Transcendent Noble

In Victor's territory, Bruce can always see a lot of novelties. In the beginning, he just satisfies his curiosity, just check it out. Now, Bruce is watching, asking, and listening with a learning attitude, because this is his task, and he is also a lord.

"Victor, do these farmers grow sweet potatoes?" Bruce pointed to the farmer not far away and asked in surprise.

Even if farming is no longer accessible, Bruce knows that arable land is extremely precious, especially these arable land close to the water source should be full of crops. Here, he saw the farmer continuously bury the round sweet potato into the deep hole. Bruce felt that although the sweet potato was edible, there was no need to occupy fertile farmland.

Victor nodded said with a smile: "It is indeed sweet potato. If it weren't for you to send 500,000 pounds of seeds, I will plant all sweet potato here."

The seeds are not enough. Bruce said apologetically, "Victor, we don’t have enough seeds. We can only give you 500,000 pounds this year. I’m afraid we won’t even be able to sell you food in the next few years. Fortunately, your population is small, so plant some land. Potatoes should be able to meet the needs of the people."

Victor expressed his understanding that life in the York family is not easy. After all, they have a population of 120,000. Sylvia can squeeze 500,000 pounds of seeds to him. Tried my best. However, if Sylvia can send him seeds, Victor can give her a big surprise.

"Bruce, how much arable land do you have? How many acres of barley can you plant this year?" Victor asked.

“At least 400,000 acres of arable land can be reclaimed from my territory. This year I plan to reclaim 40,000 acres of arable land first, because I only get 1 million pounds of seeds, and I can plant about 10,000. I plan to plant alfalfa and raise cattle and sheep."

After Bruce was promoted to Great Knight, he was conferred as Baron and owned more than 7,000 square kilometers of land. Bruce is very satisfied with his territory. The black river runs through the entire territory. Not only can he build castles along the banks of the river, but he can also cultivate hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land. Although Bruce is now clinking poorly and there are more than 4,000 people under his hands to discuss life, the family will support him for three years without compensation, and he will need to give back to the family after three years. This is the benefit of relying on power.

"Bruce, I suggest that you also plant 20,000 mu of sweet potato." Victor suggested.

"This, it seems that planting potato is not cost-effective to plant alfalfa. After all, the value of cattle and sheep is higher. Even if there is insufficient food, the kingdom will provide some, and we will buy some more, which is basically enough. Three Years later, we will have enough seeds and flocks of cattle and sheep. Isn’t it better?” Bruce said euphemistically. He really couldn’t understand Victor’s small population, so why insist on planting them. Valuable sweet potato.

Victor sighed, from Bruce's words, you can hear that the agricultural planning of the York family is still an inherent model. They are completely unaware of the changes brought about by the ant tide. If the York family cannot seize this rare opportunity, Victor's grand plan will not be realized.

"Bruce, you have so much land suitable for cultivation. It doesn't matter if you have a variety of 20,000 mu of potato, right?" Victor laughed and said: "A year ago, No lord knows that poisonous sweet potato can also be used as food. Although, you have tasted sweet potato, but you don’t know the true value of sweet potato.

This kind of crop has many advantages, 50 per acre of arable land can be planted. Pounds of sweet potatoes, 300 pounds of sweet potatoes can be harvested next year. Its yield is one to six, while barley is one to two.

In addition, sweet potatoes grow underground, they do not Will be pecked by birds. In fact, apart from wild boars, almost no animals will spoil the sweet potato. I have heard from the farmers that, no matter how tightly you look, about 10% of wheat will be spoiled by birds every year. To keep the harvest, the farmer must guard the wheat field at all times, otherwise the flying thieves can eat up the wheat. This may require a lot of manpower. However, the farmer does not need to care for it, and the farmer only needs to water and fertilize regularly.

Of course, sweet potatoes also have shortcomings. After all, they are slightly toxic. We humans cannot eat them for a long time. Therefore, we still need to grow barley and wheat. Besides, sweet potatoes can damage the soil power, so it needs enough More fertilizer.

These shortcomings of sweet potato are nothing compared to its high-yield and labor-saving advantages. Now, we have land, water, and farmers, which really restrict us from planting. They are seeds. In that case, why don’t you plant some sweet potatoes?"

"You’re right, anyway, I’m just idle. I’ll just plant 20,000 mu of sweet potatoes. "Bruce said with a smile. He really doesn't like sweet potatoes, but since it doesn't cost much manpower to grow sweet potatoes, it doesn't matter if you plant some.

