Chapter 509

"Lord Randall, the main body of tenants is refugees, not the Lord's people, and they have no obligation of loyalty to the Lord, but they enjoy the right of the Lord... Renting land and sharing 20% of the harvest. When the territory encounters disaster and danger, they do not need to defend their home. What is the cornerstone of the tenant system? Is it simply based on the Lord's benevolence and virtue "Is that right?"

Wallert palace looked at the young and handsome victor and said meaningfully: "there is no day without night, no warmth without cold, and kindness without authority will only encourage the cunning and contempt of the lower class, and can not win real respect and gratitude."

In the reception room, there were 11 powerful lords above the count and more than 30 court nobles. Most of them did not know the intention of the palace minister to invite them to the tea party. It was not until Marquis wallert talked about tenant system and threw a sharp question to Viscount Randall that the guests realized.

The court tea party was essentially a hearing on the tenant system.

The kingdom of Neville is sparsely populated, and mountain hunters are still in a semi autonomous state, resulting in a limited number of vassal soldiers of the Lord. If the kingdom of Neville wants to explore the northern wilderness, it must expand its army and actively prepare for war.

King Rex was determined to follow the example of the man horse hill, implement the tenant system, absorb hundreds of thousands of refugees and form a mercenary corps as an auxiliary force of the Kingdom's army. The people under the royal family are mainly concentrated in the Neville basin, which is overcrowded and can no longer receive refugees. The northern mountainous area directly under the royal family can accommodate up to 100000 refugees, and the remaining 400000 people have to rely on the Lords in the south central Neville for resettlement.

The king had no right to interfere in the Lord's internal affairs. Whether he had implemented tenant system in the territory has the final say of the Lord.

The landlords in the south central part of Neville had a complex feeling about the tenant system. On the one hand, the tenant system derived from the virtual seal system. The landlords alleviated the internal contradictions of the family by giving virtual awards to the Lord in the field, and kept the knights in the center of the family to the greatest extent, so as to enhance the authority of the landlords; On the other hand, the implementation of tenant system is expensive and has many hidden dangers. When the tenant was busy farming, he was busy working. He not only divided the harvest, but also made money. If the territory is in danger, they are not sure they will withdraw the rent and escape. Moreover, the mercenaries recruited from tenants receive military pay every year, and the Lord has to pay for the dead and wounded, which increases the financial burden of the family.

The question of the palace minister almost reached the heart of the Lord in the south central part of Neville, and everyone stared at Viscount Randall to see how he answered the question.

"The protector never lacks authority."

Victor stood up, looked around with deep black eyes and said calmly and gracefully: "the tenant system is based on the cornerstone of the feudal system. It is an extension of the feudal system. The tenant system appears because the changes in production capacity and mode of production have promoted the reform of the distribution system."

"In the past, the output of a village was very limited. In order to ensure the seeds and food reserves of the territory in the coming year, the LORD had to collect most of the food from the villagers. The villagers had insufficient rations and had to rely on the Commons for their livelihood. The Lord only symbolically collected some commons resources as offerings. Now..."

Victor smiled and continued, "what I give to the tenants is not 20% of the harvest, but 30%. The total grain and product reserves of the Randall family have increased nearly 200 times than at the beginning! Randall's collar is full of hills and Neville is mountainous. You can do what the Randall family can do."

Archbishop Vespucci nodded and said to the Lords, "the Randall family paid more taxes on agricultural and animal husbandry materials last year than you combined."

There was an uproar in the reception room. The Lords talked for a moment. A count stood up and said with a smile, "Lord Vespucci, this can't be compared. My territory doesn't produce food, only minerals, wood, herbs and animal skins."

The Archbishop glanced at him and said slowly, "yes, Randall hasn't had a mine yet. It has only been developed for seven years."

The Lord of Neville had nothing to say, and his eyes became very hot to examine Viscount Randall. Wallert mused and asked, "Lord Randall, what is production capacity and mode of production to promote the reform of distribution system?"

"Oh, my lord Marquis, who can manage these things?"

Ignoring the palace, the count glared at himself and asked eagerly, "Lord Randall, how did you do it?"

"This is actually a problem."

Victor explained: "We have adopted the method of deep ploughing and careful planting, which has reduced the seeds invested and increased the grain harvested. Although I have increased the share of tenants and collar people, the total amount of products I have received has increased instead of decreasing. With the increase of the harvest of tenants and collar people, they no longer need to rely on public land collection for their livelihood. When the income from farming is greater than that of public land collection, collar people and tenant people are happy to take the wild land Grandpa's land has been developed into a tax paid farmland and pasture. Randall's cultivated land area has changed from the initial 80000 Mu to 1.5 million mu. In the next decade, Randall's cultivated land area will reach 3.5 million mu. "

"This is the change that productivity promotes the distribution system. It can also be said that productivity determines the social system."

