Farming Lord of Crossing

Chapter 6 6. Buying Seeds
Half an hour later, Ross set off with the only ten carriages and thirty militiamen left in the village, aiming for the nearest town to them—Popper Town.

There was everything they needed: seeds, black bread, medicine, salt, weapons, agricultural implements, linen, cattle and sheep, and so on.

The road is a dirt road that has been stepped on by the villagers for many years, with twists and turns, potholes, and unevenness.

Horses are small, naive horses used by villagers to plow the land and pull things.

Therefore, Ross and his group traveled even slower than walking alone. According to Ross' estimation, they would not reach their destination until at least noon tomorrow.

The journey went very smoothly. With his super strength, Ross even wiped out two waves of sneak attacking goblins and a wave of hungry jackals. He also hunted five white-lipped deer and more than ten hares, adding a lot of meat to them. At the same time, more gains were brought.

At the same time, the militiamen also worshiped and recognized the village chief Ross more and more.In the past, they walked this road with trepidation, fearing that some wild beasts and monsters would attack them, but now the powerful village chief can actually hunt and kill wild beasts to increase his harvest, which is really amazing.

At two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Ross finally arrived at the destination of the trip--Popper Town with ten carriages.

Pope Town is a large town with a permanent population of more than 4000 and a floating population of [-]. It is the administrative town of Baron Lanitus. It has a five-meter-high stone wall with ferocious arrow towers and standard leather armor. Guards with spears and bows and arrows patrolled back and forth.

The 20-meter-wide gate was completely open at this time, and pedestrians and convoys were all inspected in an orderly manner under the command of the guard before they could enter and exit the town.

No matter how many times they come, the militiamen of Stan Village will always show envy and shock when they see the tall walls, well-equipped soldiers and bustling people in Poper Town.Los saw this scene in his eyes and smiled slightly, thinking to himself: "Just wait, you will be the envy of others in a few years."

After queuing up honestly, after 10 minutes, Ross showed his freeman's identity certificate and paid a city entry tax of 55 copper coins (1 copper coin per person, 2 copper coins for a carriage, and the extra 4 copper coins are for the guards to drink money), and then a group of people entered the town of Poper smoothly.

As soon as they entered the town gate, Luo Si and the others saw two noisy stalls. They could be found in black bread, fruit, game, eggs, milk, and even wine. Not far away was There are various shops, bars, food stores, vegetable stores, hotels, pharmacies, blacksmiths and so on.

Ross looked at the eager eyes of the militiamen and smiled slightly: "Okay, old Vicky and Karl will follow me to buy seeds, and the others are free to move around. We will gather at the back door of the Old Myron Hotel before sunset. Stay overnight and return to the village early tomorrow morning. Also, no trouble is allowed. Do you understand?"

"okay!"

"Don't worry, village chief!"

The lads touched the purses in their pockets, and walked towards the small stalls with a smile. After finally coming to Poper Town, they wanted to buy daily necessities for other villagers.

Ross smiled and ignored them, jumped into the carriage and said, "Carl, let's go to the pharmacy first, and then to the clothing store."

"Okay!" Carl flicked his whip with a yellow tooth grin, and drove the carriage towards the pharmacy in a familiar way.

After a while, the goblin heart, wolf skin, wolf teeth, deerskin, etc. in Ross' hands, and even the leftover venison from hunting and eating along the way, were all cleaned up.

512 silver coins, such a harvest made the faces of the three of Ross all smiles.

With this money and the harvest from the goblin camp, it was enough to buy seeds, and even half a carload of grains was enough to feed the villagers for half a month.

However, such a good mood was quickly broken.

"What? Two silver coins for 100 catties of wheat, and the price has increased by 2%? Old Sharon, why don't you go grab the money?" Carl yelled with a flushed face.

Ross's face was also livid. Not only the prices of wheat, potatoes and corn have all increased by [-]%. Even if they were prepared for the price increase of grain in spring, they were surprised by the price of grain stores.

There are now more than 300 people in the village of Stan, and about 200 adult laborers, which means more than 8000 mu of land needs to be planted.This time, we plan to plant about 3500 mu of wheat, 2000 mu of corn, 2000 mu of potatoes, and 500 mu of other miscellaneous grains. The potatoes are all stored in the cellar, and there is no need to consider the issue of seeds. The other seeds are still short of one third, that is, we need to buy 6 About [-] catties of seeds.

