After summoning Luvid that day, Mr Odin became more diligent. The next afternoon, he arranged for Kunas and three squire knights to go to Little Stony Brook to mark the waterwheel section on the spot. Experienced serfs in Shuichetun.
Leading the group straight to the location in memory, stopping from time to time on the way to cut into the soul space for comparison.
The group stopped and walked like this. Before sunset, they successfully completed three markings. In the eyes of everyone, Baron Odin's headless search had a miraculous effect, making several serfs straight. Calling Lord to be favoured by the gods.
"Lord, the water level in these three river sections is deep enough and the riverbanks are very stable. They are all very suitable for building waterwheels. If two waterwheels can be repaired before the end of the spring ploughing, the three planting villages can achieve bumper harvests this year!"
An old serf shouted excitedly, the serf is the private property of the lord, the lord will take 70% of the harvest and keep 30% for himself.
Under normal harvest conditions, the industrious serfs worked hard for one year, and 30% of the output was only enough to survive for a year. If the weather is not good, it will be miserable when there is a lack of rain and water, and I can only ask the nobles to give them. They keep a little more rations.
A wiser lord would not let the serfs really starve to death. If they starve to death, who will farm the land next year? But it is inevitable to eliminate a group of old and infirm serfs.
This is cruel serfdom.
But Odin didn't think so. Although he did not intend to change the serf system, extreme oppression would undoubtedly suppress the enthusiasm of the serfs, and the output would naturally be low.
From the perspective of productivity, a suitable output share will greatly increase the grain output of Boulder Town.
And food, in this world, belongs to hard currency!
The production increase plan was also written on the schedule by Odin.
After a busy afternoon, he returned to the castle, entered the soul space as usual, and tried again, but the second page of the mysterious book could not be opened. He guessed that he lacked certain conditions, spiritual power? Or some kind of key?
No way to know.
Let go of discouragement, correct your attitude, pick up the one-handed sword and start practising fighting skills.
...
The regular rhythm of life will make people forget the passage of time.
In the morning, he took the knight class, in the afternoon he read books in the castle or went to the town to supervise the progress of Luvid work. In the evening, he entered the soul space to practice a one-handed sword and spiritual power.
After the mental power is exhausted, I just go straight to sleep, so as not to face the boring nightlife.
Odin was in such a state and came a week later.
...
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
On the training ground behind the castle, two swift sword shadows staggered back and forth, making a loud crashing sound.
One side is frantically attacking, slashing, sweeping, and stabbing. Three common sword moves are used in turn. The speed of the moves is very fast, the moves are also very smooth, and the offensive is fierce.
The other side is just defensive, horizontal, vertical, and sweeping, and the attack is completely invisible.
Even the three of Carlo, who were struggling with their strength, were attracted by the wonderful fighting skills, and they looked at it together.
It was Kunas who was accompanying Odin on the field, and Odin's frantic attack lasted for nearly ten minutes before it stopped.
"Lord Baron, it's only been ten days since you took your first knight class before, and your sword skills will reach this level. At this speed, I think it won't take long for you to be able to advance to a bronze knight. "
Kunas put away his weapon and said with a smile.
"Thanks to Mr Kunas's careful teaching."
Odin wasn't getting carried away, for him, this was just the beginning.
"Mr Kunas, the construction of waterwheels has already started on the Luvid side. I think our knight team should also play a role."
Upon hearing this, Kunas immediately reacted,
Kneel down on one knee with a sword.
"Please instruct the lord!"
The three retinue knights also knelt down behind Kunas without saying a word.
"After building two waterwheels, the town's arable land will not be enough to fully utilize the sufficient water sources, so it is imperative to open up wasteland to the wild.
And your task is to clean up the wild beasts and monsters in advance, can you do it? "
"Please rest assured, Lord, Kunas will complete the task!"
"This time, the area of wasteland reclamation is not small. To improve efficiency, you will select ten young adults from the town to practice for half a day every afternoon. After training, they will serve as militiamen to help clean up the fields.
The time is set in a week! The salary of the militia can be discussed with Luvid. The scope of cleaning can only be known after planning. Is there any problem? "
"no problem!"
After explaining the task, Kunas led the way.
