Start as Inherited Baroness

After a while, political officer Mader and serf Charles entered the secret room.

"Lord Baron!"

"Master!" The former saluted respectfully, while the latter knelt down and called in greeting.

"How is the reclamation of farmland going recently?" Simon nodded and asked with a slight smile.

“The serfs have opened up more than 20,000 acres of fertile land, and in a few days they will be able to sow barley, rye and wheat.

The army has cultivated more than 5,000 acres of farmland, and now they are all planted with potatoes..." Ma De immediately reported.

“Very well, you did well.

I have a way to improve the fertility of farmland. I just need to mix various animal or human dung with straw and dead grass..."

Simon began to teach that compost fermentation is not difficult to operate and does not require much technical content.

"Lord Baron, I understand. I'll find someone to try it later, Char? Do you remember?"

Ma De listened carefully, said respectfully, and then looked at the superior serf kneeling on the ground.

"Master! I remember!" Charles quickly looked up at Simon and responded.

"Okay, go ahead and try it. Don't compost for a short period of time, at least a month.

Do more and try to fertilize all farmland.

From now on, we should not waste the excrement of livestock in toilets, and set up a special area to collect and store it...

The specific implementation must be based on the actual situation. In this regard, Charles and the superior serfs must try more..."

Simon warned again, and Mader and the other two nodded repeatedly.

"Go ahead and call Sarit, Airey, and Sylde in." He said everything he needed to say at the end.

"Yes! Lord Baron, I'm resigning." Mader bowed respectfully and exited the secret room, as did Char.

After a while, the three honorary knights whose names were called walked in one after another. They all knelt on one knee and said: "Greetings to the Baron!"

"Everyone, get up.

You three are my most respected knights, so there is no need for this.

There are now three thousand standing troops in the territory. When there is no military operation, they all take turns to participate in the farming.

You must cooperate, food is the top priority. Simon laughed.

"Yes! Sir!" The three of them agreed.

“In addition, let’s reorganize the numbers of each army.

All the Serai slave soldiers of the East Guard were transferred to the Guards, and all the servant soldiers were transferred to the patrol team to be used as long-term field soldiers.

As for the 3,000 standing army, the Eastern Wei Army, as the main force in foreign operations, is allocated 1,500 people.

The patrol team is mainly responsible for defending the territory, garrisoning the Fort of Fortitude and various outposts. It is assigned a thousand people, plus the slave soldiers, a total of 1,400 people.

In the future, the security team will be mainly responsible for combating criminal activities in the territory, and a standing army of 500 is enough. "Simon said.

"Yes!" The three knights were all completely loyal and had no objections. They just agreed.

Afterwards, Simon chatted with them for a while, listened to some of the three people’s thoughts, and finally said: “Okay, let’s talk about this today.

You go and reorganize the army, with Sarit at the head, and it will be completed within three days.

Go call...in. "

"Yes!" The three honorary knights bowed respectfully and went out to call for help.

In this way, Simon called the knights and craftsman leaders present into the secret room in turn to talk for a while.

By the time the interview was over, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

He has a better understanding of the underlying abilities of his subordinates.

Simon returned to the main seat in the lord's hall again, and added with a faint smile: "Appoint Knight Wall as the deputy of the craftsman officer.

Responsible for the manufacture of equipment and scorpion crossbows for city defense and siege. "

"Thank you, Lord Baron, for your trust! I will definitely do this well!"

Wall, the illegitimate son of a nobleman, immediately stood up and saluted with some excitement.

"Well, work hard. If you do well, you will be employed." Simon smiled and encouraged him.

"Yes! Lord Baron! My subordinates are willing to help you..."

Wall promised firmly, his eyes bright and full of desire for promotion.

After this interview, he found that Wall had received a good education.

Not only does he have experience in manufacturing various equipment, but he also seems to be good at internal affairs.

It seems that he can take on Mader's role, but after all, he still can't be too hasty.

You have to let him do a casual job, try his hand, and see what his real level is.

As for the issue of loyalty, there is no need to worry at all.

There is a panel of control skills, and the loyalty of the characters in the team column will increase every week.

Unless he had a deep hatred for Simon, or had other intentions from the beginning.

Otherwise, as time goes by, one hundred full loyalty will eventually be reached.

And Wall is now 100%. As long as he passes the examination, he can be appointed as a political officer.

"Okay, that's it for today's meeting.

Let’s all stay and have dinner together later…” Simon announced with a faint smile.

...

A few days later, various changes were in full swing, and Yaman had already mobilized construction workers to select a site in Qingluo River.

Sarit, Airey and Silde are arranging soldiers.

The Guards, commanded by Simon himself, were expanded to 750 men.

He didn't want the slave soldiers because they were too small and had limited potential, so he threw them to the patrol army for farming.

Serai slave soldiers and slave slave soldiers can be cultivated well, and with more points, they can display normal combat power levels.

And there is no need to pay a salary, just take care of the food.

They can be regarded as Simon's backing force, and it is better to mobilize them around him, otherwise they will be consumed little by little in other armies.

And he also plans to select some of the more clever ones among them, add some points to become mages, and create a team of mages.

Although the lethality of low- and medium-level mages is not impressive, they are still very good for healing or increasing status with the army.

And they have miraculous effects on dealing with dark creatures and magical creatures, much stronger than knights, warriors and the like.

On this day, Simon was trying out horses in the castle. The rare BMW sent by Maple Leaf Castle was really good.

This horse is more than 1.8 meters tall at the shoulders, its body is red, its hair is shiny, and it runs like a ball of flame.

Therefore, Simon named it Red Flame.

What is particularly rare is that this horse runs very smoothly, and you can hardly feel the bumps when riding on it, which is not much different from walking on the ground.

Simon rode Chi Yan around and around the inner courtyard of the castle, feeling very satisfied.

"It turns out that there is such a big gap between ordinary horses and good horses. This thing can really increase combat effectiveness..."

He thought to himself, touching the furry horse's head and couldn't put it down.

At this moment, Ma De rushed over at a brisk pace and reported: "Lord Baron, the caravan from Black Bee Town is here and wants to see you."

"Black Bee Town? Isn't this Yaxue's hometown?

Let's meet, what's the size of their caravan? Simon asked as he turned over and dismounted, smiled slightly.

“There were only dozens of carriages and dozens of guards, but they were seven or eight caravans moving together.

Taken together, the number of guards is quite large, at least five hundred. "Made responded immediately.

"Oh, please invite the caravan leader from Black Bee Town to the Lord's Hall." Simon nodded and ordered.

"Yes! Please wait a moment, sir." Mader responded.