Indestructible Castle, Organizing a Massive Army!

"Tommy, I saw several farmsteads within the territory of West Lyme on the way back, with a large number of people. Can you tell me what's going on?"

On the way back, Henry saw that the large tracts of wasteland he remembered were now covered with rows of houses, and countless people were busy in the fields.

Wasn't this a bit too aggressive?

So, Henry didn't even notice the castle that would have made a viscount envious. He dismounted and walked straight to Tommy.

Tommy smiled and handed over a prepared report. After reading it, Henry realized that he actually had two great talents by his side?

After receiving Henry's instructions, Tommy purchased a large number of serfs and herders, and also recruited a group of experienced artisans.

Such as tailors, brewers, candlemakers, and so on. Most importantly, there were two blacksmith families!

The Forest Hunting Ground, Pasture, and six farmsteads directly developed the entire border area of West Lyme.

Good, good, I was too conservative!

Henry was surprised after hearing this. He originally just wanted Tommy to do some preparatory work, but he didn't expect Tommy to do so well.

As expected of the talent recommended by his blood-related mother in this life! Henry decided not to spank Tommy's butt, and even wanted to praise and reward him.

"Tommy, you continue to be responsible for the construction and management of the castle. It's too wasteful to only manage the daily expenses of the castle with a talent like you."

"Thank you for your trust, Master. I will definitely live up to your expectations. However, administrative matters should still be handled by Claude the butler.

I can help Claude the butler while managing the castle's expenses. There are no extra literate talents in the West Lyme territory."

Henry nodded and called Claude over, telling him about Tommy's achievements.

"Claude, Tommy will also help you in the future."

Claude quickly bowed, "Thank you, Master. With Tommy's help, I can do more."

"Well, in addition to the construction of the castle, we must also pay attention to the living conditions of the people. We cannot be satisfied with just a castle with a strong deterrent force, but also a prosperous city area."

Now West Lyme already has more than three thousand people living there, although most of them are serfs, it is a great wealth for a knight.

Having the entire territory's agricultural population composed entirely of serfs is extremely unhealthy. A small number of free farmers, a large number of tenant farmers, and a small number of serfs is the way to go.

Only in this way can tax revenue circulate in a virtuous cycle, instead of Henry constantly pouring money into it.

The two repeatedly agreed, saying that they would do their best. Tommy's previous work had almost exhausted the territory's finances, but now that Henry was back with money, they instantly became rich.

After understanding these things, Henry turned his attention to the massive castle.

Magnificent and spectacular, covering an area of two kilometers, the same scale as Earl John's count's residence.

This is an indestructible fortress!

Ingeniously designed, integrating offense and defense. The city walls are tall and thick, with watchtowers on top, constantly monitoring the movements in the distance.

The city gates are extremely strong, equipped with heavy defensive facilities, making it difficult for enemies to break through.

Henry walked into the castle gate and found that this was a small city! Sure enough, if you want to develop a city, the first step is to have a qualified large castle.

The interior of the castle is clearly divided, with the barracks that Henry had seen before, for the garrisoned soldiers to live and train. The originally non-existent stables and shooting range have also been completed, making the barracks more standardized.

There are also residential areas for the castle's servants to live in.

In the center of the castle, there is a magnificent main building, which is Henry's command post and residence.

The interior of the main building is luxuriously decorated, full of a strong military aristocratic atmosphere... Standing on the balcony of the main building, Henry can overlook the entire castle and the surrounding land.

"Master, this castle is very qualified. After I familiarize the army with this place, I will arrange patrols."

Claude, who had been following Henry around, was very happy. With the castle, the Bro Family would definitely move towards a higher level in a stable and positive direction.

"By the way, Master, your bet with that baron..."

"He and his descendants have left and will never return." Tommy said to Claude.

At that time, less than four days after the castle was completed, the good news of Pedro's entire family ascending to heaven came.

Henry carefully looked at Tommy's report again and ordered, "Well... by the way, since there are already tenant farmers on my land, tear up the slave status of those serfs who survived the battlefield and rent them a piece of land."

"Master is benevolent."

Henry patted Claude and Tommy, told them to get busy, and sat down on the spacious and huge seat to stare blankly.

Henry opened the panel, calculating how many loyal soldiers he wanted to train.

With the completion of the castle barracks, Henry unlocked two new troop templates: [lv2. 80-man Imperial Archer Squad] and [lv2. 40-man Grassland Warrior Cavalry Squad].

The training time was one month for both, and the cost was two Overlord Training Points.

There were actually two other troop templates, but they were grayed out at the moment: [lv3. 20-man Imperial Citizen Cavalry Squad] and [lv3. 20-man Plains Knight Squire Cavalry Squad]. The reason they weren't unlocked was because there weren't enough freeholders in the territory.

Currently, Henry has thirteen Heavy Cavalry, nine Veteran Shielded Crossbowmen, five Veteran Skirmishers, fifty-three Elite Imperial Veteran Squad, and forty New Recruit Squad left to guard the Farmstead.

Henry carefully calculated the number of horses, armor, and weapons he had, to see how many troops he could train.

Two squads of Grassland Warriors, a total of eighty light cavalry, should be enough for patrols, and their mobility is good.

Give a Grassland Warrior a horse, a long saber, a light bow and arrows, and dress them in a Grassland felt hat and cotton robe, and people would believe they were bandits!

[Added to training queue, deducted 4 Overlord Training Points]

We need more archers too. With the power of the Overlord Panel, it's definitely more suitable to quickly train archers. There's no need to waste these training points on crossbowmen... Let's get three squads!

[Added to training queue, deducted 6 Overlord Training Points]

After allocating the number of cavalry and archers, Henry struggled with the number of infantry squads to train. If the proportion of full-time soldiers was too high, finances would always be tight, and he couldn't mess around.

"But I can fight wars!"

Six squads of Imperial New Recruits, no problem at all!

[Added to training queue, deducted 6 Overlord Training Points]

Henry spent his Overlord Training Points quickly. After careful calculation, he realized that in one month, he would have over a thousand more well-trained and extremely loyal soldiers!

If he let these thousand-plus fully armed soldiers patrol the borders of his territory, wouldn't the surrounding nobles be scared witless?

Soon, a new question arose in Henry's mind: next month, should he declare war on the surrounding nobles, or delve into the unknown and fight the Demihumans?

Henry didn't make a decision on this question until dinner time.