The fourth year of Yunzhong, the fifth day of the first lunar month.

Although the seal ceremony has ended, it is still a lot of effort to determine the fiefdom and transfer the work one by one.

Fortunately, everything was ready on the fifth day of the lunar month.

Yu Jingbai called a ox cart and patrolled the future territory with Xiao Jingfeng.

"You and I are both doctors, who lead a village to be a fief. You are Donglin Township, I am Jinsha Township... There are a total of 16 villages, 1,600 households, and more than 30,000 acres of cultivated land. The lord is such a big deal!" Xiao Jingfeng said with emotion.

The most important thing is to directly connect the two parts of the countryside and their strength will be multiplied. It's really awesome.

"I have seen all the land. Although it is newly opened, if you use heavy fertilizer, you can plant rice and wheat in a year... And my Donglin Township, because it is close to the sea, has a natural safe haven, and maybe a small pier can be built in the future."

Yu Jingbai said with a smile, obviously he liked it very much.

At this time, I heard the person who drove the car in front, and the shogunate clerk who was the formerly in charge of the shogunate, saying, "Two doctors, Zhuangzi in Donglin Township!"

"oh!?"

Yu Jingbai and Xiao Jingfeng got off the ox cart and saw a very wide village.

This is available in every village. As the governor of the village, there are more than 20 houses. A circle of big trees can be planted outside. In the future, it may grow into a wall or log a wood to build a fence.

The houses inside are all made of fired stone bricks and stones, and there is also an arrow tower.

This is a defensive building in the manor, which can shoot out foreign enemies or beasts from a high place. If you wait until that circle of tree walls grow, you can defend with elite archers and block a hundred soldiers.

At the same time, it is also a thing that declares the monarchy like a castle.

‘Just… why do you need to build this shape?’ Yu Jingbai looked at this shape and felt amazement: ‘There are no foreign enemies on the island in the clouds. Is it to prevent civil chaos?’

This is really possible, but at this moment, he kept silent and continued to watch.

Inside this manor, there are mills, wine cellars, vinegar houses, oil presses, and places for raising chickens, ducks and pigs.

Outside the farm, there are acres of arable land, which specializes in the labeling of vegetable fields, grain fields, and fallow land.

From a distance, there is a hill that is only fifty meters high, not surprisingly dangerous, but there is a slope with fruit trees and some tea trees planted.

If you are on the coast of the edge of the territory, you can even open some salt drying fields, or directly boil sea water to make salt.

Overall, it is a typical feudal manor. Seven things for the people to open the door, including food, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

The people work at sunrise and rest at sunset. They are protected by walls and arrow towers, and are not afraid of wild animals and bandits. How can imperial power be for me?

"This is really...so complete! It's too expensive! Is there any in every village?"

Yu Jingbai looked over one by one, secretly estimating the financial and manpower and material resources that needed to be consumed, and couldn't help asking.

"Every township doctor has it! As for village sects, they have to be reduced by one level, but there is also a house!"

Old man Tian bowed and said.

"No wonder the Lord wants to rob Izumo. If not, how can he build it?!"

Xiao Jingfeng murmured.

This sentence is a bit disrespectful, but Old Man Tian just pretended not to hear it: "Next, please let me transfer my nationality!"

This is Donglin Township, so we naturally first went to Jingbai for delivery, with a total of 800 households and approximately 2,000 people.

"There is no hurry for other villages. The local township is in Donglin Village. Doctors can see you first!"

At that moment, Old Man Tian came to a threshing ground. Two or three hundred people were ragged, with their eyes either dull or curious or hatred, looking at Yu Jingbai on the stage.

"This is the local lord, Doctor Yu, and he will be your master in the future!"

Old man Tian shouted loudly: "You can't be treated as a polite?"

Because most of them are Izumo people, he also uses Izumo language.

Several people took the lead, and when they saw the supervisor next to them showing bad intentions and raised the whip, the hundreds of people slowly knelt down, understanding that this was the powerful reputation that ruled them.

Old man Tian then turned around and said to Jingbai: "According to the system, a hundred households in a village and two thousand acres of land, the life and death of these hundred households is in the hands of the doctor. However, the lord said that it is best to share one thousand acres of land to them so that those with constant property have perseverance. Of course... it is just a suggestion that even if the doctor demotes them all to slaves, it is a matter of one word."

"In each village, there must be at least 5,000 acres of forest land, and some fast-growing wood should be planted. Although it is not possible to build houses and ships, it can be used to burn fires and take turns to take a break to ensure a steady stream of things!"

Old man Tian finished reading the book by reading it, and bowed, waiting for Yu Jing to ask.

"Well, these are all old and polite words, so I naturally wouldn't be ignorant of my good intentions!" Yu Jingbai nodded and looked at the leaders below: "But... why are they like this?"

