Months flew by.
Just when Ding Wang Wuzhi was under the water and land, and a hundred thousand troops invaded Lingzhou, and the world was terrified, Wu Ming's eyes returned to the world of Seer.
In the blood-red universe, the Sear Continent, as the core of the universe, also experienced a long period of time.
Windfire Plains, Tucker Mountains, Carross Territory.
The entire territory has already undergone earth-shaking changes. Several roads run through it, and you can often see the bustling flow of people, traffic, and caravans.
In the center of Carross Territory, a castle has already stood tall and tall, thicker and stronger than the average baron's castle.
This is the 'Iron Fort', the current ruling center of Carross Territory, where the entrusted knight William Wallace lives and works.
Within the iron castle.
The big pink bed is full of a powdery smell.
Wu Ming stood up with his upper body half naked, ordered the maid to come in, took the towel and wiped his face, went to the balcony, and looked at the rising sun, his body shook slightly.
Just now, the cosmic ultra-dimensional channel was opened again, allowing him to receive information from the deity.
"I came to this world not to want peace in the world, but to make this land a sword!"
he murmured.
"Honey… "
A lazy voice came from behind him: "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing, my beautiful butler!"
Wu Ming turned around and looked at Amelia. The face of this beautiful woman was slightly flushed, and she looked radiant.
"Let's continue what we talked about last night... Have you finished your report and summary?"
He put on a nightgown elaborately made of silk, and came to the hall next to him. A hot breakfast was already prepared on the dining table. On the silver tableware, the thinly sliced steak exuded a tempting smell. , next to white bread and butter, steaming milk.
The rattan basket in the center of the dining table is also filled with freshly collected berries, and the dewdrops on it are shining with clear light. In the seasoning bottle on one side, there are a lot of pepper powder, refined salt, and various expensive spices.
"The business statistics for last month have come out. From the refined salt and glass, we have harvested 15,300 Jin Delong... The specific transaction and tax situation is here!"
Amelia was holding an account book, looking at Wu Ming at this time, her eyes flashed in a trance.
If this young man was willing to marry her daughter back then, what a wonderful thing it would be.
As a housekeeper, she knew that the passage of time over the past few years had not only turned the knight in front of him into a mature man, but had also accumulated his wealth to such an extent that even the gods would be jealous of him.
"In terms of population, the newly built Lvsen Town has been put into use, and special areas have been designated for workers in saltworks, glass factories, and steel workshops. At this time, the permanent population has reached tens of thousands, and the monthly floating population has remained More than 3,000... Most of them are businessmen, wanderers and the like from all over the world, and there are also a steady stream of wild people who come to seek refuge, maybe they have also heard the name of the master's benevolence!"
The construction of a large number of workshops represents a huge demand for manpower and material resources. Wu Ming treated these workers well, and deliberately sent people to spread the word. It also attracted many free people and even serfs to come here, looking for opportunities to survive and even get rich.
Even in the several territories bordering the Carross Territory, there have been cases of established serfs fleeing here, and even the gallows can't frighten them. For this reason, the lords of those territories have written to Wu Ming complained many times.
"These are trivial things, but the gathering of people will inevitably lead to security problems. I don't want my territory to become a battlefield. I hope my security officer can manage these things well!"
Wu Ming added.
In Carlos Territory, the punishment for crimes has always been known for its cruelty. Even the regular army stationed a lot of people in the town to suppress the place.
Once the thief is caught, the only punishment is to be reduced to a slave, to be the most basic and humble laborer in a quarry, salt field, or workshop, and work until death all his life.
Those who gather to fight and maliciously hurt others, the gallows in front of the town is set up for them.
It is precisely because of the severe punishment and the suppression of the army that the law and order environment in the entire Carlos Territory is barely good, otherwise it is hard to say what will happen.
"Actually... Joan often comes to complain to me that he has too few young men!"
Amelia smiled wryly.
"You can tell him not to worry about this question, because I plan to allocate a hundred of the recruits with poor grades this time to join the security forces."
Wu Ming replied with a smile.
"That would be great... just..."
Amelia glanced at Wu Ming carefully: "Is it too much to maintain a regular army of 500 people in our territory?"
She knows the current strength of her territory best.
