Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 691 Territory Development

As a lord and a modern person, Chu Xiangqian naturally knew how to promote himself.

Such as leading the elves and dwarves to fight against the orcs, and destroying the wolf cavalry and three thousand orcs.

There are also publicity about the deeds of a genius magician, the new lord of the North recognized by the five tribes of elves and dwarves, but they have never stopped.

For this reason, Chu Xiangqian even gave Iris a special expenditure of up to 1 gold coins to hire some mercenaries and caravans to spread the news.

Even in the taverns of the Five Tribes and Southern Humans, there are people who send money there so that the tavern owner can mention his deeds to the customers from time to time.

This is also the reason why the northern people are willing to move and come to Stromgarde.

If Chu Xiangqian hadn't wanted to arouse the fear of the elves and dwarves, there wouldn't be just over 1500 elves and dwarves in Stromgarde.

Maybe there are three or four thousand.

The society of elves and dwarves is not a paradise. On the contrary, as long-lived races, class solidification is becoming more and more serious.

Taking 300 people and 15 jins of food into account, the per capita daily disposal of grain is less than 1.4 jins.

But the people of the North are actually not very afraid of elves and dwarves, although many elves and dwarves hate humans.

But there are very, very few of the two tribes who deliberately kill them.

It is incredible that a family of five can actually farm 50 acres.

Not only were Chu Xiangqian and Luna dressed in exquisite elven robes, but Luna was also fully equipped with headdresses, necklaces, etc.

Chu Qianqian looked back and saw the farm's tax collector and sheriff, leading a dozen tall but thin peasant soldiers wearing leather armor and long guns, running quickly towards him.

This means that after plowing the land, seeds are sown directly on it.

This forced landlords and the court to actively seek ways to grow more food on limited land.

Chu Xiangqian also knew that human beings have too many shortcomings.

Therefore, before the people of the Northland have been tested, they are just tools in his eyes.

There will always be situations where there are too many people and too little land.

This is probably the main reason why the northern people are willing to come to Stromgarde.

Chu Qianqian sat on his horse and silently calculated that there were three to four hundred people in a farm, cultivating three to four thousand acres of land.

Even if there are human subordinates in the future who have withstood the test, Chu Xiangqian will only treat them as collaborators or employees.

Greed, dishonesty, taking advantage, smiling one moment, then stabbing someone in the back are commonplace.

ps: Use the modern kilograms or kilograms instead of pounds or gallons to prevent readers from having difficulty remembering and understanding.

And directly revealed Chu Xiangqian’s identity.

A few dozen meters away, there were elven guards who quickly ran over on horseback and asked the peasants and soldiers to put down their weapons.

Most of the time, if you plant a few kilograms of seeds, you can still harvest two to three hundred kilograms.

More of a drive.

Medieval farming in Europe and America focused on rough planting.

Deep roots and careful cultivation are probably only popular in East Asia.

During the Song Dynasty, it was recorded that one household cultivated 30 acres.

If you really think of yourself as the savior or ruler of mankind, you are a fool.
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Chu Xiangqian took Luna and a dozen guards to visit two farms under construction.

There are three to four hundred people living in a farm, but each person can cultivate only 10 acres of land.

The reason is very simple. As representatives of East Asian civilization, the various dynasties of the Celestial Dynasty have reached the middle and late stages.

The harvest was only three to four hundred thousand jins of wheat. After deducting the 5% that was handed over to the lord, only 20 to jins were left.

But this is definitely enough for farmers' daily consumption, and they can sell some grain for money to purchase other daily needs.

But if they encounter a slave-catching team that captures elves, they will definitely kill them all.

But after riding a horse to inspect the farmland about to be sown, he immediately understood.

The tax collector, the peace officer, and the peasants and soldiers all realized that Chu Xiangqian and these dozen people were important figures in Stromgarde.

In medieval England, one kilogram of seeds was sown and the harvest was only 3 kilograms.

I believe that there is no need for Chu Xiangqian to call for it. There must be many humans in the North who recognize it and volunteer to protect Strom Castle, as well as Chu Xiangqian, the lord.

With the protection of the lord, the proportion of food taken away is also lower than that of the human lords in the south. If the harvest is completed this year, only 5% of the food will be harvested.

And stability means being stubborn, adhering to tradition, not liking change and being exclusive.

Before Chu Xiangqian could see the situation of the entire farm, Luna suddenly reminded him.

Many times, after sowing dozens of kilograms of seeds, the harvest is only over a hundred kilograms of grain.

