Lord Wants To Be An Emperor

As soon as this set of measures comes out, in Merlot Town, as long as you are not too lazy to be hopeless, you will never be starved to death.

Although Aslan minimized the land tax, it drove the people’s enthusiasm for farming.

The registered fields in Merlot Town are more than 15 acres. After a rough calculation, at the next grain harvest, you can receive at least 690,000 catties a year, plus With the poll tax, the entire Merlot Town can receive 840,000 catties of grain in one year.

In the past, Merlot Town’s annual tax revenue never exceeded 80,000 catties.

Aslan took over Merlot Town in just half a month, and it doubled tenfold.

Willson and Essen looked towards Aslan also became respectful.

After all, those lords are serious nobles, and their five fingers do not touch the sun. They only know that farmers are allowed to collect taxes on land, but they don’t know how to adapt measures to local conditions and grow food in accordance with the kingdom’s traditional traditions, so the yield will naturally not increase.

The next day, Aslan also asked someone to post a notice.

Living in the Merlot area, if you really can’t live anymore, you can come to Merlot Town and work in the lord’s private farm. You can get three thousand catties of grain every year. As long as you stay in Merlot Town for a full year, The residents of Merlot Town can be a glorious member of Merlot Town by guaranteeing them.

As soon as this notice came out, many families hiding in the mountains and old forests tentatively sent representatives into the lord farm of Aslan.

Many civilians hiding in deep mountains and old forests can’t survive in cities, and can’t afford the poll tax, so they can only hide and become black households. If possible, who wants to be black households and live in the mountains? The life of a savage.

The entire Merlot Town has entered a stage of rapid development.

Time flies, half a year has passed.

Merlot Town has grown to a population of more than 2,000 and has become a large town in the Merlot area not just in name only, but also in reality, including the village of Wood, the original town of Wood The old village site was used as a resettlement site for refugees.

Aslan made such an arrangement because soon in the summer of next year, the nine great lords of the kingdom united in a rebellion and dragged the entire kingdom into the flames of war. The Merlot area, a remote mountain in a peaceful area, During the war, it became the last piece of paradise to escape the flames of war.

In the past life, Aslan used this war to develop Merlot Town, but this time, Aslan not only wants to develop, but also integrates the entire Merlot area in a spurt of energy.

Original site of Wood Village, Aslan led a squad Swordsman into it and started pointing fingers.

“Here and there, all have to be equipped with arrow towers…” Aslan plans to convert the entire Wood Village into a military fortress, with Merlot Town connected as a horn.

Gutz, as the future Chief-In-Charge of Wood Fortress, accepts Aslan’s orders very respectfully and humbly.

Half a year is enough time for Aslan to determine absolute authority in Merlot Town.

Merlot Town has a population of more than 2,000. The town guard has more than 320 people. It is a number one influence of several dozen li not just in name only, but also in reality.

According to his memory, the army training of this World is still very old, just a few simple weapon battles. Once a war breaks out, the two sides will rely on the formation of the number of people to smash each other.

There is no tactics at all. During the war, except for the kingdom’s regular army, which looked a little bit like, most of the other lords recruited some farmers casually and sent them to the battlefield after training.

What Aslan wants to train is a powerful army. He knows very well that a disciplined army and a prohibited army is what he really wants, so he is going to take his previous life That set of military training techniques are used.

“One more thing, you will issue a recruiting order tomorrow. All young men between the ages of 18 and 40 can sign up for our newly formed Merlot Army. Get five Silver Coins and provide three meals a day! The number of troops is temporarily set at around 100!” Aslan said.

Willson exclaimed: “Sir Lord, five Silver Coins a month is too much, generally recruiting soldiers at most two or three Silver Coins is enough, and also provides three meals a day! “

Aslan said: “The fighters I want to train are real fighters, not the militia of the town guard. They are not required to be able to fight one enemy ten, but they must obey the military order, and Absolute loyalty. And these we must at least provide them with a reassuring remuneration before they will fight for us.”

Willson said: “Then everything depends on you.”

Gutz next to him was enthusiastic.

Now the entire Merlot town’s army is divided into three echelons. The direct line of troops is Aslan’s lord guard. The number is not large, only twenty people, but the worst of these twenty people is also the primary level Knight. A mid-level Knight and a senior Knight.

After stabilizing, Aslan imparted a set of top-level Battle Qi cultivation techniques from his previous life to everyone in the lord guard. Arthur also used this to break through the high-level knights, and Lancelot also reached the mid-level knights, and the other two mid-level knights. It was Knight who followed Aslan back then. The remaining primary level Knights were promoted by Arthur himself, and he was absolutely loyal to Aslan.

The second echelon of the army is the Merlot army to be established. Professional soldiers will have no other tasks except for training and warfare. They will be the main force in the future war in Merlot.

The third echelon is the town guard. Most of their innate talents are poor or older. Most of the engineers in the equivalent to the army have little training, but they have to work.

The only thing that makes Aslan feel a headache is the serious shortage of iron ore in the city. Now he just barely changes the entire Knight guard. As for the town guard, the weapon in his hand is even. The mess is very ugly, and the armor is not even needed. Say.

The land in the Merlot area is barren. The main reason is that there are rich mineral deposits under the ground. However, Aslan now dares not to mine. The reason is very simple. The wealth is not revealed, and the Kingdom of Cleveland controls the salt and iron of the entire country. Trading, the nationalization of the salt and iron business, no matter how old aristocratic lords are, if they are discovered to mine salt and iron privately, it is a capital crime.

In his previous life, Aslan didn’t dare to mine iron ore secretly, as for salt, until he had enough strength to monitor the entire Merlot area.

“It seems that I have to wait for the annual tax next month, and go to Billy City to see if I can buy a batch of salt and iron back.” Aslan looked at the Wood Fortress in a frenzy, subconsciously Muttered.

Willson next to him seemed to hear Aslan’s words, and quickly whispered: “Sir Lord, if you want to go there in person this time, please bring your subordinates. They have relatives in Billy City. In business, maybe it can solve many problems for Sir Lord.”