calm!

calm!

The more you are, the more calm you are!

"Your Excellency Kert, you...you were joking."

The second son of the Baron tried his best to control himself, but his tone of self-sedence still showed a hint of tremolo: "Ah... Akford, now... there is no such large area of ​​permanent land now."

No wonder the second son is so sensitive. In feudal society, land is the greatest wealth, and "permanent land" is the most sensitive topic.

Anything associated with these words, serfs can fight to the death, free people can fight to the death, and village gentlemen can cause family tragedy and rise to the lord level, which will make even more terrifying bloody storms.

Moreover, what the Baron's second son said was true. The land of Akford was indeed vast, but even the top ruling class living in the castle was extremely tense.

Land is so precious and matters involving land are so sensitive. In terms of territory, only barely squeezed into the top twenty barons' second son, and at most, they can get a place to accommodate two or three households, seven or eight serfs. If the baron's eldest son, who is ranked fifth, is not qualified to decide the ownership of the land that needs more than fifty serfs to work. With such a large area, only the Baron can grit his teeth and cut his flesh in his heart when facing major gains and losses.

Hearing the remarks that Tinais wanted to refuse but welcomed him, the water affairs officer Ket knew that the Baron's second son had already thought about the right direction.

"The permanent part is indeed more troublesome. But..." With a preliminary tacit understanding, the Water Affairs Officer said more thoroughly: "If you really need it, there are not only Akford Fort, but also many. For example...Borio Village, Asab Village, especially..." Speaking of this, the Water Affairs Officer emphasized his tone again: "Ranliu Village... These places!"

Ranliu Village!

really!

That's true!

The place names gently spit out by the water affairs officer completely confirmed the Baron's second son's conjecture.

In the medieval world, the areas that have mastered certain intelligence have a relatively backward social structure. Even if there are supernatural forces suspected of being the dominant, the level of civilization is still quite low. Most areas are still in the early stage of a feudal society where the serf system and the self-cultivation farming system are combined.

From the daily administration of Akerli Village and the busy farming situation of the summer service, we can see that the ruling class, organization, mobilization, and management of the medieval world are quite lacking in many aspects.

The software is unsatisfactory, and hardware such as transportation, communication, military, and logistics are also flawed everywhere. Integrating multiple factors, you can imagine the level of dominance that the medieval world has comprehensively shown.

According to comprehensive information, according to the earth's method, and according to the difference in dominance, the Akford Territory can basically be divided into four levels:

The first level is the core of the territory, the location of Fort Akford, the directly led by Akford, and the plot at the doorstep of his home. The Baron can obviously be aware of the details, such as using the arm to use fingers. It is also obvious that there is only one such village. According to the calculation method of feudal society, the power that the Baron can use can reach about 80%.

The second level is strong control, Akerry Village, Rovland Village, Orey Village, and Weyton Village, which is within about two or three days of the distance from Fort Akford. The traffic and communication are smooth, the deterrence of force is quite convenient, and the logistics can be guaranteed. In these villages, the Baron's political, economic and military demands will basically not be much discounted. - There are four such villages in total, and the power that the Baron can use is basically 60%.

The third level is barely controlled, Adovi village, Kana ancient village, and Tarafa village. It has been five or six days from Fort Akford. The mountains are majestic and rugged, and the roads are disrepaired. It is difficult to walk in a small group of soldiers. It is difficult to carry large-scale armament, and it is extremely difficult to transport materials. In these villages, the orders of the Baron's Excellency, under the dual effects of natural and personnel factors, will inevitably become unsatisfied. There are three such villages in total, and the power that the Baron can use fluctuates at about 40%.

The last level is the commissioned autonomy, Luarka village, Miral village, Connersky village, etc. At this level, the most skilled senders in these villages will almost take about ten days to come to Fort Akford. It will take nearly a month to walk back and forth. Such information feedback speed, coupled with the loss of the maintenance of the dominant supernatural power, the road between these villages and Fort Akford has basically returned to the original state of high mountains and dense forests, and the bridges are buried. Under the constraints of the tragic hardware facilities, let alone dispatching armed forces, even if the commuters with normal communication and slightly less experienced and experienced will definitely offend a few masters. They must first explain the funeral to their families, and then set off while crying.

Such a ghost place can be imagined to be indifferent, and barely controlling it is not worth the loss. The Akford family has been passed down from generation to generation. Referring to the advanced experience of other lords, these places were gradually handed over to relative brothers or senior bureaucrats with outstanding meritoriousness and outstanding status, and appointed them as knights with extraordinary status.

The meaning of transcendence is that in order to thank these knights for their outstanding dedication and hard work in defending the borders, these senior gentlemen in charge only need to pay a sum of honey, salt, precious metal and other important materials that are conveniently carried to the castle every year, as a dedication to the lord's gift (limited to transportation, no matter how much food is harvested), as well as discussing important matters, and when concentrating for other reasons, the ranking of grace (anyway, there are not many opportunities in my life). - There are five such villages, and the baron can use up to 20%.

