Unlimited Food Plan

Du Changqiu didn't ask this question indiscriminately,? He has been greedy for wheat for a long time in the beastman world-you know, wheat is one of the three major grains in the world in later generations, and it is also one of the most important staple foods for human beings.

Wheat has played a pivotal role since humans tamed wheat in the Neolithic Age. Du Changqiu has been salivating in the world of orcs to find a staple food. Whether it is rice, wheat or corn, he will be very happy with any one.

In the end, I didn't find anything, but I found the magical bamboo rice.

Although it is said that bamboo rice is similar to rice in certain components, but the difference is vast. Du Changqiu, who has never eaten rice, still has strong expectations for the three major grains.

Therefore, when he saw the remaining wheat stalk roots that had begun to rot in this field, his mind was full of the best planting time and the best cultivation method for wheat, couldn't help but blurted out, "Why haven't you planted the seeds yet? !”.

Of course, after talking about Du Changqiu, I found it from Charlie’s memory. It’s not just Wilt. All Kansai’s current methods of sowing wheat are spring planting and autumn harvesting. Because of the climate on Wilt’s side, winter is relatively cold. Therefore, it is more suitable for planting spring wheat rather than winter wheat.

Although the planting time was correct, but looking at this land, Du Changqiu felt uncomfortable for a while - without him, this land looks too messy!

The current planting method of the entire Kansai Empire is to get some seeds,? Dig a hole, bury it,? Then weed the weeds at most, and wait for the harvest.

The yield of the fields planted in this way can be known to be worrisome. The spring and summer climate here in Wilt Manor is very comfortable, suitable for the growth of wheat and other grain crops, so the yield can reach [-] to [-] catties per mu.

But the average yield per mu of wheat in later generations is [-] to [-] kilograms.

This comparison shows how shockingly extensive the planting technology is in this era.

And this is even the output of the Wilt Manor's planting. In other places, the yield of fifty or sixty catties per mu is not bad!

But even if every household grows wheat, and the yield per mu is not bad in the Wilt Manor, the farmers basically can't eat this wheat.

That's right, because wheat is expensive, so they basically gave all of the wheat to the lords as taxes, and in the arable land that belonged to them, they planted rye or oats with greater yields. The yield of wheat will be higher than that of wheat, which can reach about [-] to [-] catties per mu, and occasionally even [-] to [-] catties of rye.

When an adult man lacks meat and rich vegetables, he needs at least [-] catties of staple food every year. Rye sounds like a lot, but under the oppression of huge and complex taxes, the land that the relatively wealthy free people can control is originally It’s not enough, even if you plant flax, beets, oats in rotation all year round, and even plant peas and various vegetables on the side of the field, you can still only guarantee that you will not starve to death.

Being full is a luxury.

However, this is also in line with Du Changqiu's understanding of human history. The orc world is an extremely rare exception. In human history, for a long time, human beings have been fighting against hunger. The history of more than 1 years is The history of starvation did not solve the crisis of hunger for the most part until later generations.

Hunger has always been the main theme in the entire history of human development, and it is an accident to be full.

And compared to hundreds of years ago, maybe people now feel that they are living a very good life.

Du Changqiu looked at the land that was still unused for the time being, and then walked to the side. Old Matt followed tremblingly, and the housekeeper George followed beside him. Old David, the farm officer of the manor, quickly rushed over not far away.

"Dear Mr. Charlie." Old David was not very old, very thin, with drooping eyebrows and eyes, and a bitter face. Du Changqiu remembered that he was only about 25 or 70 years old, but his appearance was vicissitudes, and he looked like he was a descendant. The face of the aged.Of course, at his age, he is considered an old man in this era.

Old David took off his tattered and patched hat, and saluted Du Changqiu with effort, "Good day, I hope you are all well."

Du Changqiu glanced at the agricultural officer and nodded. As expected of an agricultural officer, he was about the size of a village official. Although there were patches on the hat and clothes, they were able to cover the whole body, and he could wear a half-new robe on the outside. Lives are better than most farmers.

