One Piece: In the Name of the Father

Chapter 105 The Earl of Xiaohe II
The two thousand people from Matsurize set off at dawn, hurried all the way, and finally arrived in the territory now called Xiaohe County in the afternoon.

The villagers in Xiaohe Earl's territory, that is, the original Xiaohe Village, have long known that Matsurize has been crowned as Earl, and he and others have become territorial citizens of Matsurize's family.

This is what the newly formed Kingdom Army came here a few days ago and told them when they were patrolling around.

The destruction of Linhai Village and many stubborn forces on Songbai Island were all wiped out by this newly formed Kingdom Army.

This army is not simple. Although it is a newly established army, its personnel composition is not new.

The main body of the Kingdom Army is of course the disciples of the original Songbai Dojo as the main force, and among them are the troops confiscated from Megan and other families. There are a total of [-] troops. In this Songbai Kingdom, it is the absolute main force. Here is the existence of invincibility.

Matsurize saw the citizens of his Xiaohe County from a long distance away. These more than 100 people were not slaves, but the backbone of his future territory.

Uncle Abin led everyone to welcome Matsurize and his party at the entrance of the territory.

Matsurize saw Uncle Abin waiting for them at a boundary marker.

It was the boundary marker of the dividing line between Xiaohe Earldom and the land directly under the Kingdom established by the Royal Army.

This boundary marker is not very high, about two meters high, which is about the same height as Lingyin's today.

On the side facing Sunken Ship City, there are four large characters of Pine and Cypress Kingdom written on this boundary marker, and on the side facing Matsurize's own territory, Xiaohe Territory is written, and there is a line of small characters saying Pine and Cypress Kingdom on the side.

This is the official name given to Matsurize's territory, and Matsurize can also be called the Earl of Xiaohe in the future.

Matsurizawa has no other opinions on this, and it doesn't matter what it is called. Matsurizawa is a pragmatist and doesn't care too much about these false names.

And now Matsurize is more concerned about the construction and growth of his own territory. He wants to build a strong river to lead it, so as to protect his family in the future.

And this time Matsurizawa was able to get the title of earl, although it was the result of the combined efforts of him and Ayane, it was still a bit high.

You must know that although Matsurizawa and Ayane's current strength are among the best in the Pine and Cypress Kingdom, they are alone and alone, and being able to win the title of earl is a bit like buying a horse's bone with a lot of money.

It was King Yagyu who hoped to use Matsurizawa's success in one day to stimulate the motivation to develop nobles in the country, so that the Pine Kingdom would grow stronger day by day.

Song Rize respects King Yagyu of the current Pine and Cypress Kingdom very much, but Matsu Rize is worried about Prince Jay who will succeed him in the future.

Many years later, after Prince Jay succeeded to the throne, the pioneering nobles in the country have opened up many habitable territories. At that time, with Prince Jay's unscrupulous style, it is inevitable that some troubles will arise.

If Matsurizawa doesn't step up time to strengthen his own strength from now on, he will be at the mercy of Prince Jay.

Of course, this is just a guess of Matsurize, it is not true, and Matsurize does not know if this kind of thing will happen, but everything is forewarned or not.

For this kind of thing, as long as Matsurize thinks about it, he will feel very uncomfortable, and he can't tolerate this kind of situation.

Uncle Abin met Matsurize and the others and walked into Xiaohe Territory.

As soon as Song Lize entered the original Xiaohe Village, he found a surprise. It turned out that Uncle Abin had prepared a lot of wood with the villagers early on, and all kinds of daily necessities and food and clothing were ready. .

Matsurizawa estimated that it would take two or three days to build the house, but looking at it like this, it will be ready tonight.

Matsurize went to a widened flat, brought everything over, and told them about it.

"Hi everyone, let me introduce myself formally, I am Earl Matsurize of Xiaohe County, your lord.

This is my wife Ayane, your lord's wife.

This is my eldest son Matsurize-Gerald, your eldest son, your future lord.

Do you understand? "

Matsurize first introduced the identities of his family to everyone.

Then Matsurizawa said again.

"I don't want to say much. Now that I have accepted a few official positions, I will release some people from their slave status."

The people below were exhausted at first, but when they heard that some people would be released from their status as slaves, they immediately became excited. After all, most of the people in Xiaohe were slaves.

Although Matsurizawa comes from a civilized modern city on the earth, he will not come to another world like the protagonists in some web articles, and when he sees slaves, he will relieve them all of their status as slaves.

Of course, Matsurize would not ignore them, Matsurize thought, those who actively contributed to the territory, Matsurize would slowly give them the status of civilians.

And now, Matsurize is going to release some slaves from the very beginning, all because the population ratio of Xiaohe Territory is too mismatched. If the proportion of civilians is not increased, it is easy to cause turmoil.

Matsurize first released some of the slaves from their slave status.

There are about 500 of these people, so many people have been promoted to civilians, which is actually a waste of Matsurizawa's own private property.

But for the sake of a stable life in the future, this must be done.

As for the removal of the slave status of these 500 people, and the remaining 500 people were left as slaves, there is a reason for this.

These 500 people were all inspected by Matsurize all the way. These people were hard-working and honest people on the way here from Shipwreck City, and they were all people who had awe of Matsurize's family.

Immediately afterwards, Matsurizawa quieted the cheering crowd below.

The [-] slaves also cheered together. They were not particularly depressed because they did not get promoted, because they saw hope in the future, and saw the hope of becoming a free man again in the future from Matsu Rize.

After Matsurizawa and the crowd quieted down, he continued.

"I only appoint two people to official positions. After that, they will be in charge of you in the future, and if you don't work hard, I will only hold them accountable.

baritou. "

"My lord, the villain is here."

Baritu was very disturbed in his heart. Although he was promoted from a slave to a commoner by the earl before, Baritu thought that his ability would be reused by the earl, but all these were unknown after all, and no results were obtained. Before, Baritu couldn't feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)