81. A busy new year

The New Year's celebration is at the end of winter, so not long after the celebration has passed, the grass and trees begin to revive as the first warm breeze caresses the earth.

After an almost carnivalesque celebration, the people of the world of Yber returned to their usual routines and continued to work for their livelihoods in the future. The people of the Prairly Domain, which is under the jurisdiction of the kingdom of Tristrem, the county of Breitnia, the noble county of Count Leopold of Breitnia, are naturally no exception. And compared to previous years, they are much busier this year.

Many well-informed people in the county have gossiped an interesting amount of gossip from their own sources - since the new Countess 'Cassa Leopold' had been in the business of brandy and whisky, and had made a fortune on his first shipment years ago, the first thing she did on her return to the realm was to gather a group of realm administrators, led by the family steward Sebastian Varif for a long meeting. It was heard that after the treasurer and the tax collector had calculated the cost of the sale and the net profit of the sale, Count Cassa decided on the spot that Prailly would continue to produce new wine in the coming new year, and that he would try to increase the production of new wine.

It is true that for a truly aristocratic family, money does not mean everything. However, if there are gold coins in front of you but deliberately do not take them for the sake of so-called vanity, it is too hypocritical and will only make people laugh.

It takes at least three years for the newly planted vines to grow for the harvest of the grapes, and although it is unlikely that the grape harvest will increase significantly in the coming year, it is necessary to take a long-term view, not to mention the cold protection measures of the vineyards, which were not paid much attention to before. If a tree is frozen and will not bear fruit in the coming year, this is a real loss of gold coins! You know, olive oil is not the only food known as "liquid gold" today.

At the edge of the oak grove in the territory, several new lumber mills were quickly established. Casks of different sizes are the main product, and the vast majority of the wines will be sold in casks in the coming year, which is not a little sloppy in terms of quality. The production process standards of the glass factory are high, and it is not possible to meet the requirements in a short time, and it is expected that in the next few years, it will still have to be ordered from the main producers of glass through the Chamber of Commerce. What's more, Kasha didn't want to see the new wine in the glass bottle go to war in transit because of the bumps - all that drop was a dazzling gold coin!

In order to further expand the production of new liquor, Kasha not only purchased a complete set of alchemical distillation equipment for purification, but also the makers of new liquor (or plagiarists?). Under Yang Qianyu's reminder, a large number of various brands of liquor in the county and even the entire kingdom were purchased for blending. For true wine, every step of the brewing process is an indispensable and important step. Even if the ingredients are the same and the process is the same, it is impossible for different breweries to make sake with the exact same taste. Use different basic liquors to blend and achieve unified taste, remove impurities, and harmonize aromas, so that they can flow into the market and sell.

In order to provide a stable source of money for his team, Yang Qianyu studied the brandy and whiskey alcohol he imitated for a long time, and spent a lot of personal savings, and finally found the most suitable blending ratio. And this is the best measure to ensure that this novel brandy and whisky will not be quickly overtaken by the swarming imitators.

In addition to the new wine business, Kasha also spent a lot of time and energy planning for the construction and development of new towns in the territory, which was finally released not long ago, and implemented in the territory with the arrival of the new year.

Two new auxiliary posts were added to each village under the jurisdiction, one of which was an agricultural officer who was responsible for the management of agricultural affairs, and the other was an animal husbandry officer who was fully responsible for the care of livestock. As an alternative to the chaotic farming method in which farmers were in charge of their own homes, the new plan called for the entire village to be considered as one, and to make rational plans for the coming year, and all tenant farmers must sow and cultivate seeds in a unified manner under the command of the village chief, agricultural officer, and animal husbandry officer. As for the small number of yeoman farmers in the villages. It is also important to try to get their understanding and acceptance of such arrangements.

Not only that, Kasha also adopted the suggestion of Fu Bin, a member of the Xuanyuan Adventure Group, to abandon the traditional slitted farming system and replace it with the advanced three-field rotation cultivation system while cultivating a large amount of new cultivated land in the territory. All the fields were re-planned and divided into three equal parts, and the farmers would rotate back and forth between the three fields. One field is used for vegetable or legume crops, and one field is used for wheat crops. The last piece is left fallow to restore nutrients to the land. Although it takes a lot of extra effort, this will allow for a significant increase in crop yields during the next harvest season, and at least one piece of land will be fully recuperated each year.

In addition, through the activities of the Chamber of Commerce, Kasha used his future income as a pledge to buy a large number of horses and various types of livestock. In addition to the more prosperous area of Prelley Town, there are many unused wastelands around Preilly Castle. Compared with the more common ox-to-plough, the use of horse ploughing requires more care, but it can really speed up the efficiency of land clearing. Know that time is money in the current situation. And after the end of the reclamation. The cattle and horses were still able to be leased to the farmers for daily farming, and they did not lose money. In addition, although they cannot be compared to the horses that have been cultivated as standard riding horses since childhood (horses in the world of Yber are not suitable for war horses due to their nature, so the standard name for horses used as mounts is 'riding horses'), some of these horses that are barely suitable for riding can always be used by the village guards in each village.

In order to expand the population, Kashya also purchased a batch of human slaves from the slave town in the county, and carefully reviewed them after transporting them back to the territory. Among them, all those who have a skill are recorded in detail, and after research and discussion, they are placed in the appropriate position. In order to increase the motivation of these slaves to work, Kashya also promised that if the slaves worked in the territory for ten years, Kashya would cancel their slave status and let them settle in the territory as citizens of the Prairly Territory. These people, who had been enslaved voluntarily or forcibly by war, famine, or poverty, were immediately overwhelmed by the promise of their lords^ and devoted themselves to the construction of the Prairly Domain.