Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 73: Prospects for New Towns

Seeing Charles walk into the hall, Baron Patel, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him with a smile on his face, full of thirst for knowledge.

"Master, what do you mean by the assembly line operation you mentioned yesterday?"

"Gather a group of apprentices. Apprentices don't need to learn all the forging skills. Each of them can learn one process. When forging, each person is responsible for the process they have learned." Charles said after thinking for a while, but he didn't expect him to say casually yesterday With a sip, it aroused Petel's interest.

Although it was a casual remark, Shire had already made up his mind to implement assembly line operation.The reason is simple. The apprentices he sent to the blacksmith shop last time have not made any obvious progress.

But this is also normal. It will take several years to train a qualified blacksmith, and this must be based on the conditions that the apprentices are relatively smart and clever.There are no fewer apprentices who have been working hard, and in the end they may not even be able to make farm tools.

In this era when weapons and armor are all made by hand, the status of blacksmiths is not low, especially blacksmiths who can make full-body armor. Under the Lord Knight.

As far as Shire knows, the blacksmiths in Tulip City are almost a family of seven or eight, and the inheritance between blacksmiths is almost all between father and son. Even if there are other apprentices, they are probably doing coolies. After a few years of learning, You can also build a farm tool or something when you go out.

Don't even think about the craftsmanship of the armor, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to steal the master. Being able to peek at the forging of the weapon already counts his master as very conscientious.

Shire sent a group of apprentices to learn. Although the blacksmiths did not dare to resist on the surface, they still did it secretly. The apprentices basically started with smelting ore, and they were responsible for lighting fires and blowing wind with bellows during smelting. , and then it is the process of forging pig iron, calcining, and forging.

Charles couldn't find any fault with them either. After all, it's normal for an apprentice to work as a coolie for a few years first. The apprentices sent by Charles are treated preferentially. After all, they have only touched the hammer in a few months.

Baron Petren's expression froze, his mouth widened, looking very surprised, and said:

"Master Shire, your idea is really unbelievable. Your wisdom is a bright light of the iris collar. Separate the process of their creation. Every serf needs a process. Months, no, more than ten days It can even be learned in a few days. I can already imagine the scene of armor piled up in the warehouse.

But Master Shire, I have a question. How can I ensure that the next apprentice can use what the previous apprentice built? Master Shire, I am not questioning your decision.

It’s just that the armor, weapons, spears, and farm tools are all made by the blacksmiths themselves. If they are divided into several parts, will they appear…” Petel couldn’t find the right words, his face was flushed, and his hands were not in the same place. The stopped strokes seem to be describing the scene.

"match."

"That's right, young master, that's what it means."

Charles looked at Baron Patel in surprise. He was definitely considered a genius of this era to immediately think of weights and measures after he proposed the assembly line operation.

Charles squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the Baron Patel in front of him. A few stubborn hairs hung on both sides, and his rich and big face became thinner a lot, but his timid and fearful expression did not change at all. , The original round belly has also lost weight, and there is no joy like the big ball before.

This Baron Patel can be regarded as his most scarce talent. He has the butler Loki for financial management, and what he lacks for military talents is a large number of grassroots officers, not generals.

The daring Rao Knight, the mature and stable Lace Knight, and the deputy head of Andrew, and the Hardy Knight he just discovered, have rich experience in fighting, and they can be regarded as filling for their newly established officer corps. the last vacancy.

What he lacks the most is talents who can help him handle government affairs, who can take care of himself.If Mina handles the government affairs of a small town, it’s okay, but it’s not bad if it expands to the entire Tulip Territory.

Charles decides the direction of development by himself, and it is okay to make a development plan for the territory. He needs someone who can help him implement it and run the entire territory. He found that Patel is a talent in this area, at least He has potential for that.

The only shortcoming of Baron Patel is that loyalty cannot be guaranteed, so Charles did not answer Patel's question immediately, but instead asked: "Baron Patel, I remember your eldest daughter's husband died, he is now a widow status."

Baron Patel was taken aback for a long time, and he didn't recover for a long time. After a while, seeing that Charles was a little impatient, he said speculatively: "Master Charles, she is already in her 30s. A daughter and a son..."

Seeing that he was getting more and more biased, Charles hurriedly said: "Stop! Stop! I mean Knight Rao. Knight Rao lost his wife a few years ago, and he hasn't found a suitable one until now."

As if afraid that Baron Patel might not be happy, he added, "Knight Rao has made successive military exploits, and I have already planned to confer him a baron."

Knight Rao's wife died of dystocia, and Rao has never married since then.Charles was also a little puzzled. After all, Rao's status in the Iris collar was already very high at that time. Although he was in his 30s, it was no problem to find a teenager.

When Shire just crossed over, he secretly asked Les, it turns out that Rao likes older women, and he has no feeling for those teenagers who can be his daughters. Women, in addition to those from noble families who can maintain themselves properly, can also be plump and attractive, while those from serf families...Rao probably couldn't do it even if he was blindfolded, so he never got married.

"Of course, Master Charles." Of course, Baron Patel would not reject the olive branch offered by Charles, and Knight Rao is also good, a proper potential stock, deeply trusted by Charles.It was obvious that Shire planned to reuse him.

