Chapter 54 Farmland Plan

Chapter 54 Farmland Plan

The day before the planned trip to the Horse Herding City, everyone was busy.

McKen and Tom made plans for the defence and patrol of David's territory. Elrond rode through the town on horseback, showing Rhonin's kindness.

Chahar was tinkering with the castle toilet plan, while Wilson, after completing the statistics, was caught up in the issue of dividing the villages and groups.

Luo Ning was not idle either.

After finishing reading the knight novel in his hand, he rode his horse to the southeast border to see how serfs and tenants reclaimed the wasteland.

Farmers are selective when reclaiming wasteland. They don't just find a piece of land and start tinkering with it. They usually choose places with relatively flat terrain and soft geology and try to avoid sandy and rocky land.

Fortunately, there is a large, relatively flat area in the southeast of Shanlin Town, which provides a considerable amount of arable land to the town. If it continues to be cultivated, it is estimated that it will be at least 40,000 to 50,000 acres.

In addition, there are also reclaimable areas in the northeast, as well as more than 10,000 acres of land that are fallow. The estimated arable land area of ​​Shanlin Town is about 80,000 acres.

This does not even count the dangerous west side.

Luo Ning was shocked by the data he obtained after his analysis.

A town with so much arable land can be called poor?

As long as Luo Ning reclaims all the uncultivated land and increases the grain yield per mu a little bit, Shanlin Town should be able to feed a population of 20,000 to 30,000 by relying on self-sufficiency.

This only counts the production of barley and wheat. If carrots and cabbage are included, the number of people who can survive would probably be a little higher.

"It makes sense for Princet to force his subjects to reclaim wasteland every year."

Luo Ning did not rashly ask the farmers to stop reclaiming the wasteland. It would be a waste if such a large piece of arable land was not reclaimed.

However, the farmers are reclaiming the land a little too slowly.

He rode his horse around the cultivated land, making the serfs and tenants think that the lord had come to supervise their work. They were all trembling with fear, but they worked hard, fearing that the lord's whip would fall on some unlucky guy.

As an outsider, Roning would not easily comment on the existing technology and working methods, nor did he have the leisure to supervise how his subjects worked.

The main reason for walking around and looking around is to collect useful information.

After observation, he found that although the farmers worked non-stop, the speed of reclamation was still not ideal. The reason was the lack of tools.

Neither oxen nor horses were used on a large scale in land reclamation. More reliance was placed on manpower, so the speed could not be increased.

Moreover, Roning carefully observed the few cows he had. Not only were they thin, but the ploughs they used were also light ploughs, which could only turn over a limited amount of soil and could not plough deeply.

In addition, defects in the design of the plough and yoke resulted in a huge waste of human and ox power, especially when turning around at the end of ploughing, which was particularly difficult.

Promoting ox-drawn ploughing and improving ploughs and ox yokes can increase the speed of land reclamation.

After asking, Luo Ning learned that these cows were the private property of the tenant farmers. If others wanted to use them, they would need to pay a certain amount of labour or food.

When Prince was here, he would lend two or three cows to people in need, but he would also charge a fee. Of course, for Prince, more cows were for eating.

Roning had seen black buffaloes before. After all, he was the one who personally inspected the thirteen cows that Sean led to Shanlin Town.

This kind of buffalo is larger in size, half a circle larger than the buffalo grown in flower-growing countries. You can imagine how powerful they are.

However, although these guys are large in size, they are relatively docile in temperament. Especially after being trained by the cattle herders in the Sean Territory, they can understand people's commands and are rare labourers.

Luo Ning had a total of twenty-four black buffaloes that could be used for ploughing, which was not a large number.

He planned to wait until Wilson divided Shanlin Town into villages before distributing the oxen.

Of course, it was mainly used by serfs. Free tenants still needed to pay a certain fee. Compared with Princet, he could reduce it a little as appropriate.

This is the only way to solve the problem of oxen for the draft at present, as there are simply too few of them.

