At that time he mercilessly mocked his eldest son.

It's just a pipe dream.

You can develop a town by buying cows? Then there are no nobles in the world as small as the Pompeii family.

So Old Saul didn't lend money to Luther, and it turned out that he was wrong.

The Bass cattle can really plow the fields like farmers. One cattle can be equivalent to many strong laborers. Next year, the territory will start cutting down forests in preparation for expanding the fields within the territory.

The plan is to expand it one to several times.

In this way, the financial resources of the Pompeii family will be expanded. Perhaps they can become the most important vassal and knight lord under Baron Baron.

But even so, it is impossible to develop a town in a short period of time.

But with the help of Pompeii wine, Old Sol felt that Pompeii might really be able to develop into a town.

Really, Old Sol didn't dare to think that he could develop a city. That was impossible. Even if it was possible, the Pompeii family couldn't defend it.

Old Thor and Lelouch have the same idea. As a vassal of Baron Barton's family, if he owns a city, he will be feared by the Baron family.

That means you are tired of living.

As for the Pompeii family being upgraded to a baronial family, old Sol had never dreamed of it. It was too difficult.

All in all, Old Saul admired his eldest son. This was an ambitious little guy who might be able to give the Pompeii family a town.

But I have a headache with my eldest son.

If this eldest son really developed a city, the Pompeii family might be in great danger.

What an outstanding eldest son, so outstanding.

After thinking about it, Old Thor was just like Lelouch at that time. He told Luther that if things developed too fast, the Baron would mind this matter.

Luther said something very ambitious to Lelouch at that time, saying that he wanted to become a real noble with a title.

But Luther was very low-key towards his father, for fear of scaring him. So Luther said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dad, I just want Pompeii to be bigger, preferably a small town, that's enough."

"I hope you can think like that."

Old Thor exhaled and said, "How do we recruit wandering knights and build a town? Do you have a plan?"

Luther patted his chest and said with a smile: "It's all here."

After a pause, Luther continued, "Recruiting wandering knights is easy. We give them ten gold coins a month, and there are plenty of junior knights to choose from. But what we need are loyal and reliable knights. So we have to look for knights from Pompeii or the six major families."

This is what Luther thought.

It is very simple to become a great noble in the real world.

financial resources.

force.

Now we have financial resources but no military force. In this case, we should first recruit reliable knights and build up the basic combat power in the territory.

Recruit more guards.

In this world, there are many wandering knights, or knights who work for others, descendants of nobles without territories, and civilian knights.

As for the ordinary nobles, such as the Barton family, they have very reliable relations with the Knight family.

These families included the Pompeii family and twenty to thirty knight vassals.

This is the pillar of the Patton family and the cornerstone of maintaining the Patton family's rule.

This ensures the loyalty of these knights.

Pompeii's family is too small to have such a foundation. The only people who can be trusted are the Iron Horse Clan. The contemporary knight is Magellan, and the next generation of knights is Xiu Xiuya.

If you recruit random knights, they might rebel and rob their host. This is not an isolated case and can happen easily.

Therefore, you need to be cautious when choosing to recruit knights.

According to the current situation of the Pompeii family, Luther felt that he could start from three aspects.

One is the Pompeii family.

One is the Tiema family.

One is the other five families.

It's a very simple truth.

Just like Luther, he had younger brothers, William, Pompey. So did old Sol have any brothers? Well, Luther knew that old Sol had no brothers, he was an only child.

But didn't Old Sol have an uncle? And what about the sons born to his uncle?

Where did these noble descendants go? Either they became scholars or knights working for others.

The Tiema family and the other five big families are the same.

After all, there were some members of the tribe scattered throughout the Kingdom of Prussia, becoming knights working for others, or simply becoming wandering knights.

Recruiting these people is more trustworthy than other wandering knights.

Hearing this, Old Sol tapped the desk with his index finger, closed his eyes and thought for a while, finally nodded and said, "You have considered it very carefully. There are not only knights but also some other scholars in our Pompeii family who are stranded outside. Some of them are doing well outside, while others are not. No matter if they are doing well or badly, they are all living under someone else's roof. As the leader of the Pompeii family, I should take care of these people now that the Pompeii family has financial resources. As for the Tiema family, there are five other families, and there are also talented people who are stranded outside."

At this point, Old Thor smiled and said, "One of my cousins ​​is called Stone Pompey. He is a very capable mid-level knight."

"Intermediate knight?" Luther's eyes lit up and he almost drooled.

You know, those who are not from noble families but can become mid-level knights are not simple people.

Old Thor nodded, and then asked seriously, "What will happen after you recruit knights? How do you plan to develop your territory?"

"It's very simple. With the Bass cattle plowing the fields, we can cut down the forests, and then we will have enough fields. We rely on some policies to attract free people. For example, the cultivated fields belong to the free people. Another example is to exempt the first year of taxation. The second is serfs, which can be purchased with money."

Luther had actually been thinking about this for a long time, but he was too embarrassed to mention it before because he was short of money. Now, of course, it all poured out like a torrent of water.

In the Kingdom of Prussia, which was similar to the aristocratic structure of medieval Europe, it was easy to develop territory. All you had to do was to have a population.

A town of a certain size, even a small one, can carry out commercial activities.

What Luther told his father about developing only one town and having a limit to development was completely a lie to his father. Once we have a town, how far will a city be? Once we have a city, we will have enough military force and more gold coins.

Luther would have to engage in diplomacy, taking money to lobby the House of Nobles, the king, and the various court nobles in the royal capital, and get the title of baron first.

Ha ha.

Perfect.

Sooner or later, I will become a great noble and a man standing at the top of the food chain.

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