Lorist felt that he was the number one idiot, he just wanted to give himself two slaps.
When I gave the order at the beginning, I was greedy for pleasure, but I didn't expect the consequences. Now I understand that sometimes a large number of people is not powerful, but it becomes a big * trouble of asking for it.
When Lorist issued the relocation order, he only thought about how to slap the bullshit Grand Duke of the North, let him know how powerful the Norton family is, and by the way turn the so-called essence of the North, the Southern Grand Duke into ruins, let Lu The Duke of Kings took this profound lesson to heart.
But what Lorist didn't expect was that the soldiers under his command had completed the task perfectly, coupled with the help of the Northern Legion soldiers armed by the counterfeit Norton family under Knight Henned, as a result, the population and villagers who were forced to migrate from the Grand Duke's territory It reached as many as 280,000.
When Lorist finally saw this statistic, he was taken aback. He didn't expect that there would be so many people. He remembered that when he issued the relocation order, he said, "...I want that bullshit grand duke to be in his territory." I can't find a blacksmith who makes weapons for him, a groom, a farmer who cultivates the fields, a tailor who mends his clothes, and a servant who brings him water and tea, except for his lords, officials and merchants. To leave him unavailable..."
There are more than 70,000 people in the northbound convoy, and more than 100,000 refugees from the Kingdom of Antinac followed the convoy to the north, plus the 280,000 relocated citizens of the Duchy. By the way, there are more than 30,000 captured prisoners , as well as the original people in the family territory, it is estimated that the population has reached more than 500,000.
It's not that it's overcrowded. With the size of the Norton family's territory, there is room for another million people. But the problem is that the current Norton family territory is indeed a wilderness to put it bluntly, and it has not been developed at all. For a while, how to settle so many people has become the most troublesome problem for Lorist.
What Lorist regrets now is that he shouldn't give up the Southern Grand Duchy, so what if he seized it by force? As long as there is a strong armed force at hand, who can do nothing to themselves? It's just that I didn't think about it so much at the time, and ordered to rob, burn, and relocate, all I wanted was to return to the family territory. Alas, I knew I shouldn't have to make such a fuss, but people have followed, so we can't let them go back, right? Lorist sighed deeply.
Fatty Shi reminded Lorist very seriously: "Lock, we have seized more than 700 million catties of grain and grass from the Grand Duke and the lords along the way. This is because the winter wheat has just been harvested. In addition, we still have eight More than 100 million catties, although the number is huge, but now we have to support more than 500,000 people, and the monthly expenditure and consumption of food need about 40 million catties. Therefore, we must arrange personnel to work hard now, otherwise the two After ten months we were out of food."
"Don't think that twenty months is a long time. This year is not enough. The most important thing is next year. If we don't develop enough fields to survive the winter wheat harvest the next year, then we will really suffer from famine."
"What's your idea?" Lorist asked.
Fatty Shi took out a map of the Norton family's territory and pointed it to Lorist: "The vast wasteland from Rock Castle to Maplewood Villa on the side of the Blade's Edge Mountains is enough to set up a hundred or so villages for reclamation, and each village costs four Counting to 500 households, we can settle nearly 200,000 farmers and reduce our pressure.
It will be June soon, and we have to spend one month surveying the terrain, formulating the address of the reclamation village, arranging the itinerary of the villagers, and then spending three months building houses and reclaiming fields, planting winter wheat in November, and arriving When the winter wheat is harvested next year, these 200,000 farmers should be self-sufficient, reducing the pressure on our grain reserves to deplete. "
"Then there are more than 300,000 people, how do you plan to arrange them?" Lorist said solemnly.
"I have seen Rock Castle and the upcoming mountain city plan. I think choosing a suitable address and building three or four towns is enough for everyone to live and work in peace. It will take a year or two to build." Fatty Shi responded to this question. After thinking about it for a long time, Howe gave the answer without hesitation.
Lorist nodded: "The resettlement of the village and the planning and development of the family territory will all be in your charge. Come up with a resettlement plan as soon as possible within a month, and I will issue an order for everyone to cooperate with your arrangement."
Sodkamp came in: "My lord..."
"What's the matter?"
