However, after Gary and Wood saw the results, they were not so confident.

"My lord, I wonder how much this machine costs?" asked Gary.

"About five gold coins. Luo Heng estimated that the main reason was that the price of the fine iron drive shaft was expensive.

"My lord, it is estimated that there is no one to buy it, how much grain can be bought with one gold coin, and the nobles all have slaves and servants, and these five gold coins are superfluous expenses. Gary spoke.

Wood also nodded and said: "My lord, this machine is to save labor, but slaves and servants have to feed anyway, and the cost of this machine is five gold coins, so the minimum is twenty gold coins." ”

When Luo Heng heard this, he said, "Then what about ten years of use of this machine?"

"Ten years?" Gary and Wood couldn't believe when they heard this.

"The parts that are easy to break are wood, and in the spring, the use of plows has expanded the planting area of many farms a lot, so when it comes to harvesting, there must be not enough manpower and there is a little bit, weather, if the weather is bad, clean up the wheat grains and the whole wheat, which is more cost-effective?" Luo Heng said.

Gary and Wood nodded when they heard this, but Gary asked, "My lord, are there any small ones, I think small ones are more suitable." ”

"Yes, but the small ones aren't that efficient. Luo Heng said.

"Adult, you can't just look at efficiency, you have to be lightweight, and there are few people, you know, there are more people, in fact, the efficiency is not necessarily high. Gary suggested.

Luo Heng nodded, and Angus was outside at this time: "My lord." ”

After Luo Heng came out, Angus spoke: "My lord, Your Excellency Jon will leave in a few days. ”

"Well, you know what to do?" Luo Heng asked with a jump in his heart when he heard this.

"Your analysis is correct. Angus didn't believe much in Luo Heng's analysis, but the autumn harvest was coming soon, and Jon was leaving, even Angus himself thought that this was the best time to sneak attack, so he couldn't help but say.

Luo Heng shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. ”

"I'll go and prepare first, do you have anything else to prepare, my lord?" Angus looked at Luo Heng and asked.

Luo Heng shook his head and said, "No need, I'll leave it to you this time, so that the guards can see the blood, I don't need to be captured." ”

"Yes. Although Angus had some opinions about Luo Heng not being taken prisoner, Angus already knew a lot about the impermanence of dwarves, so he didn't plan to persuade anything.

Luo Heng entered the forging workshop and said: "Gary, you first find someone to be familiar with the use of the harvester, and when you can harvest the grain, you will start harvesting, there will be a drought in the early part of this year, and there may be more rain in the autumn~." ”

"My lord, is this a warning from the Wizards' Guild?" Gary asked.

"It's not. Luo Heng shook his head and said.

For a servant, there is no need to explain anything, and it is more complicated to explain, it can only be said to be experience.

Gary and Wood transported the thresher to the barn in a wagon, and then familiarized the slaves with it.

Luo Heng also came to the farm, looking at these wheat, frowning, the yield of this wheat may be about three or four hundred catties per acre, in Luo Heng's opinion, the yield is very low, these wheat varieties are not good, and the second is that there is no fertilizer, but compared to the wheat in Hegu Town, Luo Heng's side is much better.

Luo Heng used some farm manure, but the manure of hundreds of square kilometers of farms and hundreds of cattle, sheep and horses was not enough.

"We have to think of a way next year. "The fertilizer efficiency of this year's ploughing is not bad, but the fertilizer efficiency of next year will be very low.

"When the time comes, go to the beach and see. Luo Heng turned his gaze to the sea hundreds of kilometers away, the sea here Luo Heng has not seen it yet, but when Luo Heng was on the earth, he knew that some islands were all piled up with guano, which was a natural fertilizer, much better than chemical fertilizer.

Luo Heng's territory has nearly 20 kilometers of farms along the river, and it is about five kilometers wide, but two-fifths of it is basically hills and depressions.

The hills will build barns, the depressions will build artificial lakes, and in addition to roads or something, it can be said that Luo Heng's farm is very good, when the farm is ploughed, all the stones gather to build the road, even if it rains, Luo Heng's farm road is not muddy.

The horizontal and vertical drainage canals, roads, connecting the farms, looking at the wheat that was already a little yellowed, Luo Heng was also very down-to-earth.

