Transcendent Noble

The priest guards the party. His responsibilities include organizing believers to pray, providing medical security, relief to the people, assisting the lord to destroy the monster, comforting the hired workers to work hard, supervising the behavior of the nobles and vassals, In the event of a disaster, they also organize the evacuation of the people.

There is a saying among the lords and nobles: There can be no steward in my territory, and there must be no priests!

there's no free meal in the world. Another job of the priest is to collect eleven taxes.

The Glory Code clearly stipulates that the Eleventh Tax has the highest priority and is sacred and inviolable. The priest did not hesitate to collect taxes, and a copper Sol was indispensable. The lord may be able to fool the king's tax officer, but he can never hide it from the priest. In fact, most lords themselves did not know how much income the territory had, but the priest knew very well how much food was harvested this year, how much minerals were mined, and how much trade profits were made. Of course, with the guarantee of the Glory Code, the priest will definitely not overreport, and the lord will even ask the priest to verify the income of the territory to verify whether there is corruption.

At the beginning, the lord was also very distressed. Gradually, when they found that the income of the territory was decreasing, the priest jumped up and down anxiously. In order to increase tax revenue, the garrison priest will spare no effort to help the lord to generate income. For example, the Green Shale led by Schultz Baron is a typical example of the priest helping the lord to generate income. If an epidemic occurs in livestock in the territory, the priest will use the resources of the church to provide corresponding solutions. They also provide mineral smelting technology, oil wood planting and extraction methods, etc. Some of these technologies are inventions of the church, and some plagiarize other lords. .

The new agriculture and animal husbandry have achieved remarkable results. The church has mastered the plow and deep plowing planting methods, but the wild boar breeding technology does not yet have the conditions for promotion. Pierot is determined to participate in the magnificent construction of Centaur Hills Changing the Heaven and Switching the Earth. He must first evaluate the output of Centaur Hills Diocese in the next few years and predict the income of the Eleventh Tax before the church can provide financial support based on his report. The greater the potential of Centaur Hills to pay the Eleventh Tax, the greater the support of the church. Pig raising is an important source of income for Centaur Hills. Of course, Pierot has to examine the breeding situation of wild boar in detail.

When he arrived at the farm, Miller declined the steward’s company and took Pierot and the others around the pigsty.

This wild boar farm is far away from Flatlake Town and is built on the east bank of Yinyue River, covering an area of ​​more than 300 acres. Today, the wind is blowing to the west. Standing outside the farm, I don’t feel anything. When I walk inside, I can’t avoid the smelly smell. Bishop Pierot doesn’t care about the smelly pig manure. These things can They were all the farmer's treasures, and he looked at the wild boars in the house with interest.

The pig houses built of green bricks are closely connected, each about 20 square meters in size, with 5 fat round boars crowded inside, lying or lying down, appearing very lazy. Only when the farmer's cart is passing by, they will get up and arch to the trough, waiting eagerly for the feed from the sky. The wild boars buried their heads in the trough and ate a lot. The three farmers walked into the house and began to clean the pig dung.

Bishop Pierot asked with some concern: "Wild boars are fierce, will they be in danger when they enter? I'm afraid these blue brick pig pens can't withstand the collision of wild boars, right? Why not use iron oak fences?"

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"In the beginning, someone was injured, but such accidents rarely happen now." Miller nodded, explained: "These wild boars are second-generation captive pigs. After castration, there are not many wild animals anymore. They are used to living in captivity and will not easily attack the breeder or destroy the pig house. They eat and sleep every day, and they are lazy pigs."

"Use blue bricks to build pig houses. The main purpose is to prevent fire. Although the iron oak fence is strong, if it catches fire, the entire farm will suffer. Moreover, the iron oak will rot, and the breeding worms will attract wild boars to eat the fence."

Pierot's face Somewhat weird, he shook his head and said: "If other nobles knew that Randal used blue bricks to build pigsties, what would they think?"

"Don't worry about this, Randal leads the production of blue bricks of different specifications and styles. It is divided into bricks for nobles, bricks for vassals, bricks for civil servants, and low-grade bricks. Low-grade bricks are specially used to build animal stables and stables. These all are low-grade bricks." Miller said with a smile.

Pierot froze for a moment, and sighed: "The Wimbledon family is worthy of a commercial aristocracy. Such an ingenious method, Viscount Randal can also come up with it."

paused, he asked again "How many pigs are there in this farm? How many pigs have been adopted by Randal?"

"There are more than 6000 pigs raised here. There are 4 farms of this size, and there are also free-range farms that hire workers. The wild boar... Randal has almost 30,000 pigs." Miller replied.

