Chapter 32

"Guys, come on, chop hard. Yesterday, the six groups cut 20 iron oaks. We can't be compared with those animals!" A rough voice echoed in the forest. The frightened gopher hid in the cave and didn't dare to make any noise, and the birds in the forest didn't know where to fly.

More than twenty strong men, in groups of two, bare their arms, exposed their twisted muscles, waved their bright axe, and tried to send the sharp axe blade into the thick stone like trunk.

Although the weather is still as cold as ever, these people don't care. The sweat is flying, the heat is steaming, and the loud slogans and the "bang" and "bang" of iron axe logging are intertwined to publicize human diligence and strength.

"OK! Now pull hard!"

After a tree creaked, the leading middle-aged man motioned to people to pull the thick rope that had already been set on the treetop. The already crumbling tall trees fell to the ground with the force of these men, and the thick trunk more than ten meters long fell to the ground, stirring up a large amount of dust.

"Let's have a rest and have a drink of hot soup. Hans, put on your sheepskin jacket for me. If you get cold and sick, you won't earn the following work points." The leading middle-aged man shouted.

"Boss, tell us again. What's the use of that job? I haven't figured it out yet." A shirtless young man asked the middle-aged man with a smile as he put a sheepskin jacket over his body.

"What head?! how many times have you said it? Call the team leader!" The middle-aged man stared discontentedly at the man who always called the wrong position.

"Work points are credit. The LORD said that when the territory is on the right track, we will give each of us money according to work points. A work point is a copper sol. More than 1000 work points will also give us an acre of land. This is not the land rented to us, but the land directly sealed to us. You can pass it on. Listen to me! Like yesterday, everyone in the four groups earned at least 20 work points. Let's calculate it How much is it? Anyway, if you want to earn more points, work hard for me. "

The middle-aged man, Dean, is the leader of the village group appointed by Victor. At this meeting, in order to encourage the enthusiasm of the team members, he is taking the trouble to explain to his subordinates the work point system implemented by his lord again.

In fact, this is the seventh time Dean has explained what work points are to his men, but these simple and honest farmers especially like to listen to Dean's explanation over and over again. After each hearing, their eyes are full of hope and enthusiasm.

"Our Lord is good at everything. He just asked us to work for six days and rest for one day. People can't stand it. He earned more than a dozen points for nothing."

Tomorrow is the rest day for the villagers' group. A farmer whispered. His complaint was approved by everyone.

Victor decided that the villagers' group would work for six days and take turns to rest for one day. At that time, the six villagers' group leaders asked him incomprehensibly: what were they doing on the rest day?

Victor's answer is: you can sleep, you can wander, you can fish, you can catch birds, you can dig wild vegetables, but you are not allowed to work. Even if you do work, you don't get any points. In addition, everyone must take a bath!

The six village leaders left in confusion. They didn't understand, but it doesn't matter. The Lord's orders should be implemented if they understand or don't understand.

Edwin once described the relationship between the Lord and the people to victor. His conclusion is the relationship between the protector and the protected, and this conclusion is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the world.

Taking the kingdom of Gambis as an example, the law stipulates that all wealth in noble territory belongs to the Lord and his vassals. Wealth refers to the land, forests, animals and plants, minerals, water sources and neighbors in the territory.

Yes, the people are also the wealth of the Lord. Therefore, the leading people can only keep 20% of the grain planted on the Lord's land as their own rations. The leading people should perform free labor for the Lord, and help the Lord guard the castle during the war.

However, the Lord also has his own obligations to the people. The first, of course, is that the Lord must protect the safety of the people. If the people are threatened by monsters, beasts, bandits and even wizards, the Lord must send armed forces to protect the people. The second is to ensure the livelihood of the people. When the people have no livelihood due to force majeure, the Lord has the obligation to assist the people.

It was these two Lord obligations that were advertised as noble virtues by the nobles themselves. However, after comparing the legal provisions that regarded the people as wealth, Victor only found this so-called virtue ridiculous.

There is a reason to call the act of protecting one's own wealth virtue.

