Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 48 Census and Prescribed Weights and Measures
Seeing that Charles didn't know much about it, Sorel continued to explain: "Master, harvest more alfalfa and store it up, so that the horses can eat less bean cakes and wheat bran in winter, and they will have a better winter this year."

Looking at the vast pasture, Charles couldn't help asking: "How many mares are there in this horse farm, and how many war horses can it produce every year?"

"Master Charles, there are 2023 mares, 2023 serf households, about 8000 people here."

Mares give birth once a year, and these more than 2000 mares are estimated to produce more than 2000 foals.

Charles asked: "How many horses can live each year, and how many war horses can there be?"

Sorel replied respectfully: "About half of them can survive, about 1000. There are about 200 war horses and 800 draft horses. A group of foals can be raised for about three years."

Charles was overjoyed, he didn't expect that Baron Gilles's horse farm was in such a good condition.If Charles can bring out Baron Gilles and ask.Gilles will definitely complain about him, he can still tell which one he wants.

Charles thought in his mind that the small horse farm near Iris Castle could be moved here, and the horse management would be standardized, and the owner of the horse farm would also have to be changed. The Barthes manservant who managed the small horse farm was a good candidate.

Although he may have never managed such a large racecourse and has no experience, loyalty is Shire's first choice. He has no relatives or wives, so now he can only reuse the servants he trained since childhood.

Charles called Sorel closer, and said, "After a while, I will send a manservant to manage the horse farm, and you will be responsible for helping him, as his deputy."

"Obey, Master Charles, I guarantee that there will be no trouble at the racecourse."

"Very good, I will reward you a lot if you do well. It is not impossible to send you to other towns as mayors." Charles casually drew a big pie.

Sorrel nodded gratefully. He had already offended everyone in Mustang Town, and now the young master was protecting him so that he would not die on the street. But if he could leave this pit of fire, Sorrel would dream of this thing.

"Call all the literate people in Mustang Town, and I will give you two tasks. Find out the population of Mustang Town, and then Lake's servant will tell you how to do it. Another thing is to find out the population of Mustang Town. The amount of land owned by each serf household should be clearly counted.”

Sorrell looked distressed, and said: "Master, there are not enough people in Mustang Town, and it will take a long time."

"Don't worry, I will let Iris' infantry help you, and I have plenty of time."

If you don't take advantage of this time to clean up the wild horse town inside and out, then Shire will kill people for nothing.Lord Gilles did not die in vain.

Charles had long wanted to unify the weights and measures, but it happened that this time the land statistics could not be avoided, so Charles ordered the Iris soldiers beside him to bring the fine gold machetes.

This fine gold mine was originally mined by the White Tulip Knights in the Iris Collar, and later it was in the hands of Shire. After Shire took over the blacksmiths in Tulip Town, he had the ability to process fine gold mines, so he mined a few. Take a machete and a spear.

It is true that cutting iron is like mud, and it is a great blessing to soldiers who have cultivated fighting spirit. Charles circulated fighting spirit on the precious knife, and the fighting spirit formed a new blade on the blade. Charles swiped a few times at a boulder in front of him, and cut it out. cuboid.

Sorrell looked at this scene in confusion, and Charles picked up the knife and began to process it carefully until one side of the cuboid was very neat.

"Master Charles, what are you doing?"

It turns out that the current measuring rulers may be different in the two shops, and the sizes of the buckets and buckets containing wheat are different. Charles was deeply affected by this. Craftsmen, the length of this side is one kite foot, and ten kite feet is one kite meter."

"In the entire iris territory, all measurement units must be based on this standard, and anyone who forges or tampers without permission will be executed."

"Obey, Master Charles, I'll do it now." Sorel is now an absolute loyal servant, as to whether this matter is reasonable or useful, this is not within his scope of consideration.

……

Kerim is a cobbler in Mustang Town. Sometimes he sews leather armor with animal fur, and sometimes he also acts as a guest tailor to make clothes. In this Mustang Town, life can be considered affluent.

In the early morning, the sun had just risen, and the morning light filtered through the house, sweeping away all the gloom. Kerim pushed open the door, and at this time his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Stein, also walked out.

Today I was going to do a census in the open space of the town. It seemed that the whole family was going there. Kerim hurriedly went back and woke up his children. His family was relatively rich, and everyone had clothes to wear. decent.

