The Knight's Journey to the Empire

September 4877, 5 in the Knight Continent calendar.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days had passed.

Under the leadership of the Territory Government Office, the people of the territory have opened up large tracts of arable land.

The lush wild grasslands that once lined Barrett's Avenue of Wealth have now been replaced by fertile farmland.

The new arable land will be uniformly distributed according to the standard of "ten acres for male adult subjects, eight acres for female adult subjects, five acres each for young people and middle-aged and elderly people"!

This was the promise made by Lord Baron Soran at the mobilization meeting for wasteland reclamation.

Now, these newly reclaimed arable lands have all been distributed in accordance with this promise under the auspices of the Territory Government Office.

The people are now happily planting crops on their own farmland, and are looking forward to a good harvest in the autumn.

Ever since Wulf took on the role of territorial political officer and presided over all matters of territorial government, there have been fewer and fewer government affairs that require Soran's decision.

Even if there are, most of them are documents that only require his signature, seal, approval or review.

I have to say that compared to Adam, Woolf's ability in government administration is indeed strong.

After more than 20 days of adaptation training and high-standard food supply, the Knight Guards have made significant improvements in all aspects, including physical fitness.

Originally, after running a five-kilometer long-distance race in the knight's half-body armor, they would become exhausted and collapse to the ground!

But now after running, they still have energy left to do other exercises.

And in terms of sword skills and ability to cooperate, they have also greatly improved after Soran's personal instruction.

In addition, training is also provided in areas such as close-range axe throwing, bows and arrows, shields, horsemanship, and lances.

And most importantly, under Soran's instructions, Ramos has begun to use his free time in the evening to tutor them in learning writing and knowledge.

This knowledge assessment is also included in the monthly assessment items and is conducted at the end of each month.

Since they were to be trained to become formal knights, officers or territory managers, Soran would naturally teach them comprehensive things.

Although these are some basic things, for those who want to move up, their curiosity will definitely go beyond this, and they will definitely work hard and improve themselves.

Moreover, with a simple and efficient reward and punishment mechanism, Sauron is not afraid that they will not work hard.

However, Soran had not yet taught them the training methods and breathing techniques for knights.

At present, their physical functions and other factors are still a little lacking, and they are not suitable for this kind of practice.

So Soran thought that after he had taken them on a tour of the territory, he should be able to start teaching them.

In the old days of the Knight Continent, patrolling the territory was an important action taken by the lord after taking office to declare authority, exercise power, demonstrate force, and appease the people.

Because the lord has the obligation to guard the territory and protect the people.

And patrolling the territory is undoubtedly a good opportunity to demonstrate one's own strength, stabilize the emotions of the people, and deter the villains inside and outside.

But later, with the abnormal development of society, most of the nobles became corrupt and degenerate.

Therefore, as for things like patrolling the territory, they let alone did it. Some of them had never even been to the territory, and the people in the territory never knew who their lord was until they died.

This was because the corrupt lords simply bought mansions and properties in the city, and then sent tax collectors every year to collect taxes.

They only know how to exploit and enjoy the wealth created by their subjects with great efforts, but never fulfill their obligations to guard the territory and protect their subjects.

This is really hateful!

Originally, Soran didn't want to conduct this kind of territory inspection!

After all, his territory was too small, the population was too small, and he had already come to the territory to take up a post.

But who can blame him for having more free time during this period of time as the government affairs he needs to deal with have been drastically reduced!

So Sauron, who was bored with nothing, thought about finding something to do.

This reminds me of this matter!

Moreover, he plans to take the Knight Guards with him this time, which will also serve as a training for them.

After all, if they were kept in the lord's mansion for training all the time, it would easily make them bored and develop an aversion to training.

Taking them out for a walk, seeing the world, relaxing, and combining work and rest can also be beneficial to their mental health and even improve their field training capabilities.

Of course, Lord Baron Sauron would definitely not say that he just wanted to experience the feeling of going to the countryside to investigate!

So, this action, which was nominally a "field training" but was actually a "territory inspection", quietly began on May 5st!

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Gru Village, this is the first village that Soran inspected during his territory inspection.

There are more than 100 households in Gelu Village, with to residents.

It is the largest, most populous and closest village to Flanders Town among the villages under Flanders Town.

During the large-scale reclamation of wasteland in White Bear Territory, Gru Village, under the leadership of the village chief, reclaimed a large area of ​​new arable land.

So along the way, Sauron could see many of his subjects working hard on the newly reclaimed land, with bright and happy smiles on their faces.

This time, Soran only brought Ramos and ten members of the Knight Guard with him.

Both he and Ramos rode war horses, but he was only wearing plain clothes and carrying a knight's sword.

Ramos and the ten knight guards were wearing heavy half-body armor and holding knight swords and shields.

It is already May and the weather is a bit warm, so except for Soran, everyone else's body is soaked with sweat and a bit sticky!

But no one dared to complain!

Because the Baron said that this was a test for them.

Along the way, the people who saw Sauron's team all avoided them in panic.

They stood quietly by the roadside and waited. When Soran and his party passed by, they bowed 90 degrees respectfully and called out in a fawning manner, "Hello, noble master! Good day, master!"

Only after Sauron and his companions had gone far away did they dare to straighten up, and then, not daring to even look at them any longer, they ran away in panic.

In fact, in the rural villages of the White Bear Territory, most of the people have never seen the true face of their lord, so they don’t know Sauron either.

[Note: Most of the participants in the wasteland reclamation mobilization meeting were residents of Flanders Town. At that time, there was no mandatory requirement for residents of the villages in the countryside to be present. It was only necessary for the village chief to be present as a representative! ]

Ramos and the ten-man knight guards were all wearing visored helmets, so they couldn't see clearly.

But just by looking at the attire of Soran and his companions, they knew that these were big shots whom they could not afford to offend.

Moreover, in this society, the accumulated prestige of the nobles has had a profound impact on the hearts of the common people, so they naturally chose this way of etiquette to avoid provoking the nobles and bringing harm to themselves.

After all, in this privileged and evil slave society, commoners could be killed simply by turning their backs to the nobles!

It is conceivable how careful the common people need to be in their daily lives, and how cautious and prudent they need to be when facing nobles!

[Common people: My life is like walking on thin ice! ]