Transcendent Noble

"Do you really plan to grow thorny kidney beans?"

Victor arrived at Rose Manor yesterday afternoon. He informed Sylvia of his experience during this time, including the introduction of thorny kidney beans Things. It's just that the two of them won't be better than the newlyweds, and they have a lingering relationship, and there is no time to talk about the strategic adjustment of Centaur Hills. Until now, Sylvia started to talk about the thorny kidney bean.

"Centaur Hills is short of food. Kidney beans are a high-yield crop with a yield of 3000 pounds per mu. Why are you so disgusted with kidney beans?" Victor asked puzzledly.

"Didn't you knowingly ask?" Sylvia glared at him, and said angrily: "Kidney beans occupy precious farmland, and the crops can only be distributed to the refugees for free. Who is the territory? Master? We? Or the refugees?"

"Of course it is us!" Victor said with his jaw head: "According to the usual practice, all resources in the territory belong to the lord, and the thorny kidney bean is no exception. The thorn I planted Kidney beans are my property. Even if it’s not easy to preserve, I sell it to the refugees at a low price. Can’t it?"

"That’s right. As usual, the leaders donate food that is about to go bad to the church. Don’t let the food go to waste. The free people in the south central region of the kingdom are accustomed to enjoying free kidney beans. No matter how low the price you set, they will not pay to buy them. They will only wait for the church to come forward for relief.” Sylvia sighed, helplessly Said: "The reality is like this. Planting thorny kidney beans takes up farmland and pastures and harms the interests of our lord."

Sylvia's attitude towards thorny kidney beans is the same as that of other lords. This reminds Victor of the history textbook in the middle school. "Sheep cannibalism" movement.

In Europe from the 15th to the 17th centuries, with the discovery of a new continent, the opening of new routes, and the success of global shipping, the British foreign trade grew year by year, which further stimulated the development of the wool industry. Wool prices rose rapidly by 300%, and sheep breeding became a lucrative industry. Often 10 acres of pasture yield more than 20 acres of arable land. The British feudal aristocracy began to occupy land and convert farmland to pasture, causing a large number of tenant farmers to lose their jobs. Landless farmers moved away from their homes, or wandered everywhere, and fell into an extremely miserable situation.

However, the enclosure movement conforms to the historical trend and is inevitable. The feudal lord pursued the profit of the wool trade, abolished the inefficient open-field system, rode sheep in enclosures, opened a large number of factories in the cities, and the land-lost peasants concentrated in the cities and became workers, while the feudal aristocrats completed the primordial accumulation of capital and turned into capitalists. . In the end, a sun never sets empire that dominates the world was created.

The human world where Victor lives is lagging in productivity, insufficient food, and poor trade. It is still a million miles apart from the big industry. Although the existing productivity of the foreign world is not enough to promote the transformation of production relations, the essence of the lord group's pursuit of interests is the same.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the refugees have no sense of belonging to the territory and kingdom. In the eyes of the lord, the refugees are indispensable, but also not their own people. Planting thorny kidney beans raises outsiders and damages oneself. Not to mention that the lord is unwilling, and the people in the family will also strongly oppose it.

However, Victor did not have time to slowly cultivate vassals and leaders. Based on objective conditions, he abandoned the pure vassal system and changed it to supporters, facilitators and supporters, and land leases System combined with human employment. In the rental employment system, refugees can also be transformed into supporters, and the cultivation of high-yield kidney beans is an important part of this strategy.

"My dear, planting kidney beans may not directly make profits for the family, but its hidden value is inestimable!"

"Well, I’m listening."

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Sylvia looks expectantly at her lover, Victor always surprises her.

Victor thought for a moment and said, "I call agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and gathering industries the primary industry. Mining industry, handicraft industry, construction industry and manufacturing industry are called secondary industries. The primary industry lays the foundation for the secondary industry, which means that the primary industry can be developed first before the secondary industry can be developed, thereby creating more value. Although thorny kidney beans are not valuable, they can promote the development of the secondary industry..."