"My lord, Elina is pregnant and is about to give birth..."
"What? You said Elina..."
"It was discovered in October last year, but at that time the adults had already gone to the team, and we couldn't contact you. She is about to give birth these days..." Sedkamp said.
Well, at the end of August last year, they defeated the conquest troops of the 4,000 Northland Legion sent by the Duke of Lukins, and returned to Maple Forest Villa Lorist to rest for two days. The maid Irina should have won the bid for those two days.
Lorist couldn't sit still anymore. He left Rock Castle to find the convoy last September. By the end of May, it was almost nine months, and his first child in this world was about to be born.
"Shruide, you are in charge of everything here. I'll go back to Fenglin Villa first. If there is anything urgent, you can send someone to notify me." Lorist was about to set off immediately and rush back.
"Yes, my lord... Also, congratulations." Fatty Shi shouted from behind.
Elina is just Lorist's maid, and what she gave birth to can only be regarded as Lorist's first illegitimate child. But no matter what, this is also the first blood descendant left by Lorist in this world.
On the way to Fenglin Villa, Lorist saw a messenger who came to announce the good news. In the early morning of this morning, his maid Irina gave birth to a fat boy after nine months of pregnancy. The mother and child are now safe.
Why is it nine months, isn't it pregnant in October? It took a long time for Lorist to realize that there are thirty-five days in a month in this world, and nine months are already more days than ten months in the previous life.
The first time Lorist went back to Fenglin Villa, he went to see Elina who had just given birth and the newborn baby, but the exhausted Elina and the baby were both sleeping. Lorist didn't want to disturb them, so he just glanced at them and left his bedroom lightly.
The white-haired Berunek was waiting for Lorist outside the courtyard, and he gave a knight salute: "My lord, your knight is waiting for your order."
Lorist was overjoyed, and hugged Berunek: "Brother Baker, are you already a Golden Knight?"
Berunek nodded: "Yes, my lord, I was promoted to the gold rank in February, and I have been waiting for your call for more than three months."
I remembered that Lorist had just returned to the family territory last year, and immediately went to see Berunek, who had been injured in Beiye Town for two or three years, only to find that he had been poisoned by the so-called potion master Donbassen in Beiye Town. It's too late. At that time, the purpose of the four major families in Beiye Town was to abolish the only three-star silver knight of the Norton family, but Lorist saw through the plot and took Beirunek back to his residence in Maplewood Villa, which not only relieved After recovering from the poison and recovering from his injuries, he also gave a book of high-level wood-attribute grudges to ask Berunek to recover and be promoted to the gold level before coming out to serve the family.
Now that more than a year has passed, Berunek has become a golden knight, which means that Lorist has one more high-level combat power under his command.
"Don't worry, now that the family territory is in disrepair, you have plenty of opportunities to serve the family..." Lorist said.
Before Lorist and Berunek had a chat, Manager Speer ran over: "My lord, the boss wants to see you..."
Another year passed, and the boss of Kress was indeed getting old. He dragged Lorist and nagged for a long time, he didn't care whether Lorist had defeated the Duke of the Northland and how many supplies and personnel he had robbed to return to his old age. Concerned about how powerful the family's armed forces are now. What he cares about is Lorist's marriage, so that Lorist can marry a famous lady as soon as possible, and give birth to a legitimate son so that the Norton family can have an heir...
After finally getting rid of the boss, Lorist asked Steward Speer after he came out, "What's the matter with the boss?"
"My lord, after the first heavy snowfall at the end of last year, the boss wanted to visit the forbidden area of the family, but he didn't let us go with him. But we didn't come back at night, so we hurried to look for it, only to find that the boss was slippery because of the snow. Guan's wheelchair slipped into a ditch on the side of the road. The boss fell into a coma. He was still frozen in the snow for a long time. After being rescued, he started to have a fever. Fortunately, the adults left a lot of healing potions, and finally rescued the boss. Come back. But after that, the manager's mind started to get confused, he often misidentified people and couldn't remember what he just did..." Manager Speer replied.
