Although Anz has almost no idea what the Engel index is, he has a clear idea of whether he spends more or less on food.

Auroboros threw the wheat to the ground: "Speaking of which, these varieties of wheat should have been given to the villagers of Karn by Nasalik, right?" But who is the one who planted wheat for the villagers of Karn? ”

Ainz thought for a moment, "I guess it's Yaura."

"By the way, I remembered. Because Yaula and Mare have the profession of forest priests who can promote the growth of plants, they are in charge of researching the varieties of crops that can grow more food, according to my orders. The amount of grain produced directly determines the number of the population and the strength of the country. In other words, more food means more people can be fed. However, this kind of wheat seed, which can produce four times as much wheat, is not necessarily a good thing for farmers. ”

"Isn't it a very good thing to be able to produce more than four times as much wheat?"

"Not necessarily, there are far more problems in the production process than we imagined...... If the amount of wheat is really reduced by a factor of four, then realistically, instead of a decline in the value of wheat, there will be a large-scale overproduction, with the result that a large number of crops will be burned and thrown away. ”

As for Oroboros's statement that the crops produced will be thrown away, Lao Gu said that he did not understand very much. AS A POOR MAN WHO HAD ONLY ATTENDED PRIMARY SCHOOL, HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM OF OVERPRODUCTION IN THE PROCESS OF CAPITALIST PRODUCTION......

In the 22nd century, in which Satoru Suzuki lives, resources and energy are scarce, and it is necessary to consciously conserve production in order to maintain the normal operation of the entire world. In this case, there is no problem of overproduction. So even if he told Ainz a thousand times, he might not be convinced.

"I won't explain to you why there is such a thing as crop burning, because no matter how much you tell you, you may not be able to hear clearly. However, this wheat should also have the negative effect of depleting the fertility of the land. ”

"Draining the fertility of the land?"

"Do you remember what I said earlier about the Norfolk rotation? It is an agricultural production method in which the cultivated land is divided into four areas, and red clover, wheat (or rye), forage turnips or sugar beets, and two-sided barley (or red clover are sown) are planted in turn, and a rotation cycle of four years is used. One of the fundamental purposes of this agricultural production method is to ensure that the land can maintain its fertility for a long time, and will not cause the loss of fertility to cause the loss of land yield. This wheat seed, which can produce four times as much wheat, is extremely consuming for the land, and if this wheat is cultivated continuously, the land will become a wilderness in a few years, and it will be difficult to cultivate food again. ”

"So is there any solution to this?"

"It's very simple, just use chemical fertilizer. But that thing, we won't have to wait until 1840 when Liebig invents the Liebig fertilizer......"

"Asking is the same as not asking."

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After half a day of ink outside the village of Karn, everyone came to the village of Karn together. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they were surprised to find that there was a border checkpoint near the village, which was something that Oroboros had not encountered when he came to the village before.

Inside the border checkpoint, there were about thirty or so soldiers. The soldiers looked quite well-equipped and physically strong.

It seems that after the advent of the Kingdom of God, directed and acted by Oroboros, the kingdom of Riestigh also began to attach great importance to this village. In addition, it is considered by the citizens and believers of the Slen Sect to be a holy place for the gods to descend, so they simply flock here to make a pilgrimage.

In fact, not only the citizens of the Slenist Sect, but also the followers of some of the six gods of the Bahas Empire and the Kingdom of Riestika are also rushing here to make a pilgrimage.

The six gods and the Slenist kingdom are in the same world as Jesus and Catholicism. It's not just the people of the Slian Sect who are worshipping the Six Gods, but even the people of the Bahasas Empire and the Rijestij Kingdom are also worshipping the Six Gods.

According to Auroboros' understanding of the history of this world, six hundred years ago, the six gods together established the first human state in history, the Slenist Nation. The country has been prosperous for more than a hundred years until the Eight Desires King came to the world.

After eliminating the only one remaining of the six gods, the King of Eight Desires unified the entire world with the speed of a storm, and then fell at the speed of a meteor. At that time, the Eight Desires King could be roughly divided into three factions, and established their own power factions according to their strength. After the fall of the King of Eight Desires, the remaining factions of the King of Eight Desires began to fight each other, and on the basis of the vast territory they conquered, they split into several countries, namely: the Kingdom of Review, the Holy Kingdom, the Kingdom of Rijestij, the Kingdom of Bahas, the Urban United Nations, the Elven Kingdom (Dwarves and Elves are counted as Terrans in the YGGDRASIL setting), and the Three Kingdoms of the East, a total of seven countries.

