The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 770 Appointment?
What is the most precious wealth of a country, one is population, and the other is land.

The biggest problem of the city-states in the valley has never been the issue of land, but the issue of population.

How serious the population problem of the valley city-state is, a simple comparison will tell.The shape and area of ​​the valley are very similar to the SD province in William's previous life, and the valley is even slightly larger.

In ancient times when productivity was relatively backward, Qilu was a province with a population of tens of millions at its peak (Song and Jin dynasties), and it is one of the two super provinces with a population of over [-] million in modern times.

And adding up all the intelligent creatures in the entire valley, including humans, elves, dwarves, dwarves, etc., the total population is only about half a million, of which 50% are humans.If these 20 people are evenly distributed over the entire nearly [-] square kilometers of land, there will be only about two and a half people per square kilometer on average.

This kind of population density can no longer be summarized by the concept of thin population.

The key point is that the wilderness of Faerun is extremely dangerous. All kinds of beasts and monsters emerge in endlessly with the number of individuals several times or even dozens of times that of human beings. They greatly compress the living space of human beings and other intelligent races.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the fact that human beings are capable of fighting and living, and there is a cheating device like the magic net, I'm afraid they would have been harmed by monsters long ago.

William is well aware of the importance of population. Killing people on the battlefield is one thing, but how to deal with a group of defeated and surrendered civilians is another.

According to William's vision, he will face a large population gap in the future, because he needs a lot of labor to participate in the infrastructure construction of the entire valley. The source of these labor can be the people under his rule or foreign servants. Soldiers, even prisoners of war, are extremely valuable labor.

So when some naive souls wanted to leave Misty Vale, away from William, the new conqueror, their fate was sealed.

The hard labor camp, this is the place where William specially used to detain those bad elements who opposed him and opposed him. To some extent, the status and treatment of the people in the hard labor camp were even worse than those in the prisoner-of-war camp.

At least the people in the prisoner-of-war camp had the opportunity to be free in a short period of time, and even change their identities, while the people in the hard labor camp would only work until William thought they had received enough punishment.

The purpose of William's capture of Misty Valley is not only to open up the connection of the upper reaches of the Asaba River, but also to connect Dagger Valley, Shadow Valley, Misty Valley, Battle Valley and Deep Forest Valley into one, which has far-reaching strategic significance.

Misty Valley is not a small place, but its population is less than 2 people. As the core of the city-state, the population of Ashaban Beach is even less than 3000 people. Compared with those cities in the Northland with a population of more than [-] people, it is almost a small country in the countryside. Nest, but that doesn't mean Misty Valley isn't important.

On the contrary, Misty Valley is the most indispensable part of the entire valley. The reason is that Misty Valley itself has an extremely important strategic value, and this strategic value is the issue of food.

When it comes to food issues, we have to mention the other two most outstanding food production areas in Faerun. One is the Golden Plains in the south of the Vihon Sea, and the other is the Golden Fields in the suburbs of Deepwater City in the north of the Sword Coast.

The food produced by the Golden Plains once supported the most powerful country that humans have built so far since the collapse of the Netheril Empire - the Jondas Empire.

Only four and a half centuries ago, a terrible rotting plague swept across the Golden Plain, causing fatal damage to the largest granary of mankind. The food consumption of the population led to the sudden outbreak of civil war in the flourishing Jondas Empire, which fell into a state of fragmentation in a very short period of time.

By the way, it was also during this period that the elves of Comanthor defeated the legion of the Jondas Empire going north, and the Jondas people took the opportunity to become independent in the colony of Sembia on the west coast of the Sea of ​​Fallen Stars.

The Golden Fields, the second famous grain-producing area in Faerun, supported the most prosperous city in the entire Faerun world, Waterdeep City with its abundant grain production. Just how prosperous Waterdeep City is in terms of its population alone It can be seen.

Waterdeep City is the only super city in the entire main material world with a population of over one million residents.