These are four obvious grades, and in addition to this, there is also a hidden grade: nominally owned.

These villages are the villages of Borio, Asab, and Lanliu Village that the water affairs officer said gently at this time.

The traffic distance between these villages and Fort Akford is between 8-15 days, and it is all located far away from the emperor.

The farthest distance between Borio village, about 15 days, was originally another lord on the border. Due to the differences between taxation and food transfer with the original lord, decades ago, the knight of Borio village decisively transferred his loyalty to the Baron Akford, the superior and previous generation of Baron Akford, through marriage and inheritance, and then used the conflicts between the two territories again and again to get along with each other, basically not giving Akford any decent dedication to Akford leader. Of course, it was originally a thing that came, and Akford leader didn't care much about gains and losses.

The nearest village of Asab, about 8 days ago was a knight appointed by the previous Baron Akford thirty years ago. This knight family was quite loyal, but for some reason they were punished by the master. After a few years, they encountered disasters, either mountain torrents or even moonlight. After finally getting good weather, they would encounter insect disasters and flooding. They wandered between misfortunes from the sky and recovery for many years. Not only did the castle have no profit, but they also had to allocate some reconstruction materials often. This in turn promoted the loyalty of the village.

In addition to these two special circumstances, there are several other distances. For example, the Rainliu Village, which was specially emphasized by the water affairs officer, was a heart-wrenching illness in Akford.

In the Middle Ages, there were frequent wars in the territory, severe social unrest, and sharp class contradictions. Many factors were superimposed, and the living environment was extremely harsh. At the same time, a large number of special armed forces were spawned: defeated nobles, out-of-control managers, and overwhelming thieves.

Akford led these heart-wrenching villages, which were the victims of these special armed forces: one was attacked by the remnants of the nobles who had no idea where to escape; the other was stolen by the ulterior motives, and two were rebelled by the advanced proletariat... Well, the thieves were forcibly occupied.

This was a situation that formed during the tenure of decades before and after two or three generations of barons.

To be honest, in terms of dedication, although the food and valuable materials sent to Akford by these unstable village rulers are far from comparable to areas that are strongly controlled by Akerley, they are all two or three times more than the villages that are barely controlled by the third level and the Knights appointed in the fourth level.

However, in addition to food and food, these villages have always had a deep gap with the castle due to their innate defects in law, class, likes and dislikes.

Akford had to spend energy and supplies to strengthen the armed forces around these villages of heart disease to prevent them. These poorly held village rulers had to fix their troops and keep guard against the attacks from the castle.

Beware, hostility, confrontation... Under the chain reaction, these villages naturally cannot accumulate strength, and Fort Akford has to consume an additional amount of manpower and material resources every year.

There is no way Akford Corps has to do with these "nominally owned villages".

One is like an arm instructed, four is strongly controlled, three is barely controlled, and five is entrusted to manage. The power of the thirteen villages can be combined with thunder and thunder to overcome these heart-wrenching villages.

However, everything has to be cost-effective.

These disgusting villages are not only long, but also disrepaired - some key locations are also deliberately damaged - and the armed forces are difficult to pass, and the logistics costs are extremely high. The Akford leader must recruit considerable forces to suppress these bastards.

The trouble is that with the environment of the medieval world, Akford leader dared to draw the mobile power of the territory on a large scale, and the surrounding forces will be ready to move immediately.

Therefore, under the helplessness and compromise, under the power of time and history, the Akford Leader put pressure on the Akford Leader, and these damn villages increased their dedication; the Akford Leader was strongly dissatisfied, and these ghost places quickly compromised; the Akford Leader asked to install managers, and these places gradually pinched their noses to accept it, the Akford Leader relaxed a little, and these bastards immediately became more and more eager!

Just like that, ten years, twenty years, thirty years...

As time and history are the great powers of both sides, the relationship between the territory and these annoying villages gradually began to move closer to the balance line, and the way they get along gradually develops in the direction of normalization.

In recent years, the second son of the Baron has vaguely heard: Damn, annoying, thief-born, Ranliu Village, I don’t know how many innocent farmers have sacrificed in the past few years and have reached some evil deals with the devil. It has been good weather for several years, and has accumulated a lot of wealth. He is packing up his team and thinking about sending it to the castle to seek a formal recognition, and a marriage between a family lady, planning to become a real knight who is important in the territory.

At the same time, some core management teams in the castle have repeatedly vaguely spoken on different occasions: the old past has long passed, and since the descendants of this thief are remorseful, the territory is not absolutely impossible to give a chance. - If you don't give a chance at all, this beast who is eager to cleanse is also contacting the other two nearby territories. If you are not careful, the wealth of the territory will flow out. Maybe at any time there will be another nail inserted by other lords!

However, at this moment, from the list that the Water Affairs Officer underestimated but extremely certainly pointed out, the Baron's second son heard a completely different voice:
Chapter completed!