I have a shelter

With the winter temperatures in recent years, most of the wheat seedlings are probably frozen to death. However, the farmers here have been planting like this for several years, and they are still maintaining this old farming habit!

The territory is not short of food, but the taxes are serious, and they are all the fields of the lord. Now these problems do not exist, so there is no shortage of food. The fields must be replanned and replanted.

Sweet potatoes are the focus this year.

"Sir, Old Jim didn't bring many sweet potato seeds, so this year's sweet potato seeds mainly rely on local sweet potatoes. Local farmers are selecting and detoxifying local sweet potatoes under the guidance of priests." Wendell said here and sighed: "But in so many years of wrong cultivation of sweet potatoes from generation to generation, most sweet potatoes have "root spot disease", and the detoxification effect is poor in manual work. It takes multiple generations of cultivation and selection to reach the level of the shelter. We estimate that the annual output of this sweet potato will be around 600 kilograms."

After two years of selection, cultivation and processing, the sweet potatoes in the shelter can now reach an acreage yield of 1,200 kilograms. Anthony believes that the sweet potato seeds next year will meet the qualified standards. After detoxification and breeding again, the yield next year will exceed 2,000, and then it is expected to sprint to an average yield of 3,000 per mu.

However, no matter how successful the current detoxification and breeding is, it can only reach a few thousandths. Therefore, there are not many sweet potato seeds that can meet the needs of the outside of the valley.

So the sweet potatoes of the Sky Eagle have to start from scratch. In addition, there is no sunlight here, and the land where sweet potatoes are planned to be cultivated this year has not been plowed and loosened before last winter (to remove pathogens and insect eggs), so it is very good to reach 600 kilograms.

Benjamin on the side couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing these per mu yields.

Not to mention the 1,200 kilograms per mu yield in the shelter-it is a holy land, and it is not surprising to have such a per mu yield. But the fact that the Sky Eagle can produce an average of more than 600 kilograms per mu surprised him.

Benjamin remembered that more than 600 kilograms was the best field in this territory, with the highest yield. And the sweet potato yield in many fields is lower than that of wheat!

He heard Wendell mention several things - fertilization, intercropping, mixed cropping and crop rotation.

He understood fertilization, but these people were more detailed in their fertilization plans. As for intercropping, crop rotation and mixed cropping, he was a little confused.

Benjamin heard that George, Wendell and others seemed to be extremely shocked by the original local planting methods - calling it primitive.

It seemed that in their opinion, soybeans should not be planted on land every year - otherwise, even the fertile land would become barren after fertilization.

The same is true for sweet potatoes and potatoes - no matter how high their yields are, if they continue to be cultivated, the land will be ruined.

But if a reasonable rotation is carried out, soybeans can increase the fertility of the land.

Benjamin could hear that these people in the valley seemed to plan to "intercrop" soybeans and wheat - wheat on the ridges (convex), soybeans between the ridges (concave). The land will be plowed again in the second year, and wheat will be planted in the soil where soybeans were planted, and soybeans will be planted in the places where wheat was planted. After that, the fields will become more fertile.

The growth cycle of soybeans and wheat is also more suitable for this intercropping. This intercropping method can not only make use of more land. It is also more efficient than planting wheat and soybeans on other land.

Sweet potatoes, cotton and wheat are rotated.

According to what these valley people said, wouldn't this year's output be four or five times higher? !

Count Benjamin was a little unbelievable about this matter, but Wendel's data was placed on his desk - this year's output estimate was supported by cases and actual data.

In other words, as long as they follow their plans and plans, this output is a guaranteed number!

Benjamin looked at the busy people in the office. He suddenly felt a little disappointed - he didn't know where the great lord found such a group of people to help him.

If he also had such a team, in the past ten years, he would have stepped on the Duke of Sky Eagle and jumped up in the kingdom.

In Wendel's narration, George looked at the young man who came all the way in front of him and nodded secretly.

This old partner of old Jim was originally just a serf he bought from a profiteer, and he only had a little understanding of farming. But in the past few years of experience and cultivation in the shelter, he has gradually stood out, gradually become a talent, and can stand on his own.