As for his eldest daughter's opinion, it doesn't matter at all. The daughters of the nobles are destined to be unable to marry independently when they enjoy the good life brought to them by their status as nobles.

Although her eldest daughter has already married once, since she came back from her husband's house, it shouldn't hurt to marry again, Baron Patel thought shamelessly, although he also felt a little ashamed, but the noble cultivation helped him a lot. I almost calmed down.

Charles nodded, and the conversation returned to the topic just now, "Peter, you still remember the boulder you used to measure the length of the ruler from Mustang Town a few days ago, and it should be called weights and measures to be precise.

The rulers made with it are all the same length, and the apprentices use rulers of the same length to build them, and then specify the size of the armor and weapons in advance, and this problem is easily solved. "

"Unified rulers, weights and measures." Baron Patel muttered to himself, suddenly realized, and praised: "Young master, your vision surpasses anyone in the Principality of Artem, not even the current king. "

Charles understands that Patel's praise this time is from the heart, and his attitude is very sincere.

"Not only must the length of the ruler be unified, but also the buckets, kegs, vats, and carts used for tax collection to hold grain. These containers must also be standardized. I want every serf on the Iris collar to pay the same amount of grain. Some serfs must not suffer because of the difference in the size of the container."

Shire's thoughts are not as great as it is said. The size of the container for tax payment is different, which will give those petty tax collectors the opportunity to enrich their own pockets. Big fights will definitely make tricks out of small fights. If Xia I'll give you an order, and I'll definitely catch one right away.

But it’s not necessary. It’s impossible for Charles to use laws that didn’t exist before to investigate past mistakes. What he should do is to unify the containers and order everyone not to use other containers. It's justifiable to clean them up by hand.

Dare to be in front of him and earn the difference as a middleman, it is undoubtedly a dream.There are people who can take advantage of him, but they are definitely not these petty officials.

"Master, your foresight is really..." Patel couldn't think of words to further praise him.

Charles waved his hand, indicating that there is no need to be so polite, and said, "How about the vests made by tailors and cobblers?"

"The pattern has been told to them, but these more than 2000 pieces will not be able to be sewn out for a while.

Although this vest requires less animal fur than sewing a piece of clothing, but to sew so many vests, there is not enough animal fur in Flower Town, unless some linen is used. "

"No, these vests are for the Iris soldiers to use for the winter. You can't use linen. There are still a lot of animal furs stored in Tulip City. I will send them over later. This batch of furs are all used up. How much can you make?" Make as many vests as you want."

"Yes, sir."

Time waits for no one, and after a while, it will be winter, and he has to go to the royal city to accept the earl's canonization ceremony.Every winter, in order to celebrate a smooth passing of the year, the Aquinax family will hold a grand banquet.Basically all the earls of the Principality of Artem will be present, and some important orders will also be announced at this time, such as announcing that Shire will inherit the tulip collar and become an earl.

However, Charles was a little confused. Milton, the personal servant of the Earl of Keith, who was sent there, has heard the news that the eldest prince is running around for him to inherit the earl, but there has not been any exciting good news. . .

That's why Charles didn't plan to stay in the castle and spend this winter smoothly. The vest he sewed with animal fur this time was to prepare for the expansion and training of Iris soldiers in winter.

There is also a small town in the Cherry Blossom Collar and Calla Lily Collar that focuses on iron smelting and forging, which is used to forge weapons for Iris soldiers and armor for knights.

Therefore, the serfs captured from the Cosmos collar can’t be idle anymore. Mining in winter is easy to kill people, so Shire plans to order another batch of vests made of linen, and then give them some hope, improve their enthusiasm, and be able to make a full batch. You can get the status of iris leader farmer in one year, you don't need to mine, you can go to farm.

"Get ready, Baron Patel, and leave for the cherry blossoms in two days. This winter, you first need to build a huge blacksmith shop for assembly line operations. I collected more than 7000 serfs from cosmos , 2000 serfs went to the mine to dig ore, [-] serfs were the coolies for building the town, and the remaining [-] serfs built a village in the newly established town and Tulip City.”

"Master Shire, I'm ready. I've already thought of tons of iron ore clouds being transported into the town, and then turned into spears, armor, arrows, machetes, and piled up in warehouses."

"Okay, as long as you have the confidence.

In this late autumn season, the autumn wind is gradually getting colder, and it blows in along the collar, making people feel very cold. The leaves on the trees have fallen, leaving only bare branches, and the birds and animals have disappeared. In the open fields, there are only some plants. soybeans, yellow grass/
Two days later, Charles set off with a large group of soldiers, including 300 Iris soldiers, more than 7000 knights, more than 100 serfs, and more than [-] carts of grain. The mighty team stretched for seven or eight miles.Charles turned around and looked into the distance, the flower town had become a small dot.Shire suppressed his nostalgia and continued towards the calla lilies and cherry blossoms in the northeast.

As for Fina, she stayed in the flower town. Baron Patel left. For a while, Charles couldn't find a suitable candidate, so he let Fina sit in the flower town. Charles left her a battalion of iris soldiers and men. The original servant, Lake, helps with government affairs.The fall harvest is over, and all that's left is to harvest the soybeans and make the vests.

　Chapter 70 was blocked, and the application for unbanning failed. It is estimated that I will have to wait for two days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)