85_85536 After Baron Otto reacted, he was coaxed by William again, and after the words of persuasion that he wanted to say to William before, William had already left Hereford Castle.

The target was still the small manor that Baron Otto had given him. To be more precise, next to the manor, next to the river across a hill.

After measuring the speed of the river with a measuring tape, and the flow of water, William believed that there was definitely economic value in building a waterwheel here. Not only can they get water, but they can also rely on water to do other things, such as grinding flour and so on, and without plowing the land with horses, the old horses have to stay by the stone mill. It's a little too economical to use one thing for multiple purposes, and even a ruthless person like William can't stand it.

In the former world, the waterwheel was invented in the East since the Han Dynasty and was only introduced to Europe in the seventeenth century. Just like most of the inventions born in the East, such as the compass and gunpowder, the waterwheel is also a model of the East not shining in the West, and has successfully invented many water conservancy machines, drilling lathes, sawing wood, blasting, ironmaking, and so on.

In the days when the steam engine was not yet used on a large scale, it was on the river that the waterwheels drove the entire Western world forward—and as mentioned earlier, the blacksmith workshops in the territory were located next to a river.

So, in this day and age, at this level of productivity, it is not a problem to build a waterwheel. It's a matter of planning, it's money and people.

Planning and design things are easy to say, although there are no professional architects in the territory. But isn't William here? Although he is only a half-engineer, he can't create a zào, can't he plagiarize him?

As for funding, it's just as easy to solve -- or it's already been solved. William borrowed two hundred Vendegold from Charlumie, not just for the sake of good looks. With this money, it was enough to buy wood, iron, and craftsmen and so on - in fact, there was a lot of wealth.

The most important thing is that people can't be found.

Now this season is in the period when the autumn grain is about to ripen. The people of the manor, one by two, stayed in their fields and refused to come out. Generally speaking, at this time of time, even the most brutal and inhuman noble lords would not mobilize the manpower of the territory to do this and that—even the old, weak, sick and disabled.

It was clear to William that the small estate he managed was in flux. Everyone was absent-minded, looking at the wheat in the field that was getting yellow day by day. In this case, drive them to do the side things...... William thought that he did not have the appeal of the later Red Dynasty Taizu. So we have to let it go.

The autumn harvest is a major event comparable to war. This is true even with the advent of a new type of large scythe, which allows for faster harvesting of wheat. Under the effect of inertia, people are still like before, and the whole family, men, women and children, go into battle together and harvest desperately - after the harvest, they have to dry the warehouse as much as possible. Otherwise, an autumn rain will fall, and the wheat will be finished when it sprouts.

So, there's only so much William can do at the moment. All qiē has to wait until after the autumn harvest is over.

It was during this period of time that William began to think about what he could do to make money. Yes yes. The previous quarrel with Charlumi wasn't just an argument. In fact, William really wants to find a way to make money - you look at the current society in this era, there are undeveloped wild areas everywhere, ignorance and backwardness everywhere, which means that there are business opportunities everywhere.

There is a good saying, if you know a day early, you will be rich for a lifetime. And from the 21st century, William von Hereford, a good father and son of the people's good soldier who was born under the national flag and grew up in the new society, is it not as simple as knowing what happened one day earlier?

So, William was now penniless - he still owed Charlumi two hundred dollars of famine. But he believes that the future richest man in the world must be determined, and it will definitely be his.

The premise is that he has to wait until he thinks about what he should play to make money.

"So this era is really ...... How nice it would have been if I had been born two hundred years earlier?" thought to William. I feel very depressed.

Water conservancy machinery has been there for a while. It's the same with muskets, artillery and whatever. It's the same with glass, perfume, and whatever. He knows how to do cement. The problem is that it can't be used alone, it has to be mixed with sand and gravel to make concrete, and steel bars can be used to make things - otherwise, something made of cement alone is very unreliable.

Forget about sand and stones. The problem is that steel is really valuable in this era - just because the steelmaking industry in this era is still very simple and primitive, and the production capacity is so much, it can't make plate armor for knights. If William shouted at this moment: "I will build a house with steel", then no matter how much Baron Otto felt sorry for his son, he would have to beat him to death......

That's it, William is very sad to return cash, he is now a good woman who is difficult to cook without rice, and most of the world's industries that can easily make money have either been invented by someone, or there is no such condition yet. In this case, he had no other way but to cry out in vain.

After thinking about it, and turning the idea in his spiritual reading room upside down, and looking at it carefully, he found that there was no alchemy and the philosopher's stone in it, so he had to sigh and say, "I'd better go and ponder the matter of agricultural reform." ”

Yes yes. Although there is already a little bit of capitalism in this era. But it seems that William will not be able to enjoy the benefits for the time being. However, the situation is not too bad, and it is lost to the east corner of the harvest. When the autumn harvest was over, William looked at the peasants who had increased their yields a little bit because of their diligent watering, and cheered as if they were crazy, and he felt much more balanced in his heart.

"Maybe that's a good idea. ”

That's it, because of the promotion of the flat tan. The dry fields of the Barony of Hereford generally increased their yields by one or two percent. It is for this reason that the Hereford family's prestige in their realm has reached its maximum. Let the people of this era love it, in fact, it is as simple as that. Bread is more important than suffrage, and much more important.

Next, William can do some relatively large actions. Erection of waterwheels on the river Ori, which crosses the barony, erection of waterwheels, and erection of waterwheels.

Large-scale production of agricultural props, as well as further planning of the land within the estate to buy more soybeans and alfalfa seeds.

Taking advantage of the fact that the weather is not so cold, more humus and pond mud are dug to fertilize the fields. At the same time, the ashes of the grass and trees made from the burned wheat straw are sprinkled back into the field again.

Once you're ready, wait for the next year's spring ploughing, plough with a new twisted plow, and then implement a four-nursery rotation system throughout the estate.

As long as the production capacity of the field is effectively increased this time, then when the summer grain is harvested and the second phase of sowing is made, you will be able to let all the fields in the entire territory be cultivated as you want......

Thinking of this, William was very happy. He felt that as long as it was done. Then in the future, even if he doesn't do anything and dies like this, he will have to have a place in the future history.

I think that in the future, the N multiple peasants will worship themselves as their ancestors or something. William felt that he should find a place where there were no people and have a good laugh. Of course, that's just the way I think about it.

"What else needs to be improved? By the way......" William, standing in the field, looked at a large number of ragged serfs bending over and pouting their buttocks desperately with sickles to harvest, thinking in his heart what else could make his life go further.

After a little thought, he thought of two things.

One was the public toilet system that he had been obsessed with - he thought about it carefully, but he still didn't dare to throw the excrement into the fields in the face of the world's condemnation...... Although this is the most economical and environmentally friendly agricultural improvement method in the world......

In other words, except for Chinese who understands the artifact of manure so sickly, it seems that there is no other country in the world that understands this thing...... Think about the mess before, thousands of years more advanced than the world, and all kinds of things that are unique to the East.

No wonder some people suspect that the Chinese are descendants of aliens. Because compared to all other races in the world, the Chinese are too precocious and too "alternative".

"But if I think about it, maybe I can really explain the theory of manure = fertilizer from a 'scientific' point of view? Well, if I talk to my father about elements or something, I don't know if he can understand it?"

So William decided to have a good conversation with his father about the matter - not only about agricultural production in the territory, but also about the health of the territory. The health situation is further related to the health status and life expectancy of the people.

In an age when there were no antibiotics and no modern medical system, William and his father could afford to pay for the priest's medical magic or something. But the average person can't do it...... William didn't want to work hard for more than a decade and then a plague would be all over