Medieval Kingdom

Support a wise monarch brother and build a powerful kingdom. The protagonist just wants to be a powerful minister?

Come on, with a little support, writing about the Middle Ages is really good.

{"NickName":"The Bright Middle Ages","UserId":325999738} The author's writing is okay and the details are okay, but the author still substitutes modern kindness into the protagonist. Specifically, this is the Middle Ages, social productivity is not high, and the protagonist, as a noble with a fief, must invest most of his resources in the military. The protagonist is too kind to his subjects. A benevolent noble is not a qualified noble. Such a person is basically close to death. On the one hand, the people will basically try their best to evade taxes, and your officials will deceive the superiors and subordinates; on the other hand, the cost of raising soldiers will be very, very high. At least the income of one soldier must be greater than the income of three households of farmers. Otherwise, why would people have to work hard? Shouldn't I just become a farmer? The protagonist's approach requires the same elite to spend n times as much money as others. In fact, it was impossible for a normal medieval noble to be kind to the peasants. They had to build multiple levels of people. They could only pay you the lowest level of tax, the higher level of serving you, and the higher level of working for you. This is the most basic. If you fail to do this, it is actually seriously out of touch with reality. It is impossible for the protagonist to develop this approach.

Distribution of manors in the territory: Green protagonist's direct-administered manor; Dark yellow knight's manor directly-controlled; Large yellow baron manor; Small yellow baron's subordinate knight's manor.

Every time I see rewards and rewards, I get into drama 😒. Are soldiers and serfs really willing to sacrifice their lives for you if you are given so much money? It is not like a cash machine. I doubt the moral level of the Middle Ages. It seems that the protagonist has no other way to win over his subordinates except giving money. But overall it is good. The author is very sophisticated and thoughtful in writing. I hope it will be better.

July 1067, around the territory.

It turns out to be Greningen, I thought it was Glamorgan😄

Regarding several questions raised by book friend 20240308222937387, first of all, thank him/her for his/her affirmation. Then reply to a few questions mentioned: 1. The productivity in the Middle Ages was indeed not high, but after the protagonist changed the two-field system to a three-field system in 10 years, the cultivated land area increased by 33%; coupled with the implementation of leguminous pasture rotation and composting, the yield per mu increased by 14%; reclamation increased the total cultivated land area by 20%. Taken together, total grain production increased by about 82%, but the population only increased by about 12% in 10 years. So no matter how low the original productivity is, if it improves so much in a short period of time, the protagonist's income will be greatly increased, so I think it is understandable to be more generous. And at present, the protagonist's generosity should only be cashed out when providing food during the autumn harvest, and the others are not mentioned. (All data in the book have been calculated. The grain yield data and settings come from "Study on Farmers' Living Conditions of British Manor Life 1150-1400".) 2. Regarding the income of hired workers and soldiers, due to the lack of historical data in the 11th century, there is even less data in the German region. So the data in this article mostly use the wage income in England from the 13th to 14th centuries, divided by the price of wheat at that time and the multiple of the price of wheat in the 11th century, to get the approximate income situation in the 11th century. For example, in the first half of the 14th century, the daily salary of ordinary infantrymen was 2 pence, and the average price of wheat was about 6 shillings/quarter. In the 11th century, the average price of wheat was about 1 shilling/quarter. In conversion, 2 pence/pfennig = 20 helles ➗6 ≈ 3.3 Helles, (the recruits in the article include food and clothing, and the daily salary is more than 3 helles). At the same time, the annual salary of laborers was at most 2 pounds, which is converted to 2 pounds/gulden = 4800 helles ➗6➗365 ≈ 2.2 Helles (in the article, the lord's daily salary is 2 helles except for labor, and food and clothing are not included). (Data comes from «Living Standards in the Late Middle Ages»«Weapons and Wars in Britain from 449 to 1660») 3. On why you should become a soldier instead of a farmer. Because cultivated land is limited, if there are 5 or 6 people in a farmer's family and 15 acres of land, it is just enough for the family's expenses (calculated based on output and grain prices, the annual income is about 1,200 helles, and eating only grains a year consumes about 700 helles) But when the two sons grow up and separate, and each gets married and has children, the income is not enough, and is far lower than the income of a soldier (the salary in the article). 4. Regarding building levels, except for the nobles, the remaining civilians are basically divided into levels based on income. Roughly divided into three levels: poor peasants (average 15 acres of land) and serfs (servants and herdsmen in the article) have a daily income of about 3 helles, middle peasants (average 21 acres of land) have a daily income of about 5 helles, and rich peasants (average 30 acres of land) and craftsmen have a daily income of 6 helles+ 5. There are many places in the article that are taken for granted, such as the compound bow. Because it was written a year ago, I wrote it without thinking too much at the time. But people cannot know everything. It is inevitable to not understand some things and take them for granted. If readers find them, you can point them out below this post. 6. The protagonist's number of people and grain yield per acre in the years before and after he owned the manor.                                 6. 7.，22，！ ! If 30% of the seeds and 10% of the tithe are removed, the tax collected by the protagonist is the remaining 50%! ! 8. The protagonist's opponents are definitely better than other lords. If they are the same, these people have no reason to support the protagonist. 9. When the citizens have extra money in their hands, they will generate demand and stimulate the development of handicraft industry and trade. 10. Population is the most critical. In an agricultural society, if farmers have surplus grain, they will have children. The story begins in 1066. In ten years' time, the "battle for the appointment of bishops" will begin. There is no population and the protagonist cannot recruit troops. 11. There are some that I can't remember right now. I will add them later when I think of them.

I hope the battle is written in a better way. Logically speaking, if the protagonist's army does so well, it should be a great victory. After all, the standing army is much stronger than the peasant soldiers.

Finally, the lord at the beginning no longer eats black bread. I don't understand what some authors think. A dignified lord either starts with black bread or his territory without soldiers is on the enemy's border.

I think the early plot can be lengthened a bit, but becoming a king in the later period is no longer interesting, because most authors who write about kings (managers) are not good at writing. I suggest that you spend more time in the position of earl and duke, practice and do more good deeds. If you have enough favor with religious vassals, you can bring your own dry food and send money, or you can open a knighthood or mercenary adventure camp, write more about farming technology that is a generation ahead, and you must have enough money. After that, you can push other members of the family to the elector level, and then you can become the emperor.

I have been reading various news in Europe and the United States recently, and then I looked at what the author wrote about Europe. All I can say is that the novel is simply a European's final fantasy. 😁

I'm afraid the protagonist is not a philanthropist. In the protagonist's territory, the land tax is only one-tenth.

The author can try writing about the Thirty Years War later on, as few people on the Internet have written about it.

I have a question to ask. The protagonist has just won his first victory. When he goes back, he is not treated as a hero. He is targeted at every turn. If he goes to a dangerous place later, there is no benefit at all. Should he still fight this battle? Or is it that everyone except the protagonist is a fool?

P club players smelled and came over

My wife has never written much. Although no woman can draw a sword, it is too tough

Although there is a Salian princess in the future, you can first marry an heiress to expand the territory. In the worst case, arrange for death in childbirth or dissolve the marriage for some reason, and then take over the territory until adulthood on the grounds of acting as a guardian for the child.

Is it too abstract to raise veterans and peasant soldiers? I've never seen wounded peasant soldiers being nursed back to health in the Middle Ages.

Those who have a good beginning will be successful, and those who can overcome the end will be poor.

Will the author come back to update 😓

No, don't cut it, no

The founding king is over 70 years old and is still on his way to conquer the Kingdom of Bavaria, just to fight for wealth for his descendants😭😭