I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

26 – Foundation for Reformation (4)

The execution ceremony, which started amid cheers, ended in silence.

Those who disliked it for being too trivial or too fast are standing in a daze as if they were shocked.

Leclerc saw it and said, “You’ve succeeded in inducing fear…” But I couldn’t say anything.

No, people who think of the execution ceremony as an event become like this after seeing the guillotine? Wasn’t the execution as cruel as possible?

Anyway, getting tired of thinking more, I decided to skip the execution ceremony and go back to the restaurant to have dinner.

‘…Today is also amazing.’

“Welcome, Duke.”

The Duke of Burgon’s diet is extravagant.

By using crops harvested from fertile farmland, salted seafood from the sea, and foreign ingredients imported from the port for cooking, they are basically different in weight class. Here, the Carolingian Kingdom and the Holy Empire Since they are in between, the food of the Principality of Burgon is made using the recipes of both countries.

In other words, there is a variety of food that fills the table, and none of these dishes are duplicated, and each one is extravagant.

If I ask for it, it is possible to serve a different meal every meal for about a month.

Wow… The social system is medieval, but what is the level of culture?

“Then where—- huh…?”

This… It’s a familiar taste.

Since I sat down, I first tried the square-cut radish with sauce sprinkled in front of it, but this is not an ordinary radish.

It is harder than radish, but it has a thick sweet taste.

“Oh, that’s a root vegetable imported from the south. I’ve tried it once, and it tastes a bit sweet, so I wonder if it would be good to use it as a salad–“

“…It’s sugar beet.”

I thought it was a bit strange because even though it’s a different world from Earth, the plants I’ve seen on Earth are open to it, but I thought there were even sugar beets.

Wait a minute… Sugarmura…

Chimchaedang, a kind of sugar, was made from sugar beets, right?

Come to think of it, even I, a duke, had a hard time seeing sugar.

That means that if you make sugar from sugar beets, you can get enough benefits…

“Chief, did you use all these radishes for cooking?”

“No, there’s still a lot left raw.”

“Good.”

I remember how I was able to make sugar when the chopped beets were boiled while boiling and turned into jam.

Hmm, I’m not an expert, so I can’t remember the details. I know how to make rockets out of sugar, but I don’t know how to make sugar.

Still, where do you know this much? I’m not going to work anyway.

“Chloe, tell the attendants to take this radish out of the warehouse and plant it in the field.”

Besides, since it’s a root vegetable, can I just plant beets without having to bring seeds? Oh.

“Yes.”

Chloe calmly bows her head and leaves the room to deliver my order without showing any signs of embarrassment at my sudden request. After all, Chloe is very trustworthy.

“Chief, sugar is definitely a precious thing, right?”

“Yes, more expensive than honey.”

Also, if you find a way to make sugar out of beets, you’ll benefit a lot too.

If the method is released to the people, there is a risk that it will leak to other countries, so the state will have to monopolize it for the time being.

If this happens, it will be a bit difficult for widespread commercialization, but it can be better in the long run than other countries know. It’s only used by a small number of rich people anyway, so they don’t need that much.

…………

“…A lot.”

In front of my eyes are all the crops grown in Burgon.

While growing sugar beets, I wanted to find out a bit about the current state of agriculture, so I ordered to gather all the crops grown in Burgon… I never thought there would be so many.

“This looks like the same crop as the one over there. Why is there another one?”

“It’s a different crop, Your Highness. It looks similar on the outside, but the kernel is different.”

“…That’s right.”

I can’t even distinguish between crops, so it must be difficult to do something myself?

I need to hear an expert’s opinion.

“The farmers there.”

“Yes, yes…”

I called the farmers to consult the opinions of those who farm directly, but they are all terrified.

…What’s wrong? I’m not doing anything bad

I just wanted to ask you a few questions, but making a death statue like that hurts my sarcasm a bit.

“Tell me how you farm.”

“Agriculture, if it’s a way to farm…”

“So what time of year do you plant and what do you usually grow?”

“Ah, ah… Yes!”

At my question, each of the farmers hurriedly opened their mouths.

I stood in front of them and listened to the farmers speak one by one and sorted them out, and I usually managed to sort them out like this.

