Chapter 53

A huge fast bird made a dissatisfied grunt, and the saddle on its body made it very uncomfortable, but when it saw a gesture from Bousso, it still lay down honestly.

"Then what? Is to feed the ground lizard to it?" Nicole XianMei holds a half dead ground lizard in her hand and asks the nearby cloth rope. She can try to ride this big bird right away, which makes her both excited and sweet.

You know, this is the first time someone rode this big bird. Even Nelson was jealous, but Victor said a word and gave her the opportunity.

Nicole is wearing a tight women's rhinoceros soft armour. This kind of leather armour has insufficient defense, but it is lighter and more flexible. Therefore, it must fit the human body design. It is worn on the tall female knight, which highlights her long legs, honey waist, chest and hips, making Victor particularly jealous.

With Bousso's consent, Nicole fed the ground lizard to the fast bird lying on the ground, quickly turned over, mounted the saddle and shook the reins. The fast bird also immediately stood up. With his head raised, he swallowed the ten pound ground lizard into his stomach, gave a loud cry, spread his legs and ran up.

Seeing Nicole's vigorous body and agile movement, Victor also sighed secretly.

It's a knight in the end. His recovery ability is amazing. He was still in pain when he was lingering last night. Today, it's like nothing. He has to try to ride a fast bird Actually, I want to ride.

"Victor, I didn't expect that you really domesticated the fast bird?!" Edwin couldn't help exclaiming when he saw Nicole riding a fast bird and climbing a hill in the blink of an eye.

"Well, to tell you the truth, I was also surprised. I didn't expect that the domestication of the villagers' group would be so fast." Said Victor with some pride.

What a ghost! The fast bird was originally the mount of the mountain light cavalry of the naril empire. The auxiliary busso knew the habits of this land bird very well. Domestication was natural.

Bruce watched the swift bird's running carefully, his eyes dignified.

He found that the speed of the fast bird was slightly faster than that of the war horse, but it had little advantage, but its balance ability was excellent, and it could perfectly pass through complex terrain. For example, it took Nicole up a hill without effort, and when it went down the mountain, its huge wings could help it slow down and maintain its balance, and the rider sat steadily on its back and wouldn't fall at all. The swift bird is higher than the war horse, and its feathers are tough, which means that it can easily pass through the thorny bushes without being scratched. Its huge and strong bird claws firmly grasp the ground, which makes its body very stable. Even when turning sharply, the rider will not feel too bumpy, which will make the riding and shooting easier, faster and more accurate.

Although we don't know the endurance of the fast bird, Bruce can also be sure that in the hilly environment, this kind of mount is far more valuable than the war horse!

"Knight, would you like to try it too? We can lead another one." Seeing the knight's eyes burning, Dean, the village leader standing aside, said politely.

Dean's words surprised Bruce. He had some impression of the farmer. Three months ago, he was a humble and cowardly free man, but now he dares to speak to him.

"No, you're busy."

Dean bowed to Bruce and was rejected by the knight master. He didn't feel much depressed, but loudly asked his villagers to do something.

Bruce had felt that the civilians who walked with him began to become more confident and active. They were no longer submissive, gloomy and numb as before, and began to have their own color. This change is only three months.

"Victor, you're surprised, but I'm not surprised at all! Look, your men were half dead free people a few months ago. They didn't even dare to make their own voice in the face of the bullying of villains, but now they domesticate fast birds, build camps and villages, reclaim wasteland, and find several crops that have never been found. I knew that free people are as rich as we are Wise, but my colleagues in Baita turned a blind eye to it! " Edwin said excitedly to Victor that the old scholar had been trying to persuade Baita's colleagues to collect and sort out the knowledge and skills spread among the common people, but most people laughed at him.

"Master, you haven't answered my question about the free people and the church yesterday. You know I don't know much about the church and I'm not an experienced Lord. Please tell me how I should deal with the relationship with the church." With that, Victor solemnly saluted Edwin.

"Victor, as a lord, you have agreed to join the white tower camp. It's time to tell you something." Edwin adjusted his mood and said to victor.

