Lady of the Lord From the East

The surface of these potatoes is covered with a layer of wheat straw, and the plants grow from under the wheat straw. They are short and small clumps. The leaves are nothing special, and they also have a slightly irritating smell. The weeds on the edge are no different.

When Felix was digging potatoes, he was still thinking about what a plant that was 20 centimeters high could grow, which was about the same as a carrot, a small and thin one.

As a man who doesn't like carrots, Felix has absolutely no expectations for these potatoes.

Until a **** went down, as the dark and fertile soil was dug up, several round things were turned over.

Before he could see clearly, Wei Wei had already lifted the potato plant, shook off the soil on it, and completely exposed the potatoes growing on it.

There are five potatoes in this nest, large and small, and there are about seven or eight taels together.

Wei Wei took a small flower shovel and dug in the soil, making sure there was nothing else left, and frowned: "This nest is less than a pound, so it's a bit small."

The system had assured her that the seeds it provided were all high-yielding varieties, which generally had a yield of four or five thousand catties, and could even reach nearly ten thousand catties when planted. Plant, she has a thousand kilograms of this kind of plant, right? But now it seems that there is no minimum standard?

Is this called less?

Unable to react, Felix glanced at the potato she had picked aside, and then looked at the piece of land that was said to have thousands of plants.

If according to Wei Wei's statement, one potato yields more than one catty of potatoes, wouldn't a thousand trees be a thousand catties? And how big is the land in front of you? In Wei Wei's words, it is 2 cents of land (10 cents = one acre), which is almost one-thirtieth of an acre.

Doesn't that mean that this crop called potatoes can yield 30,000 catties per acre? !

Felix almost choked on his own saliva. Obviously, he is not the only one who can calculate this calculation method. Butler Patton next to him looks like he is out of breath. Obviously, he is also stimulated a lot.

"How much can this acre grow? Thirty thousand catties?"

"If you're a good planter and you know how to manage it properly, it's fine, but for us, it would be good to have a yield of 20,000 kilograms." Wei Wei looked up at him and said, "Everyone is a novice farmer, don't put it down. The goal is set so high" with a helpless expression.

Because she felt that if the subsequent gains were similar to what she had in her hands, 20,000 catties might not be enough.

But 20,000 pounds is also very scary, okay? !

Corn is only seven or eight thousand catties! !

Listen, people who used to treasure corn per mu are now starting to swell because of potatoes.

The two men became excited as if they had been hit with hormones. The efficiency of digging hoes became higher and higher as nests of potatoes were dug up, and Wei Wei's mood also improved.

Although the first potato was unfavorable, it was small and not heavy enough, but the later ones were very good. Each nest was almost five or six, but it couldn’t bear that most of the potatoes were big men, with an average of one pound. It is heavy, and the small ones are not light.

In the end, it was originally expected to produce 1,000 catties of potatoes and received almost 1,500 catties. From the professional perspective of later generations of large-scale planters, the yield is considered low (the powerful professional households can even grow a nest with a yield of more than ten catties), but From the perspective of ordinary farmers in later generations, it can also be regarded as a high yield!

Even Wei Wei didn't expect to have so many. She originally thought that a thousand catties would be a great harvest. After all, although she took good care of these potatoes, she didn't have as much fertilizer to use as later generations. Enough that she was proud to give herself a thumbs up.

Now the output is directly increased by half, but she is beautiful to death.

Butler Patton looked crazy, squatting in front of the potatoes packed in sacks and kept repeating: "So much, so much." Felix is ​​better than him, but only a little bit, looking at his red face It looked as if he had won a battle.

Even when the two maids who had picked the corn saw the potatoes lying next to them, they forgot that they had come to report that the corn had been harvested, and could only stare at the potatoes in a daze.

Wei Wei asked the maids to prepare these sacks in advance. One could hold about 100 catties. Originally, they wondered why they had to prepare so much. Although the yield of corn was terrifying, Wei Wei did not grow much and could harvest it. The servings are also very limited, so there is no need to prepare so many pockets.

Now, seeing that the pockets on the ground are all full, and many potatoes are about to fall out, it is easy to see how much the output is.

The harvested potatoes are put into different sacks according to different sizes. Among them, those potatoes with smooth surface, moderate size and no worm eyes are ready to be planted, which accounts for two-thirds of all harvests, and the remaining ones. The next head is too big or too small, or if it is accidentally damaged by a hoe, it can be eaten naturally.

