Before the plot officially begins, it is necessary for us to introduce the three-garden system in detail. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is actually a very cumbersome question, if you want to write a paper on it, from its origin, its development, its advantages and disadvantages, to its replacement by the four-garden system; Its propagation path, its theoretical principles, and so on...... I can write 100,000 words left.

Luckily, this isn't a school, so we'll just talk about how much it can do to increase production.

In the case of the Midlands, where agriculture is developed in England, and the land of a manor is divided into three plots, the first plot of land has been sown with wheat or rye at the end of September 1199, then the agricultural arrangement for the year 1200 should be as follows: in March, the second plot is sown with the spring crop, that is, barley or oats; Then, in May and June, the third piece of land that is fallow begins to be ploughed; In August, the crops of the first and second fields are harvested; At the end of August or the beginning of September, the fallow land is ploughed for the second time, and the second plot is also ploughed; At the end of September, the second plot is planted with autumn crops, wheat or rye, and the first plot is left fallow. In the second year, spring crops are planted in the third field, and autumn crops are planted after harvesting. the second plot harvests autumn-sown crops; The first plot of land is fallow. In the third year, spring crops are planted in the first field, and autumn crops are planted after harvest. the third plot harvests autumn-sown crops; The second plot of land is fallow. By 1203 there was exactly one reincarnation, and the same arrangement was made in 1200.

If you look at the same plot, it should look like this: the field is planted with spring crops in the first spring, harvested in the autumn and then planted in the fall, ploughed and left fallow after the harvest in the second fall, and left fallow for the entire third year until the fourth year.

In this way, crops are actually grown in the fields for half of the entire three years (from the first spring to the autumn of the second year), or in other words, the spring crops (barley or oats) and the autumn crops (wheat or rye) are harvested once in the third year. The other half of the time (from the fall of the second year to the spring of the fourth year) is free.

Without depleting the fertility of the land, and by maximizing the efficiency of the land, it can be said that the Europeans have done their best without using any fertilizer.

――Please note that no fertilizer is used.

This is indeed a very puzzling thing. In ancient Rome, the Romans knew that dung, whether it was human dung or animal dung, was an extremely effective fertilizer, and there were even merchants who made a living by peddling dung; But for some reason, after entering the Middle Ages, such knowledge disappeared.

If Magnus had forced the soldiers to take up their swords and guns to intimidate, it would have ended in the same way as demanding that the peasants change their farming methods - another grand rebellion.

It's hard to walk, it's hard to walk.

Therefore, Magnus can only use farm manure in his own estate fields, and then hopes that after the grain harvest, those farmers who are interested in grain production will wake up in time.

In fact, in addition to relying on the passage of time, Magnus has another option.

That is through the power of the church.

The fanaticism of the medieval people, especially the poor peasants, is beyond our modern imagination - to put it mildly, the peasants of the Middle Ages were definitely even crazier than they were today.

If the priest was willing to open Chrysostom and send his priests to persuade them one by one, it would not have to wait a year at all, and the peasants would have been convinced to switch to the new three-garden rotation method.

But Magnus didn't dare, or rather, Magnus hesitated.

Because it is easy to please God, it is difficult to send God.

Like all remote regions, the Church in the warm and humid Mediterranean, headquartered in Italy, was not to be seen in such a bitter cold and rainy place as Brittany, and the whole dukedom, even if the fiefdom of the Count of Brest was added, at most three or four small monasteries.

Compared to an entire Grand Duke, it is too insignificant.

It is not so much that this is sent by the church to fight for power and profit, but that this is the Duke of Brittany who forcibly set aside a piece of land to be a convent for the sake of his own face, and I don't know where to catch a few priests as priests, so he can be regarded as putting together the façade.

Therefore, the Duchy of Brittany is 'clean'.

Magnus chose the Duchy of Brittany as a foothold because of this kind of cleanliness, otherwise, Magnus really couldn't stand all the cumbersome rules of Christianity.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't stand it, after all, nobles always have some privileges, and it doesn't matter if you break your vows occasionally, as long as you pay money and repent.

The emphasis is on the payment of money in the front, not on the confession in the back.

This swarm of locusts!

But you can't be beaten or scolded, otherwise you will be blasphemous and a sinner, not only will you suffer all the white eyes in life, but you will also fall into hell when you die!

Magnus didn't want to learn from the tragic Emperor Shinra, because he was excommunicated by the Pope, and in order to save his position, he had to kneel naked in the snow in the winter and beg for forgiveness.

With such humiliation, Magnus felt that it was better to die.

-- As for honest and honest priests, it is not that there are none, but when a whole pond is full of sludge, a mere white lotus flower is completely useless.

At best, it's a nice decoration and looks good, but the dirty nature underneath has never changed.

…… However, if the whole of Europe is compared to a pond, then a white lotus, although its scope is not large, is enough to shelter a grand duke.

Magnus's mind spun again.

Speaking of which, since he led his army against the Duchy of Brittany, he had little contact with Father Adolphus.

It's not that he doesn't want to contact, Father Adolphus is also a high-ranking clergyman (even if it is the predecessor's), and befriending him is very good for Magnus, but the march is difficult, and the army is originally insufficient, and then dividing the forces for communication is a waste of strength.

However, now that Brittany has been defeated, it is time to sacrifice this shield again.

After all, he has done so much here, and he will do more things in the future, and he has to find someone to come out and take the blame; Otherwise, just if Odegar asked where all this technology came from, Magnus would have no excuse!

As for the Pope......

Magnus was torn again.

Father Adolphus was expelled from Italy by the Pope - according to his own cardinal, and Magnus wanted to scapegoat Adolphus, who had to have at least a bishop title.

-- These days, you can't even blame yourself if you don't have enough of a crime.

But if you want Adolphus to be bishop, you have to ask the Pope to eat back what he said.

Playing with religion is all about the mouth and face, let the Pope eat back what he said, where do you let his face go!

Not to mention, befriending the Pope is also an extremely important part of Magnus's plan.

What a headache......