It is impossible for Yue Hongchen's identity to be exposed. The Hongchen family has been exterminated on the surface. Now all the territory of the Hongchen family is taken over by Lan Nuo, and the name of the fiefdom has been changed to the Duchy of Xinhuo.
Lan Nuo rebuilt the city in the bombed Red Dust Fortress. This time, the scale of the city was even larger than the original one. He directly cut down the Demonic Forest on a large scale to use it as materials for city construction.
Therefore, there are better materials like reinforced concrete, but due to various factors, the construction speed is actually much slower than that of wooden houses. In the relatively warm Kaibol Pass, wooden buildings are no worse than masonry structures.
The only problem is that there is a fire hazard, but as long as the wooden buildings are isolated from each other, the risk will be greatly reduced, at least it will not happen like the Chicago Fire in history.
As for why he dared to cut down the evil forest without fear of the soul beast's revenge, it was because Lan Nuo took the initiative to ask the Holy Dragon Empire to garrison troops to protect the security of the territory before he formed his own private army.
In the eyes of the emperor, he was a very loyal minister, showing his loyalty to him! Allowing the empire's troops to be stationed directly in his core hinterland was equivalent to putting his life in the hands of the emperor. For his new appointment
The duke's favorability is slowly rising.
However, the emperor, who had been stuck in a dream, obviously did not know that he had been replaced by a substitute. If he really dared to issue an order to destroy Lan Nuo, the spy who replaced him in the palace would never issue such an order.
For Lan Nuo, the Holy Dragon Legion is his own legion in a sense. If it is stationed in his core hinterland, there will naturally be no problem at all, and he can also use the empire's military salary for free.
It is impossible for the Holy Dragon Empire to let Lan Nuo provide military pay to the army. It is not that they disdain to take advantage of this, but it is a matter of principle. If the army can use other people's money to support itself, then this army is still the emperor's army.
? So the money for military pay must come from the empire. Lan Nuo wants to spend his own money to support this army, but he has no place to spend it.
And with such a large army stationed, the guys who come out to make trouble in the soul beast forest will be in trouble. Let alone the century-old soul beasts and the thousand-year soul beasts, there is no need for the army to take action. They are responsible for directing local migrant workers to cut down trees and build buildings.
The Lanno clones in the camp were knocked down one by one and put into the pokeballs. They will definitely be sold at a good price in the future.
As for the ten-thousand-year soul beasts, those who dare to jump out will be even worse. Because these guys may cause casualties, the garrison protecting the people is ordered to accept that if they are directly killed, Lan Nuo's clone will directly use him as a medium.
, carrying the power of the legion, it exploded with a combat power that was almost comparable to that of a titled Douluo. With a single nuclear-powered Dark Gold Terror Claw, all the thousand-year-old soul beasts that seemed to be causing trouble were smashed to pieces.
This allows local workers to work very quickly. Large areas of forest have been cut down and turned into farmland and urban areas. Today is still a barbaric era. There is really too much thinking about the ecological environment. The annual steel output of the entire continent is not
After reaching one million tons, I feel that the little change I can make can destroy the ecological environment. I really think too highly of myself.
While the city was being built rapidly, Lan Nuo also carried out some rectification of the nobles in the Hongchen Dukedom. It seemed that he had left Yue Hongchen alive. Otherwise, the Hongchen Fortress would have been bombed to the ground. He wanted to find the local nobles.
There is nowhere to find the information.
"The three I wrote at the top are the largest landowners in my territory. If you want to maintain the stability of the territory, it is best to visit them. For the rest, you only need to send someone to notify them. I guess
They will not be ignorant, after all, the power you showed during the battle that day was really terrifying." Speaking of this, the former Duke of Red Dust showed a bitter smile on his face. The pride that his ancestors had built for thousands of years could not match others.
One shot.
Lan Nuo looked at the list. The people listed at the front were indeed big landowners. Each of them owned vast hectares of fertile land and had tens of thousands of people under his command. There were thousands of servants and guardians alone. The most important thing was that they controlled the local administration.
Without their rights, they would not be able to collect taxes or recruit soldiers, and even orders would not be able to be transmitted to the ears of ordinary civilians.