Ignoring the dirt on her hands, Wei Wei slowly stood up with her waist that was sore after squatting for too long, and asked Felix, "Are you going to carry these back? Or should you call a few more people to help?" Anyway, she It is impossible to carry it, and the back is really going to break.

Felix immediately said: "Of course!" Isn't it just a few more runs, he is enough alone.

"Then take these to the kitchen." Wei Wei ordered some of the different sizes.

Felix shook his head: "No, even if it's five hundred pounds, it's scary to expose it, so it's enough to send a bag."

Yes, she forgot about that again!

Wei Wei immediately changed her mind, pointing at the bag of potatoes that was somewhat damaged: "Then just send this bag to the kitchen, and find a cool and ventilated room to store the rest first, we have to find some people to dig a suitable cellar. Stock up on potatoes or there will be no seed potatoes available next year."

"These potatoes are seeds?"

"Well, these can be used as seeds, but those that are deliberately picked are better. The rest probably won't grow very well."

Felix now has reservations about Wei Wei's "not very good looking", so he feels that no matter whether it is good or not, it is right to stay as a seed.

"I'll find someone to dig the cellar tomorrow, how about just digging next to the wine cellar?"

"Okay, I'll go back and draw the drawings and dig a few more." Thinking that there are sweet potatoes and other vegetables and fruits that need to be stored in the back, this requires a cellar that can't be done by one cellar.

After the conversation, when Felix was about to start working as a porter, Wei Wei also looked like she wanted to go back to rest. The two maids hurriedly said, "Lord Earl, Miss Wei Wei, the corn is all finished."

"Oh, I almost forgot, how many kilograms are there?"

"Yes, we picked almost three hundred pounds!"

The yield of nearly 1,000 corn plants is 300 catties. According to the calculation of 4,000 plants per mu, the yield per mu is almost 1,200 catties, which is 200 catties more than the figure she told Felix before. Excitedly, they came over to report the good news because of the extra production. Now, after seeing the production of potatoes, the production of corn does not seem to be so miraculous.

Even Felix was only slightly happy when he heard this, and walked away with the sack.

And how could the butler let him carry things by himself, and he dragged a sack to follow - he still had some strength, but he was old, not as powerful as the earl, so he could only rely on dragging, fortunately, the butler The ones that are dragged are the ones to be sent to the kitchen, and they are not afraid of bumping into them.

Wei Wei looked at Qin and Penny, and sighed, "Let's carry the corn outside first."

Three hundred kilograms of corn is not light, but the trouble is that corn needs to be dried and dehydrated. Since it is to be kept secret, it cannot be directly dried in the garden.

Wei Wei thought about it, but she could only move the corn to the balcony of her room to dry it. The location is high and the care is also very good. Although it is not completely hidden, it is not really visible from other places. It is relatively hidden.

But they would be exhausted to lift them up with a few girls.

So the mouth of the sack was tied, and Wei Wei directly asked a few servants to come over to help. By the way, she also asked Qin and Penny to find the clothes drying pole and come back.

The clothes pole is supported on the balcony, and the corn is peeled off the husks. Turn it over, tie several corn husks together and hang them on the pole. Turn it once every two or three days to ensure that it is completely dry.

Qin and Penny were in charge of this work. Wei Wei was driven away by them to rest, and she was really tired, so she went downstairs and asked for some hot water to take a bath. After relaxing, she went to see how Felix and the others were doing. so.

Then she found out that Felix had moved all those potatoes into the cellar, which was the innermost part of the cellar where only he and the housekeeper could enter =-=

It's okay, it's only temporarily stored anyway, and the temperature, humidity and ventilation inside are quite suitable.

Seeing that he paid so much attention to it, Wei Wei couldn't be lazy. She went back to the room to check the progress of the maid. She took a pen and paper and drew the drawings of the cellar.

Throwing the blueprint to Felix who had finished carrying it, Wei Wei yawned and went into the kitchen.

To be honest, although the summer temperature in Europe is not as high as that of Huaxia, it is still very challenging to enter the kitchen on a hot day. Fortunately, the temperature inside the castle is relatively low, as long as you pay attention to staying away from the stove, that is, it is slightly stuffy.

"Miss Weiwei." Bob greeted her with a smile when he saw her coming, holding a large potato in his hand: "Miss Weiwei, I don't know what to do with this potato?"