Without waiting for Victor's orders, Nelson dispersed the surrounding crowd and called the guards to guard around.

"Master, I'm listening." He gave Nelson a look of appreciation, Victor said to Edwin.

"Let's talk about free people first. Free people are refugees. In fact, these people are civilians without land. They have a hard life, but there is an endless stream. Do you know why?"

Edwin continued without waiting for Victor's answer: "The fundamental reason is the land. The land is limited, but the population is growing all the time. When the land of a territory is not enough to feed all the people, the redundant people become free people who need to make a living. You see, a baron, after several generations of Lords, the territory will be gradually divided, and there will be no redundant land. At this time, even the vassal The children of the family may need to find their own way to make a living, not to mention the lower level leaders. "

"But the vassals don't want their children to become humble free people, and their will will will affect their Lord. At this time, development and merger have become the only choice of the Lord, and the war broke out. If it is a war between two lords, the loser will lose his land, and his vassals and leaders will become free people."

"Don't expect the victors to take in those leaders and vassals. Their own vassals won't allow this to happen. These people need more land to feed their offspring. Even if their offspring haven't been born, all vassals are exclusive."

When Victor heard this, he nodded. He finally understood why emperor Rand seized the land of the three provinces in the east of Gambis, but did not take in the leading people, but drove them all away. Because he needed these lands to appease the Lords and generals who worked for him.

"Indeed, after the fall of the three eastern provinces, the displaced population exceeded 120000, and most of them moved to the people and horses development collar. In addition to the original more than 50000 collar people, our York family only accepted more than 18000 people. Although the land here is more than the sum of the three eastern provinces, the reality is that the vast majority of Lords are unwilling to accept more people By the people. " Bruce nodded.

Victor was silent. When he came to take office, there were countless free people waiting for recruitment outside Heibao town. Unfortunately, few lords were willing to recruit.

Think about it. If a family doesn't have enough land reserves, it can't even keep its own blood knights. How to face the attack of other families at that time?

"Victor, don't think your territory is vast and you can accept free people at will. You know, the territory of our York family is several times larger than yours, with more than 60000 leaders and vassals, but our soldiers are only more than 3000. Mrs. Sylvia thinks this is the limit. Any more will affect the potential of family development, and you can't control more freedom with your current strength People. You need to use the land to recruit knights to defend your territory, and then you can consider recruiting more people. "

Worried about Victor's kindness, Bruce went to Heibao town to recruit more free people. Bruce sincerely warned that he had regarded Victor as a friend during this time.

"Since land is so precious, why don't we open up more territory?" Victor nodded gratefully to Bruce and couldn't help asking again.

"Hehe, little Victor, I told you earlier that the man horse hill is not a wild land. There are so few monsters here. You can't imagine the danger of the wild land." Edwin laughed.

"Beyond the mountains in the north of the Neville Kingdom, there is a vast land, but for hundreds of years, the Neville Kingdom has established countless fortresses in the mountains, not to defend the Sassanians, but to resist the powerful aliens."

"You have seen goblins, but I'm afraid you don't know. There are countless pioneering knights who have died in the hands of goblins for thousands of years. In the real wilderness, there are thousands of goblins in any goblin tribe, of which the big goblins and bear goblins account for a large proportion. What's more, there are terrible ogres among them."

Victor has seen goblins, but he has not seen big goblins and bear goblins, but he knows that the Earth Goblins have wisdom, and the bear goblins are all ferocious monsters!

"If the forest men and horses had not withdrawn from the man and horse hills by themselves, the kingdom of Gambis did not dare to make an idea here. Even when the RAND empire was the strongest, it was beaten in front of the forest men and horses. You should know that the proportion of the ferocity of the Orcs was amazing."

Edwin's words shocked victor. He finally realized that the difficulties of human beings in this world were beyond his imagination.

"Therefore, the cost of war between Lords is much lower than that of opening up the wilderness. No wonder the Sassanian Empire chose to go south instead of opening up the wilderness in the East." Murmured victor.