"Oh... Forget it, don't bother the boss if you have nothing to do in the future, and let him rest well." Lorist ordered, feeling very depressed. Last year, the boss was so shrewd, like an old fox. This will be like an old child, I will soon forget what I said, and I will hold my hand and repeat it over and over again. In the end, he actually wanted to marry Miss Baisha earlier, and it was time to get married after being engaged for so long...
The boss who caught love regarded Lorist as the dead young master, which made Lorist dumbfounded. After explaining for a long time, the boss became more and more confused, so Lorist had no choice but to find an excuse to leave.
It was the so-called family forbidden land that harmed people. If it weren't for the boss of the corpse cave, he wouldn't have fallen like this. It was obviously a symptom of a stroke. Lorist decided to find a chance to abolish the family forbidden land. It is absolutely unacceptable that after his death, he would put his body in the corpse cave to rot slowly.
After leaving the courtyard where the boss lived, Knight Henned appeared in front of Lorist with a blue nose and swollen eyes.
"Huh? Why are you still here?" Lorist was curious.
Three days ago, Henned brought a few attendants and went to Fenglin Villa to pick up his wife excitedly. Lorist thought he would have gone back after picking up the man, so why did he stay? Here, it still looks like this...
"Lock, but you said, if they want to come with me, I can take them back, right?" Knight Henned looked very angry.
Lorist nodded: "I said it, what happened?"
"I saw them. They all suffered a lot here. They were very happy to see me come. I asked them, and they were all willing to go back with me, but your people just refused to let them go. I'll do it. I just wanted to save your face, so I tried not to fight back, and that's why it happened." Knight Henned began to complain.
"Who wouldn't let them go?" Lorist's face darkened. Nearly a thousand surviving women from Beiye Town brought them back to Fenglin Villa, but they specifically explained that they were not allowed to bully or enslave them. I just want them to rest quietly for a period of time, heal their physical and mental wounds, and then take them to the Rock Castle when they recover almost, and let them find a man they like to start a family and start a new life.
"Speer is in charge, tell me what's going on? Also, what does Knight Henned mean when he says that the person he's looking for has suffered a lot? Are you taking what I told you as deaf ears and not caring about it?" Come on? Say, who made them suffer and didn’t let them go?” Lorist questioned Steward Speer who was standing next to him with a full voice.
"My lord, it's none of my business, yes, it's Miss Baisha..." Steward Speer trembled from the fear of Lorist's thunderous fury.
"Baisha?" Lorist was taken aback, "What tricks has this bitch come up with?"
Turning around, he asked Henned: "Is that the red-haired woman who won't let them go with you?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Henned nodded quickly: "This woman is too hot, even if I say something to her, she thinks it's ugly, she shouldn't just come up and do it. Although I am a golden knight, I never hit women. What's more, a group of women pounced on them, scratching and biting, I had no choice but to turn around and run away... "
Lorist wanted to laugh a lot when he heard it, he must have offended Miss Baisha and those women with his rhetoric in the past. He deserves this look.
At the same time, I was relieved, it wasn't some man in the villa who refused to obey orders to provoke those women.
"Tell me, Speer is in charge, what did Miss Baisha do to these women to make them suffer?" Lorist asked coldly.
"My lord, it's like this. Miss Baisha is also a family knight, but you never asked her to do anything. The family guard team has nothing to do with her. After those girls from Beiye Town arrived at the villa, Miss Baisha asked the boss She agreed to be responsible for taking care of those women. She took a copy of the basic battle qi pattern left by the adults and brought them to the residences of these women, encouraging them not to forget the shame they suffered and to be self-reliant. In order not to suffer the same humiliation in the future..." Steward Speer began to speak.
Lorist and Henned looked at each other in dismay...
"In the past six months, there have been nearly a hundred of those women who have awakened their fighting spirit. Miss Baisha organized them and formed a women's defense team, leading them to practice with swords and guns every day. They practiced courage and drove more than a dozen cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs and other livestock and poultry from me, locked them in the small yard over there, and let the women who awakened their fighting spirit directly kill them alive. The family garrison was alarmed to clean up the livestock that had been attacked by knives and guns and went crazy...
