Chu Xiangqian, as a lord and a modern person, naturally knows how to promote himself.

Such as leading elves and dwarves, fighting with orcs, and destroying wolf cavalry and 3,000 orcs.

There are also genius magicians, elves, and dwarves recognized as the new lords of the Northlands, but they have not stopped.

For this, Chu Xiangqian even gave Iris a special expenditure of up to 1,000 gold coins to hire some mercenaries and caravans to spread around.

Even the taverns of the Five Clans and the Southern Humans have people who have specially sent money to the tavern owner to mention his deeds to customers from time to time.

This is also the reason why the Northland people are willing to move to Riptide Castle.

If it weren't for Chu Xiangqian's desire to arouse the jealousy of the elves and dwarves, the current elves and dwarves in Riptide Castle would not be just more than 1,500.

Maybe three or four thousand.

Elven and dwarven societies are not paradises, on the contrary, as long-lived races, class solidification is becoming more and more serious.

If it weren't for the fact that the elves and dwarves were indeed not short of money, they would at least be able to ensure that the people at the bottom would be fed and clothed, and that they would have a decent salary to receive.

The social order will always be stable.

Stability, on the other hand, means being stubborn, sticking to tradition, and not liking change and xenophobia.

But the Northlanders are not very afraid of elves and dwarves, although many young elves and dwarves hate humans.

But the two tribes also few, very few, and deliberately killed them.

It's more about driving away.

However, if you encounter a slave catcher team that captures elves, you will definitely be killed directly.

Chu Xiangqian also knows that human beings have too many shortcomings.

Greed, trustlessness, love to take advantage of small advantages, smile a moment ago, and backstab when you turn around are all common things.

Therefore, before the Northland people were tested, they were just tools in his eyes.

Even if there are human subordinates who have withstood the test in the future, for Chu Xiangqian, he will only treat them as collaborators or employment relationships.

It would be a fool to really think of yourself as the savior of mankind, or the ruler.

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Chu Xiangqian, with Luna and a dozen guards, visited two farms under construction.

There are three or four hundred people living in a farm, but the land that can be cultivated per capita is 10 acres.

If a family of five can cultivate 50 acres, it is a little incredible.

During the Song Dynasty, there is a record of a family cultivating 30 acres.

Chu Xiangqian thought at first that it was a human race in Middle-earth, and his physique surpassed that of people in the real world.

But after riding a horse to check the farmland that was about to be planted, it immediately understood.

In the Middle Ages in Europe and the United States, the emphasis was on rough cultivation.

This means that after the land has been turned over, seeds are sown directly on it.

Many times, dozens of catties of seeds are sown, and the harvest is only more than 100 catties of grain.

In medieval England, one kilogram of seed was sown and only 3 kilograms were harvested.

But also in the medieval Song Dynasty, the highest ratio was 1 to 200. Of course, this is a very special case.

Most of the time, a few catties of seeds are planted, and two or three hundred catties are harvested.

Deep-rooted and meticulously cultivated, it is probably only popular in East Asia.

The reason is simple, as representatives of East Asian civilization, the various dynasties of the Celestial Empire reached the middle and late stages.

There will be a situation where there are more people and less land.

This forced the landlords and the imperial court to take the initiative to seek ways to grow more food on limited land.

Chu Xiangqian sat on his horse and silently calculated, there were three or four hundred people in one farm, and three or four thousand acres of land were cultivated.

The harvest was only 340,000 catties of wheat, and after deducting 5 percent of the money handed over to his lord, only 15 to 200,000 catties were left.

ps: Uniformly use catties or kilograms in modern society, instead of pounds or gallons, so as not to make it difficult for readers to remember and understand.

Based on 300 people and 150,000 catties, the per capita daily disposable grain is less than 1.4 catties.

But this is definitely enough for the farmers to consume daily, and then sell a little grain for money to purchase other daily needs.

This is probably the main reason why the Northlanders are willing to come to Fort Riptide.

With the protection of the lords, the proportion of grain taken away is also lower than that of the human lords in the south, and if it is harvested this year, it is certain that only 5% of the grain will be harvested.

I believe that there is no need for Chu Xiangqian to call on, there must be many Northland humans who recognize and voluntarily protect Riptide Castle, as well as the lord of Chu Xiangqian.

Before Chu Qianqian could finish looking at the entire farm, Luna suddenly reminded her.

Chu looked back and saw the tax collector and sheriff of the farm, with a dozen tall peasant soldiers wearing leather armor and spears, but a little emaciated, running quickly towards his side.