"How come there are so many? It's impossible to catch all the wild boars led by Randal, right?" Even though he was mentally prepared, Pierot was taken aback.

"Female wild boars give birth to two births a year, each of which is about ten. Male wild boars have the habit of feeding offspring. Therefore, there will be no more than 20,000 wild boars living in the wild. Nowadays, wild boars are raised in separate captives. Most piglets can survive." Miller said: "The Randal Family is going to expand the breeding scale of domestic pigs to 60,000 in three years."

"Domestic pigs?"

"en." Miller nodded said: "My lord, you see that these wild boars have lost their wildness. Viscount Randal thinks they can no longer be called wild boars, they should be called domestic pigs. Master Edwin also thinks that wild boars are being domesticated, just Like wolves being domesticated into hunting dogs, wild boars will also change. These domestic pigs will be bred for several generations, and they will be significantly different from ordinary wild boars, such as reduced mane, degeneration of fangs, delicious laziness, and grows very fast. , And it’s easier to get sick."

"It should be called a pig."

Pierot is also a scholar himself. He agrees with Edwin’s point of view, but he also considered another one question.

"Domestic pigs have a lot of food, can Randal be able to raise 60,000 pigs?"

"The food of big pigs is amazing, and the food of small pigs is far less than that of big pigs. These domestic pigs can grow to about 300 pounds in 10 months and are slaughtered every 10 months, so that they will not grow too large, so that 60,000 pigs can be raised."

Miller Secretly sighed, his power is like a sea like a sea, no more than the original pope, but no divine technique can change food, let alone raise 60,000 pigs, Victor has solved this problem casually. And Randal led the various achievements that made Miller feel a sense of supremacy towards Victor's wisdom.

Actually, Victor can completely expand the breeding scale of live pigs to 300,000 or even 500,000, but it is not a joke that the pigs are cheap and hurt the farmers. Randal’s natural resources can raise up to 200,000 live pigs. If this number is exceeded, additional pig feed will be produced. This will increase the cost of pig breeding. Taking into account the consumption of pork by civilians, the entire Centaur Hills cannot blindly expand pig breeding. Scale, otherwise you will lose money.

Victor pursues the maximization of profits. He does not raise pigs for the purpose of letting refugees and hired workers have cheap meat, let alone donate it to the church stupidly. Victor wants to plunder other families' wealth through the pork trade to ensure the operation of Alchemy Tower.

Victor told Duke York: raising pigs is to make money. I would rather migrant workers have no meat to eat than let them eat meat for nothing.

The Duke greatly appreciated this view, and the vassal lord of the York family also believed in Victor's ability, and the pig-raising enthusiasm of Centaur Hills dropped.

However, the number of domestic pigs Randal led Bishop Pierot was very surprised, and he began to calculate the pork output Randal led.

The weight of these domestic pigs is not as good as the 400-pound wild boar, but they are slaughtered once every 10 months! One year and 16 months, two years and 32 months. If calculated based on the current 30,000 domestic pigs, Randal will slaughter 90,000 pigs in two years, no less than 45,000 pigs per year! The average body weight of domestic pigs is 300 pounds, minus the inedible part, each domestic pig can provide 240 pounds of meat. The annual pork production of the Randal Family is at least 10 million pounds.

The eleven tax that the Randal Family will pay next year will definitely be 1 million pounds of pork! How much pork does the entire Centaur Hills have to pay?

Bishop Pierot was shocked by his conclusion, and by the way, the expressions of the fat pig became more scorching.

After visiting every pig house and asking many questions, Bishop Pierot reluctantly left the pig farm.

In the windy season, autumn is high and fresh, and the fields are sun shone brightly, warm and pleasant. Without the peculiar smell of pig dung, Bishop Pierot couldn't help taking a deep breath. At this time, a team of carriage drove in at a swift speed, and the raised smoke flooded Bishop Pierot standing on the side of the road. Father Miller, who was covered in dirt, pointed at the convoy and yelled at him, but Pierot grabbed his arm and stammered and asked: "The carriage is...the thorn...the thorn tree?! Randal wants to plant it. Prickly kidney beans!? Right?"

"These bastards are so shameless!" Miller graciously dusted the bishop, muttering, "I don't know the sapling on the carriage, I heard it's Wellington. The crops that the Duke gave to the Viscount Randal have been transported by the team every day, and it has already been half a month. These coachmen rushed and they were not afraid of breaking their horse legs!"

"That's right! They are worried that the thorny saplings will die!" Pierot was ecstatic and couldn't wait to laugh three times to express his feelings at the moment.