The boss manager fell down at the end of last year and his mind was a little confused. He was obedient to Miss Baisha, and since you are not here, my lord, we can't take care of it. Now those women who have awakened their fighting spirit are more fierce than each other. When the garrison team went to harvest winter wheat more than a month ago, they saw that they were also helping in the field. Some of them made some cheap jokes, and the women rushed forward. Those few were beaten badly, and Knight Pachiko went to Miss Baisha for this, but he came back dejected after being taught a lesson, so we dare not mess with those women anymore...
As for the suffering that the adults said, I think it should be Miss Baisha who made those women exercise their bodies, awaken their fighting spirit, farm the fields, grow vegetables, raise chickens and feed pigs to do these things. Naturally, some women who were originally Miss Jiao couldn't bear the suffering..." Speer The steward speculated.
"That's right, several of my beauties have complained to me that it's very bitter. They have to wash and cook in winter, and their hands are covered with calluses. I feel so distressed, so I told them to pack up their clothes and go with me, and then That red-haired female knight of yours brought a group of thick-skinned women over and refused to let us go, and after I said a few words, they jumped on us." Henned complained.
"Forget it, I'll take you there and pick up your bastards." Lorist smiled wryly, he could only handle this matter.
People have their own ambitions, and the same rice supports all kinds of people. This saying in the previous life is very reasonable. Not all women can strive for self-improvement after going through a catastrophe. The women that Henneder wants to pick up have been spoiled since childhood, and they are used to relying on men to survive. Miss Baisha wants such women to be self-reliant, so What a dream.
The surviving women in Beiye Town lived in a courtyard to the north of the villa, and there was a flat open space in front, which should be the place where these women usually exercise. Led by the steward Speer, Lorist went to the front of the courtyard, and ordered the women standing guard there to gather everyone together, and he would announce his treatment of them today.
Miss Baisha was the first to rush out, but she was stunned when she saw Lorist coming...
"Stand aside, I'll deal with you when things are over here." Lorist said coldly.
Miss Baisha stood aside resentfully.
Soon all the women gathered in this open space. Lorist's voice was not loud, but every woman heard his words very clearly.
"I am Earl Norton Lorist. Maybe some of you know me. From my point of view, you are the relatives and children of the rebels. I can sell you to slave traders and deal with you at will. But considering Seeing that your father and brother colluded with the Grand Duke of the Northland to lure wolves into your house and your family was ruined, and you suffered great misfortune. As your lord, I sympathize with you, so I mercifully pardon your sins. From today on, you are free.
Regarding your future, you are free to choose. First, you can rely on relatives and friends or stay here to support yourself. Second, you can go to Rock Castle with me and choose to find a man to start a new family and start a new life or choose to be me. The maid of the family knight, looking for a suitable job for herself. Three, I will set up a women's battalion, and those of you who have awakened your fighting spirit can choose to join, and I will give them the same treatment as the family defense team. Of course, those who have not awakened their fighting spirit can also join as reserve members, but they will not enjoy the treatment of full-time members except for free food and lodging. If they awaken their fighting spirit in the future, they can officially join the women's camp.
I'll give you three days to think about what to do next. I'll ask the manager of Speer to register your choices. If you have any questions, you can ask him. That's it, disband. "
"Henneid, you can take your beauties away. Speer is in charge, you go and ask them if they are willing, and forget it if they don't." Lorist ordered.
After Henned and Speer left, Lorist turned to Miss Baisha: "I also give you two options, one, you are in charge of the newly established women's camp, but I want to take my eldest brother's child .Second, you bring up my elder brother's child well, and don't meddle in family affairs in the future."
"Why can't I take care of the women's battalion and the children at the same time?" Miss Baisha was very dissatisfied.
Lorist shook his head: "Your personality is not made to be a good mother, and you have never given birth to a child, so you don't know the pain of pregnancy, so you can't give your child a real mother's love. Either become a female general, or To be a good mother is your choice."
"I can find a nanny..." Miss Bai Sha said.
Lorist sighed: "I understand your choice. From now on, this women's camp will be under your control, and the regulations and management plan will be handed over to you in a few days. I will have the child taken away at night, and you will have to look at it later. He must ask for my consent. If you make trouble unreasonably, I will deprive you of your family knight status, think about it for yourself, and go down."
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