Shire had issued a death order two days ago, and the town must be built before winter, at least the blacksmith shop must be built.

Although the food provided every day is sufficient, the serfs can eat very full, and the temperature is not to the point of freezing to death, it is just a little cold, but if you want to meet the construction deadline, it is impossible not to die.

It all started with a messenger a few days ago.

After inspecting the castles where the cherry blossom collar and calla lily collar are located, Shire found that most of their castles were built near rivers, with easy access to water and suitable for farming nearby. Serfs and free people gathered near the castles to form villages and towns.

But there is something to be gained. After gathering villages and towns near the castle, the blacksmiths also settled here, but the castle is not close to the mine. With the current transportation capacity, it takes a lot of manpower to travel from the mine to the blacksmith shop. Material strength is great.

Blacksmiths are technical personnel. If you want them to work near the mine, the supporting facilities must keep up. Otherwise, in the deep mountains and wild forests, blacksmiths will not be savages. They are not serfs of the lord, but free people.

However, supporting facilities - taverns, hotels, brothels, bakeries, etc. need a large population to keep up. In the deep mountains and old forests, daily water collection is a big trouble.Not to mention anything else.So this is basically impossible, unless force coercion.

So Shire decided to re-select the location to build the town.The first thing to consider when choosing the location of a small town is the distance from the mine, because this small town is centered on ordnance manufacturing, and the second is that it is close to the river, where water is convenient, and hydraulic forging can also be used.

Following this line of thought, Shire decided to build a small town at the junction of the Cherry Blossom Territory and the Calla Lily Blossom Territory. This place is not far from the iron mines of the two territories, and the flow of the river is also acceptable.

Although it is late autumn and the temperature is gradually dropping, the serfs have enough food. After winter, we will order a batch of linen vests from the flower town. With these two thousand coolies as serfs, Shire is sure to be able to live 500 people. .

Things did develop as Charles had expected. The serfs could eat enough every day, and the temperature was not too low. During the ten days of construction, the number of serfs who died was in the single digits.

But the messenger from Tulip City broke Shire's plan.

"What! The title of earl has not yet been determined, and the eldest prince still needs gold coins. Why would he dare to open his mouth? And Milton, is he an idiot? He still has the face to send someone back. That's two thousand gold coins. Two thousand gold coins !"

After hearing the messenger's narration, Charles flew into a rage, clenched his fists, and hammered hard on the table, causing the originally hard table to shatter in an instant.The messenger, whose legs were trembling, almost fell to his knees when he heard the loud bang.

Seeing the courier shrunk into a ball, Charles waved his hand to signal him to get out, what's the use of getting angry at a courier, let alone someone from Tulip City.The messenger sent by the eldest prince is still in Tulip.

The messenger hurried out as if he had been pardoned.

After watching the messenger go out, Charles said to the soldiers beside him, "Go and call Knight Commander Les, Knight Commander Rao and Deputy Commander of Iris Flower Infantry Regiment Andrew."

The soldier nodded and walked out.Charles stood in the hall of this simple wooden house, anger welling up in his heart, as if it was roasting his heart.

There are two kinds of people he annoys the most, one is people who want him to kneel down, every battle he has fought from the iris flower collar to now is a last stand.He can subdue himself, he can pretend to be a grandson, but he can't let people press his head down and give him a bone.

The second type is people like the Eldest Prince - he takes money and does nothing, but that's two thousand gold coins, he swallows it without farting, it's not enough to say an understatement.I still want to continue to take money from him and play him like a fool.

After a while, Rao, Rice, and Andrew came together and walked into this simple wooden hut.The autumn sunset hung obliquely in the air, dyeing the house blood red.

"Master, what happened." Les asked with some doubts.

Charles suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Milton sent someone to say that the title has not been confirmed yet, and there are not enough gold coins."

"That's two thousand gold coins. Not to mention inheriting a few titles, it might be enough to buy a false title. It seems that someone is making trouble and doesn't want us to get the title." Rice said clearly.

Rao was furious, his blood was surging, his face was flushed red, and he said: "It must be the Earl Katz Violet and Earl Geithner who are causing trouble. Next time I go out, I am willing to be the pioneer and catch them in front of the young master to make amends. See Do they still dare to continue playing tricks?"

Les and Rao are Lord Knights of the Iris Family, and Andrew was personally promoted by Shire from serfs. The three of them have been tightly bound to Shire. Unlike ordinary knights, if Shire loses After that, even if they want to surrender, no one will accept it.

