Chapter 115, the master of painting cakes
The sky and the earth are big, and the spring ploughing is the largest.
In the era of the agrarian economy, all political and economic activities must give way to grain production.
With the arrival of the spring ploughing season, the situation in the two counties, which was originally turbulent, calmed down instantly.
Hudson didn't have the time to continue to make trouble. In fact, he only built a stage from beginning to end, and the rest of the performances were left to everyone.
The less involved, the smaller the problems exposed. If it weren't for the people, they wouldn't have found Hudson involved.
Aside from the addition of the "swamp" fertilizer, Hudson never made any new tricks. The main reason is that they are not familiar with farming technology and dare not blindly command.
Having eaten a wave of fertilizer dividends, Hudson is clearly ready to continue. You must know that the last time the spring grain was put into storage, the average yield of rye per mu reached an astonishing two hundred and three pounds.
This figure, in an era when the average yield per mu was only 145 pounds, was simply a bumper harvest.
If it weren't for the limited knowledge reserve of the serfs, who only knew the grain harvest in the territory and didn't know the specific output, they would have been able to cause a sensation in the entire Alpha Kingdom if it was spread.
Originally, the output of spring grain was low, and it actually broke the record, if it was not blessed by the gods, who would believe it?
It's good to make a fortune in a muffled voice, Hudson won't do this kind of showy thing.
If everyone's grain is harvested together, it will not be a good thing for the nobles of the southeastern provinces.
When the time comes, the gang of guys in northern Xinjiang will get rid of the shackles of food, and the balance of the kingdom will be broken, which will inevitably set off a new round of political struggle.
The kingdom is in chaos, there is no system of rules to protect it, and the immature mountain territory can not withstand the wind and rain.
With only two infantry regiments, it's okay to be the king and hegemon in the county. Resting in the whirlpool of the storm, it will be shattered in an instant.
The plains are grown with rye, potatoes, and a small amount of wheat. The difference is limited to this year's seeds, which are the large grains that are selected.
The difficulty of cultivating good breeds is too great for Hudson to know, and he can only use the stupidest methods to sift through them.
How many effects can be achieved depends on the blessing of the Lord of Dawn. Hudson's expectations are not high, and an increase of three or five pounds per acre is considered earned.
The newly reclaimed wasteland is all used to grow peanuts, soybeans and flax...... and other oil crops.
Even with the use of swamp fertilizer, Hudson still has no yield requirements for the newly reclaimed land, and he can harvest as much as he wants.
There is a serious imbalance between the number of people and the area of arable land in the mountain territories, and in the coming years, they will have to rely on large-scale food purchases to supplement them.
This year's annual plan is to increase the food self-sufficiency rate to one-third.
It's not that it can't be higher, the main thing is that it's not worth it. Originally, Hudson wanted to rely on fertilizer and give up the land for fallow, but after weighing the pros and cons, he was forced to give up.
The grain production is a little higher, and you can find a way to hide it. Even if everyone is aware, no one will care.
After all, the southeastern province is a well-known grain-producing province. With the exception of Hudson, the rest of the territory did not suffer from food shortages as long as it was cultivated normally.
Even if a large amount of grain is sold to the Northland every year, after the remaining grain is satisfied for their own use, everyone still has a lot of surplus.
I have long been accustomed to a good harvest of grain, and I don't care if my neighbors have collected three or five pounds more.
But if you break the fallow system, it will be different. In an instant, it will attract countless eyes, and once it is discovered that there is a way to maintain production without fallow, Hudson will not dare to imagine the scene.
The sowing work went very smoothly, everyone's focus was on their own fields, and no one had the time to do things.
Even if Baron Cailliaud entered the deciduous collar during the spring ploughing, it did not cause waves in the outside world, as if everything was logical.
After more than ten days of busy tossing and smoothing out the affairs in the territory, everyone's attention gathered on Baron Cayo.
For a time, it was a gathering of guests, and there was an endless stream of nobles visiting every day.
None of this has anything to do with Hudson, other people's territories are busy, and the busyness of the mountain territories has just begun.
