Mountain Forest Town was now like a scattered heap of sand. If orders from Mountain Forest Castle were to reach every subject, Luo Ning needed to arrange for people to go and inform them specifically.
For example, a few days ago, when Luo Ning had asked all the subjects to meet him at the pasture, David, Tom, and the others had to ride fast horses and shout as if they were beating gongs before the message barely reached everyone.
Luo Ning did not want his Professional Knights and guards constantly wasting time on such matters.
He needed some lower-level personnel to quickly pass his orders down.
Therefore, he decided to divide these 1,993 people according to the concepts of villages and groups.
"Wilson, I need you to divide the people in town by household. Roughly every hundred households will form a 'village.'"
"Village?"
Wilson looked serious. Just like with the Squat Toilet matter, he had no experience with what the Baron was talking about now.
"Yes, a village!"
Luo Ning explained carefully, "Although one hundred households make a village, that 'hundred households' is not a rigid requirement. It mainly depends on the number of people. Try to balance the number of serfs and free Tenant Farmers in each village."
So-called serfs were, in fact, slaves attached to the lord. They farmed the lord's land, while the lord provided for their food and drink—as long as they did not starve to death;
Although free Tenant Farmers had personal freedom, they also farmed the lord's land and handed over a certain portion of their harvest as rent for the fields;
Though free Tenant Farmers possessed personal freedom, it was only in the legal sense. In actual life, they had very little freedom, and a single misstep could turn them into serfs.
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