At present, it is just a small knight territory in the countryside, with a population of only about 2,000. All taxes come from agriculture. This is a small territory that the nobles with titles look down upon.

But who knows what kind of energy this small country knight's territory will unleash in the future? In Luther's view, the future is promising.

Under the call of Pompeii and the planning of Pompeii Mayor Lelouch, the entire Pompeii territory began a vigorous construction.

The free people of the ten villages and the serfs directly under the Pompeii family all joined in the construction.

Repair roads, clean up feces, and build toilets.

Because of the Pompeii family's prestige in the territory and Lelouch's supervision, the free people did a good job of cleaning up feces and building toilets.

However, there are still countless questioning voices that continue to ferment.

Because of the prestige of the Pompey family, the free people chose to obey, but the prestige of the Pompey family could not control what the free people thought.

As a result, private discussions have basically never stopped.

Tiema Tun.

This was the small village that was granted to Magellan's family by the Knights of Pompeii. It had a dozen households and about 140 to 150 people.

The daily crop grown in this small village is wheat. The tax on the harvested wheat will also be paid to the Iron Horse Clan.

These taxes, plus the subsidies from the Pompeii family, allowed the Iron Horse Clan to have the ability to train knights for generations. They were loyal subordinates of the Pompeii Clan.

Among these dozen or so households, there are also close relatives of Magellan.

Because Magellan was the sheriff of the territory and also Luther and William's knight teacher, there was another person who was the head of the village. This head of the village was Magellan's cousin.

His name is Michel.

Michel is a plain-looking middle-aged man, although he is Magellan's cousin. However, the Iron Horse Clan can only train one knight per generation.

The previous generation is Magellan, and the next generation is Sciusia.

So Michel is actually an authentic farmer, but because he can read and is a bit smart, he has more prestige in the village and becomes the village chief.

It was a bit hot at the moment, and it was noon. Michel led more than 20 strong laborers in the village to repair and clean up the road.

The cleaned feces and the feces produced in the village today will be poured into the newly built toilet.

Everyone was sweating and working hard, but the atmosphere was quite quiet.

"Hey, guys. You guys have been farming for generations. You turn the soil in the spring, plant wheat, weed in the summer, harvest in the fall, and sleep and have sex with women in the winter. You depend on the weather for your livelihood. I've never heard that pouring manure into the fields can increase the harvest."

Finally, one of the free men spoke out what was in his heart, full of complaints.

It would be fine to just repair the road, after all, it would benefit the residents, and the Pompeii family also distributed wheat cakes for everyone to fill their stomachs.

Win-win.

But the work of cleaning up the excrement is disgusting, but dumping the excrement into one's own fields is disgusting.

Once the conversation starts, it's like a flood that can't be stopped.

"That's right. We are all farmers, and this has been passed down from generation to generation, but we have never heard of such a thing."

"Feces? It's disgusting just thinking about it."

“Can this kind of wheat be eaten?”

"This feces attracts mosquitoes. If it attracts pests, what should we do if our wheat harvest fails this year?"

"Shut up," Michel shouted, and the surrounding voices instantly died down. But the people blinked their eyes, as if to say, you can shut my mouth, but you can't shut my thoughts.

Michel sighed and said, "In fact, I am also very skeptical about this manure fertilization. But don't forget, this is Pompeii Territory. No matter what Master Luther asks us to do, we have to do it. I am not worried that the manure will attract pests. We usually urinate and defecate anywhere, and it doesn't attract any pests. As for whether the wheat can be eaten, even if it is wheat stained with manure, as long as it can fill our stomachs, it's fine. In short, we should just think of it as selling some labor to Master Luther."

What Michel meant was that the idea of ​​using manure to fertilize the fields was probably a mystery.

But the expenditure is just a bit of effort. Just think of it as playing a game with Master Luther. It won't kill anyone.

It is a thousand times better than facing those greedy and cruel nobles in other noble territories.

Um.

The Pompeii family was a banner and a tiger skin in the territory. After hearing what Michel said, the people stopped complaining and just worked hard, just like the village chief said.

Hey, Master Luther just needs to have fun. We are not happy, but it doesn't matter, we just put in some effort.

The discussion in Tiematoun is not an isolated case.

There were complaints, grumbles, and doubts in every village, but under the banner of the Pompey family, Luther's orders were still carried out.

Of course, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Some of these discussions also reached Luther's ears. In response, Luther smiled slightly and was very generous.

Facts speak louder than words.

When the harvest comes in autumn, the heavy ears of wheat will clear away all doubts, complaints, and accusations, and turn them into great prestige.

Look, under the leadership of our great Pompey, our lives are getting better and better.

Master Luther is so smart! He came up with an idea and our harvest increased a lot.

Hey, Pompeii, our lord Pompeii.

Huge prestige, huge acclaim.

In short, time will tell. Besides, Luther has no time to care about the complaints of these people. He needs to find the blacksmith to deal with the plow.

Fertilizing the fields with manure is one part, and plowing is another.

Manure can be used to fertilize fields and increase the yield of existing land.

Plowing the fields with oxen can save a lot of labor. In this way, farmers have more strength to open up more new fields. After achieving success, farmers will also work together to buy oxen.

With this virtuous cycle, the land and harvest of the entire Pompeii territory will skyrocket.

Now that we have money, we can talk about buying potions.

In the end, the entire territory still serves me.

I want to at least become a real earl and a noble man.

Without further ado, Luther asked Lelouch to take care of the details of Pompeii City, and he excitedly went to find the only blacksmith in Pompeii.

That is, he is his personal maid and little Maya's father.

A middle-aged man named Bob.

(End of this chapter)