85_85536After this, William casually ordered someone to come out of the ranks. After the fellow came out trembling, he handed him the pole. Then he asked little John to take him to a brook not far away, across a hill, and fetch two buckets of water, and then carry the water and come back.

The farmer who accepted this task went from initial uneasiness, to curiosity, to surprise, to joy. The whole person's mentality is like going through a roller coaster ride of 720 degrees. And seeing this guy running over with two buckets of water, the other farmers were not surprised after seeing it.

After confirming that the slab was really useful and that there was really no problem with the water, the peasants all boiled and cheered.

After seeing this scene, anyone can figure out how powerful this ordinary-looking, flattened stick really is - in this midsummer season, when the farmland is in dire need, urgently, and in urgent need of water, even an idiot can figure out how much such an artifact will help agricultural production.

That's it, after William took out a total of twenty poles, as well as the matching buckets. The dissatisfaction and insecurity of the peasants are gone. And after William was about to announce that they could disband, and then do whatever they wanted, the group of fellows cheered and picked up the buckets of water, and rushed to the brook to fetch water for water.

"Something was done. William was relieved for a moment, and felt a sense of accomplishment - yes, the peasants had no confidence in themselves. How could he not know this? Without faith, he would be confused, he would be unmotivated, and he would not be able to command. In such a situation, if you want to carry out production and construction with a long time period, it will have the negative effect of doing twice the work with half the effort.

Therefore, although William did have a lot of "big" projects in mind, such as waterwheels, overturns, and large-scale manufacturing and application of new agricultural tools and new ploughs, the promotion of new sowing techniques and farming techniques, and so on. But he couldn't come up and do it—even if it was much more effective than the flat shoulder.

"With this thing at the bottom, it's much easier for me to do something next. William thought to himself. Then the corners of his mouth turned up, and a smile appeared.

"So, the next step is to go on a field trip. William thought as he prepared to take a look inside the field. It was at this time that an obnoxious voice came from beside him:

"Ahh I can't believe you're hiding something like this. ”

As she said this, she reached out and grabbed her deputy on the side of the carriage near the door, and jumped down cautiously. After that, she looked left and right, revealing a disgusted expression.

"If you don't want to come, don't come with me. William gave her a blank look and said so.

"Hmph. Charlumi didn't pay any attention to William, raised her head and snorted, and didn't speak again. Until he looked at William, he didn't mean to talk to her again. She reluctantly followed.

"Isn't there anything else but wheat...... Well. Those fields were barley and oats. Is it used to feed livestock? That's what horses are not good about...... If you have a cow, you just have to eat grass. But Mark had to eat food. William walked through the fields while watching the fields that the farmers were plowing.

"Forget about drought. William bent down, grabbed a handful of soil and put it in his hand, and after a handful of it, it turned to ash: "The fertility of the soil is not very high. And the ground has not been turned over properly...... The weeds were also not cleaned up properly. Mai Miao is also twisted...... These bastards are sure they're going to farm, and it's a miracle that they didn't starve them to death. ”

In addition to this, William also knew many other things. For example, in terms of agricultural tools. Iron farming tools are in dire demand, or more specifically, iron. In the Barony of Hereford, there are no iron ore mines. Therefore, the vast majority of farm tools are made of wood-clad iron, or even simply wood.

Before the problem of iron shortage was solved, William's farm tools, hoes, shovels, new ploughs, etc., these things were completely useless.

In addition to this, there is also the problem of the simplification of cultivated crops.

After questioning, William found that these individuals of this era did not seem to know the four-nursery rotation technology of soybean, alfalfa, wheat, and rye...... It is also not known that growing soybeans and alfalfa can fix nitrogen and fertilize the land. At present, they still use the fallow - planting two-nursery rotation technique. Half of the cultivated land needs to be abandoned in order to restore the soil.

This kind of situation, which is normal in the eyes of everyone in the world, is a waste of resources in William's eyes, which makes William unhappy.

He immediately called the housekeeper of the estate and asked if there were alfalfa and soybean seeds. Immediately after receiving an affirmative answer, he ordered that the land that was currently abandoned be divided into two halves, one half planted with alfalfa for pasture and vegetables, and the other half with soybeans.

The steward of the manor was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly said to William: "Young master, you can't do this. It will cause the soil to be lost, and by the second year, you will not be able to plant the land!"

"How can you not plant the land?!" William felt that this idiot was simply incorrigible. However, he patiently explained to the other party the theory of nitrogen fixation, fertilization, etc. - but the pitiful-looking guy kept shaking his head. insisted on refusing to bow his head. This made William want to smoke him to death.

"Forget it...... All in all, it's my responsibility for what happens. I am also responsible for the amount of damage I have caused. I'll take a fair share of the castle's stock to compensate for it!

At the end of the day, William finally didn't want to waste any more saliva with this bastard. took out the posture of the eldest young master to make a noise, and the frightened other party didn't dare to speak, only dared to nod.

"If I had known that this was the case, I would have pretended to be earlier. William thought as he glared at the steward uneasily.

"So, do you want to mobilize labor?" asked the manor steward cautiously.

"Is there enough seeds?" asked William.

"Not enough. The steward of the manor replied cautiously, "There are only about five or six pounds of seeds." ”

"Are there five or six pounds each, or are there five or six pounds in total?"

"It's five or six pounds in total. ”

"That's it......" William frowned, then looked at the other party's pitiful appearance, and couldn't help but sigh: "Then plant these five or six pounds first, and see the effect." ”

Hearing William say this, the manor steward breathed a sigh of relief. William looked at the virtue of this bastard and knew what he was thinking: "Fortunately, there are not many seeds, and the sowing area is not large, so the loss will not be too much, which is really good." ”

"What a bastard. William felt that he had somewhat understood why some feudal lords liked to whip their serfs. It's not just tyranny or some other personality reason, it's also a real need.

"Then the ......matter of mobilizing manpower," the steward of the manor asked cautiously.

“...... Let's find some women, children, and children who have nothing to do for the time being. William opened his mouth, but in the end he did not give the order to concentrate the young and middle-aged labor force to do this.

"When the watermill is built, things will probably get better. William thought this to himself, and at the same time continued to instruct the steward of the manor: "Tell the peasants of the manor what I said as it is. Pick the land, level it, get rid of the weeds, and plough it. Let's get to work now. ”

With William's order, in the manor, the old and young women and children who were originally half idle and half busy were gathered. After asking twice, but still without volunteers, William saw that beside him, Charlumi was pouting like a duck. As soon as he was ruthless, he took out five silver coins from his pocket.

-- This was a new coin minted at a time when the Kingdom of Wende, when it was still a unified and centralized state, and it weighed an ounce when a king who was quite successful at the time was in charge of the country. The silver content reached 90 percent. It's heavy in your hand.

This kind of money is cast with an imported stamping machine and a mold casting machine, which is very beautiful, and there are serrations on the edges to increase wear resistance. In this era when the kingdom of Wende is torn apart, it is a real hard currency.

"Whoever supports this plan of mine and helps me wholeheartedly, then these five silver coins belong to whoever!"

"Hey, you're crazy, this is your pocket money for the month!" next to William, Charlumie was stunned when she saw him say this, and then grabbed William's sleeve and reminded him.

"yes...... Obviously it's for the sake of these souls. They also have their share of the food they grow, so why should I spend money on it?" William muttered quietly. Then look left and right, everyone is cowering, not daring to come forward. So he couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, it's time for this game to end. Seeing him like this, Charlumi thought he had given up, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course not.

"As the heir to the title of Baron Hereford, I swear to the Lord of Radiance that everything I say is true!