Transcendent Noble

"Before the advent of the vassal system, when our human territories encountered foreign enemies, it often happened that the army of the lords and the church was fighting in the front, but the people fled. The army withdrew to the castle. During the rest period, there was no hot soup, and the soldiers could not rest because there was no militia in the castle to assist in the defense, and those who withdrew had to continue to defend the city wall. Without logistics, no support, the outcome of the battle can be imagined. "

"The vassal system solves this problem. It unites the people and the lords to face threats together. In fact, if they have the ability, the lords hope that all the people can become their own Leading the people. The essence of vassal system is to allow the lord to give the people more private property and higher status. Only in this way can the people support their lord, and the richer the people, the more firmly they will defend their homeland."

"The biggest difference between a leader and a freedman is that he can rent the land of a vassal or a liege. A leader can rent up to 50 acres of cultivated land, of which 10 acres of the harvest is entirely his own. However, farming 50 acres of land requires at least four strong labors, plus the young children and elderly parents in the family, how can this leading family have 8 people. The leading family does not need to bear the seeds for planting the land, but the year is the best At that time, 10 acres of land would not produce more than 3000 pounds of grain. 3000 pounds of grain was only enough for 150 days of rations for a family of eight, and the rest of the rations depended on accepting employment to solve part of it, and collecting and hunting to solve the rest. Victor, have you noticed that, after this calculation, the leader did not save his private property!"

"Yes? Where does the leader's property come from?"

Victor is at a loss, his subordinates People have been eating big pot of rice, but the drawbacks of big pot of rice have gradually emerged. The members of the work-point system are okay. After all, there is still the carrot of vassal status in the front, and the newly-joined freedmen and farm workers have already shown a negative phenomenon of sabotage. More willing to spend time on private plots. Victor realized that it was time for the big pot of rice to die. In order to prevent population loss, he must also start to transform freedmen into more stable citizens. But Victor never thought about how the leading families accumulate wealth, nor did the village heads raise this question. Obviously this is common sense that needs no reminder, but Victor doesn't know.

Master Edwin did not sell Guanzi and explained: "Those straws are the main source of income for the leading families."

"Wheat straws?!"

" Hehe, isn’t it just wheat stalks?" Edwin said with a smile: "The lords store wheat to prepare for war, but you can see that there is a nobleman who eats porridge and bread as his main food, and we eat more meat. , Milk, vegetables and fruits. Compared with these cheap grains, cattle and sheep are the most important wealth of lords and vassals, and the straw is the food for cattle and sheep to spend the water season. The price of straw purchased by the lord is about One pound of copper sol, 400 lbs of wheat stalks per acre of wheat field, and 4,000 lbs for ten acres. The income from selling wheat stalks of the leading households is 3 gold sols each year. In order to encourage the leading people to grow wheat, some lords will pay more Many wheat stalks are counted on the head of the leader, some are 20 acres, and some are all. The leader calls such a lord a benevolent and generous master, otherwise he is called a stingy adult."

Victor froze. After a while, he said bitterly: "My village chief never reminded me!"

"Well, this is the cleverness of the people. The church hopes that the lord is a benevolent and generous master, and Not a stingy adult, so there is an unwritten agreement. If the lord does not specify, then all 50 acres of wheat stalks shall be counted on the heads of the leaders. This is also the common practice of most lords and vassals. After all, the church It will be more convenient to have good feelings with the people. You don't want to be called a stingy adult, do you?" Edwin teased.

Victor shook the head with a wry smile and said: "So, the farming and pastoral system I designed cut off the financial resources of the leaders."

Edwin nodded sighed: "You graze in the wild Cows and sheep, wheat stalks become worthless. Wild boars don’t eat wheat stalks. What's more, wild boars are not as valuable as cattle and sheep. Does any lord use Copper Sol to buy food for wild boars?"

Victor After thinking for a while, I asked: "Why will my leaders lose patience after three years? Also, Sylvia is also implementing my farming and animal husbandry system. She is impossible to know about this defect. Why doesn't she remind me?"

"Another unwritten rule, people follow the lord to open up new territories, and they will be able to gain citizenship after three years. Without this rule, no one would be willing to open up new territories."

" It should be.” Victor’s jaw head agreed. Not to mention that the life of the pioneering leader is more dangerous. He also needs to bear heavy labor. Moreover, the saving of the pioneering leader must be invested in construction. It's impossible to justify not giving a citizenship after three years of work for nothing.

Victor is currently planting not much wheat, less than 10,000 mu. This year, we will focus on breeding. It does not matter if freedmen and hired farmers have worked for Victor for three years, but when they find out that they have become a leader, there is nothing. Most of the income will leave, and smart people may find their own way in less than three years.

Edwin continued: "Sylvia certainly knows this problem. Regardless of the problem, your method is very suitable for the current situation in terms of efficiency. Raising wild boar in captivity allows cattle and sheep to have more abundant food. By replacing beef and mutton with pork, the number of cattle and sheep can grow exponentially. After three years, the cattle and sheep in Centaur Hills will be restored to their pre-war scale, or even be greatly exceeded."

"Three years later. It's not too late to change, is it? But why doesn't Sylvia remind me?" Victor asked dissatisfiedly.

"hehe." Master Edwin laughed dryly and said: "You are now Sylvia's apple of one's eye, she doesn't want people to interfere with you, maybe you will solve the problem yourself... Anyway, even if you fail, the Yorks will support you."

Victor's mouth twitched. Edwin said nicely. The Yorks are not using him as an experimental field. If he succeeds in the Yorks Just follow the experience, if you fail, the York family will open their arms to him. Of course, this is also the environment that Victor needs. Facts have proved that there is no power, and there is only a dead end when the door is closed for development. If it were not for the support of Sylvia, Victor had become the queen's puppet. And the manpower and material resources of the York family were originally an important part of his plan. Thinking of this, Victor has nothing to complain about.