"this……"

Old Man Tian smiled embarrassedly: "I purchased immigration and reclamation before this island. Most of the immigrants were refugees and mountain people. They were willing to do anything to survive. After several shocks and rewards, they have gradually become naturalized. However, in the three years of Yunzhong, the lord plundered the clouds in order to reclaim the entire island. In this way... the quality of immigration is uneven. Now, most of the people in each family are familiar with each other! Using 10% of the naturalized immigrants as the leader or supervisor, 90% of the others are like this..."

"I see……"

Looking at the hidden resentment below, Yu Jingbai murmured, and finally understood why the manor attached so much importance to defense.

Because most of the lords Duan Yu distributed to them were slaves!

If you are not careful, riots or even rebellion are possible, and of course you need to protect the walls and arrow towers.

This is nothing to do.

Originally, there were only 30,000 people in Yunzhong Island, but a year later, ten townships and eight thousand households were built, and this was another 30,000 people, doubled! The quality was uneven and the wildness was still unavoidable.

To summarize, the land is built too fast and has made drastic moves, and some people's hearts have not yet kept up.

But the next thing is the business of the lords from all over the country.

Yu Jingbai and Xiao Jingfeng are both masters of the Wulu Taoist body, and their martial arts are also very powerful. It is more than enough to suppress these thousands of serfs.

As for the other village soldiers, this is even more so.

The territory, houses, and people promised by Duan Yu have been done one by one, and since the power has been divided, the obligations will certainly be transferred.

Even if there are any resentment and grievances in this suppression process, vassals at all levels will be hit the most, and Duan Yu only needs to bear the nominal part.

"In addition, the autumn harvest has been put into storage, with 3,500 stones of grain, which can barely last until the next harvest!" Old Man Tian handed over several warehouse books.

As for the food, it is roughly beans and potatoes, and it is really unbearable to eat it every day.

“Where is the tax?”

Yu Jingbai thought for a while and asked.

"The taxes are decided by the vassals themselves and do not need to be paid. The obligation has long been set on the iron scroll of the alchemy book, roughly to provide warriors and servants every year to serve for two months."

Old man Tian said calmly.

"If a warrior or wizard comes out of a village, we can't get so many people...what if gold, silver or food is replaced?"

Xiao Jingfeng thought for a while, and there seemed to be a light in his eyes, and he asked in a deep voice.

"According to the lord system, this number is roughly about 30% of the total income in the good year... Of course, this is also specifically noted on the iron scroll because of the preferential treatment of the first batch of ministers!"

Old man Tian said.

It is indeed preferential treatment, otherwise Duan Yu would have to collect more than 50%, forcing each territory to cultivate some extraordinary people to deal with military service.

"In other words, if we pay 30% of the tax to the Lord every year, we will make the decision of these two villages? We don't need to serve the Lord anymore... hiding here as a local emperor, can we inherit the inheritance?"

Xiao Jingfeng continued to ask.

"That's true!" Old Tian said without hesitation.

"Hu..." Xiao Jingfeng let out a long breath: "Master... I have done my best to be honest and righteous!"

In his and Yu Jingbai's opinion, this is definitely a preferential treatment. Based on these two villages, it is enough for Baihao Mountain to open a branch and inherit the Taoist tradition.

As for the people who are not convinced?

Haha... If the scholars and officials with extraordinary power cannot even suppress this, they will be in vain.

In a word, the people's hearts are like iron, and the official law is like a furnace! You have to accept the beating!

Even if you resist, what are you afraid of? Just suppress it directly. Even if you are severely punished, no one can gossip.

Of course, one must pay attention to it and not lose too much. After all, every conqueror at this time has become the private property of the literati and officials.

Afterwards, Xiao Jingfeng went to his Jinsha Township again. Seeing that the situation was generally similar to that of Donglin Township, he couldn't help but make up a certain decision.

...

late at night.

In the village owner's manor.

"It's great! It's great!"

Xiao Jingfeng turned around a few times, and light almost shone out from his eyes.

"I naturally know this, but I am not going to quit my position as a priest in the village school. If so, the relationship will be over..."

Yu Jingbai played with a strand of hair and said softly.

Xiao Jingfeng was stunned and then said, "Indeed... the master sect helped the lord several times, and the lord repaid all his kindness with these two villages... After all, it was just a matter of transferring subordinates to provide information."

In fact, he vaguely realized that Duan Yu had opened up Yunzhong Island in order to leave a way out for his subordinates, so he gave him a very generous reward.

This lord is unfathomable, and his luck can even assist in his cultivation, so he cannot be measured by common sense.

"Then... what should we do next? I don't know how to manage such a large territory..." Yu Jingbai said with a headache.

"First of all, we are naturally building a deterrent force. We cannot just do things. Fortunately, there are 10% of the naturalized people. They can first give land to win over and then select our private soldiers!"

Xiao Jingfeng walked around a few times: "In addition, in the name of taking over the maids and children, screening children in the territory and finding some Taoist children with good qualifications to teach them, which also brought their families together."

"Finally..." He suddenly stood still and made up his mind: "I want a letter to bring in some people from Qingguo!"

Xiao Jingfeng had some potential forces in Baihao Mountain and Qing. At this time, in order to build his own territory, he took it out without hesitation.
Chapter completed!