Chapter 72

In the morning, Victor was playing with an exquisite dagger in the restricted area of the upper camp. The dagger was two fingers wide and two feet long. The body of the dagger was rare blue and white. The blade was narrow and sharp.

Victor danced a sword flower and cut it down. A sharp cyan streamer crossed the hard and thick iron fir table and easily unloaded one corner of the table.

"Good sword." Victor's jaw head praised him. He bent his fingers on the sword and the short sword made a clear buzzing for a long time.

"Bousso, this silver Sabre is very sharp. Is there anything special about it?" Victor asked Bousso, who was standing aside.

"My Lord, silver is as soft as mud and condensed into a ball. No matter how oppressed, it can automatically return to a ball. Therefore, silver short sword is sharper, tougher and elastic than ordinary short sword. It will not break or break. Even if it is deformed, it can return to its original state." Bousso said.

This NIMA's is better than memory metal!

After hearing busso's explanation, Victor asked happily, "how long will it take you to forge such a silver Sabre?"

"Sir, I made this saber silver short sword by hand. The process is cumbersome and it takes 20 days to make one. Because there are too many saber silver into the short sword, the quality can only reach class III standards. If you use a medium-sized forge, you can make class II saber silver short sword in 8 days, and the consumption of saber silver will also be reduced by 40%. If you use a large forge, you can make class I standard in 3 days Silver sabre. Silver Sabre consumption reduced by 60% Bousso responded.

Victor nodded and said, "there will be a forge. Go and produce sucrose first."

"Yes, my Lord." Busogong retreated.

After Bousso left, Victor picked up two small bags of flour from the ground, carried a dagger and walked to the cave.

At the element extraction platform of the alchemy tower, Vick connected the tower spirit in his consciousness: "king, let's do an experiment today. This is a silver saber made of cloth. Tell me, how much money or gas can you extract from it?"

With that, Victor put his silver sword on the stone platform.

"My Lord, the money that can be extracted from this dagger is not even a kinsol." After a while, Tallinn reported its test results.

"Less than one gold sol? Hehe, you should know that this short sword is worth at least 300 gold sols if sold to the nobles, which may be higher." Said Victor, somewhat exasperated.

"Sir, it really can't extract a gold coin unit." The king confirmed his answer again.

"Well, this is a pound of flour my men bought from Heibao. This is the flour offered to me in Pinghu village. Compare the value difference between the two."

Victor threw two more bags of flour on the extraction table.

"My Lord, although it can't reach the value of a golden sol, the flour offered in Pinghu village is twice as valuable as the flour you bought."

"Interesting, that is to say, what others give me for nothing is more valuable than what I buy?" Victor asked the king with flashing eyes.

"My Lord, I'm not sure about the logical relationship. I don't have any information about the exchange law of the alchemy tower."

"Of course, people who drive carriages don't need to know how to build carriages. The alchemical Empire doesn't need to load the secret of the alchemy tower for the tower spirit."

"Sir, do you want to solve the secret of the law of the alchemy tower?" The king asked victor.

"No! The law of creation, I have no ability to uncover the mystery. I just determined one thing, that is, if I take money from others' pockets, I will develop faster!" Victor replied with a smile.

At this time, a melodious bell sounded outside the restricted area, reminding Victor that it was time for the meeting.

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When Victor walked into the meeting room, Nelson, Lilia, Linda and six village leaders had arrived.

"Sit down."

Victor took the lead in sitting down in front of a huge round table and asked his men to sit around the round table.

Although Victor had indicated that everyone could sit down, the six village leaders stood hesitantly in the face of such a round table. Because in the past, Victor asked them, and they were standing.

Nelson sat down carelessly, but when he saw Linda winking at him desperately, he stood up inexplicably. Although he didn't know what it meant, he still had to listen to his wife.

"Sit down, don't you also use round tables in the small canteen?" Victor asked in some surprise.

"My Lord, those who eat in the small canteen are members of the work point system. There is no problem sitting at a table, but your status is noble. We can't break the rules." Maureen came forward and replied.

"I know, but you should also know that you are already my vassal, and I am your Lord." Victor stood up and said seriously.

"Maybe you don't know the obligations of the vassal to the Lord. I'll tell you today. The first is respect. As vassal, you have the responsibility to maintain my dignity and authority, accompany me on grand occasions, and defend my glory and reputation."

"The second is advice. As vassals, you must attend the meeting I convened, plan for me, put forward suggestions to me, and announce various regulations in the territory in my name."