"Victor, you are very special. You have not received orthodox bishop education. There are many novel ideas that are very similar to my views. As a Baita scholar, I want to be able to solve problems, but I am old. No, I don’t have the patience of Sylvia. I really want to hear your thoughts.” Master Edwin said with a smile heartily.

Victor also laughed. Edwin, as the scholar Master of the Silver Tower, and Uncle of Duke York, does not need to be restricted by Sylvia. Sylvia didn't prompt this question. It was not because of bad thoughts, but because he was afraid that Victor would stop moving forward and become a cautious and mediocre lord. But how did they know that Victor came from an information explosion world, and there are many successful experiences to learn from.

Victor pondered for a moment, and said, "Master, the income problem of the leader is not difficult to solve. I can expand the rented area and the income ratio of the leader from 50 acres to 70 acres, and from 20% to 20%. 30%."

Edwin stayed for a while, and said disappointedly: "This is your solution? What about the vassal? Doing so is harming the interests of the vassal and the lord. You must know that the leader The land is planted by vassals and lords who provide seeds."|

"Of course I know. If you knew, I planted 70 pounds of wheat per acre and expected to harvest 350 pounds of wheat. So disappointed," Victor said lightly.

"What did you say?! This is impossible!" Edwin cried incredulously.

From the perspective of income, the vassals prefer to plant more pastures, but planting wheat is a mandatory requirement of the lord. The first seeds of the vassals are also provided free of charge by the lord because they are besieged in castles and villages. At that time, wheat that is easy to store is an important material that sustains the survival of mankind.

However, the agricultural technology of this world is very backward, and the annual CD collection is not good. When the year is good, the harvest is only three times that of the sowing, and when the year is bad, the harvest is at most twice as much. Calculated on the basis of 50 acres of land, 120 pounds of seeds per acre, and 300 pounds of harvest, the vassals put in a total of 6000 pounds of wheat seeds, earning 15,000 pounds of wheat, deducting the 3,000 pounds of income from the leading households, and the vassals harvesting 12,000 pounds of grain After deducting the seeds, the net income is 6000 pounds, and then half of it is turned over to the lord. The vassal only has 3000 pounds of grain, which is the same as that of the leader's family. If the income of the leader is increased from 20% to 30%, the income of the vassal is not as good as that of the leader. Therefore, the plant-to-harvest ratio is the main reason that restricts farmers' income.

Throughout the history of human development in Earth, it is not difficult to find that increasing the income of the people is something that the ruler is diligently seeking. If this law is violated, any kingdom will collapse. This world is no exception. Without the support of the people, the lord becomes a general without an army, even a castle cannot be built, and the family is impossible to have Golden Knights for generations. Victor understands this truth and has the ability to solve problems.

In modern Chinese society, the seed per mu of wheat is about 20 catties, the harvest is 900 catties, and the planting and harvesting ratio is 1:45. Excluding the factors of chemical fertilizers and high-quality wheat seeds, using deep tillage, frequent irrigation, and frequent fertilization methods, Victor thinks how to achieve a 1:5 harvest ratio.

According to the calculation of 70 acres of cultivated land rented by the people, 4,900 pounds of wheat seeds were invested, 24,500 pounds were harvested, and the families of the leaders took three to become 7,350 pounds, and the remaining 17,150 pounds of wheat were deducted from the wheat seeds, vassals He and the lord each received 6,125 pounds of wheat. On the surface, the income of the vassals and lords is not as good as that of the leaders, but the actual income per acre has increased by 17 pounds from the original. In addition, deep cultivation has reduced the input of seeds, but it has greatly increased the labor cost and increased the farmers’ income by 10%. The income will allow them to farm with peace of mind. This distribution method can be said to be a happy one for everyone.

Edwin spent a long time on the ground with the twigs, and got the result for a long time. Then he asked: "Victor, how are you sure that there will be a 1:5 harvest?"

Victor said with a smile: "I guessed it."

Edwin: "..."

"Don’t you know when you harvest this year? ? Even if there is no such harvest, it will not be too late to change it back."

Edwin stared at Victor for a long time, said solemnly: "Victor, I don't ask how this farming method came about. If there is a 1 to 5 gain, you are not a generous and benevolent master, but a great lord. I look forward to this day."

Victor said with his jaws: "Master, tell It’s okay for you. Didn’t you notice that the roots of the purple cane are very long? This shows that the deep soil is more fertile. Anyway, I have less people and more land, and the territory has not formed. I tried it and there was no loss, did I?"

"Victor, dare to try is your greatest strength." Edwin sighed

Victor continued: "Actually, internal defects can be solved easily, but deep cultivation is inseparable from fertilizer. The wild boar is an indispensable part of the agricultural and animal husbandry system. Therefore, external defects are the problem."

"Indeed." Edwin frowned and said: "The cattle and sheep do not have the ability to resist wild beasts in the wild. If this problem cannot be solved, your farming and animal husbandry system will not be implemented. Sylvia even plans to wait until the wild beast appears, and then slaughter all the captive wild boars and re-bring cattle and sheep in captivity."

Victor did not speak, either. No rush to recommend the artificial river plan. As long as the harvest ratio of 1 to 5 or even higher is achieved this year, the York family will definitely not abandon the new farming and pastoral system, and it will not be too late to guide them slowly by then. What we need to do now is to persuade Edwin to dig out the reservoir and ditches.

"Master, let's talk about the future things later. Let's go and see how Nicole is."