In the mining area, it was busy all year round, and ordinary workers only had two or three days off a month, basically every ten days, and they had to take turns.
Even the busiest spring ploughing did not affect the production of the mining area. Mr. Hudson, who had plenty of labor, had no idea of letting the workers go to the fields.
The biggest change is still the reclamation, last year tossed for a few months, only to open up 33,000 acres of mountainous land, obviously can not satisfy the Hudson lord's appetite.
This year's goal is much more ambitious than last year's. As early as the beginning of the year, Hudson shouted the slogan of "100,000 acres of wasteland".
As soon as the noble lord shouted, the people below were about to break their legs.
In order not to make the 100,000 acres of wasteland a joke, Hudson also made corresponding plans.
It is necessary to split the task into each insurance. After the first few months of tossing, the serfs got used to the assignment of tasks.
The most important thing is the reward for overcompleting tasks. In order to arouse everyone's enthusiasm, Hudson generously announced that one-third of the land that had been over-reclaimed would be used as "public land".
The property rights naturally belong to Lord Hudson, but the income generated by this part of the "public land" can be divided by the serfs who should be "protected".
Specifically, that part of the land will be used as public land, and it will definitely not be set aside. How can the Hudson of the chicken thief be treated differently?
Taking care of one's own land is definitely more attentive than taking care of other people's land. If it is really divided, it can be sure that the grain production in the public field area is absolutely leveraged.
Therefore, the income of public land is calculated according to the average yield of all mountainous land, and after deducting the cost of cultivation, the additional income is distributed to everyone.
Such a complicated calculation method is obviously a bit difficult for serfs. However, as the lowest level of society, there is one thing that everyone still understands - they can share more food.
The most important thing is that this is not one more distribution, but at the time of harvest every year, you can get a part of the food in addition to the daily ration.
Work hard for a year, share food for a lifetime. This kind of good thing is rare.
Originally, he thought that Lord Hudson was the most greedy vampire, and he instantly lowered his head in shame. It's really too undeserved, how can you criticize the most generous lord in the world?
Although everyone has been busy all year round after following Master Hudson, the food standard is also rising!
In particular, Mr. Hudson never added stones, sawdust, or dirt to his bread...... These are hard things to swallow.
If you eat well, you will naturally spend more. Do a little more work, that's as it should be.
Besides, there is a limit to the work in the field. Clearing the wasteland is not a new thing, and everyone has heard of the memory passed down by word of mouth of the older generation.
The territory of the noble lord is not unlimited, anyway, it will be busy for a few years, and when the land is reclaimed, he will naturally be able to be idle at that time.
People yearn for a better life, and Hudson, who succeeded in painting cakes, soon calmed the hearts of the serfs.
All of them are thinking about a better life in the future. It's just that they subconsciously forgot that Lord Hudson's territory area was obviously abnormal.
These are minor problems, and it is enough to appease all the dissatisfaction of everyone by waiting for the extra food to be distributed later.
Hudson was definitely not stingy in this regard. The more he gives to the younger brothers, the more he will take as the boss.
Not only did they paint cakes for the serfs, but even the miners and blacksmiths in the mountains received similar incentives for "big cakes".
As long as the task is exceeded, the reward is great. As for the difficulty of the task, as long as the "pie" is enough, is it still a problem?
The only ones who couldn't draw the cake were probably the orc slaves. Even after a few months of training, only a few orcs have mastered a few simple words.
"Cooking", "Work", "Sleeping", "Getting Up"......
If you want to communicate, you play the piano to a group of animals. Its IQ is not necessarily comparable to ......
There is no way to give an example, although the IQ of animals is not very good, but once it becomes a monster, the IQ will rise and fall.
If you look at the bears you have raised, you can see that the IQ is definitely far higher than that of humans of the same age.
The bear, which is less than three years old, can actually command people to milk cows and sheep, and can also fake Hudson's orders to ask soldiers to find honey for it.
In the end, in order to meet the rations of the young bears, the mountain leader had to start a beekeeping business.
Without a little experience and technical reserves, Hudson ran to raise bees, and Hudson admired his courage.