Victor shook his head and said: "I planted this batch of field potatoes not only to supplement the lack of food, but to breed. In three years, I will plant 100,000 mu of field potatoes."

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"What? So much! You just said that sweet potatoes will damage the soil? Victor, I suggest you plant alfalfa better, cattle and sheep are wealth. Sometimes, cattle and sheep can even be used directly Kinsall used it." Bruce was taken aback and quickly persuaded.

Victor didn’t explain, he just said: "Go, I'll take you to a place."

Bruce followed Victor in a confused manner. After a short while, he saw a Large sheds. Before Bruce approached, he heard the grunt of a wild boar from the shed. There are large and small wild boars in the shed, almost hundreds of them. Bruce couldn't help asking in surprise: "Are you still raising wild boars in captivity?"

"The taste is a bit big."

Since awakening the Wind Travel innate talent of the Moon Elf, Victor's five senses have changed. He was extremely keen, and the stench from these wild boars made him a little intolerable.

After using X-3 to reduce the smell, Victor said: "The wild boar is not as valuable as cattle and sheep, but it eats almost everything, oak fruit, worms, termites, sea buckthorn fruit, blue core grass, these Things that are useless to us can be used as food for wild boars. Raising a wild boar can produce about 500 pounds of meat and lard a year, while a sheep provides up to more than 100 pounds of lamb, and it takes three years for cattle. Can be slaughtered, but only about a thousand pounds of beef. You said that raising pigs is not worthwhile?"

"Victor, I can't agree with you."

Bruce shook his head. "Cowhide, beef tendon, and sheepskin are more valuable than meat, not to mention that cows and sheep produce milk. As for wild boars, our York family knows them too well. They don’t need to be raised at all. They are everywhere in the wild. You may not know that the lord will generally allow The people hunt wild boars in the territory. As for the nobles like us, it doesn’t matter if you eat wild boar occasionally, but if you eat more, you lose your status. If you keep all the wild boars in captivity now, your leader might think you are stingy. Lord, after all, wild boar is the main source of meat for the leader."

In the territory, all resources, including wild boar, are the property of the lord. Bruce mistakenly thought that Victor kept pigs in captivity to prevent the leader from poaching. This behavior can be called harsh government.

Victor frowned, he really hasn't thought about this issue. Until now Victor’s leaders exchange labor for work points, and use work points for food, which is equivalent to eating a big pot of rice. But whether they are vassals, leaders, or free people, they all want private property. The reason why the leaders are willing to eat a big pot of rice is because they are in the system of exchanging work points for land, and Victor's current subordinates are not members of the work point system or alchemy militia. The problem is that the work-point system has been closed, what about the later free citizens? When they saw that Victor even raised wild boars in captivity, would they still want to stay and settle down?

"Bruce, I think raising wild boars is the best choice."

Victor decided to put this issue aside, and first recommended his farming system to Bruce, "You pay attention After the ant tide, all the beasts of Centaur Hills will be lost, only a group of wild boars are left. These wild boars have no natural enemies, and they will be overwhelmed before long. At that time, do you think the leader will still Can you collect berries and wild vegetables in the wild?"

Bruce was stunned. He was no stranger to the sources of food for the leaders. In addition to planting crops and animal husbandry, hunting and gathering accounted for a large part. . When the green and yellow do not pick up, the leaders usually need to collect various wild fruits, nuts, mushrooms and wild vegetables for food. However, these important wild crops are also the food of the wild boar. If the wild boar eats all these, what will the leader do? Can't eat pork all at once, right? Moreover, wild boars are fierce and not easy to kill. There are not a few hunters who die under the fangs of wild boars every year.

"Bruce, if wild boars are left alone, they will not only eat up wild crops, but also threaten the survival of yellow sheep and short-tailed deer. A few years later, there will be only wild boars in the wild in Centaur Hills. . So, before the wild boars are infested, we have to control the number of wild boars. Now, you have two choices, either kill the wild boars or raise the wild boars in captivity."

"My choice is to raise wild boars in captivity. Uncontrolled wild boars are harmful animals, and captive wild boars are precious treasures. These wild boars can turn what we don’t eat into meat that we can eat. The dung of wild boars is a very good fertilizer, which can increase food production. Without wild boars in the wild, delicious yellow goats and boar deer will increase, wild fruits and wild vegetables will increase, and people who go out to gather and hunt will be safer. I grow so many sweet potatoes just to raise more wild boars. "

"Bruce, if I manage the territory according to my method, the total amount of food will increase by at least three times." Victor said impassionedly.