"The third is assistance. When I launch a war order, you must respond to my call, join my army, fight on the battlefield or provide logistical support. If I am imprisoned or captured, you must donate ransom to save me."

Victor's words excited the people present. This was the first time Victor established their vassal status and revealed their vassal obligations to them, which meant that they were no longer farmers or mercenaries, but real superior people.

"Today, I am convening this meeting to ask you to fulfill your obligation of advice. I chose this round table to let you put aside the identity gap, speak freely and provide suggestions and supplements for my decision-making." Said Victor with a smile.

This time, several village leaders took the lead in sitting down and waiting for the Lord's meeting one by one.

"Lilia, please introduce the current basic situation of the camp." Victor beckoned to Lilia.

"Yes, my Lord." Lilia smiled sweetly at Victor and said crisply, "there are more than 1000 people in our camp, including 278 workers, 124 ordinary workers, 113 guards and almost 500 other free people."

"In addition, there are 9 carriages, 14 nags and four farm cattle in the camp."

"We have just replenished 100000 pounds of flour (about 45 tons), 40000 pounds of beans, 5000 pounds of salt and a small amount of linen from Heibao. In addition, we have also stored 10000 pounds of smoked pork (20 wild boars). At the same time, there are more than 600 ground lizards raised in the camp, laying more than 300 eggs every day, as well as a small amount of yellow sheep and grouse."

Victor quickly calculated that the food was not enough for 1000 people to eat for a month. Humans in the world could eat very well. They needed 3-5 pounds of food every day, and the guards ate more. Nelson consumed more than 40 pounds of food every day, and so did the Funiu militia.

Victor sighed. He asked Maureen, "Maureen, tell me about the construction and reclamation on your side."

Maureen stood up and bowed to victor. He said: "Sir, at present, we have two camps, one village under construction, more than 100 houses, more than 300 huts, a blacksmith shop and two mills, but they are not in use. Only one carpenter workshop has been put into use and can even make wheels. I believe we can make our own carriages in a short time."

Maureen was a little proud. Recently, he found a carpenter with excellent craftsmanship among the free people who could make wheels. Maureen resolutely recommended him to victor, but he didn't know that this "talent" was Victor's Alchemy auxiliary.

"We have also reclaimed 2400 mu of cultivated land and planted barley and black beans, which can not be harvested until the wind season. In addition, there are some sporadic vegetable fields, planting lentils, red vegetables, peas and lentils, plus collected berries, wild celery and mushrooms, which can basically meet the needs of the camp." Maureen continued.

When Maureen said this, a village leader stopped talking, but Victor asked him, "Boddy, do you have anything to say?"

"My Lord, I want to tell you that we can't collect berries and wild vegetables around our camp, and there are few mushrooms. Even sweet potatoes need to be collected 15 kilometers away."

Boddy, the leader of the villagers in charge of collecting, continued: "Sir, we harvest too often. We should collect these wild vegetables and berries regularly, and now..."

Victor nodded. He already knew.

"As you all know, we are short of everything, especially food. At present, our food can only last for one month. You tell me, how much arable land do we need to cultivate to meet the operation of the territory based on 2000 people?" Victor turned his eyes to the six village leaders.

Several village leaders immediately whispered for a while. Maureen stood up and replied, "Sir, we need at least 20000 mu of cultivated land."

"What? You're right. You need 20000 mu?" Victor couldn't believe his ears.

"My Lord, it really needs 20000 mu, and it must be fertile land. For example, we need 30000 mu of land to support 2000 people." A villager's group leader interface road.

"Your Excellency, you may not know that our farmers work in rotation."

Another villager leader scrambled to speak. Anyway, adults told them to speak freely, so another villager leader went on to say: "Sir, the grass field rotation is half planting land, and the other half planting grass and grazing, alternating with each other. We harvest the grass and put it into the shed, and the grass and feces are mixed and fermented to become fertilizer, so only half of our cultivated land is planting crops."

"Sir, we mainly grow barley, single grain wheat and double grain wheat. If the year is good, the harvest is up to three times that of sowing. If we plant wheat, it is up to twice that. However, barley needs constant care, and double grain wheat and single grain wheat do not attract birds. Therefore, most of us grow wheat."

When it comes to farming, these farmers are excited. They are all experts. At this time, they are not showing off.

"My Lord, this crop is only harvested once a year. We need more fertile land. I suggest shoveling 10000 mu of purple sugarcane and planting crops."

The farmer's suggestion was immediately nodded and approved by all the village leaders.