There are many people like Wendel in the shelter, and many of them were brought out this time and arranged in various territories. Judging from the situation in Benjamin's territory, other territories should also be very smooth.

After all, this is the most difficult and complicated place - there are too many refugees, and there has been a plague.

"Unfortunately, Lord Rosgerd has not yet developed a good way to preserve sweet potatoes and potatoes." Wendel shook his head and sighed, saying: "Based on the current data, even if it is stored in the cellar, sweet potatoes can only be stored for more than six months at most."

'Or there is no time to study,' George added in his heart.

He opened his mouth and said:

"It doesn't matter, Wendell. They can be used as food for this year. The extra ones can be transported to the east to give to the refugees of the Kingdom of Elda and the frontline soldiers. With the favorable transportation conditions here, it will take at most two weeks to go down the river and reach the easternmost part of Elda from the river."

"Yes!" Wendell said, "These grains can also be sold to the lords of other regions of the Kingdom of Elda in exchange for our military expenses."

George nodded, but sighed secretly.

Judging from the land yield of the Sky Eagle, the yield of most of the lords' land in the Kingdom of Elda is probably a bit bad. These grains sold out will be in great demand.

And most of the remaining fields will be planted with wheat that is more suitable for storage. Because of sweet potatoes, most of these wheats can be stored. Although the wheat planted this year may be only half of the cultivated land, and there is only one season to harvest. But if it is done well this year, the grain stored locally this year will have a great customer prospect!

"In addition to the portion of grain that is planned to be sold to Leighton, the other portion will be given to Alfonso, who will sell it to the nobles through him."

Wendel understood what the great lord meant - with grain, he could control the nobles. It didn't matter who sold it through, but through Prince Alfonso, not only could he gain more political benefits, but Alfonso could also control more nobles.

During the meeting, the clerks had sorted out the various records, and Wendel would go back to revise some of the places George mentioned. And when they talked about this, the matter was almost done.

When George turned his eyes to Count Benjamin, Benjamin knew that it was his turn next.

The Count didn't know farming or construction. But he was extremely sharp in politics. Although he didn't understand many of the things that George and others talked about today, he could hear that this territory no longer belonged to him.

This great lord planned to take over completely and run it for a long time.

Then there is probably only one ending for himself.

Under George's kind words of comfort, Earl Benjamin knelt on the ground, sweating profusely, and began to confess with tears. It was as if he had seen his father.

And no matter how the great lord said that the earl was innocent, the fear in the earl's heart did not reduce.

George saw everything the earl was thinking. He knew that Wendel had beaten him on the way.

And Benjamin was also a wise man. From the current public and military sentiments in the territory, and the nobles and vassals in the church who actively worked for the great lord, he knew that no matter what kind of backing he had in the king, he would never be able to turn over.

And from the actions of his son and wife, he could see that he had been completely abandoned by the noble vassals and the entire family.

Benjamin was already dead at this time, and the only thing he wanted was to keep his life and be a rich man and a puppet.

And what his future fate would be depends entirely on the man in front of him.

George pulled him up and took Benjamin out of the house and walked to the farmland outside. George knew that some real things could be discussed with him.

George and his party stopped near a mill in the field. The mill was built on a small river. There was a bridge on the small river, and the farmland was on the other side of the bridge.

Since the "rain and snow" a few days ago, the weather has gradually warmed up. The highest temperature in the past few days has reached above zero. The river has now completely melted, and the ice and snow that originally covered the farmland have also begun to melt.

In the field, the busy figures of farmers have appeared.

Near the river, some local scholars and pastors are directing many laborers to build canals.

The crowd is bustling, and horse and ox carts come and go. Everyone is busy with things. Benjamin has never seen those "lazy" farmers so hardworking.

In the past, even if they were whipped with a whip, they didn't have such motivation.

"Master Benjamin, your land is the most suitable for farming in the entire Skyhawk Territory." George looked at the other side of the river and said sadly, "However, in these hundreds of miles of plains, only a small part of them are planted. And last winter, many people froze to death or starved to death because they had no food to eat."