The regular army has 500 members, but in fact, those who work hard in factories, salt fields, and quarries are all first-class strong and strong adult men, and because they have obeyed the command for a long time, they have a high degree of organization and discipline. On rest days, he also participates in militia training.
As long as they are in danger, they can equip them casually, and they will form a terrifying army!
"In fact, even the Earl is quite worried about the power of our Wallace family. Of course, he is also very dissatisfied with you for delaying several times and not going to Howling Castle for the knight baptism!"
At this time, the lord and vassal have mutual rights and obligations. It can be said that before Wu Ming made any mistakes, even if the Earl of Lanshan wanted to handle the Carlos collar, he was still a little bit powerless.
But Wu Ming smelled more from it.
"It seems... that we have too much wealth, which has attracted others' covetousness! Jin Delong, who has contributed in the past, can't feed the beast like Lanshan anymore!"
He sighed and said slowly.
Ever since he worked hard to develop his territory, he had known such a day would come.
After all, although knights are also part of the nobility, their power is still too low to suppress too much coveting of wealth.
"What does he want?"
After Wu Ming had eaten and drank enough, he crossed his fingers and asked in a deep voice.
Several years not only made this body grow to be twenty-five years old, but also made him more knowledgeable and know more.
For example, knight baptism can only be performed once, and no amount of it after that will have any effect. The assimilation effect of the superior bloodline will crazily repel other extraordinary bloodlines.
With this premise, Wu Ming naturally declined the invitation to the knight's baptism several times on the grounds that he wanted to continue to train himself for better improvement.
For the Earl of Blue Mountain at the beginning, this was quite a bargain, at least he gained a knight's strength and saved a share of holy oil.
But now, he began to worry whether this was a sign of Sir William's disloyalty.
"He wants a lot, but he is also going to give you something... For example, he will marry a daughter to you, and you will have to pay 50,000 Jin Delong's dowry, or some of our territories such as refined salt, sugar, and glass." The secret recipe for the best selling items!"
Amelia whispered.
"A mere daughter wants to exchange so many things. Does he think his daughter is made of pure gold?"
Wu Ming sneered.
The Earl of Blue Mountain is also an outlier among the nobles. He is famous for his fertility, but most of his descendants are daughters, and the boys either die young or are sick. Up to now, seven or eight daughters have not been able to find a suitable husband.
"Please watch your words, master!"
Amelia reminded seriously: "The Earl of Blue Mountain is your vassal after all, and you are his vassal, and you have obligations to him!"
"Yeah! Obligation..."
Wu Ming sighed, he still doesn't have the power to overthrow the entire noble class, and even his own wealth depends on the protection of this kind of rules, so naturally he can only follow the rules of the game.
"That's why I send a hundred adult men every year to serve my lord for free, and also bear part of his military expenses, so that my lord has regained his military equipment and even started preparing for war..."
He shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "Viscount Garcia is definitely not someone who just sits and waits to die. He will turn a blind eye to these provocations from the Earl. Just wait and see, the second battle between lions and tigers is about to begin!"
Because the Earl of Blue Mountain claimed to be the reincarnation of the blue tiger, and Viscount Garcia came from a highland army family, the nobles of the Windying Plain called their first battle a battle between lions and tigers.
In the first battle between lions and tigers, it ended with the tiger's defeat, and he also got a daughter for it.
But now, the Earl of Blue Mountain is obviously not reconciled to his previous failure, and wants to regain his glory and establish his authority.
"Master, as the earl's knight, you will definitely be recruited during the war!"
Amelia reminded her master: "So you can't get into trouble with the count."
"I know... this marriage, let's delay it for a while, just tell the earl, I want to think about it..."
Wu Ming quickly thought about it.
Compared with the past when he passively catered to the chaos in the world, this time the battle between lions and tigers, he can be regarded as the driving force behind the scenes.
It can be said that if it hadn't been for his farming, which greatly revitalized the economy in the Earl of Blue Mountain's territory and restored the Earl's strength to a certain extent, he would not have thought of getting back the place.
Of course, for knights, war is the biggest gamble.
If they succeed, they may be able to become a baron and become a real noble family.
And once it fails, the former Cavalier Carlos is the best example.
"This world cannot escape war after all..."
Wu Ming sighed, this is the only way to truly change the whole world, obtain a huge amount of force, and accumulate merits for the deity to break through the Golden Immortal!