A few dozen meters away, there were elven guards, who rode over quickly, demanding that the peasants lay down their weapons.

and directly indicated Chu Xiangqian's identity.

The tax collectors, sheriffs, and peasant soldiers originally realized that Chu Xiangqian, a dozen people, were the big names of Torrent Castle.

Not only did Chu Xiangqian and Luna wear elven robes, but Luna also had headdresses, necklaces, and so on.

And at a glance, you can see that each piece is at least a few hundred gold coins.

Not to mention the armor of the elven guards, the horses, and the armor on the horses, which are much higher than the patrols of Riptide Castle.

When they heard that it was actually the lord who had come to inspect in person, the tax collector and the sheriff immediately became nervous.

Chu Xiangqian not only had 1,000 dwarves and elven cavalry under his command who specialized in fighting.

There were also 400 elves and dwarven patrols riding wild boars, Arabian horses.

The patrol alone can wipe out the farm.

Not to mention, Chu Xiangqian also spread the word about his performance in the Battle of Jushi Pass, and all kinds of miracles.

A lord who can fight well can oppress his people very strongly.

The tax collector and the sheriff hurriedly asked more than a dozen peasant soldiers to put down their weapons, and then cautiously followed the guards to Chu Qianqian, four or five meters away, and bowed down.

Chu Xiangqian didn't talk about any courtesy corporal, this is the medieval Middle-earth world, and the emphasis is on power and strong army.

Morality or something is built up by force.

After that, it's the etiquette.

So Chu Xiangqian sat directly on the tall red rabbit and condescendingly asked some questions about the farm and summer farming.

Only then did Chu Xiangqian know that the land in the north was not planted with grain after the wasteland was cleared.

The land is divided into three plots, two for winter and spring crops, and one for fallow to restore soil fertility.

The reason is simple, there is no fertilizer.

Routine fallow is necessary to restore the soil.

Otherwise, in less than three to five years, the land will grow less and less food.

Moreover, because of the cold in the north, April is low, and at the beginning of May, it is really the season of spring flowers.

In other words, even if 3,000 acres of land are cleared, only 2,000 acres can actually be cultivated.

The harvest is probably only 200,000 catties.

Torrent Fort took away 100,000 catties, and the remaining 300 people were only 0.91 catties per capita.

In the case of extreme lack of fat, meat, beans and other foods, an adult consumes less than one pound of food a day, and basically maintains food and clothing.

But this is not possible, in addition to food, there are also expenses for daily life.

Even if the rations for the elderly and children would be less, at most 7 points full, but for the peasants of the Middle Ages, this was already an excellent day.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but sigh, but he didn't plan to reduce the tax revenue of the territory.

When the other lords all harvest 6 percent, or even 7 percent, they harvest 5 percent, which is already a great gift.

If it is reduced to 4 percent, or even 3 percent, the farmers in the custody territory will be grateful to Dade in the first few years.

But after five or ten years, these people will ask more and more for safekeeping.

To put it bluntly, a certain degree of high pressure is the foundation of territorial stability.

Simply being good to the people will definitely nourish greed.

And there is no need to think about it, the first to start to be greedy must be the tax collector and sheriff in the farm.

Once someone is agitated by them, they will either drive them away, or they can only raise the butcher knife.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian is coercing and even coercing against people such as tax collectors and sheriffs.

This attitude is equally useful for dwarves and elves such as Iris and Oleg.

On the contrary, the elves, dwarven soldiers, human farmers and soldiers who have no direct command relationship with their own lords can give more and trivial favors.

So Chu Xiangqian said to the tax officer and the sheriff, "This year is the opening of wasteland, and Riptide Fort will purchase a batch of cultivated cattle, and each farm can borrow 20 cattle from Riptide Fort to reclaim more wasteland."

This year, you don't need to rent your cattle to pay for farming, and farmers who are really short of grain can apply to Fort Rapids to borrow a batch of grain and return it when the harvest comes.

Moreover, no interest will be charged this year. ”

Not to mention a dozen humans, even the elven guards around them were in awe when they heard this.

After thanking Dai De, Chu Xiangqian was not worried about the tax officer and the sheriff, and dared to make a fool of himself in the matter of renting farming cattle and grain.

Not only because there were more than a dozen peasant soldiers who heard this, they would inevitably tell their families and neighbors.

is also because Riptide Fort is on the rise, and his lord is also a lord who fought in the war, so he has a greater deterrent effect.