The valley area is the third top grain-producing area in the world of Faerun, especially Misty Valley.

Let me give you an example to know the horror of Misty Valley.In Misty Vale, freeholders and hereditary estate owners make up the majority of the population of Misty Vale.They have opened up hundreds of small farms dotted across the Misty Valley.

The most famous of these farms is a place called the Monastery of the Golden Wheat Sheaf, a farm controlled by the priests of Tanthia, the mother of the earth, and also a temple.

The Golden Wheat Sheaf Monastery Farm has nearly three square miles of land, which is equivalent to more than 600 acres. When the priests cultivate these lands, they can almost achieve three crops a year, and the wheat ears planted can grow almost as long as The sorghum ear is about the same size.

It is estimated that the annual grain output of the Golden Wheat Sheaf Monastery alone is enough to supply the entire population of the Valley Alliance for a year's rations.

Even though other farms could hardly match the yield per mu of the Golden Wheat Sheaf Monastery, they were definitely not inferior to other grain-producing areas.

The priests of the Golden Sheaf Monastery attribute the high grain yield of their farms to the gift of the Mother Earth, and use this to exert influence on the political situation in Misty Valley. Among them, the chief priest Eladas is one of the members of the Council of Six in Misty Valley .

It's a pity that the priest of Eladas died in the mansion of Harrex, which is exactly what William wanted.You asked William why he asked his subordinates to kill Senator Eladas, because this pastor Tangia holds the largest granary in the entire valley, literally a granary, which stores enough grain for William's people and the army. You can't finish it even if you open your stomach for ten years. Of course, the premise is that the food can be stored for such a long time.

When the magnitude of food reaches a certain level, it is no longer just food, but a kind of strategic capital. William will never allow this kind of strategic capital to be controlled by a hostile priest.

After stabilizing the political situation in Ashaban Beach, William rode to the Golden Wheat Sheaf Monastery together with his own army and Ms. Jieer Liangge, the leading party who brought her own dry food.

On the way to the Golden Sheaf Monastery, William also took a quick look at other farms in Misty Valley.These farms gave him a very bad feeling. He had a sense of seeing his black buddies slash-and-burn farming on the fertile soil of Africa in his previous life as an old farmer from a rabbit family. What a reckless waste of money!

It hurts!
Black buddies how to plant the land, drill a hole, sow the seeds, go home and wait for one, two, three, four, five (months), and then you can go to harvest.This method of farming is basically planting one scoop and reaping two scoops. If you fool the crops, the crops will fool you.

But in Misty Valley the situation is different.

Farmers in Misty Valley are basically no better than black buddies in farming. In winter, they will use fire to clear the weeds and dry grass in the field, and then use horse-drawn plows to open furrows when the spring thaws, and scatter the seeds into the furrows. Here, bury some soil, and then leave it alone.

When the spring wheat is ripe in summer, they will harvest a crop by picking ears of wheat.At this time, farmers have two choices. One is to ignore the wheat stalks in the field and let them grow wildly. In autumn, they can harvest another crop of wooly wheat (hairy wheat can only be fed to livestock, and it tastes very bad if eaten by humans). It's like cutting leeks.

The other is to directly burn the growing wheat stalks and replant other crops (of course, it can also be wheat or oats).

With this method of growing crops, weeds in the crops are naturally indispensable, and the wheat seedlings are uneven. It seems that William, who is born with agricultural skills engraved deep in his soul, always feels almost obsessive-compulsive when seeing this situation. General awkwardness.

Fortunately, William knew the priorities. What he needs to do most now is not to teach the local farmers how to plant the land, but to go to the Golden Sheaf Monastery to receive food.

What?You ask if the people in the Golden Sheaf Abbey will give food to William?Also, does William have that much money?
Sorry, William felt that as long as his knife was sharp enough, the priests in Tangia would definitely deliver the grain to him at a very low price.