This task is not difficult for Kunas of the Silver Knight. Since it is to reclaim the wild land, it will definitely extend beyond the original cultivated land.
Moreover, due to labour constraints, it will not exceed one-fifth of the existing arable land, and it will not exceed the scope of the boulder territory. The chance of encountering high-level monsters is almost zero.
The territory of Jushi Town is wide, and the useless wild land occupies 90% of the territory, not to mention the gravel ridge. The town's residential area only accounts for a small part, and the three planting villages do have not much farmland, which is only enough to support the giant rocks. There are more than 800 people in the town.
In Odin's view, this is definitely not enough. The amount of food is directly linked to the stability of the territory. Even if there is excess food, there is no need to worry about selling it. In this world with low productivity, food is a hard currency comparable to metal.
When he was just reborn, he was still worried about what to do, but the Book of Mysteries gave him a big surprise. A zoomable bird's-eye view was enough to solve many things.
The census of the town was also completed two days ago. There were a total of 818 people, including 486 civilians and 332 serfs. Most of the civilians lived in the town, and a small number of civilians in the village managed serf activities.
In general, 80% of the population of Jushi Town is engaged in planting, and the rest are craftsmen and children under the age of ten.
After the census was completed, Odin assigned a new census task, the farmland census.
Counting the area of all farmland, whether serfs or commoners, in addition to the area, it is necessary to find out the area of planting, such as the area of wheat, the area of potatoes, etc., these must be checked clearly.
"There are too many things to do, the population of the town is too small, and the gold coins are not enough to spend!" Thinking that there are so many problems in the town that need to be solved urgently, I am a little worried.
Now, it is not an exaggeration to describe Jushi Town as a wasteland. The development of arable land, the improvement of sanitation, the paving of stone streets, and the opening of commercial roads are all waiting to happen.
However, due to economic pressure, the pace had to be slowed down.
If he told Luvid all his thoughts all at once, this middle-aged man who was working hard might not be able to bear it.
He has already saved all that he can save in his own castle, anyway, no one will come to this pit, who will pretend to show it?
At Odin's strong request, in addition to three meals, some face-saving behaviours were cancelled, which greatly reduced the workload of the servants.
If it wasn't for the old housekeeper's strong persuasion, he would even let a few servants go free and let them become town residents.
"What other way to make money fast..." Until lunch, Odin was still thinking.
The servants brought the plate up like water.
Roasted rabbit, saliva fish stewed in mushroom soup, pan-fried duck breast, green salad, and a big glass of hot milk.
Looking at the hungry animals on the dining table, Odin had an idea and blurted out.
"Aquaculture!"
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"You have to think about it in the long run! But the first step is to buy a live game from the hunters and retail traders in the town. After collecting dozens of them, you can let Kunas and the others go to Poppy Town.
Even if you earn the difference, you can still have a lot of income. "
Thinking of this, Odin couldn't sit still and motioned the housekeeper to stay.
"Modi, the Polish aunt should be familiar with the hunters in the town!"
"Yes sir, the Polish aunt goes to the town to buy ingredients every day. There are only a few farmers and hunters in the town, and the Polish aunt is very familiar with it."
"Very well, you have the servants enclose a piece of land behind the castle with a fence, and then buy a large number of farmed chickens and ducks, as well as hunter's hares, etc., and breed them."
"Uh... lord, this feeding will consume a lot of food. Didn't you say you want to save the cost of the castle?"
Modi couldn't understand what his master was thinking.
"Hehe, I'm going to let the caravan bring this poultry and game to the nearest Poppy Town for sale. Poppy Town is a big town close to Firestone Town. There are tens of thousands of residents living there. As long as the price is not high, it will definitely be sold easily.
This back and forth can not only mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers, let them see the prospect of expanding the scale of farming, but also improve the current situation of the castle which is unable to make ends meet. "
It was only then that the old butler suddenly realized that, indeed, the castle still has zero income now, bringing in a total of 500 gold coins, and also allocated 100 to the administrative officer.
Add to that the huge expense of building the town...
The old butler could no longer imagine life without a single gold coin in the castle.
"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely supervise them in this matter."
Butler Modi said this sentence with a firm gaze.