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Chapter 464: Poverty Alleviation and Prosperity

After dealing with these things, George returned to the local church. For so many years, the faith power of the local Seven Gods believers could not rise to heaven, and most of them gathered in the church. This is the same as the situation in the Sky Eagle Castle.

These faith powers, because they have accumulated here for too long, have been somewhat corrupted by the mist. Therefore, after being collected in the Book of Dawn, they are of little use, and storing them for too long will easily affect the Book of Dawn. However, it is okay to use them directly to make the "God's Grace Torch".

In addition to these faith powers, there are also a lot of hope powers in the territory. In the past few days, Wendel and his team have been doing ideological work in the local area, and they have been giving various speeches to the people in the church every day. After the residents found hope in life, they gathered a lot of power, and after collecting, there were as many as 40,000 to 50,000.

After leaving a large number of God's Grace Torches for Wendel and his team, George took Anubis to other territories overnight. There are a lot of food and finances in Count Benjamin's castle, enough for this year, so that Wendel and his team can show their skills here.

Later, under Wendel's organization, the local army was reorganized. It was different from the three-line troops of the Sky Eagle, and was closer to the early riverside troops (farm reclamation militia). The main weapon was a spear, and the main formation was the "Macedonian phalanx" that Gavi used to deal with riverside zombies in the early days. The troops were also relatively simple.

As for military pay, the average was 1 silver fox per month. And the daily meals were much more abundant than before. Compared with the treatment given by the earl before, it was several times higher.

Compared with the training of the Sky Eagle troops, the training of this four-line farm reclamation soldiers was the same as that of Gavi's private soldiers in the early days, with an average of three days of training. And like Gavi at the beginning, this unit invested more in territory security, farming, and construction. And this organized unit was much more efficient than the farmers in the construction of canals and other works.

The only ones who really maintained the same level of training as the shelter were the 500 knights and the guardian knights and church soldiers of the local "parish" (also 500 people).

Many of them can become the seeds of the Dawn Knights, and in George's plan for this army, the main task of this army in the future is to deal with the numerous bandits in the Principality of the Sky Eagle, as well as monsters such as zombies.

And these more than 9,000 people, with only a dozen forbidden priests/Dawn Knights like Wendel leading the team, will have a leap in strength. It is not a problem to wipe out the disaster of a complete rat-dwelling manor.

For these soldiers, many of them originally joined the army just out of helplessness, wanting to have a full meal. But now there is a salary and a future, and the sergeants can't help but be very active. When they learned that they had become external staff of the Dawn Cathedral, the whole army was full of energy. After George left here, the local Dawn Knights also took some people to wipe out several nearby bandit groups. And beheaded some of the ** who hid the spoils, and gradually wore down the bandit-like temperament that was originally left in the militia.

After this battle, the army began to get on the right track. The military discipline of the troops became stricter, and the spirit of the soldiers became more and more presentable.

Before Earl Benjamin took some knights to the capital, Wendel held a military parade and farewell for him in the parade ground. The neat and uniform team made Earl Benjamin unable to recognize that this was his former army.

After leaving Benjamin's territory, George went to other territories. The affairs of each territory were progressing very well. From some reports, George could see that many small teams were not smooth sailing, but they successfully handled the accidents and crises and completed the tasks assigned to them.

The people sent by Leiden have even purchased spices in these territories. Because there was no intervention from the lords and gentry this time, the purchase was very thorough.

The situation in each territory is now basically the same as that of Benjamin. The mayors and mayors are establishing new systems in these territories and liberating the minds of the people. And these people and soldiers who have fields in their hands and support the new policies will also become the cornerstone of supporting local governors.

No nobles can shake this foundation. They can do whatever they want with the so-called earl!

After the inspection, George saw that the land and rivers had thawed as he walked towards the green hills. Water wheels and canals were being built. The land of the entire Sky Eagle is slowly being redistributed. This time, no nobles or monks will stop the people from producing. And this time, they will also have a more scientific way to farm.

The original grain production of the Sky Eagle territory was only 1 bushel per acre, which was far from the 12 bushels per acre (including sweet potatoes and potatoes) expected by the shelter this year. But according to the reports of various consuls, it should not be a problem to achieve an average grain production of 4 bushels this year.

The planting methods are basically the same, and there are more horses and oxen here. It's just a lack of sunlight. So George believes that this goal can be achieved.

At present, the population census of the entire Sky Eagle has been roughly completed. The entire Sky Eagle, including refugees and unregistered households, has a population of more than 4 million. Among these more than 4 million people, farmers account for the vast majority. There are about three million farmers responsible for food fields.

As for the fields for producing grain, after re-measurement, it is about 40 million mu - in fact, more than 70 million mu, and the land that the nobles did not report is beyond the imagination of the Sky Eagle family. But only 40 million mu is suitable for cultivation this year.

These 3 million people are about 800,000 households and 40,000 communities. On average, every two households have one cow or horse, and each household is responsible for 50 mu of grain-producing fields, plus 10 mu of spices or grape fields (serving the Grand Duke of Sky Eagle and obtaining some output).

Two households have one cow or horse, and the cows and horses of more than a dozen households in each community are tied together for centralized cultivation. These fields will be plowed out soon.

On average, each person over the age of 14 is responsible for 15 mu of grain fields and 5 mu of other fields. This is half the labor completed, allowing them to work more delicately and have more time to participate in the construction projects of the territory.

According to the land agreement signed between the consuls and the farmers, they can get half of the grain produced by these 50 mu of fields - that is, each household will have 100 bushels of grain this year.

If they only eat for themselves, twenty bushels of wheat are enough for this family, and fifty bushels of grain are enough to meet their food, clothing, housing and transportation. Adding some other labor income, the residents will be able to change into a set of warm new clothes next year, and the poor will also be able to repair their houses.

At present, many residents live in houses built with mud or stone. Compared with formal houses, the amount of work of the two types of houses is actually not much different, mainly in terms of technology.

When repairing the city wall, scholars have studied cement and used it to cooperate with the magic spider - it is similar to George's impression.

Wendell and other teams have brought various technologies to various places. These new houses will make next winter a little better.

Even cattle and horses have been distributed according to communities and households - cattle and horses, like fields, are mostly the property of nobles, and the largest part of livestock is Tanya's.

After the distribution, the people in the territory are now helping to raise them. But the people in the territory can get great benefits from the by-products of livestock and newborn cubs. In general, the income will exceed their breeding expenses.

Originally, the people thought that they were just lending them the land for farming, but this policy made them completely regard these livestock as their own property.

After Wendel's team hung up the ointment on the nobles and distributed it to the common people, the people in the entire territory were able to get rid of poverty and move towards a well-off life.

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