Black Iron Crown

Chapter 284: Great Northern Land Reclamation

Yes, the population can also be purchased in the system, but the price is much more expensive.

It is only a silver coin or five copper coins to buy a person from a slave trader, which is quite cheap.

But in the system, it takes five silver coins to exchange for a population.

However, there is a way to reach such a price. The products produced by the system have always been very quality guaranteed. The person who exchanges it is not only guaranteed to be taller than 1.75 meters, but also has a strong physique... It is a good thing with improved genes.

He wanted to exchange some people like this early in the morning, but in the past he was afraid to squander freely because of poverty. Now it is different. He will soon receive 6,000 gold coins, and he can earn more than 150 gold coins every month. .

At present, Reiner spends the most on the army, followed by Logan's spy organization, third is the official group, and fourth is the castle servants and servants.

In terms of the army, Sergeant Moreland earns one silver coin a month, and now there are three hundred and twenty men, which is thirty-two gold coins, plus Winter crossbowmen, veteran horse archers, golden lion guards, and scarlet gryphon riders. He and his followers, the total amount of these countless gold coins is thirty-seven gold coins per month.

Ordinary soldiers have five coppers per month. Now that the recruits are recruited, there are about 1,400 people, which is 70 gold coins. In addition to their food expenses, this army needs a total of about one month. Around one hundred and twenty gold coins.

In addition to the espionage organization, the salaries of the officials, the salaries of the male and female servants, and the meals of the male and female servants, the monthly cost is about 170 gold coins. There is a slight financial deficit, but the problem is not big.

What's more, the previous war caused the business of Mecalon City to shrink, and it is now slowly recovering. Reiner estimates that the business tax of Mecalon City this month will be increased from 47 gold coins last month to 60 gold coins. .

At that time, the fiscal deficit will be completely resolved.

Coupled with this year's plan to reclaim arable land on a large scale, Leiner's agricultural income should also increase substantially, and more taxes will be collected at that time.

With such confidence, Rainer dared to squander it now. The infrastructure syndrome in the bones of the celestial man even made him think about whether to buy another castle upgrade card to upgrade Mekalong City.

After talking with Sir Horn about for a while, Rainer returned to the room to rest, lingered for a while with the two little maids, and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Rainer called Sir Cod into his study in a refreshing manner, along with Ezehi, who is currently in charge of the finances of the territory and has not made any mistakes for the time being.

The twenty-third year of the empire on June 2nd.

Spring completely fell on the land of the northern border, and the snow that had covered it for six months finally disappeared completely.

More than 200 blacksmiths worked overtime for a month, creating 500 iron plows and 4,000 iron hoes that can be used by humans and animals.

Although it is a drop in the bucket compared to the 170,000 people in the entire territory, this can undoubtedly play a huge role.

What's more, the farm horses for the second month were also produced, a total of one hundred and sixty strong farm horses.

And for the efficiency of the reclamation, Reiner intends to count the hundred horses in the reclamation. In addition, there are already some farming horses and cattle in the northern border, so Reiner is still very confident in this year's reclamation.

Soon after the snow has completely melted, it is not possible to sow the crops directly. It will not be possible to sow all kinds of crops until mid-June.

So Rainer plans to take advantage of these ten days to open up cultivated land.

Now the amount of arable land on the entire northern Reina’s own territory is about 1.1 million mu. Although the yield per mu is different, the average yield per mu is about 250 kilograms.

Because of the rotation, the arable land that can be cultivated every year is 550,000 mu. On average, each person can harvest 800 per cent of grain per year, and then pay 40% to Reiner. Each of them can still have 500 kilograms. Food around.

This is enough for them to eat, not to mention that they have other benefits, such as alfalfa planted on the rotating land, although they still have to pay 40% to Reiner, but in fact, people can also eat alfalfa, and also More nutritious.

It is also a very good ingredient for feeding horses and cows, and they can even have a little savings every year.

This is all because the residents of the northern border are nominally serfs, but in fact they are self-cultivating farmers who pay more taxes, but because of the war, they have been exploited by family members.

Reiner hopes to increase the arable land and grain production in the northern border, so that more grain can be produced so as to attract hungry residents from other regions to the northern border, not to mention that these grains are also a savings in the hands of the residents.

Moreover, now that the empire is fighting for life and death, grain will inevitably become a currency that is stronger than gold. In doing so, Leiner has more interests to conspire.

After Rainer's order was issued, the villages around Mecalon City were the first to execute. They received a lot of cattle and horses, which were rented to them by Rainer, at the cost of paying 10% more tax next year.

The 50% tax seems to be levied excessively, but he has already abolished other taxes, even the poll tax.

So in fact, the remaining food is enough for them to live, not to mention the increase in the area of ​​arable land after the reclamation, and the two hands will definitely be more. By then, they may have more income than in previous years.

Due to the insufficient number of farming horses and cattle, as well as iron farming tools, there are other more remote areas that Lena cannot reach for the time being, so it can only be limited to cultivate the cultivated land near Mecalon.

But even so, Reiner decided to let the residents reclaim. Although the manpower is not as good as the horsepower, the speed of the reclaiming is still considerable. There were no such farming horses in Morandburg before, and they could only rely on a small number of cattle. Cultivated a large area of ​​land that can be cultivated?

Kong Wu's powerful workhorses, like giant beasts, have been put on the plow, and they have started to cultivate under the urge of the residents.

Although tired ~lightnovelpub.net~, there are still excited smiles on the faces of the residents.

They are not fools, knowing that Lord Earl is doing this for their own good.

In the past, I wanted to cultivate a little arable land. It was extremely difficult without livestock. It was quite troublesome to rely on human resources to transform the hard soil full of weeds and sand into fertile farmland that can be cultivated for food. Laborious work.

However, now, with the help of these horses that are as strong as wild beasts, the uncultivated fields are like a sponge, being easily turned and cultivated.

Of course, even if there are farming horses, there are still many idle personnel, some of them holding the steel farm tools rented from Leiner, and some holding the old wooden farm tools, and they have begun to turn the field.

Whether it is a man, a woman, or a child, they have all done their part to reclaim the land, and they are sweating and working on this land that is about to be full of hope.

The entire Northern Territory has come alive again, and residents of large-scale farmland reclaiming can be seen everywhere in the fields, enduring exhaustion and working for their good lives in the future.