Chapter 33: The Present Family
Under the personal operation of Lelouxiu, the mobilization and resettlement of immigrants were also exceptionally smooth, and the Wind Helmet City and Dongbao provided a total of 40,000 immigrants, of which 20,000 were resettled in Limburg, and the remaining 20,000 people were distributed throughout the middle plain as new villages, so that the land could be developed and utilized to the greatest extent.
With the arrival of 20,000 people, the population of Limburg, which was originally empty, rose to 30,000, and finally, Limburg became popular, and at night, the night market specially opened up also had some taste of commercial city.
It's a new day, with the rooster crowing, a new life begins again, every family yawns and gets up from bed, the woman begins to busily prepare breakfast, the man takes the grass cut yesterday to feed the various poultry raised at home, the children are still lying on the bed and do not want to get up, but the eldest son is already helping his parents do what he can.
Every house has little smoke, the roosters and dogs bark more vigorously in this crisp morning, from time to time carrying the residents carrying the fertilizer with tools, three or five groups of people walk towards the fields outside the city, because the fields are close to each other, so Lelouch did not let the residents outside the city to live in the city, but directly in the city.
This move changed the appearance of Limburg's city very much, although the living habits of these half-peasants and half-residents were not very good, but under Lelouch's almost strict requirements, there was absolutely no problem with the city's guards.
The city woke up, the barracks outside the city also woke up, after finishing the morning exercise and washing, the soldiers entered the canteen to eat breakfast in a uniform manner, it seems that because of the surge in population demand for food, the soldiers in the morning big meat buns do not seem to have so much meat, but with the steaming gruel, a bite can still make people fly comfortably to the sky.
Life seems to be so peaceful, everything is going on in an orderly manner, and the construction work is in full swing.
"My lord, this is a summary of the work that has been done over this period of time. ”
Early in the morning, Lelouch, who had just returned to Limburg yesterday, began to check the success of Limburg's specific work during this time, Kenon moistened his throat and began to report, while Lelouch was still eating breakfast.
"At present, our total population is about 75,000, and this number is still rising, including 30,000 in Limburg, 20,000 in the Middle Plains, 10,000 each in Wind Helmet City and Winter Castle, and the population is very evenly distributed."
"In terms of land reclamation, although it is about to enter the winter, but the cabbage or potatoes have been planted, although the harvest will not be too much, but it can be used to fertilize the field and barely solve the livelihood of the reclamation household, it is estimated that after the year, our total reclaimed land area can reach 150,000 mu, and the per capita strong labor force is five acres per person, which is the largest reclaimed area for a single person, if we can provide ploughing cattle or horses, the reclaimed area can be increased at least three times, but at present we can only rely on simple manpower。 ”
Hearing this, Lelouch asked curiously: "So how much can this year's harvest be?" What level is it estimated to reach next year?"
Kenon flipped through the reels and returned: " According to estimates, this year's harvest will probably be: 30,000 mu of winter wheat totaling 7.5 million kilograms (500 to 700 kilograms of wheat per acre of earth) 10,000 mu of potatoes totaling 5.5 million kilograms (1,100 to 1,500 kilograms of potatoes per acre of earth), 10,000 mu of cabbage totaling 1.25 million kilograms (150 to 250 kilograms of cabbage per acre of earth), and the remaining 100,000 mu will not be able to produce grain this year because it has been recently reclaimed."
Kenong's report surprised Lu Luxiu, originally according to Kenong's words at the beginning, Lu Lu Xiu didn't expect how much grain there was this year, but the result is so calculated, it seems that this year is still a bumper harvest, not to mention, feeding the existing population of Limburg is more than rubbing, but also can solve Lu Luxiu's next population plan, more importantly, next year's output and reclamation area will be further expanded, because the fertilization regulations have not yet had time to be formally implemented, so these mu yields can still be improved.
More importantly, Lelouch did not provide complete reclamation tools to the people in the early stage, and now that it has stabilized, Lelouch has only begun to prepare tools, although at present there is only wood because of material problems, but I believe that by next year, iron tools will also appear, and they are more reasonable and durable, so under these multiple guarantees, Lelouch does not know what kind of situation next year's grain production will rise?
