System: Build My Own Territory Chapter 1213 - 328: Raven Killer (10,000) _4

"The composition of troop types... will be arranged according to the actual situation of each Garrison."

Weiss bent at the waist and lowered his head, once again answering respectfully.

"Yes, Master, Weiss understands."

Lynn replied, "Aside from the garrison soldiers, I will reassign the remaining seven thousand-plus laborers to the Construction of Morgan Town’s infrastructure projects."

"As for the weapons and Armor needed by the five thousand six hundred garrison soldiers..."

"We’ll wait for the Double-chamber Reflector Furnace in the territory’s Blacksmith Workshop to be completed."

"Once we’ve smelted and Forged higher-quality Weapons and Armor, we’ll then supply and equip the garrison soldiers!"

Weiss hurriedly responded.

"Weiss will follow all of the Master’s arrangements!"

Lynn pondered for a few seconds, and after confirming that all the matters he wanted to Instruct had been covered, he simply dismissed Weiss.

Watching Weiss turn and leave the audience hall, Lynn withdrew his gaze.

From beginning to end.

Lynn had always clearly understood the strengths and weaknesses of the Garrison System.

Its strengths were:

Soldiers and Farmers in one, easing the fiscal burden.

Strengthening the Lord’s centralized authority and stabilizing local rule.

Adding defensive lines along the territory’s edges.

Its weaknesses were:

Officers encroaching on the allotted farmland, leaving the garrison soldiers without their distributed plots.

Having to both farm and undergo military training, the garrison soldiers are exhausted, and their combat effectiveness declines.

The income from the land worked by garrison soldiers is extremely low, their livelihoods not guaranteed, leading to desertion and other problems.

There is even the possibility of the highest Commander of a Garrison holding troops in his own hands, carving out his own domain, beyond control!

For most people, the drawbacks of implementing the Garrison System far outweigh its advantages!

But for Lynn, it was a different story.

Lynn directly optimized and reformed the Garrison System!

He adopted a recruitment system to replace the original hereditary system, ensuring a stable source of garrison soldiers.

He privatized land distribution, collecting only one-tenth of the yield from the farmland as grain tax, guaranteeing a stable life for the soldiers and their families.

There would even be surplus crops that could be used for trade, improving the living conditions of the garrison soldiers.

Most crucial of all.

Lynn possessed Heavenly Artifacts!

He could clearly see the Loyalty Value of every resident in the territory.

He could also remain in the Manor Castle, keeping everything that happened within the territory firmly under his control.

The selection and recruitment of the Manor Castle’s garrison soldiers had been completed.

The establishment of the first Garrison in Morgan Town could be considered initially in place.

What needed to be done next was to let the garrison soldiers grow familiar with their future way of life.

By that time.

Morgan Town would enter a phase of stable development!

Lynn had naturally also considered recruiting more garrison soldiers to invest in Morgan Town’s development.

However.

Very quickly, Lynn cast this idea aside.

Selecting five thousand six hundred garrison soldiers to control the twelve hundred thousand mu of territory around Morgan Town.

Whether for opening up land for Planting or for military control, it was entirely sufficient!

The one hundred twenty thousand mu of land would follow the three-field system for Agriculture production.

Which meant that in any given year, only eighty thousand mu of farmland would need to be opened up and Planted!

Calculating that against the five thousand six hundred soldiers in the Garrison.

Whether it was spring plowing or autumn plowing, each garrison soldier would only need to Plant fifteen mu of farmland.

As long as suitable farm tools are Forged and Produced for them, along with draft cattle and Heavy Plows.

Finishing the opening and Planting of the land within two months would not be any sort of difficult task!

Even if more laborers were投入 to join in opening and Planting the land, it would only be a waste of manpower.

Lynn’s aim was precisely to use the Garrisons and their soldiers to free up more labor from the fields.

So it could be投入 into other posts and industries that needed manpower more urgently.

Rising from the throne, Lynn walked out of the audience hall and into the open courtyard.

He looked into the distance, toward the vast stretches of farmland beyond the Manor Castle.

Patch after patch of Farmers were engaged in opening the land and working it.

On the stony, muddy paths between the fields.

Gavin was leading a group of Farmers whose clothing was clearly of a different standardized style, heading toward the distant farmland.

Obviously.

That group of Farmers was the team Helena had brought.

Within the Farmers’ team, Helena, dressed in a black long dress, stood conspicuously among them.

Lynn felt a faint hint of puzzlement.

Manor Lords or Lords who prided themselves on their noble status would never personally参与 in Agriculture production.

Because in their eyes, that was something only the lower classes would do!

Yet Helena was clearly different from other Manor Lords.

After watching for a short while.

Lynn withdrew his gaze and walked down toward the base of the city wall.

It was still only mid-afternoon.

Lynn could completely make use of this time to keep grinding Hunting Skills Experience!

With the soldiers and Farmers of the Manor Castle standing at attention and saluting, Lynn arrived at the archery training ground.

He took a Standard Longbow and a set of Triangular Armor-Piercing Arrows from Red’s hands.

He nocked an Arrow and drew the bow, aiming at the bull’s-eye of the target ahead.

His right-hand fingers, pinching the Arrow’s nock, relaxed.

Whoosh~

Thunk!

With a piercing sound of the Arrow cleaving the air, it struck the bull’s-eye dead on.

[Hunting Experience +1]

As Lynn kept nocking Arrows and drawing the bow to shoot, his Experience increased bit by bit.

At the same time, the sky gradually changed.

The originally bright, azure sky slowly turned golden.

The sun set in the west.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Kakasong City, bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun.

The Church building, pure white in its entirety, seemed even more imbued with a sacred radiance under the sunset’s light.

Some pedestrians walking along the streets even stopped at a distance to stand at attention and salute.

Their eyes were full of a trembling, devout light.

At this moment, inside the Church.

Four Guards clad in Armor marked with the sign of the cross were standing watch before the double wooden doors of the bedchamber.