Old Sol then looked squarely at his eldest son and frowned quietly. He remembered that the last time his eldest son borrowed money from him to buy Bass cattle, saying that he wanted to develop a town.
At that time, he mercilessly laughed at his eldest son.
Idiots talk about dreams.
Can you develop a town by buying cattle?
Then there is no real nobleman in the world as small as the Pompeii family.
So Old Saul did not lend money to Luther, but the facts proved that he was wrong.
The Bas cow can really plow the fields with a hoe like a farmer. One cow can be worth a lot of strong labor. Next year, the territory will start cutting down the forest and prepare to expand the fields in the territory.
The plan is to expand it one to several times.
In this way, the Pompeii family's financial resources have expanded. Perhaps they can become the leading vassal and knight lord under Baron Barton.
But even so, a town cannot be developed in a short period of time.
But coupled with the current effect of Pompeii wine, Old Sol felt that the Pompeii family might really be able to develop a town.
Really, Old Sol didn't dare to think that he could develop a city. It was impossible. Even if it were possible, the Pompeii family would not be able to defend it.
Old Thor and Lelouch had the same idea. As a vassal of the Baron family, if he owned a city, he would be feared by the Barton family.
That's boring life.
As for the Pompeii family being upgraded to a baronial family, Old Sol had never dreamed of it. It would be too difficult.
All in all, Old Sol admires his eldest son. This is an ambitious little guy who may be able to build a town for the Pompeii family.
But I still have a headache for this eldest son.
If the eldest son was really allowed to develop a city, then the Pompeii family might be in catastrophe.
He is truly an excellent eldest son, and he is so outstanding.
After thinking about it, Old Thor, like Lelouch at that time, told Luther that if things developed too fast, the Baron would be concerned about the matter.
Luther said something very ambitious to Lelouch at that time, that he would become a noble with a title of title.
But for his father, Luther was very low-key, fearing to scare his father. So Luther said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dad, I just want to make Pompeii bigger. It's best to have a small town. That's enough."
Already."
"It's good if you think so."
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, "They're all here."
After a pause, Luther continued: "Recruiting wandering knights is very simple. Give ten gold coins every month, and there are a lot of junior knights to choose from. But what we need are loyal and reliable knights. So we
We have to look for it from the knights who left Pompeii or the six major families."
This is what Luther thought.
It is very simple to become a real noble.
financial resources.
force.
Now we have financial resources but no military force. Under such circumstances, we must first recruit reliable knights to build up the basic combat power in the territory.
Recruit more guards.
In this world, there are many wandering knights, or knights who work for others. They are all descendants of nobles without territories, as well as civilian knights.
As for the general local nobles, such as the Barton family, they have a very reliable relationship with the knight family.
These families include the Pompeii family, twenty or thirty knights and vassals.
This is the pillar of the Barton family and the cornerstone of the Barton family's rule.
Secondly, people like Buzz, Howard, etc. are employed by the Barton family, but this employment relationship usually lasts for several generations.
This ensured the loyalty of these knights.
The Pompeii family is too small and does not have such a foundation. The only people who can be trusted are the Iron Horse family. The current knight is Magellan, and the next generation knight is Shusua.
And if you recruit wandering knights at will, the knights may rebel and plunder the master's house. This kind of thing is not unique and can easily happen.
Therefore, you need to be careful when choosing to recruit knights.
According to the current situation of the Pompeii family, Luther feels that he can start from three aspects.
One is the Pompeii family.
One is the Iron Horse family.
One is the other five families.
Very simple reason.
Just like Luther's generation, he also had younger brothers, William and Pompeii. So did Old Sol have any brothers? Well, Luther knew that Old Sol had no brothers, and Old Sol was an only son.
But doesn’t Old Sol have an uncle? What about the son born to the uncle?
Where did the descendants of these nobles go? Either they became scholars or they became knights working for others.
The same goes for the Tie Ma family and the other five big families.
After all, there are some tribesmen scattered throughout the Kingdom of Prussia, becoming knights working for others, or simply wandering knights.
Recruiting these people will make them more trustworthy than other wandering knights.
After hearing this, Old Sol tapped the desk with his index finger, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "You have considered it more carefully. There are not only knights in our Pompeii family living abroad, but also some other scholars.
Some people can do well outside, while others do not. No matter whether they are doing well or badly, they are always under the care of others. As the leader of the Pompei family, now that the Pompei family has financial resources, I should take care of them.
These tribesmen. As for the Tiema family, there are five other families, and there are also talented tribesmen living outside."
Having said this, Old Sol showed a smile on his face and said: "One of my cousins, named Ston Pompeii, is a very powerful intermediate knight."
"Intermediate knight?" Luther's eyes lit up and his saliva almost flowed out.
You know, those who are not from a noble family but can become an intermediate knight are not simple people.
Old Sol nodded, and then said seriously: "What about 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 the forest and thus have enough fields. We rely on some policies to attract free people. For example, the cultivated fields belong to the free people themselves. Another example is to exempt the third
One year's tax. Secondly, serfs, you have to spend money to buy them."
Luther had actually been thinking about this for a long time, but he was too shy to mention it because he was short of money before. Now, of course, he poured it out like a surging river.
In this Kingdom of Prussia, which had a structure similar to that of medieval European aristocracy, it was very simple to develop a territory. Just have a population first, and that was it.
Once a town has a scale, even a small town, it can carry out commercial activities.
And what Luther said to his father, to only develop one town and develop it at a certain level, was a complete lie to his father. Once there is a town, is a city still far behind?
Once you have a city, you have enough force, and you have more gold coins.
Luther had to engage in diplomacy and use money to lobby the House of Lords in the royal capital, the king, and the major court nobles to get a baron to take the lead.
Ha ha.
Perfect.
Sooner or later we will become a great noble, a man at the top of the food chain.