Even if there were more gold coins, there was no food to make people feel at ease, and after going around and around, Luo Heng came to the river.

The river in the valley town is not very open, the wide place is dozens of meters trapped, the narrow place is only ten meters wide, and the river is basically silt, only there are some stones or something upstream.

In the evening, Luo Heng walked back, looking at the smoke rising from the chimney in the settlement, and he could smell the smell of toasted bread.

"It seems that there is something to ignore?" Luo Heng frowned, always feeling that there was something he couldn't remember.

When Luo Heng was frowning, more than a dozen small businessmen gathered in the room on the side of Ziheban City.

"This is the farm where the target is located, there are twenty guards on the farm, all orcs, and more than six hundred orc slaves, no more than twenty humans, two giants, and four magicians, and the most troublesome thing is that there is a group of snow wolves, the specific number is about thirty. ”

"In addition, the lord himself was very strong, crossing the forest from the northern fortress, and then returning from the dwarf kingdom, and captured a swan-man priest. ”

"Angus, the Silver Great Sword Master, is very strong in his own right. ”

"Two dwarves. ”

"These are the main characters in the target territory. ”

The thieves in charge of the investigation investigated Luo Heng's territory very clearly.

"It should also be added that the Swan Priest has a golden eagle, so it is absolutely impossible to touch during the day, unless it is a strong attack, and we have recently found traces of a bear, the exact breed is not yet known. ”

After the thieves finished speaking, they looked at the others, and the leading captain said: "Our plan is to divide into three roads, including two sets of fire on both sides of the farm, attracting the guards of the territory, the entire territory is twenty kilometers, and five cavalry are sent upstream to rush directly from the dam, and the following is all the way along the river on this side of the valley town, with small trebuchets, throwing burning ~ burning ~ bombs, and the main part of the attack from the main road, using mounts, raiding." ”

"Who has any doubts?" asked the captain.

"Captain, isn't it too risky to attack head-on?" asked an archer dressed as an archer.

"Risk, the coyote mercenary group sneaked in, it's not over, our goal is to kill Archduke Wilson, as long as the guards are diverted, how can a small number of guards be our opponents. The captain spoke.

"Captain, give the order, let's not go to rob, let's leave after killing people. The other man spoke.

"Alright, 1st and 8th squads, the knights on your team are attacking from the upstream dam, and the rest are in charge of Riverdale Town. The captain spoke.

"Yes. The two of them immediately took the order.

"The third, fifth, and seventh, squads, each in charge of a small trebuchet, were responsible for lighting the wheat. The captain added.

"Yes. The three of them immediately took the order.

"The rest of the warriors, knights equipped with one-handed weapons, archers equipped with riding bows, and thieves equipped with *, as the third way of men, directly killed the place where Archduke Wilson was imprisoned, and the remaining magicians and the remaining squads were responsible for answering, and after hearing the order to retreat, everyone dispersed and met in Daobian County. The captain spoke.

"Yes. "The rest of the leaders, the entire team of more than a hundred people, here are just the captains of each team.

"How many days do the wheat have to be lit?" asked the captain.

"About ten days or so. The thief in charge of the investigation spoke.

"Everyone is heading towards their destination. When the captain heard this, he spoke.

"Yes. ”

Although it only takes about three days from Riverside City to Rivervalley Town, how can the merchants who do business hurry to the road, but thanks to the autumn harvest, there are more merchants on the road, the purchase and sale of cattle, sheep and livestock, the autumn harvest is very physically demanding, so it needs to be replenished, and the civilians will buy some to eat.

And some large ranches, seeing that autumn is coming, will sell the surplus livestock, of course, not to sell it immediately, but to negotiate the price or something.

Grain is needed for making wine and bread, and old grain needs to be sold and stored for new grain, and agricultural tools are needed.

Small merchants and large caravans were constantly flowing on the road, which gave the adventuring party great convenience, and after six days, they basically gathered in Riverdale.

These people swaggered in and out of the farm opposite Luo Heng's territory, nominally to see livestock and grain, but in fact they were looking at Luo Heng's side.