"Indeed!" Edwin said heavily.

Victor can understand the meaning behind this heavy. Ordinary soldiers die most in the Lord's war, but few Knights die.

First of all, knights are much stronger than ordinary people. It is difficult to be killed by ordinary soldiers in battle. Even if soldiers fight in battle, knights can run away. Ordinary people can't catch up with the speed of knights, not to mention the abnormal physical strength of knights. In the battle between knights, unless it is a knight duel, there are few dead battles. Even if they are captured, they can be redeemed by the family.

In short, such a war, whether win or lose, has reduced the number of civilians, thus alleviating the contradiction caused by population growth. As long as the Knights of the family are still there, even if they lose the war, they will have a chance to make a comeback.

If it is to open up the wilderness, the situation is different. Those monsters are cannibals. They won't have a tacit understanding with the Lord. Knights can eat for them and taste better.

Knights are very strong, but in the face of groups of bear goblins, they are unlikely to escape. One is to rely on fighting spirit to burst out terrible power, the other is to rely on their own abnormal physique. When Knights' fighting spirit is almost consumed, they can only hate on the spot.

Therefore, when there is no unity in the human world, there will be no large-scale development of the wilderness by the Lord, because once he consumes his own strength, he will not escape the end of annexation, and the war within mankind has become the choice to alleviate the contradiction.

Therefore, there is an endless stream of free people, which is the current situation.

"Victor, this is the Lord's world. It is completely different from the luxurious and comfortable life of the king's capital. You must be strong as soon as possible, otherwise..."

"I see!" Victor said astringently, Bruce's deep eyes made him cold war.

After a while, Edwin broke the silence between the three and asked Victor, "Victor, do you know what nobility is?"

"Nobles are knights!" Victor said in a deep voice that he had already thought about it.

"Yes! Knights are nobles, nobles are knights. We are the natural leaders of mankind, because we have talents and power that ordinary people don't have. This power continues in our blood and gives mankind the strength to fight monsters and orcs, so we become nobles and lords." Edwin nodded, taking it for granted and speaking with a strong sense of reason.

Victor couldn't help but want to cover his face. The old scholar seemed to forget that like Victor, he didn't have the talent of awakening knight.

"Why don't we spread this blood talent to more people?" Victor asked nervously.

Victor, from a modern point of view, knights are really good. Since they are so good, why don't more people get up? What orcs and monsters will not be cleaned up at that time!

I really think about the future of mankind! I don't want to be a stallion, oh no, I don't want to be a stallion! Victor said to himself in his heart.

Victor just listened to the passionate propaganda of Edwin and wanted to cover his face, but he didn't cover his face, but Edwin covered his old face after listening to Victor's words

"Victor, the purer the knight's blood, the more likely it is to awaken the talent, and the higher the degree of element affinity. Moreover, the knight's blood can be divided into high and low levels. For example, the blood of the three royal families often appear as gold knights, and the royal family of Rand Empire even appeared as gold knights who stepped into the legendary field twice!" Bruce explained to victor.

"I don't know what Sophia taught you? Don't you even tell you such basic common sense?"

Edwin said angrily, "you know, how many lords even sacrifice their daughters and wives in order to obtain the blood of the Golden Knight! Some poor nobles even intermarry with their close relatives in order to reproduce the glory of the family! You can imagine the importance of the purity of the knight's blood!"

"Moreover, the knight has a difficult birth. If you make Nicole pregnant, I promise she will give birth!" Edwin said coldly, and he added in his heart that it is more difficult to have children, especially for people with ancient blood like you.

This time Victor really covered his face

He knew it would happen! After a night of love, Nicole's last green temperament has completely faded. Now the female Knight's style of frowning and smiling is as soft as water. Even a blind man knows what happened last night.

"Common sense has been mended for you. Now I'll tell you an open secret of the white tower camp."

After coughing, Edwin continued, "in fact, in the era of the chosen, our knights were under the hands of wizards!"

"What did you say?!"