After returning to the town, Surin also called the representatives of the town and some soldiers and generals to prepare to carry out the following plan.

At this time, there were a few grease candles on the table in the room, which gave the room a little more light, and everyone sat quietly, waiting for Surin's arrival.

When Su Lin arrived, he sat down on the chair above, glanced at everyone, and then began to speak: "Now we have enough food to eat for two months, including some seeds, so we have to re-plan." ”

These days, the people in the town are also open to eat and drink, and Surin has not stopped it, so the consumption of food is also very large, and the most important thing is that the people here mainly eat meat, and the consumption of wheat can only rank second.

As soon as the words fell, the old man Ksma, one of the representatives of the town, was the first to speak: "As long as we go to the mountains to hunt, we should not worry about running out of food, and we only need to plant a little wheat, which we used to do." ”

Hearing this, Su Lin also glanced at the others, and found that they were all accustomed to it, and he couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "There are not many people in our town, just more than 10,000 people, if you want to survive, it is enough to rely on hunting, but do you really plan to live like this for generations? Living is not our pursuit, we need to live better and enjoy a higher quality of life." ”

The people in the room also fell into deep thought when they heard his words, and Su Lin didn't urge them, after all, they have been like this for more than 20 years, and they have to take their time to change their thinking.

Then Su Lin's passionate voice sounded again: "Hunting is not a long-term solution, the animals on the mountain will be hunted sooner or later, so we must change the way of survival, land is the mother of wealth, so we must combine planting and animal husbandry to make full use of our vast land here." ”

"In the future, we don't need to hunt in the mountains every day, we have endless food at home, and we can enjoy all kinds of entertainment activities, this kind of life is what we want." ”

After saying this, he hurriedly took a sip of water, and his saliva was dry after this long list of words, but looking at the excitement and anticipation on their faces also made him feel a little relieved.

At this time, Kersma was also very excited, and even her voice trembled: "Lord Duke, can what you said come true? ”

"Of course it can be done, as long as you follow the plan I have made. Su Lin replied with a confident face.

Then Su Lin took out another piece of parchment with dense words written on it, and then said all the next plans, so that they only had to carry them out.

When he returned to the room, he saw Felicia standing at the window looking out, so he walked over and put his arm around her from behind, and then leaned into her ear and whispered, "Why don't you sleep?"

"Can't sleep, it's too boring, so come out and look at the stars. Felicia said, leaning against Surin's body.

"Don't worry, it's only temporary, and the night won't be so boring in the future. Su Lin said softly, it was only seven or eight o'clock at this time, and of course he couldn't sleep so early.

The next day, Surin got up early in the morning to make Felicia breakfast, which was actually toast.

The bread of this era was basically only fermented, so the taste was very hard, like a stone, and only after secondary fermentation and the addition of edible alkali could the bread be fluffy.

However, alkali in this era was only available in alkali lakes, so most people did not know what it did, so people did not know that adding alkali to bread could also remove the sourness in it.

In modern society, edible alkali can be manufactured on a large scale, but not in ancient times, but the wisdom of the ancients can not be underestimated, they can get alkali by boiling plant ash, and they are now using this method.

Eve saw Surin put the ashes that had been burned from the wood before in the pot and boiled it, and asked with a puzzled face, "Lord Duke, what are you doing here?"

"You'll find out later. Su Lin pretended to be mysterious.

After a while, the iron pot began to boil, and looking at the black and swarthy mass inside, Su Lin also doubted whether he could boil out the alkali.

Immediately after that, some white crystals oozed out of the pot, like white sugar, seeing this, Su Lin also laughed, and hurriedly dipped his fingers into his mouth and tasted it, feeling full of alkaline taste, and knew that it was a success.

Then he collected the alkali again, and then took out the natural yeast that he had made before, that is, put the flour into a clay bottle, put some water to seal it, and let it ferment naturally for a few days.

Eve was also surprised to see that Surin actually made bread by herself, and quickly asked, "Lord Duke, are you a baker?

"You have to see how I do it, and then you will have to do it yourself. Su Lin said with a smile.

"Got it. Eve nodded honestly.

Su Lin also knew that the people of this era made bread ferment mainly with the dough that was not used up in the last bread to ferment, which is commonly known as old dough or dough, and it was just simply fermented.