Jon left, and the territory did not change much on the surface, but Luo Heng saw that there were some things blocking it outside the residence, including old grain that was carried out to dry, wooden barrels for storing grain, and customized wine-making equipment or something.

"My lord, we're going to clean up the weeds around the farm. Gary said to Luo Heng.

"Clean up the weeds?" Luo Heng was puzzled.

"Yes, some sickles are needed, and some horses and carriages. Gary opened his mouth as the metal tools were usually put away by Alicia.

"Why?" Luo Heng asked suspiciously.

"After the grain is harvested, the weather is good and the straw left behind ...... burns. Gary spoke.

Before Gary finished speaking, Luo Heng patted his head: "It's not good." ”

Luo Heng rushed out at once and found Angus: "Angus, it's not good, our farm has a fatal flaw. ”

"What's the drawback?" Angus asked, confused.

"Wheat, those wheat, can be ignited with a fire. Luo Heng said.

"My lord, let's harvest in advance, the wheat is not very dry yet, the two machines you have prepared, let's harvest all the near the river. When Angus heard this, he immediately went to the river with Luo Heng to check.

"Good. Luo Heng immediately organized manpower and divided it into several teams, including two big machines and several small machines, Luo Heng also knew why he harvested the river first, because the river side could shoot ~ rockets or something over there in River Valley Town.

Whew!

Two large threshers, harvesting from both ends of the farm, harvesting is not all cut off as before, only the upper part, a large frame made of vines, dozens of orc slaves wielding sickles, a dozen orcs are responsible for carrying, and three orcs are responsible for pouring the harvested wheat into the machine.

Two people are responsible for catching the wheat, and two people are responsible for spitting out the straw, and the straw is thrown aside, and the wheat is sent directly to the drying room made of wooden planks, and the hot spring water is led through a terracotta pipe below, with a roof overhead, and ventilation at both ends.

Gary and Wood were also shocked when they saw this progress, dozens of people lined up together, and it was more than a hundred meters wide together.

"My lord, the sales of this thresher must be good, when harvesting grain in the past, it was much slower to harvest all the grain, and it had to be bundled, and it would take a lot of manpower to transport it back, and it would take threshing, but this harvest was a little early. Gary spoke.

"It's not early, anyway, where we're drying again. Luo Heng was very worried, although the wheat grains had some moisture, the leaves were basically dry.

The thieves who were in charge of monitoring Luo Heng's side saw that the grain was actually harvesting here, and the progress was very fast, and after a while, there was a big ~ piece of nothing, and immediately returned to the town.

"What?, harvesting grain?" the captain was also shocked when he heard this.

"Yes, Captain, at this rate, after five days, at least two-thirds of the harvest can be achieved. The thief spoke.

"Let's go, let's see. The captain was a little unconvinced.

Not only were the people of this adventure group stunned, but also the farmers in Riverdale Town were shocked, the dwarves on the opposite side had harvested grain so early, the wheat had not dried yet, and it was difficult to take off the threshing back after harvesting, and what was that big machine whirring and whirring?

"Angus, where do you think the other party will attack from?" Luo Heng asked.

"My lord, I think there is a great chance that the wooden bridge and the dam will be two places, and the other party may not dare to go to other places this time. Angus spoke.

"Then when will they do it?" Luo Heng asked again.

"If there is an enemy, it may be tomorrow night, on the one hand, if the enemy wants to burn wheat, he will have to do it, and on the other hand, we will harvest wheat, and the defense will be reduced no matter how you think about it, it will be in the next few days. Angus analyzed.

"Well, are you sure?" Luo Heng asked.

"My lord, I will keep vigil tonight, and I will make sure that one will die. "Angus is full of confidence, just kidding, Angus can easily get away with the holy city of the Empire of Light, let alone here.

"Okay, I'll keep vigil too, I'll guard the downstream, you'll be in charge of the wooden bridges and dams, Walker and Hulk, you'll watch the arrangements. Luo Heng felt that there was nothing, in case someone burned the wheat, it would be a pity, although this was just his own analysis, but Angus agreed, and Luo Heng's analysis was analyzed from the other party's standpoint, and the probability was very high.

"My lord, Baron William is here. An orc guard ran over and spoke.