Chen Shihao was very sensitive and discovered that the old man just looked at the villagers who were separated and did not go to see the hunters. It seemed that their relationship was not good. However, Chen Shihao was also surprised. Didn't it say that there were 2 families of hunters, but now it was obviously 5 It's a family, but this is a good thing for adding three more Orions. Chen Shihao naturally won't extrapolate it. After all, they themselves have admitted that they are his own subjects.
"Very good. Where are your houses in the village? Which ones are they?" Chen Shihao nodded and asked.
Everyone looked at each other, and finally the middle-aged hunter came out and answered: "Sir, those houses are our hunters' houses. The tenant farmers' houses have been scattered to other places."
Following the finger of the middle-aged hunter, the five stone houses were all the smallest and also on the outskirts of the village. Fortunately, they were not close to the entrance of the village, but towards the mountains and forests, so the wave of demons just now did not affect their houses.
Chen Shihao nodded and called to the old man who was about to leave: "You just said you wanted to ask me to calm down and be willing to apologize, right?"
The old man nodded hesitantly, and the villagers all calmed down. Although Chen Shihao could not bully them, the subjects of Earl West, if they had offended Chen Shihao first, Chen Shihao would be justified in bullying them, so everyone was eager to hurry up. Address the offense.
"Well, you can give up the stone house near the five hunting households for my subjects to live in so that my subjects can gather together. This should be no problem," Chen Shihao asked.
The old man's face relaxed and he nodded quickly: "No problem, I will let someone give up the stone house now." This kind of thing is really easy, because it is close to the periphery, and other villagers are eager to exchange it for Chen Shihao's territory. As for Chen Shihao's territory Although the citizens are somewhat reluctant to move out of the village center, it is obvious from the look of the lord that he does not want to punish his subjects. In this case, he dare not say anything more. Moreover, the villagers' behavior of abandoning them just now also made them very hurt. In addition, Their lord was a strong warrior, and it would be safer to live close to him. For these reasons, they moved obediently.
The people living here didn’t have any big furniture, just small bits and pieces, so they moved quickly. Moreover, the villagers in Shanxia didn’t know whether they were afraid of provoking Chen Shihao, an arrogant man like Chen Shihao again, or something else, so they intentionally or unintentionally moved people close to five people. The Orion Stone House has a few extra rooms to create a hidden isolation zone.
Chen Shihao didn't care about this vague behavior of isolating people like himself. On the contrary, he felt it was better, so that he could focus on managing his own people. Looking at the 11 men, 13 women, 7 There are two children, three old men, and a total of 34 subjects. Chen Shihao couldn't help but smile: "Everyone, you are all my subjects now. Let me introduce you first. My name is Chen Shihao, an independent retainer of the Earl of West. This You are my pet kitten. From now on, everyone will follow me to earn a living, so you should also introduce yourselves and let me know how to call you."
Everyone obviously didn't expect that the old man suddenly became so easy to talk to. After a moment's hesitation, an old man with a beast claw scar on his face came out first and said: "I have seen the old man. The old slave's name is Ouke. He is one of the two hunting families." The head of the household is the eldest son of the old slave, named Ou Da, and the younger son of the old slave is called Ou Er."
The subjects are the private property of the lord. Except that they cannot be sold and killed at will like slaves, their other rights are not much higher than those of slaves. Therefore, in front of the lord, all people call themselves slaves. Only free people can call themselves me.
However, despite this, the subjects are definitely not comparable to slaves, because the subjects can escape and switch to other lords. At most, the two lords will have a war of words, and the result will be either compensation or the return of the subjects, which is not at all It will harm the fleeing citizens.
Of course, there are many lords who have lost their subjects and don't care at all or don't care that their subjects have escaped. But if they are slaves, no other lord will accept them, and the lords will definitely hunt down the escaped slaves. Other lords will capture them. When runaway slaves arrive, they are either sent back to their original owners to be sold as favors, or sold directly.
Following the old man's introduction, the middle-aged hunter and a young hunter who had just come out to give directions to the house came out. Following them, in addition to each having a mother-in-law, they also each had a young son.
"I met the master. The old slave's name is Jack. He is the head of one of the two hunting families. That one is the eldest son of the old slave, named Jie Da. That second son is called Jie Er, that third son is called Jie San, and this She is the wife of this old slave," another old man waited for the introduction before him to finish, and then stood up and pointed at the other three hunters and the old woman to introduce.
Although this Jack Orion family has three sons, and all three sons are married and have children, there is only one grandson and the other two are granddaughters. However, other territorial residents are not as lucky as the Orions. They are all re-established after the death of the original tenant family. Although they are composed of three families, mainly three adult men, they support each other and become a big family. Those 7 children and 2 girls are 3 adult men and 4 women working together to take care of them. big.
Chen Shihao, who knew this, couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. He originally thought that the Orion's power accounted for too large a proportion among his subjects, and it was too big to lose, but he didn't expect that the tenants actually united. Although there were relatively few adult men among the tenants, and they were divided into There are 3 households, but they can be regarded as one household. However, the Orions have many men and there are 5 households, but they only need to be regarded as two households. In this way, it seems that the power of these three households is balanced. As long as those After the little boys and teenagers grew up and separated into families and established businesses, their own territorial structure became stable.