Surin then added alkali to the flour, which not only increased the fluffiness, but also removed the sourness from the bread.

When he had done all this, he placed the fist-sized amount of dough on the shovel and put it into the oven, which was also newly built, and looked like a minaret, more than a man high, with two floors, and the lower one was for firewood.

Eve saw that Surin had only baked for a while and took out the bread and put it on the table, and put a piece of dough back in to bake, and couldn't help asking, "Lord Duke, these are not baked well, why don't you bake them?"

"Remember, it's called secondary fermentation, and it's baked for a while, and it's a great improvement for the taste, and you'll have to do the same in the future. Surin explained with a smile.

At this time, Surin took the fermented dough in and baked it, and Eve watched as the dough slowly expanded, much larger than usual, and a smell of wheat wafted out.

At this moment, Felicia also came over with a pair of eyes that woke up from sleep, wearing a white underwear, sniffing constantly, and asked, "What smells so good?"

When Eve saw Felicia, she hurriedly ran over and said, "Princess, this is the smell of bread." ”

"The smell of bread?, can't it?, when does bread smell so good?" replied Felicia, puzzled.

As soon as she said this, she saw Su Lin standing in front of the oven toasting bread, with some flour on his face, looking very attractive.

Felicia walked over and hugged Surin's neck and kissed her, and after parting, Surin also handed her the baked bread and said, "How about looking at the bread I made?"

As a result, Felicia first felt very light, unlike the previous breads, which were 'generous', and then she pinched them, and found that they were very loose and soft.

After tearing off a piece and stuffing it into her mouth, Felicia only felt that the taste was very good, and her mouth was full of aroma, and she didn't need to dip it in the wine to eat it together, and then she ate it one by one.

After a while, she had already eaten four or five, and while eating, she said, "It tastes good, but it's not too sweet." ”

"No way, we don't have much sugar left, and there's no sugar making process here. Su Lin shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, sugar is a luxury in this era, and ordinary people can't afford it.

At this moment, Surin suddenly heard a noisy sound outside, and hurriedly ran out to take a look, and found that many people were surrounding the house, and he asked Gru, "What happened?"

"Lord Duke, they smelled a scent, so they ran here to see it. Gru was also stunned and depressed.

Hearing this, Surin also understood that they were attracted by the smell of bread, so he asked Eve to take out a few more baked bread.

"It's mine, don't grab it. ”

"I'll just take a look, it's so soft and fragrant!"

Surin saw that the people below were in a mess, and he also reached out to stop it, and asked Eve to tell them how to make bread, and these people happily went home and tried it themselves.

It didn't take long for the whole town to fill the town with the sound of toast, and the smell was appetizing.

At this time, Kersma was also sitting at the table eating breakfast with Surin and Felicia, looking at the bread in front of him, he couldn't help but smile on his face: "It's the first time in my life to eat such delicious bread, and the previous bread is about to knock out my teeth." ”

"Grandpa Kersma, do you know who is the blacksmith in the town?" asked Surin as he ate.

"Blacksmiths, how many blacksmiths do we have in town, does the Duke need to summon them?" said Kersma, pondering for a moment.

Su Lin nodded, he had to investigate later, the current farming tools in the town were simply not enough to support large-scale land reclamation, so those rusty weapons had to be melted and cast into iron tools.

The plan drawn up in the morning was divided into three tasks, the first of which was for the 1,000 soldiers to go into the mountains to hunt, not only to ensure the food source but also to exercise, and at the same time to control the food source, so as to strengthen the dominance of the town.

The second task is large-scale land reclamation, and he may promise that whoever reclaims the land will belong to whomever he wants, and in the future he will only need to pay 10% of the income as a tax.

The third task is to collect sea salt, which is a large natural salt mine near the sea, and then sell the collected salt to various parts of the mainland.

These three planning tasks are linked to each other, and in two months it will be time to plant seeds, and the current food, including stored seeds, can only support two months, so you must collect enough salt within a month to ship it out, and then buy some seeds back, otherwise you will miss the best time to plant.

Surin made three plans to make this a big granary, because a poor country wants to get rid of poverty, unless there are scarce materials, and can only rely on agriculture, so in economics land will be called the mother of wealth.