In Victor's eyes, the world's leaders are semi serfs squeezed by the nobility.

However, most of the collar people recognize this relationship, because the collar people can rise to a class and become vassals.

It is not easy for the leading people to become vassals. Their families need three generations of dedicated service for the Lord's family before they can be rewarded with land and become vassals by the Lord.

The sealed land can be inherited but cannot be bought or sold. 50% of the output of the land needs to be handed over to the Lord, and the rest is enough to make the family grow gradually, and the children of these sealed minister families are also the source of troops for the Lord's army.

The vassals are staunch supporters of the Lord's family. They will serve as guards in the territory, and the sheriff, tax officer, village head and town head will become the middle class in the territory.

When Victor announced that he could exchange his work points for inheritable land, all the neighbors couldn't believe their ears. Until they found out that Captain Nelson's sister Lilia would carefully record their work points after finishing their work every day, they gradually believed that it was true.

So they burst out with great enthusiasm for their daily work, because they knew they would become the vassals of this new territory.

Victor didn't want to be a savior or moral emperor, but because he had the insight that the indigenous aristocrats in the world didn't have.

Everyone in the world knows that Knights have great power, and Victor thinks so.

But Victor also believes that ordinary people have great power. This power can build towering castles between mountains, build magnificent cities on rich plains, create brilliant civilization in the wild world, and defeat any invincible strong enemy. This power is enough to create miracles.

Victor certainly won't ignore this great power. What he has to do now is to stimulate this power.

In Victor's previous life, it was his motherland that was best at condensing Weili and constantly creating miracles. Therefore, now he has copied the production system at the beginning of the founding of the motherland: the production team work point system.

For the slow-moving collar people, the usual practice of ordinary nobles is to hang up and whip. If it doesn't work, drive the slow-moving collar people out of the territory and let them become free people.

Victor also believes that punishment is necessary, but reward can stimulate the strength of the people. Unfortunately, he has no wealth to reward the hard-working people.

However, it doesn't matter. You can record the work points for these people. When enough wealth is accumulated in the territory in the future, you will be rewarded according to the work points.

As a result, Victor's work point system has been welcomed by all his neighbors. In the past seven days, an eight meter high solid fence has been built around the camp. Even master Edwin was amazed at the progress of this project.

Victor himself was sincerely supported by the people, which made his control over the people very smooth and naturally eliminated the risk of being overhead.

Just as these farmers enthusiastically discussed the wise decisions of their Lord, a sound came from the other end of the forest.

Dean winked at his people and asked loudly, "who's there?".

"It's me, Gru." A muffled voice came from the other side of the forest, and then Geru, dressed in armor, came out of the forest with four heavily armed guards.

"It's captain Gru. He just startled us." Dean smiled and put down his axe.

Because he was a pioneer leader, when the villagers' group went out to work, Nelson arranged guards to guard and protect the periphery, and Gru was the team leader who led the team to perform the escort task today.

"Well, I just caught three free people sneaking in the woods. They have information, so I'm going to take them back to the camp and report to the captain." Gru said coldly.

At this time, Dean and they found that Gru's guards were escorting a man and two women tied to their arms. Their clothes were ragged, yellow and thin. There were scratches everywhere on their faces and arms, which were obviously marks left after walking through the bushes.

However, Dean doesn't care about this. He only cares about Gru taking the team back to the camp.

"Captain Gru, you lead the team back to the camp now. What shall we do?" Dean asked somewhat anxiously.

"What are you afraid of?! we have cleaned up all the wild animals and monsters within 50 miles of the camp. Besides, there are several brothers on guard in front of the forest. Don't worry and do it boldly. I'll be back in a minute."

After glancing contemptuously at Dean, Gru escorted the three prisoners to the camp.

"All right! All right! Let's continue to work! We have cut 17 iron oaks. We must exceed six groups today." Dean shouted to his team.

"OK, head!"

"Damn it, call the team leader!"

Victor is watching Nicole practice her sword on the martial arts field of the camp.

