Spring has quietly arrived.

However, there is actually no big change in the feeling, as early as the snow gradually passed, the temperature warmed up a little, and gradually only the morning and evening were colder, and the sun was big at noon.

And when spring comes, it is the day when the farmers go to the fields, and during this time, Sean has been constantly seeing many people on the sand table often walking to the west...... To the west is the city of Oro, or the grain production area of the Oro region.

The Oro region is not suitable for large-scale cultivation of crops on the border, and more reserves have always been used to buy, using the tax revenue from border trade to buy grain from other regions, as for their own cultivation, only a large estate in the west is left, and about 100,000 acres of arable land was not a problem at all in the past to feed hundreds of thousands of people!

It has always been the norm in this world that there are many people in the land, and Sean has analyzed that many people are willing to live closer to the city for safety and convenience reasons, even if they can't live in the city and the surrounding towns, the mountain village should be closer.

At the beginning, my small town of Telemian was like this, not far from the city of Koga, less than a day's distance in a straight line, because it was a mountain road, so it had to walk for a day and a half.

And the cultivated land near the city is responsible for feeding the people around it!

Sean also specifically asked the Divara family, the agricultural tycoon around him, about this matter...... Now that the population of Oro City has increased, there are almost 500,000 people in all the surrounding areas, so it is estimated that it is actually 6 people per acre of land.

Even if it is ripe once a year, it can support six people.

Merely......

There are not so many people who cultivate the land in the city of Oro.

Many places are deserted, and some of the land has to be diverted for other crops, fruits, and so on.

They must also be separated......

To put it bluntly, some crops cannot be planted together, including fruits and rice and wheat, and the soil has a process, especially for the vegetable fields that like to fertilize, and nothing else can be grown.

"There are a lot of reasons for this, such as ......"

"Needless to say. ”

Sean was in front of the sand table with afternoon tea and snacks delivered to him, while listening to Charles Devara's report on the surrounding crops.

Charles Devara is also the elder brother of Philo, and the Divara family is placed in the management class...... After all, the Morgan family is already in charge of part of the real estate, and Sean will naturally let the Divara family also be in charge of another part of the property.

Balancing the power of the two business giants will help you better manage the city.

"Therefore, although we have a lot of land in Oro City, the planting conditions are actually not as good as those in other inland cities. Charles said.

"Has there been acidification in the western lands?"

"Uh...... What do you mean?"

"Oh~ It's okay. I mean, I don't grow fruit, or the leaves are often yellow, and so on. Sean busily explained.

In fact, it is the process of soil acidification caused by excessive soil fertilization, which is the reason why Charles just said that all crops cannot be planted together...... Previously, Sean was still thinking about using magic to increase production, but in the reports of several business tycoons, the consumption of magic was not as fast as directly using alchemy potions.

Sean really ignored this!

Because I didn't understand the principles of alchemy at that time in Kega City, it seems that it is not difficult to make some high-content nitrogen fertilizer with my current understanding, and alchemists have long been involved in this area, so rich ranchers will buy some alchemists' medicinal powder or solvent to fertilize.

Therefore, although there is a lot of land that can be planted in Oro City, on the one hand, there is no one, and on the other hand, the area that can be planted is too uniform, but it is not easy to get it, and most of it is idle.

After a cup of warm tea, the maid will take the initiative to come and take the cup.

Then they will be handed a handkerchief with an insertion, and if you are hungry, some sweets will be served.

Rubbing his hands, Sean picked up a piece of soft fruit pastry......

"Go on. He motioned for Charles to continue his report.

"We haven't seen anything like this, but once in a while, there will be a problem like this, when we will use alchemy potions to rejuvenate the land, so this problem can be solved. ”

Do you want to balance the acidity and alkali with direct medicants?

It seems to work.

Is it a solution...... Sean took a bite off the pastry, then wiped his hands and watched the bustling little dots on the sand table.

The problem was left in place, there was only one side of the city of Oro suitable for growing crops, and there were many mountains to the north, but there were not many villages. To the south is the old city of Tacoma and some swamps and small towns further south, and to the east is still rocky, and the trade route with the Idak region will continue to be a road and trade area for the merchants of the two places.

It is impossible to develop cultivation next to the border road, it needs to be managed by many people, otherwise it will be destroyed and stolen.

"Charles, you see that's all the problems in our Oro region now, if it was in previous years, we would have had a good life, but now we don't know when the trade route to Edak will reopen, and the surrounding towns that have become rich by the flow of merchants before will not have such good luck this year...... Coupled with the fact that the war in the North was still undecided, we had to endure the possibility of a large number of refugees going south and the handing over of state money and food. ”

"It's just spring now, and if we prepare in advance, we may still have a chance to be rich, otherwise everyone will have a hard time this year~" Sean said with emotion.

At such a time, the Divara family, as a business magnate, is actually on their side, as long as they are not happy, they will not be happy, and the residents of the entire city of Oro are also good.

When the time comes, the families who could still eat meat will probably have to nibble on potatoes this year.

"Uh...... I think we can put some of the crops planted in the north and let a farmer ...... on the hill."

"Not feasible. ”

Before the other party could finish speaking, Sean stopped it.

Isn't this funny, only a large number of people can form a city, and if you bomb people away, the consumption of the city will be over.

looked at the moving dots on the sand table, and also looked at Charles, who looked thoughtful......

It seems that this descendant of the Devara family is not very good, and it may be better to ask the John of the Morgan family for this kind of thing.

"Expansion ......"

"Huh?"

The other party suddenly said a word.

"My lord, we can either use the original Old Tacoma Territory as well, and it will be much better. ”

"We have never been short of land, we just don't have enough people. Sean said.

This is still nonsense, if there were enough people, if there were enough people, if he had money, he would have rebuilt the old city a long time ago, and waited until he spoke.

But expansion isn't just that narrow, and Sean suddenly turns his gaze to the south...... Places further south in the south.

"Do you think it would be better for us to engage in more trade and diplomacy with Mersin at this time. ”

Sean picked up again the plan that Karjana had mentioned many months earlier......

Recently, I heard that the news of the border war had spread to the southern seaside kingdom with the merchants.