Victor was annoyed by these newly promoted vassals, but Victor understood one thing. He had no hope for the development model of self-sufficiency of the traditional Lord.

In today's human world, crops are ripe once a year, and here there are 16 months a year. Coupled with low yield, the land is particularly precious.

It is precisely because of this that the first two years of the development of the land can not make ends meet, so the development of the land needs the support of the family for two to three years to operate normally.

Originally, Sylvia gave Victor 40000 gold sol, which just allowed him to survive the difficult period of the first two years, but Victor used the money! He's a poor Lord now! And this poor Lord is also a pioneering Lord!

Bousso once told Victor about 15 high-yield crops, but the farmers here haven't even heard of them. Subsequently, Bousso put forward a scheme of cow forcing and coaxing, using Mithril to build a Mithril array, which can make the crops of one mu of cultivated land four times a year and produce high yield.

When Victor knew that a secret silver array would not only consume 10 pounds of secret silver, but also need alchemists to seal runes, Vic was speechless for a long time.

In short, Victor has only one choice and takes the road of commercialization. Now he needs to unify this understanding in his small group.

"I won't cut down the purple sugarcane forest!" Said Victor firmly.

"Nelson sold the purple sugarcane wine we brewed during his trip to Heibao. Each cup of purple sugarcane wine sold the price of 12 copper sols, and every three copper sols could buy a pound of flour. You can calculate this account."

"Moreover, 12 copper sols are the purchase price. Purple sugarcane wine has sold 30 copper sols in the tavern!"

Victor's words made several village leaders in an uproar. They didn't expect that the purple cane wine inadvertently brewed could sell so expensive.

"My Lord, we won't have to farm in the future! As long as we brew purple sugarcane wine, we can make a fortune!" Said Lilia in surprise.

"It's not that simple." Victor smiled bitterly: "although purple sugarcane wine is more valuable than food, there are not many people who can afford it in Heibao town. In fact, most of the businessmen who buy our purple sugarcane wine buy it back for hoarding, and the price of these wines can double in a few years."

"It's no problem that purple cane wine can feed all of us, but we still lack weapons and equipment, linen, sheepskin, cows and salt. All these need money, especially weapons and equipment. You should know that a set of York standard equipment is worth 80 gold sols!"

"So I decided to speed up the construction of the village, but not a simple farm! I want to establish a village dedicated to iron making, build weapons and farm tools for me, establish a village dedicated to producing linen and a village dedicated to raising cows. In short, we produce what we lack! Is there a problem?" Victor stared at the village leaders.

But these people were silent. After a long time, Dean boldly asked, "Sir, if we don't cultivate the land, what about the sacrifice? And what about the 20% income of the people?"

Victor smiled. That's what he was waiting for.

"Change offerings to taxes."

"Tax?"

"Yes, you don't have to pay me a sacrifice. I'll place an order with you. You produce materials according to the order. I'll pay you for these materials. You use the money to pay taxes to me. The proportion of tax payment is tentatively set at 60%. You don't have to worry about not having an order. I'll let people sell these materials, and I'll buy grain at a fair price and sell them to the people, but one thing, all products You must sell it to me, or I will take back the village! "

All the village leaders were silent again. This novel relationship made them at a loss.

"Sir, what about our fief?" Maureen gritted his teeth and asked victor.

"Concentrate on the farm and hire people to plant. I will get 50% of the rest. In addition, the work point system will not be cancelled in ten years. The work points you get can still be exchanged for land and copper sol. At the same time, I allow you to exchange for purple sugarcane forest, and I will buy the harvested purple sugarcane at the price." Victor confidently said that if he wants to protect the purple sugarcane resources of the territory, he must connect everyone with interests, which is the long-term plan.

As soon as victor said this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Their desire for land is deep into the bone marrow. At this time, they still don't understand what future victor will bring to them.

"That's no problem." Several village leaders smiled.

"Well, you should speed up the transformation of free people into leading people. In the future, 30 people will be promoted every month. I need all villages to be built within a year. If there is no problem, go to work."

"Yes, my Lord!"

When everyone was about to go out, he heard the Lord's orders.

"By the way, such a round table is held every six months. In addition, when I am not in the territory, the affairs of the territory are collectively voted by the members of the round table. Most importantly, raise your hands first when you speak next time!"

That's why Victor held the round table. When I was in power, you were democratic, very good and strong when I was away! The TV show says that's what King Arthur did!

"Sylvia, don't you want to tie me? I'll pass you the rope and see who tied who at last?"

Victor thought alone. He decided to go to Heibao town.