Chapter 1449: Harvest Sacrifice
Relying on her height, long legs, and strength, Lyudmila separated the crowd and crowded in front of Roland, eagerly demanding that he release Yanlong Balle to open everyone's eyes.
"We all believe that you have really subdued Yanlong, but there is no basis for your words, and you can only feel at ease if you have seen it with your own eyes."
Roland felt that the giant girl's statement was very reasonable, and he didn't want to be regarded as a cowhide king, so he waved his hand to signal everyone to retreat, flashed a spacious enough open space, and activated the "Legendary Beast Taming Bracelet" to release the Yan Dragon.
Balle curled up in a ball on the edge of the field, looking listless, but the hundred-foot dragon body alone caused a strong visual shock to the witnesses, and exclamations of surprise resounded through the field. The fiery red scales attached to the magma dried the stagnant water on the ground after the heavy rain, and the snorting sound of the mist rising, under the swirl of water vapor, it also looked extraordinary.
Seeing that he had been reduced to a prisoner, Yanlong seemed to be annoyed, staring at a pair of ruby eyes, and the symmetrically arranged air holes on his back erupted with anger, and his scales trembled violently and let out a long whining sound.
"The Flute of Balreux! This is truly the flute of Balle! Granny Martha trembled with excitement, "That's right, this is the flame dragon that occupied the volcano fifty years ago!" ”
Seeing the contradictory look of excitement and fear when everyone was watching Yanlong, Roland shook his head and smiled, turned around and asked Lyudmila: "Have you seen enough?" ”
"Wait, I'll take two more shots." Lyudmila raised the "photoscope", focused on choosing the shooting angle, with Yanlong as the background, and intimately took a group photo with Roland's arm.
Roland was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but laugh at the giant girl's selfie hobby. Thinking back to the time before the crossing of the earth, most of the girls on the earth also had such a hobby, and secretly decided to seriously consider the industrial production of "mirrors" after returning to Krasbourg, and the magic guide factory in the Karon Industrial Zone has established three production lines, such as "magic guide intercom", "magic guide fax machine" and "phototypesetting printing machine", and there should be no technical difficulty in opening a "picture mirror" production line - or simply "magic guide camera". Focusing on the export market, the upper class of the Vares countries has celebrities and ladies who chase fashion and are not bad for money, and are willing to pay for this expensive magic guide.
After taking pictures, the female ranger came up with a new idea, proposing that everyone light a bonfire in the field, wash and peel the wild boar they had hunted before, set it up for barbecue, and roast the fresh corn from local materials as a side dish, and have a country party to celebrate the harvest and surrender the dragon.
The suggestion was immediately echoed, and the cornfields were filled with jubilation, and the caravans carrying farm tools and buckets were gone, this time bringing barrels of farmer's own beer, poured into oak cups and foaming white. The smell of barley malt fills the clear morning after the rain, which matches the fat aroma of wild boar meat roasted on the campfire.
Tonya and Bafra also raised their glasses in celebration, but because of the teacher's presence, they seemed somewhat reserved. In fact, Valentina was also indifferent on the surface, remembering the scene of being in the lava lake with Roland just now, faintly worried that the two disciples heard the movement, and did not want to think that the crater was more than a hundred miles away from here, even if Tonya and Bafra had ears to the wind, it was impossible to rule out the interference of the lava boiling and hear the ecstasy of their own teacher.
The festivities continued until the third day of the day, when Roland nibbled on two pork legs, drank a whole barrel of wine, and defeated Lyudmila with a terrifying amount of food and alcohol to win the title of "The First Tournament of the Big Stomach of the Commune of the Valley", wearing the laurels of Bafra and Tonya tied with corn leaves.
After eating and drinking, it was time to say goodbye, and Valentina returned to the "Land of Fields" to continue her sorcery research; Roland affirmed the achievements of Nikolai, Peter, and Pafra in the past six months, encouraged them to continue their efforts, and immediately waved goodbye to the people of Valle Village, and teleported directly back to Colasburg with the two female secretaries.
Lyudmila and Tonya went back to rest, Roland stayed awake all night and was still in good spirits, and after washing up, he wrote an important report to the Cabinet, the main content of which was to summarize the results of the acceptance of the 1621 pilot project of agricultural reform in the Far East.
It took Roland an afternoon to write the 60-page summary, which was presented to His Majesty the King and his cabinet early the next morning, sparking a lively discussion.
Since the beginning of the autumn harvest season at the end of July, Roland has been going to the countryside non-stop field trips, and 200 farms have seen it with their own eyes, confirming that there is no trace of moisture in the reported grain production, and the acceptance results are as follows:
The total cultivated land of the 200 state-owned farms is about 5 million mu, and the average yield of wheat, rice, and corn, the three staple grains is 700 pounds per mu, with a total output of 1.75 million tons.
The government levied grain at a rate of 20 percent, totaling 350,000 tons. In addition, at the price of 0.5 copper thaler, about 450,000 tons of grain were purchased from the unified purchase, and a total of 800,000 tons of grain from the state treasury was collected, while all other non-communal cultivated land - totaling about 70 million mu - collected only 3.2 million tons of grain from the state treasury.
In this comparison, the gap is very significant. The cultivated area of the 200 farms that carried out agricultural reform is only equivalent to 1/25 of the country's reclaimed land, but they contribute 1/5 of all public grain!
How to digest 4 million tons of grain from the national treasury is a big problem.
Most of the 3.5 million agricultural population in the Far East have sufficient winter grain reserves, and the state treasury grain is mainly supplied to the urban population for purchase. The annual food ration for 1.5 million urban dwellers will not exceed 1 million tons, and in addition, industrial production will need about 1 million tons of grain as raw materials, leaving 2 million tons of grain from the state treasury, half of which will be used as security reserves and supplies for the army, and the remaining 1 million tons of grain will be used for export.
The current international grain price is about 35~40 gold thalers per ton, calculated according to the minimum export price standard, one million tons of grain is worth 35 million gold thalers, excluding various costs, the net profit is at least 20 million gold thalers, which is equivalent to the annual industrial and commercial tax revenue of the Kolas government!
Roland had predicted that agriculture would be the most advantageous industry in the Far East, and that the income from grain exports would become a major pillar of government finances.
The success of the agrarian reform is self-evident, and the next issue is how to replicate the successful experience throughout the country.
In his report, Roland showed a restrained and calm stance, repeatedly stressing that this year's bumper harvest is a certain accident, and that agricultural reform must not be rushed to achieve success, and suggested that the number of rural communes should be expanded to 600 next year, and the total area of state-owned farms should be 15 million mu.
According to Roland's agricultural reform and promotion plan, it is not difficult to calculate some data, if the trend of good weather and national peace can continue next year, then even according to the most conservative estimates, the government of Kolas can come up with 2 million tons of grain for export, which will bring the country at least 40 million gold tales of huge fiscal revenue!