At this time, Jutland is immersed in a sea of joy, after all, it is autumn, it is the harvest season, and countless agricultural products, livestock and seafood are flooded in various cities.

All kinds of strange smells are pervasive in these cities, but no one is disgusted, and they are happy to be able to indulge in such smells, because it means that their lives are secured.

It is not only the inhabitants of the Baltic Empire who are celebrating the harvest, but also the merchants from outside, who have gathered here from all regions of the main plane, hoping to reap their share of the harvest.

Obtain a variety of high-quality goods from the Baltic Empire at low prices, ship them to various places where goods are scarce, and sell them at extremely high prices, so that they can obtain wealth.

Not only the people and foreign merchants below, but also the middle and upper echelons of the entire empire, the officials who govern and the representatives of all races, were equally happy.

This year's harvest is even more than last year's, not a few percent, a dozen percent of the kind of increase, but a 30 percent, enough data to make all countries unbelievable.

In Jutland Castle, the heads of the various departments are making presentations, the representatives of the other races are observing, and as the rulers of the entire country, Semiramis and Alice are not absent from such meetings.

Without too much red tape, the Baltic Empire rarely talks about these meaningless things, they still value the substantive things, and they do not waste precious time on these meaningless things.

Nevertheless, the swiftness of the speech was exquisite, the more advanced it was, the more important the empire attached to this sector, and this year, there is no doubt that the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Fisheries, and the Ministry of Animal Husbandry took the top three.

As for the army that fights the war, it is a different system, under the direct leadership of Alice and Semiramis, and it is very good to be influenced by other departments, in this way, they can strengthen their control over the army.

The Minister of Agriculture was a rhinoceros people, an early race to join the empire, who cultivated the land for the empire with diligence and were good at growing crops, and thanks to their efforts, the Baltic Empire's food production increased gratifying every year.

The rhinoceros is reporting, his face with a joy that can not be concealed, there is no way to do anything, there are a lot of reform measures in agriculture this year, and now these early investment reforms, now the results have been reaped, which of course makes him happy.

"The use of clay golems to turn the land, the replacement of traditional manual farming, the use of manure from animal husbandry, and the popularization of automatic irrigation have increased our food production by 30% this year. ”

The Baltic Empire is now carrying out the civilianization of military products, of which the clay demon is one of them, using the principle of clay to enable the demon to manipulate the land, to suddenly turn up the deep layer of heaven and earth, and to cover the shallow layer suddenly, which can make the soil used for cultivation relatively loose, and can make the weeds in the field competing for nutrients with crops lose the bad environment for survival, and can also make those insect eggs buried deep in the soil lose the environment that can hatch.

The manure of cattle and sheep in animal husbandry now has a special process for processing, and it is fermented very quickly through specialized factories to become fertilizer that can be absorbed by plants and promote plant growth.

There is also an automatic irrigation system that uses rust-resistant, sturdy ceramics to cover the entire farmland, which is more time-saving and labor-saving than traditional manual irrigation.

In addition, there is an even more important reason for this year's harvest, because the improved seeds from the druids, after taking root and germinating, are more resistant to pests and diseases, can be extremely resistant to cold and heat, and produce twice the yield of traditional food crops.

Even if the food produced is very coarse, but in this cruel world, being able to eat is already the happiest thing, and no one has ever demanded so much.

After the Minister of Agriculture finished speaking, the second person on the stage was the Minister of Fisheries, this is a sealman, originally only a low-level race in the ocean, but after joining the empire, it has become the most crazy cluster in the ocean, and its own ability has been valued by the empire.

The Baltic Empire has now turned the entire Baltic Sea into an inland sea, which is a relatively vast sea area, very suitable for fish life, even in the bitterly cold, frozen winter, the world of the sea is still lively.

Compared to the earth-shaking changes that have taken place in terrestrial agriculture, the fishing industry has not been completely unfazed, and there has been no complete breakthrough in quality, but more fishing grounds have been built.

The Minister of Fisheries was followed by the Minister of Livestock, a centaur who had only just joined the empire for less than twenty years, but when it came to animal husbandry, there was no race that could be compared.

Centaurs know how to domesticate sheep and cattle, how to breed horses, make their mounts stronger, and they have an extraordinary talent for nomadism.

"This year, we used a new forage, and the alfalfa grass introduced from the Celtic Isles was loved by cattle, sheep, horses, and rhinoceros. ”

The centaur said.

Alfalfa from the Celtic Isles, thanks to the efforts of the druids, has adapted to the climate of the Baltic Sea region and has been successfully popularized.

In terms of animal husbandry, the empire still adopted a pasture development model, through which various resources could be used and mobilized more effectively.

"In addition to this, there are some results in the improvement of the mount, in a few years,"

The centaur's words attracted the attention of many people around him, the original horses could no longer meet the needs of the Imperial cavalry, and those who were afraid of the howls of jackals and werewolves had dragged down the riders on the battlefield.

The optimization of cavalry mounts has been on the agenda for a long time, and Alice has also specially arranged for several druids to be in charge of this matter, those are steppe druids who live on the steppe, and are good at transforming into wolves, horses, cows, lions and other beasts.

"There are already thirty-two dragon horses and twenty pegasus, and the number will continue to increase next year. ”

As those dragons joined the empire, the number of wurms and dragonborns in the empire began to rise, and these dragon-vein horses were dragonborns, which could be regarded as one of the monsters, with excellent stamina and explosive power.