He didn't mean to greet the agricultural officer, he walked around the village, turned on the detector calmly, let it search the land, what could be used as a wedding gift for the baron.

"Old David, what do businessmen like most now?" Du Changqiu asked as if nothing had happened while taking a walk to check the planting situation in his territory, afraid that his memory would be wrong.

"Of course it's malt wine and cider, my lord Charlie." Du Changqiu asked, and Old David answered reflexively.

These are not good choices. Charlie has already bought wine from England, and if he adds malt wine, it will appear a bit substandard.

You must know that the nobles will not collect taxes from these small lords under their opponents. In the past, because they were too poor, they couldn't squeeze out much oil, so the nobles could only go to patrol the territory of their small lords, and then eat and drink for a few days. The lord must open the warehouse for the lord to eat, which is regarded as tax payment.

If none of these are available, there is another way to deduct taxes, that is, send yourself or your son to the lord to serve loyally, and you can also withstand part of the tax.

Of course, this was done in the early years. Now the situation is a little better. Sending it to the lord for knight training is a sought-after job, and the nobles usually do not collect taxes, but on important occasions such as weddings, the little lords below You must cheer up and be a little more knowledgeable and interesting.

If you don't know how to be smart, go home, maybe your territory is not your territory. Of course, if you can beat your lord, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to be smart, just hold him down and beat him, and simply grab his territory. It won't be long before you receive your upgrade... ahem, certificate of honor.

In short, everything on this land is still very primitive and barbaric. Everything depends on strength. If you have the strength, you can go anywhere without any scruples. If you have no strength, you must follow the secret rules.

Du Changqiu had just arrived here, and he didn't know anything clearly. Of course, he would not violate this common understanding of the world. He chose to follow Charlie's way of handling things and handle the matter of giving gifts well this time.

Ale and cider are obviously not good candidates.

Seeing that Du Changqiu was not very satisfied, the agricultural officer said cautiously: "I mean, the best selling product in our estate is malt wine, sir."

That's not it, it's one of the few cash crops in this poor manor, and it's the good fortune of the water and the land. Every year when you receive the tax from the manor, the wheat must not be moved, and it must be kept as a strategic reserve. , more than half of the rye and oats were reserved, and the rest was used to brew malt wine.

This is also one of the only three economic incomes of Damon Manor in a year. The other income is also related to wine, which is cider made from apples. These two things, together with the linen made from flax every year, are enough for the entire Wilt Manor to exchange. The main economic crops that become money.

This money is very important. In fact, Wirth Manor can basically be self-sufficient in daily life, but there are many places where money must be used in the territory every year-saddles for the sheriff and his soldiers, swords and shields for battle , the weapons of the men of the Damon family, and the dresses and jewelry for the women to attend the ball, these are all rigid expenses.

And every year at the Christmas ball, some precious little gifts should be prepared to flatter the baron, and some sweetness for the pastor sent by the church...

These all require money.

Only if you have money can you get better things and maintain the dignity of the Damon family in social life. Not only that, but also show off your wealth to deter other small lords who are eager to try their own territory. Now is not a peaceful age.

This plus and minus, the sixty pounds a year is actually not that much.

So now Du Changqiu absolutely has no extra money or food on hand to give gifts to the baron. He is even thinking about whether he can keep the wheat in the warehouse. The more than 400 villagers in his territory all look very malnourished. , even the old David, the agricultural officer, looked like he was only breathing more than others.

Not to mention the others, some of them were worse than old Matt. Du Changqiu walked all the way, suspecting that the peasants who were kneeling on the ground and saluting could just roll their eyes and roll over at any time, and never wake up again.

Growing up in the era of eating nutrient solution and paste to maintain physiological functions, Du Changqiu has never eaten delicious food, but he has never been hungry, let alone malnourished.