As for the plough and yoke, Ronin could make some improvements to them.

As a modern flower-growing man, he not only knows about the curved plough in history books but also tinkered with the plough and big black ox in the fields when he was young.

Roning planned to draw the pattern of the plough and then give it to the town's blacksmith, Kales, to make one for trial. There shouldn't be any problem.

…

While Ronin was busy improving the territory's agricultural technology, most of the nobles in the entire Wushan Territory were preparing for the upcoming grand party.

On August 28th, Earl Orson Hyde of Black Python City celebrated his 70th birthday.

For ordinary people, fifty years old is equivalent to entering old age; for nobles, fifty years old is just the end of middle age.

As for the Golden Knight, even at the age of 70, he is still strong and powerful.

The Golden Knight's flesh and internal organs have been tempered by fighting spirit for a long time, and their functions and strength are already several levels ahead of ordinary people.

For a transcendent person of this level, unless he or she is sick or injured, his or her physical functions will not decline until the age of eighty.

So, ten years into the future, Orson Hyde will still be going strong.

The Hyde family was already very powerful, and now that the Earl's grandson had the right to inherit the Wushan Territory, the Hyde family's reputation was rising even more.

So this birthday party will be more grand than ever before, which is why Baron Leisen set out for Black Python City so many days in advance, because it can indeed generate a lot of communication.

In Wushan Castle, as the feudal lord of Orson Hyde, Lulans would naturally not go out in person to celebrate the other party's birthday.

However, as his son is the Earl of Wushan City and the son-in-law of Orson, he must go on this trip.

But the Earl was arguing with his wife in the castle at this moment because Wiggins did not want to go to Black Python City.

When he was young, he was keen on attending all kinds of banquets. The more nobles there were, the better he liked it.

But as he got older, especially in recent years, he hated attending such banquets more and more. He felt sick when he saw the nobles toasting each other, smiling on the surface but saying something about themselves behind their backs.

Diane was a little crazy at the moment. How could a son-in-law not attend his father-in-law's birthday party?

She kept questioning Wiggins, asking him what he was afraid of!

The quarrel lasted for a long time until the incident alarmed Lu Lans, who was resting in the backyard.

When the old man sat in front of them with a cane, both Wiggins and Diane had to stop.

"There is no reason for you not to go to Orson's birthday party this time." Lu Lans made the final decision in a resounding voice.

Wiggins suddenly felt so tired. Being this poor Earl and the heir to the marquis was too tiring. If possible, he would like to exchange his life for Graham's rebirth.

"Father, can't we just let Diane take Brayton with her?"

He still had some hope, "Can't I just tell others that I'm sick and not feeling well and rest at home?"

After hearing this, Lu Lans suddenly felt one year older. He didn't want to say anything more but stared coldly at his son in front of him.

Soon, Wiggins was defeated, "Okay, I'll go!"

Lu Lansi sighed in his heart, "Let Toru lead the team to accompany you this time."

Toru Vinar is Lulans's disciple, a knight of Wushan Castle, and the leader of the First Knights of Wushan Castle.

Toru announced to the public that he only had the strength of the peak silver level, but he had made a breakthrough not long ago. It was just that this matter was not publicized, and only Lu Lans knew about it.

Wiggins was shocked. "Father, Toru is in charge of guarding Wushan City. He went with me. What will you do?"

"Are you worried about my safety?"

Lu Lans chuckled, then his expression suddenly turned serious, and he slammed the cane in his hand heavily on the ground.

The floor tiles shattered with a crackling sound, and the hot fighting spirit formed a whirlwind that rushed towards Wiggins on the opposite side and actually blew the opponent away along with the tables, chairs, and sofas and hit them against the wall.

Diane, on the side, couldn't help but be shocked. She didn't expect that the old man's momentum was still so strong!

"Ahem~"

Lu Lans coughed twice, looked at his son, who was being taught a lesson by him and felt better.

He stood up and walked outside. "Your father is just sick, but he is not dead. There is no one in Wushan Territory who can take my life."