The price has increased by 5%, which means that Ross has to pay an extra 700 silver coins, which is 7 gold coins.

7 gold coins are basically all the harvest of a family of four working hard for a year.No wonder Ross and the others looked ugly.

Ross stepped forward to examine the so-called seeds carefully. They were black, shriveled, and even had a musty smell, which made his face even more ugly.

After thinking again and again, Ross gritted his teeth and waved: "Let's go!"

Old Sharon had a troubled smile on his chubby round face, but his heart was full of joy: "Hehehe, fortunately, I learned that their village was attacked and destroyed by kobolds. Such a good opportunity should be squeezed out of them." !
Hmph, there is only one grain store here in the whole town, and I won't be able to come back obediently in a while. "

Although Karl and the others didn't understand what Rose meant, they didn't question it but followed Rose out of the grain store.

After a while, Ross led the team to a building that looked simple but beautiful and full of holiness.

"The Temple of the Goddess of Agriculture?" The militiamen unconsciously lowered their footsteps. Most of them, who have been farmers all their lives, believe in the Goddess of Agriculture, hoping to have a good harvest in autumn.

When Ross walked into the Temple of the Goddess of Agriculture, he saw that in the middle of the hall, he was holding a bundle of wheat ears that had just been harvested in one hand, and a sickle in the other hand. He was wearing a statue of the goddess woven into a corolla made of various grain ears, kneeling down obediently. Come down, without any distractions, and wait for the end of the militiamen's muttered prayers.

As an atheist, Ross does not believe in any gods.

But this world is different. Although none of them have seen the so-called divine favors, manifestations, etc., they have heard a lot of legends, and they have also seen the magical magic performed by priests to turn decay into magic.At the same time, Ross also learned about the great authority of the church. Besides, in this bizarre world, there is fighting spirit and magic. One day, a god suddenly appeared in front of him, and he would not be surprised at all.

Therefore, he obediently did his superficial work, and got up after everyone finished praying.

A middle-aged priest wearing a light green priest robe appeared in front of everyone with a gentle smile: "Pious believers, faithful servants of the earth, the great goddess has heard your devout voice, your wishes will definitely come true , may you have abundant fruit this year.”

"Thank you, dear pastor." Los stepped forward and said respectfully: "We have treasures to dedicate to the goddess, and we hope to receive a gift from the great goddess!"

"Oh!" The smile on the middle-aged priest's face became even brighter, and he gently stretched out his hand and said, "Then, devout believers of the goddess, dedicate your loyalty! The goddess will grant your wish."

Los nodded, came to the goddess again, and then carefully took out a fiery red gemstone from his arms, and said loudly: "Great goddess of agriculture Demeter, your glory spreads all over the earth, to the world Bringing food, let us harvest countless fruits, and get rid of the trouble of hunger.

This is a gem I accidentally picked up while hunting. Now your loyal servant is offering you a gift, hoping to get your gift. "

The moment Ross took out the fiery red gemstone, the eyes of the middle-aged priest were deeply attracted. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind, that is, he must get it.

After all, pastors are also human beings who need to live and consume.

Hearing that Ross finished praying, the priest stepped forward to take the fiery red gemstone from Ross, and said with a bright smile: "You are the most loyal believer of the goddess, and the goddess has heard your voice. Tell me, what is your wish? What? By the way, my name is Holp."

"Hi, Pastor Holp!" Los said with a smile, "I am a devout follower of the great goddess of agriculture, Demeter, and I am also the head of the village of Stan, a hundred miles away. I hope to get 4000 acres of wheat and 3500 acres of corn. , 2000 acres of potato seeds. Of course, it would be even better if we can get a method to increase the yield or planting area of ​​licorice grass."

　Ladies and gentlemen, according to Caiye’s repeated search and verification, in the years when agriculture was backward, the only way to feed enough people was to plant more land. According to literature research, in the Tang Dynasty, adult men were required to grant 100 mu of land.The main reason is that the backward agricultural land is not as fine as it is now, and there are no processes such as fertilization, pest control, weeding, straw recycling (in situ burning), or even water irrigation, so the per capita cultivated land is 100 mu.Therefore, the per capita arable land area and output in the article, please understand~~
　　
　
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