The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"Now let me read out another important instruction from the Baron!" Adam said loudly.

"The Baron is planning to launch a large-scale land reclamation operation about a month before the spring ploughing begins. All the people in the territory will be required to participate in this operation!"

"This large-scale land reclamation operation will be carried out separately in the town and the countryside: the rural residents, under the leadership of the village chief, will reclaim the wasteland around the village according to the principle of convenience; the town residents, under the arrangement of the government office, will uniformly reclaim the wasteland on both sides of the newly built road!"

"After the wasteland is reclaimed, it will be uniformly distributed according to the number of laborers in each household, according to the standard of '15 acres for male adult citizens, 10 acres for female adult citizens, and 5 acres for young people'!"

"Moreover, most importantly, the taxes on the newly reclaimed farmland cultivated by the people in the territory will be reduced by another 10% in the first ten years!"

This distribution method was newly proposed by Gubellini at the second discussion meeting yesterday.

Because the "work point calculation method" originally proposed by Sauron was too troublesome and complicated, and the staff needed to invest too much time and energy.

Moreover, most of the subjects do not know basic arithmetic, so it is difficult to implement.

Therefore, it would be better to use the method that Sauron later named "land grant system" which is more convenient and easier for the subjects to accept.

Undoubtedly, the news of distributing farmland once again caused an uproar among the leaders attending the meeting!

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"Oh my God, man, did I hear it right? The benevolent lord is actually going to grant each of us fifteen acres of new arable land! My God, you know there are six people in my family, and we only have twenty acres of land to cultivate now!" A citizen suddenly hugged a sturdy man next to him tightly, and asked excitedly.

"You heard it right! Brother, it's really twenty acres, and cultivating this newly reclaimed land can reduce taxes by another 10%!" The sturdy man was a little embarrassed by being hugged, so he hurried to explain.

"Yeah! Yeah! Long live the lord! Long live the lord!"

Then, the person who asked the question gave the sturdy man who answered the question a kiss on his blushing cheek.

Then there was a deafening silence!

The sturdy man who answered was stunned for two or three seconds before he reacted and quickly pushed the man away: "Are you fucking crazy? Why are you kissing me?"

"I am so happy! So glad! The Lord is so kind! So good! That's why I couldn't help but kiss him. Don't mind it! Let's cheer for the Lord together!" The man who asked the question said, and wanted to pull the sturdy man's hand, ready to dance together to celebrate.

"Get the hell away from me, Tai. You're so disgusting! You're a disgrace!" The sturdy man quickly kicked him away, then turned and walked away without looking back.

In the end, the only person left there was the man who asked the question. He looked at him leaving with resentment in his eyes, as well as the puzzled looks from the people around him.

Just looking at the corners of the mouth of the person asking the question, it seems like he is frantically suppressing them to prevent them from curling up!

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The leaders' reactions were jubilant, their cheers were enthusiastic, and their blessings were sincere.

Such a kind and benevolent lord!

Even in those childhood stories passed down by word of mouth and in the long songs of those wandering poets, it has never been heard of!

But now they have really encountered it!

This is truly the "grace of Goddess Yana"!

"Beautiful Goddess Yana, please accept the worship of your faithful followers; benevolent and kind Lord, please accept the devout worship of your loyal subjects!"

Adam took it all in.

When he saw the subjects kneeling down to worship or pray in the direction of the lord's mansion one after another, he knew how correct and far-sighted the policy made by the Baron was.

Those who are willing to give for the people will be remembered by the people; when they need help, the people will also help them wholeheartedly.

Maybe this is what the young master was thinking!

But in fact, Sauron didn’t think so much. He just thought about how to make more money.

Then improve your strength faster, develop your power, and gain higher status and more wealth.

As for the rest, these are incidental and just unimportant things.

Everything is centered on myself and myself. As for others, I will help them if I can!

If you really can't help, just don't think about it.

Sauron would never do anything that would harm himself and benefit others!

That's against the principle!