[Note: In the setting of "King of the Undead", excluding the dwarven kingdom (which is actually a tribe) with a total area of less than one-tenth of the kingdom, the number of countries occupied by humans is exactly eight. These eight countries were actually split because of the chaos between the Eight Desires King back then. 】

In this case, the spark left behind by the six gods has spread to many of the above countries. The most influential of these is naturally the Slen Cult, as it was once the core of the rule of the six gods. After the death of the King of the Eight Desires, the remnants of the Six Divine Lands immediately began to counterattack, and they used the equipment left by the Six Great Gods to destroy the forces left behind by the Eight Desires King and re-establish the Slian Sect.

Although the Slen Cult did not complete its mission to unify humanity, the followers of the six gods were widely distributed in various countries. In terms of distance, the Bahas Empire and the Kingdom of Rijestij are the two countries with the largest number of believers, followed by the Kingdom of Commentaries and the Holy Kingdom, and the easternmost city of the map, the United Nations, and the Three Kingdoms of the East have almost zero faith because the six gods did not conquer the region back then.

In the early days of the Elven Kingdom, there were also some people who believed in the Six Great Gods, but later due to conflicts with the Slian Sect, which believed that they would inherit the will of the gods, a large part of these believers also disappeared.

To sum up, in this case, this originally inconspicuous frontier village suddenly became a holy place recognized by many believers such as the Slian Sect, the Bahas Empire, the Kingdom of Rijestij, the Holy Kingdom, and the Appraisal Kingdom, and they all flocked to this village in a frenzy.

The lord of the city of Yah Lantil saw the value of this small village and quickly set up a checkpoint in the village to collect taxes from passing caravans. It's just that because the area of this village is not very large, the army that can be stationed cannot be too large, so only a few dozen people are stationed there.

As soon as he saw Orobros and his party appear in front of him, the soldiers at the border checkpoint immediately stopped them.

"Everyone stops, and if you want to enter the village, you have to show your documents. Local residents are exempt from the issuance of documents. In the case of nationals, they are required to present documents proving their identity in their own country, individual adventurers and travelers are exempt from taxation, and caravans are required to pay entry taxes equal to one-tenth of the value of all goods; In the case of citizens of the Church or the Bajas, they were required to present customs clearance documents or enter the country directly at the Customs, and adventurers and travelers were charged a toll of one hundred copper coins, and caravans were to be taxed at twenty percent of the value of the goods. ”

Seeing the checkpoint that blocked the road and asked for money, Oroboros was very unhappy: "Nima, is this a highway toll?" ”

Ainz walked to the checkpoint and handed his ID card from the Adventurer's Guild to the soldiers at the border checkpoint, "Hello, this is my Adventurer's ID, is it tax-free?" ”

The border checkpoint looked at the documents, "Although your documents show that you are indeed an adventurer, we cannot give you tax exemptions." ”

"Why?" Ainz thought they were trying to extort taxes.

The soldier at the border pointed to the carriage in which Enfrea was sitting, with bags of loot on it, "We have set the tax exemption for individual adventurers and travelers, and it is obvious that your carriage is loaded with transport. If your carriage is loaded with straw or firewood, I will only charge you a wagon tax of three hundred copper coins at most, but in this case I can only allow you to cross the border according to the standard of your own caravan, which is a tenth of the entry tax. I'm not asking too much of you, I'm just doing what I do, so please don't embarrass us. ”

Ainz wasn't the kind of person who would fight at the slightest disagreement, and he chose to agree with the plausible reasons of the soldiers at the checkpoint. So he had the soldiers at the border checkpoint value the wagon's cargo, and based on his estimated value of the goods, he levied a tenth of the tax.

After paying the taxes, the soldiers moved out of the way, and Oroboros and his party entered the village. Upon entering the village, Oroboros saw a large number of wagons parked in the streets of the village, surrounded by a large number of tents, not only of the bitter devotees dressed in plain patched robes, but also of a large number of brightly dressed monks. A large group of villagers slept in tents on the side of the road, and a large number of tourists were lying on both sides of the village road.

The tourists who fell on the street did not care, at most they were quite dissatisfied with the status quo of their sleeping on the streets, while the villagers cried on the streets, describing it as very desolate. They were forced to sleep on the streets and alleys of their villages, cooking food in pots under makeshift tents, as if they were homeless.

What's going on?

Curious, Oroboros wanted to go up and ask the villagers, but before he could open his mouth to ask the villagers, the villagers discovered Auroboros and his party first.

A voice instantly rang out in the crowd: "It's Lord Oropolis!" ”

"It's Miss Euphemia!"

"Great, great, we're saved!"

The villagers who saw Oroboros' arrival immediately swarmed up and knelt on the ground in front of him like a swarm of ants.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you sleep on the street en masse? ”

The village chief, who had a relationship with Oroboros, knelt on the ground, "Please, Lord Oroboros, be our master and let those guys give us back our house and land!" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, tell me from beginning to end, little by little!"