Coupled with the difficulties of life in the north, the folk customs must be stronger than those of the people in the south.

Moreover, after Chu returned to Rapids Fort, he would definitely give an explanation to the patrol team, and when patrolling, convey his orders to the farm.

Afterwards, Chu Xiangqian said to the captain of his guard team, this condition is equally valid for the cavalry team and the farm of the guards.

After receiving the thanks again, Chu Xiangqian chatted with the tax officer and the sheriff again.

He even called a few peasant soldiers over and asked some questions from the farmstead, then looked at the sky and took Luna and the guards back to the castle.

When he entered the castle before eating, he released 750 cattle from the 450 cattle that had been stored in the novice village for half a month.

Chu Xiangqian naturally has no shortage of food, and he can take out hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat casually.

Not to mention the territory of feeding two or three thousand people, even tens of thousands are no problem.

Until the farm is harvested, he can only rely on him for food.

But meat and fruit can only be hunted for the time being.

But the dwarves and elves combined, there are more than 1,500 people, and they consume a lot of meat and fruit every day.

The fruits consumed by the elves are easy to say, and it is easy to procure enough fruits from the two elves.

In addition, there are many peaches, pears, breadfruits, and chestnuts produced every day in the novice village.

Enough to sustain the consumption of seven or eight hundred elves.

Of course, breadfruit and chestnut are not considered fruits, but the elves actually prefer these two foods to wheat.

And the fruit can be planted and transplanted.

If you hunt, after a long time, the beasts within a radius of dozens of miles will also be eaten up little by little.

It's better to release the cattle and sheep in the game.

And the game now refreshes 30 cows and 50 sheep every day.

It is 900 and 1,500 heads a month, and stocking or captivity can also solve a large part of the meat demand.

Of course, just by breeding, this amount of cattle and sheep is still a little unreliable if you want to get a stable meat diet.

So Chu Xiangqian's order to Iris and Oleg was to kill one cow and two sheep every day.

Distributed to seven or eight hundred dwarves, one pound a day is no problem.

Although it is not much, it also allows the dwarves to see the hope of being free of meat in the future.

And hope, for the intelligent race, is cohesion.

As for taking out another 900 head of cattle, 1,500 head of sheep, or even more cattle and sheep.

Meat freedom that came directly, Chu Xiangqian just wanted to say that if he really did this, it would be a bad thing.

If you eat too much, you will have no motivation and no expectations in the future.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian will only provide basic bread and meat, and if he wants more, he will have to spend his own money to buy it.

And when Chu Xiangqian was about to go to dinner, Oleg suddenly came to the door and said, whether Riptide Fort should build a brewery.

As soon as Chu Xiangqian heard this, he realized the business opportunity.

It doesn't cost much to build a brewery, but Chu Xiangqian prefers to source beer and low-cost spirits from the real world.

For example, the gin, that is, gin, that is, gin, is about a few tenths of a dollar to a dollar or two per bottle.

Even in the 21st century, there are a lot of gins for four or five dollars.

There are also vodkas, rums, and a lot of them are actually very cheap.

On the contrary, it is the liquor of the Celestial Empire, a few dollars per bottle, which is converted into US dollars, which is actually more expensive than most gins.

Chu Xiangqian quickly agreed to Oleg's suggestion to build a brewery.

Immediately won the unanimous support of all the dwarves.

When the brewery was built, Chu Xiangqian would have been able to purchase a few batches of beer and spirits and sell them in the tavern.

If you buy some fruit wines such as red wine, cider, lychee wine, and bayberry wine, I believe it will also be liked by many elves.

Otherwise, these elves drink dwarves for a high salary, but they don't need to spend money, how can they recover the gold coins issued to them?

You can't make money in Riptide Castle, but you spend money in Alpine Fort, right?

In the real world, the cost of purchasing beer and spirits is relatively low.

The mere fact that the productivity of the real world and Middle-earth is not equal is destined to produce something in Middle-earth that costs more than the real world.

Coupled with the grain production rate, transporting a liter of beer to Riptide Fort and selling it is at least 1 times the profit.

——

At around 11 o'clock in the evening, Chu Xiangqian and Luna played again, hugging the chick and saying that he had to go back.

Luna didn't pester him, probably for long enough.

Instead, he hugged Chu Xiangqian and begged him to buy a batch of red wine, sweet and sour jam and all kinds of candy back.

(End of chapter)