Therefore, Du Changqiu was very uncomfortable with what he saw so far, those skinny people. He was eager to solve the food problem of these ordinary farmers in the territory as soon as possible, and he didn't want to give away the precious grain as a gift.

After he walked around and checked the planting situation in the territory, his heart was very broken-the Damon family's territory was really not big enough, and the planting tended to be single. At present, the only food Du Changqiu can find is wheat, oats, and rye As well as chickpeas, peas, flax, onions and beets.

More than 2000 mu of land is not small, but it is not big enough, especially the two hills connected to it are planted with apple orchards, which occupy more than 500 mu of land, and the other undeveloped primitive forest is the main output The firewood and other things to be used every year add up to five or six hundred acres.

These are all necessary things, plus the part occupied by the manor and the entire castle, and the part occupied by the village houses, rivers and public areas, Du Changqiu did a little calculation and knew that the total amount of land that can be used for farming is only seven or eight The appearance of a hundred acres.

Seven to eight hundred mu, planting wheat in spring and rye in autumn, because the planting method is not good enough, the natural soil is not strong enough, and you have to take a year off in rotation, plus high tax exploitation, how can you not be hungry?

Du Changqiu turned around, knowing the dilapidated and extremely poor economic conditions of the entire territory, and he was a little bit thankful that the time he was in was not the Middle Ages before the tenth century, which is the darkest in the data. Rather, it seems that business has begun to develop a little bit, and some things have already been exchanged a little bit later.

At this time, due to the population growth, the population of the village is slightly larger, and everyone can at least have something to eat, so that there will be no situation where "the nobles go to each subordinate territory to eat and drink, and even die".

This gave Du Changqiu a certain degree of maneuverability. He turned around and returned to the manor, waved away the anxious agricultural officer and housekeeper, and began to think about how to get some precious gifts out.

This gift needs to be more precious, at least the price must be very affordable.

There are many options for valuable gifts that can be used as gifts - in addition to top red wine, spices, silk, porcelain, sugar and tea are all good candidates.

But now to buy red wine, a large barrel of 50 gallons of red wine costs two or three pounds. Du Changqiu calculated the money in Charlie's hand, and he found that he really couldn't afford it.

Silk and oriental porcelain are still the private collections of the nobles. According to Du Changqiu's memory, these are still the luxury of the nobles. He may not be able to get the goods if he has money, let alone money.

Don’t even think about tea and spices. These two things are almost equivalent to gold. Du Changqiu saw in Charlie’s memory that Charlie and the baron grew up together. When Charlie left the baron’s castle last year and came back to inherit the manor At that time, the baron rewarded him with fifteen peppercorns.

That's right, it's fifteen grains. In this era when you have to close the door to buy pepper, and everyone has to hold your breath lest even one grain of pepper is blown away, pepper itself is money.

How exaggerated?For example, if Du Changqiu starts from Wilt Manor and runs directly to the imperial city of Kansai, if he doesn't bring any money along the way, he can pay the bill directly with pepper.

And those who receive pepper will be super happy, because pepper will appreciate in value, and sometimes pepper will be more expensive than equal gold!

Du Changqiu can forget about these things, he has no money to afford them, he can get them in a short period of time without any burden, and there is only one possibility that is most suitable as a gift to express his intimacy and loyalty——

"George, ask Old John to bring some beets and wheat." Du Changqiu finished flipping through the information, and immediately ordered George who was waiting outside the door.

The author has something to say: Because the background of the story has reference materials, I will put it here first, and I will not make notes for each chapter later:

"Roaming Medieval England" English: Ian Mortimer

A Medieval History of Europe: Judith M. Bennett C. Warren Hollister

"Stupidity Changes History" English: Jeffrey Reagan

"Guns, Germs and Steel" beauty: Jared Diamond

There is also "Minimalist European History" and the Silk Road and medieval trade, etc., which are too complicated to remember... If there are no references, it should not be so detailed. In short, I will add it when I think of it...

Little angels who like this period can read it, history is sometimes more fun than novels!

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