In the days of rebirth as a lord

When many people in the village are using pottery, this year's harvest season has also arrived.

As the newly appointed agricultural officer, the Joseph family has been conscientiously urging and managing the farmers in the village to weed and fertilize for more than half a year. With the methods of fertilizing and pest control provided by Cecil, the harvest of all the land this year is very good.The yield of wheat in the field has generally increased by [-]%, and the yield of beans has increased by [-]%. In previous years, everyone has already started cheering for such a harvest.But this year, everyone did not cheer for the increased production of wheat and beans, because everyone's attention was attracted by the new crop of corn!

The corn seeds provided by the system are very powerful. Not only does each seed have a 100% germination rate, but there are two or three heavy corn cobs hanging on each corn stalk when harvesting.In other words, one seed harvests hundreds of times as much food!

The corn grown in Cecil's land alone was piled up in the castle's granary after harvesting, so that even if the tax was lowered this year, the grain tax collected in the village had no place to store it, so it had to be temporarily stored in the castle's cellar. A warehouse was vacated.

Cecil had someone grind some cornmeal and make steamed cakes similar to steamed buns, allowing everyone in the territory to taste the taste of this new crop.

The sweet and soft taste of the steamed corn cake made all the free people in the territory regret it one by one—regret that when His Highness asked them to plant this new crop, they refused!

Including the only Joseph family who planted a piece of corn in order to support Cecil to promote new crops, they also regretted planting less!Now the harvest of corn in that piece of land has saved their family from starving for the next year, and the mush in the bowl has thickened a lot, but what if the corn was grown in all the land in their family?Then in the next year, you can eat such delicious steamed cakes instead of being mushy!

You must know that ordinary glutinous rice flour is also mixed with rough bean flour and wheat flour, but what about pure cornmeal boiled glutinous rice flour?Just the smell is enough to make your mouth water!

"The food problem has been solved for the time being." Cecil was also very happy looking at the piled up granary.

"However, caravan trade is still mainly food and slaves. Metal ore, cotton and linen materials can also be traded, and gold and silver are still kept as little as possible." Cecil added.

If there is too much grain stockpiled, it is a big deal to turn the old grain into grain wine and sell it at a high price.The taste of corn wine is also very good!Even those beans that cannot be used to make wine can still be squeezed for soybean oil. Anyway, no matter how much food there is, it will not be wasted, which is better than gold and silver piled up in the warehouse to accumulate dust.

Of course, it is better to buy more slaves to increase the population in the territory.After all, now that the food crisis has been resolved, Cecil can feed more people. A lot of infrastructure needs to be done by people, and the size of the army will continue to expand.

After the grain was put into the warehouse, Cecil was going to the Duke's Castle in Sauter City to attend the banquet.This business is no different from going to the Hongmen Banquet.

This time the old housekeeper Conrad no longer followed, he wanted to stay in Ott Village to manage the village well, and Muziyu led thirty elites from the patrol army to follow Cecil.

Baihong swordsmanship is indeed the most suitable cultivation method for Muziyu at present. After practicing for only half a year, Muziyu has already developed the so-called true energy, and he has achieved a little success in swordsmanship.Not to mention one against a hundred, but ordinary dozens of people would not be able to injure Cecil under the protection of Mu Ziyu, which is why Cecil dared to go to the banquet.

Returning to Sauter City after more than half a year, Cecil had to pass through the city holding his nose again.You must know that the environmental sanitation in Aote Village has always been well managed. Even if some farmyard manure is applied to the farmland, as long as you don't go to the field while fertilizing, it will generally not cause any olfactory discomfort.

But the smell in Sauter City is the same as it used to be... This city is too stinky, worse than the cesspit in the village!The soldiers who followed couldn't take it anymore.Especially those soldiers of Han nationality, they have never been to such a city, so naturally they don't know that the air in the city will be poisoned by people's excrement.

But no matter how stinky the surrounding environment was, the soldiers of the patrol army did not whisper to each other privately, but raised their heads high and stood guard against the surroundings at all times.

After all, looking at the Commander Mu, he never frowned while riding a horse.

Naturally, they don't know that the Muzi language has been activated and their true qi temporarily shuts off their sense of smell... Such a magnificent team passed through Suote City, and the pedestrians on the side of the road gave way one after another, even if they saw a foreign race in the team People don't dare to make any nonsense.They only dared to secretly guess in their hearts which nobleman was here, and the guarding soldiers looked so heroic.

After arriving at the Duke's Castle, the smell that could be called a biochemical weapon finally faded away, so Cecil put down the handkerchief covering his mouth and nose, and let out a long sigh of relief.

If it weren't for the fact that the duke's castle had to go through Sauter City from Otter Village, Cecil would rather take a detour than experience the sourness of "entering the city".

Because someone had been arranged to notify them in advance, by the time Cecil and the others arrived at the castle, the butler of the Duke of Morton had already led a dozen servants to welcome them at the door.

I saw thirty soldiers holding wooden spears following Cecil's carriage. Although they were not wearing armor, they were uniformly dressed, and they couldn't conceal their bravery.The original casual expressions on the faces of the servants and stewards in the castle were also put away.

The existence of these soldiers finally allowed the poor Cecil to retain some of his cards as a prince.

"His Royal Highness, I am Polly, the Duke's steward, and I welcome you very much." Polly said after bowing deeply.

"His Royal Highness is here, why didn't the Duke come to greet him?" Before Cecil could speak, Mu Ziyu asked in a cold voice.

Seeing that the person who was interrogating was a yellow-skinned foreigner, Polly didn't want to talk to him at first, but when he met Shang Muziyu's cold gaze, he was startled, and when he came back to his senses, he had already started to explain: "My lord Duke has a temporary There are important things to deal with, so arrange for me to meet His Highness."

"Since Uncle Morton has something to do, I'll visit him after he finishes his work." Cecil said very kindly.

Only then did Polly heave a sigh of relief, and his tone was subconsciously courteous: "Your Highness, let me take you to the room prepared for you to rest first. This year's banquet will officially start tomorrow night."

The last time Cecil lived in the duke's castle was a room without windows. This time, he was treated a lot better. The room he was assigned was a spacious room with good lighting and luxurious decoration.

Polly arranged servants for Cecil, including handsome male servants and graceful maidservants, but these people were all driven away by Mu Ziyu.