"Productivity determines social system... Productivity determines social system..."

Wallert's palace minister was lost and muttered to himself, and other scholars were lost in thought.

Rex was secretly worried and coughed a few times, but he couldn't wake up his palace phase from his meditation. The tea party was to promote the benefits of the tenant system to the Lords in the central and southern regions. Now there are two key issues that have not been discussed. Wallert was actually distracted.

What productivity, what distribution system? This kind of academic concept can't wait until the business is finished. Can we go back and ponder it slowly?

Rex really wants to wake up wallert's old dog with a basin of water!

Queen sadia's eyes moved and her voice asked softly, "cousin Victor, can the mountains in South Central Neville become as rich as Randall's collar?"

"I think Marquis Ruhr has the most say in this question." Victor smiled and turned his eyes to Neville's Golden Knight.

The Marquis faroor nodded and said, "I was deeply impressed by Randall during my visit to the horse hills. There, I saw boundless farmland and pastures, streams and reservoirs connected by canals, terraces and waterway bridges built on the hills..." he paused and said to Victor: "However, at that time, Randall's cultivated land and terrace area was only more than 300000 mu. I didn't expect that in just three years, Lord Randall expanded the farmland five times."

"Randall's main canal has run through the whole territory." Victor turned his voice and said, "of course, farmland growth mainly depends on the cultivation of terraces."

Mrs. Dolly's eyes flashed and asked, "Victor, Neville's water conservancy project does not involve my territory. What would it look like if you planned the leadership of count de Kaiser?"

"This... Depends on the specific geographical conditions of count de Kaiser."

Victor thought for a moment and said: "But I think there is certainly no problem in building streams and reservoirs, controlling mountain torrents, developing terraces and building waterway bridges. On the sunny side of the terraces, cash crops such as kidney beans, rye, sweet potatoes, wolf tail grass and fruit trees can be planted, and on the shady side, some herbs and spices that love the dark environment can be planted, or spider silk shrubs can be developed to develop the spider silk weaving industry. On the other hand In addition, the stream reservoir not only provides a stable water source for villagers and livestock, but also aquaculture and fish. When necessary, the stream reservoir opens the gate to discharge the flood. The silt accumulated by mountain torrents is very fertile, and villagers can use the silt to make fertilizer... "

The Lords listened attentively and leisurely. Even King Rex's eyes shone and nodded. The clerk's feather strokes rustled on the hide paper, as if it were a movement accompanied by Viscount Randall.

Catherine holds her snow-white cheeks like congealed fat, and her green eyes reflect her sweetheart's style of talking. Her expression is focused and affectionate, but no one knows what the queen mother of Gambis is thinking at this time.

"The above are some of my opinions." Victor bent over his jaw and ended the topic.

Dolly gave him a deep look and said with a smile, "Sir, just listening to your simple description, I think the future of the de Kaiser Family is bright."

"You flatter me, madam." Victor responded politely.

"Lord Randall, let me introduce myself to you again." The count who first spoke touched his chest and said enthusiastically, "I'm manfrey of the maitens family. My territory is in the middle of Neville. Can I have the honor of inviting you to visit count maitens?"

Without waiting for Victor to make a statement, Queen sadia immediately interrupted the Lords' readiness and scolded: "count maidens, Lord Randall is a VIP invited by the royal family. He came all the way to help Neville design the water conservancy project. Your invitation is very untimely!"

"Sorry, I'm so rude." Count maitengs quickly apologized and asked eagerly, "Lord Randall, according to you, before the main canal is connected, we can build a stream reservoir and Waterway Bridge to develop new agriculture and animal husbandry?"

"Yes." Victor nodded and said solemnly, "I must say that a stable water source is very important. The role of small-scale water conservancy projects is far from that of large-scale water conservancy projects. If you only want to develop small-scale water conservancy in your own territory, ordinary designers are enough to win. There is no need for me to visit Neville kingdom."

Count maitengs found King Rex staring at him and quickly remedied:

"Your Excellency Randall said very well! I mean, if the small water conservancy of each family and the large water conservancy of the kingdom can be carried out simultaneously, our financial burden will be much smaller."

King Rex laughed and said, "I invited cousin Victor to visit Neville to solve the problem of simultaneous construction of water conservancy projects."

As long as Viscount Randall delineates the node reservoir of the large-scale water conservancy project, the local lords can immediately develop their own small water conservancy system based on the node reservoir. The improvement of the water conservancy system means the prosperity of agriculture and animal husbandry. In the second year, the territory will have additional income.

In Neville, the price of agricultural and animal husbandry products has always been high, and the lords who have mines at home complain incessantly. Those lords who have exhausted their minerals have really reduced to the point of "selling children and women".