The periphery of the Golden Wheat Sheaf Monastery is a natural wall surrounded by poisonous thorn bushes. The wall divides the land of the monastery into 12 yuan, and each piece of land corresponds to a huge castle-like granary.

William was sitting on horseback, separated by the thorn wall that was as tall as a person, and could just see the condition of the fields and crops in the monastery. The fields were flat and straight, and the crops were densely planted in rows. However, the beauty of this kind of intensive farming is amazing.

William even had the illusion of dreaming back to his hometown in the countryside in his previous life.

Pastor of Tanthia!I really want it!

William felt that he seemed to have discovered a group of rare agricultural technical talents.Of course, the premise is that these people are willing to work for him.

The noise caused by hundreds of horses marching was enough to alert everyone in the Golden Wheat Sheaf Monastery, but for some reason, the priests in the monastery did not come out to check the situation, even William was opening a castle-like granary to check the grain At that time, no one ran out to stop it.

The granary was huge, and the amount of grains piled up inside was dizzying. It was the first time William had seen grains of wheat that were almost as big as peanuts, and the golden sprinkles almost covered half of the barn.The other half of the barn is filled with a grain called elf rice.

Elf rice is also called Oromi. It is a kind of emerald green grain with crystal texture. Its plant is similar to mung bean, and it bears pods. Love, so it is called elf rice by people.

The bread made with this elf rice has a texture as light as cotton wool, a taste as sweet as honey, a taste as delicate as a cake, and high nutritional value. It can be called one of the top breads in the world, and of course the price is extremely high expensive.

It is even rumored that Elminster was more fond of this delicious bread, and thus gained a long life.Of course, many people understand that this is just a false advertisement, and the source of the rumor is Aurora Bakery in Shadow Valley.

Elves like to grow elf rice, but the yield of elf rice they plant is not high. The reason is that elves always like to grow elf rice as flowers, which is very different from human intensive agricultural planting. .

There is so much elf rice stored in a barn in the Golden Wheat Sheaf Monastery. Obviously, they already have the ability to control the elf rice market, or they are already manipulating it.

William stroked the fairy rice, but felt that there was a vague and inexplicable vitality flowing in it. He felt something was wrong, and immediately turned his head to leave, but he didn't want the fairy rice pile to separate into a gap like waves and sand. A woman in a golden dress emerged from it.

This is a woman who is completely different from any woman William has seen before. She has a slightly plump body shape, but she is not bloated at all.The beautiful, graceful and kind appearance exudes an inexplicable and friendly charm. Anyone who sees her can't help but relax her vigilance, and just want to lean in and snuggle.

What made William even more vigilant was that this woman exuded a kind of earthy fragrance that was almost grassy and woody, which smelled very good, but it made people feel uncomfortable as if the body was on fire.

The perfume on this woman is poisonous!The kind that kills people!
William resisted the eager thoughts in his heart, turned around and started to leave.

The woman suddenly said in a magnetic voice, "William, do you really want to leave?"

The sound was so beautiful that it felt like bones were brittle when it was so exciting, and the steps that William had just taken could never be let go.

William's Adam's apple trembled a few times, and his rationality told him that at this moment, he should draw a knife and slash people, but there was another voice in his heart warning him that killing could not solve all problems.

William asked in a shy voice, "Who is your Excellency? Why are you trying to count me here?"

The woman has a heart as broad as the sea. She untied the shackles and showed William the boundless wonders in the sea, and said softly: "I am the owner of this wheat field, Ninas. William, my brother told me you He is a peerless hero, so I have been waiting for your visit."

"Your brother?" William felt his calves start to shake, but his strong will kept him from losing his final control.

The woman wandered gracefully among the rice piles, like a daffodil playing in a stream. While provoking William's heart, she said, "My brother fought with you in the Valley of Shadows. Cheap. That's bad, William. You know I can't let my brother be bullied. So let's fight too!"

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