"Come here, have you never been a lord? Let me tell you, when you are a lord, you have to create a clever name and win over the gentry to pay taxes and donations. When the gentry donates, the people will follow suit. After the matter is completed, the gentry's money will be returned in full.
, the common people's money will be divided into 30 and 70!" Yue Hongchen said in Lan Nuo's ear.
"Why is it only 70%?"
"Seventy percent belongs to others! It depends on their faces if you can get 30%!"
Lan Nuo's eyes widened: "Whose face are you looking at?"
"Them!" Yue Hongchen pointed at the big landowners on the list.
"Come here! When I get to the Duke, I still have to create a clever name, I have to win over the wealthy gentry, and I still have to look at his face? Then I can't kneel down and beg for food?"
Yue Hongchen nodded: "According to what you said, he is really just kneeling down to beg for food. How many people want to kneel down but don't know how to do it!"
Lan Nuo slapped the table: "Can this make money?"
The Duke's coat of arms was slapped on the table.
"If you can make money, kneel down!"
"Can this make money?" Bang! A pistol was slapped on the table.
"You can make money in the mountains."
"Can you add this and this to earn money while standing?" Lan Nuo photographed the gun and heraldry together.
Yue Hongchen's eyelids twitched: "May I ask who the Duke of Xinhuo is?"
"My lord, um... forget it, I don't have a good reputation in another continent." After completing a conversation about intangible cultural heritage, Lan Nuo immediately made a decision to rectify the place and completely eradicate the unhealthy trend of personal dependence.
Evil spirit!
Of course, he didn't just dislike the behavior of these landlords, nor did he do it just to make money.
The most important thing is to liberate people from the land. The personal dependence relationship between landlords and tenant farmers is the basis for them to control local governance.
Therefore, even if more efficient farming machinery appears, the tenant farmers who are personally dependent on them will not be liberated. Instead, they will become more miserable because they have lost their role.
But the city needs labor, and industry needs it even more. If these people cannot be liberated from the land, there will be no development of industry. Therefore, these guys who are entrenched at the grassroots level and have the power of life and death must die. As long as they choose industrialization, these people
Those who kidnapped farmers are like mantises standing in the way of the wheel of history. They can just be crushed away.
It just so happened that Lan Nuo lacked a unit with its own thoughts and will. Lan Nuo had already asked about the principles of the Sun and Moon Empire's military formation after capturing the Duke of Hongchen. He relied on a special
Rare metals are made into personal bracelets or other accessories, and the soldiers can strongly identify with the heraldry on the accessories, so as to unify the spirit and spirit of the soldiers.
Usually, nobles rely on long-term brainwashing, even selecting soldiers from an early age, instilling relevant ideas from an early age, and cultivating them into unswerving loyalists.
Lan Nuo does not have this time. The backbone of the army trained in this way is indeed loyal. It may take more than ten years to wait for a generation to grow up.
With more than ten years to brainwash people, Lan Nuo might as well drive these people into school. Ten years is enough to train several high school students. That is no better than a team that relies on brainwashing to show its strength.
How useful is the military?
Wanting something that would make people who had just been recruited into the army identify with it, Lan Nuo thought about it and drew the sickle and hammer emblems on the paper. After thinking about it, he balled it up into a ball and threw it away.
He cannot bear the meaning of this badge, and it is not suitable for this era. Industry has not yet developed, let alone workers are oppressed. People can understand the sickle, but when they see the hammer, I am afraid most people will be confused.
force.
After thinking for a while, Lan Nuo drew the sword and plow emblem again on the paper, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Mr. Gawain, I'm sorry, I'll just borrow your family's emblem!"
In this feudal era, the meaning of this badge is obviously easier to understand. Using force to protect security and using sweat to develop is in line with the simple thoughts of people of this era.
It just so happened that the Hongchen Family's position also had a direction to develop. Such a large area of the Demonic Forest was occupied by spirit beasts. If we don't develop that area, where can we develop it?
As for the soul beast? The life and death of the soul beast does not affect the natural ecology. Do you really think that except for the soul beast, there are no other beasts in the world? Compared with many ordinary creatures, the soul beast occupies only a drop in the bucket in the biosphere.
