The Territory of Pompeii is a typical knightly territory.

The so-called knight's collar is equivalent to a miniature.

There were about 500 serfs directly under the Pompeii family, and about 1,300 ordinary civilians, excluding those under the age of 18.

The serfs and civilians together numbered only eighteen thousand people.

If we use Luther's previous life as a comparison, then such a large place is actually just a village.

However, with such a small population, the land area is quite large. This is because the productivity of this world is very backward, the food production is extremely low, and there is no large arable land area to feed such a large population.

Therefore, the entire territory of Pompeii is roughly equivalent to half a small town.

Pompeii Castle is the center of this small town. According to Luther's memory, Pompeii Territory is surrounded by forests.

There is only one way out, leading to the north.

Simply put, the entire Pompeii Territory is isolated from the rest of the world, and the Pompeii family is a wealthy family that has been rooted here for generations.

Even being called a king wouldn't be too much.

Pompeii's territory was small, but it had everything. The Pompeii family occupied about one-third of the land and cultivated it, giving it to their own serfs to cultivate.

The so-called serfs were almost like slaves. They helped their masters cultivate the land and work without being paid, but only being given the minimum living supplies.

These lands are an important source of financial income for the Pompeii family.

On this territory directly belonging to the Pompeii family, there is also a wine-making estate that produces ordinary quality beer.

A ranch to provide meat for Pompeii's family and Magellan's family.

Meat products are very important in this world. Since knights need strong bodies, it is very important to consume meat every day.

There is also a wheat flour workshop.

A blacksmith shop.

A grocery store selling daily necessities.

The blacksmith shop and general store are near the castle, and the others are scattered around the territory.

These all belonged directly to the Pompeii family.

The others were freemen attached to the Pompeii family, that is, civilians. The Pompeii family gave these civilians numbers and divided them into ten villages.

They are Pompeii Village 1 to Pompeii Village 9.

By the way, there is another village called Tiema Village, which was the territory that Pompeii's family unofficially granted to Magellan's family.

Therefore, although the Magellan family did not have an official surname, many people actually called them the Iron Horse Clan in private.

The ten settlements in the territory were basically responsible for farming, with a small number of part-time lumberjacks and hunters. These freemen only needed to pay a certain amount of taxes to the territory, and their lives were much more comfortable than those of serfs.

However, because the grocery stores, wineries, blacksmith shops, etc. in the territory are exclusively operated by the Pompeii family, when the free people need to use these things, they have to spend a certain amount of money to buy them.

In other words, the entire Pompeii Territory, whether serfs or free people, were actually exploited by the Pompeii family.

The Pompeii family is like a crab, a rampant existence.

But this is very normal in this world, nobles are born superior. Luther even heard that some perverted nobles made laws in their territories called "right of first night".

As the name suggests, every bride who wants to get married in the territory must first have sex with the lord before she can spend the bridal chamber with the groom.

This situation can only be avoided if the groom's family pays a certain amount of taxes.

It's really inhumane.

Um.

All in all, it was great that Luther traveled through time and space and became the eldest son of a knight lord instead of a commoner.

It feels so good.

It is the transition period between winter and spring, and the land is still very hard. Because some places are still frozen, it is not the time to cultivate the land.

At this time, whether free people or serfs, they usually rested at home.

Even few people go hunting, because the prey at this time is very thin. The animals that have survived a long winter are starving and have no fat.

In short, a warm wife and a warm bed. Having sex with your wife is the daily life of the people.

So it was rare to see people on the roads in Pompeii. When they did see people, the common people would kneel down on the roadside and pay respect to the noble master after seeing the scene of Master Luther.

Luther had never experienced such a scene, but even though he had seen pork, he had seen pigs run.

There is a very classic saying by a great man.

“Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.”

Although Luther is the eldest son of a knight lord, the future knight lord and noble lord, he can impose heavy taxes in the territory and even enact laws on "right of first night".

However, as a future noble lord with vision and insight, it is the right choice to show his people-friendly attitude.

Besides, if Luther wants to climb up, developing territory becomes an important way. Only by raising his people to be fat and white can he have the strength to help the Pompeii family become a top family.

So, Luther is very close to the people.

Just then, Luther happened to meet a group of people.

When the people saw Luther and his group, especially Luther and Xiu Xiuya on horseback, they immediately knelt on the ground.

The common people didn't know what to call the two masters, and couldn't even tell the difference between the eldest master Luther and the young master.

Although Old Thor ordered a three-day carnival in the territory because of Luther's promotion to knight, the young master Luther rarely showed up.

In short, the civilians knew that the two men on horseback must be important figures in the territory, but they didn't know how to address them, so they could only kneel down and kowtow.

Luther lowered his head and glanced at these civilians. The future minions and warriors of the Pompeii family.

In this life, Luther had almost never left Pompeii since he was born. Therefore, Luther had no impression of the outside world or people's lives.

But after seeing these people, Luther felt that the rule of the Pompeii family was still acceptable.

The clothes these free people wore were very thick, and although they were full of patches, at least they would not be cold. The people were fat, thin, tall, and short.

His complexion wasn't too good, but it wasn't too bad either.

There was no case of malnutrition.

Luther felt that if the nobles in this world were classified into different levels, then the Pompeii family should be considered as a noble lord with a conscience.

Thinking of this, Luther immediately felt full of confidence.

The Pompeii family has fine traditions and a good foundation. With just a little guidance from him, the future knight lord, it will immediately become a towering tree.

The future of the Pompeii family is at least to become a great noble family like a real earl.

Um.

(End of this chapter)