Let's not mention the pleasant experience of Jack and Mill.

By the time it got dark, the whole manor had gone out and gathered in the threshing floor, and the audience was already piled up with weeds.

How to describe it? The entire grassy hill is about ten feet high, more than three meters high, and the diameter of the bottom surface is about fifty feet. It looks like a small giant sitting on the ground, and it is also a hulk, full of all kinds of plants. Wild grasses, roots, wildflowers...... These make up a huge green oil painting, which is already an eye-opener for the uninformed serfs.

In fact, for the well-to-do Howard butler, this green mountain was already a rare sight in his life, enough for him to brag in front of other low-ranking nobles for a long time.

When Edward arrived, there was still a hint of shock on Butler Howard's face. Obviously, he really understood the argument that there is strength in numbers.

Edward looked at the green mountain in front of him, then at the crowd around him, and threw a torch at the green mountain without blinking an eye.

The torch walked in the direction of a parabola into the mountain from which there was no return. Suddenly, the torch infected a green mass of grass, turning it into a warm red, and then, like a race, the red paint traveled all over the green mountain, thus turning the green mountain into a red mountain. Rumble! The entire grass mountain has become an erupting volcano, which is very imposing.

"Oh! Oh, God! Above...... Emperor! At this time, even Butler Howard, who had maintained restraint, still opened his mouth, swallowed desperately, and kept calling for Old Man God.

The serfs on the sidelines looked as if they had seen God, their eyes were red from the firelight, but they did not move a single step, while the children hid behind the adults and covered their eyes.

Edward watched the whole volcano go from burning to extinguishing with great pleasure, as if he had watched a dazzling show, and his whole soul felt sublimated.

"Hey! My dear Mr. Butler, the show is over and it's time to wake up! Edward patted Howard's butler on the shoulder and said in a mocking tone.

"Yes! Yes! Your Majesty, your aristocratic demeanor is truly worth emulating! "Butler Howard has just returned to normal, and he doesn't speak very sharply, and he doesn't forget to pat Edward's ass!

In fact, Edward just likes courtiers like Howard, who not only pat on the back, but also do things. As for the direct ministers who could blow up Li Shimin's anger like Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty, Edward still respected him as far away, and he wanted to live a few more years!

The burning ashes of the plants and trees that had been waiting for about ten minutes had been completely extinguished, and the serfs who had been spectators for a while had also eased up, and as for those who were not psychologically good, Edward didn't bother to pay attention to them.

"Hey! Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to need you! Edward pointed to the ashes that had turned gray after burning, and said to the serfs.

"All you need to do is pack them up and dig a pit to use as containers!"

"Why don't you go to work quickly, why are you stunned?" Old Jack reacted instantly, commanding many serfs, and scolding from time to time.

Edward was very satisfied with Old Jack's performance, and nodded at him, and suddenly Old Jack seemed to have taken a stimulant, his face instantly flushed, and the scolding became even more vigorous!

Howard didn't react to old Jack robbing him of his job, and followed Edward, bending slightly and accompanying Edward back to the villa.

The next day, Edward personally commanded the serfs to clear the wasteland!

That's right! The entire Windsor estate covers about 20,000 acres, and in addition to some cultivated fields, as well as mountains and rivers, there are nearly 8,000 acres of wilderness land that can be used as arable land.

And why didn't Howard open it up?

The first reason is because of the backwardness of the means of production. It is no exaggeration to say that throughout the 11th and 12th centuries, the serfs of Europe had to use their own hands to plough the land. In the fifteenth century, the serfs at this time were able to use wooden plows and hoes to plough the land, and if you want to use them to clear the land, then you should be prepared for a poor wheat harvest.

Basically, a person could only clear one acre of land every month, and the new land at that time would not have yielded any harvest without five or six years of maturation! In the turbulent Middle Ages, there was no day for you to open up the wasteland.

By the time of the Tudor royal family, after the baptism of the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation, the land was completely sufficient, and it was only in the late Henry VIII that the population eruption and the development of the enclosure movement prompted the peasants to open up the land for farming.

The second point is the scarcity of the population, to be precise, the scarcity of the adult labor force, which leads to the lack of sufficient labor force to open up the land on a large scale.

And the labor force is small, and the production tools are rudimentary, how do you let them open up the wasteland.

Another point is that the demand of the population is small, and it has not yet reached the period of population explosion, and the gentlemen do not have the slightest desire to open up the wasteland.

So, Edward released a big move - the Quyuan plow.

Compared with the previous plough, the Quyuan plough is a masterpiece of ancient Chinese farming technology.

So Edward instructed the carpenters in the serfs to change the light wheel at this time to a curved wheel and a short wheel, and installed a plow plate that can rotate freely at the head of the wheel, which not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also convenient to turn and turn, and the operation is flexible, saving manpower and animal power.

The second is to increase the plough evaluation and plough construction, and promote the plough evaluation, so that the plough arrow can go down, and the ploughshare will be deep into the soil. If the plough is raised, the plough arrow is upward, and the ploughshare is shallow when it enters the soil.

If the plough evaluation, plough arrow and plough construction of the curved plough are organically combined, it can adapt to the different requirements of deep ploughing or shallow tillage, and can standardize the adjustment of cultivated land depth, which is convenient for intensive cultivation.

The plough wall not only breaks the soil, but also pushes the ploughed soil to one side, reducing the resistance of the plough forward.

In England, where the land is moist and sticky, it is most suitable for this kind of curved plow, after all, it was invented in the ancient Jiangnan water town, and it is very similar to the land of England.

In just one day, the entire estate has five pairs of curved ploughs, and I believe that this summer, the entire estate will have 5,000 acres of land!

Edward, who was tired from a tiring day, was just lying in his chair reading a book when Lucy suddenly ran over and asked to see Flying Fish Guard.

Edward looked at the little guy in front of him in confusion, he was wearing an old sackcloth with cracks in the cuffs, and his whole body looked even weaker than Edward.

said it was a little guy, but in fact he was already a thirteen-year-old boy.

When he saw Edward, he knelt down and presented a letter with a seal.

As soon as Edward saw this seal, he knew that it was written by Guy of London.

"Lucy! Treat this hardworking little guy to a delicious dinner! Edward was inconvenient to open the reading envelope in front of everyone, so he asked Lucy to leave with the little one who delivered the letter.