When we arrived at the open space, it was already full of people. Today’s statistics are due to the people in Mustang Town. Most of them have clothes to wear. Only some children are bare buttocks and bare feet. Change clothes and shoes, those from poor families can simply do well, and then make a suit of clothes that fit them when they grow up.

Kerimu originally wanted to chat with acquaintances, but he saw everyone lined up in a column. He looked around and saw a lot of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears, some of them had dark red marks on them. If it is not expected, it should be left by blood precipitation.

Kelimu's thoughts of jumping in the line to chat faded away, and he told his wife in a low voice to keep the children quiet and not attract the attention of these soldiers. His wife was also a little scared, so she followed suit immediately.

After a while, it was Kerim's turn.On a long hardwood table, he was watched by a well-dressed, middle-aged man whom Krim knew as the tax collector on their street.

"What's your name, how many people are in your family?"

"My name is Kelimu. I have a family of five, including my wife and three children."

"What's your name, your wife, and your children's names."

"My name is Kerim, my wife's name is..., and my child's name is...."

"What do you do in a small town?"

"I'm a cobbler. I usually sew leather armor and sell it to leather armor shops. Sometimes I also sew clothes."

The middle-aged man wrote "Jianhu" on the cardboard, and then let him out alone, saying, "Go over there and get the bread."

Kelimu nodded and said yes, took the bread with his family and left.

I thought this incident was over, but a few days later, one morning, before Kelimu woke up, there was a knock on the door.

Kelimu was a little puzzled, who came to him so early, and he hasn't sewed clothes for others recently.

His wife was making soup, so Kerim got up to see who it was.Kerim pushed open the door, and an Iris soldier in leather armor appeared in front of him.

This is not a good sign, Kerim said cautiously: "Master Knight, what's the matter?"

The iris soldier chuckled and said, "I'm not a knight master."

Because he was also a serf, he explained: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal, just follow me."

After finishing speaking, the two of them walked towards the small square in Mustang Town one after the other. Even though it was a small square, it was just an empty place.

Along the way, Kelimu saw many people like him, especially when he passed the leather armor shop, the people inside were all brought out. Kelimu felt relieved a little, it shouldn't be a big deal.

When we arrived at the square, there were already some people waiting here. Kerimu looked around and found many acquaintances. They gathered together and chatted, guessing what they were called to do.

"I took a look, and the people here are basically blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, etc. I guess the new lord named Shire may have some orders." A bearded man in the crowd stroked his beard with his left hand , said confidently.

"But we won't be taken elsewhere." said a somewhat thin man who looked like a tailor.

"It should be fine, anyway, no one will die." The person who spoke was an old bachelor, and the whole family saved him alone. Typically, one person is full and the whole family is not hungry.

The voice of discussion suddenly stopped, and the scene suddenly became quiet. It turned out that three or four Iris soldiers came in carrying a square stone in front, and put it down gently.

Sorel followed closely, stepped onto the high platform that had been built in advance, and said, "Everyone may be curious about what you were summoned to do, and what the stone in front is for."

"Master Shire considers that the rulers and other things you usually use are very mixed and inconvenient, so the young master specially came up with a solution for you."

"Did you see this stone in front of you? The smooth and flat side has a length of one yuan foot, and ten yuan feet is one yuan meter. Do you understand?"

"In order to prevent some of you from disobeying the rules, I specially suggested to Master Shire that if anyone does not abide by the rules, I will kill him. The young master is kind-hearted, saying that is too harsh."

"But if anyone of you dares to break this rule, I will kill him. Even if I am punished by the young master, I will admit it. You people, don't be ignorant of good and bad."

After finishing speaking, Sorel looked at the Iris Battalion Commander beside him, the fierce look on his face faded, and he said gently: "Distribute the batch of rulers that the young master made."

The Iris soldier held a ruler and distributed it among the crowd. Kerim also reached out and took two. Align the rulers and find that there is no deviation.

Kelimu thought to himself, this is great, I can throw away so many rulers at home, and save going to this leather armor shop for a ruler, and another one for another.Now it is convenient.

There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, everyone is a craftsman, and they all know the goods, and there are constant voices of praise.Of course, complaints are also indispensable.

(End of this chapter)