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Chapter 138 Inventory
Peaceful days are always short.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or intentional.The celebration banquet for Kayo and Sith was held on the same day.

This is very worrying for the nobles of the neutral camp. No matter which party they attend, they will offend the other party.

As a last resort, everyone can only choose to pretend to be sick, and play out of courtesy until no one is seen.

Hudson also fell ill together. Although he said before that he would participate, it was just a polite remark, so how could he take it seriously.

He ran to see his competitors pretending to be aggressive, and made trouble for himself for no reason, and his mind was not bad.

What's more, people's invitations are just to be polite, and they may not really want Hudson to come and join them.

It's pointless to do things.It's not a life-and-death enmity, why bother to disturb other people's celebration banquet?
Aristocrats must have tolerance.

It doesn't matter if you stab each other secretly, there is no need to turn your face on the bright side.

Otherwise, if you mess up my banquet today and I mess up your ceremony, wouldn't all the banquets be turned into farces?
After preparing two gifts and sending them to each other, Hudson turned his attention back to the construction of his castle.

No new tricks were played. Except for the modification of the details, the overall castle design still follows the local architectural style, which is somewhat Gothic.

Looking at the location of the castle, one can tell that standing on Salam Peak, the highest peak in the southeastern province, obviously puts defense first.

The only difference is that Hudson's plan is much larger than ordinary castles, and the main building covers an area of ​​1 hectare.

Counting the surrounding ancillary buildings, it is a city.The area enclosed by the city wall is 3.8 square kilometers.

If all the projects are completed, it will be a war fortress that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, which can compete with Fort Ethel.

If a baron wanted to build a war fort before this, it would definitely cause an uproar.

But it would be much more normal to switch to a fief viscount.Almost all fief viscounts will build their own cities.

Including Dadir City, where Viscount Sith is located, is the result of the former noble lords' own management.

The kingdom will only allocate funds to build cities in the northern border to resist the invasion of orcs, and ignore other areas at all.

Anyway, no human country will invade the Alpha Kingdom.This is a tacit understanding among countries on the mainland.

Limited by financial resources and manpower, generally speaking, the construction of noble castles takes a long time.

Three to five years is the norm, and ten to eight years is not surprising.It is also possible to plan grandly and continue to build for generations.

Hudson has been working on it for a year, and the Lord's Mansion has not been completed, which is also within the normal level of everyone's perception.

With the addition of Bear Stearns, the speed of all this has become faster.

For ordinary people to transport huge boulders weighing several tons or tens of tons, it is more difficult than moving forward with snails.

But if you put it on Bear Stearns, it's almost like playing.

Huge boulders weighing several tons or tens of tons are toys in the hands of the cubs.For a while, I played a game of tossing the ball, and for a while, I spun around my head.

One piece is not addictive, and several boulders can be connected in series to play together.

The Bear Stearns acrobatic performance is also a unique landscape in the mountainous area.

Baron Redman, who was watching, was terrified, lest the Earth Bear would get too excited and hit people with boulders.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long.The number of boulders is limited, and the highly efficient Bear Stearns completed the delivery of the boulders in less than a day.

The stones are all prepared in advance, so it has to make people think carefully.

But Xiong didn't say anything, so the others naturally wouldn't talk too much.It is impossible for Hudson or Bear Stearns to talk about the transaction.

A decent person + a decent bear = tacit secrecy.

For the sake of everyone's glorious image, everything that involves interests must be kept secret.

No one made trouble, and the celebration banquets on both sides were very successful, but there were fewer guests.

In Hudson's view, a celebratory dinner is like a wedding.Except for the parties concerned, everyone only pays attention to it superficially.

Even the parties involved don't necessarily pay attention, such as Hudson himself.

Affected by the construction of the castle, his celebration banquet has not had time to start, and the season for spring grain storage has already arrived.

After experiencing the locust plague last year, the harvest of spring grain this season is particularly important for the two counties of Wright and Wyton.

Countless territories are waiting to be fed, just waiting for the food to go into the pot.

As far as Hudson knows, some noble territories in the north even used green wheat to satisfy their hunger in advance.

