Chapter 656, Serf Hukou Redemption System
It is impossible to arrange to live in the fairy tower in the lake for a week. There are many things in the whole territory waiting for Ryan to solve. Before Ryan went out to fight, Suria helped him deal with internal affairs at home, and Morgiana was in charge. , can be regarded as a clear division of labor, but Ryan left this time and took Suria away, leaving Morgiana alone.
In addition, Ryan left Mogiana with a group of three retainers, consisting of the original Musilon butler Katzenberg, Goffin from the Empire's Rick Land, and the old Musillon nobleman Steve. Assisting Morgiana in handling internal affairs, but the three of them as courtiers can only make suggestions, and in the end it is up to Morgiana to make a decision, and the special identity of the lake goddess witch and the spokesperson of the mortal will of the lake fairy determine that she is not very good. So messy to meddle in Ryan's internal affairs, the result is that in the past year, Morgiana has been troubled by this aspect.
After Ryan came back, a lot of things piled up for him to deal with. He simply called all his subordinates to hold a meeting and explained the next step plan.
The first is the possible conflict between the imperialists and the Bretanians. Ryan immigrated about 300,000 people from Brunswick, the capital of the empire, in one breath, of which 120,000 were young and strong. If the aborigines are not handled well, conflicts are very likely to arise.
Ryan's method is to live together + encourage intermarriage, and at the same time strengthen publicity. These imperial immigrants from Brunswick brought advanced craftsmanship, various technologies and many rare things that the Musilon natives have never seen before. They will It will help the aborigines of Mu Xilong get out of the current difficulties.
And the natives of Musillon also have to take on the responsibility of letting the imperial immigrants integrate into the local area, get used to the fertile swamp of Musillon and the environment where monsters appear from time to time, they teach the imperial people how to deal with these monsters, how to build strong villages and barriers, What is the activity habit of the swamp monster, and what taboos does Mu Xilong have that cannot be touched.
In this way, both parties can understand each other.
And the gap between the empire and Britannia in terms of race and belief is not too large to be unacceptable. Everyone believes in the gods of the old world. The ancient church area of Freya, to which Alfred belongs, accepts immigrants from the empire. , The two castles replaced by Nur were named "Charlemagne Fort" and "Fort Nur" respectively, and garrisons from two companies of the Empire have already settled in.
After solving the immigration problem first, the second issue that was brought up for discussion was the issue of honors for the old guards. In this Nur decisive battle, many old guards made great achievements. Ryan said at the meeting that it was time for these old guards to Some of the guards have been promoted to be awarded the title of knight, and the status of the old guard who has been awarded the title of knight is equivalent to that of a knight-errant. From then on, they are real nobles.
No one objected to Ryan's decision, or in other words, his subordinates, including the former Lyonnaise South, and now Musilon's Earl Doolin and Earl Larotte all expressed their approval.
As for whether they can continue to rise after obtaining the title of knight, Ryan did not say this, and everyone did not ask, because it is not necessary. In the eyes of the knight nobles, it is already very important for the old guards to be able to obtain the title of knight as serfs. Super-qualified promotion, as for the fief and even the title of title, these serf-born soldiers probably dare not even think about it.
Ryan also felt that the title of knight could satisfy this generation of old guards and serve him to death. If he really made great contributions, there would be knighthood of the kingdom and even the title of baron.
The champion of the fairies in the lake silently positioned the baron as the ceiling for the old guard's promotion. The baron is the highest level of the knight class and the lowest level of the great nobles.
The first batch of old guards awarded the title of knight is set to be thirty, and the time is set for this year's Winter Veil Festival celebration. Ryan will, together with his wife Suria and the lake goddess Morgiana, personally do this for them. Thirty old guards awarded the title of knight.
After explaining the two things, Ryan first asked the new Baron Merovingian, the flag officer Holy Grail Knight Armand, "How is the security of Musilon City now?"
"It took us a year to reorganize the entire urban area, but the situation is not particularly ideal. It will take at least six months for the entire city to completely clean up the corruption left by the vampires." Armand told his own difficulties, "especially There are many secret passages deep in the shanty town, some of which go even lower than sea level, and only the lady knows what happened to Musillon City after it fell into the hands of vampires."
"Very well, it seems that we can't move the government office from Jean to Musilon City for the time being." Ryan nodded, and he asked, "Juan, is there any change in the direction of Orphan Hill?"
Juan Carlos Sunwatcher, who was wearing the Sun Knight dress, smiled wryly and shook his head, "If it weren't for the wood elves occupying the place now, maybe we would have been annoyed to death by the Skaven hiding underground. Don't deal with wood elves less, Alaros the Brave Lord promised us to help us clean up the threat of the Ratmen, on the condition that their current observation station's territory will be doubled!"