Farming and animal husbandry is the inexhaustible gold mine. There is no doubt that Viscount Randall has the ability to turn Earth into gold.

The Lords planned what kind of gifts to give, so that Viscount Randall could give priority to his territory. They looked at Victor as if they wanted to see a goose that could lay golden eggs.

Victor's elegant smile finally became stiff in the face of enthusiastic "eyes". Even if the beautiful lady is like a flower, the pulse and eyes of the male aristocracy really make his hair stand upright.

At this time, the wallert palace minister, who recovered from the new academic theory, quickly browsed the conversation recorded by the clerk, cleared his throat and asked respectfully:

"Dear Lord Randall, since the development of water conservancy and new agriculture and animal husbandry can obtain cultivated land and pasture, why should we implement the tenant system? If we employ refugees and workers, wouldn't we have more wealth?"

The reception room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked intently at Viscount Randall.

"There will be wealth if there are talents. Without people, wealth will be meaningless."

Victor sat back on the sofa, patted the armrest wrapped with gold foil, and said in a clear and happy voice: "This leather sofa is mainly made of Centaur leather and superior wood, decorated with gold and gemstones. It is valuable... Only for people. In fact, all processes of this sofa are completed by people. It is the concept that people give it value, or people's labor creates value."

"We regard gold coins as the general equivalent of wealth, but it's hard to imagine a bear buying this sofa with kinsol."

Victor's funny description caused a burst of laughter. When the laughter subsided, he continued: "In my opinion, the concepts of nobility and Lord should be discussed separately. Because nobility has human attributes, and Lord is the authority brought by the obligation to protect, and does not have individual attributes. Nobility should enjoy wealth, but as an individual, how much wealth can nobility enjoy? It's like I only occupy one position of sofa. His majesty resk has these valuable sofas, Isn't it for us to enjoy? "

"That's right!"

A marquis nodded and praised: "our Lord claims to have all the wealth of the territory, but we only eat three meals a day. The resources belonging to the Lord are not to support our people? Our grain reserves are not to help those refugees free of charge?"

"Therefore, the Lord does not enjoy wealth. The Lord should control wealth."

Victor smiled and said: "Based on the obligation to protect, it is necessary for non individual lords to regard the people as wealth that needs to be protected and control it. The tenant system is to help the Lords turn the refugees into controllable wealth and wealth that needs to be protected! The Randall family can achieve today's success by relying on more than 100000 people. Without them, there would be no canals, reservoirs, millions of mu of farmland and pastures, No towns, no villages, no Castle army, no Randall family. "

"Pa" "pa" "pa"

Archbishop Vespucci applauded and said, "Your Excellency Randall said well!"

There was a warm applause in the reception room, and Victor had to stand up and bow to the guests.

When the applause gradually stopped, count maidens got up and said, "dear Lord Randall, I want to ask you, if the tenant families leave the territory and take away their food and wealth, how should we control their wealth?"

Victor looked at the archbishop and said with a smile: "The tenant has the right to do so. However, the Lord has the power of the Lord. Our Randall collar does not allow the tenant family to build their own warehouse. They must store the grain in the bakery of the village office. If the tenant chooses to leave Randall collar, they can only take the equivalent currency. The grain reserve of Randall collar is still controlled by the Randall family. As for money, the tenant family deserves it Wealth... Would the Lord of Neville want copper sol or food? "

"Food, of course. Neville has plenty of copper mines, and copper sol can't buy much food at all!" Said the count of maidens, laughing.

Victor nodded and said, "Lord Neville has left precious food. Tenants carry copper sol into other kingdoms and can buy more food. When Neville has built a water conservancy project to achieve self-sufficiency in agriculture and animal husbandry, the food price will be under your control and will no longer be controlled by others."

"Of course, this is another topic. I'd like to discuss it with you, but it's too late now. I'm going back to have a rest. Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the mist mountains to investigate the terrain." Victor said goodbye.

"Wait, Lord Randall, I want to ask one more question." The Marquis of wallert, the palace minister, got up and asked him to stay.

"Monsieur Marquis, excuse me."

"Do you think the tenant is a lord's citizen or a free citizen?"

The previous discussion is about the theory and practical application of the tenant system, which is related to the legal basis of the tenant system. If the legal issues can not be clarified, the tenant system will lose the basis for promotion.

Victor blinked and said, "this should be answered by Lord Vespucci."

A glimmer of excitement flashed in the eyes of the cardinal. He foresaw that the negative impact of his criticism of the shining knights would be completely offset or even outweighed by the success of the tenants in Neville parish. Because Neville's successful example was ahead, the Sassanian Empire needed to follow suit.

"All the people who follow the obligation of dedication are the lamb of our Lord and have the right to be protected and redeemed."