"Wait! Sylvia blinked her charming eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't understand!" Can you make it simple? "

"Uh...well. "Victor tried to speak in a more straightforward way, "For example, there are 150,000 people in my territory. Because of the low food production in the territory, 140,000 people are needed for farming, gathering, animal husbandry, fishing and hunting. Now, I grow high-yielding kidney beans. As long as 70,000 people are engaged in food production, 150,000 people can be supported. The remaining 80,000 people can be engaged in mining, smelting, weaving, making woodware, repairing roads and castles. Can make armaments, receive military training, and improve the battle strength of the army. "

"Yes, planting kidney beans will reduce the number of cattle and sheep and the output of wheat, but I can make up for the loss by selling wood, green bricks, textiles and ironware. Because I have a large number of craftsmen, I can purchase raw materials such as hides, minerals, and wood, process them into commodities, and then sell them. I am using resources from other territories to create wealth. Is this more cost-effective than starting a war and opening up territories? "

"On the other hand, thorny kidney beans are provided to freelance workers for free. Freelance workers have saved money, so they always have to buy living supplies, right? I sold living supplies to freelance workers, did their money return to my hands? As long as I slightly increase the price of daily necessities, the seemingly free kidney beans also bring me benefits. "

Victor said with a smile: "Actually, I planted kidney beans not only did not harm the interests of the family, but also trained a large number of craftsmen, built many villages, roads and castles, forged sophisticated armaments, armed More troops. This is how the primary industry promotes the secondary industry. "

The political and economic theories familiar to modern people are all new to Sylvia. In fact, it’s no wonder that the church and the Knight aristocrats have only one core strategy, which is to defeat the orcs and regain the fertile north. Wilderness.

In order to compete for living space, the church has spared no effort to implement limited internal fighting and unanimously guide the outside world. For thousands of years, this kind of thinking has penetrated into all strata of the human world, even if Dodian was taken by the Sasan Empire. The beating blood nose and swollen face did not dare to cut off the trade channel to Sasan.

Under the pressure of the orcs, the Knight aristocrats were normally busy polishing the Battle Qi, multiplying the bloodline, training elite soldiers, and promoting bravery. Spirit. Scholar aristocrats concentrated on architecture, monster studies, and forge studies. Common people are good at building houses and can build a castle in a few months. Therefore, in this low-productivity world, humans can build The magnificent fortress, the manufacture of heavy military crossbows with a range of 400 meters, and the equipment of various alloys emerge in an endless stream, while philosophy, sociology, political economics, and vital agricultural and animal husbandry sciences have stagnated and hardly developed.

Archbishop Lazarus once told Victor that as long as the northern wilderness is knocked down, any new agricultural and pastoral system is not worth mentioning! As a scholar Master, the Duke of Wellington has already touched the edge of the division of labor in society, and decisively retracted it. Get rid of all the thorny kidney beans in the territory. From this we can see how much the thought of military priority has an impact on human society. Of course, this is also because the human kingdom is in danger of being broken by the orcs, and humans have no room for compromise.

Sylvia is a leader of the human elite, but she is also limited by aristocratic education. How to understand the theory of social division of labor, she almost was bypassed by Victor. However, Sylvia, after all, possesses wisdom that is difficult for ordinary people, and soon discovered The fallacy.

