Start as Inherited Baroness

In the early morning of the next day, Simon and others were awakened by the sound of howling wolves all around the camp.

Countless wolves of all kinds surrounded them.

Simon yawned and walked out of the camp, wondering why these beasts were so bold.

"My Lord Count, there have been wolves gathering around the area in the early morning. There must be thousands of them now. I don't know what they are going to do."

A bronze knight who was keeping vigil at night reported respectfully.

"Is it because I upgraded my natural godhead?"

Simon secretly thought, and then, accompanied by several guards, he climbed onto the observation deck and looked around.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the surrounding scene was clearly visible. There were indeed piles of wolves wandering around together.

He didn't take it seriously, they were just ordinary beasts, and twenty or thirty golden warriors could kill them side by side.

"Get out!" Simon yelled and left the observation deck to prepare for breakfast.

The soldiers who stayed behind yesterday had already caught a lot of prey. After skinning, cramping and washing them, they had already been roasted and the fragrance filled the air.

Perhaps these wolves were attracted by blood food.

After more than half an hour, Simon gnawed on a deer leg and half a young pig rib, feeling almost full.

He wiped his hands with linen cloth and prepared to get up and lead his men to kill the wolf.

But at this time, Mailan came to report: "Your Excellency, all those wolves have dispersed."

When Simon heard this, he nodded slightly and thought to himself: "Maybe it has something to do with the natural godhead? It seems reasonable to be able to summon animals in the forest..."

He now knows nothing about becoming a god, so he can only come up with various hypotheses and explore bit by bit.

"Now that the wolves have dispersed, let's go back the way we came." Simon ordered without hesitation for too long.

"Yes!" Mailan responded, and then went to greet everyone.

Soon, the group set out on their way home.

More than ten days later, they returned to Brave City, hunting a magical creature on the way and making a small fortune.

Simon now really wants to send troops to cause trouble. After various attempts, war is undoubtedly the best way to gain panel experience.

It's okay to make inventions to boost productivity, but it's a lot more troublesome, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it's definitely not something that can be accomplished overnight.

He rested in the castle for a few days, then called several powerful officials such as Tax Collector Mader and Quartermaster Wall in the Lord's Hall to inquire about the situation in the territory.

"My lord, the population of the entire territory has not yet been fully counted, but the combined number of the Courageous Territory and the Fearless Territory is over 600,000.

More than 400,000 of them are your slaves.

There are also 300,000 people in the four areas of Duishi, Sanshan, Green Forest, and Green Plains, and more than 50,000 of them are your slaves.

These have been counted before and can be determined. As for the population in other territories, a rough estimate is that it is no less than 300,000. "

Ma De held a parchment scroll and respectfully reported.

"My Lord Earl, there are currently 367 hundred-forged steel swords in the armory, 1,405 fine iron swords, 6,700 high-quality iron knives, battle axes...

Ten thousand oak shields inlaid with iron, 60,000 high-quality spears, 220,000 arrows, 20,000 bronze armors, light armor clad with iron..."

Seeing that Simon in the main seat did not express anything, Wall looked at him and reported immediately.

When Simon heard this, he nodded with satisfaction. Thanks to the war in the interior, more and more people were leaving the country.

The number of people in West Cedi is growing like a rocket, otherwise it will take at least ten or twenty years for such a climate to exist.

In addition, due to the use of hydraulic forging and assembly line production methods, the output of weapons is also very impressive.

After the iron-making in the blast furnace is perfected, as long as the physical fitness of the soldiers can keep up, everyone can be heavily armored.

"Right now, which noble family around us is relatively weak?"

Simon turned his attention to Dark Warbler, the main person in charge of the Octopus Spider, and asked.

This woman is not good at assassinations, but she is good at intelligence infiltration and so on.

Simon gave her the title of honorary baronet, and she is still very loyal.

"My lord, a hundred miles north of the Green Plains Territory, there are Earl Jackdaw and Viscount Xiongling. They are all nobles from the forest valley.

The two combined have approximately more than 10,000 regular troops, of which more than 3,000 are elite, and can mobilize 20,000 militiamen, with a population of about 150,000.

My subordinates recently discovered that they are short of food, and even led the army to the wilderness to collect berries to satisfy their hunger...

Additionally, to the northwest, north of Fort Nut, there is a Baron of Turtle Mountain..."

An Ying responded respectfully, her voice was hoarse but quite magnetic.

She named four forces in succession, all of which had major internal dangers.

Simon nodded, lost in thought.

But at this time, Mader said: "Your Majesty, the population in the territory has increased a lot recently.

Although this year's harvest is good, if you include the newly captured soldiers and people, it will be a bit stretched.

In addition, my subordinates have something to report. The Holy Brotherhood Army in the south cut off the trade route from the interior to the West Side half a month ago, and even the refugees are not allowed to pass.

Something seems to be brewing. "

"Huh?" Simon frowned slightly and looked at Dark Warbler.

"Sir, the Holy Brotherhood's troops show no signs of mobilizing towards Sanshan Pass and Benteng River Bank.

However, due to the war in the forest valley, the harvest this year was not good, especially in the long narrow fort area, where there was almost no harvest.

The subordinates speculated that the Holy Brotherhood might want to extort food and grass. "Dark Warbler said quickly.

"Well, let's just wait and see what happens.

Mad, hurry up and arrange for the people to open up wasteland, and set up slave manors in Green Source Territory and Stone Pile Territory with the newly captured population.

In addition, the administrative regions must be re-divided and a new official system must be established. Please make a draft for me to review. "

Simon is not afraid of the Holy Brothers Army at all. With Sarit guarding the Three Mountain Fortress, he can at least withstand the attack of 50,000 regular troops.

With food and soldiers, he is not worried.

In addition, the territory and population under Simon's jurisdiction have increased greatly, and it is time to introduce a decent ruling system, and the previous makeshift team cannot be used.

Now the governance has begun to show chaos, which is obviously a manifestation of insufficient political power.

Mad's actions were quick. Two days later, he submitted a draft plan with various officials preset.

"Hey, it's not bad, it's detailed enough, but the powers of some positions overlap too much. "

Simon smiled secretly after reading it in the study, and then picked up a pen to start writing and drawing.

This matter is naturally not difficult for him, and he does not intend to make it too troublesome at the moment, just use it.

Two hours later, it was almost finished.

He established nine official positions in the central government, and each official position established an administrative team to maintain the normal operation of the territory.

They are the Minister of State Affairs, the Minister of Military Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Intelligence, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Etiquette, the Minister of Works, the Minister of Supervision, and the Minister of Taxation.

Among them, the Minister of State Affairs, the Minister of Military Affairs, and the Minister of Supervision have higher status than the other six.

And the Minister of State Affairs has a relationship of overall jurisdiction over the other six ministers, but does not have direct appointment and dismissal power.

As for the local areas, three positions of administrative officers, inspectors, and garrisons are established, with administrative officers as the main force to manage one side.