Chapter 6 Pompeii Territory

Pompeii Territory is a typical knight territory.

The so-called knight territory is equivalent to a miniature.

There are about 500 serfs directly under the Pompeii family, and about 1,300 ordinary civilians. This does not include people under the age of 18.

The serfs and civilians add up to only 1,800 people.

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

But with such a small population, the land area is quite large. Because the productivity of this world is very backward, the grain production is extremely low, and there is no large arable land area to feed so many people.

So the entire territory of Pompeii Territory is roughly equivalent to half a small town.

And Pompeii Castle is the center of this small town. And the four sides of Pompeii Territory, according to Luther's memory, are surrounded by forests.

There is only one way to the north.

Simply put, the entire Pompeii Territory is isolated from the world. And the Pompeii family is a generation of local tyrants rooted here.

Even if it is called a king, it is not too much.

Pompeii Territory is small, but it has everything. The Pompeii family occupied about one-third of the land for cultivation, and gave it to the serfs directly under them to cultivate.

The so-called serfs were almost the same as slaves. They helped the master to cultivate the land and work, but they did not need to be paid. They only needed to be given the lowest level of survival supplies.

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

In this territory directly under the Pompeii family, there was also a winery that produced ordinary beer.

A pasture supplied the Pompeii family and meat for the Magellan family.

Meat products in this world were very important, because knights needed a strong physique, and it was very important to consume meat every day.

There was also a wheat flour workshop.

A blacksmith shop.

A grocery store that sold firewood, rice, oil and salt.

The blacksmith shop and the grocery store were near the castle, and the others were scattered around the territory.

These were all directly owned by the Pompeii family.

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

They were Pompeii Village 1 to Pompeii Village 9.

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

Therefore, although the Magellan family does not have an official surname, many people in private call them the Tiema Clan.

The ten villages in the territory are basically responsible for farming, with a small number of part-time lumberjacks and hunters. These free people only need to pay a certain amount of taxes to the territory, and they live much more comfortably than serfs.

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

In other words, in fact, the entire Pompeii territory, whether serfs or free people, are 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 the territory called "right of first night".

As the name implies, every bride who wants to get married in a territory must have sex with the lord before she can sleep with the groom.

Unless the groom's family pays a certain amount of taxes, this situation can be avoided.

It's really inhumane.

But Luther has also heard that this is an absurd law that can only be made by a very small number of cruel lords. Most nobles in this world are not so cruel.

Yeah.

In short, Luther traveled through time and became the eldest son of a knight lord, not a commoner. It's so good.

It's so cool.

It's the time when winter and spring meet, and the land is still very hard. Because some places are still frozen, it's not time to farm.

At this time, whether it's free people or serfs, they usually rest at home.

There are even few people who go hunting, because the prey at this time is very thin. 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 is rare to see people on the road in Pompeii. Occasionally, people are seen. When the common people see the scene of Master Luther, they immediately kneel down on the roadside to pay homage to the noble master.

Luther has not experienced such a scene, but he has seen pigs run even though he has not seen pork.

There is a very classic saying by a great man.

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it."

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

But as a future noble lord with vision and insight, it is a very correct choice to show his people-friendly attitude.

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

So, Luther is very people-friendly.

No, 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 how to address the two masters, and couldn't even tell the young master Luther apart.

Although Old Sol ordered a three-day carnival in the territory because of Luther's promotion to knight, the young master Luther basically didn't show up.

In short, the common people knew that the two horsemen must be big figures in the territory, but they didn't know how to address them, so they just knelt down and kowtowed.

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

In Luther's memory of this life, he had hardly left Pompeii territory since he was born. Therefore, Luther had no impression of the outside world and the lives of the people.

But seeing these people, Luther felt that the rule of the Pompeii family was pretty good.

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

Their complexion was not too good, but not too bad.

There was no malnutrition.

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

Thinking of this, Luther immediately felt full of confidence.

The Pompeii family has a fine tradition and a good foundation. It only needs a little guidance from him, the future knight lord, and it will immediately become a towering tree.

The future of the Pompeii family is at least a great noble like the Earl of Reality.

Yeah.