Shire's earlship cannot be determined, and their baronship will be even more useless. The three of them are extremely indignant, not only for honor, but also for their immediate interests, especially Rao, who is fanatical and loyal , Charles just found him a wife, he wished he could rush out and kill Earl Violet right now.

Not only Earl Violet, but almost all other earls would spontaneously resist him. Charles had already expected this. After all, the structure of the Principality of Artem was a pyramid, and the topmost layer was the family of King Aquinax.

The second tier is the earls, the third tier is the barons, and then there are the freemen and serfs in turn. The resources of the entire Dukedom of Artem are fixed. When the Tulip Earl dies, they will spontaneously compete for the resources of the Tulip family, and Also prevents the next Tulip Count from appearing.

But Ciel defeated Count Geithner and Violet, and whether they admit it or not, Ciel already has the ticket to become an earl.In addition, he and the eldest prince are related by marriage, so he is naturally an ally of the eldest prince in the fight for the throne.

So he sent Milton, Earl Keith Tulip's personal servant, to contact the eldest prince with two thousand gold coins to show him his goodwill, thinking that everything was a certainty.But this was a surprise.

Charles' desire to control has become stronger and stronger. This kind of thing beyond his expectation disrupted his original plan, which may be the biggest reason for his annoyance.He looked at the three people in front of him, and said, "It doesn't matter who caused the trouble, we have to prepare for the worst.

The expansion of the army, the expansion of the army must be completed this winter, and the newly established town must be completed this winter. Before I go to the royal city, I want to see the weapons produced here.

Les, you go to Tulip City to recruit soldiers. This time, the Iris Infantry Regiment is full of 2000 people. The Iris Knights are divided into the First Iris Knights and the Second Iris Knights, each with 200 people.The soldiers recruited this time must reach a height of 0.7 yuan meters (about 1.65 meters), and priority is given to serfs or free people who have relatives, houses, and land. "

Les took a step forward, crossed his right arm across his chest, bowed to about 90 degrees, performed a family allegiance ceremony, and said in a deep voice: "I swear with my life that I will complete the soldier's recruitment order." Master Charles sent He recruited soldiers, which showed the young master's trust in him.

Charles looked at Knight Rao again, and said, "You will be the leader of the Second Iris Knights in the future. If the First Iris Knights led by Les is the sharp sword on the battlefield, I hope that the Iris No. [-] Knights you command The Two Orders become a dagger that stabs the enemy's belly."

This also explains Shire's plan to build an army in the future. The First Knights led by Rice will focus on charging on the battlefield. Shire will build heavy armor for them, even the horses they step on It will also wear armor. The First Knights will be a standard heavy knights, and of course it will also be equipped with a certain number of light cavalry.

Most of the combat missions undertaken by the Second Knights led by Rao in the future were to go deep into the enemy's rear and cut off the food roads. They would give full play to their mobility and harass the enemy.Therefore, the light cavalry will be the main force, at least one person with two horses. If there are enough horses in the future, it is not impossible for one person with three horses to ensure mobility.

Rao also took a step forward, side by side with Rice, and made a salute of allegiance, saying: "I swear on my life that I will protect the glory of the Iris family with spears and swords."

For the Iris Infantry Regiment, Charles also had other ideas.First of all, the Iris Infantry Regiment had to be equipped with a battalion of light cavalry as scouts.It's too uncomfortable to be blind on the battlefield.Shire plans to equip any regiment with knights, even if it is a supply soldier for transporting supplies.

The longbow seized from Tulip City just worked, and the Iris Flower Infantry Regiment was equipped with three battalions of archers for long-range attacks.

The third battalion of Iris soldiers should also be specially set up to serve as the front of the battle. The minimum rank of the three battalions of Iris soldiers is two stars, and they have at least one piece of leather armor. They are responsible for attacking the enemy's battle formation when the infantry is fighting.

Except for the two battalions of heavy soldiers, the remaining eleven battalions of iris infantry were all combat soldiers, divided into shield soldiers, pike soldiers, and sword and ax soldiers.

The entire Iris Flower Infantry Regiment is divided into six parts, six battalions of the central army, three battalions of the left army and right army, four battalions of the front army, three battalions of the rear army, and the cavalry battalion is independent.So a new rank came out, the company commander—the company commander was in charge of the first army.

Although Andrew's military rank has not changed, the expansion of the Iris Infantry Regiment from 1000 to 2000 is equivalent to an increase in his status. After all, the regiment leader is Shire. Unless the second and third infantry regiments are established, he will Possibly alone.

(End of this chapter)