Release that Witch Chapter 826: Agricultural Mobilization Conference

This time Months of Demons lasted for nearly five months. When the cloudy clouds dissipated and the warm sunshine appeared again over Western Region, most of the spring had passed.

An urgent task is before Roland.

That's spring plowing.

Initiating a battle to conquer Extreme Southern Region in Months of Demons, which is difficult for other forces, can save a lot of time, so that the next unified strategy can be carried out with ease, but the consumption of food is also amazing.

Because of not getting in and out, and the rapid growth of the population, the granaries in the border area have reached the bottom for the first time. Roland secretly rejoiced that the first thing after annexing Longsong Stronghold was to hand over the "Golden No. 1" seed cultivated by Leaf to Petrov and order him to force the promotion of improved crops, otherwise this Months of Demons is really bad.

Cement ships traveling between Bianyu and Longsong constitute the lifeline of First Army. A large number of wheat-ground coarse pancakes are distributed to the frontline soldiers by shipping.

So Roland held a spring ploughing meeting the day after the "Victory Day" celebration.

Not only Ministry of Agriculture, the entire City Hall, the second-level officials including Longsong region, and the divisions governor Petrov, Fallen Dragon Ridge governor Speer, have been summoned to his Neverwinter City fort. Among them, Speer Percy was directly transported by Macy. When he landed, his entire cheek was pale, and there were a few more complaints when saluting him.

The feudal lord Calvin Kant who temporarily supervised northern region was replaced by his daughter Edith and second son Kohl. I do n’t know if it was an illusion. Roland always felt that the Pearl of the Northern Lands returned from Great Snow Mountain had a brighter look and followed her The Kohl behind seemed a lot weaker, and the outfit ... was it too neutral?

Anyway, at this meeting, representatives of all parties in Greycastle have been assembled. Except for eastern region, which has not yet been subdued, and the central region where the City Hall system has not yet been established, this is basically a national qualitative congress.

He looked around the hall with satisfaction, then knocked on the table.

The crowd calmed down immediately, simultaneously set its sights on King.

"I know you must be wondering why the word combat is used on the banner," Roland said, pointing at the red cloth banner hanging on the wall behind him, "because this is a war. It is not only about this year's strategy The smooth implementation of the plan also determines the correctness of the Neverwinter rule! As early as when the refugees were attracted, I promised that as long as they were willing to work hard, there would be no hungry day. "

"I have done this for the past three years. The territory has expanded from a deserted border small town to more than half Greycastle. It does n’t make sense this year but it wo n’t be realized. citizen will only be stable if it does n’t worry about eating and drinking, so I ask everyone They all take spring ploughing seriously and complete this year ’s farming in accordance with the charter and seeding manual developed by Ministry of Agriculture. ”He paused,“ and starting this year, agricultural work will implement special assessments, including land reclamation, number of farmers and agricultural output, Will be the yardstick for measuring your suitability to be in charge! "

Looking at the blank-faced attendees, Roland can't help but raise his mouth, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand what these assessment items are. After that, Minister of Agriculture Seney will take a day to explain in detail for you. In short, if it fails to meet my requirements The standard can only show that the ability is limited and it is no longer suitable for continuing to serve in the governor. "

Everyone didn't say a word, but from the expression, they can see that they were obviously nervous.

This is exactly the effect that Roland wants. The abolition of the noble system, in addition to being able to recover the power of fief, is that territory officials are no longer a hereditary system. He didn't mind these people enjoying their rights, but he did not allow them to drag down their development plans.

The agricultural assessment is just the beginning.

Roland unveiled a curtain behind him, revealing the numbers in red capital letters below, "Other standards in the first year can be appropriately relaxed, but in terms of agricultural output, I ask you to reach this number!"

People simultaneously took a breath and breathed, "Five thousand Dendrobium?"

His response to this is not surprising. After all, according to the average level of this era, the average annual harvest of ordinary cities is about 10,000, and important towns like the old Kingdom Capital can reach 15,000. When Border Town used "Golden No. 1" for the first time, it did not receive more than 7,000 Dendrobium, which was already a shocking harvest at that time.

Of course, the actual harvest in various places is also very much related to the area of ​​farmland and the number of farmers. Unlike Border Town, which develops high-yield agriculture, big cities rely on the brutal cultivation of surrounding villages small town and tens of thousands of farmers to get so much food, so he put these two items into the assessment content.

After all, the smaller the number of farmers, the more workers the factory can accommodate.

Roland reached out to signal everyone to quiet down, "In fact, when you see experimental field of Golden No. 2, you will feel that this target is not fantasy story. After repeated testing of Leaf, the unit output of Golden No. 2 can reach more than double the number one, The ears of wheat from the field are enough to overwhelm the straw. "

This time it's Petrov's turn to exclaim, "Your Majesty ... Can it really be more than double?"

Of the foreign officials, only he was most impressed by the amazing output of Golden No. 1. In the entire Months of Demons war, Longsong region provided more than 50% of the rations for First Army, because a large amount of surplus food appeared after the replantation of Golden No. 1. Even the ordinary wheat could not support a city.

"It's true, but Golden No. 2 is not without its flaws," Roland looked to the side of Leaf. "Next, let's talk about its characteristics in detail by Miss Leaf of Witch Union."

Leaf nodded and saluted, walked to him with a bag of ripened wheat kernels, and began to show "Golden No. 2", "It is different from all wheat you have come into contact with before, and can only be planted once. Therefore, I have to come to Neverwinter City every year to pick up new wheat seeds. I also greatly strengthened its root system so that it can absorb deeper nutrients in the ground, but this also makes it extremely fertile and needs to be coordinated with fertilization, otherwise it can only be planned. Make three plots to take turns to fallow. And ... "

Roland looked a bit restrictive at the beginning, the more smooth the later Leaf, and satisfactorily touched the chin Golden No. 2 can be said to be a new type of wheat with its own golden root, the root system can be extended to four to five meters underground, and strengthened Except for the inability to continuously fertilize fertilizer, the ability to absorb fertilizer almost surpassed Golden No. 1 in all aspects.

The only disadvantage to Neverwinter City is an advantage. Cannot keep the seeds means that once other cities start planting Golden No. 2, the supply of new Kingdom Capital is inseparable. At the same time, other low-yield wheat will be squeezed out of the market. He monopolized grain sales, and it would be beneficial to attribute this natural resource to state control.

Roland believes that no farmer will return to planting ordinary wheat after trying Golden No. 2.

As long as this new and improved seed is promoted nationwide, food shortages in various places can be greatly alleviated.

With food ... it will naturally accommodate more people.

After all, being a Greycastle alone won't satisfy him.