King’s Kingdom - Chapter 269

These Ortban people from all over the world are already in two moods at this time. After the 195 people become the knights of the Lanyin Kingdom, it can be said that the future is bright.

Here, Theodosius is not stingy with land rewards, or he prefers to use land instead of bounties compared to currency.

Because at this stage, there is indeed no shortage of land in the Lanyin Kingdom. If the land here is fully reclaimed, it can support at least 10 million people. This is calculated on the basis of at least 100 acres of land per household.

Moreover, his ambitions will not only stay in this small world, there is still a lot of fertile land in the south waiting for him to seize, he wants to establish a world-class deeds and leave his name forever!

And the arrival of these people just happens to bring huge benefits to the whole country, and their role is not just to exert the superiority of force in the army.

But it also plays a role in enriching the population. They have just arrived here. If the conditions are good, they may be able to bring four or five entourages. If the conditions are not good, they will bring a loyal entourage.

Although the squires are not as good as knights, in the final analysis they are also armed men and sword-wielders.

Not to mention whether it is appropriate for them to plant the more than 200 acres of land, even if the knights are brought along, he will not be able to plant the more than 200 acres of land with so many people!

But the farmland can’t just be left untouched, can it? What a waste of money that would be!

So what should be done?

Yes, write a letter to your family and ask them to send a group of people.

The hometown where these clansmen live only lacks land and food, and there is really no shortage of manpower. Even if it is just a knight leader, the population can reach five or six hundred. It is really not a problem to send dozens of people casually, and it can be relieved. Let’s talk about overpopulation.

That’s right, at this stage, except for the northern part of the Northern Empire, the rest of the region is basically overpopulated, although so many years of melee has shrunk the 550 million people in the empire’s heyday. It is less than 400 million, but the long-term war and the divided means of production have further reduced productivity.

In the past, the empire might mobilize farmers in a town or even half a county for cluster farming. Like the landlords, they used livestock and advanced production tools together to improve efficiency.

With the same number of people, the amount of land that can be cultivated and the output of the land have shrunk a lot. The family-by-family farming model of small farmers will be worrying because of various chores and a large number of poor peasants who do not have livestock and production tools.

It can be said that before the split of the empire, this huge and prosperous country had completed the agricultural reform of collective farms on 60% of the country, and farmers were converted into agricultural workers to receive wages.

The centralization of power was basically completed, the agricultural reform was more than half completed, and the military reform was almost completed. It was just because the emperor died and there was no truly qualified heir, which led to the warlordization of various military regions and the subsequent system regression, returning to the feudal system.

Business, handicrafts, and agriculture have all shrunk. Now all the separatist regimes are working hard to increase their national strength and increase the number of people. But even so, whether the total population can reach 400 million is still unknown.

Moreover, the dilemma of food shortage and reduced arable land output is gradually emerging. In many places, there have been no idle fields in the world, and farmers are still starving to death.

This is a very serious social contradiction, but it is not very obvious until now, because whenever this situation becomes serious, there will always be wars or rebellions to reduce the population and free up land for distribution to the remaining people. people below.

At this point, if there is an opportunity to send out some people, it may not only not be a loss of property for the feudal lord, but a good way to alleviate the conflict between the territories.

Because this kind of conflict between people and people is still very terrifying, it may not be a big deal for high-level nobles. Even if a group of rabble is united, it is still a rabble, and a regular army of hundreds of people is easily pacified.

But for the low-level nobles, this is tantamount to the powder keg under their buttocks. Maybe one day, they will be ignited by a spark, and they will be sent to the sky with a “bang”.

If the lords unite together to create a rebel army of hundreds of people, it is really difficult to suppress them with a dozen or two sergeants and dozens of conscripts. Although the nobles themselves have the advantage of blood, if There are too many rebels to deal with.

Therefore, in some areas with fierce conflicts, it is quite cost-effective to send some civilians away.

These knights were happy, and the Ortbans who didn’t pass the screening were a little unhappy. They didn’t have the courage to show their dissatisfaction in front of Theodosius, but everyone could see that they were not happy.

Theodosius did not intend to make this group of people sad, so he said: “Don’t be sad for the rest of you. Although you are inferior to them in terms of force, it does not mean that you cannot have a bright future!”

“What do you mean?” One of the people looked at Theodosius with hopeful eyes, and so did the rest of the people, who were still holding on to the last glimmer of hope.

“It’s not just about being a knight fighting on the battlefield!” Theodosius said with a smile.

“The education and knowledge you have received since childhood is also something that Lanyin Kingdom desperately needs. Although you can’t make contributions on the battlefield, you can make achievements in other areas!”

“The current Lanyin Kingdom is in vain, and a large number of villages and towns lack officials to manage them. They are in a state of village autonomy, and you have excellent spelling, reading and writing skills~www.mtlnovel.com~ arithmetic skills, which are officials’ skills. The best candidate, so you can also go to various places to manage the people for me! It’s not worse than fighting on the battlefield, isn’t it?”

The twenty or so people thought for a while, and then nodded, with expressions of joy on their faces.

In their opinion, although it is not as good as the glory of fighting on the battlefield as an administrative officer, and the chances of getting rewards are less, but in the end it is much better than nothing. It has always been known for its richness, and the oil and water may not necessarily be less.

“Oh, by the way, you should all know about the issue of land rewards, I won’t say more, two hundred mu per person is neither more nor less!”

“One more thing, about the shortage of farming people!”

“Most of you should know this, but in order to prevent some people from not knowing, I’ll stress it again for you!”

For these distant relatives, Theodosius did not have much air, otherwise he would have chosen to let Sir Redwyn announce it.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Theodosius, and it was about their own interests, and no one would not care.