บท 766: Vol V Chapter 126

The problem mentioned by Marquis Yug stumped all who were present.

"Without the explorers, the grassroots will become scarce. But what can we do to attract them?" one of the earls spoke up in exasperation.

"Offer them a manor?" another earl suggested.

"No! It is easy to grant land but hard to gain it back. These explorers would only have about one or two generations, and the third generation onward will have lackluster performance. How can they be granted land so easily?"

"Yes, it would be permissible if they were high-level. However, the mid-level explorers are not worth wasting land on."

"However, without the promise of a manor, we cannot really offer anything more than the merchants can. We can't possibly promote all mid-level explorers to knighthood. As for low-level explorers, we would not even accept them into official bureaucracy… in comparison, the merchants could offer them the hope of a family legacy at the very least."