Tauren Overlord

Because when ordinary crossbowmen shoot at air units, the arrows will fall back due to gravity after flying to a height of about 100 meters.

Even if it doesn't fall back, it won't have much killing power.

Therefore, as long as the flying unit does not fly too low, it will be immune to all damage from conventional bows and crossbows.

So, can Lu Heng form a Pegasus army of his own to compete with the empire?

It’s not that Lu Heng hadn’t thought about it, but his current financial situation didn’t allow it.

Although he can directly obtain a certain amount of imperial currency through teleportation ability, currency is not equal to economic foundation.

From the perspective of teleportation skills alone, Lu Heng can indeed get more imperial coins from the various small lords of the empire and then buy a Pegasus.

At least one or two horses can still be purchased.

But how to solve the Pegasus problem?

What about the breeders? It is totally impossible to deal with it in the same way as raising running horses.

The special food and fodder required to feed Pegasus was also difficult to come by.

Although Pegasus' wings look big when spread out, they are still too small compared to its body!

This thing doesn't fly by physical ability, it relies on magic.

Therefore, Pegasus eat better than most people in the Holy Blessing Empire. If they cannot eat the special food rich in spiritual energy, they cannot fly.

This is not something that Lu Heng can solve by simply buying a flying horse. It is a problem of the entire industrial chain.

In fact, let alone raising Pegasus, just the fact that there were less than 200 additional land horses to raise recently had caused Rosa a lot of trouble.

We have to thank Pierre's tyranny for this. If his punishment hadn't been so harsh, these cavalrymen might not have been so easy to subdue.

It was also thanks to the cavalry commander Bastian who brought the stable manager and his entire family from Wormwood Town with him when he retreated to the Mountains.

The stable manager had a wealth of knowledge about horse breeding, and under his influence, his whole family also had some horse breeding skills.

He was going to follow Pierre's order and detain the cavalry from Qunshan.

However, Bastien took advantage of the fire and forcibly led the cavalry back to the Mountains, leaving the stable master helpless.

He knew that he had not completed Pierre's task this time, and maybe his wife and daughter would also want to participate in the "Strongest Couple Competition".

What should I do? Stay in Ai Cao Town and wait to be beaten?

He had no choice but to run away with his whole family.

To some extent, Lu Heng really had to thank him for his defection.

Without the help of the stable manager and his family, it would have been difficult to keep all these horses.

However, raising a Pegasus is only more difficult than raising a land horse.

Then can Lu Heng buy the Pegasus breeder, the Pegasus farm, and the special food and fodder that the Pegasus needs to eat as a whole?

Actually, it doesn’t work.

Once people find out that you, a poor and shabby mountain baron, can afford a flying horse, they will definitely suspect that there is something wrong with you.

The reason why Lu Heng took so much money without being exposed was because the Qunshan Territory itself was too poor and was far from the income of a normal barony.

Even after Rosa took over the financial situation of the Mountain Territory, she found that her family had much more money than she had imagined...

It's just that she is his wife and he won't talk nonsense.

Compared with the Mountains Territory, the economic situation in Aicao Town is more "normal".

But even if Lu Heng had the economic conditions of Aicao Town, he would be strangled by others at any time if he raised flying horses like this.

Since shopping is required in all aspects, Lu Heng is like a neck all over his body, and is held in the palm of someone else's hand with 360 degrees without any blind spots.

People can block you however they want.

Lu Heng is not a masochist, so he doesn't want to raise a Pegasus like this.

So, what does it mean to not have these air forces?

This means that Lu Heng does not yet have the strength to truly confront the main force of the empire and must hide himself quietly.

In particular, try not to expose the human identity of the Mountain Territory.

However, not falling out now doesn't mean there won't be a showdown in the future.

Sooner or later, Lu Heng's forces will go into all-out war with the empire.

He must develop stronger power faster before he is completely caught out by the true imperial elite like Gaspard, the "Reappearance of the Old Ones".

How to develop?

Lu Heng brought his thoughts back to the place of exile in the Mountains.

At this moment, he and his personal maid Chloe had already walked out of Adeleide's cabin.

When bidding farewell to the Mountain Territory, he wanted to once again stimulate the production enthusiasm of the people in the territory in order to accelerate the development of the territory.

How to stimulate?

Lu Heng has issued the latest decree of the Mountain Territory through Sintija:

All serfs in the territory have the opportunity to become freemen as long as they can properly complete the various tasks issued by the lord.

Such tasks include but are not limited to collecting food, building houses, paving roads, joining the army, etc.

As long as the serfs complete the corresponding tasks according to the standards, they can accumulate a certain amount of "freedom points".

Each "freedom point" corresponds to a month that the serf can be a free citizen.

For example, a refugee who had just arrived at a place of exile was initially a serf, or a "protected person."

If he accumulated three "freedom points", he could be a free citizen for three months, and 3 points would correspond to a full year of freedom.

When a serf's "freedom points" reaches 360 points, that is, after 30 years, he will automatically become a permanent freeman.

Freemen had ownership of the property they earned through their labor, they were free to choose their occupations, and had the right to move freely.

With a better legal status, their social status also rose.

Even if he was a freeman for only one month, he could live and migrate as a freeman.

However, Lu Heng's policy that allowed serfs to become free citizens by accumulating points was quite shocking in the Beast Suppression Province.