Fortunately, you don't need to do it yourself, otherwise the honey will not be visible, and the bees will be extinct first.
In fact, the situation is similar, Lord Hudson is inexperienced, and the serfs below are equally inexperienced. Everyone is accustomed to eating wild honey, and there is no idea of beekeeping at all.
It's just that due to the appetite of the cubs, they have to start from scratch and slowly accumulate experience in practice.
If it is successful, a new industry will be added; If you can't get it, it's just a waste of a few laborers, and the salary is all set by the "bear" anyway.
This is a special cooperation model that Hudson has explored after continuous contact with the bear cubs and summed up countless experiences.
Bear Stearns worked for him and was paid for his wages; On the contrary, the bear's daily expenses and cultivation needs must also be borne by the bear himself.
No one suffers, no one takes advantage.
As of now, Uncle Bear has owed Hudson a huge five-figure debt. And the numbers are rising.
According to the rules agreed by the two parties, Uncle Xiong has to slap a gold coin for a fee, and he has to slap tens of thousands of bear paws to be able to pay off the debt.
If there is no ongoing war, it is estimated that this debt will most likely evolve into a lifetime series.
However, Bear Stearns is not worried at all, and the price of the sale is low now, because he is not an adult. When you become an adult, the fees are different.
Unfortunately, although the strength of the cub bear is rising, its physical development is still at the level of a normal bear. But the unscrupulous Lord Hudson is also the master of death, and everything follows the rules of the Earth Bears.
Body size represents strength, and more than part is not recognized. Anyway, for so many thousands of years, there is only the exception of Bear Stearns, and there is no need to specialize.
With a big trick, the dizzy Bear Stearns signed a new cooperation agreement and became a working bear since then.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't wipe off his face, Uncle Xiong would have quit a long time ago. According to the mutual aid agreement signed at the beginning, there is a high degree of freedom in food and accommodation.
Now the relationship between the two sides is really equal. It's just that everything for food and clothing has to be counted as money, and it is still calculated according to the prevailing price standard.
Of course, the ultimate reason why there is no regret is that Xiong Sheng has not changed much.
The same should be eaten, should drink, should be sleeped, as long as you don't think about it so much, debt is a bunch of numbers.
Working to pay off debts, that's impossible. Bear Stearns is not a diligent bear, but its greatest contribution is to provide security for creditors.
Anyway, no matter how the debt changes, it is impossible to abuse the bodyguards, and the bear's standard of living is guaranteed.
Warcraft knows the pros and cons and chooses the lifestyle that is most beneficial to them. In comparison, the intelligence of orcs is really worrying.
Of course, this is also related to Hudson's group of garbage orcs, which represents the lower limit of orcs.
The highly intelligent races that represent the upper limit of the orcs are no less than humans. It's a pity that these high-IQ orc races not only have good brains, but also have strong strength.
"One Sword Alone"
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In Dadir City, the Sith Baron, who was busy with the affairs of the territory, only took time to think about how to deal with the relationship with the mountain territory next.
played with a pair of golden horses in his hand, but accidentally used too much force, and the golden horses directly revealed their true colors.
It turned out that it was only plated with a layer of gold on the outside, but the inside was pig iron, no wonder he felt something was wrong when he held it in his hand.
"Hudson, you door-slamming ghost! I don't know how to give gifts, and I'm not afraid of being embarrassed when I take such a tattered goods......"
The angry Sith Baron couldn't help but scold directly. It's too much of a bully, and when he wraps a layer of gold skin in iron, he dares to send it as a gift, and he doesn't take him seriously.
"Young Master, take a closer look at whether there are any mechanisms or handwriting or anything like that on the golden horse.
Baron Hudson is not a boring man. Whether it's courting you or provoking you, I won't give away this kind of golden horse that doesn't represent anything. ”
Butler Faeron reminded.
These are the lessons that have been accumulated over the years. Hudson and Sith each represent the interests of different camps, and their identities are not suitable for private friendship.
Whether it's trying to ease the relationship, or getting things done. It should also send something symbolic, at least understandable.