‘Some people grow beans, cabbage, and turnips, but most of them grow barley and wheat, which can be used to make bread… Most of them don’t do orchards unless they are serfs under the owner’s orders…’

This isn’t just Burgon. It will be the same for other countries as well.

It is only natural that farmers, whose failure in farming is directly linked to life and death threats, prefer crops with high calorie and high yield.

Furthermore, the farming method is too simple.

Dividing the farmland in half, farming normally on one side and leaving the other side unplanted to restore fertility.

…Wait a minute.

“Do you know clover?”

“Yes…? Isn’t clover a weed…?”

“Weeds.”

I thought I couldn’t do anything, but I’m glad I did.

“Fallowed land, isn’t it a waste? You can plant crops there.”

“Yes?”

The farmers seemed a little taken aback by my sudden mention of fallow land.

“Yes, but… If there is no fallow field, all the crops will die…”

“No, there is a way.”

Say Yoon’s method.

The land is divided into four parts, and then barley, clover, wheat, and turnips are planted in rotation. This way, you can farm all year round without the need to use fallow land.

Compared to the other three, clover is not eaten well in modern times, but it is actually an edible vegetable, and if you are reluctant to eat it, you can just give it to chickens.

I explained the practice of private farming to the struggling farmers.

“If you do that, really—”

“Yes, if you use this instead of the existing farming method of half-resting, you will be able to get the effect of doubling the farmland.”

“Ohh…”

Generally, farmers tend to be conservative, but the farmers here are very surprised when they hear this information for the first time, and absolutely trust my words.

The difference in social status may have had an impact, but above all, it seems that the saying that it is no different from actually doubling the farmland really struck me.

“Did the other attendants hear what I said?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Then, deliver this information to the lords in various places. If that happens, it will spread quickly.”

It was okay to grow sugar beet in small quantities, which only the upper classes enjoyed, but privately owned farming is worthless if only a few know how to use it.

Other countries will soon find out about this method… But there is nothing they can do about it. I have no choice but to extract as much profit as possible before settling in another country.

…………

“The duke is crazy!!”

“Come on… Calm down…”

“Does it look real now!?”

The shouts of angry nobles leak from a certain mansion.

Other nobles are trying to stop them, but it doesn’t seem to have much effect.

“How can I kill my precious relatives with the vulgar, like cattle!”

“I understand…But that little…”

“Aren’t you mad? My relative isn’t the only one dead—wait a minute…”

Aristocrats who were furious and angry noticed something suspicious.

The commonality of the nobles who are calmly stopping us is that they or their successors are called families.

‘Come to think of it…’

The duke retrieved the titles of the nobles who had risen in the coastal region. Officials who committed corruption such as embezzlement were also dealt with.

Then… Where did their estates and wealth go?

A Duke swallows them all? That’s hard

I don’t know about the property, but the territory is a structure that cannot be eaten alone because of administrative limitations or comforting vassals. If that were the case, nobles with lands would not have been born in the first place.

…hahahaha.

“How much did the duke cost?”

“…What are you talking about?”

“Okay, looking at that reaction, I think I hit the point.”

I heard there is no one to trust.

If a member of the family is dead, what will be the face of the family if it is passed on!?

I like how you gave Caroling a punch, but isn’t this just ignoring us?

If this continues… Other noble families will be swallowed up by Burgon’s age. I have to come up with a way—- Rebellion?

[Quaaagh!]

‘…’

…Let’s think of a way other than rebellion.

If the rebellion failed, there would be no shame in dying from such a madman’s killing machine.

“Let’s all go out. I can’t talk to them any more.”

“Yes!”

“Yes.”

“Wait a minute there— eh.”

The other nobles who listened to my words and found out what they had in common instantly became stern.

Those who ate something from the duke try to stop us, but soon give up while kicking their tongues.

“Hmm…”

There are quite a few people who followed me…

There’s no way the nobles who are dissatisfied with the duke are the only ones here. If you look for them, they’ll pop up all over the Principality of Burgon.

Okay, there are plenty of ways to express dissatisfaction outside of rebellion. Forming a faction and setting up a fight against each other, or going uncooperative with policies.

You dare to make us pay for ignoring us.