Alien world

Chapter 1221 143. Autumn
Autumn is the harvest season.

This is especially true for the Free City, which reclaimed nearly 100,000 hectares of land in the spring.

As you enter the Gem Bay, you can see wheat fields swaying in the wind all over the mountains, and the joy of harvest is everywhere.

As the lord of the Free City, Annan stood among the Wilhelm wheat that was as tall as a person and given by the third prince. The strong stalks were weighed down by the full ears of wheat, which stretched out as Annan cut them with a sickle.

Annan put the first ears of wheat in autumn into the basket beside him, and Evelyn, who was holding the Philosopher's Stone and taking pictures at the side, seemed to make a "click" sound.

A beam of blue light rose from the wizard tower in the city. At this moment, people who were scattered all over the Gem Bay looked up and saw it. They greeted each other and began the autumn harvest in full swing.

"We have three hectares, three whole hectares of land, free of disease, free of natural disasters, and blessed by the druids wearing leaves..."

As Jack worked, he was full of energy and muttered about how much the food could be sold for.

Hunter, as silent as a cow, was working in the field, but his head couldn't help but think along the lines of what Jack said... They would harvest a lot of wheat and sell it for a lot of money.

With the money, he could buy a cow and more land...

The official lady said that as long as the output reaches a certain standard, she can submit an application to the City Lord's Mansion to expand the farmland next year...

Hunter lowered his head and looked at the ears of wheat in his hand, as if he was dreaming.

He is actually going to have his own cows and land...?
The grain collectors who were serving as outstanding graduates stood on the avenue, and beside them was a long line of carts that stretched as far as the eye could see.

They are purchasing this year's new grain and recording each farmer's yield.

The students sent by the kingdom were also incorporated into the grain collection team and took their last lesson in Liberty City.

Coincidentally, the area under Sigmar's jurisdiction happened to be Horus' farmland.

He had heard about Horus from his father and generation, but he never expected that a famous nobleman would become a farmer in Liberty City...

Sigmar glanced at the words "Honorary Noble" behind Horus' name with interest and decided to meet him.

Horus rented a large piece of land, so during the autumn harvest, he hired a lot of people to help him harvest.

As soon as he walked over, he was spotted by Horus who had been paying attention to this place. He came to him and pretended to exclaim: "Hey, are you the Watson child?"

"I'm Sigma Watson, and Simon Watson is my father." Sigma nodded and looked at the pile of wheat next to him: "Someone will load it onto the truck later."

Horus laughed. "I remember there was no requirement to sell the grain to the City Lord's Mansion, right? I plan to sell it to the Lady of Wine."

"You really don't plan to sell it?" Sigma asked in a playful tone.

"No... I was just kidding. Of course we must respond to Lord Annan's call and do our part for Liberty City!" Horus changed his tone.

"You don't have to sell it. This is your land. Liberty City won't force anyone."

After hearing what the child of the Watson family, who had some connection with him, said, Horus dared not refuse to sell it, and even said in a flattering tone:
"Sigma, your father and I are old acquaintances. We once served in the same knight order..."

The scene before my eyes completely broke the filter of "nobles are born noble".

"I am from the Kingdom. Do you think they can tell me?" Sigma said calmly, "Because you are my father's colleague, I have to remind you that this is Liberty City, not the Kingdom."

"I understand."

Horus smiled kindly and waved his hand to let them load the harvested grain directly onto the truck: "Don't cause trouble for our grain collectors."

"Thank you."

Horus wanted to find out some inside information, but because of his identity, the officials of Liberty City were reluctant to approach him to avoid suspicion.

Sigma had no such concerns because the first batch of students in their kingdom were about to return.

"Why does Lord Annan grow so much food?" "Have you heard about the Ratman's 'Autumn Offensive'?"

"That is true?"

Horus had seen it in the newspaper and he just thought it was smoke released by Liberty City.

Sigma revealed some secrets: "The Kingdom has discovered that the ratmen have been moving recently, but their target is not us."

There are unusual movements by the ratmen in the north. If they are not heading towards the kingdom... then what else could it be?
Only then did Horus understand why the succubus lord suddenly opened up new land for no apparent reason.

This autumn harvest probably contains several million pounds of grain, right?

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"All wheat fields in the territory are expected to yield a total of 80,000 tons of grain."

The data sent to Annan and the two deputy city lords were shocking.

With so much food, even if we keep some for Liberty City and send the rest to the kingdom, they can get through the winter safely.

Everyone thought that Annan was preparing for war, but they never imagined that the original intention was to make wine.

However, the harvest was beyond Annan's expectations. He planned to fill the granaries in Liberty City and brew wine, and sell the rest to the Kingdom of Damon.

Brewing wine might be more profitable, but using tens of thousands of tons of grain to brew wine... are you planning to drown the dwarves with wine?
After announcing the start of the autumn harvest, Annan rushed to the tunnel to attend the completion ceremony.

Thanks to the ratmen craftsmen, the tunnel was opened ahead of schedule, and all it needs now is simple repairs and beautification before it can be used.

Originally, the only way to travel between the two places was by sea, which meant departing in the morning and arriving in the afternoon at the fastest. Now, it only takes two hours at most.

Later, Olmedo will personally go through the tunnel and attend the banquet in Franco's territory on behalf of Annan.

Next, Annan went to the border of the Principality of Montabullock.

The city wall will be almost completed in a dozen days.

But Annan just turned around and shook his head in dissatisfaction at the city wall that made Archduke Girardi feel so safe.

"Too short, too narrow, too thin."

"I think that's enough..." Archduke Girardi muttered.

This is a ten-meter-high wall, placed at the border, and you can't see the end at a glance.

"I don't think I told you that?" Annan wanted to break the naivety of Grand Duke Girardi, "The city wall of Xingyue Bay was 20 meters high, but it couldn't even stop a small wave of rats."

"Keep making it, even if it means selling everything you have!"

After returning, the eldest sister handed over a proposal for military expansion.

"It's time," she said.

Annan gave the people who came to the kingdom a year to rest and recuperate. Now that the ratmen were about to move south, it was time to expand the three legions.

Liberty City, with a population of 300,000, has less than 20,000 soldiers!
You know, previously there were 20,000 soldiers for a population of 80,000. According to the previous ratio... they had a shortage of 60,000 soldiers!
Now that we have plenty of money, food and people, there is no reason not to expand the number.

Annan glanced at the total number of people in the three existing legions: the Hellfire Legion, the Guards Legion, and the Musketeers Legion were 5,000, 2,000, and 2,000 people respectively.

"Then expand to 10,000, 5,000, 5,000."

(End of this chapter)