"This old guy!" Nalant immediately frowned. This Batman has no martial ethics and always plays these disgusting tricks.
It stands to reason that what Nalant accepted should be Quint's original territory. Although this Quint territory is not a geomantic treasure, it does have a castle and a small town, and the cultivated land has been developed. So as long as the manpower is mobilized,
, you can start using it directly at that time.
But now that it has been replaced by him, doesn't it still need to be reclaimed by myself?
The black iron knight could only show a slightly embarrassed expression when he heard Nalant call them count as an old guy.
They really don't want to conflict with Nalant. After all, in their eyes, Nalant is second only to a few counts.
This is not because of how high Nalant's force is, but because his iron lumps that can attract war horses and blow up enemies when thrown are too weird.
"Sir Nalant, in fact, after our Lord Count re-plans the border territory this time, it may not be without benefit to you!"
"We adults just don't want to give up Quinte Castle and the white salt town."
"The Earl knows that this will definitely arouse your dissatisfaction, so in order to prevent the Tulip family from reacting too strongly, he deliberately increased the territory area after changing the territory layout."
"Now starting from your Storm Territory to our mountains further south, all the land will belong to you!"
"Really? In other words, your Black Iron Earldom has given me all the territory bordering the Fire Grassland? I'm afraid your Lord Earl is not so kind. He wants me to serve as a shield for your Black Iron Earldom!
"Narant replied angrily.
"Ahem! This... that..." The captain of the Black Iron Knight was immediately embarrassed by Nalant's revelation of Batman's thoughts and didn't know how to answer.
"Okay, I know you are just following orders, so I won't embarrass you. I will go and check the terrain of the territory as you said. If you are not satisfied, I will naturally ask my Lord Earl to discuss it with Batman again when I go back."
Nalant waved his hand, interrupting the black iron knight's embarrassment.
"Thank you Sir Nalant for your understanding!" Hearing this, the Black Iron Knight Captain breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yeah!" Nalant nodded and didn't plan to stay any longer. He turned around and headed straight for the fork to the south, "Let's go!"
After Nalant left, all the black iron knights breathed a sigh of relief, "I didn't expect that it was Sir Nalant who came. I'm afraid this territory will belong to him in the future. Alas, I wish I had known that it was him who came.
I will definitely suggest to Lord Earl that we switch to another team!"
The Black Iron Knight was glad that there was no conflict between himself and Nalant.
However, what he didn't know was that while he was breathing a sigh of relief, Nalant, who was heading south, also smiled.
"This Batman is such a good person! He actually gave me all the territory on his territory and the Fire Grassland Necklace! Then this Fire Grassland will be my own back garden from now on!"
Originally, although the Quint Territory was connected to the Fire Grassland, it only occupied a small part of the Black Iron Family's territory that entered the grassland.
Ever since Narant received the development order, he was actually worried about one thing.
That is, if he solves the barbarian problem in the future, will the Black Iron family see the benefits and jump out to compete with him for the Fire Grassland?
In that case, he would probably be taken advantage of by the old guy Batman.
But now that he has control over all the intersections from the Black Iron Earldom into the Fire Grassland, he will no longer be afraid of others coming to snatch food.
As for Quint Castle and the White Salt Town that Batman took back, to be honest, Nalant really didn't care.
He owns the castle himself, and now it is no worse than Quint's castle.
Even if he really wanted to change his castle in the future, he would have to change it to something more spacious and comfortable, like the Tulip Castle.
As for the town of Baiyan, the same is true. After the population of the town was taken away, it is estimated that what was left was a cluster of thatched houses and a few stone houses.
If that were the case, he might as well redesign a town himself and build it with bricks.
Next, Nalant led a group of subordinates and headed south. Most of what he saw along the way was wilderness.
As for the traces of human life, he only encountered two villages with only a few dozen huts, but now they were also deserted.
And there is very little cultivated land around it. Except for a few acres of fields next to the message, the rest of the area is occupied by woods and grassland.
Of course, the reason why these places are so panicked is probably because Nalant borders the Fire Grassland, so the nobles do not dare to develop too much. If they are attacked by barbarians, their work will be in vain.
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"This should be the end of the border between the Black Iron Earldom and the Fire Grassland, right?"
When Nalant and his men continued to march for more than two hours, they finally arrived in front of a towering mountain range.
The height of this mountain range is at least a thousand meters, and there are endless stretches behind it.
This reminded Nalant of the terrain of the Yungao Plateau or western Hunan in his previous life. In general, there was no road ahead.
"Sir, that Count Batman is too bad. The Quint Territory was originally a square and normal territory, but now it has been replaced by a long, narrow territory that is not suitable for development!"
When we came to the foot of the mountain range and looked at the large grassland on the side, even Shirley, a little girl who didn't know much about government affairs, spoke up.
There is no other reason. Most of the places we passed along the way were deserted and waiting to be reclaimed.
In addition, the length of the territory Nalant obtained this time is at least fifty or sixty miles, but the width at its widest point will not exceed twenty miles.
In this way, if nothing else, if you walk in both directions from now on, you may accidentally leave the territory.
This will not only affect the development of the territory, but even from a military perspective, it would be extremely difficult for Nalant to defend such a narrow and dangerous territory because there is no depth at all.
"Shirley, who said that my lord wants to develop this territory? Have you forgotten that my lord has a development order?"
Since there is no depth, create it yourself.
After previously knowing that Baartman had given up all borders of the Fire Steppe, Nalant had a better idea.
At that time, he will only send a few hundred households of serfs to live in three villages to show their ownership.
The real focus will be on the grasslands in this marginal area.
"Sir, although you have a development order, the grassland is not suitable for farming! Do you want to raise horses, cattle and sheep?" Catherine also intervened at the right time. She has lived on the grassland for so many years and knows that the land on the grassland is barren.
It's not as good as the woodland under their feet right now!
"Who said that grassland is not suitable for farming? Grassland is just not suitable for farming wheat, but it does not mean other things, such as sweet potatoes!"
This is the reason why Nalant cares most about this grassland.
In the eyes of other nobles, the grassland was too barren and they could only graze horses and sheep.
But here in Nalant, it is the best sweet potato cultivation base. Not only the terrain is open and flat, but the soil is very loose, which is suitable for the growth environment of sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato's requirements for land fertility are not as high as those of wheat or rice, because it is a plant that tolerates barrenness. As long as there is sufficient sunlight, at least it will cost more labor to ensure a bumper harvest.