Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

Among the many commodities operated by the Idar Chamber of Commerce, the sales of sea salt still occupies the largest share.

After two successive expansions, the annual salt production of the Cape Saltworks, located on the southeast coast of Idar Territory, has reached an astronomical figure. Compared with the original production of salt, it can be described as a completely new one.

The salt ponds lined up one after another, and piles of snow-white sea salt piled up in the salt ponds, like frost.

Due to the prolonged sunshine time in summer and the increase in temperature, the time required for drying salt has been reduced by at least one-third compared with that in winter!

The Idar Chamber of Commerce is thriving, the Idar leader is thriving, and the seeds planted a few days ago have finally reached the harvest time.

Although people say that autumn is the harvest season, in fact, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are all holding the tail of summer, and they are ripe in July and August.

In the field, the heavy corn buds can no longer conceal the golden corn kernels wrapped inside.

This made the serfs who were in charge of farming especially happy, after all... what he cultivated is the land of Lord Earl!

Although the temper of Lord Earl is much better than that of other nobles, it does not mean Lord Earl will be kind forever.

These fields for planting new crops are especially valued by Lord Earl. If something goes wrong, then he will definitely not be able to eat it.

The distance between the potato fields and the sweet potato fields is not too far. In fact, most of these fields for planting new crops are placed on the banks of the fertile Idar River by Bruno, and the wheat and other crops that were originally planned to be planted here are all. Throw it in other fields.

Although different from the gratifying corn, the potatoes and sweet potatoes hidden in the soil are invisible before the official harvest, but the stems and leaves that thrive on the ground make people feel particularly happy.

Even the old Ford, who had been opposed to rushing to plant these new crops at the beginning, couldn't help but pray for the crops that had just arrived in Idalling. After all...

The seeds have already been planted. If you can really experience a bumper harvest like the Lord Earl said, it would indeed be an unexpected joy.

Since today is the day when several new crops are officially harvested, in addition to Shabi who is in charge of Idar's agricultural production, Bruno also called in several important Idar officials such as Ford, Lopida, and Liszt.

Looking at the mature crops in the field, Bruno only felt a sigh of relief.

Because as the situation in the northern frontiers of the empire became more tense, the status of food became more and more important. No money would only slow down the development of Idar, but without food, people would really starve to death!

Therefore, Bruno attaches great importance to food, which is related to the fundamentals of the "national" economy and people's livelihood!

And if I want to continue to receive those refugees who have poured into Idal from the northern frontiers of the empire, I will naturally need a lot of food.

Although Bruno doesn't look fierce, he also considers himself handsome.

However, the serfs who had been plowing the fields for Bruno were already trembling with fright, after all...when did they see such a scene?

Although someone had greeted these serfs in advance, but...the one standing in front of him was the actual ruler of Idar, Lord Bruno, Earl of Idar!

If you add these important Idar officials standing next to Bruno, they, these lowest-level serfs, almost met all the Idar leaders in one day...

Although in private, almost every serf was surprised and delighted at Bruno’s policies and measures, and regarded Bruno as the most benevolent noble in the entire Norman Empire, but...even the noble noble, even the most benevolent, That's also a nobleman!

Facing this person who can dominate their own destiny, how can the serfs not be afraid, how can they not be nervous?

Bruno ignored the shivering serfs. In the shock of everyone's eyes, he rolled up his cuffs, then... walked into the cornfield, and personally broke off the first corn from Idar!

Tear open the bracts wrapped on the outside, the round and plump golden corn kernels suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Hiss~

When they saw the corn held by Bruno, the Idar officials present took a breath.

Unlike common crops such as wheat and barley, this new crop looks extraordinarily strong. It is so big and so coarse...

The full corn kernels are like sentinels neatly arranged, densely next to each other...

With the familiar touch, the familiar appearance, and the corn in his hand, Bruno just felt that the world suddenly became better...

"This is corn...Idalling's new staple food..."

"The staple food..." After listening to Bruno's words, the crowd hadn't recovered for a while.

"Leave us alone and start harvesting corn." Bruno said in a deep voice, looking at the serfs who were standing by carefully.

"Yes...Yes!" a serf headed boldly replied.

After hearing Bruno's instructions, these serfs finally started to act quickly.

One by one, the serfs carefully broke the corn stalks off the corn stalks, and then handed them to the serfs who were holding large baskets behind them.

A dozen serfs worked in pairs, and it didn't take long before they harvested one mu of corn.

Of course, the corn planted by Idarling is definitely more than one acre, and what is being done right now is just to weigh the actual output of one acre.

Looking at the pile of corn piled on the ground, Old Ford's eyes were green!

At that time, I did everything possible to stop Lord Earl, and also had great doubts about the books that Lord Earl had read. But now, the output of this acre of land alone is probably better than cultivating two or three acres of land. Much more wheat! (Chapter 41)

Besides... Master Earl also said just now... This thing turned out to be the staple food? !

The staple food can satisfy your hunger! It can fill your stomach!

Just as everyone was staring at the large pile of corn and thinking about it, Shabi, who was responsible for calculating the weight of the corn, finally ran over in a panic.

"Master Earl..." he said breathlessly: "One mu of land... the output of one mu of land..."

Not only Bruno, but at this moment, even Old Ford, Robida and others looked at him eagerly.

"The output of one mu of land... a full 700 kilograms!"

When the number of seven hundred kilograms came out of Shabi’s mouth, everyone present was shocked and speechless...

This kind of output... is enough to be called horror!

You know, if all wheat is planted in this acre of field...I'm afraid it would be thankful to be able to harvest one hundred kilograms of wheat in a year?

That's right!

The yield of wheat in this era is so low!

