Chapter 12: Farming is often a beautiful thing (please read it later)）
Chapter 12: Farming is often a beautiful thing (please read it later)）
Within the territory of Blackwater Valley, a lush forest valley.
The Blackwater River passes quietly through it, witnessing the changes in the territory over the years..
The crops in the territory are growing well this year. They are irrigated by melted mountain snow water. Under normal circumstances, they will not suffer from drought. There is also sufficient sunlight in summer. The only drawback is that they can only plant one crop..
Everything in the territory is running in an orderly manner. Unfortunately, Li Wei was a liberal arts student in his previous life. He knew nothing about science and engineering and did not understand many scientific inventions that can improve productivity..
Otherwise, like other time-travelers, you can climb a technology tree in the territory and carry out a scientific revolution or something. Maybe you can lead this extremely backward world into the steam age..
He is not good at management or farming.
He will only focus on experience, and leave all matters of the territory to Fred Knight and other professional talents..
For Levi, with the proficiency panel, he has only one pursuit from beginning to end, and that is the pursuit of immortality in this different world. The identity and status of the lord are just tools on the road to pursuing strength..
And wealth, power, love, and all the troubles in the world are just clouds..
Year 1004 of the Holy Calendar, the Moon of the Furnace (August)）.
The Furnace Moon is mainly hot in the southern region. The Blackwater Valley in the north of the kingdom has a higher altitude and the temperature is just right..
Fred Knight led the militia to build irrigation canals for the territory and diverted the Blackwater River for irrigation, so the crops grew very well this year..
In addition, Lord Li Wei also called on the serfs in the territory to fish in the Blackwater River during the slack time, which can be regarded as adding some income to the territory..
Because Li Wei was worried about being entangled by the evil spirit, he naturally did not dare to go to the Blackwater River. Unfortunately, his dream in his previous life was to be able to fish for a day without having to go to work, with a pack of cigarettes, a bench, and a fishing rod..
As his strength increased, he consumed more and more meat. He could eat more than ten kilograms of meat a day, but the production of beef and mutton in Blackwater Valley was limited, so Li Wei thought of eating fish..
The fish in the Blackwater River are mostly cold-water bass and salmon. Their meat is delicious and nutritious. There are many freshwater fish bones, but for Levi, the fish bones are swallowed directly and are of no importance..
Li Wei also taught the chefs in the territory some of the Chinese methods of treating river fish in his previous life, and asked them to cook fish for himself and his soldiers..
Steamed, braised, grilled fish, the methods are different, and the taste is definitely not as good as in the previous life. After all, the Emerald Kingdom is similar to medieval Europe before the discovery of navigation. There are no spices. Occasionally, some are shipped from other countries for trade, and they are also used by the Great Empire. The nobility and royal family control, even Li Wei cannot afford it.
But it’s still more delicious than those made with their dark cooking methods before. The water quality of Heishui River is excellent, and the fish meat has little earthy smell..
This can be regarded as solving some of the meat problems of myself and the soldiers in the territory..
Knight Fred also followed Levi and ate river fish. In fact, since becoming a knight, Knight Fred rarely ate river fish. In the eyes of the nobles and knights of this world, river fish was eaten by the lower class..
But Fred was shocked to see Li Wei working frugally and eating river fish in order to save the territory's expenses..
“Master Li Wei is destined to be a great person..”
……
In peace, time passes day by day, and the Wheat Field Moon arrives.
The wheat in the territory is golden yellow, and the joy of the harvest is overflowing on the face of Lord Li Wei..
“Farming is a beautiful thing.”
This day is a regular rest day every week. Levi drank wine and watched the serfs harvesting wheat at the foot of the mountain..
The weather is going well this year, and Li Wei feels that the wheat yield will definitely be much higher than last year..
But when the harvest month (October) arrived, Li Wei was stupid.
Compared with last year, the output increased by less than 1%..
He called for Knight Fred and the steward of the territory.
I looked at the data from previous years and found an interesting phenomenon..
No matter what the weather is in that year, the wheat yield in the territory basically remains the same..
After some research, Li Wei discovered that there was something wrong with the territory's policy..
According to the practice of this world, the serfs in the territory are the private property of the lord, and the fields are also private property given to the lord by the king..
The income generated by the serfs, whether it is wheat or other agricultural products. Except for the small portion that they keep for themselves, the rest must be handed over to the small lords. After the small lords convert the grain into money, they hand over part to their direct subordinates. The big lords were finally handed over to the largest lord, the royal family of the Emerald Kingdom, and they called it "Assistance Money"”.
Over time, many serfs began to be lazy, whether it was sowing or fertilizing, they were very perfunctory. Anyway, in the end, it had to be given to the lord. No matter how much I harvested, it didn't matter to me, so why did I work so hard? As long as the output delivered is not too low, the lord will not be harsh on the serfs, since everyone's output is not high anyway..
Li Wei felt that it was necessary to change the policies in the territory..
He called Fred Knight over and told Fred Knight his thoughts. Fred Knight was a little surprised..
“It seems that this has not been done since ancient times. You are the lord. If you think those serfs are lazy, you only need to set a hard target for them every year. If you fail to meet it, you will be severely punished. There is no need to be so kind to them. You are still too kind..”
Levi shook his head: "The best way to motivate these people is not to punish them, but to let them... eat.”
Fred Knight thought thoughtfully: "Then try it. If it doesn't work, just go back to the original state. There's nothing to lose anyway.".”
In this way, after the Harvest Moon passed, a new policy began to be implemented in the territory.
The steward went from house to house and told the serfs the great news..
“The lord announced: Starting from next year, each household only needs to hand over 60% of the wheat harvested that year to the lord. In addition, the rest of the wheat will belong to the serfs themselves..”
The serfs in the wooden houses all showed expressions of disbelief..
“Is this true? Dear Father in Heaven, Lord, didn’t you lie to us?？”
“Are you questioning the authority of the lord?？”
“No...no.”
Finally, in order to dispel the concerns of these serfs, Li Wei had to give a speech in person and announce the implementation of the decree..
The serfs were overjoyed to hear that it was true. For the first time, they felt that life was so promising and their future was bright..
Levi didn't know if this move would work, but he felt it was time to make some changes..
Autumn in Blackwater Valley is always too short. In a blink of an eye, it’s the North Wind Moon again..
On the training field below the castle, Levi's body and arms shook, forming an afterimage, and Frostmourne in his hand made a beautiful cross slash.！
The hard black dragon wood pile in front of him, covered with various slash marks, was finally divided into four parts.！
Crisp sound and smooth cut.
[Golden Cross Cut Proficiency+1]
The system beeps.
Levi exhaled, then looked surprised and couldn't help but jump up.！
Happy like a teenager should be.
“Breakthrough！”
Levi—————
Black Snake Breathing Technique: Level 2（4502/5000）
Golden Cross Slash: Level 3 (1/10000), special effect: advanced vibration
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