Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 335 The barbarians are too easy to coax, hindering technological progress

After some calculations, several priests basically agreed with Guo Kang's estimation, and Father Marco added a series of calculation formulas to check it.

"Then this is in our hometown, can we try to implement it?" Pronsky was also curious and asked proactively.

"You have to solve the infrastructure and food problems first, and then you can talk about other things." Father Marco didn't save face, and said bluntly: "I think the areas along the river, where the transportation is more convenient, can give it a try. .Forget about other places.”

"That place may not be suitable." Guo Kang said: "I'm just collecting existing data. As for whether such things can be grown in the hinterland of Ross, I really don't know, so I can't draw a conclusion."

"There are experts in everything, just leave it to them to study." Da Lama Wang didn't care: "This method is not only applicable to nuns, but also to men; not only to monks, but also to ordinary believers. I think , it is a good routine, as long as we investigate the specific conditions in various places, we can promote this method.”

"It's like this." Father Leo thought for a while, and said: "The current idea is roughly to allow nuns to engage in weaving. But in fact, the most important part is neither the nuns nor the textile industry, but this organization." Way."

"It is to gather people with professional skills and let them teach more people, and then the court will come forward to help them purchase raw materials and then sell products, is that so?" Father Mikhail asked after sorting out his thoughts.

"It looks like this at present, so I feel that this method itself has a strong adaptability. Judging from these data, what we need more is to conduct a comprehensive investigation." Father Leo said: "I suggest , we should start preparations now and ask churches in various places to investigate and report the local crop planting conditions. If possible, we need to conduct pilot experiments in some places to uniformly test the planting conditions of other crops.”

"The negotiations with these two nuns can be used as a test to convince more people. As long as this matter meets expectations, it can be promoted to other fields."

"Yes. We have to conduct an overall survey on the output and demand of various places." Lama Wang nodded: "In the past, everyone did it casually, and only food was managed by the legion. But now, everyone has Once you have some basics, you can think about how to improve efficiency.”

"We don't need to be too ambitious for the time being. It is still difficult to make a comprehensive statistics of the current manpower of the church. These things have to be done step by step." He judged: "We should start with cotton first, find places with suitable soil and environment, and require Churches from all over the world are assisting in the investigation. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, a batch of data can be accumulated.”

"In addition, I think olives and tea should also be taken into consideration." He said while writing down: "These two kinds of crops are not low in value, and the supply in the market has been in short supply for a long time. And these two kinds of crops are distributed in the The barren and mountainous areas are just complementary to the cotton that needs to be irrigated."

"Do the olives need to be watered?" Guo Kang asked curiously, not knowing much about this.

"No need. I have seen local olive plantations in Morea and Georgia." Lama Wang told him: "This thing is very tenacious, does not require high water and soil fertility, and is even relatively cold-resistant. .However, it is also very picky about conditions such as sunlight, so it can grow well in this circle. We tried to plant it in the north, but it has not been successful.”

Only then did Guo Kang know that they had even tried this.

But if you think about it carefully, this is also normal.Priests were often trying to breed weird things, and in the 19th century these guys were still growing peas.Lama Wang also worked hard from the grassroots, so it is not surprising to have these experiences.

"These crops, until now, are very labor-intensive." Father Marco also told Guo Kang: "Many processes cannot be completed by machines, so a lot of manpower must be invested. But for mountain residents, this is a good opportunity. way. Because the profits of these industries are also very high.”

"Olive products have always been very popular in the Mediterranean world, and can even be sold to Persia. They were an important commodity here in classical times. As for tea, it is a cheap substitute for oriental goods. Even fake tea is already very popular now. Yes, as long as we can produce in large quantities, we will definitely not worry about sales.”

"You have also cultivated the tea trees that can be grown here? I heard people say that the tea here and the tea in the East are not a kind of plant." Diodora also became interested.

"It can indeed be planted." Father Marco told her: "We bought seeds from Yuan people at a high price, and they can be planted in Georgia and even in the mountainous areas along the coast of Asia Minor. But I don't know if it's the climate problem, or they sold them. The quality of the seeds was not good and did not reach the expected level, so it was not reported as a major achievement before.”

"What about Greece?" asked Theodora.

"We haven't tried it yet," said Father Marco.

"There are already local specialty shrubs like tea trees over there." Father Leo also said, "Anyway, they are all leaves and branches for soaking in water, and Latin people in the west don't pay much attention to them. Therefore, we didn't seriously go there before. Study this."

There was nothing Theodora could do for a while.

Obviously, the anti-counterfeiting identification mechanism of Western European merchants still lost in the competition to the old Greek crooks who were also constantly upgrading.Because the tea fraud industry is booming, even the local church has little incentive to introduce authentic tea.

"We have to try this sooner or later." Lama Wang taught his hands: "It was fine in the past, but now we want to establish a unified organization, we must have internal rules. How much money do Latins have? Ours The industry will compete with West Asia and even more regions in the future. Unlike Western Europeans, they have seen the world."

"That's right." Guo Kang agreed: "If it turns out that the barbarians are too easy to coax and hinder technological progress, then it will be fun..."

Although it seems strange, everyone agrees with this conclusion.

"This aspect really needs to be regulated." Theodora also agreed with Guo Kang's point of view: "Moreover, unified quality standards and unified organization are also of great benefit to maintaining the rule of the court. If we have the opportunity, Of course it must be promoted."

The principle is quite simple.The mountains along the coast of Greece and the Black Sea have always been bandit dens where troublemakers gather.But if these industries can be promoted, they can attract a large number of people to participate.The input of various materials and tools, and the sale of products must be dispatched and maintained by the entire country.

At that time, even if the local administrator wants to rebel and become independent, ordinary people will kill him first to claim credit for their livelihood.This is actually the best way to maintain local stability.

(End of this chapter)