If it weren't for the fact that the elves and dwarf nobles were really not short of money, the people at the bottom would at least be guaranteed to have enough food and clothing, as well as a decent salary.

Social order will always be stable.

At first, Chu Xiangqian thought he was a human race from Middle-earth, and his physique exceeded that of people in the real world.

But in the Song Dynasty, which was also in the Middle Ages, the highest ratio was 1:200. Of course this is a very special situation.

And you can tell at a glance that each piece costs at least a few hundred gold coins.

Not to mention that the armor, horses, and armor on the horses of the Elven Guards are all much more advanced than those of Stromgarde's patrols.

When they heard that it was the lord who came to inspect in person, the tax collector and the sheriff immediately became nervous.

Chu Xiangqian not only had 1 dwarf and elf cavalry dedicated to fighting.

There are also 400 elves and dwarf patrols riding wild boars and Arabian horses.

The patrol alone could wipe out the farm.

Not to mention, Chu Xiangqian also spread the word about his performance in the battle of Jushiguan and other magical things.

A lord who is good at conquering and fighting has very strong oppression on his subjects.

The tax collector and the sheriff hurriedly asked a dozen peasants and soldiers to put down their weapons, and then carefully followed the guards to Chu Qianqian, who was four or five meters away and leaned down to salute.

Chu Xiangqian didn't care about respecting the wise and humble. This was the medieval Middle-earth, and what mattered was power and a strong army.

Morality and other things are based on force.

After this, comes etiquette.

So Chu Xiangqian sat directly on the tall red rabbit and asked condescending questions about the farm and summer farming.

Only then did Chu Xiangqian realize that the land in the North was not all planted with food after being cleared.

The land is divided into three plots, two plots are planted with winter crops and spring crops respectively, and one plot is used to fallow to restore soil fertility.

The reason is simple, there is no fertilizer.

Routine fallowing is necessary to restore soil fertility.

Otherwise, within three to five years, the food grown on the land will become less and less.

Moreover, due to the cold, April is low in the North, and it is in early May that the spring season truly begins.

In other words, even if 2 acres of land are opened up, only 20 acres can actually be planted. The harvest is probably only catties.

Stromgarde took away 10 kilograms, and the remaining 300 people only had an average of 0.91 kilograms per person.

In the case of extreme lack of oil, meat, beans and other foods, an adult's food consumption of less than one kilogram a day can basically maintain food and clothing.

But this is impossible. In addition to food, there are also expenses for daily life.

Even though the rations for the elderly and children would be less, they would only be 7% full at most, but for the bottom peasants in the Middle Ages, this was already an excellent life.

Thinking of this, Chu Qianqian couldn't help but sigh, but he had no intention of reducing the territory's tax revenue.

When other lords receive 6%, or even 7%, receiving 5% is already considered a great gift.

If it is reduced to 4%, or even 3%, the farmers in the custody territory will be grateful in the first few years.

But five or ten years later, these people will have more and more demands for custody.

To put it bluntly, a certain degree of high pressure is the basis for territorial stability.

Simply being nice to the people you lead will definitely breed greed.

And there is no need to think about it. The first ones to become greedy must be the tax collectors and sheriffs on the farm.

Once someone is incited by them, they must either drive them away or raise their butcher's knife.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian coaxed, coerced, and even used force against tax collectors, sheriffs, and the like.

This attitude is also useful for dwarves and elves such as Iris and Oleg.

On the contrary, the elves, dwarf soldiers, human farmers and soldiers who have no direct leadership relationship with him, the lord, can be given more trivial favors.

So Chu Qianqian said to the tax official and the sheriff, "This year is for land reclamation. Stromgarde will purchase a group of cattle. Each farm can borrow 20 cattle from Stromgarde to reclaim more wasteland.

This year, you will not be charged for renting cattle. Farmers who are really short of food can apply to Stromgarde to borrow a batch of food, which will be returned when the harvest is harvested.

Moreover, no interest will be charged this year. "

Not to mention a dozen humans, even the elf guards around him were in awe when they heard this.

After expressing his gratitude, Chu Xiangqian did not worry about the tax collectors and sheriffs, and did not dare to play tricks on the leasing of cattle and grain.

Not only because there were more than a dozen peasants and soldiers who heard this, they would definitely tell their families and neighbors.

Also because Stromgarde is considered to be on the rise, and the lord himself is also a lord who emerged from the war, he has more or less great deterrence.