"Well, although my territory is small and has a small population, it still has to have rules. I need two deputies to help manage it. Ou Da and Tebi, are you two willing to be my deputies?" Chen Shihao pointed at Ou Da. Ke's eldest son said to the tenant farmer Fang, a relatively tough middle-aged man.
That Tebi was shocked, and immediately ran out and knelt on the ground, kissed Chen Shihao's boots, and said gratefully: "Thank you, sir, your slave Tebi will definitely serve you to the death,"
Ou Da, on the other hand, only reacted after giving Ou Ke a slap in the face. He also suppressed his excitement and knelt on the ground to kiss Chen Shihao's boots, and said the same words of gratitude for his loyalty as Na Tebi.
Chen Shihao was a little helpless about their actions, but he had no choice. In this world, when free people are promoted and tenant farmers are promoted to stewards, they have to kiss the promoter's boots. And when they promote warriors, canonize knights, appoint stewards, etc., In addition to offering sacrifices to gods and performing rituals, you also need to kiss the ring of the superior. All of these are stipulated and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Chen Shihao did not kiss the ring of Jaylen Golden Knight because Jaylen Knight gave up his power as king. Therefore, Chen Shihao became an independent retinue of the Earl of West. Although he became an independent retinue, he only needed to wait until Earl of West issued the full report. Only when receiving a general mobilization order do you need to perform military service or pay shield tax. Normally, you don't have to pay a single zero fee, but it also means that he has no backing. Not only will no one come to help him in case of trouble, but he will have to deal with any disasters on his own. , there is no need to fantasize about any subsidies, it is completely self-sufficient.
Chen Shihao thought about the rules for a while and said: "Well, as long as you are loyal to me, I will give you protection." After completing the appointment ceremony, he asked them to get up: "Okay, Tebi, you take the old and young to pick me up." The 300 acres of fertile land will be marked out to prevent our wheat from being stolen. Ouda, you will lead other young men and women to cut down the trees and surround our stone houses."
After hearing this, everyone was excited. Those 300 acres of fertile land were wheat fields that were ready for harvest. It was so exciting. It was like the whole village was helping them farm without getting a share. And although each acre of these 300 acres of fertile land had The harvest is not much, but there are only about 30 people here to eat, so they can definitely have enough food and clothing.
However, unlike everyone else who was excited, Tebi and Ou Da both had sad faces. Ou Da hesitated before carefully reminding: "Master, we don't have logging tools, how can we cut wood?" And Tebi followed closely and said: "Sir, we Without ropes and without knowing how to measure, how can we divide the fields?"
"I purchased a lot of tools and put them on the oxcart." Chen Shihao first solved Ou Da's problem. As for Tebi's problem, the previous one was nothing. There were also such bits and pieces on the oxcart, but they didn't know how to measure. It was troublesome, so Chen Shihao could only go out on his own. When the lord went out, he naturally sent Tebi to log felling. The two deputies were both in the logging team. Naturally, they divided the young men and women who were logging into two groups equally for Tebi and Ou Da. Leader, anyway, Chen Shihao would not be stupid enough to establish a number two person under his command, he would only establish a number three person with equal strength.
Chen Shihao also didn't understand how he knew these dark methods naturally, but he didn't reject it. Isn't this good? His power is stable.
Seeing the large amount of supplies on the bullock cart, Chen Shihao's residents cheered. They rushed to move the supplies into the stone house in the center of this small stronghold, and then started working excitedly with the tools. Naturally, it became a tool truck for transporting wood.
Chen Shihao took a group of young and old to the farmland. When passing through the abyss crack, the children stopped automatically and moved the demon corpses to the farmland to prepare for fertilizing the fields. Originally, Chen Shihao didn't know that the little devil corpses could fertilize the fields, but after seeing those The mountain gorge villagers who were cleaning up the battlefield guessed that humans and demons were actually just a chain of creatures devouring each other.
Just look at the behavior of those children. Maybe they have experienced such scenes countless times since they were born. Therefore, whether they are boys or girls, they have no discomfort at all with such bloody scenes. Instead, they feel like they are handling pork. Just as relaxed and at ease, some naughty children even used the little devil's head as a ball to kick.
Seeing that the avenue was quickly cleared, Chen Shihao suddenly slapped his head and asked the three old men who came to help: "How often does this abyss crack appear?"
The Oak said first: "Master, according to past experience, after an abyssal crack appears in our Shanxia Village, the next time it appears will usually be half a year later. However, I am not sure about other places. It is impossible to say that it will appear in other places now. Where are the cracks in the abyss,"
Chen Shihao nodded with a sigh of relief. If the abyss crack here appeared every few days, I believe that hundreds of villagers in Shanxia Village would definitely not be here. They would have broken away and fled. I believe that even thousands of troops stationed there would not be able to withstand it. A wave of demons comes every few days.
"What is the function of the small black beads at the devil's core?" Chen Shihao asked again.
This time it was old man Jack who rushed to answer: "Master, I know,"