All these lands belong to the Black Iron City, the peasants cultivate on it, and 80% of the income must be handed over to the Black Iron City, so as to be able to support the huge urban population, Shu Han has seen the relevant data, the entire Black Iron City, from the suburbs to the city center, plus slaves, a total of about 200,000 people, and the cultivated population is only about 45,000 people.

In modern times, this is nothing, after all, with large agricultural machinery and fertilizers, a farmer can often feed a lot of people, just like the United States, there are only five million farmers in the country, but they not only feed the country's 350 million people, but also export grain to all over the world, and are the world's largest grain exporter.

But in a world that is infinitely close to the agricultural age, it is impossible for one person to feed four people, so in Black Iron City, except for 20% of the land planted with rice, all the remaining land is planted with corn, potatoes and other species that are suitable for large-scale cultivation and are not so strict for intensive cultivation.

This is also the reason why most people in the mining area can only afford to eat black bread, rice, a precious crop, only the upper class can afford to eat, which is undoubtedly a huge disaster for southerners, southerners occasionally eat a meal of noodles, eat a meal of dumplings nothing, but if you can't eat rice for a long time, it will be crazy.

If Shu Han hadn't been able to go back every ten days, he wouldn't have been able to stay in this world for a month.

By planting a large amount of adaptable food, coupled with the best efforts to press, so that every farmer can only get a full stomach ration, and all the remaining grain will be at the disposal of the Black Iron City, looking at these old farmers who are braving the sun and working in the field, Shu Han can't help but say softly:

"Plant a grain of millet in the spring, and harvest 10,000 seeds in the autumn;

There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death. ”

Dati on the side nodded approvingly after hearing this, and said, "That's right, compared to them, although the miners in our mining area are slaves, their lives are indeed much better than those of these free farmers, especially after you come to take over." “

"Dati, when are you going to learn to pat on the back?" Shu Han looked at Dati with a smile.

"It's not sycophancy." Dhatti said seriously.

"Hehe, but it's a bit incredible to feed such a huge city with such a small number of people." Shu Han said with emotion.

"Yes, but there is no way, human civilization still has to be inherited, if there is a lack of urban population, then it will only take a generation or two, and the information that has been handed down today will be less and less understandable, and our civilization will not only be able to revive, but even become weaker and weaker.

However, I recently heard that the number of farmers in the kindergarten for the next fiscal year is planned to increase, and I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Dati casually said that the news he heard from his friends may be a good thing for these peasants, but for the entire Black Iron City, the population of peasants will increase, and the urban population will inevitably decrease, and there will be fewer and fewer people inheriting the heritage of ancient mankind.

In this way, it seems that it is indeed a tragic thing, how to balance between inheriting civilization and ensuring the interests of the current people, Shu Han looked at the rice fields in the distance, and the vigorous potato vines, and couldn't help but think in his heart, it is really difficult for humans in the apocalypse, and at this time Dati said: "This may also be the reason why Black Iron City is now eager to get in touch with more human city-states in the outside world." “

"They want to find a way to import food?" Shu Han asked.

"Well, Black Iron City has a large number of high-quality iron ore and powerful smelting technology, if we can find a city-state with rich grain storage, we can provide a large amount of food for Black Iron City, then our civilization can continue to be passed on in the direction it is today." Dati Road.

No wonder Wang Lie has been going to the north more and more times recently, it turned out to be related to the food crisis, Shu Han thought in his heart, the two of them looked at the surrounding farmland scenery, while driving on the road to the Black Iron City, now the sun is gradually rising, and there are more and more people rushing on the road, they are like Shu Han, driving an ox cart or a carriage, loaded with all kinds of goods, is heading towards the city.

In addition, he occasionally passed by a car, when Shu Han first heard the sound of a car engine, he was in a trance, and when he turned his head to react, a car whizzed past him, which is a modern truck-like vehicle, but his appearance is more magical than that of a modern truck.

There is a thick layer of iron plates on it, potholes, it looks like it should have been torn by something, there is a circle of iron chains tied to the wheels, which should be to prevent the vehicle from getting stuck by something to lose its mobility, there are also two submachine gun-like firearms on the car, and there are four people standing behind it, wearing sunglasses and carrying a machete on their backs, which looks very scary.

"Who are these?" Shu Han asked Dati on the side.

"These are the Einsatzgruppen teams in Black Iron City, and the one sitting in the passenger seat in the car is Skywalker." Dati explained to Shuhan beside him as he drove the carriage to the side of the road to avoid being run over by the incoming cars.

"They should be preparing to go out on a mission, and I have never touched that equipment in my life." There was a hint of yearning in Dati's eyes, and Shu Han put his curious gaze on the passenger seat of each car, Dati naturally saw Shu Han's eyes and said, "Manager, lower your head." ”

Shu Han hurriedly lowered his head, and after all the cars had passed, Dati said: "Those Skywalkers have a bad temper, they can kill people anytime and anywhere, and they kill people in Black Iron City, as long as it is not an important task, civilians like us will not be punished in any way. ”

"Are there many Skywalkers in Black Iron City?" Shu Han asked curiously.

"A special operations team, equipped with ten Skywalkers, a hundred soldiers, and ten armored vehicles, those ten Skywalkers are the captain and deputy captain, and they are the core of the entire team, and the special operations team is the most important armed force in Black Iron City, the only unit in Black Iron City that has lethal firearms, specializing in the most dangerous tasks, directly under the command of the chief of the military department, and others have no right to move.

There are seven troops like this, and there are about seventy Skywalkers, in addition, there is also a force directly under the Senate on top of this, called Jizo, all of which are composed of Skywalkers, and I don't know how many people there are, it's too mysterious, but it should be no less than thirty people, which is probably the number of Skywalkers that Black Iron City has. “