Coupled with the difficulty of life in the north, the folk customs must be more sturdy than the humans in the south.

Moreover, after Chu Xiangqian returned to Stromgarde, he would definitely tell the patrol team to convey his orders to the farm during the patrol.

Later, Chu Xiangqian said to the captain of his Guards team that this condition was equally valid for the cavalry and Guards farms.

After being thanked again, Chu Xiangqian chatted a few more words with the tax officer and the sheriff.

He even called a few peasant soldiers over and asked some questions about the farm. Then he looked at the sky and took Luna and the guards back to the castle.

When entering the castle before finishing the meal, by the way, the 450 and 750 cattle that had been kept in Xinshou Village in the past half month were released.

Chu Xiangqian was naturally not short of food, and could easily produce hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat.

Let alone a territory that can support two or three thousand people, even tens of thousands will be no problem.

Until there is a harvest on the farm, he has to rely on him to provide food.

But meat and fruits can only be obtained by hunting for the time being.

But the dwarves and elves combined have more than 1500 people, and they consume a lot of meat and fruits every day.

The fruits consumed by the elves are easy to say, and it is easy to purchase enough fruits from the two elves.

In addition, there are a lot of peaches, pears, breadfruit, and chestnuts produced in Xinshou Village every day.

Enough to sustain the consumption of seven to eight hundred elves.

Of course, breadfruit and chestnuts are not fruits, but elves actually prefer these two foods to wheat.

And fruits can be grown and transplanted from fruit trees.

If you hunt, over time, the beasts within a radius of dozens of miles will be eaten bit by bit.

Might as well release the cows and sheep in the game.

Moreover, the game now refreshes 30 cows and 50 sheep every day.

In one month, there will be 900 and 1500 heads. Free-range or captive breeding can also meet a large part of the meat demand.

Of course, it is still a bit unreliable to obtain stable meat for such a small number of cattle and sheep just by raising them.

So Chu Xiangqian’s order to Iris and Oleg was to kill a cow and two sheep every day.

Allocated to seven to eight hundred dwarves, one pound per person per day is still no problem.

Although it wasn't much, it gave the dwarves hope that they could eat meat freely in the future.

And hope, for intelligent races, is cohesion.

As for taking out another 900 cows, 1500 sheep, or even more cows and sheep.

Chu Xiangqian just wanted to say that it would be a bad thing to do this if he came directly to the meat.

If you eat too much, you will lose motivation and expectations in the future.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian would only provide basic bread and meat. If he wanted to get more, he would have to spend his own money to buy it.

When Chu Qianqian was about to go for dinner, Oleg suddenly came to the door and asked if Stromgarde would build a brewery.

Chu Xiangqian realized the business opportunity as soon as he heard it.

It doesn't cost much to build a brewery, but Chu Xiangqian prefers to purchase beer and low-cost spirits from the real world.

For example, the gin that people in the Magnesium country drink, that is, gin, costs only a few tenths of a dollar to one or two dollars per bottle.

Even in the 21st century, there are plenty of gins for only four or five dollars.

There are also vodka and rum, many of which are actually very cheap.

On the contrary, Tianchao's liquor, which costs a few yuan a bottle, is actually more expensive than most gins when converted into U.S. dollars.

Chu Xiangqian quickly agreed to Oleg's suggestion of building a brewery.

He immediately gained unanimous support from all the dwarves.

When the wine shop is built, Chu Xiangqian can actually purchase several batches of beer and spirits and sell them in the tavern.

If you buy some red wine, apple cider, lychee wine, bayberry wine and other fruit wines, I believe they will also be liked by many elves.

Otherwise, these elves and dwarves earn high wages every month but do not need to spend money. How can I recycle the gold coins issued to them?
You can't make money in Stromgarde and spend money in Mountain Castle, right?
As for Chu Xiangqian, the cost of purchasing beer and spirits in the real world is relatively low.

Just because the productivity of the real world and Middle-earth is not equal, the cost of things produced in Middle-earth is destined to be higher than in the real world.

Coupled with the grain production rate, transporting a liter of beer to Stromgarde and selling it will at least double the profit.
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At around 11 o'clock in the evening, Chu Xiangqian and Luna played another game. He hugged the girl and said that he had to go back.

Luna didn't bother him, probably because she was smart enough to last long enough.

Instead, he hugged Chu Qianqian and begged him to buy a batch of red wine, sweet and sour jam and various candies.

(End of this chapter)