"Then give it to him!" Ryan immediately made a decision, "Our goal now is to try our best to create an environment where we can develop with peace of mind and recuperate. Since the wood elves can help us, as long as it is not too much, we can agree. Let's resume production!"
"Yes!" Juan received Ryan's promise and responded loudly, expressing his understanding.
"As for the investment attraction of the industrial belt on the banks of the Grace Murray River, Katzenberg, I will leave this matter to you. Don't care too much about the immediate interests. The merchants in Nuer know what to do." Ryan continued. "At least, let them stay first, everything can be discussed, our efforts in the Great Battle of Nur will not be in vain, and their demands will not be excessive."
"Understood." Katzenberg still maintains his usual attire, with a big bald head, a monocle and no beard. He is already in his thirties this year, and he looks much calmer. The original agreement with Francois It's meaningless, everyone knows that.
"And then... where is the canal built now?" Ryan asked Earl Durin, as the former nobleman of Lyonnaise, he knew this best.
A canal running through the north and south will connect the Sanness River in the north, the Grace Murray River from Palaon to the Mousilon and enter the sea, and then to the Sharon River in the south, and finally reach the Berg River, which originates from the Athel Loren Forest. The Leon River completes the connection between the north and the south.
"The canal in the northern section was built from the Sandnes River in Korona, and it has been built close to the Grace Murray River. It should be navigable a year ago." Earl Durin replied, "Temporarily, the canal will be excavated." The manpower is still enough, but that is because of the famine in Lyonnaise, the serfs are willing to dig hard for a bite of food, but after digging to the Grace Murray River, how do we maintain this speed is also a problem, after all Some serfs are unwilling to leave their principality, they are the property of the lord."
Ryan frowned when he heard the words. The serfs in Bordeaux are not Lyonnaise. The serfs there have to be richer and more knowledgeable. Being richer means higher labor costs, and being more knowledgeable means It is more difficult to recruit workers.
We can only take one step at a time, and wait until the canal from the Sandness River to the Grace Murray River is open for navigation.
At the end of the meeting, everyone received tasks to carry out. Ryan originally planned to see how Veronica and Teresa were doing. He soon learned from his attendants that Veronica was currently retreating to attack the sanctuary. , her wizard tower has been closed, and flames and lights have been continuously emitting from the top of the tower for a while.
Teresa rushed back to the Garland Council for a meeting, and it would take a few weeks before she came back. She left a message to Ryan, saying that she would return to Ryan's territory before the Winter Veil Festival.
After thinking for a while, Ryan finally decided to go to the Tower of the Fairy of the Lake and detail his plans to Morgiana and the Fairy herself.
In order for the serf redemption system to be implemented smoothly, Ryan must have the support of the goddess, otherwise everything is empty talk.
……… I am the dividing line entering the tower………
Ryan's entry into the fairy tower in the lake was the most gratifying thing for Morgiana. Morgiana's previous dissatisfaction disappeared when she saw that Ryan had settled everything and immediately came to the tower. The lake god witch personally cooked for Ryan Cooked a large table of dishes, including a new dish she recently studied.
This kind of dish is called "haggis", which is a dish from Obion Island. It looks like a giant sausage, and the sheep's heart, liver, lungs and other offal are all chopped up. It is a hodgepodge made by chopping and mixing together, then stuffing it into the sheep's stomach, sewing the sheep's stomach, adding various vegetables, and cooking together.
Ryan looked at this watermelon-sized haggis, which looked like a giant egg that gave birth to demons. When everything was opened, various unknown particles were densely packed, black ash and feces mixed together, and the knife and fork in his hand did not know how to say "this ..."
"Don't know how to eat?" Mogiana approached from a distance with a scent of fragrance. Today, she was wearing a retro rose evening dress with layers of flower and snow gauze, and a unicorn velvet vest on the outside. The beautiful legs wrapped in white unicorn velvet pantyhose are curvy, slender and straight. It is a private area in the fairy tower in the lake. The lake god witch only wears a pair of ordinary open-toed high-heeled shoes. Momo can be seen through the translucent white stockings. Gianna's white and smooth skin and round toes painted with pink nail polish.
"I really don't know where to start." Ryan sat at the dining table with a knife and fork in his hand.
"Hehe." Morgana sat lightly on Ryan's lap, and reached out to take the knife and fork from his hand. She reached out and cut open the sheep's stomach, revealing the ingredients of the chowder inside, and then gently forked a piece " Ah~"
"Ah~M~" Ryan reluctantly opened his mouth and ate.
