Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

"As for the third point."

Linde looked at the serfs who looked like they were shriveled and looked like humans and said, "The tents and fences you have to build today are the first tasks I have ordered. Although there are no supervisors, I have already divided you into groups and arranged the scope of work for each group. Only when you meet my requirements can you be considered to have completed the work."

Facing the confused people in the audience, Lind continued: "The first five groups of people who finish the work can eat meat tonight."

The eyes of the serfs who were a little confused before suddenly lit up.

How long has it been since you last had meat?

Even if it was not a time of war, it was not easy for civilians to have a meal of meat, let alone the chaotic North. In the eyes of these serfs, only real nobles could afford to eat meat.

The most important thing is that what Lind said was not some empty promise, but you can eat it tonight, tonight!

Many people licked their lips unconsciously. The crowd was even a little agitated, wanting to ask which group they were in and what their job scope was.

Seeing hope gradually growing in the eyes of the people, Linde gradually breathed a sigh of relief. He now needed something similar to Shang Yang's setting up of a tree to establish his prestige. Now it seemed that he had already succeeded for the most part.

Amid the increasingly restless crowd and the growing discussion, Lind continued, "From today on, those who do heavy work every day can have an extra meal in the morning. At the breakfast distribution area, soldiers from the border army will tell you about your group and the scope of work for today. Remember, you are not allowed to snatch the daily meals. Those who snatch will be punished by the entire group and will not be allowed to work the next day. Those who do not change after repeated warnings will have their entire group disqualified from working."

"As a demonstration, everyone will have an extra breakfast today. Soldiers will lead you to the breakfast distribution area later."

After finishing speaking, Lind casually walked down the platform with his hands behind his back. After a moment's silence, the serfs and civilians below the platform followed the soldiers and rushed to the place where breakfast was distributed, shouting.

The border troops led by Lowry had already cooked wheat porridge and were maintaining order on the scene. At the same time, many border soldiers who were selected as team leaders were holding booklets and shouting the names of their team members.

Because of what Lind said at the end, no one dared to rush forward to grab the goods. What would be lost would not only be their jobs, but also their future.

There were even timid serfs who, though starving to death, did not even dare to speak loudly. They just followed their team leaders closely and waited for the porridge to be distributed, for fear that they would violate the rules and be disqualified from working.

Lila felt a little scared when she saw these well-ordered serfs. Although she already knew what Linde was going to do in advance, and some things were even arranged by Lila herself, she still felt an incredible power when she saw the serfs who used to only find ways to slack off under the whip spontaneously starting to abide by the order.

Will these people be lazy again? Lila didn't know, but at least no one would deny Lind's authority again.

"Take out the meat and cook it in a pot of broth near dinner time."

Lind stressed: "Make sure to cook the broth where everyone can see it, and make sure there is enough meat for five groups of people."

"Do we really need to prepare so many portions, Lord?"

Although she had already felt that Linde was serious about this, when Lila heard Linde personally giving her the order, she still found it hard to believe.

"Of course, I said that now the orders in the territory are subject to my authority."

"No, I'm not questioning your authority."

Lila explained: "What I mean is, even if it's for five groups of people, you only need to prepare a little meat and wild fruits, and those serfs will be grateful. Even if they don't buy it, you can just say it was me who made it."

Lila, who was chosen by Grand Duke Lars to assist Lena, knew very well that it was generally difficult for nobles to talk about such things openly, and someone had to take the blame.

The noble lord cannot be wrong, the ones who are wrong are the ones below. When these serfs really make trouble, Linde can say without knowing anything: It was the people below who made the mistake in execution. What I asked for at the beginning was the flesh of five groups of people.

And Lila is now taking the initiative to take the blame.

"Maid, please remember this: don't try to guess your intentions or interpret them on your own. I say how much meat to give, and that's it! Or is it that the supplies that Grand Duke Lars brought can't even provide enough meat for five groups of people?"

At this moment, Lila felt unprecedented pressure. The De who liked to be on an equal footing with her seemed to have disappeared. This was the pressure from absolute power, and it didn't even have anything to do with Linde himself. Instead, it was the person in power emphasizing his absolute control over power.

But this feeling soon disappeared. After Lila sweated profusely and nodded in agreement, Lind seemed to turn back into the gentle lord.

Looking at Lila who was arranging meat, Linde shook his head helplessly. It seemed that it was too difficult to change these people's ideas in a short period of time. Many policies went wrong because of trying to figure out the orders from their superiors. Even the superiors themselves liked to be riddlers. Although this style of governance was very suitable for controlling people, it was obviously very detrimental to the initial construction of the territory.

Bottom line - Riddler, get out of the gray collar.

Lind looked through the population list and topographic map of the territory in his hand. He still needed to plan for road construction and land reclamation, but the territory's population clearly could not keep up.

The supplies that Grand Duke Lars brought were more than Lind had imagined, but most of them were for Lena to maintain a decent aristocratic life. Lind planned to discuss with Lena later and ask Grand Duke Lars to bring more practical tools, and it would be best if he could find a few experienced craftsmen to the territory.

The border troops brought by Laurie were totally insufficient, as there were still few literate people in the territory. However, Linde did not want to use the noble knights around Lena, and it was not a solution to keep using the maids brought by Lena.

"Hey."

Originally, he thought that with the assistance of the Lars family and his own experience in his previous life, managing the territory would be smooth. However, even though there were abundant supplies and things were going very smoothly, Lind still felt tired.

The work point system was just a reference to the previous life, and it was rushed out in one night. Moreover, it was a system in which work points and wages ran parallel, which could be considered an alternative form of work-for-relief.

The territory is now completely unproductive and relies entirely on Grand Duke Lars to keep it alive. Lind has no practical experience in building roads and houses, so he will encounter more and more problems in the future.

While Linde was thinking, Lena came to Linde with excited steps and said excitedly: "It's amazing. I have never seen serfs so obedient and willing to work."

Linde looked in the direction Lena pointed and saw that it was several groups of serfs who were waiting in line for the porridge distribution. He simply urged the team leader to go to work first and then come to drink porridge after the work was done. It can be said that he fully exerted his subjective initiative.

"How on earth did you manage to command them without a whip?"

Looking at the chattering Reina, Lind took out a booklet and said, "This thing is much more useful than a whip."

This booklet records the household registration, groups, and work points of all people in the territory.

Reina flipped through two pages but still couldn't understand it, so she just praised him: "Although I don't understand it at all, it seems so amazing. It's you who should be in charge of the territory."

After saying this, Reina puffed out her chest proudly, as if she was also proud of it.

But Lind poured cold water on her. He held up the territory's plan and said to Reina, "How dare you say that? You didn't even dig drainage ditches when you built the territory before? Even though there are only tents now, you didn't even build a drainage system for a place where hundreds of people live?"

"Drainage system? What is a drainage system?"

Looking at the innocent face of Lena, Linde realized that he was talking to a deaf person.

"Okay, it's okay, just go and have fun."

As if she could read a hint of disappointment in Lind's tone, Reina patted Lind's shoulder and said:

"Aren't you here with me, brother? I'm at ease with you doing the work, brother, just focus on building the territory, remember to come to me if you have any difficulties."

Otherwise, how could Lind's evaluation of Reina be so pure and simple? Reina is exactly the same as in the game in that she is completely insensitive to the power in her hands.

If it were in a certain legend, Reina would probably not survive more than two episodes before she would have to help others count money.

How could such a guy rebel in the future?

Linde stared at Lena's heroic yet somewhat silly face and fell into deep thought.