The super lord of the island

Chapter 265 264. The Manor and the Manor Owner
next day
When Jialan came to the pier, he met people from the city hall negotiating with Philip, and the dock workers on the side were loading barrels of 300-liter Snow Beer onto the cargo ship.

"Captain! The cargo is loaded, a hundred barrels in total!"

"Very good, let's check it one last time and secure it with ropes to prevent the wind and waves from knocking the barrel over!"

Fili turned around and gave instructions to the crew, and then shook hands with Mag who came to deliver the goods and said goodbye.

"See you in a week!"

"Bon voyage!" Mag nodded, and was about to turn around and leave, but saw Jialan walking towards him.

"Ah, sir, Mag has met the lord!"

People nearby were reminded by Mag's voice and saluted Jialan.

"Okay, let's all get up."

Jialan waved his hand and walked up to the Tuna, patted the thick hull, "Just let me go to Diamond Island and do something there."

"My lord, are you alone? Let Karl and the others follow you!" Mag said hastily.

"Well, it's just me. I'm just dealing with some private matters. I don't need to bring so many people."

"But your safety..."

Mag wanted to continue to dissuade, but was stopped by Jialan's eyes.

"Don't worry, Mag, I'll be fine, sir."

You must know that he carries ten powerful mid-level monsters with him, and he has recently mastered a variety of magic. As long as he does not seek death, it is basically impossible for him to get into trouble.

After comforting Mag, Jialan left together on the Tuna.

After a day and night of sailing, the Tuna successfully arrived at Victoria Harbor. Philip did not need to leave the port. He sent a crew member to major taverns to inform them, and then a special tavern manager came to purchase Snow Beer.

One hundred barrels of Snow Beer will be sold out in about two days.

Of course, according to the normal process, the tuna ship that has sold out of snow beer will not return to Wuguang Island immediately, but will go to other surrounding islands for a tour, pick up tourists who have registered with travel agencies in various places, and finally return to Wuguang Island. light island.

But this time, because of Jialan, the Tuna will come to Diamond Island to pick up Jialan after gathering tourists, and it will only take a little more time.

Considering that there is enough time for this trip, Jialan did not take a large carriage shared by many people to go straight to the city of Rangozri after leaving the port. Apart from the unpleasant smell inside, he also wanted to see more of it. farming situation.

As the main island of the Crystal Islands, it is representative in every way.

Soon, Jialan stopped a small carriage at the exit of the pier. Originally, the driver had to pull at least three customers to leave, but he directly chartered the entire carriage for himself.

"Master Mage, where do you want to go?"

The coachman happily took off the reins, patted the old man's mane, and asked him.

"Go to the nearby farmland."

"Farmland? You mean the farm, right? Now is the time when spring plowing is busy. There is not much to do there. It is more fun to go there during the rainy season."

"Really, I'm a foreigner, tell me about the farm, it's good to have a tip."

"Okay, sir, please sit tight. I'll chat with you while walking on the road, drive!" Under the control of the driver, the horse raised its hooves on the dirt road, gradually accelerating away from the port town and heading towards the remote fields. go.

It is spring and the climate is warm and pleasant.

Through the car window, you can see farmers busy in the fields in twos and threes. The dark soil is mixed with green wheat seedlings, and there is a sweet fragrance in the air.

But Jialan didn't immerse herself for long before she was interrupted by lumps of foul-smelling excrement by the side of the road.

Unlike the strictly managed Sunless Island, farmers here often solve urgent problems on the side of the fields and on the side of the road. There are both fresh and expired products, which naturally become unpleasant over time.

Along the way, Jialan also had an opinion on the efficiency of local planting.

To finish spring sowing, it is necessary to plow the soil that has been frozen by the severe cold in winter, expose it to the sun, and after it becomes soft, after a series of operations such as backfilling, digging, dropping seeds, covering soil, watering, etc., continue Clear weeds growing in the field to prevent soil nutrients from being sucked up by unrelated plants.

Because of the lack of modern machinery and equipment, these farming processes are all done by the hands of farmers.

The scarcity of metal mines makes some farmers still use stone-made agricultural tools, without weeding pesticides. To eradicate weeds, they have to squat down and dig one by one from the ground.

In addition, there are no canals in the farmland here, and watering is done manually, which is troublesome and laborious. One person cannot water an acre of land in a whole day.

From this, one can imagine how low the planting efficiency should be under such conditions.

If the soil is not fertile enough and the weather conditions are good enough, farmers will starve to death with such a plantation method.

Jialan shook his head. Although the growing conditions on the Wuguang Island are also very poor, compared with the Diamond Island, at least there is no shortage of iron farm tools, irrigation canals, and enough food and drink.

As for the manor mentioned by the coachman, it is a very extensive planting model.

The master of the soil is the lord;
After the lord sold the right to use the land to the merchant, the merchant began to hire a large number of farmers to plant on the land. In order to facilitate the management of the land and farmers, the manor came into being.

It can be seen that the manor is a place used to manage farmers, and it is usually the residence of the landowner, so the landlord is also called the manor owner.

Unlike the large vacant grasslands seen in the previous life, the manor here is built very compactly and will not take up too much land, but no matter how compact it is, it is still much more open than the houses in the city.

During the busy farming season, there are many affairs in the manor.

The owner of the manor needs to arrange and manage the planting of the fields, such as what crops to plant, when to plant them, how long it will take to complete them, etc. The manor has more functions, including storing farm tools, providing food and a place to rest.

Some manor owners who own a large area of ​​land have almost the same rights as lords in the manor.

This model is also beneficial to the lord, which can save a lot of management costs. It only needs to connect a small number of manor owners, and they can collect food tax and land tax that match the soil area from them, which is very trouble-free.

Therefore, there is a cooperative relationship between the manor owner and the lord, and only the bottom growers and farmers are the targets of exploitation.

As for what the coachman said, there is another meaning to the fact that the manor can only play after the rainy season.

In the rainy season, farm work stopped, and the huge manor fell into a desert. In order to make use of the manor, some bright-minded manor owners simply started gray industries.

The manor is remote, far away from the city, and unsupervised. All conditions are conducive to the development of gray industries. Buying a batch of female slaves from the outer islands and putting them in the manor can play as they want, which greatly satisfies the desires of those rich people.

There are also casinos and arenas...

Every imaginable underground industry can be found in the manor.

(End of this chapter)