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Alfonso said: "I plan to relocate some residents from other areas to the basin. I will also bring some food and farming tools to supplement the needs here. On the one hand, we can avoid disasters and curb the emergence of the source of disasters. On the other hand, the population here is not enough, and a large number of farmers are needed to reclaim the land."

Alfonso was right. It is indeed time to migrate - especially the Swan Lake Wetland. The refugees pouring in here are overwhelming, and there are countless people. And after next year, there will be more refugees displaced in the war!

Alfonso brought the topic to another key point - future grain production.

This is one of the greatest wealth of the basin, and the basin will also be the most important grain production site to support Elda and the Valley in the future.

It is a bit of a waste to let 300,000 people come to cultivate such a large basin. One million people is about right. But migration is not achieved overnight, so it is good to have 500,000 people here in the first year.

Compared to the 100,000 farmers in the Rat-Dwelling Territory, it is five times more. (There are 600,000 people in the valley, 80,000 soldiers, and many people are not farmers. So there are more than 300,000 people in the shelter, and there are always about 100,000 farmers in the Rat Territory).

In the first year, the basin may not produce much grain because of land reclamation, fog and population. But the grain produced by the reclamation of these 500,000 people is enough to exceed the grain production of the Rat Territory.

There are now 100,000 people (including the elderly and children) cultivating more than 1 million acres of land in the Rat Territory, and the main output is vegetables, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms in various farmhouses.

Excluding various vegetables and livestock, including potatoes and sweet potatoes, this year's grain production is 3.7 million bushels of grain. The average yield per acre is more than 200 jin (4 bushels) - this is the result of gradually starting to cultivate finely and being covered by sunshine in the second half of this year.

If there is no locust plague this year, all the land is fully cultivated with wheat and other major crops, and the yield per acre can reach 300 jin.

Fine cultivation is not perfect yet, only close to the Renaissance, so its yield is extremely imperfect.

According to the consumption standard of the shelter, it only meets the needs of 370,000 people for one year. Without George looting food outside, most people would have starved to death this year.

And this consumption standard, excluding the consumption of livestock, military horses, and poultry, each person has an average of 10 bushels of food per year. That is to say, it just meets the big goal of "eating enough food".

However, after this year, the stored food is basically gone. If there is no grain production in Guxi, people will start to starve to death next year.

In most areas of Elda, there is no need to worry about starving to death - even as one of the seven most developed countries in the world, they can't eat all the food, and most areas have already achieved the big goal of eating enough food.

Even in this foggy disaster year, it is the same - many places are still raising a large number of livestock and military horses instead of reclaiming wasteland for farming.

But the basin is different - there is not only the fog that affects grain production, but also the disaster that makes it difficult for them to farm.

Last year, the average yield per mu in the basin was only 70 jin. If the place is peaceful and farmers can take good care of the fields under the guidance of scholars, then in this fog, excluding the consumption of seeds, the grain production should be able to reach 90 jin (2 bushels per mu).

According to the estimates of several lords who are good at agriculture, 500,000 people (including the elderly and children), with the shelter's fine farming standards relaxed a little, each person takes care of 20 mu of fields on average, which is enough for 30 million bushels of grain!

This is equivalent to 8 times the output of the 100,000 people in the Rat-inhabited Territory.

It can be said that in the case of a large amount of farmland, it is more cost-effective to cultivate coarsely.

"Here, the average annual consumption of grain per person is about 4 bushels - although the soldiers don't eat well, they eat enough, and the refugees don't starve to death." A lord said.

George calculated that the annual consumption of 4 bushels is 220 jin of rations. On average, each person consumes 0.6 jin per day - making that kind of black bread with a lot of wheat bran and a small amount of other unknown sundries, it is almost a little more than a jin.

Add some wild vegetables and vegetable soup. It is true that people will not starve to death, but the key is that soldiers and horses consume a lot of food. So it is good for each refugee to have half a pound of food every day.

In this era, the biggest wish of the lower class people every day is to have enough food - occasionally satisfied, but since the fog, even the occasional satisfaction has disappeared.

The only chance to make people full is to join the army.

After the lord said this, he hesitated to speak - his words all revealed that he hoped to pay more attention to food for his people. But to be honest, if there is no farming guarantee provided by the valley and the farming support provided by Alfonso. They will have nothing next year.

Speaking of this, Alfonso sighed, and George already had a general in his heart.

After some discussion, the food here is temporarily distributed in a 2:3:5 manner.

That is, the valley takes 20%.

The food in the valley can meet its own needs after the land is reclaimed next year. This 20% of the basin's grain production - that is, 6 million bushels of grain, can be kept to cope with future situations.

Originally, everyone thought that the Lord of Dawn would ask for a lot. After all, this grain will be an absolute hard currency in the future. For every additional 6 million, there is no need to worry about a disaster year.

So this result is extremely gratifying.

The basin takes 30%, or nine million bushels - the population here can rest and recuperate next year. And more people can do other jobs.

The rest was Alfonso's. 50% of the quota is 15 million bushels of grain. This is enough for him to use for disaster relief.

"It can be said to have solved an urgent need." Alfonso breathed a big sigh of relief: "This food is enough to meet the needs of the refugees who poured into Elda. With the food, I can also Let more refugees flow to the basin."

George estimated that there might be tens of millions of refugees pouring into the Elda Kingdom from the east. Without the support of food, Alfonso would not be able to persuade the eastern lords to help. In this unattended situation, these refugees will be able to cross the Swan Lake Wetland this winter while being chased by zombies. of people, probably 0.

People who starved to death, froze to death, or were eaten. All will become zombies.

Under such circumstances, in the current situation in the kingdom where power is being fought for and warlords are dividing the country, it is impossible for anyone to provide disaster relief. So Alfonso had no choice but to borrow food - and it had to be loan sharking plus political deals.

With the 15 million grains produced next year, he and Earl Texas only need to put their own fingerprints on it. Borrowing 10 million won't be a problem.

Therefore, these grains have indeed solved the urgent need.

George nodded. In this future disaster, every more manpower will be more strength. With the 80,000 soldiers in the valley alone, there are fewer people to fight a battle. Without a strong population base to support it, there will be chronic death.

Valleys and basins also require a large number of people to cultivate.

It's already March, and this year's Spring Festival will be at the end of April.

I am afraid that by May at the latest, the demons will be able to digest the 'Dazebei' and the Violet Plain. From then on, the Kingdom of Elda will face the impact of war, plague and the source of disaster. There will be more and more disasters such as floods, droughts, and locust plagues, and food will become less and less.

They must be well prepared.

Martin and others have been staying in the royal capital for a month, and many of them have even gone to other cities. According to the plan, this move means that the public opinion in the Elda Kingdom has almost fermented.

Judging from the map, Tanya, who had been moving around freely, has not moved in the Eagle Castle recently, and her old soldiers have not been moving much recently, as if their freedom has been restricted.

Apparently, the news from the royal capital made the Sky Eagles think that the Valley was too easy to bully.

George and Alfonso's strategy has always been to show weakness within the Kingdom of Elda and to show strength against the Sky Eagle.

Now it must be Earl Leiden, who, together with his old soldiers, has blown the valley a little too far in the Eagle Territory. Tanya was at home, perhaps a little reluctant to let go, and did not let the old soldiers make trouble.

It seems that the robbery has to be done by oneself.

George did not wait for the shelter personnel to arrive in the basin. After leaving about 200 people for Ian, he led more than 300 people and set off the next morning.