"The Duke of Wellington did what you said. But the Wellington family is trying to get rid of kidney beans, but due to the pressure of the church, it has not been able to implement it for a long time. "Sylvia looked at Victor suspiciously, and asked: "The Duke of Wellington has always hoped that someone will take over the stab of kidney beans. You will not be deceived by him, will you?" "

Victor nodded said: "Walking through the Duke of Wellington, I found that the roads there are flat and wide, the fortress is majestic, there are many craftsmen, and the agriculture, animal husbandry and manual manufacturing are very developed. Vestok City is no less prosperous than Blinol City, the capital city. "Facing Sylvia, Victor said: "With Kidney Beans, we have plenty of manpower to build fortresses and water conservancy projects. Aren't these all what Centaur Hills is desperately lacking? Isn't the introduction of population a strategy that we have formulated? "

Sylvia said flatly: "We need population, but we don't need to spin kidney beans!" "

"Facts have proved that growing thorny kidney beans is a mistake by the Wellington family. "

"Free food attracted a large number of refugees to flock to the south central region to make a living. They depended on the Duke of Wellington. Expand the planting area of ​​kidney beans, reduce pasture and farmland. Otherwise they will import food. "

"The Wellington family does have many craftsmen. They use their own wood, ore, and leather to process goods, consuming territorial resources, but the profits are made by caravans. As for purchasing raw materials and processing goods. Hehe, other families are not fools, the prices of raw materials are very high, and the Wellington family has almost no profit at all. "

"The Wellington family is supporting the refugees for the church, sharing the population pressure for the Royal Family, producing goods for the Chamber of Commerce, and earning profits from mining and logging for other lords. Stabbing kidney beans made them the laughingstock of the nobility circle. I don't want to repeat the same mistakes. Sylvia said seriously: "My dear, I don't want to force you. But you have to understand that we are one, the refugees are pouring into the Randal collar, and I'm impossible to sit back and watch! In fact, even with water conservancy projects, our arable land is very precious. After all, this is a hilly area, not a plain in the south central region! "

"So, I don't allow you to grow thorny kidney beans! "

"This is why I didn't act without authorization. "

In any case, Victor is the lord of the Centaur Hills family. If you really want to put aside Sylvia and treat yourself as an independent lord, that is definitely a good idea. Victor must convince himself before promoting Kidney Beans. Backer.

"My dear, I have already told you the benefits of growing kidney beans. As for its drawbacks... Didn’t you find that the thorny kidney bean is completely suitable for the situation of Centaur Hills? "

Sylvia moved in her heart and said, "Wild boar? "

Victor said with a smile: "Yes, kidney beans cannot be fed to cattle and sheep, but they can be fed to pigs and can also be eaten by civilians. "

"The potato leaves can also raise pigs, so there is no need to waste farmland. "Sylvia slowly shook her head.

"Who said he would take up farmland? "Victor explained with a smile: "The thorny kidney bean itself is a shrub, it can be planted on the hills! "

Sylvia's thoughts turned, and she sighed: "You must have considered the whole thing, don't sell it. "

The jade finger taken on the tender meat of the waist rib, Victor obediently and honestly confessed, "I plan to cultivate terraces on the hills and plant thorny kidney beans." Due to watering, the yield of thorny kidney beans will definitely decrease, but it will not occupy arable land. In addition, I have reached an agreement with Schultz Baron to exchange charcoal for green bricks. Even if the bushes on the hills are shoveled, there is no need to worry about fuel shortage. "

"As for the problem of the influx of refugees caused by kidney beans, it is not because kidney beans are free, but because the church dominates the relief. "

"It is true. Sylvia agreed.

In fact, if it were not for the church to use the donated kidney beans to help the refugees and gain faith, how could the Wellington family charge a small fee from the displaced workers. The farmers on Earth would rather Dumping milk, drowning millions of live pigs, burning more than 50,000 acres of cotton and not helping the poor. Isn’t it just to stabilize prices and avoid bankruptcy?

"So, as long as I leave the church aside, I can solve this problem! "

Victor held the catkins around his waist, and said righteously: "I want to grow thorny kidney beans, and they are also provided for free to migrants and hired workers as a wild resource!" "

Sylvia's blue eyes were full of colors, and she sighed: "Victor, you really are a genius!" "

The thorny kidney beans are planted on the hills as a wild resource and belong to the lord. However, Victor stated that this wild crop is free for people to eat, so it does not need to be harvested and stored, and naturally cannot be donated to the church. Since kidney beans have been provided to the people for free, the church has nothing to say. However, the freelance labor unions in the villages resolutely resist the refugees from collecting kidney beans on the hills. That belongs to them! The church can coax and pester the lord. , Is there any way to protect freelance workers’ spontaneous behavior?