After all, the variety of food is too single, all of which are within the scope of the locust diet, and it is pale and powerless in the face of the locust plague.

Hudson is ready to play diversified agriculture, and poultry must be raised to suppress the flood of locusts.

Although there is no market for chickens and ducks these days, and large-scale breeding cannot be sold, this does not affect their own food.

Aquaculture can also be arranged on.The ditches and rivers dug out of the swamp are natural breeding grounds.

Anyway, these days, there is no pollution from chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and everything is original.

There is no need to demand extravagant output, no matter how much you harvest, you can earn money.Increasing the supply of meat is also a powerful measure to solve the shortage of food production capacity in the territory.

Especially for the army, adequate nutrition is the key to a strong army.

I can't even fill my stomach, so what combat power do I expect?

The messy plans are all in the preparation stage, and the most important thing right now is the harvest of spring grain.

Hudson had already shifted his position, and the preparations for the celebration banquet were all left to Baron Redman. Fortunately, there were a group of clansmen who came to help him, otherwise he might not have been able to handle it.

The main reason is that the mountain leaders are poor and white, and they hold a celebration banquet in name, but in fact their main job is to supervise the construction of the castle.

The main structure is okay, the key is the interior decoration.

Sculptors, painters, designers... All kinds of art jobs were hired from the provincial capital with a lot of money.

I don't have any artistic cells, but I can't keep up with the thinking rhythm of these people.If these guys are allowed to improvise, the possibility of shock is definitely greater than surprise.

Looking at the carts of harvested grain, Hudson didn't feel anything yet, but the others were really shocked.

Who spread the rumor that the grain production in the mountains is low?

The yield per mu of the mountainous area is almost the same as that of the plains outside.You must know that this is a wasteland that has just been reclaimed and is in the stage of land cultivation.

Fortunately, Hudson had the foresight to plant oil crops in these areas, not the mainstream rye.

The question is that the soil quality is suitable.

I don't specialize in soil quality research, so it's hard to tell what kind of crops the soil quality is suitable for planting at a glance.It just so happens that in the continent of Aslant, there is no profession that specializes in soil quality.

Surprise is surprise, envy and jealousy are unnecessary.Everyone's territory is a plain, and almost all the grains planted have high yields.

The joy of the harvest did not last long, and Hudson was surprised to find that the food shortage in his own territory had not decreased but increased.

The area of ​​newly reclaimed land is indeed quite large, with 11 mu of newly added mountain land and [-] mu of newly added paddy fields.

However, the rate of land increase has not caught up with the rate of population growth.

Without any entertainment facilities, people began to be created after dark.The serfs who let go of restrictions are more active in the cause of human creation than Hudson expected.

Although the statement of one child per year is a bit exaggerated, it is not much different in fact.Both men and women of the right age are fully fired.

It's all caused by the kindness of Master Hudson. It is stipulated that pregnant women are not allowed to engage in heavy physical labor, and milk and goat milk are distributed to infants and young children, so that everyone has no worries.

The natural population growth rate has exceeded [-]%.

Of course, this set of data is unscientific, and the capture period is too short to accurately include the infant mortality rate.

Children are easy to feed these days, and adding a group of newborns will not add much to the cost of childcare.

What really caused the food problem was the orc slaves bought at low prices.

The soaring number of slaves not only broke the population structure of the territory, but also increased the food shortage.

The number of serfs is only over 8000, and the number of orc slaves is about to break through the [-] mark.This unhealthy population structure is definitely a threat to the long-term development of the territory.

The only good thing is that the total food gap is increasing, but the food self-sufficiency rate is constantly improving.

According to the current speed of land reclamation, it is still very promising to achieve basic food self-sufficiency in two years.

If this news gets out, it will definitely cause a great disturbance.

The basic realization of self-sufficiency in food means that the bottomless pit of land reclamation in mountainous areas has taken a turn for the better.

It is certain to continue to lose money, but the deficit will start to decrease year by year from the current tens of thousands of gold coins per year, and finally turn from negative to positive.

According to outside estimates, this turning point should be more than ten years later, not in the last two or three years.

There is no way, no matter how optimistic people can imagine, the scene of the earth bear going to the construction site is really too anti-"bear".