Nicole was wearing leather armor and holding a long silver sword. She was facing a target made of iron oak to practice stabbing. She saw her long legs with beautiful lines on the ground, and her whole body immediately shot forward like an arrow. Along with this momentum, she turned her waist to condense the strength of her whole body. The long sword in her hand stabbed straight forward. A sound like cloth was torn was heard in the air, and then the hard and thick target was stabbed by the long sword.

Nicole's actions are simple and her expression is focused. With her strong and enchanting body, she has a kind of heroic beauty, which is pleasing to the eyes.

Physique 16, spirit 11, perception 12, life 16,

This is the data Victor observed on Nicole, but this is the data after she used fighting spirit.

When there is no fighting spirit, Nicole's data are physique 11, spirit 10, perception 9 and life 12.

After observing farmers, mercenaries and trainee Knights these days, Victor has a general understanding of the strength of alchemy creatures.

The attribute of the alchemy auxiliary soldier should be equal to that of the elite soldiers in the world. The attribute of the alchemy militia reaches the water level of the trainee knight.

These alchemy creatures are only the baggage soldiers responsible for logistics in the naril Empire, so how powerful will the alchemy creatures responsible for combat in the alchemy Empire be? What are the aliens fighting the alchemy Empire?

Victor shook his head and put these thoughts behind him. He might as well enjoy the beauty of beauty practicing sword because he was worried about things tens of thousands of years ago.

Nicole practices martial arts every day these days. She doesn't stop until her fighting spirit is exhausted. The compacted ground of the martial arts field has been covered with her delicate footprints. Victor feels pity to see Nicole practicing martial arts and fighting spirit so hard every day.

In terms of appearance and style, Nicole can't compare with the charming Countess Sylvia and the gorgeous Marquis Sophia. However, Victor is really attracted by Nicole. Maybe because of his grass-roots career in his previous life, Victor has a special sense of kindness to this girl who is sensitive and inferior and tries to change her fate,

This girl with noble blood and low birth background, if she awakens the knight blood in an ordinary noble family, she will be valued by the family and have a corresponding status. Unfortunately, she comes from the top rich York family.

For this family that has been inherited for thousands of years, it is not surprising that a female trainee knight who awakens the blood of knights is not worth making a fuss. If she can't become a knight, her destiny is to become a tool for the family to attract people's hearts.

Nicole doesn't want to be manipulated like this, so she wants to be a knight.

When Nicole finished another stabbing practice, Victor came forward with a smile, handed a sweaty silk scarf to Nicole and said, "Nicole, take a break and drink some water. You've worn out four iron oak targets today."

Nicole took the scarf from Victor and whispered, "thank you." The flushed face became more and more beautiful.

Because of her family background, Nicole especially yearns for the elegant life of the nobility, and the handsome young Baron Victor, who has received strict etiquette training, completely fits in with her fantasy of her lover and makes her taste of lovesickness for the first time.

But that fierce jackal raid broke Nicole's pride and her fantasy of love. She realized that if she could not become a knight, there would be an insurmountable gap between her and her sweetheart, so she worked harder these days.

Victor is very worried about Nicole's state. As soon as he has time, he will accompany Nicole to practice her martial arts, bring tea and water, and take care of her.

Victor's hospitality gradually melted the ice in Nicole's heart, touched the softest place in the female Knight's heart, and let a seed take root in her heart. However, because of this, she is more and more determined to become a knight.

Looking at Nicole's bright, firm and slightly shy eyes, Vic couldn't help muttering: "Nicole, you're so beautiful!"

The girl's bright face was instantly covered with a blush with affectionate praise. Victor was intoxicated by the look of shame and joy.

Just when Victor was going to go further, an untimely footsteps came, and Nicole immediately jumped back like a frightened rabbit.

"Sir, we have found a new situation. Please go to the barracks to deal with it." Nelson was hurrying over and said.

"I see." Victor responded angrily and went straight to the barracks.

Seeing his Lord's smelly face, Nelson looked suspiciously at the female trainee knight with his back to him.

Did Nicole just make adults angry? Nelson scratched his head and turned to victor.