Chapter 41 A Series of Plans

Old Sol looked at his eldest son and frowned quietly. He remembered that the last time his eldest son borrowed money from him to buy Bass cattle, he said he wanted to develop a town.

At that time, he mercilessly laughed at his eldest son.

It was a foolish dream.

Buying cattle can develop a town?

Then there is no real noble as small as the Pompeii family in the world.

So Old Sol did not lend money to Luther, and the facts proved that he was wrong.

Bass cattle can really pick up hoes and plow the fields like farmers. One cow can be equivalent to many strong laborers. Next year, the territory will start cutting down forests and prepare to expand the fields in the territory.

The plan is to expand one to several times.

In this way, the financial resources of the Pompeii family will be expanded. Perhaps they can become the leading vassal and knight lord under Baron Baron.

But even so, they cannot develop a town in a short period of time.

But with the effect of Pompeii wine now, Old Sol thinks that the Pompeii family may really be able to develop a town.

Really, Old Sol didn't dare to think that he could develop a city. That was impossible. Even if it was possible, the Pompeii family couldn't defend it.

Old Sol had the same idea as Lelouch. As a vassal of Baron Baron's family, if he owned a city, he would be feared by the Baron family.

That's tired of living.

As for the Pompeii family being upgraded to a baron family, Old Sol never dreamed of it. It was too difficult.

In short, Old Sol admired his eldest son. This was an ambitious little guy, who might let the Pompeii family have a town.

But he was also worried about this eldest son.

If this eldest son really developed a city, then perhaps the Pompeii family would be in a catastrophe.

It was really an excellent eldest son, and too excellent.

After thinking about it, Old Sol was the same as Lelouch at the time. He told Luther that if he developed too fast, the baron would mind this matter.

Luther said something very ambitious to Lelouch at the time, saying that he wanted to be a real noble with a title.

But Luther was very low-key to his father, afraid of scaring him. So Luther said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dad, I just want Pompeii to be bigger, preferably with a small town, that's enough."

"I'm glad you can think like this."

Old Sol exhaled. Then, Old Sol asked again: "How to recruit wandering knights and build a town, do you have a plan?"

Luther patted his chest and said with a smile: "It's all here."

After a pause, Luther said again: "Recruiting wandering knights is very simple. Give ten gold coins every month, and there are a lot of primary knights to choose from. But what we need is loyal and reliable knights. So we have to look for knights from our Pompeii or the six major families."

This is Luther's idea.

It's very simple to become a real noble.

Financial resources.

Military force.

Now we have financial resources but no military force. In this case, first recruit reliable knights to build the basic combat power in the territory.

Then recruit guards.

And there are many wandering knights in this world, or knights working for others. They are all descendants of nobles without territories, as well as civilian knights.

And the general real nobles, such as the Barton family. They have very reliable relationships with the knight family.

These families include the Pompeii family, and twenty or thirty knight vassals.

These are the pillars of the Barton family, and the cornerstone of maintaining the Barton family's rule.

The second is similar to Bozi, Howard, etc. employed by the Barton family, but this employment relationship is usually maintained for several generations.

This guarantees the loyalty of these knights.

The Pompeii family is too small and does not have such a foundation. The only one who can be trusted is the Iron Horse family. The contemporary knight is Magellan, and the next generation of knights is Xiu Xiuya.

If you recruit wandering knights casually, there may be a situation where the knights rebel and rob the host family. This kind of thing is not an exception, it is easy to happen.

So choose to recruit knights, you need to be cautious.

According to the current situation of the Pompeii family, Luther thinks that there are three aspects to start with.

One is the Pompeii family.

One is the Iron Horse family.

One is the other five families.

It's a very simple truth.

Just like Luther's generation, he has younger brothers, William, Pompey. So does Old Sol have brothers? Well, Luther knows that Old Sol has no brothers, and Old Sol is an only child.

But doesn't Old Sol have an uncle? Then what about the sons born by uncles?

Where did these noble descendants go? Either they became scholars or knights working for others.

The same is true for the Iron Horse family and the other five big families.

There are always some clansmen scattered all over the Kingdom of Prussia, becoming knights working for others, or simply wandering knights.

Recruiting these people is always more trustworthy than other wandering knights.

Hearing this, Old Sol tapped the desk with his index finger, closed his eyes and thought for a while, finally nodded and said, "You have considered it very carefully. There are not only knights but also some other scholars in our Pompeii family who are stranded outside. Some of them are doing well outside, while others are not. No matter if they are doing well or badly, they are all living under someone else's roof. As the leader of the Pompeii family, I should take care of these people now that the Pompeii family has financial resources. As for the Tiema family, there are five other families, and there are also talented people who are stranded outside."

At this point, Old Sol smiled and said, "One of my cousins ​​is called Stone Pompey. He is a very powerful intermediate knight."

"Intermediate knight?" Luther's eyes lit up and he almost drooled.

You know, those who are not from noble families but can become intermediate knights are not simple people.

Old Sol nodded, and then said seriously; "After recruiting knights, how do you plan to develop the territory?"

"It's very simple. With Bass cattle plowing the fields, we can cut down forests, so that we have enough fields. We rely on some policies to attract free people, such as reclaimed fields, which belong to the free people themselves. For example, the first year of tax exemption. The second is serfs, which can be purchased with money."

Luther had actually thought about this for a long time, but he was too embarrassed to mention it before. Now, of course, it is like a torrent of water, pouring out all at once.

In this Prussian Kingdom, which is similar to the aristocratic structure of medieval Europe, it is very simple to develop a territory. First, there is a population, that's it.

With a town of scale, even if it is a small town, commercial activities can be carried out.

And what Luther said to his father, that only one town should be developed and there should be a limit to development, was completely a lie to his father. Once we have a town, is a city far away?

Once we have a city, we will have enough military force and more gold coins.

Luther will have to engage in diplomacy, take money to lobby the House of Nobles, the king, and the nobles of the various courts in the capital, and get a baron as the first step.

Haha.

Perfect.

Sooner or later, I will become a great noble, a man standing at the top of the food chain.

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