Most of the land in the north is unsuitable for farming, and the closer you get to the north the land, the more barren it becomes because of the cold weather.

How to use the land in the north and south has become the biggest problem of Lynn Tuntian's plan.

Today, the reclaimed Three Sisters Islands are Lynn's testing grounds.

The potatoes bought from Essos have been in the field for about 70 days in the cultivated land of the Three Sisters, and after the early potatoes bloom, the aboveground part stops growing, and the tubers rapidly expand, accumulating nutrients to maturity, that is, the tuber-forming stage, that is, the fruit.

White Harbor has a direct route to the Three Sisters, which can be reached in one day.

The early harvest of potatoes on the sister island has achieved outstanding results, with a yield of about 00 to 000 catties per mu.

This is still the yield per acre of unripe potato fields.

Lynn, who got the news, had a smile on her face for several days.

The lord of the city, who does not kill people, is very kind, and Lynn, who has nothing to do, walks around with his guards every day in White Harbor, walking through the streets and alleys to learn about the income and output value of agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery.

The manors in the north are relatively scarce compared to the Riverlands, and after adding Lynn's thunderous methods in White Harbor, when Lynn went out to patrol the manors around White Harbor, every knight family manor owner greeted him with a smile, for fear of offending the new lord of the north.

"Knight Enrique, I heard that your manor is the largest cultivated land in the vicinity of White Harbor, so plant potatoes in the future!

I don't know what potatoes are? Han Niu, take a bag of potatoes from the carriage and eat baked potatoes at noon today. ”

"Knight Pollard, your land is at the mouth of the White Blade River, the potatoes there are very fertile, it's too wasteful to use them to herd sheep, sheep can be bought from Dorne, Dorne's sheep are fat and cheap, the direct route from White Harbor to Dorne, the northern Dorne channel has been opened, don't worry, there will be a steady stream of fat sheep to the north within a month. ”

"What? Your family only grazes? Don't worry, I'll find Master Hill to match you with manpower, my three sisters have experienced farmers on the island, and they teach them hand-in-hand. So be it, eat baked potatoes in the evening, I'm in for a treat. ”

"Knight Nishizawa, I heard that your family controls the slavery trade in White Harbor City, don't wipe your sweat, I don't mean to plunder your family's business, I just inform you that in the future, slavery is allowed to enter and not leave.

The lord of the city is now in dire need of manpower to develop agriculture.

In the future, you go to Essos to sell and buy slaves, as long as you enter White Harbor City, you will return their freedom, the north does not need slaves, but needs more workers, let them become the people of the north, I will not let you suffer, give you a profit, black people don't ......

Well, you can try to say no, I'll be happy to arrange for someone else to accept ......"

Lynn's recent schedule is very full, visiting the surrounding manor lords and the vassal nobles in the city.

Government affairs are always tedious and boring.

Back at the mansion, Lynn held in his hand the order sign that the old Ciel-stolen had ordered someone to make according to his request.

He began to write orders on it, and finally stamped and signed it, then shook the small piece of wood in his hand in front of him, and said with a satisfied smile: "In the future, as long as this order is signed and sealed by me, it will represent the supreme will of my Lynn Rothschild in the north, and those who dare to disobey it...... Considered a rebellion. ”

"Now, let's start talking about the need for an executive order!"

Lynn sat on the high platform, and Old Hill and Alfred began to record and make suggestions.

The first was the Conference on Agrarian Reform.

Without the participation of the political officer, this is almost Lynn's word, in order to have enough food reserves as soon as possible, in case of declaring war on the south of Westeros in the coming year, and facing the next war between wildlings and strangers against the Great Wall.

Lynn must try to be rational and ruthless in her approach to administration.

In the first case, the order issued by White Harbor began to be issued in the south of the northern border, and was soon issued.

[Lynn Order: Regarding the reform of expanding agricultural production and life in the north, the nobles need to cooperate with each other]

First of all, considering the widespread use of iron farming tools, agricultural productivity has been greatly improved, and crop yields can also be greatly improved.

And Lynn's explosive weapon system is equipped with armor blades.

Lynn will give the blacksmith shop in White Harbor the task of forging agricultural tools, and each month the blacksmith must have eighty percent of the iron forging, which is used to forge agricultural and fishery daily necessities.

In order to reclaim new land and restore old land, Lynn reformed two types of arable land according to the degree of land use in the north and the land cultivation system of medieval Europe.

One is the continuous tillage and fallow system, that is, a piece of land is continuously cultivated for several years and then let it be fallow for a long time. This system is mainly practiced in mountainous areas with scattered settlements.

The other is to leave a piece of land fallow for one year every two or three years, which is commonly known as the two-nursery system or the three-nursery system, which is mainly practiced in plain and hilly areas.

This new farming system is undoubtedly an improvement over the predatory and extensive farming of the past.

However, as a fallow rotation method, it itself reflects a backwardness, because this method does not allow the existing arable land to be used to the maximum.

But this is also a helpless thing, the land in the north is really barren, even in the southernmost part of the north, the land cannot reach 2/3 of the real estate in the river.

Lynn added, "When you are reclaiming, let's build more post stations and wells." ”

Old Hill was quick to add in his notebook.

"My lord, the current farm tools are expensive, and the geology in the north is hard, so the reclamation efficiency of general farm tools is not great. ”

Lynn pondered for a moment, "The land in the north is barren, but the land in the south of the north is completely up to the level of cultivation, since the efficiency of farming tools is not good, how about updating the farmer's ploughing methods and tools, how about heavy ploughing?"

Soil conditions make it difficult for farmers in the north to plough the land intensively.

Only the light plough is used to carry out the vertical and horizontal cross harrowing of the land, so that the soil surface layer is loose, and most of the soil in the crop growth layer is not turned, so its root system can not be fully extended, and the soil fertility can not be used optimally.

A heavy plough is a towing tool equipped with wheels to control the depth of the plough, the ploughshare is vertical, and the ploughshare turns the plot over. This plough not only covers the seeds, but also loosens the soil so that the infiltrated water is concentrated in the roots of the crop for easy absorption.

The heavy plough is a good tool for ploughing clay and forest land, but the purchase of the heavy plough requires a large amount of money, and the use of the heavy plough requires more ploughing animals.

It usually takes a few mules to pull a heavy plow.

Old Hill stopped the pen in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said: "My lord, this thing is indeed a sharp weapon for reclamation, but the cost is higher, and ordinary farmers can't afford it, only the owner of the manor seems to be able to add it." ”

"Yes, it is true, but even a light plough generally requires more than two ploughing animals. We can promote co-farming for the time being. ”

Old Hill understood, and then said, "So, after the cultivated land is reclaimed, do you have any suggestions for the varieties of crops that will be sown?"

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