Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 28 Animal Farm
"Lord Ed, from now on Winterfell will never worry about running out of candles."

In the candle workshop, Klar excitedly showed Ed a burning honey candle.The candle workers on the side are busy.

Kral wore azure robes with gold threads and a pure gold chain around his neck, and Eddard wore a black fox fur coat with the Stark family's direwolf crest on his chest. Among a group of disgraced candle workers, It looks gorgeous.

Ed picked up a candle, "How many candles like this can be produced in a day?"

Candlemaker Kayo is the person in charge here. He is a skinny old man with white hair.

"Lord Ed, we can produce less than two hundred of these candles every day. Of course, this is because many workers have just engaged in the production of candles and have never been exposed to this industry before. Don't worry, Lord Ed, give them to me , I will train them well, practice makes perfect, and our production will double in a month."

Ed and Klare left the candle workshop and walked through the crowds at the Winterfell Town Fair under the escort of Jory Cassel, Captain of the Winterfell Guards.

A skinny boy is selling steaming bread, a fisherman is hawking fresh white-knife river fish, and a group of peasant women are bargaining around a cage of cooing chickens.The Duke of the North often inspects the winter resort town, and the nearby residents have long been accustomed to it, and no one stops to watch.

Duke Ed and Clare came to the cattle farm.The cattle farm is divided into two parts, the cattle pen and the cattle pen. The cattle pen is an open field surrounded by wooden fences. Every day, the breeding workers will drive the cattle to the cow pen to bask in the sun. Go back to the cattle pen. The cattle pen is made of bricks and mud, and the roof is made of wood.

The farm supervisor, Ji Wen, is examining a cow while a milker is milking the cow.On the carriage outside the cowshed, there are already buckets full of milk.

Ed said, "Given, is this the new cow you bought?"

Shay walked over with a smile, "Lord Ed, I have sent someone to deliver a truckload of milk to Winterfell. Are you satisfied with the quality of the milk?"

Ed said: "Our whole family is very satisfied. Sansa said she didn't expect to be able to drink her own milk. Where are these cows bought from?"

Ji Wen said: "Some are from the villages near our Winterfell, some are from the barren mounds, and of course, the most are the cows on the east coast. Many farmers are worried that the cows will be snatched by rock pirates, so they are anxious to sell them. To Winterfell."

Clare rubbed her hands, "The cattle dealers have made a lot of money, but Lord Ed can rest assured that when they drive cattle to the winter town for trading, our tax officer will make them obediently pay."

Ji Wen took Ed and Clare to visit the dairy goats in the sheep pen.During Rickon's birthday party, the lord of the northern mountain tribe presented a group of dairy goats to Winterfell. Ed soon discovered that the dairy goats produced a lot of milk, and he had been preparing for large-scale breeding since then.

After the establishment of the breeding farm in Winterfell, Ed ordered Ji Wen to be in charge of purchasing milk goats. It happened that the expansion of the town attracted many herdsmen from the mountain clans to settle in the winter. There were many milk goats among the flocks they were driving. purchased a batch.

"Now there are more than 60 dairy goats in the sheep pen, and we have more goats. The milk and goat milk will be sent to the wolf's canteen and the wolf's tavern. We also have a special stall for selling milk and goat milk in the market. If you earn money in the future and Master Ed wants to expand, I suggest that we raise sheep, the wool of sheep can be used to make clothes, and the thick fur can be sold in our northern border!"

Ed said, "I will seriously consider your plan. How is the winter feed stockpiling going?"

When winter comes, livestock and poultry will die on a large scale due to lack of food. Ed has always attached great importance to the reserve of feed.

Ji Wen said: "The feed is going well. We buy straw, grass and leaves from farmers at low prices, process them into feed, and now several warehouses have been filled."

Ed was delighted to find that the sows in the pigsty were crowded with piglets, and the baskets in the hands of the maids in the chicken farm were full of eggs.

In Aide’s plan, the slaughterhouse next to the farm will be responsible for slaughtering animals and transporting the meat to the market for sale. Nowadays, there are very few butchers in the slaughterhouse, because the farm has just been established after all, and there are few animals for slaughter.Most of the animals slaughtered by the butcher were brought back from the Wolfwood by the hunters of Winterfell.

The meat from the slaughterhouse in the future will be transported to the sausage workshop for processing. Now the sausage workshop has started trial operation. However, the first supervisor of the sausage workshop was fired by Ed as soon as he took office. The sausages he made not only taste bad, but also Still not paying attention to hygiene.

Today, the person in charge of the sausage workshop is a woman named Phoebe. She is an obese woman in her 40s who often smiles. Winter City's ham used to be supplied by Phoebe. She has rich experience in making sausages, so Caitlin recommended her.

Ed saw that the workers in the pigsty were loading the manure into the wagon.Ji Wen said: "Master Ed, according to your instructions, we will clean up the excrement from the farm and transport it to the nearby Stark family's manor to fertilize the fields."

In addition to providing meat, farms can also provide animal manure.

Hullen, the stable master of Winterfell, has now been upgraded to the stable master of the winter town. Some stables in the winter town have been built. Ed ordered Hu Lun to breed high-quality horses. These horses will be the main force of the northern cavalry in the future. .The high-quality horses from the vicinity of Winterfell, Streamland, Dreadfort, and White Harbor all appeared in the stables.

Ed built a pergola, looking at the farm in the sun, the farmland in the distance, Stark's manor, and the vibrant wolf forest.

"Manure can improve soil fertility, promote crop production, and increase food production."

Ji Wen said with a smile: "Master Ed, the problem is that the person in charge of Stark Manor told me that they no longer need manure, and the horse manure from the stables will also be sent to Stark Manor for fertilization. It seems that we have to dig A large cesspit."

Urban development will inevitably bring about sanitation problems. Even King’s Landing and the old town can’t handle the toilets and sewer problems well. Many cities are complaining about the stench, and the winter towns will not be able to avoid such a fate in the future. .

Ed waved his hand, "There are so many fields in the winter shelter town, farmers' fields must be fertilized, we can clearly mark the price of the manure and sell it to them cheaply."

Ji Wen smiled awkwardly, "Master Ed, these farmers only get so little harvest from farming, and expect them to spend money to buy manure to fertilize the fields? This is simply impossible!"

It's really hard to earn some money from farmers, Ed said depressedly: "It's okay to give it to them for free, right? It's always a good thing to fertilize the fields."

Ji Wen said: "Many farmers do not have the awareness of fertilizing the land. They plant food, pull weeds, and then wait for the sky to eat."

Ed pondered for a while, "I asked Maester Luwin to write some simple fertilization science leaflets and send them to the farmers in winter escape towns and nearby villages. Do you think it will be effective?"

Ji Wen said: "Is there any farmer who can read? Anyway, I haven't seen a few. Lord Ed might as well send out servants from Winterfell to spread the word among the farmers. In this case, they might come to the farm to transport Get rid of this annoying animal poop."

Ed and financial advisor Klar left the farm and walked towards Winterfell.

"Kral, have you seen it? Our farm is full of vitality. It will definitely help us make money in the future."

Clare lacked interest, "Master Ed, I don't have that confidence. I heard an old saying among farmers, 'If you have a lot of money, hair doesn't count'. Those livestock and poultry with hair are not necessarily assets! A plague or extreme weather could wipe us out."

(End of this chapter)