The lack of food is a key factor leading to infighting among lords. The total arable land of the southern kingdoms is more than twice that of the Sasan Empire, and the food production is only 70% of that of the Sasan Empire. This is not because the land in the south is not fertile enough, but Sasan Empire can grow high-yielding green wheat.

The green wheat in the north matures every 6 months. As long as the fields are cultivated and fertilized for two months, two crops a year can be ensured, and there is a yield of 600 pounds per mu. The southern spelt wheat yield is no more than 450 pounds per mu, and it has to be cultivated for one year, which means that only 50 million mu of arable land of 100 million acres are planted with wheat each year. The worst is the 12-month growth period of southern wheat.

Forget about the low yields, or rotation farming. What can you eat for eight or nine months of green and yellow? Therefore, Lingmin is very dependent on the natural resources of the territory.

Under normal circumstances, a village controls 300 square kilometers of land. There are thousands of villagers on the rich territory, while there may be only 4 to 500 villagers in the barren territory. In order to protect the natural resources of the territory, these villagers often have fierce conflicts with the refugees. In order to obtain more territories, wars will also break out between lords, which has now evolved into a kingdom-to-kingdom war.

The church and the lords have been trying to solve the problem of the lack of green and yellow. They cultivated many crops, including rye, lentils, kidney beans, etc., but the results were not satisfactory until the Wellington family cultivated the thorny kidney beans.

Although the water content of the thorny kidney bean is high, its yield is surprisingly high. The yield per mu reaches an astonishing 3,000 pounds, and the five-month continuous picking period perfectly solves the problem of the lack of green and yellow. However, the almost zero economic benefit made the lords avoid this high-yield crop.

El Kingdom is the largest plantation of kidney beans. As more and more free people flood into El Kingdom, they don’t grow anymore. The church even promulgated an instructor to prohibit free people from entering El Kingdom to earn a living. Of course, the reason is sound-sounding and impeccable.

The church tried to persuade the lord to plant thorny kidney beans, but no one bought it. They gradually realized that unless all the lords planted thorny kidney beans, no one would grow it. If the church has this ability, it might as well let the lords sit down and talk about peaceful reunification.

In any case, Randal's willingness to grow kidney beans makes Bishop Pierot extremely happy, which means more population and more believers.

"How many acres of kidney beans does Viscount Randal plan to plant?" Pierot happily asked.

"This...I don't know." Miller explained with some embarrassment: "These thorny kidney beans are grown on the hills. It is difficult to count how many acres there are now."

"Plant on the hills?" Pierot thought for a while, and asked: "The cultivated land is saved...then the wild resources on the hills are gone? No villagers object?"

"No one is against!" Miller said with a smile: "The giant brick kiln consumes a lot of firewood every day, and many hills have been chopped down to bald hills. Viscount Randal publicly stated that he wants to plant this crop in those bald hills. The above is a wild resource for villagers to use at will."

"Master Randal is really a kind and generous lord!"

"..." Bishop Pierot was silent and his face was clear. It turns cloudy.

Relief to the people has always been an important means for the church to harvest faith. Half a piece of moldy brown bread and a thin bowl of porridge may be able to create a devout believer. The effect of large-scale relief is particularly good, but large-scale relief cannot be organized regularly with the financial resources of the church. Thain bishop organizes large-scale relief with the kidney beans of the lord of south central region every year, and is praised by the church every year. Now, it's finally his turn, Viscount Randal actually gave the thorny kidney beans to the villagers!

Although most of the villagers led by Randal are migrant workers, Pierot absolutely believes that they will feed pigs with kidney beans!

Can pigs eat more kidney beans to provide faith?

Miller’s expression of admiration fully shows that Viscount Randal’s behavior can’t fault it, but Bishop Pierot is as uncomfortable as being choked by a fly.

After thinking about it, this may be Sylvia's method, and Pierot is even more depressed. At this time, a church attendant ran over gasping for breath and shouted: "Master Miller, the people who prayed are here, and we are waiting for you to go back to preside over the service."

"My lord, this afternoon The service is about to begin. Would you like to host it yourself?" Miller bowed and asked.

"Miller, tell me, what is week?" Bishop Pierot asked sharply.

The church has strict regulations on prayer ceremony, divided into morning prayer and evening prayer. During the day, believers have to work. Those scattered prayers are completed by believers. Only when donating money, the priest will come forward. Welcome generous believers. Miller came up with an unfathomable mystery worship service, which has reached the bottom of the church.

Miller saw Master Bishop’s dignified expression, and quickly explained: "My lord, worship is evening prayer, and there are a lot of people..."

"Vesir is evening prayer, why is it called Week? Also, it's so late for evening prayer!" Pierot asked coldly, with a sullen expression.