"Are the cows and sheep no longer raised? Without cowhide, we can't make leather armor! It's not enough to produce food." It took a long time for Bruce to draw from the scene drawn by Victor. Woke up, said slowly.

Victor said with a smile: "Bruce, after the ant plague, are there any beasts in the territory? Of course cattle and sheep can graze in the wild!"

Bruce eyes shined, blurted out: "Yeah! Why didn't I expect! Victor, you really are a different yellow sheep!"

"Me? Yellow sheep?!"

Bruce laughed embarrassingly, Edwin's evaluation was explained to Victor again.

Victor shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Edwin's metaphor is really vivid." Then he said resolutely: "In a few years, the wild beast will eventually come back. So, I plan to build it in the wild. Settlements, let people specialize in herding cattle and sheep. As for the problem of water sources, it can also be solved. I plan to use blue bricks to build reservoirs to collect rainwater for use in the settlements. As long as there is no drought, the settlements’ drinking water problems can be satisfied. ."

"Wait! What did you say? Reservoir? Settlement?" Bruce asked excitedly.

Victor knows the reason for Bruce's excitement. The water source is the key factor that restricts human production activities. Some territories are very large but can only feed a few thousand people because of insufficient water sources. Digging pits to store water is nothing new, but the water in the pits can easily seep into the ground and cannot store water for a long time. But a pool made of blue bricks can do just that. However, it is wishful thinking to rely on the reservoir to expand the village.

Victor explained the characteristics of the blue brick cistern carefully to Bruce, and said: "The rainwater collected in the cistern is only enough for cattle and sheep to drink, and there is no way to grow the land."

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"It's a shame." Bruce first regretfully shook the head, and exhilarated: "However, it's good to be able to graze cattle and sheep."

Victor was overjoyed in his heart, as long as York The family tasted the sweetness of the cistern and would not reject his proposal.

"Bruce, I have a treasure to give to Sylvia." Victor mysterious said with a smile.

Bruce saw a wooden tool shaped like a huge bow with a plow made of iron essence on the bottom of the wooden tool. He asked suspiciously: "This is a plow?"

"Yes, this is the plough I designed." Victor nodded and said

Victor had seen his farmer plowing the land, and they used a bull power hook plow to plow the land. He only saw the farmer driving his cattle, ploughing horizontally and again vertically, only to plow a shallow layer of soil. Victor's face turned black at the time. Even people who can't cultivate the land only deeply cultivate the importance of careful cultivation. It's a hell that shallow cultivation like this can produce grain. From then on, Victor wanted to build a split plow, but what happened later prevented him from taking care of it. Until now, Victor has built a new plough.

"This kind of plowing can double the yield of food!"

Bruce is gone. When he came, he brought 500,000 pounds of wheat seeds, and when he left, he hugged the plough that Victor gave him, and 12 sheepskin reels, which recorded Victor's entire agricultural production system in detail. Bruce regarded it as a treasure.

Actually, even if Bruce does not come, Victor will sell his ideas to the York family because Victor has a grand plan to build a huge water conservancy project.

After the ant plague, the Human Race group of fish on the Jinshui River bank was severely damaged. Without the interference of murlocs, it was a good time to excavate the artificial river. But building such a huge project requires at least tens of thousands of laborers. Victor does not have so many manpower. When he has so many manpower, the murloc has already recovered. So, Victor is hitting the idea of ​​the York family.

There are 120,000 people in York's family, but it is hard to imagine that people who are busy gathering food all day will have time to complete such a project, not to mention that they have to build three fortresses. Therefore, if you want to liberate productivity, you must first fill the stomachs of the people, so that they don't worry about food. Only in this way can these ordinary persons perform miracles.

Victor is not going to tell the York family of plans in advance, and speaking with facts is more convincing than anything else. When the leaders of the York family were liberated from the fields, they almost impossible to reject the plan to build an artificial river. This artificial river can irrigate tens of millions of acres of arable land, and Victor will be the first beneficiary. By that time, his territory will be enough to feed 200,000 people.

Victor took a sip of purple cane wine. He calculated that the project should start in four years. If it is later, the murloc will be a big trouble.

"Maybe we should send someone to continue shooting those cute murlocs now"