Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 247 The Mill
Three days later, Rhodes finally ended his inspection and returned to the castle.

He just walked around the edge of the territory, and there are still many places he hasn't visited.

Rhodes felt that he had roughly understood the basic situation of the territory, so he decided to return to the castle.

There are not many villages in the territory that can be considered rich. Through observation and inquiry, he found that this is because most of the residents in the territory are not good at farming.

Without proper plowing, sowing, weeding, and pest control, most of the seeds are just scattered in the ground and let it grow by itself.

They think this is planting more land, hoping to harvest more food in this way.

Rhodes decided to let each village send a representative to the castle to learn how to farm well. Although Rhodes didn't know how to do it, he got two books on how to farm when he wanted to draw medical books.

However, these two books are too detailed and complicated, and almost every crop planting method is recorded in detail, and Rhodes only needs the farmers in the territory to grow rye, wheat, cotton and hemp. He will have to translate well these few days To summarize.

Although he has been craving rice recently, there are no rice seeds in the territory.

"Rudolph, you choose fifty soldiers to continue patrolling my territory, destroy all the robbers you see, and send them to the castle if they surrender." Rhodes stopped his horse in front of the castle gate and said to the people behind him. Rudolph said.

"My lord, I'm going now!" Rudolph replied loudly.

"You can rest for a day before starting. Don't forget to continue drawing the map. If you encounter a village, remember to ask them to send a young representative with a better brain to study in the castle on January [-]." Rhodes said, "It's best Let them tell each other from village to village."

"I won't forget, my lord. I'm not tired at all. I can start right away." Rudolph nodded earnestly. "Is there anything else you need to order?"

"No more." Rhodes replied, he looked up at the sky, and it was only noon now, so he went to see how things were going at Hamer's side first.

According to their previous progress, the mill should have been repaired.

Rhodes rode a horse and ran towards the small town by the river. When the mill was repaired, he could eat bran-free bread.

As he walked on the road, he wondered if he should make a steam engine. He had observed before that the steam from boiling water in this world could also lift the lid of the kettle.

However, it is still difficult to turn the principles into real objects. He also knows the principles of generators, nuclear fission, and nuclear fusion, but it is almost impossible to turn the principles into inventions and creations with the knowledge he has mastered.

For example, high school science students all know the principle of nuclear fusion, but the top scientists before he traveled could not develop controllable nuclear fusion to generate electricity. This kind of application only appeared in science fiction.

But when you think about it, you can actually skip the steam engine and use hydropower directly.

The principle of hydroelectric power generation is to let the power of the water flow drive the water turbine, cut the magnetic induction line, and convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.

He certainly can't build a dam, but it should still be possible to make a few hydroelectric generators and throw them into the river.Although it cannot be used by the residents of the territory, the electricity is definitely enough for his castle.

Thinking about the electric lights and hot water for bathing in the castle in the future, Rhodes couldn't help laughing while riding a horse.

Not long after, he arrived at the big house in the town and asked the servants in the house. He learned that Hammer was in the mill outside the town.

So Rhodes rode the horse and ran to the mill again.

There were many residents of the small town standing outside the mill. It was winter and they had nothing to do, so they all came to watch the water mill in the mill grind wheat into flour.

A brawny Nord soldier poured sacks of wheat into a millstone, white flour constantly flowing from one outlet, while bran slid out the other.

Rhodes found Hamer who was watching with a smile on his face and arms folded.

"Have you finished your inspection?" Hammer saw Rhodes and greeted him.

"It's just a general inspection, and you guys repaired the mill so quickly." Rhodes nodded and replied.

"It was fixed the day before yesterday, but something went wrong, and the millstone couldn't turn. We added a few more gears in the water to drive such a big millstone. But don't say it, it's more difficult than dozens of donkeys pulling together. Grinding is much faster." Hammer replied with a smile.

"It's winter now, the water flow is very slow, and the millstone will definitely spin faster in summer." Rhode looked at the big millstone that was constantly spinning and said, "The artisans who work with you have also learned it? Remember to tell them Don't spread this technology, you go and find them all, I have something to say to them, and settle the bill by the way."

Hammer nodded, "Don't worry, the chief maester has prepared a confidentiality and employment contract for them, and they are waiting for you to sign it. They also agreed, and they are going to work for you alone in the future."

Rhodes didn't expect this kind of operation to exist, but that's okay, he still needs these craftsmen to build many instruments, such as the spinning wheel driven by water flow.

He plans to build a textile mill and a paper mill in this area after a while, and let women who are not suitable for farm work work in the textile factory. This is also a win-win thing.

Women are definitely not as good as men in farming due to their physical strength. Letting them work in textile and paper mills can just increase their family income and improve their status in the family.

The improvement of women's status on the earth also began gradually after the development of industry.

In the future, Rhodes still needs to provide special training for the workers of the textile mill and the paper mill. As for the workers of the paper mill, they need to sign a contract to avoid leaking the papermaking technology.

For the brewery and other industries, Rhodes plans to wait until summer to start the establishment. Buying grain from merchants in other places to make wine will definitely not make money from the grain in his own territory, and maybe they will be united by those merchants Get up and restrain him.

For the time being, he still only needs to buy enough grain for the winter.

After thinking on the road a few days ago, Rhodes found that he hardly needed to import goods. When the farmers on the territory learned scientific farming methods, his territory would not lack anything. He only needed to find a way to drag things to other places. The place sells enough.

The docks and roads still need to be repaired, but Rhodes doesn't need to go to other cities to find merchants to negotiate, and only needs to import things to find them.

If he wants to sell the things in the territory, Rhodes can form a caravan by himself, which happens to be able to solve the work problems of some people.

This can also attract many mercenaries to the territory, indirectly increasing the income of the territory.

While Rhodes was still thinking about these issues, Hamer brought a group of craftsmen to Rhodes.

"Let's find a suitable place to talk. Let's sit together and have a glass of wine. I'll treat you." Rhodes said, he hasn't changed his habit of being an adventurer yet.

These craftsmen were very happy when they heard that Rhodes would drink with them in person. Being able to sit at the same table with the lord and have a drink is enough for them to brag for a lifetime.

"Let's go to the 'Riverside Tavern', the wine and fried fish there are not bad, let's talk while eating." Hamer suggested...

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(End of this chapter)