"The easiest way is to wash it and boil it in water, then let it cool and peel it, mash it into a layer of mud, add a little salt and stir it and eat it. Of course, it can also be peeled and cut into pieces and then stewed. The taste of potato stew is very good. , if you cut it into french fries, it’s also delicious, and you can bake it or fry it, in short, there are many ways to eat it.”

Wei Wei said a lot, and then specially warned that if you see potatoes turning green and sprouting, you can't eat them, they will be poisoned.

This has been well received by everyone.

After listening to Bob, he said that he was going to make a potato feast tonight, and hoped that Wei Wei could give him some pointers.

Wei Wei came to the kitchen to do this, she nodded, and then arranged work for everyone.

So that night, mashed potatoes, potato stew, baked potatoes, potato bisque, French fries, and shredded potatoes appeared on the table.

Very Chinese and Western combination.

In view of the fact that new vegetables have been appearing on the table recently, Father Matthew didn't ask any questions at all, just praised the taste after eating.

Felix's attitude was much more serious. He ate all kinds of potato dishes, savoring them carefully, and finally determined that this food not only tasted good, but also had the same satiety as bread.

Even an adult man like him, who eats a lot because he exercises every day, feels full after eating two large bowls of mashed potatoes.

What can fill his stomach is good food, not to mention that its production is so high, Felix only needs to think that if his territory is full of potatoes, then how much more grain he can harvest every year and how many people he can feed!

He glanced at the girl beside him, and had a hunch that soon, the whole of Sardinson County would change greatly because of her.

Maybe not just Sardinsonshire...

The next day, the cellar digger arrived, and Felix handed over the job to a supervisor, who unexpectedly went to train the soldiers.

The training of soldiers is not enough. Wei Wei vaguely heard that Felix seems to be planning to recruit soldiers and train peasants and soldiers. Although the latter has not been able to organize because the people are busy harvesting, the order to recruit soldiers has been conveyed to Small towns and villages in Sardinson County.

The number of standing soldiers in Fort Sardinson is 50. This does not mean that Felix has only so few people. In fact, the number of standing soldiers of an earl can reach hundreds. It is just that when there is no war, nobles They won't raise too many soldiers. If they really need them, they will call on their vassal nobles and knights to bring people over and recruit their subjects to serve in the military. The ranks of the people around, the more affluent people can reach thousands.

In the case of Sardinson County, Felix can still organize a team of 5,000 people. Of course, the previous earls rarely did this, and even the standing army decreased year by year, from 500 people at the beginning. There are fifty people now, because although they are border counties, they have basically never had contact with the neighboring country, so the previous counts thought that there was no need to raise so many soldiers to waste food.

And Felix obviously planned to fill up his standing army. As for the reason, Wei Wei thought about it and felt that it should still be on her own head.

In this regard, Wei Wei could only silently copy a copy of the modern ordinary soldier training method, a copy of the special forces training method and a translated version of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" for him.

And when Felix got these three gifts, his face was really wonderful.

"Where did these come from?"

"What I read before, I wrote in retrospect."

"Do your soldiers train like this?"

"Yeah." Even if it wasn't before, it is now. Wei Wei didn't forget the little gossip that the system told her. I heard that the senior crossing from the continent next door is a military enthusiast, not to mention military training. I heard that he also used the Northern Song Dynasty The bamboo muskets that he used were made of metal, which could be fired continuously. It was said that the cannons of the Ming Dynasty were about to be made. Therefore, Mongolia, which had an advantage, was suddenly counterattacked by the Southern Song Dynasty.

So she didn't believe that the big brother who crossed the line would not be able to hire special forces, fearing that the special forces battalion was already very large.

Felix watched Wei Wei silently for a while, then suddenly hugged her, held her in his arms, and said in a complicated tone, "Thank you."

Felix: She told me all such important military secrets, and she must love me too!

Wei Wei: Huh? What did I do, why did he look so moved.

After being moved, Felix went to train the soldiers even harder. It is conceivable that those soldiers who suddenly changed their training methods would "miss" the mysterious person who changed the count for a long time.

While Felix was busy training, Wei Wei was also busy developing business.

The effect of the essential oils bought by the noble ladies before was obviously surprising to them. The proof is that ten days after they left, letters praising Wei Wei's generosity and the miraculous effects of essential oils flew to Sardinson Castle in an endless stream. , Of course, they will not forget to express their willingness to continue to buy essential oils at the end.