"Huh?!" The taste is quite surprising, although the color is yellow and black, but the taste is excellent, soft and has a special aroma, Ryan nodded after tasting it, "It's delicious, Morgiana, it's delicious !"
"It's as good as you think it's delicious." Seeing that Ryan liked it, Morgana's face shone brightly. She took out a bottle of Korona whiskey, poured a full glass for Ryan, and said softly, "The mutton is fishy. , this dish goes well with whiskey."
"It's delicious, Morgiana, I'm sorry to trouble you during this time." Ryan ate the delicious food (though it didn't look good), he adjusted his sitting posture so that Morgiana could sit more comfortably "How did you learn to do this dish?"
"There will be some fiery red-haired Obiens in the north of Korona and Lyonnaise. They have immigrated several times in the long history. The knight kings at that time saw these fiery red-haired Obis The benefactor has not been corrupted by chaos and is brave and good at fighting, so he chose to accept them. Haggis is the special dish passed down by these Aubian people, and I think you may like it." Morgiana continued, "You know the Duke of Connett? En's subordinate, the Holy Grail Knight Driones? He is a descendant of the Obien people."
"So that's how it is." Ryan thought that the Kingdom of Brittania was not entirely composed of Bretons. The northern part of the kingdom had mixed blood with the Obien people, and the eastern part married with the imperial people. The Principality of Leon also intermarried with Estalians and Tyrells.
After a long dinner, Ryan and Morgiana cleaned up the cutlery and dining table and returned to the bedroom. At this time, the fireplace in the bedroom was already burning vigorously, and the two sat on the sofa in the bedroom On the next day, the Lake God Witch was so tired that she didn't even want to move a finger. She whispered, "You must be looking for me this time, right? Is it the serf household registration redemption system that you mentioned to me in your letter before? "
"That's right." Ryan took Mogiana's hand and said softly, "This step must be taken, otherwise what I did would only temporarily ease the conflict between the serfs and the nobles. Among the fundamental changes, it won’t take long for my reform results to be swallowed up by the great nobles, and the treatment of serfs will not be fundamentally changed.”
"I know this." Morgiana was a little puzzled, "But haven't you already solved this problem through the Old Guard system?"
"The Old Guard is a way, but we can't hope that all the serfs are as brave and good at fighting as the Old Guard." Ryan shook his head, he explained, "People have a division of labor, facing those serfs who are not good at fighting , we also need to give opportunities to people who can get out of serf household registration.”
"What are you going to do?" Mogiana thought for a while and felt that what Ryan said made sense, but she couldn't understand what Ryan meant for a while, "If the serf pays a large sum of money, he can leave the serf household registration and gain personal freedom. Buy a piece of land from the lord and cultivate it yourself? Just like the current free people are under the management of the original lord?"
"No, if this is changed, it will only turn the serf into a tenant farmer, and it will not fundamentally change the relationship between the serf and the lord." Ryan shook his head violently, and he spoke his plan.
The core of the serf household redemption system planned by Lane is redemption, not that after spending a lot of money, the serfs just changed from serfs enslaved by the lord to tenant farmers attached to the lord.
The core of Ryan's plan has the following three points.
One, as long as a serf has participated in the conscripts of the knight lord as a conscript and participated in the war, he can have the qualification to redeem himself and his family.
Second, after meeting the conditions, the serf can propose a redemption to the Fairy Church of the Lake. After paying a large sum of money, the Fairy Church of the Lake will notarize it and draw a small amount of notarization fees from it. The ransom will be handed over to the lord. .
Third, after the successful redemption, the serf will leave his household registration and become a "freeman". Farming, work if you want to work, and serve as a soldier if you want to. He enjoys personal freedom and property freedom. He is no longer under the control of others and enjoys all the rights and interests of Britannian citizens. If the lord wants to hire these people, he must pay real money silver.
After Ryan finished speaking, Morgiana fell into deep thought. Ryan's vision had a great impact on her, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.
At this time, the voice of the fairy in the lake came from the door. Today, the goddess is wearing a white off-the-shoulder skirt with cinnamon and gardenia fluff, black velvet pantyhose and white lace-up high-heeled shoes, holding a golden holy grail in her hand , walked in from the door, and said to Ryan with a half-smile, "My champion, I have listened to your proposal. Here, I have a question for you."
"How much do you plan to set as a ransom? Also, how do you convince the nobles of the kingdom to agree to this proposal?"
"I'm planning to……"
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