It is by no means a long-term solution, and the way to accumulate wealth is nothing more than open source and throttling. For today's travelers, today's daily life is already saving to the limit. Then, in the days when there are no combat missions, everyone will have to look for other ways to earn money.

"It seems that we are going to use the resources we have to create wealth." Li Xiang knocked on the table and groaned, then he looked at Yang Qianyu and asked, "Old Yang, what is the overview of this territory that Kasha gave us?" ”

"As for the current state of our territory - I have already done a survey when the title deed was handed over to us. Here are some detailed figures. Yang Qianyu casually flipped out a stack of parchment, handed it to Li Xiang and introduced it: "The entire territory we own is an area with a radius of 500 meters centered on the villa we live in, with a total area of 785,000 square meters - that is, 7,850 acres of land (in the conversion of the area unit of the Iber world, one mu is equal to 100 square meters). The realm consisted of three villages, with a total of one hundred and sixty-five villages, and a population of four hundred and ninety-two—all of whom had moved with the families of the Earl of Cassya, Lord Neo, and the Hawke sisters as incidental goods to the realm, from which the male and female servants who were now in the villa were born. ”

"In terms of land resources. There are 2,970 acres of farmland available for cultivation. All of them are cultivated land of the middle and upper level, and the main crop is wheat that is harvested once a year, and the yield per mu is about 200 catties - that is, the yield per mu is about 10 stone (in the weight unit conversion of the Yber world, one ton is equal to 100 stones, that is to say, one stone is equal to 200 catties), and the total annual grain output in the territory is less than 30,000 stone (6 million catties). What about the annuity income of previous years...... According to the land deeds given to me by the governor of Valif, after the Leopold family commissioned the merchants of the county to sell the crops they collected, they usually made a profit of four hundred to five hundred gold coins a year. I also asked the village chiefs of the three villages, and they said that the vast majority of rural households can guarantee basic self-sufficiency after paying taxes. So as long as we don't raise taxes, we don't have to worry too much about the people not being able to survive. Overall, the territory is in decent shape at the moment. ”

Yang Qianyu paused, and then continued: "Of course, this refers to the situation of self-sufficiency. And for us, this level of income per year is simply not enough. Unless we're going to be here for the rest of our lives. ”

"You have to think of ways to build wealth quickly." After listening to Yang Qianyu's report on the income of the territory, Li Xiang said: "Is there no cash crop or mineral resources in the territory area that can be exploited?" ”

"No," Yang Qianyu replied dryly, "According to some of the old residents here who have lived in Prairly Town for many years, Brettnia County and the surrounding counties are the main food crops of the Tristram Kingdom, and the main output is all kinds of crops. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that these dozen or so counties, which occupy more than 30 percent of the country's area, are responsible for the food supply of more than 80 percent of the entire kingdom's population, they would not have been able to sell their crops at a high price. ”

"As for mineral resources, there is only one iron ore mine with 100-ton reserves, a coal mine with 100-ton reserves, and a silver mine with less than 10-ton reserves in the whole of the Prairly Territory. Don't look at the small reserves of these veins, they are all the capital that the Kasha family relies on to gain a foothold, and the Kasha will not divide them. ”

"And the wood and stone resources - the whole of the Praile Territory has abundant birch forests and a small amount of oak forests to be cut down, and granite of good texture can also be mined at the foot of the mountains in the southwest of the territory. It's just that these wood and stone resources are available everywhere, and they are not very precious resources. ”

"So, we can only make some plans in terms of growing cash crops." Yang Qianyu finally concluded.

Li Xiang looked at Yang Qianyu. "Are you planning to mobilize your people to reclaim more land and grow cash crops like grapes and olives?"

"Bingo, got it right." Yang Qianyu said with a smile.

For the aristocracy, crops such as wheat and vegetables, and even domestic animals and poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs were harvested only for self-sufficiency within the territory. As Yang Qianyu said, if it weren't for the fact that Brettnia County was a large agricultural county in the kingdom responsible for providing food for the whole country, the wheat produced here would not have been sold at all, because the transportation costs of exporting would probably be higher than the profits that might be generated. Therefore, only within the direct jurisdiction of the royal family of the kingdom will vigorously cultivate arable land to grow grain. As for the other noble lords in the surrounding area, they only sell some when their granaries are full of grain to make some extra money.

And the cash crops that can really bring tangible and tangible income to the lords everywhere are the grapes and olives that they value the most. Grapes can be used to make wine, while olives can be used to extract oil. Therefore, after harvesting these cash crops every year, the lords in various places often sell the remaining part for a satisfactory price through the buyers who travel to and from various places, after leaving enough for their own family's use.

In the kingdom of Tristram, the best olive oil has always been known as "liquid gold". Apart from the royal family, only the nobles and the wealthy had the opportunity to enjoy it. The more ordinary ones can be found in the kitchens of city dwellers. The wine market is similar, with a jar of ordinary wine in a clay pot that can be bought for a silver coin in the bazaar, while the best craft wines can easily be sold for a dozen gold coins in clear glass bottles, not to mention the scarce quantities of fine wine from a particular region and a specific vintage.

Because the geography and climate of each lord in the kingdom are different, the grapes and olives harvested are naturally good and bad. As a major grain-producing county in the kingdom, Brettnia County is a good place for grape growth due to its abundant sunshine and abundant water resources, as well as the regional characteristics of a large temperature difference between day and night. Although it does not produce any nationally famous fine wines, the wine produced every year also brings a large and regular income to the various lords here.

"It's just that just growing grapes and olives to provide raw materials for wineries and oil mills is not very profitable." Yang Qianyu took out a roll of parchment paper and spread it on the table to unfold, while his face showed an inexplicable look.

"If we have mastered the entire industrial chain, we don't have to worry about being divided by outsiders, and at the same time, we can ensure that the benefits are maximized."