Thinking of this, Lelouch's mood was very good for another moment, of course Lulouch couldn't finish so much food, and the humans of Middle-earth didn't like to eat potatoes, but this did not affect it, for Lelouxiu, wheat was the staple food of the Middle-earth humans, cabbage was a non-staple food, plus some vegetables and fruits grown casually in his yard, these foods alone could already meet the needs of Limburg and the development needs of the future period.
However, these potatoes are not useless, although Lelouch does not know how to make potato flour, but remediate a few dishes such as shredded potatoes, There is still no problem with food such as wolf tooth potatoes, after using potatoes as a dish, the rest is completely useless, don't forget, these are all vegetables, and people don't eat meat is not strong, and they can't grow strong, in Lu Luxiu's view, the human race has been malnourished for too long in time, although the people are tall because of the skeleton, but they are too thin, these are not enough for them to eat vegetarian food to make up for it, if you want to solve the nutritional problem, you have to rely on eating meat.
Just rabbits and hunting can not meet the needs of the human race for meat, the former efficacy ratio is too low, the latter is not a long-term source, with the recovery of these people now, many middle-aged men can eat a whole rabbit in one meal, soldiers are even more so, a person has to eat two rabbits a day on average, such a huge demand for meat, rabbits must not be able to meet for a long time, so with the first harvest, Lelouch finally decided to change the supply of meat, that is, to raise pigs, and the things used to raise pigs, in addition to grass, are those cheap potatoes。
Pigs eat potatoes, people eat pigs, and this is the supply of meat arranged by Lelouch for the people of Middle Earth.
But that's all for later, and all this will not be possible until the first crops are harvested
"Well, very good, this year, first like this, next year first take out 30,000 acres of land to plant potatoes, in addition, we have raised pigs for a year, the first batch of cubs should also come out, remember, these are not allowed to eat, stay to be breeding pigs, so that they can have more children, the main feed, just use potatoes"
Kenon recorded it, indicating that he knew, and then under Lelouch's signal, he started the next step of the report:
"In addition to the problem of crops, because the harvest day is just a few days away, the already tight food problem should be solved, but until the new family raises chickens and rabbits next year, the supply of meat may not be available, and now even the army has been reduced from two rabbits per person per day to one rabbit, and the supply of other things such as eggs and chicken legs remains the same, and to make up for it, the supply of potatoes and flour has been doubled. ”
Lelouch nodded to indicate that this method was possible, and Kenon continued:
"Now for the infrastructure, because of the increase in manpower, we have prepared 40,000 strong laborers for large-scale infrastructure construction after the winter, the main projects include a concrete road connecting Limburg to the nearest Earldom, and three "cement" connecting Limburg, Wintercastle and Windhelmet The road, as well as the upgrading of the road from Limburg to the wooden castle to the concrete road, as well as the expansion of the wooden fort, and the large waterwheel and the large empty house to be built according to the requirements of the adults, in addition to the unified rest of the three city walls, if there is still manpower and time to spare, a small stone road connecting the countryside will be built according to the situation."
Yes, cement road, if you want to get rich first build the road, this sentence Lu Lu Xiu will not forget, Lu Lu Xiu can not collect any taxes in the first year, but it is not that there is no need to use money, so he paid attention to business, cement is one of them, although cement is not much attractive to the nobles, but with the smooth flow of the road, the caravan will consciously go to Limburg, plus Lu Lu Xiu then prepared to make a few things, these will accumulate a lot of wealth for Lu Lu Xiu, so cement is a big killer, it is necessary to get out。
Kenon didn't know when the cement promised by Lelouch would come out, but that didn't prevent Kenon from believing in Lelouch, and if Lord Lelouch said that if it could be made, then it would definitely be done.
"Next, is the last about the construction of the army, according to the orders of the adults, the number of troops has been expanded to two thousand, and the training and marshalling are carried out in the way of one old and one new, among which there are two hundred cavalry, and the supply of weapons and equipment is relatively sufficient, but because of the requirements of the adults, the production of paneled leather armor and wooden war spears has slowed down and is only maintained, so it is impossible to further expand the army unless the production is expanded."
For Lelouch to give up the production of paneled leather armor, Kenon is very puzzled, because this is tantamount to cutting off the development of his military strength, but Lelouch did not speak, in Lelouch's opinion, the plan to upgrade weapons and equipment has been broken, these can only be regarded as light weapons in Lelouch's opinion, and must be replaced, so he is not ready to tilt resources on this, but there is no need to say these to Kennon.
After learning a little about his current family background, Lelouch had a low in his heart.