Location.
Lan Nuo looked at the list in his hand and prepared to search for them one by one from the largest to the smallest. As for the soldiers, there was basically no need to bring many. He only needed to select some qualified backbones from the captured Red Dust Army.
The next battle does not require the legions to have much fighting power. Lan Nuo can easily break through the forts built by this group of landlords and Lao Cai. The reason for bringing this group of backbones is actually to recruit local volunteers.
Form an army to participate in the next battles and liberate the tenant farmers who are oppressed by the tyrants.
Before experiencing the possession of the legion's will, Lan Nuo did not consciously form a legion with a military soul. He just went for the legion's combat effectiveness, using expensive weapons and strict training to obtain powerful legions.
After all, this is not a large army battle in the information age. The strength of equipment and individual quality can basically determine the outcome. But after experiencing the possession of the legion's will, Lan Nuo changed his mind. An army has its own spirit and its own
A legion of military souls is very necessary. Only this kind of legion can help him gnaw away some hard bones.
And he has already planned the steps for these people to build their own military souls. The first step is to break their own shackles and make them realize that no one is born to step on their heads.
This is also the simplest step, just let them realize that the once big men can also be defeated. And this is actually a very simple thing.
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Zhongli Villa is a well-known big business in ten miles and eight towns. According to legend, it has the tradition of using living people to practice. It once relied on this method of training to create a titled Douluo, which made this Villa famous far and wide, and made the Villa famous far and wide.
Outsiders were frightened when they heard about it.
Legend has it that the lush green plants outside the villa can grow so luxuriantly only by using the flesh and bones of people who accidentally broke into the villa as fertilizer.
It's another severe winter every year, and the surrounding mountain people who can't survive are kneeling in rows outside the villa, either praying for some time to repay their debts, or they are desperate and finally want to sell their fields, or they are preparing to sell their fields.
Children sell their daughters to survive this harsh winter.
It is obvious that land annexation on the Sun and Moon Continent is becoming increasingly serious. I am afraid that in a few years, there will no longer be the term homesteader.
It's just that these days, it's not easy to change your identity as a tenant in a landlord's house. You really have to sell yourself into slavery to get it. They kneel in the cold wind, not daring to move, or even making too much noise to offend the landlord.
The family is unhappy.
But this silence was soon broken. The tall and majestic city gate of the villa was severely smashed by a demon pillar that fell from the sky. While the rubble was flying, the troops marching in uniform steps straight towards the villa.
approaching.
At the same time, someone began to read: "Duke Xinhuo decrees that no individual in the duchy can own more than fifty acres of land. Violators will have their land confiscated and will be subject to review!"
Nowadays, this order has been criticized at most, but in fact it is not a big problem. In reality, the early implementation was also the household responsibility system. There is an upper limit on the land held by each person, but it can be carried out on a family basis.
Joint contracting.
From the perspective of productivity, this is actually regressive. By hiring more tenants, landlords can concentrate their manpower on large-scale farming and water conservancy construction. In terms of productivity, it is actually better than individual farmers.
More advanced, but in the final analysis, compared with industrialization, they are still backward, so they must be banned.
If these people are really obedient, Lan Nuo can really let them go. As long as the land is allocated, some people will find that working in the city makes more money than farming at home. When others contract their land, they will still
They can assume the same responsibilities as landlords, but they do not need to occupy an additional share of social resources like landlords. With workers, the land can also be utilized. If the purpose can be achieved, there is no need to use force.
It's just that before one has truly seen Lan Nuo's ferocious and destructive power, all his requests will be regarded as fantasy.
"What a loud tone! Back then, even the Duke of Hongchen had to show courtesy to my master, but just a few dogs of the new Duke dared to bark in front of my Zhongli Villa. Come on, kill these dogs who don't know how to live or die.
Catch the guy and make him a corpse master!" A steward with a shrill voice shouted loudly beside the collapsed city gate tower.
Lan Nuo stood on the Demon God Pillar descending from the sky and said to the troops behind him: "Take note, Zhongli Villa is suspected of conducting illegal human experiments! It must be thoroughly investigated!"