The Pegasus, on the other hand, was a gift from the Valkyrie, as Siegmund had guessed, and was able to fly in the sky with unusual flexibility.

Due to their numbers, these two mounts were not widely used within the Empire, and the only one who could be allowed to use them was Sigrud, who was required to ride Pegasus to take advantage of the symbolism of his status.

"What about griffons, horned eagles, giant eagles, and wyverns, and what about dragons?"

Sitting on the throne at the top, Alice asked.

The number of these people is related to the air force of the Baltic Empire, and relying only on a small number of dragons will not be able to maintain the Empire's domination of the sky.

"Griffons and Hippogriffs are not a problem, we have well-established cultivation techniques at our disposal, and we are then refining these techniques to improve their fertility and improve the survival rate of their cubs. ”

"But the giant eagle still has the ...... dragon"

When he said both, the Minister's face on the centaur turned unpleasant.

"What's the problem? Giant Eagle and Wyvern. ”

Alice then asked.

"Giant eagles like to live in the mountains, and when they raise their cubs, they still maintain the habit of throwing their cubs down the mountains, which prevents them from rising in numbers. ”

"They are willing to join our army, but it is more of a mercenary-like model, and they are not willing to accept our arrangement, not to accept what we call "domestication". ”

"The fertility rate of the wyvern is also a problem, we have tried a lot of ways, but we have not been able to increase the number of wyverns, and the wyverns are difficult to tame, they are always able to give us a ...... when they are just born Cause some trouble. ”

Everyone present knew that this was a more euphemistic way of saying centaurs, and in fact, more than a dozen trainers were injured every month because of giant eagles and flying dragons, and many of them died.

"Your Majesty, I hope to be able to get approval to ask for the support of the druids. ”

The centaur said with a slight hesitation.

There are already quite a few spellcasters in the Baltic Empire, but for the entire empire, it is still in a situation where the power and technical support of spellcasters are needed in all walks of life in the empire.

"Support is not a problem, my Minister of Animal Husbandry, but I hope that my support, you will bring me results, and I hope that the Empire's air force will be able to complete the domination of the Baltic airspace. ”

This is a clear sign that the Empire will invest more in mounts for the next war, in anticipation of having enough air power.

Alice's promise sent a smile to the centaur's stiff face.

results and the next issues that need to be faced

Problems in the empire are never a problem, the real problem is that when a problem arises, it is not remedied in time, so that small problems become big problems.

"How's the domestication of those wild boars?"

Alice's sudden question caught the centaur off guard.

"Wild boar...... Wild boar?"

"Ah, those wild boars are well domesticated, and the next step is to promote them on a large scale. ”

The centaur was a little uneasy, domesticating the wild boar used as a mount as a domestic animal for food, which was not something that could be done in a simple year or two.

Fortunately, with the help of the caster, with the help of magic, the ferocity of those wild boars was smoothed out in a very short time, and it was at this time that they realized that Alice had a far-sighted vision.

Pigs are omnivorous creatures, which are very easy to breed and can provide enough meat in a very short period of time to become a good food after being salted or heated.

"Next year, we will increase the breeding of pigs, especially in places that are not suitable for grazing, and the breeding of pigs can be promoted, which is the focus of next year. ”

"In addition to pigs, the breeding of chickens and ducks should also be promoted, and I hope that there will be enough poultry meat and eggs in the market of the empire, which will also be the focus of next year's work. ”

"Also, my Minister of Fisheries. ”

After Alice finished ordering the Minister of Animal Husbandry, she turned to look at the Minister of Fisheries.

"Find a way to promote mangrove forests, ducks can be raised in mangroves, mangroves are natural places for duck breeding, and mangroves are also natural dams. ”

The Minister of Fisheries nodded cautiously, he didn't know much about the role of mangroves on the coastline, but since this was due to Alice's instructions and instructions, it would definitely be the focus of his work.

The face of the Minister of Forestry in the back is not very good-looking, mangroves are a kind of forest trees, but now they are handed over to the Minister of Fisheries to manage, which is tantamount to cutting off his authority.

The Minister of Animal Husbandry also has a bad face, since the mangrove forest needs to be used for breeding, it means that in the next time, the appearance of the ducks needs to be led by the Minister of Fisheries.

Alice ignored the intrigue between several courtiers, and it was necessary for the superior to cut off the power and let the authority check and balance each other.

Don't talk about trust, real trust is not to give any chance to rebel, to strangle all threats in the cradle.

The next person to come to power was the Minister of Forestry, whose statement was more modest and did not achieve too much outstanding results, or that the development of forestry was not outstanding enough compared to the previous three.

After all, the development of forestry is really not valued in the empire now, and with the development of industrial technology, the role of wood is constantly declining, because there are better metal raw materials to be used.

Of course, the Minister of Forestry was not willing to let the resources at his disposal become cheap, not only because of his position in the empire, but also because of his own interests.

He has thought of many ways to develop the application of wood, such as increasing investment in furniture factories, such as improving the seeds of trees, hoping to grow better wood that can be used in the military.

Unfortunately, these attempts have not yielded much success in the short term, and to make matters worse, the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Livestock are advocating the deforestation of forests and the conversion of them into farmland and pastures.

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