Chapter 197 The nobles without the commoners offer it!)
"I have already estimated that the fifty miles of land span 20 kilometers horizontally and 25 kilometers straight, with a total area of more than 750,000 acres. Excluding a few hills and land unsuitable for farming, if it can be reclaimed as farmland,
There are at least 580,000 acres of farmland.”
Aslan gave an intuitive answer, which made many people take a breath of air-conditioning subconsciously, and Marquis Medea also subconsciously stopped his chopsticks.
"You are right, but for so many years, no lord is willing to go. Do you know the reason?"
Aslan shrugged and said: "What other reasons are there? Afraid of death, afraid of losing everything."
"That's right, then what's the use?" Olga said angrily.
"The noble lords are all afraid of death, but some people are not afraid!" Aslan said confidently.
Marquis Medea frowned slightly.
"who?"
"An ordinary sergeant in the city defense army."
Aslan emphasized the word 'ordinary'.
Natal's eyes lit up and she looked at Aslan expectantly. Next to her, Olga felt as if she had eaten a fly.
"Could they be civilian soldiers in the city defense army?"
"bingo!"
Aslan snapped his fingers and began to explain: "All the farmland in this area will be owned by the lord, and then it will be given to 20,000 city defense soldiers. Soldiers who are willing to go to farm will be allocated two acres of land each.
, if you are willing to bring your family members, you can get one acre of land for every four family members."
"It won't take long to easily gather a city with a population of over 100,000 people." Vatini's eyes also lit up, but soon became gloomy and uncertain.
"Giving such precious land to those common people..."
Before Watini finished speaking, Aslan interrupted rudely: "There are no civilians, only nobles from there."
"The whole city is full of nobles, so who will be the servants, who will provide us with entertainment, who will work for us, and produce all kinds of daily necessities, the nobles themselves will do it? As for slaves, that is just a joke, not even civilians, where
So many slaves are coming."
Aslan's words sounded the alarm for everyone, Vatini looked confused, and Natal even fell into confusion.
Marquis Medea put down his chopsticks completely, crossed his hands, and looked at Aslan quietly.
"go on."
"is teacher!"
"Civilians and nobles complement each other. I once got a data. It can be said that there is one noble for every thousand people. This data is not an exaggeration. As long as you pay careful attention, you can find that this is the healthiest ecological chain, no matter what
Whether the number of nobles is too high or the number of commoners is too low, it will cause an imbalance in the ecological chain."
"For example, if one day we, as nobles, only have a few dozen civilians in our territory, even if these civilians have to work in the fields on weekdays and do the most tiring work, can we be relaxed? We eat and wash clothes.
Who will do the work?”
"And the commoners are more loyal than their nobles. After the nobles reach a certain status, their priority is the interests of their own family."
Aslan's last words were a bit treasonous, but the people present were basically our own people, so naturally they wouldn't spread it randomly.
Watini also fell silent.
"Teacher! You only need to send a senior brother to guard this army. Compared with other city defense armies, I can guarantee that the 20,000 city defense armies will only be loyal to you. Even if Count User is reborn, he will not be able to command this city defense army at all."
Aslan continued.
Marquis Medea has been tempted. In fact, after this cleanup, she no longer wants to divide the lords.
At the critical moment, these lords had their own agendas, and it was really difficult to deal with them.
"Just dividing the fields shouldn't guarantee the loyalty of these soldiers!" Marquis Medea picked up her chopsticks and started eating again, this time with a much bigger smile on her face.
"Simple, military merit assessment, if you fail the assessment, you can get the land back. As long as the soldiers are loyal to their teachers and understand their identity and position, the soldiers will definitely train hard for the land in their name, and they will work even harder on the battlefield. Occasionally, they will
A few soldiers with particularly outstanding performance were selected and rewarded with a few acres of farmland, but these soldiers did not dare to die in service."
As soon as Aslan said these words, Natal and Vatini couldn't help but shudder. They suddenly understood why Aslan's Merlot army had such strong will to fight.
With only a trivial benefit, the soldiers are willing to fight for it. As time goes by, the family members in the fortress will become the best soldiers of the Marquis of Medea.
Let's think about it again and ask what those city defense soldiers who followed the nobles would think after learning about the treatment of the city defenders.
Over time, the soldiers of the entire city defense army will become the sharpest swords in the hands of Marquis Medea.
"Xiaojiu, your colorful intestines have finally been used in the right place." Marquis Medea said with a chuckle.
Genario raised his glass at the right moment.
Everyone toasted to Marquis Medea. When they were seated again, Aslan accidentally touched the chopsticks. He apologized awkwardly and got down from the table to pick up the chopsticks.
When Aslan picked up the chopsticks, he subconsciously raised his head and saw the spring light all over the table.
Marquis Medea might have been eating too happily, with his legs slightly spread out. Unfortunately, it was too dark under the table, and it looked like just darkness. Not far away, Masuo was shaking his feet while eating. This is a bad habit, but
But he gave Aslan a chance to be stunned.
As for Senior Sister Natal, she is wearing a knight's armor and there is nothing to see. As for Vatini, this woman has been tortured to the point of illness by aristocratic etiquette. She always maintains an elegant lady appearance with her feet closed.
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"Aslan!" Genario shouted subconsciously.
Aslan hurriedly came over from under the table and said angrily: "I wonder who kicked my chopsticks."
Generido shook his head quickly.
"Okay, let's decide the matter. When the contract is signed tomorrow, we will take that piece off. Natal will prepare and mobilize 20,000 city defense troops to build a city fortress."
Marquis Medea didn't care about anything else. He was relieved and said in a good mood: "Everyone, let's eat!"
At this time, everyone dared to use chopsticks, and then they were basically dumbfounded. Their favorite fried shrimps had been eaten by Marquis Medea.
Because Merlox Province is located inland and far from the seaside, it is difficult to eat fresh seafood. The Tianping Chamber of Commerce sends caravans to the seaside every month to purchase large quantities of seafood, but these seafood are all frozen.
, it is a bit difficult to eat lively seafood.
After all, it takes a month to travel there and back, so at the Billy Club, the seafood feast has become the most expensive meal in the banquet.
The Marquis of Medea can eat it once a month, which is considered good.