Because I don’t know how to intensively cultivate, and I don’t know that it can be fertilized by human and animal manure, plus the defects of the wheat variety itself, it is considered very good that one mu of wheat can harvest 100 kilograms of output in a year!

And compared to the seven hundred kilograms per mu of corn... this is a full seven times the difference!

However, although it is said to be 700 kilograms, the portion that can be eaten by humans should not reach 700 kilograms.

However, even if the cob in the middle of the corn cannot be eaten by humans, it does not mean that it has no other use.

For example, these corn cobs can be made into fodder to feed livestock together with the corn stalks left in the field, or they can be made into plant charcoal for heating in winter after being dried. In addition, it can even Can be used to cultivate oyster mushrooms!

Therefore, although the figure of 700 kilograms has a certain amount of moisture, it has far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Even when they saw the hill piled up with golden corn, everyone had a rough estimate of the corn yield, and thought it would produce more small wheat than one acre of land, but they I never thought there would be so many more!

In the eyes of Old Ford and others, even if the output of corn would be more, it should not be too ridiculous.

However, when the number of seven hundred kilograms came out of Shabi’s mouth, everyone felt an incredible feeling in their hearts.

Even Bruno himself felt a little shocked.

Because according to his original prediction, it is very good to be able to produce about 600 kilograms, and even if it can only produce 500 kilograms or 400 kilograms, it is completely acceptable.

After all... the yield per mu of crops has a great relationship with the land where these crops are grown, and the soil and water conditions in different places will also bring different yields to corn.

Moreover, even if it can only produce four to five hundred kilograms, it is much higher than the output of wheat...

However, the original fertile land plus the intensive cultivation of the serfs every day and the timely application of fertilizers made the final result reach 700 kilograms!

Although the number of 700 kilograms can be reached because of the combined effect of many factors, but... even if it drops a little, it is more than 600 kilograms!

Moreover, even if a large-scale promotion is carried out in the future, the yield of corn will not necessarily decrease.

Since this is the first planting, only corn is planted in this corn field. When corn starts to be promoted in a large area throughout Idar, it can be planted with soybeans. together!

Intercropping!

This is knowledge learned in high school, Bruno's memory for some things is fairly solid!

Although the root system of soybeans and corn will conflict with soybeans, the yield of soybeans will be reduced, but this will greatly increase the yield and economic value of corn!

This is because soybeans, as legumes, have short plants and the parasitic rhizobia on the roots can fix nitrogen.

Corn is precisely a crop that loves nitrogen and requires fertilizer. The intercropping of the two can effectively improve the ventilation and light transmission conditions of corn, make more reasonable use of the nutrient elements in the soil, and reduce the insect-eating rate of soybeans. !

Of course, the surprise brought by corn is actually only one of the three surprises.

While the fields on this side were busy harvesting corn, the potatoes planted in the fields on the other side were dug out one by one by the serfs.

If the output of corn is shocking, then the output of potatoes can already make people faint!

One mu of land, 1,500 kilograms!

This is twice as much as planting corn and 15 times as much as planting wheat!

So that when the officials in Idar heard about the output of sweet potatoes per acre, they became numb...

The amount of sweet potatoes produced in one mu of land is more than 2,000 kilograms, or even close to 3,000 kilograms!

Seven hundred kilograms of corn, 1,500 kilograms of potatoes, and more than 2,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes can even be said to be close to 3,000 kilograms!

Old Ford was assisted almost all the way, after all... Such data is a bit too shocking...

When calculating the output of sweet potatoes, Old Ford even leaned in to calculate with Sabi.

At this moment, the officials of Idar, including Old Ford, finally understood why the Lord Earl had to call everyone to witness with his own eyes, because if such a number was not calculated by his own eyes, I am afraid not. Anyone will believe it!

"The output of these grains...maybe more than ten times higher than wheat..." Old Ford muttered to himself, looking at the fields in front of him.

"Actually, after extensive fertilization and deworming, Idalling's wheat output can at least double this year!" Bruno didn't know when he walked to Old Ford's side and said softly.

"Master Earl..."

At this time, the old Ford only felt so excited in his heart that he almost fainted with excitement. Just knock on the wonder!

As long as the master Earl makes money, earns food, and develops faster than the prodigal, then I definitely don’t have to worry about whether the old Earl’s coffin board can be suppressed in the future!

"Sabi!"

At this moment, Bruno suddenly shouted.

"Come on!"

As soon as Bruno's words fell, he saw Shabi running over in red!

Lord Earl really still values ​​himself the most!

Shabi vaguely remembered that when Lord Earl promoted himself to be a **** shovel officer, he had said to himself that only by shoveling enough Origai can he succeed!

This is true!

Looking at the current output of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, which one is not disdainful of the group's food, as the agricultural director of Idalling, Sabi suddenly felt that the **** that he had shoveled before and the exhaustion had special meaning!

"Although the food for this season has been harvested, you must act immediately and get ready for a new round of planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes!" Bruno said with a serious face.

"sowing?"

Shabi was stunned, UU reading www.uukanshu.com didn't react.

In fact, not only him, but also the other people present were stunned...

"Master Earl, you mean...we're going to plant seeds now?"

Bruno nodded and said:

"Potatoes and sweet potatoes can be planted for two seasons each year. In the early spring, you can sow a wave and wait until summer to harvest. After that, you can plant some more in autumn, and you can harvest in the spring of the second year.

Although due to the weather, the output of the second season may be slightly less than that of the previous season, but it is also much higher than other grain output. "

Hearing Bruno's words, everyone present felt dizzy for a while.

Ma!

Yield thousands of kilograms per mu, sowing two seasons a year!

Lord Earl, this is going to hang up!