And the ladies who had already ordered a new batch of essential oils, after seeing the effects of other people's essential oils, were of course more eager to ask her if the new essential oils were ready, and if so, whether they could add more Sell ​​some to them, and they also specially asked the servant who delivered the letter to bring the payment gold coins, hoping that the servant would bring more essential oils back for them.

Wei Wei certainly has essential oils in her hands, but she can't sell them all at this time.

So she just handed over the previously ordered essential oils to the servants to take back, and did not agree to any of their requests.

So the second batch of letters flooded in again, the essential oils that were bought before were about to run out, and the aristocratic women needed new essential oils more urgently than before.

After reading the letter, Wei Wei chuckled and wrote a letter to them all, saying that she had no plans to do business, but she had taught the craftsmanship to the servants of the Count. If they needed, she could ask Ask the Count if he is willing to do this business.

All the ladies who saw the reply couldn't help but shook their heads, and then said to the people around them, "This Miss Weiwei is really a naive lady."

"What good does she have for herself by giving such an important formula to the Count?"

"Poor girl, perhaps soon the count will abandon her."

"Even if I don't abandon it, I'm afraid it will lose its value, and I can only become the mistress of the count."

Although they said pitiful, everyone had a relaxed smile on their faces, because they all knew that only if the Count abandoned Wei Wei, their children would have the chance to become the wife of the Count.

So next, they stopped writing letters to Wei Wei, but asked their husbands to write to the Count, asking him about essential oils. Among the young ladies, the bolder ones even wrote to Felix themselves. , and the content is very bold and suggestive.

Of course, Felix didn't read any of these letters, and threw them into the trash without even opening the envelope. He only read the letters from a few barons.

Felix, who had discussed with Wei Wei, quickly wrote a reply, saying that he was going to do the essential oil business. If the woman in their family needed it, they could buy essential oil from him for two gold coins a bottle in half a month.

If it was Wei Wei who raised the price, they might not be happy. After all, they had already enjoyed lower and more favorable prices before, but now the Count is asking the price, and the price was also mentioned by the Baroness herself. Of course, they can only accept the price. down.

But in this way, Wei Wei's status in their hearts was naturally reduced to a simple (stupid) lady with only beauty and no brains.

Probably only Baroness Hunter faintly felt that something was wrong, but it was not particularly obvious when Wei Wei scolded her at the dining table. Forgot Wei Wei's reaction at that time.

So Wei Wei successfully hid herself under Felix, so that other nobles would not pay so much attention to her existence for the time being.

At this time, Wei Wei no longer pays attention to this matter, she is troubled by more important things.

Dolores is sick.

One day in the middle of the night, the poor little girl suddenly began to feel uncomfortable. She was lying on the bed humming and having a headache. The maid who heard the movement came in and saw that Dolores was starting to heat up.

There was no doctor in the castle, and it was in the middle of the night. After hearing that Dolores was sick, the housekeeper hurriedly sent someone to a nearby town to find a doctor, but the round trip took four hours, which made everyone anxious to death. .

Butler Patton rushed upstairs to notify Felix when he knocked on the door and forgot to lower the volume, which frightened the two little black cats who were swimming in the corridor at night, and the meowing of the little black cats woke Wei Wei from her sleep. .

She got up from the bed, put on a thin cloak, held up the candle and opened the door. She didn't find anything in the corridor, only vaguely heard the urgent voice of the housekeeper from downstairs.

She walked down and saw Felix in a nightgown and Butler Patton about to go downstairs.

Wei Wei: "What happened?"

Felix's face was very ugly: "Dolores is sick."

Butler Patton added: "The maid in charge of the vigil found she had a fever."

Fever was a life-threatening illness in the Middle Ages, and it was especially deadly for small children.

Wei Wei's face turned straight when she heard the words: "Wait for me, I'll go with you."

She went back to the room to get the silver needle and went downstairs to follow them.

Wei Wei's room is on the fifth floor of the castle, Felix lives on the fourth floor, his brother's room is also on this floor, and Dolores and Caroline's rooms are on the third floor of the castle.

Compared with the room upstairs, the room on the third floor is much more simple, which represents the neglect of her father, but after Felix succeeded and Wei Wei became her teacher, Dolores' room There are many more things in it, most of which are embroidery made by little girls.

When they came down, a lot of people had gathered in Dolores' room, and the maids had changed her clean clothes and were cooling down with wet towels, but Dolores was still groaning.