"My lord, it is like this." Miller said: "Vs. Randal had a rule early on that people should take a day off after working for a period of time. In order to support my mission, he took 12 days. The rest day is set as Sunday, three Sundays a month. On Sunday, the people led by Randal, including vassals and nobles, must go to the church for morning and evening prayers. If someone cannot come because of work, Viscount Randal will donate 1 silver Thor each to them. Uh...the nobleman is a golden Thor."

Pierot suddenly moved. The prayer held in the church is a means of extracting Holy Power and involves the root of the power of the priest. For the church, organizing morning and evening prayers is the most important thing.

Peak Knight connects the sea of ​​elements to gain extraordinary power, and the priest connects to the Holy Power pool in the dark, and extracts the divine technique from the Holy Power pool. The Holy Power Pool is a gift from the Lord of Radiance to the priest. The priest organizes believers to pray and passes the Power of Faith to the Lord of Radiance through the church. The Lord of Radiance transforms the faith into Holy Power and injects it into the Holy Power Pool.

The first-level priest does not need to be connected to the Holy Power pool to perform the first-level divine technique within two levels, but the intermediate-level priest must be connected to the Holy Power pool to perform the level 3 or higher divine technique. The promotion of priests is also closely related to the Holy Power pool.

Level 2 Pastor gradually realizes the true meaning of doctrine by presiding over the teaching affairs. With unshakable belief and his own merits, he can go to the Church, connect to the Holy Power pool through the promotion ceremony, and obtain Level 3 The authority of the divine technique. Since the divine techniques in the Holy Power pool are arranged well, the divine techniques above Level 3 have the least burden on the priest's body, so the lifespan of the high-level priest is much longer than that of the low-level priest.

Paladin is also promoted in this way, except for Paladin, but any mid-level priest must use Holy Power in the Holy Power pool, and the Holy Power pool also has its limits. Therefore, the greater the number of believers, the more beliefs provided, the more powerful the Holy Power pool, and the more priests.

However, the Lord of Radiance only converts the faith passed by the church into Holy Power. Those believers who are far away from the church cannot increase the power of the Holy Power pool even if they pray devoutly. The church does not have so many pastors assigned to each village, but the villagers pray every day. The church had to use white crystals to collect the scattered Holy Power, and then let the high-level priest burn the divine technique in the white water crystal interior and convert it into divine technique crystals. . However, burning the divine technique crystal will shorten the lifespan of the high priest, and the white crystal will shatter after using it twice. In desperation, the church asked the pastor to gather as many believers as possible to pray in the church. In those particularly remote villages, the pastor can only go half a month in ten days, mainly to appease the believers and collect Holy Power with white crystals by the way.

Although the Sunday proposed by Viscount Randal can not completely recover the loss of faith dissipation, it greatly improves the collection efficiency of Holy Power, will also generate more devout followers, and directly affect the Holy Power pool! If it can be promoted on Sunday, it will be a grand event for the church!

Pierot forcibly calmed his excitement, and asked with a trembling voice: "The furthest village led by Randal is one day away from Flatlake Town. How can the villagers rush to Flatlake Town to attend the service?"

"Randal has a public carriage to connect each village. Villagers can take public carriages to Flatlake Town. On Sundays, the number of public carriages will also increase to ensure that every villager can get to the church in time." Miller replied road.

Bishop Pierot loudly praised: "Praise my lord, Viscount Randal is a genius who is favored by my lord!"

"Lord Randal will be bathed in the glory of our lord! Miller lowered his brows and prayed softly.

Intermediate priests must keep the secret of the Holy Power pool. All low-level priests don’t know about the existence of the Holy Power pool, and common priests will always be low-priced priests, but how can this be kept secret? Miller? Miller had already told Victor the truth about the Holy Power Pool, and that's why it was Sunday. As for the precepts of the Glory Code, what can they do? As long as Miller goes up and shouts, the pope has to kneel at his feet, but he has so great a plan that he has no time to play with the church.

Pierot's eyes light up, his thoughts are fluttering, and Miller is proud of himself. They will not know what Victor's actions have changed and what impact they will have.

The census of the migrant population, the encouragement of childbirth, the medical team, and the public carriage are all aimed at strengthening the central government’s control over the localities. Children in general are the easiest to receive centralized education. As long as Victor improves the education system, these children will grow up to become the most loyal children of the Randal Family. Belief has always been accompanied by centralized rule, which runs through the various dynasties of China. Sundays can paralyze the church and give the Randal Family time to grow.

In this way, Victor pried open the first brick of the altar of theocracy.

If you want to believe in me, I will give you the belief. The kingship and the divine power will rise and fall, and we will see the difference in twenty years.