What is it to send a pair of golden horses?
Jin Ge Iron Horse?
Looking carefully at the iron horse in his hand, Baron Sith finally found a few lines of small writing under the horse's belly. The originally gloomy face finally eased up.
"You guessed it, Hudson really wanted to ease up with us. It's just that it's not an ordinary relaxation of the relationship, but it is necessary to tighten the outside and loosen the inside.
According to what he meant, on the surface, our two families still have to keep fighting. It's just that to control the scale of the conflict, it's better to keep the contradiction in words.
It seems that the arrival of the Baron Cayo has really brought him a lot of pressure. Otherwise, they wouldn't have thought of acting with us.
In theory, this should have been a good thing. But whether to cooperate with him or not, I am hesitant now.
There are so many smart people in the two counties, and after making a fuss for so many months, the only one who has never suffered is this mountain baron.
Throughout every time he made a move, it seemed that he was forced to do it, but in fact, he was not deliberately guiding?
Although easing the relationship between the two families now can greatly reduce the pressure on us. But I've been led by the nose by him, I'm afraid I'm ......"
It's not that the Sith lacks determination, it's just that he has suffered too much in the front, and now he can't help but keep an eye on Hudson.
"Young master, it doesn't matter if Baron Hudson has other calculations. The key is whether it is really beneficial for us to ease relations at this moment.
As long as it is in our interest, even if he has other plans, we don't need to delve into it.
The arrival of Baron Cailliaud diluted his appeal to the native aristocracy. Perhaps this had little effect on Hudson's military prowess, but the political impact was enough for him to bear.
It is also logical to take counter-action actions. As for Baron Cayo, the origin of the Dalton family dooms us to become two people. ”
The old man said with a determined analysis.
After all, he has been with the Grand Duke of Cavadia, and his ability may not be very outstanding, but his vision is not comparable to ordinary people.
The human heart is the most unpredictable, and it is too difficult to fully understand the other party's calculations.
Instead of blindly guessing, it is better to be lazy to pay attention. As long as it is in the interests of one's own family, then it can be cooperated, otherwise it will be destroyed.
Not making decisions based on one's own preferences is a necessary quality for a mature aristocrat.
After a moment of silence, Baron Sith nodded slowly: "You are right, I really shouldn't think too much.
It seems that I have come to the right place this time. If I hadn't met so many opponents and suffered so many losses, I wouldn't have found out that I had so many shortcomings.
This mountain baron is not easy!
A few days ago, there was a lot of trouble with us, but now that the situation has changed, you can turn around and show goodwill, as if nothing had happened.
Just this face-changing effort, I am ashamed of myself.
This heart, coupled with his terrifying luck, is afraid that it will be difficult to suppress this person. ”
The strong fear is overflowing, this is the after-effect of the orc slave incident. Although Hudson reduced his presence as much as possible, so many serfs entered the mountain territory, but they could not deceive people.
Without spending a single gold coin, a new market was opened, and the labor force he wanted was obtained, which divided the northern aristocratic camp. Such an opponent can't make Baron Sith not jealous.
"Young master, if you can't suppress it, then don't press it! Luck can't always be with you, and some things are destined not to be rushed.
After a few years, look back. You will find that most of the people of the past have been reduced to the dust of history, but a group of seemingly ordinary guys stand at the end.
A similar opponent was also encountered by the Grand Duke back then. But these lucky people can be glorious for ten or twenty years, but it is difficult to be prosperous for a lifetime.
To deal with this kind of person, you need to slowly lay out. If the young master is willing, it can be arranged now.
The rise of the small aristocracy, the most lacking is talent. Within their circle, it is simply impossible to recruit enough talent.
Therefore, after the development reaches a certain level, it is inevitable to introduce foreign talents, and we can completely arrange people in the past.
In the short term, it is difficult for these people to gain trust. But stretch the time to 10, 20 years...... After that, the situation is different.
Time is the easiest to deceive people, and it is easiest to get lost when it comes to success. When a body of luck is exhausted, it is the time when the foundation is overturned.
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