Before this, the agricultural concept of the Pompeii family was implemented in Pompeii Territory. At the beginning, Luther was a little worried that this concept was too easy to be plagiarized. If this agricultural concept was plagiarized, the grain production of the entire Orange would increase a lot, and the grain price would fall.

No matter how much grain Pompeii produced, it wouldn't be able to gain any advantage.

But judging from the results, Luther thought too much.

The lords of this era paid little attention to food production. They preferred to attend wine parties and communicate with women.

So in the end, this matter required the Pompeii family to promote it vigorously.

It feels a bit strange to go from worrying about being plagiarized to having to promote it myself.

Putting aside the situation of the territory, Luther asked Knight Stone: "Mr. Knight Commander, I already know that the number of guards has increased to 5,000. What about the family guards?"

"After the Pompeii family released the news of recruiting guard knights, many knights responded. Some knights even came from far away, but according to your requirements, I strictly selected them, not focusing on strength, but only on noble character. After gathering intelligence for a few months, I expanded the family's guards to 35 people, three of whom are intermediate knights, and the rest are junior knights."

Knight Stone stood up and reported to Luther.

Guards and Knights are different.

The guard knights in this world are usually responsible for the defense of the lord and the city. Strictly speaking, they are garrison troops and ragtag troops.

The Knights Templar were a formal army.

As a regular army, knights only need to be brave and disciplined.

Because they are garrison troops, and even responsible for protecting family members, the most important thing is character. Therefore, recruiting guard knights is more cautious and more difficult than recruiting knights of the Knights Templar.

Luther could accept the fact that there were only thirty-five knight guards in the family.

"You've worked hard," Luther said to the Knight Commander, who had to worry about the guards, recruit family guards, and train hard to become a senior knight.

It's Mr. OK.

Knight Stone nodded and sat down.

The administration and military affairs were all clear to him. The next thing was the family business. Luther looked at the general manager and said, "Mr. Kuba, how is the hot spring resort?"

Kuba Brown stood up, and said with a bit of relief and helplessness: "The construction plan, etiquette training, chef recruitment, etc. are all going smoothly. The security recruitment has been completed in advance. There are three senior knights, fifty intermediate knights, and one hundred junior knights. We will definitely be able to catch up with the expected opening date. However, the actual opening day is a bit far away."

The plan at that time was to officially open the hot spring resort after more than ten months of preparation.

However, plans cannot keep up with changes. The opening of the hot spring resort is currently nowhere in sight, and a considerable wage cost is incurred every day.

It's really a bit helpless.

"The war will eventually end, order will be restored in Orange, and the wealthy will come here for vacation. We should take a long-term view, and our resort should not be abandoned, and we should not feel sorry for the salary expenditure."

Luther said.

"Yeah." Kuba Brown nodded.

"Madam, how is the production of Pompeii wine going?" Luther turned around and asked Mrs. Sophie. Because it was a formal occasion, he called his mother "Madam".

"Currently, the production volume is still 500,000 barrels per month, with an income of more than 100,000 gold coins. But if war breaks out, Pompeii Wine will definitely collapse."

Lady Sophie said.

War is the end of all commercial activities, and Pompeii wine is no exception.

"Before the war breaks out, produce at full capacity and earn all the gold coins you can. Once the war breaks out, reduce production as appropriate."

Luther thought about it and said.

"Yes." Mrs. Sophie nodded gracefully.

As a ruler, Luther learned everything he should know and issue at this meeting.

It all depends on how the situation develops.

The most annoying thing is that you know the storm is coming, but you don’t know how long it will take, a few months, or a few years?

But this storm came faster than Luther had imagined, much faster.

………….Marquis Parker’s territory.

The system at that time was king, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron.

There are five ranks below the king.

However, after that great incident, the prestige of the King of Prussia declined greatly. The nobles no longer obeyed the King's orders and did not care much about their titles.

What matters more is bloodline, antiquity, and strength.

In Orange, a baron is more powerful and prestigious than a viscount, and there are many examples of an earl being more powerful and prestigious than a marquis.

Under such circumstances, the Earl of Libya became the governor of Orange, a super noble. The second only to the Earl of Libya was the Duke of Ferguson.

And after that, there were first-rate nobles such as the Marquis of Parker.

There are only three first-class nobles like the Marquis of Parker.

Among the top nobles in Orange today, the Marquis of Parker is very famous because his nickname is "The Executioner" and he uses every possible means to treat the landed people below.

Kill people, expel them, make disgusting laws, drive away the people who own land, take the land into the name of the marquis' family, and buy serfs to cultivate the land.

This was only to increase the Marquis's family's income a little.

What Luther despised most was this kind of behavior. The gold coins produced by farmland would always be insignificant. Only by doing business and operating an exclusive business could one become rich overnight.

But the Marquis of Parker obviously did not have Luther's vision and so many clever ideas. He could only start from the land and the farmers, increase his wealth, and then squander it.

Many of the people who left the Marquisate of Parker entered the Territory of Pompeii.

Luther once used the Marquisate of Parker as a population ATM.

But even if Marquis Parker tried his best, as a first-class noble, he owned vast territories, many large cities, a large number of guardian knights, and a sequence of vassal knights.

Under the command of Marquis Parker, there is also a famous knight family, the Morgan Knight Lord Family. This family owns a small city as a fiefdom, which is extremely rare in the entire kingdom.

Compared with Baron Patton, his strength may be only slightly inferior.

The Marquis Parker family is very, very powerful.

Under normal circumstances, the Parker Marquis family would not have been ruined.

However, this is an abnormal situation.

It is winter now and today is a gray and cloudy day. It seems like God wants to rain, but it doesn't.

The rain in winter is very annoying and makes the air damp and cold.

All the people don't want it to rain, just like all the nobles don't want the New Party to launch a rebellion.

Just today, an ordinary carriage entered the main city of Marquis Parker's territory, Sparta.

The coachman was an ordinary man, and sitting in the carriage was a white-haired old man, who was really old.

The skin was full of wrinkles like tree bark, and the exposed hands were covered with age spots.

But his eyes were very, very bright.

Judging from his breathing, he is a very powerful knight.

This old man is the head of the New Party in Orange, Siddhartha Parker, the Frost Knight.

A knight who possesses frost fighting spirit can only be considered a user.

Only a true titled knight is a true Frost Knight.

He is one of the most powerful people in the entire kingdom.

He was a nobleman, born in this territory and a member of the Parker family that ruled this territory.

(End of this chapter)