It's a pity that there is only one Earth Bear, and Hudson doesn't dare to squeeze the potential of Bear Stearns, so he can only flicker to work, otherwise this efficiency can be further increased.

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"The area of ​​land plowed in spring has increased significantly this year, and your tasks are very heavy.

Especially for the newly opened paddy fields, we will introduce foreign rice this year, so you should pay more attention to it.

Orc slaves are not suitable for fine work, and the spring plowing is still entirely in the charge of the leaders.It is still the old rule, with Baojia as the unit, and tasks are assigned according to the number of laborers.

The rewards I promised to the people earlier must be fulfilled now.

Last year, the land reclamation plan for the territory was 11 mu, and 890 mu of wasteland was actually reclaimed, which was 890 mu overfulfilled.

According to one-third of the excess reward settlement, 630 [-] mu of land will be used as public land, which will be distributed by a group of people who have participated in land reclamation.

It is recorded that starting from the next season, the income from this part of the land will be withdrawn and distributed to every citizen who participated in land reclamation according to their contribution. "

Hudson said proudly.

He really doesn't care about the income of a few thousand acres of land.As long as everyone is willing to work hard, Master Hudson will not be stingy with rewards.

It's a pity that these stimuli can only be used on serfs.A larger number of slaves can still only rely on forced labor.

The language barrier made Master Hudson, who is good at drawing big cakes, feel powerless for the first time.

Otherwise, the best ones will eat meat, the worst ones will eat soil, and the worst ones will eat feed.

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone replied in unison.

It can be seen that everyone is in a good mood.Following a generous lord is obviously more promising than following a stingy lord.

There are clear rewards and punishments for serfs, let alone the management of them.

For entrepreneurs, reputation is crucial.Especially when facing one's own people, any breach of contract may cause the team to lose heart.

Losing reputation is easy, but trying to restore it is extremely difficult.

After a pause, Hudson continued:
"Your share, I also prepared it, and Tom will take it to everyone's residence later."

Although many people in Hudson's entrepreneurial team belong to the kind of masters whose origins are unknown and whose loyalty is yet to be tested, the rewards should be given.

These can only be given by Hudson himself, and no one can help.

In the Aslant Continent, there is no Chinese New Year, so there is no way to talk about the year-end bonus, and there is even no clear standard for salary.

There is no other way, it is their honor to serve the noble lords these days.

What kind of treatment are you talking about?

Even if these people's ancestors may be nobles, but in their generation, the titles have long since disappeared, so they are nothing.

Only landed nobles can inherit titles.

Other honorary nobles are lifelong.

The son of an honorable nobleman can also claim to be a son of a nobleman. After all, his father is a real nobleman, and he is nothing to his grandchildren.

If the middle generation does not work hard, the younger generation may become commoners.

The gang of guys who are following Hudson now are all civilians.Claiming to the outside world that the nobles have declined is just a means of self-promotion.

They are all here for wealth and wealth, so they will definitely not be rich.If other rewards cannot be given, Hudson will not be stingy with money.

Facts have proved that monetary incentives are still very effective.Nothing has been obtained, and everyone's mood has improved by more than one level.

There may be elements of acting, but life is like a play, who is not an actor?

"Master, last year's plan is completed, what do you think of this year's territory development plan?"

Luke asked concerned.

After all, he was born as a businessman, and he has acquired the ability to observe words and demeanor.At a glance, he saw Hudson's intention to buy people's hearts, and immediately cooperated with it with practical actions.

"The coal that restricts mine production has been resolved, and the mine's production capacity will be doubled this year. The relevant business network must be spread to neighboring provinces.

It is the trend of the times to replace bronze wares with iron wares, and this is our opportunity.Taking advantage of the opportunity that others are still focusing on weapons orders, go and grab the daily necessities market first.

When necessary, the price of exports outside the province can be reduced, and the cost brought about by the increase in midway freight can also be offset.

In the land reclamation plan, because the adult labor force has increased, the development of mountainous areas has been increased to [-] mu.

The swamp land reclamation plan is tentatively set at 25 mu, and it is estimated that 5 slaves will be invested.

Aquaculture……"

(End of this chapter)