The other lords of the empire do not really agree with Lu Heng's scoring rules.

No matter how much the people of the Mountain Territory migrated, if they fled to the territory of another imperial lord, they would still have to start over as serfs.

Therefore, Lu Heng didn't have to worry about the serfs who had just obtained a month's "freedom points" running away.

Even if they were still serfs, they would be serfs of the Mountain Territory, or it would be better to say "protected persons".

The reason why Lu Heng wanted to overturn the bad policies such as the right of first night and redemption certificate here was certainly not because he was born to be a philanthropist.

He did this because this brutal society, where the upper class indulged in pleasure and the lower class lived a miserable life, had long been on the verge of collapse.

Once more "low-end" old farmers are freed from repetitive and inefficient work, they will burst out with tremendous power.

This force will inevitably bring about earth-shaking changes. The strong who were once in high positions will become the weak in the new era due to backward production relations.

As long as the times continue to develop, this day will surely come - and Lu Heng obviously wants to be a strong man in the new era, rather than a weak man who is eliminated.

Moreover, Lu Heng no longer intends to wait for the times to evolve. He must change everything in advance and accelerate the great development plan of Qunshan Territory.

Only in this way can his power become bigger, harder and stronger as quickly as possible!

Only in this way can we cope with the stranglehold from the empire.

82. Extremely sharp attack

With a helper like Sintija, Lu Heng doesn't have to do everything himself.

When he needed to tell the refugees in the exile land something, more than 200 people had already gathered in the open space in front of the cabin.

Lu Heng estimated that out of the more than 1000 people in the Land of Exile, if more than 100 could come, it would be considered that they trusted him.

After all, these people are not naturally willing to follow him.

They have just been oppressed and exploited and have always lacked all kinds of knowledge, but they are not really stupid.

Lu Heng's decree was so fantastic that not many old farmers really believed that the lord could implement it.

So in their view, these policies are most likely fake.

The lord would often give the old farmer a task that "could be accomplished as long as he worked hard."

But in reality…even if the old farmer worked hard all his life, he would still find it difficult to complete the task and would still be scolded for not working hard enough.

They have seen this kind of thing many times in other territories. Will it be the same thing this time?

In short, there were still 200 people who wanted to hear what Lu Heng had to say, which was beyond expectations.

And what he wanted to say was to reward the fisherman Enzo in public.

What the fisherman Enzo did was to grill the fish he caught and distribute them to Lu Heng's troops.

The troops of the Baron of the Mountains were also mainly composed of poor people, who had to eat Tymenia rye most of the time.

Whenever they can eat meat properly, it greatly boosts their morale.

However, the refugees, the troops, and the fisherman Enzo himself all knew that the lord had not issued an order to "distribute his fish to the troops."

So what is the lord going to do by gathering them together?

Lu Heng didn't beat around the bush with them:

"Fisherman Enzo brought delicious and healthy food to my troops. I rewarded him by making him a free man for three months. Everyone is welcome to follow my example!"

“Please know that our overall goal is to build our beautiful home and enhance our general well-being.”

"We don't have to focus on the tasks rigidly. If what you do helps achieve the overall goal, you can still get rewards!"

Xintijia also promptly took out his little notebook and recorded the reward.

In fact, Lu Heng didn’t know why the fisherman Enzo distributed the grilled fish to his troops.

He can see people through his point of view, but he cannot directly see into people's hearts.

Enzo had many motives for distributing grilled fish to the troops:

He might have been afraid, so he took the initiative to give some benefits to Lu Heng's troops so that he would not be treated roughly by Lu Heng;

Or perhaps, he did not have such a brutal impression of Lu Heng's troops, but giving them the fish on his own initiative was also an effective way of currying favor.

More likely, he had these fish and just needed to eat them.

Salt is often needed to preserve food, but salt was a precious commodity in those days and it was difficult for the fleeing farmers to carry much with them.

Fish can easily become fishy, ​​so the answer to his willingness to contribute the fish is - since I can’t make salted fish anyway, just eat it quickly!

Of course, Lu Heng could not rule out the possibility that this person was kind by nature and liked to share.

Some people are different. Even if their fish rots and stinks, they would never let others enjoy it.

Whenever someone benefits from you, it feels even more painful than if you suffer a loss yourself.

As Lu Heng announced the reward, the group of new immigrants in front of him were excited!

They originally thought that Lu Heng's "free points" policy was mostly empty talk, meant to trick them into paying more.

When it comes to the actual rewards, there will definitely be all kinds of difficulties.

Who knew that a meal of grilled fish could allow a serf to become a free man for three months?

Then if we treat Lu Heng's troops to three grilled fish dinners, then the points... wouldn't they be enough for a year?

If you do similar things dozens of times and accumulate enough points, it is not impossible for you to be a free citizen for the rest of your life, right?

After Lu Heng read out the reward for fisherman Enzo, these new immigrants all took their positions with great enthusiasm.

In the open space, Xintijia came to Lu Heng holding her little notebook.

As an official who had to implement this series of laws, she soon discovered that the rewards for Lu Heng's other tasks were also very generous.

Even if you just do some work like herding horses, it may only take one or two years to transform from a serf to a free man.

If you join the army, the efficiency will be even higher, and you can be free in just three to five months at the earliest.