Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 51 The Role of Super Farmland

Although a large number of converted goblins will occupy the limited population of the town center, the gold and silver collected by the goblin general is enough to upgrade the town center, so Owen has nothing to worry about, and besides, goblins are basically nothing to him. Consumables, if the population is not enough, just find something to consume a batch, anyway, he will not have any compassion when facing goblins, if he has, then look at what is in their pot.

When the Goblin transformation is completed and the town center meets the conditions for upgrading, there is no need to hesitate. Following Owen’s confirmation, a large number of system farmers brought tools and materials to start expanding the town center. This surprised Maya, because the spring plowing has not yet Completely over, it's obviously not a wise move to take out a lot of skilled farmers now.

However, as a serving maid, Maya did not prevent the master's irrational behavior, but instead participated in the deployment to speed up the progress of the project. Only in this way can production be resumed faster and losses reduced.

In just three days, the town center was upgraded, with a population limit of [-], and the ability to convert civilians and troops worth three progress points.

The difference between commoners and farmers is that the former are better at work other than planting, which is an important basis for forming territorial handicraftsmen. In other words, one pays food and the other pays taxes.

However, serfs who are seriously depleted and relatively insensitive cannot be transformed into system civilians. Only farmers or civilians with better mental state can be transformed into system civilians.

This is troublesome, unless you go to the border of the empire to buy serfs or slaves who have not been tortured to numbness, otherwise the upper limit of serfs who have gone through the north migration can only reach the level of system farmers. After all, system transformation is only carried out on the original basis. Strengthening is not a big change, it has a limit.

Moreover, even if the transformation is completed, the peasants transformed into serfs still have problems such as lack of emotion, unresponsiveness, lack of spirituality, etc., and cannot undertake relatively complicated tasks. Not good, can only sell coolies.

System civilians are different. They are smarter and more flexible, and can take on more complicated jobs, such as handicrafts and service industries.

This requires the transformed person not to lose hope, at least the spirit has not reached the level of insensitivity, so that after being strengthened by the system, they will be able to quickly learn and master relatively complicated crafts, and bear the burden of paying taxes. And after long-term training in the barracks, it can reach the level of arms worth three progress points.

When Owen saw this, he knew that as long as enough civilians were transformed, the foundation of the territory would be established, and it would not be impossible to even dominate the Northland through this.

However, the comprehensive strength of the territory is now considered to be the dominant force on the northern border. As long as he does not encounter a large tribe of barbarians in the northern land, Owen will have a safe and secure life in the future.

But this has exceeded the limit of the current territory, because the ratio of soldiers to civilians is too different, he needs to add more people and convert more farmers, otherwise the food produced is not enough to eat.

According to Maya's suggestion to him, the ratio of soldiers to civilians should not be lower than ten to one, that is, ten farmers support one full-time soldier.

In fact, this ratio has already had a considerable impact on the development of the territory. After all, the harvest of the land is not stable, and soldiers often need to choose strong people, that is, strong labor.

Excluding men, women, old and young, how many of the ten peasants can be strong laborers in their prime years, not to mention that soldiers need equipment in addition to daily training.

Therefore, the pressure of ten farmers to support a full-time soldier is not small. Once a disaster year occurs, it will be a disaster-like consequence. Therefore, most lords will maintain the ratio of civilians to soldiers at more than fifteen to one. It can reach twenty or thirty to one.

These are just ordinary soldiers. Cavalry or elites need more support. Like knights, at least a hundred farmers need to do their best to support them. As the village is a fief, it is not easy to gather equipment.

Owen took the time to count the population and military strength of the lower territories, including the Magic Horn Forest and the Goblin Tribe.

Castle: Ninja Squad 10, Healer 1, Teutonic Knight 10, Slime Maid 8.

Herb Greenhouse: 2 slime maids, several plant guards.

Dungeon Chamber: Slime Maid 2.

Dungeon maze: some slimes, some poisonous snakes, some plant guards.

Akita Town:
Farmers 350, serfs 828.

Swordsman 50, Infantry Archer 50, Spearman 50, Javeliner 50.

10 scout cavalry, 10 cavalry archers, 10 cuirassiers.

Magic Horn Forest Muzhai: Farmer 50, Long Swordsman 30, Crossbowman 30, Scout 10.

Goblin Tribe in the Horned Forest: Goblin General, Goblin Shield Guard, Goblin Priest, Goblin Paladin, Goblin Ranger, Goblin Wizard, Goblin Assassin.

Goblin Peasant 300, Goblin Swordsman 50, Goblin Archer 50, Goblin Scout 50, Goblin Sheep Cavalry 30.

The value is quite impressive, but the ratio of soldiers to civilians is seriously out of balance. If Owen hadn't cheated, the territory would have collapsed long ago.

Therefore, Owen decided to keep the number of infantry unchanged, only improve the quality of the units, increase the cavalry by a small amount, and then increase the development of agriculture, animal husbandry, and fishery, and try to apply super farms to reality to achieve self-sufficiency as soon as possible.

No matter how ambitious the goal is, you have to fill your stomach first. Owen sees this very clearly. As for the continuous increase in troop strength in the early stage, it was because the strength at that time could not bring him a sense of security. To become a hegemon in the Northland, it is natural to consider long-term development.

In fact, Owen has been trying to use the super farm to burst production, but the result is not very good, because the law of energy conservation is also valid here, so it is not realistic to harvest every few hours.

It's not impossible, but the cost is too high.

The super farm speeding up the growth of plants is a magic-like effect. Owen doesn't know the specific process, but he knows that this method will excessively consume the vitality of the land without enough external energy supplementation.

First, the surrounding plants wilt, then wither, and finally the surrounding land will even turn into sand grains, because all the organic matter and nutrients in the soil have been squeezed out.

Although this process is not irreversible, it is not a joke to make the deserted land fertile again.

Suddenly Owen was taken aback. The biggest problem with wanting to explore the ruins in the depths of the magic horn tree forest was that he couldn’t get close. After all, it was wishful thinking to enter by cutting down the magic horn tree, and it was no less difficult than rebuilding a ruin.

But what if the farmland of the super farm is used to capture the vitality of the magic horn tree?
(End of this chapter)