Vespucci said in a deep voice: "Exile, free people and exile are all later concepts, which are not included in the specific content of the glorious code. How did the free people and exiles come into being? When the Lords and clergy lose the ability to protect and redeem the people, they become free people and exiles. If the Lords and clergy can effectively exercise the responsibility of protection and redemption, whether they are tenants or exiles, he We all have a duty of dedication to the Lord and the clergy. "

"The secular belongs to the Lord, and the divine power belongs to the church. The Lord has the right to formulate secular laws governing the tenants, but the Lord must ensure that the children of the tenant's family attend general schools free of charge and receive the dual education of the Lord and the clergy."

The count of maitengs jumped out again and said loudly, "the maitengs family will implement the tenant system and fully agree with the tenant's children to receive dual education. However, the educational form of general education school remains to be discussed."

"There's nothing to discuss!" Vespucci said firmly: "follow the model of Randall diocese, children aged 4 to 8 should be free boarding general education schools. The cost should be borne by the Lord. The church is responsible for sending some reserve priests as teachers to assist the Lord in managing general education schools."

"No, no, I have so much food for the children of tenant families?" Count metens shook his head.

"Myrtens! Even if your brother is here, I'll beat you all over the ground!"

Vespucci was so angry that he tore off his gentle veil and rolled up his sleeves that he was about to come forward and beat count maitengs. King Rex came forward and hugged him. He also shouted angrily:

"Rex, let me go and see how I teach this stupid bird. The general education school is clearly helping the Lord transform refugees and train qualified leaders... And talk to me about conditions, bah!" Then he lost the coffee cup in his hand.

"That's also based on the actual situation of each family... Don't go too far, old man. I can't beat you or run away from you?" Maitengs was obviously guilty and short of breath. He hid behind other lords and still shouted hard.

Victor and Catherine were stunned by such a fierce scene.

"Cousin Victor, Mrs. Catherine, I've made you laugh." Queen Neville said with a smile, without any sense of shame. She was obviously used to it.

"Your Majesty, this... We'd better leave first."

Archbishop Vespucci pushed Rex away, tidied up his messy red robe and hair, and said affably to victor, "Victor, I'll take you back to Earl de Kaiser's house in a carriage."

"Uh... It's our pleasure."

As victor and Vespucci left, the noisy tea party ended.

"Go back to bed."

Rex waved impatiently, and Neville's strength Lord whispered and left the reception room. Queen sadia smiled and said, "honey, you and your staff have something to say. I'll leave first."

The beautiful queen Neville led the attendants out of the side door of the meeting room. Rex sat in Victor's position, took a sheepskin scroll from his pocket, put it on the tea table, shook his head and said:

"Viscount Randall is unfathomable... Unfathomable is also measurable. You say, what is the reason why he asked me to hold a tea party and ask him these three questions?"

The court scholars looked at each other and looked at the king's chief think tank. The palace minister Marquis wallert just drank coffee slowly and didn't seem to hear the king's questions.

A young noble scholar took the lead in saying, "Viscount Randall is certainly to help us implement the tenant system. If our built-in strategy fails, we must open up the wilderness to the north in advance and occupy the fertile red land. The kingdom of Gambis obviously does not want us to completely fall to the shining knights and the Sassanian empire."

"I know. What I ask is Viscount Randall's personal intention? He will help us, but there is no need to be so enthusiastic."

Wallert put down his coffee cup and sighed, "Viscount Randall is brilliant. I can't figure out what he thinks. But he reminds me of a person." With that, he lowered his eyelids and shut up.

Rex's heart moved and told the other staff, "go back to bed, too."

The staff went out of the front door one after another. When they all left the reception room, Rex asked his palace minister, "who do you think of? Arya's daughter?"

"Your daughter Arya created the vassal system. Of course, her wisdom and knowledge are top, but she is only a senior knight and serves as the female priest of the holy Castle monastery in ivory. And Viscount Randall has the holy land potential of sword Saint delavin... Although his majesty delavin is a strong saint in the Holy land, he is a free ranger in his bones, not a Lord."

Marquis wallert shook his head and continued, "in history, there is only one person who has both outstanding wisdom, extraordinary power and powerful power."

Rex took a cold breath and said in a low and powerful voice, "Enoch, the first pope!"

Wallert pondered for a moment and said, "Viscount Randall can't compare with the first Pope, but he undoubtedly has the three characteristics of Enoch."

Rex got up, walked back and forth in the room, stopped and said, "the essential difference between the two is that Viscount Randall is in the position of a secular Lord!"

"So Clement wanted to put Viscount Randall in the position of Saint under the crown?"

"Yes, kite birds cherish their feathers, crows forage in rotten corpses, the personality of the first Pope is beautified because of everyone's support, and Saint Randall certainly won't do whatever he wants."