At this time, Old Saul spoke.

This contemporary knight of the Pompeii family was very self-aware. He knew that the Pompeii family would be facing a huge change, and perhaps the Pompeii family would own a town as a fiefdom from now on.

And it has more than a dozen knights as its fighting force.

It will become the leading force among all the vassal states of the Patton family.

But the prerequisite for this is to hand over the territory to the eldest son to manage, rather than his father who only has muscles and a little politician's mind.

So when facing the knights of his family, Old Thor simply gave up his rights.

The knights and scholars had no objections, and they all turned their eyes to the young man standing behind the lord.

That's right.

Luther was not yet a young man, but a teenager, or at most a young adult.

Among the nobility, especially the real nobility, such a young boy only has one thing in his mind: being a playboy, playing with women, being jealous and so on.

But this young man has accomplished something that many people cannot accomplish in their entire lives.

Pompeii was very small, and the new knights and scholars had been here for some time, and they had heard and seen many things.

Using oxen to plow the fields means efficiency.

Cleaning up feces means unprecedented civilization.

Walking on a road without feces is a real relief for both body and mind.

As for using manure to fertilize the fields, although it seems that the wheat is growing much stronger than in previous years, whether this is reliable or not will be determined by this year's harvest.

So it’s hard for them to judge.

The research on new wine tastings and the production of Pompeii wine are the fundamental reasons for the changes in the Pompeii family.

While other heirs of real nobles were still playing with women and being playboys, this next generation of knights of Pompeii had already begun to manage the territory and brought in actual profits.

The Pompeii family originally had only four knights, but now the number has increased to sixteen, which is proof of this.

Many wandering knights present returned to their hometowns because of this, all thanks to the knight of the next generation of Pompeii.

Therefore, it made no sense for the knights to see Old Thor hand over power to the next generation of Pompeii Knights.

In some ways, Luther has the same reputation as Old Saul throughout the territory.

And Luther is clearly more important.

Because old Saul represents Pompeii's present, and Luther represents Pompeii's future.

Since the knights and scholars present had signed an agreement with the Pompeii family and became Pompeii's retainers, they would share life and death, honor and disgrace with Pompeii.

The glory of the Lord’s house is their glory.

Luther, Pompeii.

Everyone is willing to bow their heads for this name and be ordered around.

Facing the gazes of the family vassals, Luther was not at all stage-frightened. At least he acted like he was not, but in fact, Luther was still a little nervous in his heart.

The panic may sound a bit exaggerated, but I was really a bit nervous.

Wow, the mayor of our town used to be a big leader in front of us.

Although he was having a little laugh in his heart, Luther looked serious on the surface, making the next generation of Pompeii Knights look very serious.

A serious man is always attractive.

The knights and scholars present straightened their backs involuntarily and became much more serious.

"As everyone knows, the Pompeii family now relies on the Pompeii wine business, although the wine business should be good for a period of time. But no matter how good the wine is, it will be cracked by people, just like wine. Isn't there wine brewing everywhere now? So, in my opinion, the wine business is still not as important as farming. Don't call me a country bumpkin, think about it carefully, only the food grown on the geographical edge is continuous and real. And our Pompeii family's territory is undeveloped wilderness to the south. According to the laws of the kingdom, the knight lord has the right to explore, and the developed fields belong to Pompeii. So the next stage of Pompeii's development is to recruit people. But you can't eat too much in one bite, I plan to recruit about 10,000 people."

At this point, Luther paused, and then continued: "There are two ways to recruit people, buying serfs and recruiting freemen. To buy serfs, you just need to spend money, no planning is needed. As for attracting freemen, the condition I offer is that all the new fields developed will belong to the freemen. And tax will be exempted for one year. I believe that this will attract many freemen who don't have land."

"The plan is quite simple, but it requires manpower to execute. I plan to send a few knights and scholars to go out and do this. So we need a knight with rich experience in the field to lead the team."

At this point, Luther glanced at Stone Pompeii. Within the family, this Knight Stone was his cousin, but here everyone was in a superior-subordinate relationship.

So, Luther said, "Mr. Stone, you select five knights, five scholars, and bring gold coins to do this."

"I'm happy to serve." Stone, Pompey stood up, put his right hand on his chest, and bowed towards Luther.

"This is the plan for now. Does anyone have anything to add?" Luther asked everyone democratically.

Teacher Qiao Xiu stood up, bowed to Luther, and asked, "Knight Luther, as the tax collector in the territory, I am a little worried about the financial resources of the Pompeii family."

Luther nodded and motioned for Teacher Qiao Xiu to continue.

"As everyone knows, the finances of the territory were not abundant before. We made a lot of profit from selling Pompeii wine this time, so we were able to recruit knights. But it takes time to sell the wine, and now you need to buy serfs. Buying serfs and recruiting freemen are not a single deal. After buying serfs, the territory needs to be responsible for the minimum living materials of the serfs. If we develop the territory next year, we will also need to buy Bass cattle, build plows, and many farm tools. I am a little worried about the family's finances."

Teacher Qiao Xiu said sincerely.

Teacher Qiao Xiu certainly has feelings for the Pompeii family, after all, they have lived here for more than ten years. If nothing unexpected happens, Teacher Qiao Xiu will have to rely on Luther for his retirement.

Besides, his son Lelouch is the mayor of Pompeii.

Because of this, Teacher Qiao Xiu was worried that Luther was taking too big a step. Anyway, the ultimate goal was to develop a town, so was it necessary to take such a big step?

After the profits from the wine business are collected, after the autumn harvest this year, and after the family finances are sufficient in the winter, it won’t be too late to recruit people and buy serfs.

Luther certainly understood Teacher Qiao Xiu's concerns. To use a Chinese saying, this was wise advice for the country.

safe.

But Luther also has his own considerations. Most people present, including his father, think that he wants to develop the Pompeii family into a large-scale knight lord family.

Only Lelouch knew that he was planning to become a real noble with a title.

That's a race against time.

To make money, development must be high-profile.

It won’t work if you take it step by step.

Luther also had a plan for finances. He smiled and said to Teacher Qiao Xiu, "Teacher, don't worry. My father, the leader of the Pompeii family, the Pompeii Knight, has prepared gold coins, whether it is money to buy serfs or money to feed them, farm tools, Bass cattle, recruiting 10,000 people is not a problem."

(End of this chapter)