Chapter 17: Building Territory - Qixing Lake

On May 27, 9720 in the Glorious Calendar, the camp was moved more than ten kilometers away, and Verin began construction work.

The lake in the center of the initial territory was named Lake of Praying Stars for Weilin, which means the light of hope.

With the river as the boundary, 9,000 acres of land will be reclaimed on both the north and south sides of the Lake of Prayer for the Stars. It is planned to plant rice near the lake and wheat a little further away.

Taking into account the dry and wet periods of the lake, farmland was specifically chosen to be reclaimed 600 meters away from the water's edge.

In addition, around the farmland as the core, there are villages on the north and south sides.

Due to the current shortage of manpower, Weilin planned to focus on the construction of the south side of the Lake of Prayer for Stars, and only consider the north side after sufficient manpower was available.

He also planned his castle early and established it in a place in the northeast of Qixing Lake that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

There are not enough manpower in the early stage, so these things are put aside for the time being, and it will not be too late to consider them after the village construction is completed.

Looking at the sun in the sky, Weilin wore a shirt and observed the development process of the serfs. He also conducted real-time inspections, checked for omissions, filled in the gaps, and modified the plan he had made.

He is the only one in the entire team who can do this. If he doesn't do it, who will do it?

"It should be in the normal water season now. In the high water season, the river will rise by about one meter and spread to the river for 300 meters. Then there will be a 300-meter wide usable area between the farmland and the Lake of Prayer for Stars in the high water season. "Weilin stepped on the river beach and looked at this area, thinking that he could build several fish ponds and breed some fish.

Baird, who was accompanying him, looked at the fish pond planned by Weilin on the paper and asked curiously: "My Lord, why are we building a fish pond here? Those fish cannot bring us enough economic value."

"For food, this area is constructed to lead a tributary from the upper reaches of the river to surround this three hundred meter area, and the other end is connected to the lower reaches to form living water. In this way, the fish we raise will provide more abundant food. "

Weilin pointed with a pencil in the upstream direction and drew a river channel two hundred meters wide and three meters deep on the drawing, with a total length of about 3.5 kilometers.

"But, Lord, we lack manpower." Baird thought about it and said bluntly.

"Then let the knights start digging. It will be a good opportunity to exercise their strength. In this place with few extraordinary resources, you can only rely on your own efforts."

Baird looked at Weilin's eyes and closed his mouth.

If he dares to suggest it again, the Lord will promise to have someone bring a shovel and let him start digging the river on the spot.

This kind of matter is left to his subordinates. He also has to train thirty professional soldiers, trying to make these talented and strong free people awaken their fighting spirit and become trainee warriors to serve as the new force of the territory.

Compared with the difficulty of the Knight Awakening Method, the Warrior Awakening Method is much simpler.

However, correspondingly, a bronze knight can fight against three warriors of the same level without falling behind.

But after the extraordinary level reaches a certain height, the gap between the two will become smaller and smaller, and they will become evenly matched by the legendary stage.

Weilin looked at the sensible Baird and nodded with satisfaction. He hated others making excuses. If he couldn't beat him, he would really want to give him a good beating.

In the next five days, Baird actively participated in the training of thirty professional soldiers. The other eleven knights of the Knight Guard were forced to carry shovels and began to dig the river channel, which was called training.

Orlando and Hebrews took Kyle, a serf, and taught him the knight awakening method and told him some experiences while immersing themselves in training to become the guardian knight that the Lord needs, rather than being guarded.

There were more than 40 freedmen and more than 100 serfs left, plus 43 robber slaves to cultivate farmland.

Even Weilin is actively training, on the one hand for his own dignity as a lord, and on the other hand to better protect his hard-won territory.

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On the morning of June 1, everyone gathered together in a room made of wood to hold a simple meeting.

"Your Majesty." Baird, who was sitting first to the left of Weilin, stood up and began to report, "Thirteen of the thirty soldiers have awakened fighting spirit and become trainee low-level warriors, and the remaining seventeen Everyone touches the threshold.”

"In terms of farmland, 2,700 and 50 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed. We are still 2,250 acres short of the first phase of the reclamation plan you set."

After hearing this, Weilin nodded, satisfied with the progress of the task, and motioned for Baird to sit down.

From the very beginning, Verin made a simple plan based on the existing population.

According to his plan, a freeman or serf would have twenty acres of land.

Different from serfs, freedmen have ten acres of private land and can freely decide the crops to grow. The other ten acres of land are tax fields and they need to grow officially designated crops. All harvests in the fields are turned over as taxes and must reach a certain level. The excess will belong to themselves, and the lack will be made up by the free people to ensure that they will not cheat.

The serfs only had four acres of private land, and they could barely eat enough from the food they grew. The other sixteen acres were tax land, and the standards were the same as those of free people.

Weilin also made detailed plans for the soldiers' pay.

A soldier's pay consists of three parts:

First, the grain harvested from two acres of tax land.

Second, three silver coins per month.

Third, kill enemies in battle to get rewards.

The last article was also valid for the serfs who joined during the war.

Then, a dark-skinned knight sitting in the first position on Weilin's right stood up and reported: "My Lord, the river channel around Qixing Lake has been excavated for 800 meters, and there are still 2,700 meters of work to be done."

"Well, you are worthy of being my knight. Keep up the good work. After the river channel is completed, we can start the second phase of the construction plan." Weilin smiled excitedly.

The other eleven knights present looked at the Lord with a wry smile.

However, they did not feel dissatisfied or resentful. It was really too much given by the Lord. Six low-level magic crystals were enough for them to practice for three years. Just to dig this 3,400-meter river channel, what else could they complain about.

"My Lord, we currently have six carts of food and fifty-six mule carts of food, totaling 85,200 kilograms of food. If we consume 530 kilograms a day, we can still support 160 days, which is enough for us to harvest the food."

After listening to Orlando's report, Weilin began to summarize.

"In another half month, we will be able to start the second batch of construction plans. By the end of the year, we will build two villages, reclaim 18,000 acres of farmland, and drive out the goblins within a 30-kilometer radius centered on the Qixing Lake, with a population of 1,200 people."

"This will be our future home. I hope you will do your best to build our territory."

"Yes, my lord."

Then, the meeting was dissolved, and those who dug canals dug canals, and those who trained soldiers trained soldiers, each doing their own job.