Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 590 Agriculture and Education (thanks to 20178102 for the June ticket)

Before I knew it, 8 days passed.

During these 8 days, nothing major happened under Sean's rule.The main thing is to recuperate, digest and absorb the acquired territory.

But things are not peaceful in the north. Ryan's army has arrived at Wind's End City and launched a relentless attack on Wind's End City. Sean's attention has also been attracted there.

Khadgar once again became a "battlefield reporter" and stayed on the front line, bringing back the latest reports to Sean.
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Apart from paying attention to the battle ahead, Sean was not idle either.

During these 8 days, Sean took Anduin, Isabel and an elite cavalry unit to all other territories in the Yorn region.

But after arriving in these territories, Sean found that these territories were also severely damaged.

Needless to say, the territory of the non-water nobles was almost rotten by the coalition forces of the water nobles, especially the town of Wangwang, which was almost turned into ruins;
The territory of the water nobles is not much better. Their elite troops were all forcibly recruited by Lucas to attack Riverside Town, and now only the old, weak, sick and disabled are left.

Moreover, the lords of the major territories were also killed and injured by a cup of poisoned wine by the Marquis of the River, and they were in a group of snakes without a leader.

Therefore, wherever Sean went, he did not encounter any resistance, and the local nobles greeted him with smiling faces.

Sean didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, and implemented the same reforms as Jorn City in the major territories.

The nobles of these territories are willing to hand over their land to accept reforms like the nobles of Jorn City. Xiao En welcomes them and is willing to cooperate with them;
If he is unwilling to accept the reform, or is trying to take advantage of the loopholes, Xiao En will not say much, and directly copy their family and demote them into slaves.

After copying a few houses, the other nobles didn't dare to think about it any more, and either stayed or left.

After the reform was completed, there was also a power vacuum in the major territories. Anduin temporarily promoted a group of more prestigious people from various villages and towns, and appointed them as grassroots officials to help him manage these towns.

In this way, the entire Yorn region is completely under Xiao En's rule.

Sean completed the unification of the Jorn region.
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Of course, Sean's series of operations also have drawbacks.

For example, these temporarily appointed officials have no ability to govern, and corruption is easy to breed after quickly gaining power.

So after gaining control of the major territories, Sean focused on solving this problem.

For the time being, there is no solution to the issue of governing ability. We can only establish some schools in the future to train officials;

The problem of corruption is easier to solve.

Anduin perfected the reporting system in various cities and villages, and informed all residents of the village and town through loudspeaker.

Once the residents of the villages and towns find out that officials are corrupt or the circuit court has a case of rebellion, they can go to the real-name system of Jon City to report.

At that time, Anduin will let these officials come to Yon City. If he is found to be corrupt and arbitrarily adjudicated, he will be sentenced according to the severity of his crimes, and rewards will be given to the villagers who hold the event!
Of course, in order to prevent malicious reporting, if the reported official is found to have no problems, the whistleblower will be punished.
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After setting up the reporting system, Xiao En and his party left the subordinate territory and returned to Yorn City.

At the beginning, officials in each subordinate territory were very cautious and did not dare to engage in corruption. The small local courts that helped residents resolve disputes were also cautious.

However, as time went on, many local officials swelled their desires for profit, and gradually began to corrupt and oppress the good.

After Anduin received the report, he used [Thought Stealing] to collect criminal evidence against these officials, and finally eliminated a batch of them, and the grassroots management immediately improved a lot.

Although there is still a long way to go before the government can rule efficiently, it is already much better than the backward society of lord slavery.
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In addition to gaining control of subordinate territories politically, Sean has also done a lot in agriculture.

After Sean "tears filled his eyes" after eating potato stew, roasted sweet potatoes, and boiled corn, he immediately began to promote high-yield crops in River Beach Town, Shyam Town, the Union City Territory, and Rhode Island.

But in the process of promotion, many problems occurred.

Farmers are unwilling to give up wheat and plant other crops. After all, they have grown wheat all their lives. They don’t know potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, so they are definitely unwilling to take risks.

And they can't afford the risk. If these high-yielding crops don't yield well, or if no one wants to buy them (no one dares to eat them), their whole family will go hungry.

On the one hand, Sean taught the farmers about the benefits of high-yielding crops, and at the same time, he also told them (huh) that these were "sacred crops" given by the God of Light, and they were the top delicacies that can only be enjoyed by the gods in the divine world.

On the other hand, Sean also gave the farmers high subsidies. As long as they farmed the fields steadily, they would not go hungry even if there was no harvest.

With the endorsement of the government, coupled with the admiration and trust of the lord, many farmers in the Yorn area decided to start planting these new crops.
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After solving the problem of farmers' reluctance to plant new crops, Sean found that two new problems followed.

The first problem is that the seeds are not enough.

In order to solve this problem, Sean teleported to Rhodes Island, expanded the number of elves from 20 to 200, and tried his best to urge the seedlings to fill the seed gap.

Second, many farmers don't know how to grow these crops. Except in River Beach, farmers in other areas don't even know how to use fertilizers.

In desperation, Xiao En began to write agricultural manuals and formulate agricultural planting specifications. At the same time, he also invited some farmers in Hetan Town who were already skilled in using fertilizers to specially hire them as agricultural technical officials.

After simple training for these agricultural technical officials, Xiao En sent them to various villages and towns as village officials to guide other farmers in farming.

Moreover, there is a great demand for "agricultural officials" in the territory, so under the leadership of Sean, the first university——Join Agricultural University was officially established in the city of Yeoun!
Because Sean is currently in short supply of talents, as long as he enters the Agricultural University, he can almost [-]% get a position as a village official, so the powerful people in Yoen City who come to apply are flocking to him.

Sean doesn't mind the dignitaries getting these quotas either. After all, it's time for employing people, and the nobles are all literate, so it's easier to train them.

Most importantly, the fees can also be charged a little harder.
Anyway, these aristocrats still have oil and water, so if they don't squeeze it, they won't squeeze it.
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It didn't take long for the Jon City Agricultural University to replace the Jon City Etiquette College as the school of choice for the nobles in the city.

Sean also did not forget to leave promotion channels for civilians. He established a large number of schools in Yohn City to provide education for children of appropriate age. The main education focused on writing and mathematics.

As long as the academic performance is excellent, civilians also have a great opportunity to enter the Agricultural University and more universities and vocational schools established later.

(End of this chapter)