On the surface, Victor gave the thorn beans to the freelance workers. In fact, the freelance workers are under the control of the village head, and the village head Listen to the lord’s arrangement. Victor has the final say on whether the kidney beans are used to raise pigs or raise people.

The church has no way to organize large-scale relief, and free people will not flood into Randal on a large scale. Population. The scale of the flow is still under Victor's control. In this way, the drawbacks of the kidney beans are completely solved, and the benefits are undoubtedly highlighted.

"Hehe, the Duke of Wellington is in your hands. "

Sylvia smiled happily, Victor said: "My dear, you agree?" "

"Of course! "Sylvia offered a sweet kiss and said: "You let go and do it, I support you!" "

"What about the other lords?" "

"Well, let's see the effect first! "

Victor shook his head and laughed. He knew that Sylvia would not promote kidney beans in other territories. The Randal leader has always been a test field for the York family. Only successful experience will be introduced. Failure attempts are Victor's business. This also reflects the differences between the two sides in the strategy of the large army.

Victor planted kidney beans to recruit soldiers from the free population and form a large-scale professional army. The York family did not approve of this plan. They believe that the traditional defensive tactics constructed by fortresses, knights, elite soldiers, and militias are sufficient to withstand Ant-Man’s attacks. Freedmen can act as labor, but they cannot be expected to defend their territories.

Reversing ideas is not a matter of overnight. And Victor can't be sure whether the big Legion battle is really suitable for this world.

"Okay. I will try the seed at Randal first. "Victor shrugged bladder.

"Plant thorny kidney beans as soon as possible. "Sylvia's attitude has changed 180 degrees, she said: "Next year, I will mobilize 20,000 young people to build the southern fortress, plus Finikse 10,000 people, a total of more than 30,000 people. My logistics pressure will be very high, I hope you can help me share the supply of 20,000 people. "

"I see. "Victor nodded said: "I will sell you kidney beans at a low price. "

"How about free?" ! "Sylvia said angrily.

"I gave you 150,000 gold Thor! Purple cane wine is also given to you, and as a result, I have to pay 20,000 annuities every year! Are you also helping me share a little fine? Victor complained repeatedly.

"The purple cane wine is not for you. The green wheat supplied to you accounts for 50% of Randal's food consumption! "Sylvia refuse to yield an inch.

"It is now 30%, and the population of Randal has reached 12,000. Moreover, the value of purple cane wine is far greater than that of green wheat. "Victor will compare the baht and baht.

"Sophia made the profit of the purple cane wine. She took my purple cane wine in Naville to call the wind and summon the rain, and also matched it with the Barbarian tribe. relation. I ask you, whose wife is Sophia? Who should you call for the fine? "Sylvia started to make strong words.

"What does Sophia have to do with me?" She ran to the Borui Kingdom and saw her lover. Can I ask her for money? "Victor is indignant.

Sylvia both hands crossed near chest, frigid irony and scorching satire said: "Hehe, isn't the 150,000 goldsor you gave me a gift from Sophia?" Can you have 150,000 Kingsor by yourself? "

Victor was speechless and dumbfounded. He understood that Sylvia is a Spiritual God Knight and a woman. As long as she is a woman, don't expect her to be reasonable.

" Sophia’s trip to the Borui Kingdom has another secret. It’s said to be related to Barbarian, but there is no conclusive information..."

Seeing Victor unhappy, Sylvia thought he hadn’t forgotten his emotions, so comforted, but Sophia must go to Andre. , She finally had nothing to say.

Victor spread his hands unfathomable mystery, and said innocently: "It's none of my business! "