The autumn harvest was in full swing, and in November in the northern border, snowflakes swirled and fell from the sky like goose feathers.

There are thick ice crystals hanging on the tall branches, and the few snow on the ground makes people understand that there is not much time before the severe winter. The sound of the gale is like howling a demon, making people breathe from the bottom of their hearts.

Farmers harvesting food in the fields wear animal skins or many layers of linen to resist the biting cold wind.

However, even so, their body temperature is still constantly losing, passive nasal mucus runs across, and they are trembling and working hard in this field.

This is a problem that every person in the North has to face. The winter in the North actually begins in November and February and will last until May and June. It is in the middle of winter for a full half a year.

The days when the grain is ripe have often become extremely cold, and they have to endure the harsh weather to harvest the grain.

But in order to fill their stomachs, they have no choice.

On December 20th of the twenty-third year of the Empire, the entire northern border seemed to have been enchanted with ice and snow, and the entire world became icy and snowy, covered in silver.

With crystal clear ice crystals and snow on the dead branches, it looked very beautiful at a glance.

Before that, the residents had finally harvested all the grains and handed over the taxes and grains to Rainer.

This is a huge number. Reiner gathered all the officials and did some statistics. After investigating the grain output of each village, he calculated the amount of grain that Reiner received.

In the end, there was no error.

The total grain output of the entire northern border this year is about 250,000 tons, and the grain received by Leiner is collected at 40% of the tax. Except for the families of the dead and active military families that reduce taxes, Leiner draws The tax paid out is around 100,000 tons.

When Rainer got this number at the beginning, it didn't need to be said that it was a full 100,000 tons of food, what a huge number!

But he hadn't been happy for a few days before he reacted.

One hundred thousand tons is not much after all!

It sounds like a lot of food, but in reality?

The 170,000 people in his own hand produce 250,000 tons, in fact, on average, each person does not have one ton of food a year!

And the food I received was indeed a lot, but the value actually produced was not very high.

First of all, we must eliminate the food we eat. Based on one kilogram per person per day, the two thousand regular soldiers and three hundred sergeants who are training and other soldiers need two thousand eight hundred kilograms of food per day. It's just the daily consumption of the army.

This has been reduced because the soldiers have to eat more vegetables, meat and milk, otherwise the food consumption will only increase.

In addition, in addition to the copper and silver coins for the soldiers’ salaries, Reiner will also give each person 15 kilograms of food per month. This is another large consumption, and it will cost at least to feed the army in a year. Two thousand tons of grain.

The salary and food for the male and female servants in the castle, the salary for the officials and the food and drink for the officials, the food supply for the slaves, the salary and food supply for absenteeism, and many other people employed by Lena, just The food eaten is at least 10,000 tons.

In addition to these, the grain has to be sold to the south to exchange for money to supply areas that do not grow agricultural plants but grow cash crops.

This 100,000 tons of grain was about 10,000 gold coins at the price before the war began.

This is the North Territory! Such a large territory occupies one-eighth of the empire. A dozen places as large as Henan Province can produce only such a small amount of food!

Rainer clearly remembers... the grain output of every province in the Celestial Dynasty started with tens of millions of tons...

When he thought about this joint, Rainer was not so happy at first.

But after thinking about it, I figured it out. In this era, the technology is backward, there is no chemical fertilizer or pesticide, and it is normal for the output to be low.

Compared with the grain output of the entire empire, the northern border has already occupied one-tenth due to the slight increase in yield per mu and the substantial increase in the area of ​​arable land.

It is more than enough to feed seven to eight hundred thousand people.

Since there were not many benefits from the food, Rainer simply gave up the idea of ​​transporting all the food to the south to sell.

What's more, in recent years, it has been an eventful season. Antiques in flourishing ages and gold in troubled times are the only currency in this era, and that is food!

Just like the celestial dynasty in the previous life, if you have food, you will have soldiers, and if you have soldiers, you will have the grass head king!

Rainer stored all the grain directly. Wasn't the previous chamber of commerce going to do business with him? Simply make a personal deal with him.

What's more, civil strife in the empire has already occurred, and the refugees are still everywhere under the spread of the war?

When I spend a few years and raise the population in my hand to three to four hundred thousand, who do I have to be afraid of?

If anyone wants to provoke themselves without knowing how to live or die, or if you don’t want to directly farm the society, then you can live a basic life.

Bartering things, you can use food for your salary, and you still don’t believe that you can’t afford a tens of thousands of people to overwhelm you!

On January 5th of the twenty-fourth year of the Empire, a bitter cold wind was blowing, like countless demons and ghosts howling in this dim world.

The sky and the earth are dim and vast, and large pieces of snow foam are flying around with the strong wind. It is difficult to distinguish whether it is snowflakes falling from the sky or snow blown from the ground by the strong wind.

Residents were burning in their homes, and the pottery pots hung from the fire were gurgling soup. The benevolent Earl allowed the residents to collect the branches in the forest for firewood.

So this winter is extremely warm, and so far there has been no freezing to death.

Rainer stood languidly lying on the special sofa in the room, flipping through the knight novel in his hand comfortably, and two little maids thumped his legs on both sides of the sofa and massaged him.

The blazing flames in the fireplace dazzled the entire room. lightnovelpub.net~ Although the fireplace caused some smoke and fire, it burned the entire room extremely warmly.

Close the window, the cold wind from outside can no longer invade Lena's room, and he can even walk in the room in a loose nightgown.

Suddenly, Baron Cod pushed open the door and walked into Rainer's room.

With a solemn expression on his face, he handed a document to Reiner. After holding back the two maids, he said: "The wild men on the grassland have suffered heavy losses due to the snow disaster this year. They have assembled a huge team to march towards our territory. Can plunder enough food to survive the winter!"

After hearing the words of Baron Cod, Rainer threw the papers on the ground and got up from the sofa angrily.

"Nima... how come there is going to be a war every winter! The Clades have disappeared, and the steppes are here again!" Rainer felt tireless about these bandits.

"Why do they come to plunder us every time? Are we weak? They come every time, every time, the clads are gone and the prairie people are coming again!" Lena became dizzy and said angrily. .