Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

When John returned to the territory, autumn was almost over. Although the farmers had missed the planting season, they still harvested a lot from some crops with short growth cycles. John also allowed them to exchange these crops for food.

It has to be said that although John's territory is extremely poor, it has low taxes, and since there are no people from the French King's Hall here, there is no tithe. This makes many refugees want to stay here from the bottom of their hearts.

In terms of population, after fighting several battles, the population increased instead of decreased, directly increasing from more than 2000 to more than 1. Among them were newly recruited soldiers, captured craftsmen, and some refugees who came voluntarily. Their arrival made the Forest Territory full of vitality. The generals of the territory built many simple wooden houses around their respective castles in accordance with John's instructions. Although some people still had no place to live, there would be enough houses for people to live in when winter came.

As for the problem of firewood in winter, there is no need to worry too much, as there is no shortage of wood in the forest. However, John still instructed the generals to organize manpower and channels for patrol to prevent forest fires.

There are also issues regarding public security. Because the personnel are complex and of different nationalities, a lot of problems will arise. Today, he was chopped while selling melons, or a group of people bullied the disabled. John gets a headache every day when he sees this. It is because everyone who comes out of the system is loyal to him, otherwise it will be even more chaotic. So John decided to deal with this group of idle people and establish his prestige at the same time.

Currently, since there are no written laws in the territory, customary law is basically used everywhere, which is to handle cases according to the way they handled them in the past. For example, if someone is caught stealing, the judge will make a similar judgment based on the handling of similar cases in the past.

These criminals were basically hooligans from various villages. In order for them to fully utilize their surplus value, John was particularly considerate and provided them with the trinity of farming, mining and tree cutting to enrich their lives. This group of people were so moved that they basically hugged the pillars and refused to leave.

After dealing with the people's livelihood, it is time to continue construction. Currently, the commodities produced in John's territory are only ores, wood, animal skins and other things obtained from nature that have not even been processed at the primary level. Of course, the ransom of that group of nobles should be worth a lot of money. John hopes to establish a trade route to the inland of Midland through special commodities and obtain supplies continuously, but he has been suffering from having nothing good to export.

Just when he was worried, Simon, who had been out shopping for two months, came back, and John decided to go and meet Simon first to see if he had any good news.

"Good day, sir," Simon said, taking off his hat and bowing.

John waited for him to stand up and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You know, the territory is very poor and lacks everything right now."

Simon immediately said seriously: "You are absolutely right. Currently, the territory does not produce any goods, and the geographical location is not a major transportation route. It is very difficult to develop regular commercial trade. As for the sea, we don't have any ports to use, let alone merchant ships and sailors."

After hearing this, John knew that there was probably no hope for business development this time.

"Well, I want to hear about what you've seen and heard during the past two months on the road."

"Okay, sir." Simon paused and then said, "It took me a week to reach the first city since I set out. I heard from the merchants that the war had caused price changes. Due to the war and the forced military service of farmers, the price of food has skyrocketed. Only after reaching the west did the price of food return to normal. In addition, the prices of armor and weapons have also begun to rise. It's not only because of the war, but also because of the domestic unrest that has caused groups of robbers to appear. Many caravans have complained that they haven't recruited enough guards."

"Wait, what do you say they are missing?" John suddenly had a unique idea.