Chapter 108 Delivered together by the local master!)
Obviously, Watini is preparing to abandon Baron Jimmy.
As long as Baron Jimmy is fed to Aslan, the losses of other lords may be less.
Because of this, other lords have consciously distanced themselves from Baron Jimmy, even his cousin, the cousin who took his biological sister.
The only thing he can do now is to protect himself. As long as the territory is still in his hands, he has a chance to turn over. He tries his best to calculate all the property in the territory.
Aslan's carriage entered the camp, and Gawain and the officers of Merlot's army ran over with joy.
"See Lord Lord!"
Gawain shouted loudly, and the others looked at Aslan with enthusiasm.
Aslan smiled and waved to them.
"I'm still injured, so I won't help you."
As soon as these words came out, everyone stood up quickly and stood on both sides in a neat manner, standing according to their positions.
Leanning shouted excitedly: "Lord, it's great that you are fine. I have been so worried that I couldn't eat for the past two days."
Hearing Le Anning's words, Aslan couldn't help laughing.
With Laian Ning's appetite, if he doesn't eat for two days, given the current conditions, he can't stand even two meals, let alone two days.
"Stop talking nonsense." Aslan said angrily.
"Tell me about the casualties!"
Gawain took the initiative to stand up and said: "In the decisive battle at Meili River, our army killed 251 people, injured 465 people, and captured more than 11,200 enemy soldiers."
As for the enemy's wounded, they were probably buried in the pit with the corpses.
"What to do with the prisoners?" Aslan asked, knocking on the armrest.
"Except for a few surrendered slave soldiers who stayed behind, the other prisoners were escorted back to Mero Town." Gawain said calmly.
Aslan subconsciously rubbed his temples. He had always hated using slaves.
Slaves are too unpredictable, and their work efficiency and combat effectiveness are not very strong, but it is not that simple to transform them all into free people in a short time.
Although it could be solved with just one sentence from him, it would also bring too many unstable factors to the territory.
Gawain seemed to see Aslan's dilemma and said quickly: "Lord! There are many Merlots among the slave soldiers."
Aslan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help laughing. This smile affected the wound, and Jean's face suddenly turned green.
"Lord Lord!"
"I'm fine!" Aslan covered his wound and waved his hand.
"Gawain attack!"
"Yes! Lord Lord!" Gawain immediately led his men to retreat, preparing to attack the city.
This time Gawain's performance, orderly advance and retreat, and prudent use of troops, gave Aslan a big surprise.
It's a pity that he died young in his previous life and was only discovered by Aslan now.
"Chief Johnson, please don't go, let's talk." Aslan stopped Johnson, who was about to attack the city together.
Johnson didn't have too many surprises, and he performed the mage's rituals without being humble or overbearing.
Aslan smiled in return.
"Please sit down!"
As soon as Johnson sat down, a female soldier immediately brought tea to him.
"Thank you to the village chief for your help this time. I wonder how the village chief thought about my proposal?" Aslan asked with a smile as he watched the army march out in order.
The last time he proposed was to let Johnson lead the entire Maisi Village to join Merlo Town to enrich the population of Merlo Town. This time, so many slave soldiers were captured, and some small villages on the border who really couldn't survive went to Merlo Town.
The population is estimated to exceed 50,000.
Therefore, Aslan is not in a hurry about the annexation of Mesi Village. Mero Town is developing too fast and cannot bear such a huge population. In addition, for the healthy development of Mero Town, several peripheral villages and towns must be developed.
In the previous life, Mesi Village was the first town in the Merlo region, with a permanent population of more than 20,000, a large grove of fruit trees, and an annual grain output of over 200,000 tons, making it the largest granary in the Merlo region.
Johnson had long seen that the population of Merlo Town had temporarily reached its limit. When the lord asked this question, he naturally did not want the population of Max Village to increase the burden of Merlo Town.
"From my subordinates' point of view! Merlo Town can no longer accept too many people in the short term. It is better to stay where it is. Moreover, I have also inspected the planting of Baoluo fruit trees. The location of Max Village can be planted on a large scale. As long as the lord
grown ups……"
What Johnson said next was very clear.
It depends on whether Aslan trusts him or not.
"Haha, just what I wanted." Aslan smiled and nodded.
"I also have this plan to build Mesi Village into Mesi Town and become the granary of our Merlo region, which will solve the food shortage plight of our Merlo people in one fell swoop."
"Lord Shengming!" Johnson said with some excitement in his heart.
"But I have a condition."
"Lord, please speak."
"All the militia troops in Mesi Village will be sent to the new barracks for training and then redistributed. Your village will also send a large number of personnel to Mero Town to learn the laws of the Mero area."
Aslan spoke calmly, and Johnson listened quietly without overreacting.
Because he had already learned about these conditions from Essien and Wilson, since he was going to join Lord Mero, he naturally had to keep it clean, as for future tax issues.
He has secretly visited the people of Melo Town, whether they are landowners or serfs of the lord's family. No, they are now called tenants, which means farmers who farm the land for the lord. Although their lives are not as good as those of the landlords, they still have a surplus of food at home every year.
The days are getting better and better.
As for the newly built Changfeng Village, there are more than 500 tenants there. I heard that the land that will be reclaimed in the future will be registered, and then one-tenth of the land will be allocated to the tenants so that they can become landlords.
It is said that more and more people are going to Changfeng Village now. I believe that Changfeng Village will also become a food powerhouse in the Mero region in the near future.
It can be seen that Lord Aslan is really a good lord who considers the people.
If Aslan knew about this, he would definitely complain. He originally planned to split it in half, but in the end, under the joint pressure of Essien and Wilson, he reduced it to one-tenth.
"Lord! Then how should we divide the cultivated fields in Max Village?" Johnson asked cautiously.
"Of course it's the same as Changfeng Village. I don't want the people to farm land for me as a lord. I want each of them to have land in their homes and be landlords themselves. Only such people can live a truly good life."
Aslan recalled what his boss told them when he was working in his first life: the more you work, the more you will get, you will receive dividends and become shares, and everyone will be the boss together.
Sure enough, when Johnson heard these words, the gray-haired old man couldn't help but get excited, and was also attracted by the pie drawn by Aslan.