The Knight's Journey to the Empire

In the White Bear Territory, the status of all slaves is the same; they are all Baron Soren's private property.

But the status of slaves was different from each other.

In order to make the management of slaves more convenient, Sauron made some reforms to the management methods of these slaves.

He divided all slaves into three levels according to the degree of their crimes: lower slaves, ordinary slaves, and upper slaves.

Among them, the lower-class slaves are mainly those former members of the security team who are extremely vicious and will remain slaves for the rest of their lives.

As long as Sauron is still their master, they will never have a chance to turn over, and they will always do the hardest, most tiring, dirtiest and most difficult work in the territory. They are real professional beasts of burden, and in the end even if they die of old age or illness, they will be transformed into organic fertilizer to nourish the vast land of White Bear Territory.

Ordinary slaves were mainly former members of the vigilante group who had relatively not done much evil.

Now the number of slaves at this level is the smallest, less than ten.

But they are also professional beasts of burden, who need to work for the lords for free and create wealth and value for the lords for free.

However, compared with those lower-class slaves, ordinary slaves still have a chance to be freed.

Because as long as these ordinary slaves are willing to work diligently for Sauron for five years, they can be promoted to high-class slaves.

The high-quality slaves at present are mainly those brought by Soran from the city of Connacht.

In order to better unleash the production enthusiasm and wealth creation of these superior slaves, Soran also adjusted their management methods and established a set of incentive mechanisms.

For example, after they have worked diligently for Soran for two years, they can own some private property.

[Note: Slaves are the private property of their owners. Everything they have belongs to their owners. So according to common sense, it is a sin for slaves to hide their property.

Because slaves without private property are easier to control, while slaves with private property will always want to escape. If slaves do not have their own private property, then they can only rely on vassal nobles to survive. 】

In addition, upper-class slaves can apply and choose to continue to serve under the management of the lord, or choose to apply to the lord for exclusive contracted land and farm it themselves.

The difference between these two methods lies mainly in the different tax sharing ratios.

First of all, no matter which method is chosen, the lord will provide them with a piece of arable land for planting.

But if you choose the first option, the lord will provide you with food and lodging, as well as planting seeds and various production tools. The final harvest will be divided in an 80:20 ratio, with the lord taking 80% and the slaves taking 20%.

If the second method is chosen, the slaves will contract a piece of land to cultivate it themselves, but the lord will not provide any help except accommodation. The final harvest will be divided in a 40% to 60% ratio, with the lord getting 60% and the slaves getting 40%.

Of course, no matter which method they chose, it did not change the status of slaves in essence.

They still belong to the slave class!

They are still Soran's private property!

The reason why Sauron carried out such reforms was to give them a chance to turn over and be free, to give them a future to look forward to, and to prevent them from becoming numb and turning into zombies from day-to-day labor.

Only in this way can they be able to unleash their production enthusiasm and wealth creation, and then become self-reliant and work hard to accumulate wealth to redeem themselves.

Only after completing the great transformation of "redemption" can they be called "people" in the true political sense.

Then, they themselves or their children and grandchildren can get rid of the status of slaves and enjoy the privileges of politicians, such as joining the army, doing business, engaging in politics, and moving freely!

[Note: This can be understood as a restriction imposed by urban hukou on outsiders. Only if outsiders have urban hukou can they become so-called "city dwellers" and then enjoy certain special resources in the city, such as employment and politics, and children's schooling, etc.!

For the so-called "city dweller" household registration, the energy that some people can unleash is absolutely enormous. So this is what is called exerting enthusiasm and creativity! 】

History and practice have proven that private ownership is the best way of distribution to encourage people to create wealth and pursue a better life.

Therefore, on the Knight Continent, Sauron must abandon the traditional slave management method of unified arrangement, unified management, and unified production.

Because except for some special historical periods, this big pot approach is really not suitable to be promoted.

This approach can easily lead to cheating, wasting resources, free riding, or inaction.

This will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to production enthusiasm and wealth creation.

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September 4877, 4 in the Knight Continent calendar.

Since he didn't sleep well in the mountains the night before, Soran deliberately slept in today.

What a soft and fragrant big bed! Soren slept very comfortably!

Finally, when the sun was high in the sky, he slowly and contentedly got up with the help of his maid Maria.

After washing and having breakfast, Soran went to the study in the Baron's mansion as usual to see what work needed to be done.

Maria was still standing by and serving, and Thomas was still guarding the door outside.

Fortunately, Soran didn't have much to deal with today.

With the establishment of the Territory Government Office, Sauron boldly delegated power, which solved many work problems for him.

Especially after incorporating Wolfe, an expert administrative talent, into government affairs, Soran had even less things to deal with.

This gave him more free time every day, which is why he suddenly became interested in painting some time ago and had time to tease the little maid Maria.

"Master, butler Javier is here!" Thomas came in to report, followed by the baron's mansion's butler, Javier.

“Hey, isn’t this Javier, the busy butler of the mansion? It’s really rare to see him these days!” Before Javier could say anything, Soran was the first to sob at him, with a light-hearted and teasing tone.

"Master, please stop joking with me! You know I'm busy! I won't tell you who I'm busy for!" Javier smiled calmly: "Besides, I'm here now!"

He did not hear any blame in Soran's words. Instead, the young master's playful sobbing made him feel very close to him.

Soran was enjoying Maria's health care at this time, leaning back casually on the chair.

Those present were all people close to him, so there was no need to pretend!

Damn gentlemanly manners!

Damn aristocratic etiquette!

Fuck chivalry!

"Thomas, move a chair over for my butler! He's been working so hard these days!" Soran continued to speak to Javier in a joking tone.

"Yes, sir!" Thomas turned and left.

"Thank you, sir!" Javier smiled.

"My butler Javier came here suddenly today. Is there something important?" Soran asked.

"Master! The mansion received a letter from Conat City this morning. It was written by the master!" Javier took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Soran.

After Soran took the letter, he opened it and started reading!

The letter was only about two pages long, but as Soran read the contents, he sat up straight unconsciously, and his expression became more solemn!

After reading it, he fell into deep thought!